Re: [HOE] Stupid Junker device...

["Kai Tave" <kaitave@harborside.com>]

As a quick and easy solution, what I'd do is make the die type for the
backblast equal to the die type of the warhead you're pushing.  A bigger
warhead needs more fuel to fly the same distance as a tiny, model
rocket-sized warhead.  So, it would stand to reason that the exhaust for
such a tiny rocket would be appropriately weak.  Compare a Stinger missile
to, say, Apollo 11 to get the idea I'm working towards.  It's not just range
that determines what the exhaust is going to be like, it's mass as well.

So give him his rocket launcher, but make the backblast 4d4 damage instead.
I promise you that if he's as big a numbers-hound as he seems to be, he'll
find a better use for his components than a bass-ackwards rocket launcher
that does 4d4 damage.

--Kai Tave


>Once again, I'm going to go against the "Marshal Rule, kill the bastard"
>school of thought and say you should let him build it.  But look
>carefully at the rules for that backblast: it says that it goes out to 30
>yards in a cone (though it doesn't say how wide the cone is; you could
>make it 180 degrees if you wanted), and if an obstacle gets in the way,
>will spread out.  so if he points that backblast at something, the cone
>will spread out around it, probably hitting the rest of the posse.  Use
>it in a small room and the junker himself might get toasted.  I'd
>definitely adjust the damage down a la Waste Warriors, since 4d20 massive
>damage is very, very evil now.
>The components that would go into making a rocket like that would be much
>better used in a flamethrower-type weapon, which is more controllable and
>can be used multiple times.
>Oh, and as a tip for your junker, you don't need to put an actual warhead
>on the rocket.  Just put one slot of empty space or something, and you
>don't have tyo worry about who might get hit with that thing.
>
>From Whom It May Concern,
>Rich "BANNED  for LIFE"  Ranallo
>
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>could've put out Vietnam."
>-Shane MacGowan, "Haunted"
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