Re: [DL] Rolling attributes

["William Ogden" <w_ogden@hotmail.com>]

First of all I'm not a firearms expert, and you could be 100% correct.

OTOH, it could be that the man had, say 5d8 in shooting, and the woman had 
5d12, plus a penalty for low st.

Here's another thought, high damage guns tend to weigh more.  Aiming a high 
damage gun for a long time makes the arm tired.  Maybe you can't aim for as 
many actoins if your st is low?  Must think about that.

>From: "Alex and Heidi Johnson" <heidij31@chartermi.net>
>Reply-To: deadlands@gamerz.net
>To: <deadlands@gamerz.net>
>Subject: Re: [DL] Rolling attributes
>Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 13:06:31 -0600
>
>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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