RE: Tonk Weapons

Actually, this was my first line of thinking.  The Tonk would simply not
be able to carry a rifle that is the size of a person's.

Eli

>From: "Casquilho, Daniel" <Daniel.Casquilho@disney.com>
>To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>Subject: RE: Tonk Weapons
>Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 10:43:44 -0700 
>Reply-To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>
>Eli,
>
>     Are you sure the Tonk weapons need to be more powerful then 
>other races weapons? I do not follow the size equals power school 
>of thought so I believe size should not be the only way power is 
>judged on a figure.
>
>      I have a match grade .22 that is quite large and heavy 
>looking. I also have a compact 9mm that is quite small. When side 
>by side the .22 "looks" more powerful, but the "larger" is by no 
>means the more "powerful" weapon. 
>
>     Maybe the Tonk have built frames that fit their size. Maybe 
>the Tonk use lower tech gauss weapons and the size includes the 
>batteries, capacitors, or what ever. Bottom line is, if you are 
>worried about "Cheese" then do not try and make new rules. Come 
>up with fluff that explains the size.
>
>     Just an ides/opinion.
>
>     Daniel
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Eli Arndt [mailto:emu2020@wattosjunkyard.com]
>> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 9:59 AM
>> To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>> Subject: Tonk Weapons
>> 
>> 
>> Alright all,
>> 
>> I am facing a problem with the Tonk.  How to stat up their weapon?
>> 
>> Because of overall toughness of the aliens and the 
>> availability of these OOP minis numbers will likely be fewer 
>> on the battlefield.	Also, their weapons, like them, are 
>> goliath when compaired to those of humans and even Kra'vak.
>> 
>> How do you all handle alien weaponry.  I know the core rules 
>> don't really work well for whole squads armed with support 
>> level weapons, but that's what the Tonk weapons would equate 
>> to.	Heck, one of their rifles is almost the size of a man.
>> 
>> I was thinking of basing their weapons technology off of 
>> explossive gyrojet munitions.
>> 
>> I'm stuck.  I don't want to be cheesy, but I want to do them justice.
>> 
>> Ah yeah..I'm callign the weapons Throttle Guns.  It just 
>> sounds cool..;)
>> 
>> Eli
>> 
>> 
>> 
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