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« on: <04-27-13/1411:41> »
I'm about to start my first shawdowrun campaign I'm specked half street shammie half weapons specialist and I was just wondering how many guns, clips, grenades, is it logical that I could carry.

so far this is what I have going

Ares Alpha Assult Rife w/ Granade Launcher $1700 SR4 pg321
-gas vent 3 system $400 SR4 pg322
-2 Flash bang grenades $60 SR4 pg325
-4 high explosive grenades $180 SR4 pg325
-2 clips EX-Explosive Rounds $840 SR4 pg324
-3 clips Regular ammo $252 SR4 pg324
   
Ares Predator 4 $350 SR4 pg318
-silencer $200 SR4 pg322
-hidden arm slide $350 SR4 pg322
-3 clips regular ammo $90 SR4 pg324
-2 clips EX-Explosive Rounds $300 SR4 pg324

IZOM RP-71 $600 Gun Haven 2 pg8
-2 clips regular ammo $100 SR4 pg324

Shuriken SR4 pg316
-12 $360

Throwing Knifes SR4 pg316
-12 $240

Forearm Snap Blades $150 SR4 pg315

Katana $1000 SR4 pg315

Bike Racing Armor $500 Arsenal pg49
FFBA $1600 Arsenal pg48
Vitals protector $200 Arsenal pg49
Bllistic Face Mask $130 War! pg161

Fake Sin Rating 1 x2 $2000 SR4 pg331

Armorer Took Kit $500 SR4 pg332

Grapple Gun $500 SR4 pg337

Light Stick x5 $25 SR4 pg337
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« Reply #1 on: <04-27-13/1422:16> »
Black Trench-Coat answer: If you've modded your guns to L3 Ceramic parts and the like, two longarms and a sidearm, five to ten grenades, and four clips.

Pink Mohawk answer: Forget armor, forget pants! Strap yourself down with a few layers of ammo belts, so that once you're out of ammo, everyone's too busy staring at your pearly ass to fire - should give you about two, three thousand shots with that HMG. Have an Assault Canon strapped to your back, alongside those two Battle Rifles, and about ten heavy Pistols dangling here and there for decoration. Grenades? Another layer of clothing! Fifty should do you, plus a clip or two for that Grenade Launcher you've got strapped to your left leg.

That's for a human. Dwarves can probably manage another SMG or smaller in their beard, (Not even kidding here), but if you're going Mohawk, that beard is probably packing a broken-down HMG. Elves and humans can carry similar loadouts, but the ladies can slip a holdout between their breasts, and anyone trying to look too hard is deserving of a good smack to the face. Orks are larger than humans, but not by enough to significantly change the upper limits.

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« Reply #2 on: <04-27-13/1443:36> »
There's no hard and fast rules regarding item weight or anything, but for everyday carries you should always be using something concealable.  Katana and assault rifles are not concealable.  Knives and pistols are, so get yourself a Survival Knife and you should be good withthat and the Predator for the day to day, leaving the others for when you're loading up for a job.
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« Reply #3 on: <04-27-13/1446:33> »
Katana not concealable? Tell that to Connor McLeod. :P
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« Reply #4 on: <04-27-13/1500:18> »
Katana not concealable? Tell that to Connor McLeod. :P
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« Reply #5 on: <04-27-13/1501:09> »
Katana not concealable? Tell that to Connor McLeod. :P
One of the reasons my day-to-day armor is always a lined coat.

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« Reply #6 on: <04-27-13/1524:43> »
Black Trench-Coat answer: If you've modded your guns to L3 Ceramic parts and the like, two longarms and a sidearm, five to ten grenades, and four clips.

Pink Mohawk answer: Forget armor, forget pants! Strap yourself down with a few layers of ammo belts, so that once you're out of ammo, everyone's too busy staring at your pearly ass to fire - should give you about two, three thousand shots with that HMG. Have an Assault Canon strapped to your back, alongside those two Battle Rifles, and about ten heavy Pistols dangling here and there for decoration. Grenades? Another layer of clothing! Fifty should do you, plus a clip or two for that Grenade Launcher you've got strapped to your left leg.

That's for a human. Dwarves can probably manage another SMG or smaller in their beard, (Not even kidding here), but if you're going Mohawk, that beard is probably packing a broken-down HMG. Elves and humans can carry similar loadouts, but the ladies can slip a holdout between their breasts, and anyone trying to look too hard is deserving of a good smack to the face. Orks are larger than humans, but not by enough to significantly change the upper limits.

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The answer really does depend on what type of game you are running. Also different armors give bonuses for concealment, such as the synergist line. The jacket and longcoat have a concealable holster sown into it for a -2 and the longcoat adds another -2 on top of that.
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« Reply #7 on: <04-27-13/1639:10> »
Katana not concealable? Tell that to Connor McLeod. :P

Given a few centuries, I suppose you could get a pretty ridiculous Palming pool.
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« Reply #8 on: <04-29-13/0754:16> »
Here's some images that give you an example on how it looks when you're carrying several things, as well as include fair amounts (2x2 spare clips, 8 spare microgrenades, knive, medkits, pistol, assault rifle, etc):

http://dirkloechel.deviantart.com/art/Vice-Spreadsheet-300375987
http://dirkloechel.deviantart.com/art/Tara-spreadsheet-201841179
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« Reply #9 on: <04-29-13/0914:39> »
Is that your art?  It's pretty.
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« Reply #10 on: <04-29-13/0916:56> »
Nope, not mine. Someone included one of them in the art topic once, so I stored them and ran a reverse image search later to find them again. They're nice examples on what it basically looks like to wear a lot of stuff.
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« Reply #11 on: <04-29-13/0922:51> »
I'm curious about people's opinions on them.  Do you feel that's an accurate representation of normal people?  Or would it be more of a light military setup?  My first thought about the girl is "She's military."  The guy seems like a normal guy, except for the stuff strapped too his legs.
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« Reply #12 on: <04-29-13/0925:23> »
It's pretty.

Seconded!

And on the topic: nothing beats an empirical analysis. The other day a friend of mine tried to show me how his character hides 3 assault rifles on his person. It was hilarious. A bottle of vodka hastened the experiment.
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« Reply #13 on: <04-29-13/0936:38> »
It's listed as Military Armor on the page, I'd label it Light. It's not gear I'd expect outside a Mercenary, soldier or heavily armed Private Security on the terrain of a Luxury Mansion.

Leave out a few straps and the helmet, put the medkit and tools in a backpack, have the pads underneath your clothing and it's an Armor Vest on top of Form-Fitting Half-Body and a few SecureTech pads where someone who pays attention can see you got a few spare clips with you.
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« Reply #14 on: <04-29-13/0937:01> »
Katana and assault rifles are not concealable.

I beg to differ on the AR.

Barrel reduction, folding/powered stock, long coat.

One of my characters has a heavily modified M-23 w/ Chameleon Coating that has the same Concealment rating as a Hold-Out.

(Of course, the dude next to me gets away with an unmodded AK-97 because he doesn't know any better...*sigh*)


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