RE: Out of Ammo and Shotguns

The Firepower die in skirmish drops off over each range band.  So for a
regular firing a rifle, at short range you roll d8+d10, medium d8+d8,
longe
d8+d6.	This increases the odds of 1s.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Barclay [SMTP:Thomas.Barclay@sofkin.ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 2:11 PM
> 
	>From: "Jerry" <jerrym@cvzoom.net>
	>Subject: Re: Out of Ammo in FMA

	>Actually this whole out of ammo has a beauty in its own.
	>Inexperienced troops will more likely roll 1's than experienced

	>ones AND firing at longer ranges will more likely result in an 
	> out of ammo roll.

> ** This last eludes me. Wherein does range act in the equation? I
> thought we were speaking of a quality die and a firepower die. Double
> ones is out of ammo (though I liked the idea of a one die roll
> subsequent to that based on weapon reliablity or troop quality).