Re: [DL] Hitting multiple targets

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

Officially this is discussed under the Bite of Arignee Voodoo power in 
Hexarcana, page 105 (the power enchants a bullet etc. to keep doing damage, 
assuming it lodges in the wound)  "Very large or damaging projectiles 
usually pass completely through thte body, but this varies according to the 
target's Size. The Marshal has the final say, but, in general, weapons with 
a die size greater than d10 don't remain in human-sized victims"

I was under the impression that DL bullets were quite a bit slower than 
modern rounds fired with smokeless powder, and thus would not gererannly 
pass through a person.  Especially a shoulder, which has lots of bones.


>From: Imandos@aol.com
>Reply-To: deadlands@gamerz.net
>To: deadlands@gamerz.net
>Subject: Re: [DL] Hitting multiple targets
>Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 07:17:00 EST
>
>First off, no modern HRT snipers would take this kind of shot, even with a
>high powered modern rifle.  With weapons like Old Western Pistols or the 
>type
>of bullets used in pre 1900 rifles, there would be no chance of accurately
>getting a bullet to follow the course you wanted through one human body and
>into another.  The. 45 Colt round for instance, is a great home protection
>round specifically because it delivers almost all its energy into the 
>target
>without blowing through.  A Sharps Big .50 might go through but there are 
>too
>many factors that could cause it to deflect.  In any case, the system I 
>would
>use would be damage dependent.  If the bullet causes more than 1/4 the
>targets Hit Points total in damage, it goes through.  Use the random 
>grenade
>chart in your system to determine which direction it comes out.  Since I 
>use
>D20, (I'll switch to regular Deadlands when I can persuade my players to
>learn a new system) I'm not certain how this would work under Classic
>Deadlands, so I hope someone more familiar with the rules can comment.  As
>for shooting the hostage to begin with, keep in mind how easily a bullet 
>can
>kill and that the shot individual will be maimed for life.  Skin and Muscle
>never regenerate exactly and bullets remove a good two inch path in most
>cases.  I hope this helps.
>
>Best,
>
>Tom
>"Who is glad to be teaching in quite West Virginia rather than still being
>shot at."
>
>In a message dated 2/6/02 6:04:14 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>markus.finster@chello.at writes:
>
>
> > Under which circumstances would it be possible to hit the guy holding 
>the
> > hostage with the same bullet? How much damage would the bad guy take?
> >
> > Markus
> >
>


_________________________________________________________________
Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. 
http://www.hotmail.com