Re: (TFT) Doing damasge modernly

[Eric Coles <eac42@columbia.edu>]

I'm not sure why modern weapons would need such high damage 
numbers.  Unless it's explosive, a round is not going to do more damage 
than, say, a battleaxe.  When I was doing modern TFT in connection with a 
superhero campaign (if I can find the notes, I'll post them, this was many 
years and 5 moves ago) IIRC a .45 did 2d6+1.  But it ignored most armor, 
and with a modicum of skill and DX allowed for multiple shots.  That is 
what made the modern weapons so deadly - not massive (and IMO unrealistic) 
damage.  People get shot every day, and survive.  Some of them multiple 
times.  Many of them continue to function, just as they would against the 
more primitive weapons.  After all, a graze from a bullet is no more 
inherently deadly than a nick from a sword, and a mace upside the 
(unarmored) head will kill just as neatly as a .38.

Best,

Eric





At 09:17 AM 12/1/2004, you wrote:
> Well I am still plinking away at a sci-fi based TFT game but I run
> into the problem of modern weapons versus ancient(standard TFT)
> weapons.
> So how would you handle these? a slew of dice for each?
> AKA
> small minigun - ST to use 12, damage 6+3, if DX is 16 or greater
> two attacks per round.
>
> or would you come up with something all together new?
> Ive been thinking of replacing the D6 with D10 when using these
> weapons. Not only to cut down on the dice used but to point out
> that they are modern weapons.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
>
> Robert Morger
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