[projectaon] Re: 01hh Comment Period
- From: "James Murray" <barefootjimmy@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:08:53 -0500
Iain,
I'd say the problem with that reasoning is that in this case you start
out knowing exactly how many shots you're going to need to shoot to
hit him.
For example: in your example you have 6 shooting + perception, and
pick 5. In that case I might say "Sure, I'll 'shoot till I hit him,'
knowing I'll be expending three rounds before I even start pulling the
trigger.
If I picked 1 on the RNT, meaning I'd have to fire off 7 rounds to
kill him, I might well decide to only fire a single bullet and endure
the consequences rather than fire off my entire supply of ammunition.
When I've played the books and am asked to choose a number of rounds
to fire (and then add it to a random number), I've always made myself
choose beforehand, because the foreknowledge of the required number of
rounds seems like an unfair advantage for me. On the other hand, the
point about hearing the enemy's scream is a good one. I'm not sure
what the solution should be... perhaps forcing the reader to choose
how many rounds to expend beforehand but allowing them to stop
shooting when they hear the scream? I'm not sure.
--Jimmy
On 6/19/08, Iain Smith <iainsmith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ben,
>
> I don't think there's a need to make a note of the number of rounds
> before picking an number and doing the calculation, if that's what
> you're referring to.It just makes sense to me, you're firing blind, so you'd
> take the random number, say 5 and add your shooting and perception skills,
> let's say 6; this makes 11. You can then either decide to fire 3 rounds to
> reach the required score of 14 (in essense shooting until you hit him) or
> not (in which case you miss and must fight him).
>
> Iain.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Benjamin I Krefetz <krefetz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Project Aon List <projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, 19 June, 2008 10:54:45 PM
> Subject: [projectaon] Re: 01hh Comment Period
>
> In Section 287, should we have a note telling the reader to decide in
> advance how many bullets they wish to fire? Or, given the description in
> Section 174, can we assume the reader can keep firing until heh ears his
> enemy scream (except that makes the opening text of Section 259 a bit
> problematic)?
>
> Ben
>
>
> On Thu, 19 Jun 2008, Jonathan Blake wrote:
>
>> The day has arrived for the comment period for Highway Holocaust.
>>
>> http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml/fw/01hh/
>>
>> http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml-simple/fw/01hh.htm
>>
>> Please take some time to give it one last look at it before we send it
>> out the door. I suggest having some fun and playing through it.
>>
>> The period for last comments will end on the 25th. I hope to publish
>> it on the 26th.
>>
>> --
>> Jon
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