Whether or not you choose to allow something like that (which would be about as practical as carrying around a metal credit card today), credsticks aren't Edged Weapons either. They're four-inch long cylindrical(sp?) tubes according to the Sprawl Survival Guide.

A mace has sharp spikey points, too, but it's still a Club. Just because a weapon has something you might call an edge doesn't make it an Edged Weapon.

What sort of weapon is it, then?

Hint: Stab yourself hard in the hand with a paper clip a few times to help you make your determination.

Well, apparently the velocity of a falling bullet that has just been fired from a gun isn't enough to kill somebody.

Does that make it a useless weapon?

(Article I based this randomness on here.)

Isn't enough? It went right through the guys skull!

Didn't kill him. Just did some serious damage.

I would also point out that knives are highly concealable melee weapons.

The str+2L survival knife in the main book has 6 concealability.

Also they make cheap weapon foci because they have no reach.

Together these attributes make them quite effective against spirits.

Finally they are not nearly the bullet magnet that a sword is


Concealability is also the greatest part of missile mastery. An adept with missile mastery and high strength naked in an office building is surrounded by fairly effective ranged weapons.

Exactly why pencils should be banned in school. You're never far from a weapon if you know what to do.

As for the suicide thing, we have a simple house rule for that one. The Point Blank Rule. Basically, firing a gun at someone at a range of under one meter has a TN of 2, with mods at the GM's discretion, usually none. So even if you're defaulting, shooting yourself in the head is already 9S, and so long as you get a pair of twos, you're at D, and rolling 9s on Body is unlikely.

Though that still means that a big slow guy will probably be unable to properly shoot himself in the head... though that could be explained as a lack of mobility preventing him from aiming properly...

hehe too many muscles or fat to raise the arms above the head to put the pistol to the temple, gonna have to use a shotgun so you don't have to put your hands above shoulder level

It happens sometimes in gun suicides that people flinch as they pull the trigger -- or they yank the trigger when they fire and jerk the barrel partially off-line. Though all good firearms experts are trained to gently squeeze the trigger, people about to commit suicide are frequently in an emotional state, possibly shaking with fear (or rage or frustration), and frequently drunk. Hence the 17% survival rate of gun-based suicide attempts.

Sadly, few people completely miss, so the survival cases are usually missing part of their face.

--K

I... think that some things are called off of obvious results.

Such as when a person shoves a butter knife into your eye and through your brain. Obviously at such time the butter knife will have results far superior to that of a (STR-2)L. Even with a skill of Edged Weapons 1.

Of course you can.

If you create the spell, you sure can.

And the last question I have is...Can you smartlink a crossbow?

There's no reason why not, since you can SmartLink a normal bow.

What do you think about a blowgun, then?

Yet another example of the need for a [not in my game] smiley.

Me either, I was just curious about where you draw the line with projectile weapons. I played in a game that had one and I thought it was pretty dumb.

IIRC, there are specific rules for how SmartLinks interact with Grenade Launchers.

They're called GrenadeLinks, and they allw you to time airbursts perfectly as opposed to worrying about impact detonation. They are rather sweet.

I thought Grenade Links just allowed you to fire an underbarrel grenade launcher and the weapon it's mounted on at the same time...Ah well. Mainly I was referring to whether you'd get a better target number with the launch. And if Smartlink II-ing a grenade launcher would be practical. I think it'd be hard to make a headshot with a grenade launcher...

Edit: Never mind. A friend explained what the grenade link does.

man, i wish. none of my characters would do anything in combat ever again, except simultaneously lay down suppressive fire and launch grenades.

How about this little useless toy then.

Bracer
Avail: 12
Cost: 1200
Damage: 6L
Ammo: 1
TN modifier: +1
Conceal: 7

The rules say No accessories. Does that include a SL that doesn't even take a mount? You have a base TN of 5+ and you can fire 1 round. I'd rather take the Puzzler with a SL2 and Hi-C rounds instead of the above toy.

So, does people ignore it when it goes through the MAD scanner and need a visual inspection with a TN of 7+ to see what it really is?

EDIT: I forgot, the damn thing needs a SEPARATE skill to use as well.