Re: [HOE] Re: Military Background

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

Not according to the rules.  According to the rules description, Unbalanced
includes "grenades, rocks, and skulls."

Most grenades are not aerodynamically designed.  Your standard
fragmentation/concussion grenade looks not too much unlike a small can of
spraypaint.  You're basically chucking a metal can (think soda can), and
there's a bit of a difference between tossing a grenade and throwing a
knife.

Now, there ARE some "balanced" grenades, but I doubt they'd be TOO
commonplace.  There's just not a pressing need to upgrade to them.  Maybe a
lucky posse might stumble across a few in some out-of-the-way place.

--Kai Tave



>> and I just had to get this off my chest.  WHY does the "Infantry" skill
>> package list Throwing: Balanced as a skill?  Balanced is for throwing
>things
>> like knives and axes.  Wouldn't it make more sense for infantry to have
>> Throwing: Unbalanced for grenades?  I can see the Special Forces package
>
>Isn't a grenade more or less balanced?
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