Re: [BNW] Shooting Skill

["Steve Crow" <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

>From: "Mattias Johansson" <chaoslord@telia.com>
>
>Hi guys,
>
>I wonder if you have had this problem;
>
>My player decided they all needed a shooting skill of +5! (Allright one of 
>them switched this for Archery.) Then they used up all their money to get 
>really! packed with Hardware!
>
>Now all they do in a conflict is drawing their guns, and start to shoot 
>everybody who oppose them. I think this is not the way to play this game! I 
>belive that the groups should explore each others powers and get around 
>things their own way. Not just blast throught the gateway to the goal.
>

What powers do they have? One gets the impression there aren't any Blasters 
in your group, for instance: it's hard to believe someone with that package 
would bother with a gun.

Ditto for Goliaths and, to a lesser degree, Scrappers.

On the other hand, let's face it: there are some power package/character 
types who probably are going to do this. The Hacker or Smuggler or Sneak, 
for instance, is probably going to want to contribute in combat!

>My own solution is to have to increase the Weapon Skill of their Enemies 
>and eventually "kill of" some the heroes. Build new ones with a harder 
>check in the generation process.

First of all, make sure they have more opportunities to play with their 
powers if their non-combatant types. Have the Sneak or the Hacker (or 
whoever in your campaign) have to be doing something else as the combat 
occurs, but something interactive.  Have the Hacker keep rerouting security 
signals every turn so that the rest of the complex doesn't find out about 
the ongoing firefight elsewhere. Or have the Sneak have to move from point 
to point, disabling sensors.  Do NOT have them have to get somewhere, make a 
single roll, and then do nothing while multiple rounds of combat go by 
elsewhere for the other PCs. They'll be bored out of their skulls.  :)

Second of all, don't kill the PCs off just for that. They're doing what they 
want to do. Of course, if they're emphasizing combat...well, that's what 
they're going to get. To some degree, you should increase the firepower of 
the opposition. I wouldn't kill them, but your PCs should soon realize it's 
no fun sitting around recovering from wounds.

The third thing is make sure that their goals _can't_ be met by just lasting 
through a gateway to their goal. Obviously combat shoudl play some part, 
since that's what your characters want. But that should only be part of it. 
Limit them so that the only way they can accomplish their goals _is_ to use 
their powers. Then toss in some combats with people of equal skill, not to 
overwhelm them with opposing firepower, but just to challenge them. Get them 
wounded without killing them, and then emphasize the fact that as a group it 
takes time to heal (unless they have a Healer).

Hope that all helps.

>But I am not inclined to kill fresh Heroes to stabilaze the game. My 
>players seems to enjoy the world, but it is to easy for them with the skill 
>of +5.
>
>If anybody have some que directives, just let me now.
>
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>Mattias Johansson
>chaoslord@telia.com
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