Re: New Traveller )-8

[surely doeth it hurt when charters break:)]

> From: "Robert S. Dean" [email removed]
> Subject: (2909)  New Traveller )-8
>
> Are we going to be happy to be using a system where
> an average character can take two average damage .50 caliber machine gun
> bullets to the head without becoming unconscious?

  (originally a part of my other reply, but I had to check some figures)

  I agree that people can stand too much damage in T2k, but two .50cal is an
exaggeration. If we take the Joe A Average (A is for Above:) with 6 in all
stats (1-10 is the range) he will be slightly damaged at <=12 hits in the
head, seriously damaged at <=24 hits and dead at 25 and up.
  A .50cal does 8D of damage, average of 3.5 per die gives 28, wich means that
he has more than 50% chance of being dead. And there is a 100% chance of he
being unconcious.

  If we include the quick kill rule we will get something like the following
figures on the risk of dying or getting unconcious from one hit on a random
part of the body:

  d6 of damage	%dead	%unconcious	weapon
	1	2%	5%		7mm revolvers and autos
	2	4%	12%		9mm autos & smg's
	3	6%	12%		5.56N
	4	8%	12%		7.62
	6	12%	34%		some elephant guns
	8	17%	50%		.50cal (shotgun at close does 9D)
	10	19%	55%		some bloc HMG (?)

  On the other hand, if we make the simple modification of halving the damage
to each hit location that characters can stand*, and apply this on
Joe A Average II we will get this:

  d6 of damage	%dead	%unconcious	weapon
	1	2%	5%		7mm revolvers and autos
	2	4%	12%		9mm autos & smg's
	3	8%	31%		5.56N
	4	11%	52%		7.62
	6	15%	75%		some elephant guns
	8	18%	81%		.50cal (shotgun at close does 9D)
	10	19%	90%		some bloc HMG (?)

  * I agree, it is a patch, but compared to some of the patches for
MegaTraveller it is small and non-intrusive, and it is only used once: on
character generation.

> Rob Dean

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