Re: [FT] Agility, Stealth, and the Fist of Doom

Laserlight wrote:
> Another approach might be to simulate the target ship's ability to 
> dodge.
> Use Noam's "Stealth" mechanism at a -2 level if all fire is coming at 
> you
> from one arc; at -1 if all fire is coming through two arcs; and at 
> normal
> range bands if fire is coming from 3 or more arcs.

This is a neat idea.

It also reduces the effectiveness of long range fire (which usually 
comes from a single arc), and thus super-big guns, and increases the 
importance of close combat and maneuver.

OTOH, using the Stealth mechanic for this makes it harder to use it for 
Stealth also. What happens to a Stalth 2 ship that takes all fire from 
F? Is it Stealth 4 now?  :-)

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