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Join Date: Aug 2007
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So, if you think "throwing motorcycles" is a superhuman feat then ST 20 isn't the ST level that goes with that thought.
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Join Date: Nov 2021
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Super-Soldier Attributes: ST +4 [40]; HT +3 [30]; DX +1 [20]; HP+3 [6]. Advantages: Combat Reflexes [15]; Boosted Speed [18]; Very Fit [15]. Disadvantages: Increased Life Support (X2 food requirements) [-10] Last edited by WholesomeMadScientist; 02-14-2024 at 04:08 PM. Reason: mispunctuated |
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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However, with his ST 19 he does do 2D-1 Thrust and due to different rules for unarmed combat he would have done 2D-2 with his relatively low level of Brawling Skill. By coincidence, even with different rules in 4e he would do the same (and this could be increased with even a little more Skill). He is (at least in theory) a formidable unarmed combatant At ST 14 (in 4e) this "super soldier" only punches for 1D-1 and is not a truly formidable unarmed combatant. He also doesn't have the Min ST to use the M-1 Plus Garand seen in Weird War II. <shrug> No one chooses ST 19 to have (in 3e) 38 lbs of No Encumbrance. They choose it because that's where Thrust damage goes from 1D to 2D.
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Join Date: Nov 2021
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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It was also mostly untrue for published weapons in 3e and it's worse in 4e. UT for 4e only 4 weapons with a ST of 15 and the Skill for them is Rifle(Beam) or the KE equivalent. For anything using a Gunner Skill it's at least 18 for energy semi-portables and 20 for KE ones. Don't trust fluff or favor text. It's very often wrong. Look at game rules instead..
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Join Date: Jun 2013
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Join Date: Nov 2021
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What is the ST to lift 619.5 lbs (GAU-8 Avenger)? |
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Join Date: Jun 2013
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Lifting a GAU-8 Avenger in two hands in a timely fashion (1 second) probably needs a BL of 309.75, which calls for ST 40. But you'd need more than that to fire it, even after modifying it so it can be used that way - that M1919A4 weighs a bit over 45 lb loaded, which only needs BL 22.5 or so to lift in this fashion, meaning ST 11 would be sufficient. But it calls for ST 17 to actually use it like a rifle, and that has a BL of 57.8 - around 1.25x the weight of the weapon. Applying the same to the GAU-8 calls for a BL of around 775, or around ST 63. Of course, a GAU-8 by its lonesome is useless - you need the feed system, the ammo drum, and the ammo itself. Wikipedia says a fully-loaded and ready-to-rock-and-roll GAU-8 weighs around 4,029 lb; simply lifting that in a timely fashion calls for BL 2014.5 (ST 101), and I don't think I'd allow it to be used without sufficient ST to lift it one-handed, for BL 4029 (ST 142); the same 1.25x as above would instead call for BL 5036.25 (ST 159).
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Join Date: Nov 2021
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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Also, pet peeve but Lifting ST is an Exotic Trait. Only in a Supers campaign (or its' virtual equivalent) could you buy up unlimited Lifting ST just because you wanted it. The right Martial Art could let you buy Perk-level UBs for 1-3 pts of Lifting ST. The sort of Bio-tech that could produce a Spartan could also probably do Muscle Augmentation implants (which grants Lift + Strike) but there's a significant difference between a "certain model of bioroid" and "a certain model of bioroid with $50,000 of drugs and implants"
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