Feb 23 2005, 04:06 PM
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Hi there,
I recently started my first campaign, with all SR newbies (myself included). One of my players always dominates over the other players, so I thought I had a great idea: I made him warm for the sniper idea. In our first run everything was more or less fine. He set himself up in a tree around the villa, and sniped the guards (I admit I forgot to ask how he could put a sniper in a tree) :sleepy: I also made sure he couldn't enter the villa (one of his contacts was inside, and he didn't want to be recognised) The second run he got back to his old habits. He took his sniper rifle, used it as a normal rifle and killed without trouble all the monsters I had set up (it was in a sewers, with devil, or was it demon, rats and wererats). He also has a katana, wich he never uses... I think he'd rather use his rifle as a club. At last, I made one of the wererats pin him to the wall to make him stop using it. And with the money he got from the 2 runs, he upgraded even more, so he always hits. Are there any special rules for sniping? Do you have any ideas on how to handle him? Do you use any house rules for these situations? Thanks in advance, Brambles. |
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Brambles Sniper... or not? Feb 23 2005, 04:06 PM
Chibu make the 'monsters' stronger. give them hi... Feb 23 2005, 04:09 PM
Tarantula How is he getting the gun around? Have cops spot ... Feb 23 2005, 04:12 PM
Austere Emancipator QUOTE (Chibu)make the 'monsters' stronger.... Feb 23 2005, 04:19 PM
Rolemodel Well. I suppose you could start by having his rif... Feb 23 2005, 04:24 PM
Tarantula Another option, make it an infiltration style run,... Feb 23 2005, 04:27 PM
TheOneRonin And don't allow him to use the bonus from the ... Feb 23 2005, 04:28 PM
nezumi And, of course, the enemies could always use camou... Feb 23 2005, 04:36 PM
TheOneRonin QUOTE (Tarantula)Another option, make it an infilt... Feb 23 2005, 04:48 PM
Tarantula I'm pretty sure the description for the barret... Feb 23 2005, 04:59 PM
mmu1 Hmm... If anything, people usually complain about ... Feb 23 2005, 05:01 PM
durthang Also keep in mind he isn't the first person to... Feb 23 2005, 05:11 PM
GrinderTheTroll QUOTE (Brambles) Are there any special rules for s... Feb 23 2005, 05:21 PM
Kagetenshi QUOTE (TheOneRonin) And don't allow him to use... Feb 23 2005, 05:40 PM
Backgammon QUOTE (Kagetenshi) QUOTE (TheOneRonin @ Feb 2... Feb 23 2005, 06:08 PM
RoaminNose I didn't see anyone mention this, so....
In t... Feb 23 2005, 06:18 PM
Kagetenshi So basically you could weaken the option with a lo... Feb 23 2005, 06:21 PM
GrinderTheTroll QUOTE (Backgammon) QUOTE (Kagetenshi @ Feb 23... Feb 23 2005, 06:21 PM
hahnsoo QUOTE (Brambles) The second run he got back to his... Feb 23 2005, 06:38 PM
Foreigner Tarantula:
IRL, the Barrett Model 82A1 (known to ... Feb 23 2005, 06:44 PM
Rev The main solution without a house rule is to start... Feb 23 2005, 06:48 PM
TheOneRonin QUOTE (Foreigner)TheOneRonin:
You left out a coup... Feb 23 2005, 07:28 PM
Weredigo QUOTE make the 'monsters' stronger. give t... Feb 23 2005, 07:44 PM
hahnsoo QUOTE (Weredigo) QUOTE He also has a katana, wich ... Feb 23 2005, 07:56 PM
mfb given the high power of most sniper rifles, few fr... Feb 23 2005, 07:58 PM
Austere Emancipator I'll have to disagree with you there, mfb. It... Feb 23 2005, 08:07 PM
kerensky Or just use magic to make his sniping life a lot h... Feb 23 2005, 08:22 PM
FrostyNSO Cops remedy this problem for me easily.
Have more... Feb 23 2005, 08:25 PM
mfb i tend to assume that there are a lot more force 3... Feb 23 2005, 08:28 PM
Austere Emancipator Certainly not by the fact that every spirit going ... Feb 23 2005, 08:31 PM
hahnsoo A simpler thing would be having a Free Spirit who ... Feb 23 2005, 08:33 PM
Austere Emancipator Since one point of Spirit Energy is very cheap Kar... Feb 23 2005, 08:39 PM
Garland QUOTE (hahnsoo)QUOTE (Weredigo @ Feb 23 2005,... Feb 23 2005, 09:03 PM
Shockwave_IIc QUOTE (Austere Emancipator) Since one point of Spi... Feb 23 2005, 10:18 PM
mfb no. all materialized spirits get 2*force hardened ... Feb 23 2005, 10:19 PM
Endgame50 First, don't use house rules to bring him down... Feb 23 2005, 10:35 PM
Clyde In the excellent Cyberpunk sourcebook "Listen... Feb 23 2005, 10:59 PM
Charon I just ask my players to please behave, if not rea... Feb 23 2005, 10:59 PM
Tarantula QUOTE (TheOneRonin) Haha....good choices. I knew ... Feb 23 2005, 11:01 PM
mfb i like Charon's answer, myself: "stop bei... Feb 23 2005, 11:07 PM
toturi QUOTE (Clyde) In the excellent Cyberpunk sourceboo... Feb 24 2005, 01:29 AM
mfb yeah, but those stat blocks are only suggestions, ... Feb 24 2005, 01:36 AM
hahnsoo It doesn't have to be all the secguards, just ... Feb 24 2005, 01:44 AM
Foreigner Here's a thought, mfb:
A large-caliber Capsul... Feb 24 2005, 01:45 AM
hahnsoo QUOTE (Foreigner) Here's a thought, mfb:
A la... Feb 24 2005, 01:47 AM
kevyn668 QUOTE (hahnsoo) QUOTE (Foreigner @ Feb 23 200... Feb 24 2005, 01:53 AM
BitBasher Still a force of 1. High force takes up meters of ... Feb 24 2005, 02:19 AM
mfb in open air, yeah. should be able to compress them... Feb 24 2005, 02:31 AM
Arethusa It's fine in most cases, assuming you can sust... Feb 24 2005, 02:39 AM
Kanada Ten It's probably cheaper (per effect) to anchor s... Feb 24 2005, 02:41 AM
Arethusa Yeah, and given the volatility of suspended bacter... Feb 24 2005, 02:46 AM
kevyn668 QUOTE (BitBasher) Still a force of 1. High force t... Feb 24 2005, 03:42 AM
mfb there aren't any strains of FAB that are reall... Feb 24 2005, 03:47 AM
Westiex QUOTE If the guy is a real jerk the next time he s... Feb 24 2005, 03:53 AM
Arethusa Or, you know, don't resort to asinine contriva... Feb 24 2005, 04:11 AM
mfb it's not the sniping that i think is problemat... Feb 24 2005, 04:24 AM
Charon QUOTE (Arethusa @ Feb 23 2005, 11:11 PM) Or, ... Feb 24 2005, 04:28 AM
kevyn668 QUOTE (Arethusa)Or, you know, don't resort to ... Feb 24 2005, 04:42 AM
mfb the problem, really, is that sniper rifles in SR a... Feb 24 2005, 04:47 AM
Arethusa This is actually something i brought up years ago ... Feb 24 2005, 04:50 AM
mfb yeah, i've discussed the same idea myself. if ... Feb 24 2005, 04:53 AM
Arethusa QUOTE (mfb) the problem, really, is that sniper ri... Feb 24 2005, 04:59 AM
kevyn668 I may have missed it but which rifle does the char... Feb 24 2005, 05:07 AM
mfb sure, nothing made for killing is that fragile. wh... Feb 24 2005, 05:09 AM
Crusher Bob The real problem is that an Alpha loaded with EX r... Feb 24 2005, 06:45 AM
toturi Factor in the added difficulty in dodging a burst ... Feb 24 2005, 06:54 AM
Arethusa +1 dodge TNs is nice, but not usually that signifi... Feb 24 2005, 06:56 AM
Crusher Bob hmm, lemme run some numbers:
iirc, dodging is nor... Feb 24 2005, 07:01 AM
Johnson You have to remember that when being Sniped at you... Feb 24 2005, 07:13 AM
toturi You don't really use a Assault Rifle to snipe,... Feb 24 2005, 07:16 AM
Crusher Bob In that particular comparison, we were comparing t... Feb 24 2005, 07:18 AM
Johnson QUOTE (Crusher Bob) Had the sniper been using any ... Feb 24 2005, 08:05 AM
Arethusa QUOTE (Johnson) QUOTE (Crusher Bob @ Feb 24 2... Feb 24 2005, 08:09 AM
Weredigo QUOTE Cops remedy this problem for me easily.
Hav... Feb 24 2005, 08:13 AM
Arethusa Well, I'm expecting you get to get slammed for... Feb 24 2005, 08:20 AM
Johnson QUOTE (Arethusa) QUOTE (Johnson @ Feb 24 2005... Feb 24 2005, 08:20 AM
Sandoval Smith QUOTE (Weredigo) take the round and carve the holy... Feb 24 2005, 08:50 AM
Crusher Bob Saying the little prayer: "free pizza for the... Feb 24 2005, 08:53 AM
Austere Emancipator There's no good reason to use anything but a h... Feb 24 2005, 09:25 AM
Kagetenshi Easier to explain at the airport?
~J Feb 24 2005, 09:31 AM
Dissonance That's why the Decker is your friend. Gee, I ... Feb 24 2005, 09:53 AM
Austere Emancipator Try taking any kind of rifle to the airport and ex... Feb 24 2005, 10:08 AM
Johnson I would expect that a good portable Snipers rifle ... Feb 24 2005, 11:22 AM
Austere Emancipator In SR, you can design any kind of rifle to allow b... Feb 24 2005, 12:45 PM
Brambles Many people asked for his equipment.
I don't ... Feb 24 2005, 03:43 PM
Luke Hardison You may have given him an advantage of which you w... Feb 24 2005, 04:29 PM
Jrayjoker It is always good to brainstorm. I like the use of... Feb 24 2005, 04:37 PM
mmu1 QUOTE (Brambles) Many people asked for his equipme... Feb 24 2005, 04:49 PM
Charon QUOTE (Austere Emancipator @ Feb 24 2005, 04:... Feb 24 2005, 05:14 PM
mfb QUOTE (Crusher Bob)alpha, etc.
yes, but the alpha ... Feb 24 2005, 05:39 PM
Kagetenshi Can the sniper rifle perform suppressive fire?
~J Feb 24 2005, 05:43 PM
mfb we call the ones that can "HMGs". hoo, i... Feb 24 2005, 06:04 PM
Kagetenshi I suppose it wasn't clear; that was a rhetoric... Feb 24 2005, 06:05 PM
mfb you post, ninja-fast, before i edit! Feb 24 2005, 06:06 PM
Garland Only if it's an FA sniper rifle. (Egah!) Feb 24 2005, 06:06 PM
Jrayjoker That is the shortest full auto burst ever....
ban... Feb 24 2005, 06:21 PM
Critias Dragunov's have a full auto setting, IRL. Feb 24 2005, 06:43 PM
Garland QUOTE (Critias) Dragunov's have a full auto se... Feb 24 2005, 06:44 PM
Arethusa I imagine it's possible.
As for automatic sni... Feb 24 2005, 07:06 PM
mfb yeah. "anything that's worth shooting on... Feb 24 2005, 08:09 PM![]() ![]() |
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