Re: Poll on HB Items

On Wed, 2 Feb 2000 11:02:58 -0500 (EST), Roger Books writes:
>On  2-Feb-00 at 11:00, Sean Bayan Schoonmaker (schoon@aimnet.com)
wrote:
> 
>> [1] Dean's idea to have a BPS simply generate half its capacity in
EPs
>> every turn. No dice rolling.
>> 
>
>Yes.
>
>> [2] Re-rolls on 6's for damage.
>
>No, changes the system.  Every other "roll a d6 and read damage" system
>does not use re-rolls.  P-torps, wave guns, SMs.
>

I'll second this.

1) Yes, something simple.  

2) No rerolls.	The trouble is, since the only limit on range is the
minus to damage, with a reroll you have an infinite range if you roll
well.  We'd need to introduce new rules to limit the range, and that
just feels clunky.

(At range 60", -9 to the die roll, I roll a 6, then a 6, then a 3.  15
- 9 = 6 point of damage).

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