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Originally Posted by RobW
hmmm, what kind of armor does Lt Crossbow Sniper wear?
If the answer is "none" -- and this is a standard Melee map - it might go like this:
Move. Crossbow makes sure he is on the starred hex furthest away from MNSH, and drops prone ready to fire. MNSH rushes forward 6 hexes to close the range to 7 hexes.
Actions. MNSH throws 12 sha-ken ("normally" rather than shrewd), adjDX = 23 + 2 (thrown weapons) - 8 (for 12 sha-ken) = 17, so he acts first. The range is 7, so adjDX=10 to hit, ie 50% chance, so on average 6 sha-ken hit, for an average of 21 damage. Maybe that's 15 if crossbow wearing cloth, 9 if leather?
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I would not allow several aspects of the design, i.e.:
RAW rulings:
* No shrewd throws.
* No Expert or Master Sha Ken talent.
* It says you can
throw up to 12 at once. It doesn't say you can
ready 12 at once. Also
Thrown Weapons says "He can also throw any weapon on the same turn he readies it." It doesn't say 12 weapons. While you can start with 12 readied in advance, I'm not convinced you can ready 12 per turn, let alone ready and throw 12 in one turn.
House rulings:
* Sha-Ken do max 1 injury per each, with possible exceptions for single throws and/or double/triple damage.
I also consider such a character extremely unlikely to ever be achieved during play, because it's a ST 4 unarmored build who will need to somehow survive long enough to get enough XP to raise to 40 points. I think only abusing an over-indulgent GM (in terms of never attacking the halfling, giving out generous XP for non-dangerous play, and allowing dumping it all on DX and MNSH talents) could/would ever have such a character reach this state, because he's one attack away from death at all times.
Moreover, the MNSH is a 40-point character, so although he can spectacularly kill an unarmored opponent, so can just about any 40-point character. And the MNSH is liable to die if faced with more than one foe who can reach him with almost any attack that does damage. He might shred opponents 1 on 1 and sha-ken probably shouldn't do 1d-2 each, but almost any hit will take him out. If he is seen to shred someone, he'll become a priority target, too.