What is Maximum Range?

[Naaman]

[CRMcNeill]

Do you have a reference for that? Without any specifics, it sounds grossly overpowered.
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"No set of rules can cover every situation. It's expected that you will make up new rules to suit the needs of your game." - The Star Wars Roleplaying Game, 2R&E, pg. 69, WEG, 1996.

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[Darklighter79]

Truce at Bakura Sourcebook page 142 and 143. Prerequisite: Intimidation 5D

[Mamatried]

Are we talking Maximum range you can actually use your skill with some form of chance to succeed, or are we talking about the maximum range the bolt/projectile actually travels.

If we look at the .50cal HMG we see the effective range to 1800meters and max range to 2500meter.

This was said in another post here, and it made me wonder about the above question.

A .50cal projectile is deadly beyone "max" aim range.
we we look at some of the recod sniper shots, we see snipers with .50cal rifles firing well beyond the rifle's listed maximum range, but still well short of the actual travel distance of the projectile.

I heard when i was in the army back in the stone age, that my HK G3 rifle in 7.62N had an effective range upto 500 meters and max upto 900 meters, but we also learned the bullet could kill well beyond 1500meters.

So I was wondering about max range and orbital space combat where turbolaser bolts miss the target, where do they go do they hit the planet below, to me that is the "max" range.


Or as my Sergeant said " max range is when the bullet stops flying"

[CRMcNeill]

Strictly speaking, we aren't playing in a realistic world, but a cinematic one, where crazy things happen at heroically appropriate moments. Combined with existing range numbers (relatively short compared to the real world), this isn't really a problem.
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[CRMcNeill]

[Naaman]

[Mamatried]

4000 meters is well withing reason, i would not be surprised to see 5000 either.

And as mentioned the max range seems to vary according to scourse.

So my question is if the debte is about actual physical ranges, or the ranges to the extreme maximum you can use skills for.

So is the max as far as the bullet actually goes or as far as you can shoot the weapon with "a chance to hit".

[jmanski]

I see maximum range as the ability to hit, even with a blaster bolt. Scopes or sights will change the ability of the weapon to hit. John Wick is a great example: he uses a scope at range but switches to a side-mounted dot for close-in shooting.

The dot increases accuracy over iron sights (or no sights), but has a shorter maximum range, 200-300m.

A scope is great out to a long distance, but is not feasible at close range, 100m minimum. Maximum is dependent on the scope power.
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[Naaman]

I interpret "maximum range" as the greatest distance at which the attack (blaster bolt, bullet, or whatever) can deal damage.

Accuracy over distance is simply an indicator of how skilled (or, in most cases, lucky) you'd have to be to deliver a damaging hit.

One way to represent the diminishing capacity to deal damage at range is to apply an attack roll penalty that increases with distance. This simulates the need to land a more "critical" shot (i.e. a "head shot" or a shot through soft tissue into the vitals, etc) in order to deal damage worth rolling. A miss simply could mean that the shot "hit" but did not penetrate deep enough to faze the target.