Re: [HOE] Alright, some rule questions for anyone in the know...

[Thomas Mayfield <dragonboyblue@mindspring.com>]

>That sounds good for a weapon like the LAPAT out of Cyborgs, but what I'm
>trying do design is a weapon with NO upper limit to the amount of damage
>that can be done.  While that might sound munchy, it's balanced by the fact
>that most Junkers/Sykers only have so much juice to toss at a target, and
>once it's gone it takes a while to get back.
>
>My ultimate goal was to create a laser-based weapon using Flash Gordon and
>Brain Drain and tweak the settings so that each die of damage cost five
>drain, which would mean that, to a Syker, each die of damage cost one Strain
>to charge.  A stability check at a reduced rating sounds like a good
>side-effect to toss in there, as well as a balancing factor, but I don't
>want to put an arbitrary limit on the amount of juice that can be pumped.
>If the Syker wants to throw all 16 Strain into a single attack, that's fine
>by me.

I don't think that's possible under the offical rules.  The stats and cost
of a weapon built by Flash Gordon are determined from the ammo size, which
in turn locks you into a maximum damage.  There's nothing to stop you from
creating a house rule add-on to this, however...  What about building a
"overload" setting onto the thing?  Go over the maximum damage and you have
to make a Stability roll, with penalties for how much you went over.  Just
my $0.02.

-Evil Marshal Mayfield
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