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FF_Ninja · 03-22-2016, 08:24 AM

Appreciate the response, Hans.

I think the biggest issue I had was that you could dodge a lot of those things from the standstill, but dodging a shot means evading and moving long before shots start coming in. Systematically, there's no difference between dodging a baseball bat and dodging the appearance of an aiming gun, but there's a good amount of telegraph to each of the former, and not as much to the latter - especially once shots start flying.

Put another way, even if someone gets the drop on you, you could steal realistically be able to defend against a melee attack. Higher velocity range weapons, though...

I don't know. I'm going to go look into those Tactical Shooting, Gun-Fu and Gunplay supplements. See what I come up with. If I get anything clever, I'll post again.

03-22-2016, 08:24 AM	#32
FF_Ninja Join Date: Feb 2016	Re: Dodgin' Bullets Appreciate the response, Hans. I think the biggest issue I had was that you could dodge a lot of those things from the standstill, but dodging a shot means evading and moving long before shots start coming in. Systematically, there's no difference between dodging a baseball bat and dodging the appearance of an aiming gun, but there's a good amount of telegraph to each of the former, and not as much to the latter - especially once shots start flying. Put another way, even if someone gets the drop on you, you could steal realistically be able to defend against a melee attack. Higher velocity range weapons, though... I don't know. I'm going to go look into those Tactical Shooting, Gun-Fu and Gunplay supplements. See what I come up with. If I get anything clever, I'll post again.