Equipment Limit

garhkal · Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 2:50 pm Post subject:

There are already penalties for called shots. IMO bypassing the armor would be in the 1-10cm category which is a -8D bracket cause it is so small.
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CRMcNeill · Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 5:01 pm Post subject:

garhkal · Posted: Sat May 09, 2015 12:14 am Post subject:

I boobooed. The brackets are
Add +1D to the difficulty for a target 10 to 50 centimeters long.

Add +4D to the difficulty for a target one to 10 centimeters long.

Add +8D to the difficulty for a target less than a centimeter long.

Most storm trooper armor, imo bypassing it would be in the last cat as most of their body is covered. Scout troopers (and storm commando/rad troopers) imo would be in the mid cat.
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CRMcNeill · Posted: Sat May 09, 2015 1:15 am Post subject:

Bobmalooga · Posted: Sat May 09, 2015 7:20 am Post subject:

garhkal · Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 12:15 am Post subject:

TauntaunScout · Line Captain Joined: 20 Apr 2015 Posts: 981

I have always preferred ot handle things through roleplay rather than rules but that is just me. As such we always just made black-market stormtrooper armor a cop-magnet, and let the PCs know that lots of imperial guns have tracking devices and other nasty surprises that an imperial officer with a comm-link can activate. Unless the scenario called for rounding up dozens of rifles to equip an army, there's no need to loot NPC weapons, we even ban it in DnD. Another good option might be to just give out a couple free specialization dice in whatever blaster the character came with at creation, so as long as they use it, it is always gonna be more effective than some other gun with a slightly higher damage.

Pel · Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 10:22 am Post subject:

We only ran into encumbrance a couple of times that I recall. Mostly it doesn't come up because we're pretty good about pointing out if something is especially large or might attract undue attention, e.g. "Do you really want to cart that medium repeater into a city guarded by Imperials?"

As to looting, it hasn't been a problem. Our Jedi actually assembled a set of Stormtrooper armor but it took him a while, scavenging a few pieces here and there from fallen enemies. His success mostly depended on how the stormie in question died. If it was from a single blaster bolt or a lightsaber strike, one or two large pieces might survive. If the Wookiee opened up with the medium repeater, it was curtains for the both the faceless minion of the Empire and his formerly shiny white armor. I think I allowed the Jedi to recover a single hand plate after one such engagement. Very Happy

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tetsuoh · Captain Joined: 21 Jul 2010 Posts: 505

We try to de-emphasize looting - and often our players stick with certain gear they start with, find, or create.

However we do have carry limits.

We use dnd a bit with limits on what someone can have on their body. and then include things such as belt pouch or ammo pouchs, and sometimes backpacks.

Our limit is simple and makes use or an often underrated skill - lifting.

In our game your standard carry limit is set at certain levels depending on your lifting skill. The more you have to more weight your used to.

Its easy really - we take the players dice in lifting - average them - and then take a quarter - that's the amount they can carry without incurring rolls.

Say I have 4D - average is 13 (wild die is 4 not 3 so (4+3+3+3)
Now 1/4 of that is 3 (round down)
I can carry 10kg (as per the first chart) without having to roll for duration.
BUT if I go over that - I incur rolls for the full total of what I'm carrying.

Backpacks often are required to carry that much as most don't get to that limit without them. We don't allow Grant Grab All to run around stating he has 17 blaster rifle's on his back.

Though often this isn't even a concern in my games. Generally if my players have looted something - its for a reason. And almost always only keep a few things on their persons and the rest in storage somewhere, either in a vehicle, or housing of some kind.

I think I've only had one or maybe 2 players within the past few years that this was an issue with.

CRMcNeill · Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 3:56 pm Post subject:

Rules of Engagement also has a couple sidebars for optional rules for Encumbrance (page 38 ) and Foot Travel (page 55). Enforce them properly and you can reduce looting a great deal.
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The Brain · Lieutenant Commander Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Posts: 242

Pfftt...who wastes time looting an entire suit of stormy armor? All the good stuff is in the helmet.

Naaman · Vice Admiral Joined: 29 Jul 2011 Posts: 3190

One way around the looting would be to require players to specify where exactly on they character's person each item is carried.

For characters that carry a repeater, the ammo is going to take up A LOT of space... not to mention the gun itself.

For reference, a soldier equipped for battle carries approximately 75 lbs of gear not counting what is in his backpack/rucksack... which could typically be in the 40-60 lbs range.

Without the ruck running/sprinting short distances is not too difficult, but anything more than... oh... about 50-100m gets taxing fast.

According to the military, a the right "balance between equipment an mobility lloks something like this:

Rifle
210 rounds (7 magazines)
Ballistic armor (torso coverage)
Helmet with optic(s)
First Aid kit
Various items of PPE (gloves, ballistic eyeewear, etc).

Everything else goes in the ruck and may or may not be

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