RE: [HoE] hoe technology level

["Phalen, Patrick" <pphalen@avionics.itt.com>]

>>I'll bet the Wasted Waste Sourcebook will have stuff like mortars.
>>
>>Gee, that's my answer for everything nowadays, huh?
>
>Well - there was only so much room available in the main book.

True, but I would have at least like to see them mentioned.  They're not
even included for an artillery: mortars skill  and they are not something
that I think should be relegated to Junker's Gear.  Granted, a Junker could
construct one fairly easily, but I think they should have been included.

>
>You have to realize that most modern roleplaying games have entire books
>just devoted to weapons.  In Deadlands it took Law Dogs before there was a
>fairly complete listing of firearms.

But the Law Dogs listing is fairly mundane.  It could really have three
entries:
Pistol: 3d6
Rifles: 3d8
Big Rifles: 3d10

I like the fact that they took the time to detail a bazillion different
"period" firearms, but 95% of them, fit that mold.


Pat