Re: [HOE] Double Taps

["Alex and Heidi Johnson" <heidij31@chartermi.net>]

Well, having had plenty of recent real world experience I can tell you it
really doesn't matter how strong you are with most recoil.  What is much
more important is your ability to roll with the recoil.  I would see double
tapping as firing, then bringing the gun down and firing again without
checking your aim.  I don't think I would have the bullets hit the same
location, but the single roll to represent your initial aim and skill at
recovery seems to work.  I have tried this and it is quite difficult to hit
the target twice rapidly at any range, but it can be done.

Alex
----- Original Message -----
From: "Theo McGuckin" <tsm@jlab.org>
To: <hoe@gamerz.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 8:22 AM
Subject: RE: [HOE] Double Taps


> > As I read it, you can make two completely separate shootin', location
> > and damage rolls, *or* you can double-tap and make one shootin' roll, on
> > which you hope for a raise.
> >
> > Suppose you've spent three actions drawing a bead with your laser sight,
> > which would you rather do?
> >
> > Or suppose you have one blue chip left and taking out the baddie will
> > save the posse's bacon, but the light is poor and one bullet probably
> > won't do the job.
>
> That still doesn't make a whole lot of "realworld" sense. Face it, the
> first shot is going to make the gun buck, and unless you're superman (who
> is faster than a speeding bullet) you're not going to be able to pull the
> trigger a second time before the first bullet kicks the gun up a bit. As
> such it's iffy at best that two bullets could hit the same location
> (except by random chance).
>
> I don't know though, I haven't fired any guns since I was pretty young
> (and not very strong), so my experience is lop-sided toward not being able
> to keep a gun aligned over multiple shots. What are other people's
> experiences?
>
> To me it seems like the whole double-tap thing was a cludge because
> someone at Pinnacle said "You know, it's a lot easier to squeeze the
> trigger on a 9mm than a .357..." So in fairly typical pinnacle fashion
> they came up with a new rule that was a bit on the complicated side "Hey,
> we'll mak'em double-taps, and you can do either, but it's harder to do the
> second one, and it has different effects depending on which one you do,
> and..." and published it. Then, in equally pinnacle fashion, they realized
> the rule was probably more of a pain then it needed to be and someone said
> "Wouldn't it be easier just to give them a ROF of 2?" <insert sound of
> smacked foreheads> And finally, in perhaps the best example of typical
> pinnacle, they put the rule out as soon as they could in a supplement and
> on the web (as opposed to other companies that wait 10 years for a
> revision to fix all the problems in their system, I'm looking at you
> WoTC/TSR. Don't try to hide in the back! We all see you slinking around
> back their with your d20 system! Don't point fingers at each other, you
> know you're both to blame!!!)
>
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