Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 14:23:35 -0700
From: Chris Schmierer <clschmierer@ucdavis.edu>
Subject: 2 Blasters rules
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Jae,
As mentioned, here is a copy of my 2 blasters rules for the resource pool.
You know, keep down the number of repost requests... all that stuff...
I also have a revised version of the cyberbrain helmet to replace the
version that was put in the resource pool.  Let me know, ok?

Chris
(Yes, the address has changed, but the person remains the same)
* Chris Schmierer                                                   
* e-mail: clschmierer@ucdavis.edu (was: cschmier@seq.oit.osshe.edu) 

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Directory: /house_rules
Filename:  2blastrs.txt
Descrptn:  Double Blasters Rules
Creator:   Chris Schmierer <clschmierer@ucdavis.edu> 

- 2 blasters, 1 action 

- Off hand use, +10 difficulty

- If ambidexterous, no off hand penalty
- If dexterity is 3D or above, ambidexterous costs 10 SP (or 1D worth of 

skill dice at character creation) removing the off hand penalty. If 

dexterity is below 2D, character cannot become ambidexterous without 

increasing his/her/its dex to at least 2D.  If dexterity is between 2D 

and 2D+2, ambidexterous costs 20 SP.

- Single target (a point on the body), +10 difficulty.

- Single large target (a humanoid sized target; shoot a spot, any spot), 

+5 Difficulty

- Two separate targets, first target=no penalty, 2nd target(other direction)

+10 difficulty



The player rolls either their blaster skill, or the Advanced Skill "Double
Blasters".  (A)Double Blasters has a prerequisite of 5D+ in Blaster.
There are a few other rules that you will probably figure out on your own.

Most notably, this only applies to pistol-type weapons (eg. Blaster Carbine

and smaller).  Any comments are apprieciated...  I realize that two guns

at once probably wouldn't work in real life (or at least not very well...),

but something about seeing a guy firing with both guns and sending a hail of

blaster bolts screaming towards the enemy will make the bad guys think twice

about sticking their heads up.

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