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 Topic: Rules for Hand Grenades |
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| Naaman Replies: 22 Views: 20549 |
 Forum: House Rules Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 10:33 pm Subject: Rules for Hand Grenades |
| Something also worth considering for Thrown Weapons in general is how Strength may affect Range. It makes a certain degree of sense for a character with above average Strength or Lifting to be able to ... | |
| Topic: Rules for Hand Grenades |
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| Naaman Replies: 22 Views: 20549 |
Forum: House Rules Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2021 10:32 pm Subject: Rules for Hand Grenades |
| Some thoughts:
If the target is out in the open, consider requiring a full dodge to have a chance at completely avoiding damage. Otherwise, a successful basic dodge can get you partial damage (whi ... |
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| Topic: Special Skills and Unspecial People |
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| Naaman Replies: 8 Views: 12196 |
Forum: Official Rules Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 1:56 am Subject: Special Skills and Unspecial People |
| Yeah, that primitive construction thing has me a little unsure.
Toddlers learn the essential principles of primitive construction playing with blocks. By the time a character is a PC, most will ha ... |
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| Topic: Notice (Search, Expanded) |
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| Naaman Replies: 16 Views: 18347 |
Forum: House Rules Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2021 3:24 pm Subject: Notice (Search, Expanded) |
| I kinda keyed in on the "never switches off" character concept. For people just noticing stuff incidentally (without regard to the relevance of such details), a passive awareness skill coul ... | |
| Topic: Notice (Search, Expanded) |
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| Naaman Replies: 16 Views: 18347 |
Forum: House Rules Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 10:27 am Subject: Re: Awareness (Search, Expanded) |
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No, like I said, I like the idea of there being a split between passive and active; I just want there to be a way for characters to improve their passive mode, as well as represent the people who ar ... |
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| Topic: Notice (Search, Expanded) |
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| Naaman Replies: 16 Views: 18347 |
Forum: House Rules Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 10:11 am Subject: Notice (Search, Expanded) |
| Regarding active versus passive:
I've been thinking that "passive" detection of a thing (ambush, clues, etc.) has more to do with what a person knows about that thing than his "abili ... |
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| Topic: The Grenade Thread |
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| Naaman Replies: 114 Views: 149467 |
Forum: Ships, Vehicles, Equipment, and Tech Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 10:50 pm Subject: The Grenade Thread |
| The official rules suggest otherwise, though, especially the RoE Accuracy Damage rules. The implication there is that, on some level, whichever Ranged Weapon the character is using also includes a deg ... | |
| Topic: The Grenade Thread |
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| Naaman Replies: 114 Views: 149467 |
Forum: Ships, Vehicles, Equipment, and Tech Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2021 9:50 am Subject: The Grenade Thread |
| I guess I just don't think of it a "minutiae."
There are some things that I would say are "common sense" when it comes to thinking about something like how a smoke grenade wou ... |
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| Topic: The Grenade Thread |
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| Naaman Replies: 114 Views: 149467 |
Forum: Ships, Vehicles, Equipment, and Tech Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2021 6:21 pm Subject: The Grenade Thread |
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Well, yeah... I thought Blasters (most ranged weapons, really) being undodgeable was the whole point you and I have been wrestling with in other topics. The idea is that certain attacks can be speci ... |
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| Topic: Rules for Grenade Launchers |
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| Naaman Replies: 39 Views: 35453 |
Forum: House Rules Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2021 6:06 pm Subject: Rules for Grenade Launchers |
| The one I haven't quite decided if I want to do or not would be a Grenade Launcher Pistol, with a 4-5 round magazine, but compact and able to be fired one-handed.
Consider microgrenades or some kin ... |
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| Topic: Rules for Grenade Launchers |
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| Naaman Replies: 39 Views: 35453 |
Forum: House Rules Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2021 10:54 pm Subject: Rules for Grenade Launchers |
| Sure... it's just that "ballistic" firing is a double edged sword, since it is especially reliant on geometry and further limited by gravity. There are certain trade-offs when it comes to l ... | |
| Topic: The Grenade Thread |
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| Naaman Replies: 114 Views: 149467 |
Forum: Ships, Vehicles, Equipment, and Tech Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2021 3:52 pm Subject: The Grenade Thread |
| 1) While explosive hand grenades behave mostly in accordance with the RAW, launched grenades are generally contact detonated, and thus can't be dodged in the same way that a thrown grenade can (contac ... | |
| Topic: Rules for Grenade Launchers |
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| Naaman Replies: 39 Views: 35453 |
Forum: House Rules Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2021 3:22 pm Subject: Rules for Grenade Launchers |
| Giving this a bump because, in the process of doing my stat re-writes, I ended up with a solution to my original problem about relative inaccuracy of grenade launchers: make all Grenade Launchers Swoo ... | |
| Topic: Stress and Stress Relief aka Vices |
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| Naaman Replies: 26 Views: 20596 |
Forum: House Rules Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2021 6:27 pm Subject: Stress and Stress Relief aka Vices |
| One possible way to approach it would be to require a willpower roll prior to any other social skill rolls. Failure of the willpower check results in a penalty (cumulative based on length of time wit ... | |
| Topic: Lightsaber Combat |
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| Naaman Replies: 13 Views: 18326 |
Forum: Official Rules Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 9:18 pm Subject: Lightsaber Combat |
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IIRC, combat sense does not MAP any other rolls, to boot! |
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