Research and Planning for SpecForce Write-Ups

[Naaman]

[Dredwulf60]

[Mamatried]

[Naaman]

[Naaman]

[Mamatried]

I can't agree more naaman, I was merely refering to the diffculty with ranges.
with the common diffculty of a swat shot would be somewhat less on average.

when it comes to perction shots, yes these are difficult and would require heroic difficulties or at least close to.

my comment about diffculty was thus only in regards to range.

with this seeing the above d20 feat, I would give the sharpshooter, percition shooting to the swat, and marksmanship, accuracy at distance to the military sniper.

with the different skills, we can warrant a differnce in the blaster/firearms skill between the two.

with a 6D balster and a 3D Sharpshooter the swat will have 8D to shoot a rescue shot.
if a military sniper tried this, he may succeed, but his 7D blaster and 3D marksmanship, will only give him a 7D.....1D less than the swat for that type of shot.

on the flip side the swat will shoot with 6D at distances above, while the military shooter gets his 10D for this......

[CRMcNeill]

I refer you to my previous idea of having the Sharpshooter skill be an Initiative booster, to insure that the shooter takes his shot first (and any hit of Wound or above will be enough to prevent the target from performing the act they were intending).
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"No set of rules can cover every situation. It's expected that you will make up new rules to suit the needs of your game." - The Star Wars Roleplaying Game, 2R&E, pg. 69, WEG, 1996.

The CRMcNeill Stat/Rule Index

[Naaman]

[Mamatried]

[CRMcNeill]

[CRMcNeill]

[Naaman]

Essentially, the idea I want would have this result:

As long as he is "aiming," a sniper can add his (A) skill dice to any shot he takes that does not attempt to extend the range of his weapon (including called shots, since the sniper skill is an extension of the blaster skill, but he must still overcome the difficulty added by the called shot). So, a "head shot" per RAW would add +1D to the difficulty, given the size of a head. The brainstem shot would add +4D to the difficulty (or more, perhaps) due to the size of the brainstem.

The sharpshooter would have some way to eliminate or offset such penalties within 100m so that he requires a lower skill level to achieve the same thing. An example would be to expand the called shot difficulties on page 91 of the rulebook so that there are more steps (perhaps going to 1D increments rather than 4D increments). The simple solution would be to say that the sharpshooter ignores a number of penalty dice equal to his sharpshooting skill, while the sniper doesn't.

Here's how it would play out:

Both shooters are aiming (+1D) and have 1D+2 fire control.

Sniper: Blaster 5D, (A) Sniper 1D. Total rolled: 8D+2. A head shot at medium range has a difficulty of moderate (so, 12, for example) +1D (so, let's say, +4 for a total of 16 (this example comes straight out of the rulebook).

Sharpshooter: Blaster 5D (A) Sharpshooting 1D. Total rolled is 3D+2. Difficulty is 12 since the sharpshooter's skill negates the 1D penalty on the difficulty.

Now, let's try a brainstem shot. Sniper needs the same 12 (medium range) plus 4D (lets assume a roll of 13) for a total of 25. Average roll on 8D+2 is 30, he will miss this shot a little less than half the time.

Sharpshooter still rolls 3D+2, but the difficulty adjustment is only 3D (since he ignores the first 1D--per his 1D in the skill--of difficulty adjustments. So let's say the difficulty is 12 + 3D (rolled 10) for a total of 22.

But as the sharpshooter gains skill, he gets better. At 2D he is not only a better shooter, but he also ignores more of the difficulty adjustment. The same shot is now 12 + 2D (instead of 12 + 4D for the sniper or +3D for the previous sharpshooter) for a total difficulty of, let's say 18. He'd roll 4D+2 to make the attack, and it would be at a lower difficulty.

When he gets to 4D in sharpshooting, hitting the brainstem is as easy as hitting a man-sized target, since he completely ignores the 4D difficulty adjustment. That is, the sharpshooter rolling 4D can out shoot the sniper within 100m since the difficulty is only 12, but he's rolling 6D+2, while the sniper still must roll a 25 to hit the target.

I pulled these numbers out of the rulebook. FWIW, I feel that the called shot difficulties are too low to represent "real life" difficulties in shooting.

In order to make the sharpshooting skill more viable, I might say that a sharpshooter does not need to "aim" to call the shot, but if he does aim (taking the 1 round to do so) he gains the additional benefit of ignoring double the penalty dice. So at 1D, he rolls 3D+2 and ignores the first 2D, so his difficulty is, say, 19 in stead of the 22, above, and at 2D in the skill, he's ignoring the full 4D when aiming, so the difficulty is just 12, and he would be rolling 4D+2.

I don't know... I'm not really ready to tackle this concept just yet.

[Naaman]

[CRMcNeill]

[Mamatried]

Scout/Sniper Template

DEXTERITY: 4D
Blaster:
(s)Blaster-Sniper Rifle:
Brawling Parry:
Dodge:
Firearms:
(s)Slugthrower-Sniper Rifle:
Grenades
Melee Combat:
Melee Parry:
Run:
Thrown Weapons:

KNOWLEDGE: 2D+2
Intimidation:
Languages:
Scholar-Particle Physics and Balistics:
Survival:
Tactics:
Willpower:

MECHANICAL: 2D
Communications:
Repulsorlift Operation:
Sensors:

PERCEPTION: 3D+2
Command:
Hide:
(s)Camouflage:
Search:
Sneak.

STRENGTH: 3D
Brawling:
Climbing/Jumping:
Lifting:
Stamina:
Swimming:

TECHNICAL: 2D+2
Blaster Repair:
Demolitions:
Firearms Repair:
First Aid:
Security:

Force Sensitive?:
Force Points: 1
Darkside Points:
Character points: 5

Equipment: Blaster Pistol (4D), Sniper Rifle (6D), Knife (Str+2), Camouflage Netting,
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