(02-04-2015, 02:45 PM)Warren Castille Wrote: I don't know why I'm discussing this with someone who has never (and likely won't ever) attend the event in question[...]Well I didn't know that, I don't really pay any attention to it either (mainly because I don't really have interest in playing around with dice rolls, not that you asked). Just felt like you were invested in it from your posts for whatever reason.
(02-04-2015, 02:45 PM)Warren Castille Wrote: [...]but the weapons are plenty believable in the setting. You're equating technological level with biological level, and these are not mutually exclusive to one another. Firesand exists. The cutscene use of firearms (and dungeon use of them, citing Sastasha HM and Brayflox HM's gobtank) show they fire quickly. This has NO EFFECT on people suddenly being able to perceive, anticipate and deflect/avoid bullets.But the thing is, you're still handwaving the ammunition part of the equation. You're just accepting it because it's been given. If you can handwave 'they have unlimited ammo because reasons' you can equally handwave 'people can dodge (and punch!) bullets' with just as much actual backing in lore.
I'm just trying to find some consistency here. Either you accept all of it as given, or you throw out everything that doesn't work with what you're trying to do. But selectively picking one thing because it makes sense to you and throwing out the rest because you disagree with it rubs me the wrong way.
(02-04-2015, 02:45 PM)Warren Castille Wrote: That does provide a simple errata to solve this, though. The Grindstone already bars aetherially-and-chemically-enhanced weapons and armor, though that's specifically for poisons, fire/cold, etcetera. It's not unreasonable to just tack "or technologically" enhanced weaponry.Well yeah, that makes sense. Personally, I would make a serious argument that the event should be exclusive to melee combatants, but that's not my call to make, either.
If someone showed up sporting a custom longbow that knocked twelve shots per second and drew the string with the power of a machine, we'd bar it in a heartbeat. Guns aren't much different.
AGAIN. NOT MY CALL. TAKING POLLS.
