Re: [BNW] New Guns to play with

["Poetic" <poetic@iprimus.com.au>]

> All rifles seem to do 6d6+X and all pistols seem to do 5d6+X so I'd
> suggest keeping this system.
> I pegged the DE .50 at 5d6+10 (because it's more powerful than a .357)
>
I did originally take that into account but according to my reference
material the .44 and  . 50 do the same damage as many rifles the only
differance being range. For example the .50 does the same damage as a
Hecklar & Koch G-11 and one ranking in damage higher than the M-16A2 which
according to the rulebook does 6d6+5. If you like you could make the
following changes though put the .44 as a 5d6+10 and the .50 as 5d6+12 but i
personally feel these puts them a little too powerful if you go on pure
averages i.e if you assume (and i am no stats genius) that the average of a
d6 is 3.5 than the .50 is going to do 26 points using my original system or
29.5 using the 5d6+12 or 27.5 using your suggestion of 5d6+10. Admittedly
the chances of getting open ended die roles with an extra d6 increase but so
do the changes of getting anouther 1.

> Doesn't the .50 hold 7 shots?
>
Again not according to my referance book but hey it could be wrong on that
point.

Oh and one final point i would make these pistols classed as two-handed
weapons with appropriate penalties for firing one handed. unless you had
sufficient strength (such as 6)