Shadowrun
Shadowrun General => Gear => Topic started by: Thermo on <08-22-11/1123:10>
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I was thinking of an interesting mod to the AZ-150 stun baton weapon.. if I added a smartgun/skinlink to it, I could use it as both an electric stun baton as well as a standard melee club/mace (to do physical damage). Since the weapon wasn't really designed to be a beat-stick, I would add melee hardening to account for the additional strengthening it would need along the shaft and striking head. I was thinking that the weapon would do standard 7S(e) OR (STR/2+2) to match comparable items (somewhere between a nightstick and a mace). Any thoughts?
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if I added a smartgun
How will this help?
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Even if it's a melee weapon all the references to the smartlink-enabled weapon system call the weapon modification a "smartgun" modification. Just trying to be consistent with the terminology. And it helps since it would allow the wielder to turn the electric shock function on and off, changing the damage from electric stun to physical.
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Ah ok, was just making sure you didn't think it'd give you +2 to hit
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Now that I think about it, what WOULD a smartlinked melee weapon tell the wielder? Could it tell the approximate density of what was being hit? Record impact speed and force? Tell the wielder about damage if used to parry a vibro-katana? I'm not talking about anything with real game impact, but just for roleplaying sake.
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I think your second point is the most likely - record impact speed and force. And you could drive your GM crazy, asking after every hit "So how hard did I hit him THIS time?"
I like the idea (melee and ranged both) of noting damage to the weapon. Only where systems or functions are damaged (of which melee weapons have few). But it could be AR with flashy red boxes - I love that stuff.
I like the idea of a weapon-cam on a melee weapon, but really given the nature of the object (something you hit other things with) the camera probably wouldn't last that long. Make for lots of good laughs though.
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You don't need a smartlink to turn it off. There are no rules for turning it on. It just works.
Melee hardening is there if you want it, but it's only going to be a (Str/2)+1P improvised weapon.
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if I added a smartgun
How will this help?
Maybe using a guncam feature to record the face the target makes as you zot the living drek out of him, then post it on what passes for "Youtube" in SR?
;D
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Lone Star Uniform, 2,000¥
AZ-150 Stun Baton, 800¥
The look on that Trogs face when he realizes you modified it to discharge all the energy at once with a single blow, Priceless.
Some things in life can be bought with nuyen. For everything else, there's violence!
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Lone Star Uniform, 2,000¥
AZ-150 Stun Baton, 800¥
The look on that Trogs face when he realizes you modified it to discharge all the energy at once with a single blow, Priceless.
Some things in life can be bought with nuyen. For everything else, there's violence!
heeeyyy, that badge doesn't look like a Lone Sta.. YEAAAAA--GAAAAAAKKKKK!!! GAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGA!!!!!!!!!
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heeeyyy, that badge doesn't look like a Lone Sta.. YEAAAAA--GAAAAAAKKKKK!!! GAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGA!!!!!!!!!
Cop: That's because it says "Knight Errant", dumbass... *ZOTS again to get the message across*
;)