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Old 06-18-2010, 05:49 PM   #11
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Huh. I thought it was +3; wonder where I got that from.
In 3e, if you didn't have Throwing skill, it was DX-3 to hit a target or DX to hit a hex. You might have run across a house rule that took that the mean a character *with* Throwing skill got a +3 to hit a hex.
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Old 06-18-2010, 10:49 PM   #12
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Don't know that much about baseball, but it seems they take a little extra time looking at their target before throwing. Could it be, in GURPS terms, they are trying to get the extra plus for extra turns of aiming? If that is true, could the same be done for a grenade. Of course, remember, once you pull a pin on a grenade, you don't want to spend too much time aiming with that baby.
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Old 06-19-2010, 12:09 AM   #13
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Don't know that much about baseball, but it seems they take a little extra time looking at their target before throwing. Could it be, in GURPS terms, they are trying to get the extra plus for extra turns of aiming? If that is true, could the same be done for a grenade. Of course, remember, once you pull a pin on a grenade, you don't want to spend too much time aiming with that baby.
You can spend as much time as you want until the spoon flies. And yes, you get to aim for any ranged attack. Though as noted some GMs may require you to be able to directly observe your target while doing so.
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Old 06-19-2010, 01:55 AM   #14
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Huh. I thought it was +3; wonder where I got that from.
It's +3 to DX if you don't have the throw skill.
If you do have throw it's +4 to the skill.
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Old 06-19-2010, 02:08 AM   #15
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You can deliberately attack an area of ground with
an area-effect or explosive attack. For a Molotov cocktail,
grenade, etc., this means you lobbed it in a high
arc. Roll to hit at +4.
But aren't you also attacking a hex, which is a 1-yard target, for -2? Net +2.

And yes, you can Aim. ACC is 0 I guess, so only 2 or 3 turns of aiming makes a difference. The only real difference mentioned for "indirect fire" is that it often has a minimum range. Other details as for any other ranged attack, including size of target.
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Old 06-19-2010, 03:50 AM   #16
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But aren't you also attacking a hex, which is a 1-yard target, for -2? Net +2.

And yes, you can Aim. ACC is 0 I guess, so only 2 or 3 turns of aiming makes a difference. The only real difference mentioned for "indirect fire" is that it often has a minimum range. Other details as for any other ranged attack, including size of target.
well, it is 1 yard, with makes -2, but it is hexagonal, with makes +2

And i think that don't help aiming, unless you have precision aiming, since, the max of extra bonus equals to Basic Acc.
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Old 06-19-2010, 03:52 AM   #17
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And i think that don't help aiming, unless you have precision aiming, since, the max of extra bonus equals to Basic Acc.
That and the lack of targeting optics on a grenade make it useless to have precision aiming, but the basic +1 to hit for the second and third seconds of aim are not so constrained.
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