Re: [FT] Cutter Beam Alternatives

on 8/7/00 12:33, Sean Bayan Schoonmaker at s_schoon@pacbell.net wrote:

>> How about if the beam caused a threshold check at the level of hull
>> penatration for only one type of system-- role one dice:
> 
> Ack! I'd rather not roll another die if I can avoid it.
> 
> Another possibility would be to say that the ship will make 2 checks
> against 2 systems in a set order. For example (just off the top of my
head
> and not a serious or inclusive list):
> 
> Class 1s
> Class 2s
> PDS
> Main Drives
> Class 3s
> etc.
> 
> Just go down the list and make checks on the first ones you get to.

I was thinking something along this line as well.  With cutters maybe
any
hull damage is a threshold check for one system - with a list of systems
like this.  There are still ways to get really gamey about this if the
receiving player want to (loading up on Class 1s to absorb the damage,
choosing a system that is out of arc).

Kevin Walker
sage@bresnanlink.net