Re: [HoE] Junker Questions... (replies to Darrin)

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  I asked...
 
 2. If you were to try to make a "stealth suit,"  (for vision or 
     hearing, say), would you need to purchase 360 degrees 
     (so it would work all around), and ECM and a range?  
     Or would it be "Touch" for range?  Or would you need to 
     go with the 360 degrees?
 
  Darrin replied...

 I'm a little fuzzy on the ECM stuff, but I'd say you'd have to 
 go the full 360 degrees, and then decide up to what range 
 the suit effectively masks vision/hearing... let's say 50 yards. 
 Any listener outside that radius would be able to detect it 
 normally, I'd imagine.

  My reply...

  But isn't that a little odd?  That a person would be 
  "Chameleoned" or silent up close, but not at a distance?  
  Wouldn't it make more sense t he other way... 
  chameleoned or silent at a distance, and noticable or 
  audible up close?
 
  Again I asked...

    3.  What would be the percentage cost to add a 
    variable damage dial to a weapon (kind of like the 
    one for the Ripper gun)?  
 
  Darrin said...

 Use the cost for the highest possible damage. I'd say 
 a simple modification for variable settings might be 10%, 
 and the posible settings it would depend on the drain.  
 Let's say you've got a weapon that uses 6 GR, you add 
 variable settings at 10% cost for half damage (3 GR) and 
 low power (1 GR), and scale the damage down accordingly.  
 I'd do it in terms of GR depletion, though, rather than scaling 
 down the dice and trying to recalculate the GR drain. 

  My reply...

  Wouldn't 5 % be more sensible?  It's not that big of a 
  bonus, and it doesn't equal one level of Armr Piercing 
  by any means...
 
   4.  What would be the percentage cost for a melee 
   weapon to exceed the "0 Range" thing?  
 
 Darrin answered...

 Melee weapons should not ever have a range above 0.  
 Range above 0 means it it some sort of projectile weapon. 
 Even a lightsabre style weapon that extends out several 
 meters or whatever isn't actually a projectile weapon unless 
 you throw it. 

  I say to that...

  No, no no.  You misunderstand me.  A hand to hand 
  weapon has a range of 0, because they're usually under 
  1 yard long, right?  What about a lance or a spear?  
  Wouldn't you be able to hit someone more than one 
  yard away?  This is what I was referring to.

  C'mon, Darrin... Gimme your best shot!


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