Thread: Modifying Reach
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Old 08-09-2015, 11:09 AM   #6
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Default Re: Modifying Reach

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Originally Posted by Rasputin View Post
After fiddling, I see it only happens when I have the modifier Weapon: Adjusting for SM-1 added.
Yup, that makes sense. I'm not even sure how those two rules should stack; honestly the rules from Low-Tech Companion 2 are meant for "non-realistic pixie" characters, not for realistic smaller SM characters. They're basically two different ways of doing the same thing (reducing Reach for smaller SM characters), but the rules from LTC2 are far more generous.

I will note that there is no way to easily reconcile taking both modifiers, either, as there is no way to simply "subtract 1" from reach within the program. All current modifiers first remove the weapon's base reach then give it a new pre-computed reach which is calculated using the original base reach. When adding two such modifiers to the same weapon it will be listed with both new reach scores.
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