Re: [SGII] Close Encounters Of The Exceedingly Violent Kind

On Mon, 7 Oct 2002 16:41:02 -0400 (EDT), Roger Books
<books@jumpspace.net>
wrote:

>On  7-Oct-02 at 15:29, Allan Goodall (agoodall@att.net) wrote:
>> On Mon, 7 Oct 2002 14:45:53 -0400 (EDT), "John Crimmins"
>> <johncrim@voicenet.com> wrote:
>> 
>> >Now, I need to come up with some Close Combat rules that reflect
that,
>> >while they are still hard to kill, the Grays really suck at
hand-to-hand
>> >combat.  Maybe a d12 roll for CC, but if a Gray wins he inflicts no
damage?
>> 
>> I'll have to read up on the rest of what you wrote before posting
ideas.
>> However, Greys are bad at CC? 
>> 
>> Slight spoiler for the movie _Signs_.
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> V
>> 
>> You haven't seen the movie _Signs_ with Mel Gibson, have you...? I
was
>> vaguely disappointed in the movie, myself (I expected something
different)
>> but it does have an interesting take on Greys in CC. The greys have
nasty
>> claws. More importantly, they have some sort of gas extruding from an
>> orifice in the inner wrist. This is a nasty gas that's very dangerous
when
>> inhaled, though harmless if not inhaled.
>> 
>> On the other hand, one guy with a baseball bat can take one out
almost
>> single handed, so maybe they aren't so good in CC after all...
>
>Hey, you start the combat with a good whacked by a ballbat and see how
>affective you are.  :)

I'd like to think that I wouldn't just stand there and let the hairless
ape
whack me with a solid looking piece of timber... *L*

Allan Goodall		       agoodall@hyperbear.com
http://www.hyperbear.com

"We come into the world and take our chances
 Fate is just the weight of circumstances
 That's the way that Lady Luck dances
 Roll the bones." - N. Peart