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FeiLin · 12-01-2020, 12:18 PM

I feel like I'm missing something very obvious, but I can't figure out what.

Suppose I'm SM0, shooting at a SM0 target at 20 yards (-6) so a total of -6 for these factors

If the target is 10 times farther away, it's another -6 for total -12
If the target instead is 10 times smaller, it's -6 for total -12
If instead I'm 10 times smaller, shouldn't it be -6 for that, and total -12? (I couldn't find it in the rules, but it would seem sensible, to me.)
If those are all correct, then if I shoot at something that's the same SM at a range that's fixed multiple of my size would be increasingly difficult with increasing size. Say SM0 -> SM0 at 20 yards = -6, or SM6 -> SM6 at 200 yards = -12.

What am I missing? Shouldn't the attacker's SM matter for ranged combat?

12-01-2020, 12:18 PM	#1
FeiLin Join Date: Aug 2018	Own SM and ranged I feel like I'm missing something very obvious, but I can't figure out what. Suppose I'm SM0, shooting at a SM0 target at 20 yards (-6) so a total of -6 for these factors If the target is 10 times farther away, it's another -6 for total -12 If the target instead is 10 times smaller, it's -6 for total -12 If instead I'm 10 times smaller, shouldn't it be -6 for that, and total -12? (I couldn't find it in the rules, but it would seem sensible, to me.) If those are all correct, then if I shoot at something that's the same SM at a range that's fixed multiple of my size would be increasingly difficult with increasing size. Say SM0 -> SM0 at 20 yards = -6, or SM6 -> SM6 at 200 yards = -12. What am I missing? Shouldn't the attacker's SM matter for ranged combat?