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ShadowDragon8685
post Jul 27 2005, 07:56 PM
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I was telling someone I know that SR > d20 because in SR, it's the skill of the character, not the price of the gun, that makes you good.

Which is it? He adamantly refuses to believe, even when we tried rolling it off. 12 Pistols skill better than 6?
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- ShadowDragon8685   Which is more important, skill or gun?   Jul 27 2005, 07:56 PM
- - Kyuhan   That's a toughie, a .22 to the eye will kill y...   Jul 27 2005, 07:59 PM
- - ShadowDragon8685   Yeah, but we're not talking .22s versus .44 ma...   Jul 27 2005, 08:03 PM
- - nezumi   So 6 skill and a 9M pistol vs. 12 skill and a 6L p...   Jul 27 2005, 08:18 PM
- - Velocity   QUOTE (nezumi)Big Gun guy can expect 2 successes w...   Jul 27 2005, 08:28 PM
- - Dawnshadow   Skill 12 beats skill 6. Pretty consistently. A hig...   Jul 27 2005, 08:31 PM
- - mmu1   That's a hard question to answer, unless we ac...   Jul 27 2005, 08:32 PM
- - RangerJoe   It all depends on your style of play. In some grou...   Jul 27 2005, 08:32 PM
- - Clyde   Look, the math on this is wrong. Most shootouts d...   Jul 27 2005, 09:24 PM
- - mmu1   Ok, you take cover. And then the guy with some goo...   Jul 27 2005, 09:49 PM
- - sanctusmortis   Skill. No matter how good the gun is, skill allows...   Jul 27 2005, 10:31 PM
- - hyzmarca   QUOTE (mmu1) Ok, you take cover. And then the guy ...   Jul 27 2005, 11:03 PM
- - mmu1   QUOTE (hyzmarca) QUOTE (mmu1 @ Jul 27 2005, 0...   Jul 27 2005, 11:18 PM
- - shadow_scholar   mmu1, you said that in both game systems when a ch...   Jul 27 2005, 11:31 PM
- - Mortax   Well, shadowrun is a lot like real life. The situ...   Jul 27 2005, 11:54 PM
- - golden-one   whats more importaint? the man, or the toys? wha...   Jul 28 2005, 12:01 AM
- - arcady   QUOTE I was telling someone I know that SR > d2...   Jul 28 2005, 12:08 AM
- - Edge2054   Don't forget, the average human can not kill a...   Jul 28 2005, 12:16 AM
- - ShadowDragon8685   Arcady: SIGGED! Edge: Sure, if you get ridic...   Jul 28 2005, 12:37 AM
- - Cynic project   Or. In most cases a heavy pistol is about as good ...   Jul 28 2005, 12:59 AM
- - Edge2054   QUOTE (ShadowDragon8685) Yeah, but we're not t...   Jul 28 2005, 01:03 AM
- - mmu1   QUOTE (ShadowDragon8685) I need to get into a Shad...   Jul 28 2005, 01:09 AM
- - hyzmarca   QUOTE (ShadowDragon8685) Arcady: SIGGED! Edg...   Jul 28 2005, 01:28 AM
- - ShadowDragon8685   mmu1: Yes. But the problem is that in D&D, you...   Jul 28 2005, 01:33 AM
- - mmu1   QUOTE (ShadowDragon8685) mmu1: Yes. But the proble...   Jul 28 2005, 01:52 AM
- - Clyde   Hey, I'll take skill 6 and a light pistol agai...   Jul 28 2005, 02:39 AM
- - ShadowDragon8685   Clyde... I'm pretty sure someone shooting an ...   Jul 28 2005, 03:16 AM
- - Aku   QUOTE (shadowdragon)It's true that you do need...   Jul 28 2005, 03:23 AM
- - hyzmarca   QUOTE (ShadowDragon8685 @ Jul 27 2005, 10:16 ...   Jul 28 2005, 03:31 AM
- - Edge2054   Have the Bard do it. You should have better luck ...   Jul 28 2005, 05:30 AM
- - Astelaron   It's niether the gun nor the skill. It's ...   Jul 28 2005, 07:36 AM
- - KarmaInferno   At the upper absurd extremes, either one can eclip...   Jul 28 2005, 02:54 PM
- - nezumi   QUOTE (Velocity) Is it just me, or is that math of...   Jul 28 2005, 03:48 PM


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