Jul 13 20:29 1998

To: Froccer
To: Jerm
To: Jert

From: Dan

Subject: Burst Rules

Froccer I've revised the system as follows

1. Type of Burst

Short Burst <20% clip
Long Burst 21-50% clip
Extreme Burst >51% clip (Still counts as two attacks and is awild burst)

2. Weapon Proficiency Adjustment (WPA)

Yes: -15% shots fired (Round Up) : +5%/2 levels of Experience
No: -25% shots fired (Round Down)

3. Total Number of Burst shots

= Fired shots * [(100 + WPA)/100]

4. Number of Targets

If shooting at more than one target, burst is considered wild

Burst Shots Max Targets

<6 1
6-10 2
11-15 3
16-20 4
21-30 5
31-40 6
increase by 10 Increase by 1

5. Number of Hits

Controlled Burst : 4,5,6 on a d6 hits target
Wild Burst : 5,6 on a d6 hits target

6. Ability to dodge a burst

Controlled Burst : 10
Wild Burst : 14

7. Distribute Hits among targets
8. Roll damage / shot
9. Resolve damage on each target.

To address Froccer's concerns that there Rail Guns, etc. will not be effective,
well they sort of aren't as great but realistically you only need to hit
with a five or greater with a rail gun burst while the odds are that you are
going to need a 10 or greater with the burst rules, if it's wild your odds
increase to 14 or greater. I think that it is fair.

As for your max damage scenario what you described was like rolling a 20 as
far as I'm concerned and the odds of doing that are pretty slim (If you pull
that off, I'd be impressed) so if you empty a full clip doing I think x5
damage and x2 damage(for the 20) and you roll and 18 you get 180MD which is
more likely than my system.

Your to hit a barn as far as I'm concerned is like putting a pistol to
someones head, are you going to kill him? Yes as long as the safety is off
(i.e. rolling a 1) Don't missle systems get a volley as well? If you want
to restrict stuff lets get rid of the extreme burst. I don't think that
it's that great anyway and will reduce the amount of damage per turn. I'd
rather stick to a simple system that is somewhat realistic (i.e. if I fire
off an entire clip of 30 at two targets, it's going to be a bitch to dodge
because of all the shots flying through the air.

Well that's my two cents on the subject.

Dan