 Wondering about ruthenium, 12 scanners? |
 Jan 28 2004, 06:13 PM
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So, you get yourself a full body suit of ruthenium and want to do the whole chameleon cloaking thing. Good. But it doesn't work without scanners. You have to get at least 4 scanners, for a +4 modifier for people shooting at you. Of course, if you want it to work better, you can have up to 12 scanners, each one will add another +1 to the TN. +12 TN for people to see/shoot/etc you.
Here's where the problem comes... So I'm trying to shoot said individual and my GM tells me the TN is +12. Yikes. So I cover my eyes. Not the TN is only +8 for blind fire. WTF? As a GM, I let my players put up to 12 scanners on their ruthenium suits, but I never let them have more than +8 for fully visual tests. Of course, ruthenium is only half effective against thermo, so I let the 12 scanner guy get +6 against that. If scanners are damaged or something, it stays at full effectiveness, etc. But I never let them get more than +8 (the blind fire modifier). Mostly, I was just wondering if anyone else had thought of this, or handled it differently. It seems like it would make sense, but as far as I know it never mentions (under the ruthenium section) any limitation to the effectiveness. |
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Moon-Hawk Wondering about ruthenium Jan 28 2004, 06:13 PM
sidartha the +12 should only apply to perception tests to n... Jan 28 2004, 06:21 PM Moon-Hawk I still don't see why the fibers should make y... Jan 28 2004, 06:31 PM Pthgar Maybe because when you're looking at something... Jan 28 2004, 06:44 PM Arethusa The blind fire situation is predicated on knowing ... Jan 28 2004, 07:04 PM Moon-Hawk Yes, heaven forbid a thread goes in a direction ot... Jan 28 2004, 07:17 PM Grey Yeah, I only allow a player to take a blind fire s... Jan 28 2004, 07:20 PM Alania Ruthenium gets less effective the faster you'r... Jan 28 2004, 07:46 PM Zazen I just use +8 instead of +12 for the maximum modif... Jan 28 2004, 08:47 PM John Campbell I also house-rule cap the modifier at +8. Makes no... Jan 28 2004, 09:23 PM BitBasher same here Jan 28 2004, 09:25 PM Grey What do you guys think of this?
They get max of +... Jan 28 2004, 09:34 PM Zazen Too much for me to keep track of. The only advanta... Jan 28 2004, 09:47 PM Jason Farlander Where does it say that invisibility grants a +8 to... Jan 28 2004, 10:50 PM Teulisch something i just though of-
you use ruth, it cov... Jan 28 2004, 11:10 PM sidartha Who knows what runthenium covered shadowrunners lu... Jan 28 2004, 11:43 PM darloth Not that i ever think this would work with such a ... Jan 28 2004, 11:59 PM BlackSmith well you get the +8 if you cant see the target AND... Feb 1 2004, 11:31 PM mfb where the heck did you people come up with the cra... Feb 2 2004, 01:36 AM Arethusa I don't know about you, but near-total invisib... Feb 2 2004, 07:38 AM The Jopp Why not say that for ranged combat modifier you ap... Feb 2 2004, 08:14 AM Jason Farlander Nope. When encountering someone in a ruthenium su... Feb 2 2004, 08:28 AM The Jopp Agreed, sounds good since you get the BF mod anywa... Feb 2 2004, 10:09 AM BlackSmith QUOTE (Jason Farlander @ Feb 2 2004, 10:28 AM... Feb 2 2004, 10:59 AM Jason Farlander The +12 is never added to your ranged combat or sp... Feb 2 2004, 11:49 AM BlackSmith realy?
so if i roll a one succes in perception tes... Feb 2 2004, 01:01 PM The Jopp Eh, I would disagree to some statements.
The +12T... Feb 2 2004, 02:06 PM Jason Farlander QUOTE (The Jopp)2. IF you spot the target you now ... Feb 2 2004, 05:53 PM Zazen I also use the ruthenium TN mods for ranged combat... Feb 2 2004, 06:13 PM BlackSmith hey look at the sheer numbers and think a bit.
fir... Feb 2 2004, 07:21 PM Deep Blue Use rockets, not bullets Feb 2 2004, 11:08 PM Ghostly Enigma Umm a perfect reason to have a few grenades handy ... Feb 3 2004, 07:18 AM Zazen QUOTE (BlackSmith) how perfectly you ask? look the... Feb 3 2004, 07:23 AM mfb zazen, the army surplus camo only adds +1 TN on ra... Feb 3 2004, 07:23 AM Zazen QUOTE (mfb) zazen, the army surplus camo only adds... Feb 3 2004, 07:46 AM mfb huh. i don't know where i got that +1 / +4 fro... Feb 3 2004, 08:40 AM Shockwave_IIc QUOTE (BlackSmith)hey look at the sheer numbers an... Feb 3 2004, 08:52 AM Zazen QUOTE (mfb) that said, it's still insane to ap... Feb 3 2004, 09:09 AM The White Dwarf Important Thought:
You do realize that its only t... Feb 3 2004, 09:56 AM Jason Farlander Thanks Shockwave, people often seem to fail to dis... Feb 3 2004, 07:18 PM Moon-Hawk I will agree that according to the Ruthenium descr... Feb 4 2004, 04:28 PM sidartha In the description of rumthenium it says that any ... Feb 4 2004, 05:25 PM Moon-Hawk Right. I forget exactly what the penalty is, rela... Feb 4 2004, 06:19 PM
The White Dwarf The speed limit of ruethenium is 2m/s, which is wh... Feb 4 2004, 10:15 PM  |
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