 Limits - When Do They Kick In |
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  Dec 20 2014, 02:55 PM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 80 Joined: 6-January 03 From: Northern Ireland Member No.: 3,837  |
So after a bit of shadowrun downtime (most of 3rd & 4th edition) I've picked up SR5. I see its not going down to well in some quarters, but I have questions none the less. The first being, when does the accuracy limit on a gun kick in, is it a limit on the net hits or gross hits. Being that the layout makes it hard to find stuff and the index points you to a page that points to another page its a bit confusing.
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Dec 20 2014, 03:00 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 264 Joined: 28-October 14 From: HH Member No.: 190,938 |
The Limits limit the total amount of successes you can make.
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Dec 20 2014, 04:16 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,936 Joined: 21-July 14 From: Northern UCAS (with regular trips to Quebec) Member No.: 190,206 |
Gross hits -- how many of the hits that you roll can be counted. If your limit is four, once you've found four dice showing a 5 or 6 you can just stop.
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Dec 20 2014, 04:27 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,973 Joined: 4-June 10 Member No.: 18,659 |
Think of it like the system 7th Sea used. Roll/Keep.
You can roll up to skill+stat dice, but only keep a number equal to your Limit. Of course, Edge is so common that the Limits are effectively useless in SR5 as a dice pool control. For guns specifically, you use Accuracy in place of your character's inherent Limits, even the Accuracy is higher than their limit. See the sidebar on Page 47 of SR5. |
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Dec 20 2014, 05:35 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 80 Joined: 6-January 03 From: Northern Ireland Member No.: 3,837 |
Thanks all, I think my group has been doing it wrong, I will have to pay more attention next session (its my turn to GM)
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