 "Similar Models" for Guns, As for Rigger3 Vehicles |
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 Oct 14 2005, 08:39 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 278 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Rehovot, Israel Member No.: 265  |
Rigger III has an interesting feature - most vehicle descriptions had a "Similar Models" line, naming a few vehicles with the same stats but different brands, thus increasing variety without increasing the data overload. I think this should be done for guns as well - after all, there are, for example, various variants on the AK-47 IRL (such as the Israeli Galil AR, or the Finnish Valmet) or on the 1911 pistol, so why won't we expand the world of Shadowrun weapons by naming a few more weapons that use the same stats as existing ones?
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Oct 15 2005, 03:41 AM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
My group does. ;)
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Oct 15 2005, 07:40 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
to be honest, i do that sort of thing pretty much automatically, no matter what type of gear you're talking about. very little of my gear list is made up of "armored jacket, sequencer rat-10," etcetera. most of it has a brand name of some sort.
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Oct 15 2005, 08:48 AM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
Exactly. It makes it feel a little less like D&D that way.
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Oct 15 2005, 05:12 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 149 Joined: 21-March 05 From: UCAS (if its tuesday) Member No.: 7,200 |
I've got Jane's guns second ed, I just look at the game stat, look up a comparable gun, and fudge the stats. then you can pick flavor, I have a russian char that carries an old PSM, used average holdout pistol stats with a few mods (PSM can take a silencer, but its only good for about a clip and a half) and ther you are. and given that there are no real rules for how smartlinks work, I can say that the gun has been modified to accept it. just one example. you can also deturmine the "age" of the gun by doing the same in my game outlying areas are full of AK-47s last estimate that I heard was over a billion produced and hidden, and a gun with average use and proper care can last over a century, another way to add flavor.
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Oct 15 2005, 07:34 PM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
My PCs carry Sigs.
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Oct 15 2005, 08:44 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 295 Joined: 10-July 05 Member No.: 7,492 |
One of my runners always carries a Mercedes heavy pistol. Yes, the face of the corporate world has changed.
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Oct 15 2005, 09:38 PM
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Creating a god with his own hands Group: Members Posts: 1,405 Joined: 30-September 02 From: 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 Member No.: 3,364 |
smart players. |
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Oct 16 2005, 04:09 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
No kidding.
Ex-Explosive ammo for a .357 SIG is a bitch to find, though. |
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