Re: [DL] Rolling attributes

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

I think we are both saying the same thing basically, Strength has little
effect on firearm use.  A skilled strong person and a skilled weak person
both can be equally good at using a firearm.  The strong person would be
better able to carry a larger weapon, but not in actually firing it.  The
best example I have is a pair of guides I went hunting with.  It was a
husband/wife pair who had both been shooting about the same amount of time.
Both were very skilled shooters using the same weapon.  The wife was maybe
120 lbs soaking wet, the husband was well over 200 and none of it was fat.
Despite their size difference, the wife could fire faster and more
accurately, and was less sore at the end of the day.

Alex
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jesse Ahrens" <sprack@trinitel.com>
To: <deadlands@gamerz.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: [DL] Rolling attributes


> I would agree with most of the rest except this part. A strong "unskilled"
> shooter would get worn out faster, but I imagine most people in the weird
> west have a lifetime of shooting experience and their physical strength
> only adds to the control, accuracy and endurance. Now if their a mountain
> of muscle I think it might be valid to have it affect their quickness.
>
> > From a realism stand point, it takes very little strength to fire most
> >firearms.  As a matter of fact, I have seen very strong people have a lot
> >more difficulty than weak people because they try to resist the recoil
with
> >brute force.  This decreases accuracy and wears them out quicker.
Strength
> >is important for having to carry weapons, but not really for using them.
>
> It's a menage a trois you and me and Heineken...
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