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- Sun Dec 01, 2013 8:58 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [nWoD] Demon: the Descent
- Replies: 113
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It's also nice to know that the big survival mechanic of Vampires minimizing gunfire by treating it as bashing is basically out the window because any fucking punk can go out and get some kevlar and treat gunshots like vampires do. In the original nWoD core already, a Kevlar vest inflicted a -2 pen...
- Fri Nov 29, 2013 5:08 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [nWoD] Demon: the Descent
- Replies: 113
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Note: none of that fucking helps at all. Armor and Weapons shift actual damage boxes around instead of adding and subtract dice, so they are both about three times as big. Weapons are still a fuck of a lot easier to get than armor and considerably larger, so that's a net bonus to the attacker over ...
- Fri Nov 29, 2013 2:54 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [nWoD] Demon: the Descent
- Replies: 113
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In the meantime post the fucking numbers, because I swear there was something about armour being nothing compared to the damage increases earlier in the thread. Some of the sample weapons add more successes to damage than the typical armor examples subtract, but that requires hitting the target fir...
- Wed Nov 27, 2013 3:55 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [nWoD] Demon: the Descent
- Replies: 113
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Out of curiosity... don't know if this is a thing in NWoD, but what do you think a shotgun enchanted to float around you and fire on your command should do to your initiative? If it flies around independently without any kind of other material components like magic wands or remote controllers? Noth...
- Wed Nov 27, 2013 3:23 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [nWoD] Demon: the Descent
- Replies: 113
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You're telling me that drawing from a concealed holster, say in the small of your back, is totally doable, but readying your weapon from the above pose is unreasonable? No, what I'm saying is that keeping your weapon ready in that position shouldn't prevent the Initiative penalty at all, because it...
- Wed Nov 27, 2013 1:01 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [nWoD] Demon: the Descent
- Replies: 113
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It's a reflexive action, and you can take that reflexive action any time Defense applies. So either I can reflexively draw/holster infinite times off camera when it's not my turn or the ST tells me to shut up and wait my turn. That's the interpretation I disagree with. If the GM happens to be in a ...
- Tue Nov 26, 2013 11:09 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [nWoD] Demon: the Descent
- Replies: 113
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So you're admitting that quick draw is fucking useless and a waste of points. Either that or you're gently implying that you can use it before someone shoots you. Which was exactly the opposite of what you originally were arguing. Either way, your initial argument was actually wrong. This conversat...
- Tue Nov 26, 2013 8:48 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [nWoD] Demon: the Descent
- Replies: 113
- Views: 27703
3.My Initiative+Firearms is penalized by the weapon penalty, but Shoot First requires Firearms 2 so I'm not knocked below my normal Initiative. Even with Shoot First, though, Firearms 2 wouldn't be enough to cancel out entirely the Initiative penalty from wielding a heavy firearm: you'd need at lea...
- Tue Nov 26, 2013 2:31 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [nWoD] Demon: the Descent
- Replies: 113
- Views: 27703
You also completely avoided the description of the slinged shotgun. The same rule applies to both holstering and slinging weapons: by the book, that's an instant action. Even if that's arguably meant for, say, hoisting a rifle on your back instead of using more specialized combat gear, I'd neverthe...
- Tue Nov 26, 2013 1:47 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [nWoD] Demon: the Descent
- Replies: 113
- Views: 27703
So it's been a while since I remember this, but if defense doesn't apply to bullet attacks (only armor, which is different from your defense), does that mean quick draw is useless when you're shot at? Defense doesn't apply against firearms, yes, except possibly at very close range. Going by that, Q...
- Tue Nov 26, 2013 4:53 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [nWoD] Demon: the Descent
- Replies: 113
- Views: 27703
This fight is one-sided, but not in the way you might think. You get to choose whether you wish to apply Defense, so there's little point in wasting it on attacks that most likely couldn't cause serious injuries anyway. That part hasn't changed much since the original WoD core: being outnumbered wa...
- Tue Nov 26, 2013 2:51 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [nWoD] Demon: the Descent
- Replies: 113
- Views: 27703
In what way is that a functional rule? Quick Draw or Defense in general? The most logical reading of the Merit would simply be that it makes the usually instant drawing or holstering action reflexive instead, and additionally allows performing the same out of turn whenever the character's Defense a...
- Mon Nov 25, 2013 10:49 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [nWoD] Demon: the Descent
- Replies: 113
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- Mon Nov 25, 2013 10:08 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [nWoD] Demon: the Descent
- Replies: 113
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- Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:59 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [nWoD] Demon: the Descent
- Replies: 113
- Views: 27703
Your character can draw a pistol and fire or pull a melee weapon and attack without penalty as a single action in a turn. If a weapon is hidden on your character's person (under a coat or in a purse), it can be drawn and used in the same turn without the normal loss of Defense. It makes you not suf...
- Mon Nov 25, 2013 5:10 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [nWoD] Demon: the Descent
- Replies: 113
- Views: 27703
Re: [nWoD] Demon: the Descent
So quickdraw isn't actually quickdraw unless you get attacked. And then you get your choice of defense/attacking/doing something or drawing your weapon. No, Quick Draw just gives you the opportunity to get your weapon out or set it aside without delay as a reflexive reaction to an attack, so that y...
- Sat Nov 23, 2013 3:42 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [nWoD] Demon: the Descent
- Replies: 113
- Views: 27703
So you go on init count 8, draw for free, which drops your init to 6 next round, fire, then drop/sling/holster your weapon as a free instant action, which boosts your init back up to 8. But that's not possible unless the GM is at least implementing some rules hacks. Without Merits like Quick Draw, ...
- Sat Nov 23, 2013 2:04 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [nWoD] Demon: the Descent
- Replies: 113
- Views: 27703
Then they give initiative penalties for holding a weapon in your hand. They know Quickdraw is an actual thing, right? That characters drawing and sheathing weapons every attack in order to go faster is extremely stupid , and yet is almost 100% of what that rule does. Eh, I'm not really seeing how r...
- Fri Nov 22, 2013 6:35 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [nWoD] Demon: the Descent
- Replies: 113
- Views: 27703
- Mon Nov 11, 2013 4:32 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Stalker RPG
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1786
And the game I heard about is this one here, I think: http://www.burgergames.com/stalker/EN_web/ That one's based on the Strugatsky novel and the Tarkovsky film. (I have the original Finnish edition.) It doesn't present any objective truth behind the Visitation that took place thirteen years ago, o...
- Sun Nov 10, 2013 6:02 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Opinions on Changeling: the Lost?
- Replies: 20
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- Sun Nov 10, 2013 5:16 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Opinions on Changeling: the Lost?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4409
Re: Opnions on Changeling: the Lost?
Naturally Changeling would never address how to become human. All the way back to the original Vampire there was Golconda and becoming human again, and they only gave *very* vague ideas of how you reach Golconda. That's supposed to be "up to the storyteller". And you still don't really an...
- Sat Nov 09, 2013 8:33 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Opinions on Changeling: the Lost?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4409
Re: Opnions on Changeling: the Lost?
Almost as much as Promethean, the game is attempting to get you to strive towards... not being a character in the game. You're a Changeling, and the goal is to build up enough Clarity that you stop being one. And that's a really bad goal for a role playing game. You could stop being a Changeling ju...