Re: [HoE] FW: Question about Gauss Technology

["jason adkins" <danthius@hotmail.com>]

Hey John,

     Stats look about right.  I only detect one serious problem.  Ammo.  
Ammo.  Ammo.  Please be aware that the acclaimed "Guass", technology, 
involves magnetically accelerating, (at this time alluminum, I believe) to 
such a velocity, that their penetration factor is without challenge.  What 
this means to you is, no shell casings!!!  Technically, any "Guass" 
weaponry, would leave no ammo casings behind to refill.  Your stats for the 
weapon look nice.  But, you should only be able to receive more ammo, when 
the GM, is being particuallarly nice.  Or you would have to get really lucky 
on perhaps a combined; Science(Physics), Trade(Weaponsmithing).  So keep 
these in mind.  Just my two cents.

                       Jason Adkins


>From: John Osmanski <John.Osmanski@telethinking.com>
>Reply-To: hoe@gamerz.net
>To: hoe@gamerz.net
>Subject: [HoE]  FW: Question about Gauss Technology
>Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 04:01:55 -0500
>
>A player in my HoE campaign came up with this, and am putting it to the 
>list
>for comments/corrections/ect:
>
>
>Does Guass technology exists in Hell on Earth?  I am talking to my Marshal
>about letting me start with a Guass pistol, making up some kind of weapon
>for it and taking an appropriate Belongin' skill to start with it, and
>perhaps having some points in Tinkering to be able to modify some kind of
>existing bullet to fit my weapon.  Here is what I am thinking:  (by the 
>way,
>the inspiration for this was the PC Game Fallout 2)
>
>
>PPK Gauss Pistol
>
>Ammo:  2mm EC (in Deadlands terms, it is considered Armor Piercing level 2)
>
>Shots: 12
>Speed: 1
>ROF: 1
>Range: 50
>Damage: 4D8
>Cost: $3,000
>
>The weapon fires twice per action much like a double action revolver and 
>the
>ammo would be very hard to come by (about 7 bucks a shell, I would think).
>With the right parts and a Hard (9) Tinkering roll, perhaps I could re-use
>spent shell casings?  Something like that.
>
>What do you think?  How can this be balanced to make it fun, and or a 
>viable
>option?  I was also thinking of this for the Rifle counterpart (another way
>to get ammo would be to take out someone using this against me and my
>posse!)
>
>PCKK Gauss Rifle
>
>Ammo:  2mm EC
>
>Shots: 30
>Speed: 1
>ROF: 9
>Range: 50
>Damage: 5D10
>Cost: $7,000
>
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