Re[2]: [WW] Firing main guns (vehicle weapons) at PCs or NPCs

[Arne Reuter <reuter@tse-online.de>]

>>I have been reading the Combat rules for vehicles in BOTR (pages 100-112),
>>and I can't find any discussion on firing main guns at people.  I expected 
>>to find some modifiers for firing at small, mobile targets like people 
>>rather than the large armored targets that the slow to move main guns were 
>>designed for.
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> check out the 3E PH, chapter 8 (pg.132 in the first printing). COMBAT 
> MODIFIERS. table 8-8. ranged combat column...
> defender running      -2*

> <*defender looses AC bonuse from DEX>

> as for shooting at a man, size is already figured into the base d20 game 
> engine. now if it was a child or a halfling (small size add's an additional 
> +1 to target's AC)...

I'd still add them, since tanks lack the integral agility of a
creature (even a colossal one). Especially the WWII tanks were very
clumsy to operate and could not react very fast. Add to that, that
the tank crew would have a very narrow field of vision while buttoned
up, you have ample opportunity to add modifiers.

They have a hard time hitting a person standing still on an empty
field directly. That person still might be torn apart by blast and
shrapnel of a near miss, though.

Mit freundlichen Gruessen,

Arne Reuter

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