GURPS Heavy Gear

[Mark Skarr]

Originally Posted by Langy

I wouldn't bother doing that. The damage loss you're talking about is there for the same exact reason a 1/2D range is there in GURPS - as range increases, damage decreases. The difference is that in GURPS, the damage decrease happens abruptly and at only two points (1/2D range, where it's half damage, and maximum range, where it's no damage at all), where in Heavy Gear it occurs gradually (like it should in real-life).

So, what I'm trying to say is just stick a 1/2D range on that laser and it'll work fine. I'd probably make it the Extreme range like you did with the ballistic weapons.

My issue is that, while it works okay for the SLC, the other high-energy weapons would brutalize the converted game. So, my, tentative solution:

Apply a single hit of range diffusion on the front end, and factoring damage from there. So, the SLC (a x12 weapon) would be a x11 weapon, and do 5d+2 (2) damage. Also, instead of using their Extreme range, I’ll use their Long Range to calculate their ½D, but their extreme to calculate their Max. So, it would have a ½D of 1,000 instead of 2,000, but a Max Range of like 6,000.

So, instead of a 10d (2) burn weapon, a HLC would be 8d+2 (2) burn out to 1,000 yards. That’s a bit easier to swallow. It’ll still crease your shorts, but not as bad.

Originally Posted by Langy

It won't have the same 'feel' as in Heavy Gear, but it won't involve complicated mechanics and will streamline it in relation to all other GURPS weapons.

Yep. Gotta be streamlined. Want it to be simple.

Originally Posted by Langy

Also: I rather like the way you handled the high-acc problem I pointed out.

I’m glad you like it. I knew there were problems with my basic idea, but I hadn’t had the time to think on them. Having slept and taken a shower (where I do a lot of thinking) I figured out some errors I’d made. So when you posted your problem, I was able to do some mental gymnastics (the only kind I’m allowed to do) to come up with a, hopefully, good solution.