Re: (TFT) TFT Industrial Revolution

[Joey Beutel <mejobo@comcast.net>]

This is what I've done with not allowing Guns to use Missile Weapons:
An archer with a DX of 1o could just be fairly inaccurate.
He could also get missile weapons if he is smart, which would make him  
pretty accurate, although not very fast or accurate at other things.
That archer could become, IDK, DX 16. He could shoot twice a turn with  
a small bow, and with missile weapons be extremely accurate.
A gunman could have a DX of 10 using a musket would have an AdjDX of  
9. being fairly inaccurate.
He could get a better Rifle, but his DX would still only be 10.
He COULD become a sharpshooter, with a DX of 16 or higher, but he will  
never be as good as an archer with missile weapons and the equivalent  
DX, and he is less likely to be a good archer.

In real life it takes practice from a young age to be a truly  
excellent archer. Not so with guns. However, to keep things  
interesting, it kinda makes sense to let archers have a theoretically  
better chance of hitting- they have been training from a young age! It  
also means that archers are a more viable option for militaries, as  
not everyone can be a sharpshooter, but anyone can be trained for a  
long time. It takes a lot more EXP to get a high level of gun skill  
vs. a high level of bow skill. On the other hand, bows require more  
investment from your actual talent points. This means that gunman can  
often do other things, maybe swords, maybe business, etc. Its a trade  
off.... Bows are better in one way, worse in another. I think I like  
the way that is working out. It also represents that in this world  
guns are relatively new, and mass production is even newer.... so most  
people grew up with bows, which are easier to make as a peasant, but  
harder to make in a factory. People who grew up with bows have more  
skill than those who are just picking up guns in their young  
adulthood, so it also makes sense in that way.
On Jul 2, 2010, at 2:10 PM, raito@raito.com wrote:

> I guess that if I was modelling inherently inaccurate firearms I'd  
> impose a maximum adjDX.
> To have bows more accurate for skilled users, I cut the number of  
> skilled firearms users. That shouldn't be hard to do. In order to  
> get the skill to use a firearm effectively (rather than just pull  
> the trigger on one ready to go), you need to practice. And so you  
> need ammo, and that' expensive. So getting a high level of skill is  
> expensive. I might split the skill into a lower and higher level of  
> skill. The lower level gets you to a grunt soldier level, where you  
> can prepare and fire your weapon yourself. The higher level would  
> let you do it with less penalty. Thus you can still have a relative  
> sharpshooter with a firearm, but it cost a lot for him to get to  
> that point.
> Neil Gilmore
> raito@raito.com
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