From: deirdre@efn.org (Deird'Re Brooks)
Subject: Storyteller House Rules

Combat Stuff for Storyteller System.

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Accuracy and Range tables for the White Wolf Advanced Gaming
System (WWAGS).
by Ivy K. Ryan
November 12, 1993

(Sorry, but Pacesetter Games copyrighted "The Storyteller System"
back when they released "Sandman".  It was subtitled "The
Storyteller System".  This was back about 84 or so.)

Basic to hit target numbers
at "Moderate" range                     Modifiers
Pistols             6              Target sights       -1
Rifles              4              No sights           +1
Shotguns            5              Scope to 4 power    -2
                                   Scope to 8 power    -4
                                   Scope to 16 power   -8
                                   Laser Sights        -2
                                   "Red Dot" Sights    -2
Scopes of over 4 power require an action of aiming, which doesn't
lower the target number, just to aquire the target.  Without that
action they add +10 to the target number instead of subtracting
anything from it.  Laser sights are only really useful out to
about 30 yards.  "Red Dot" sights increase a pistols concealment
rating by one but are useful at any range.

Recoil Modifiers for additional shots in one combat round
Pistols up to .357       +1/shot
Pistols over .357        +2/shot
Pistols over .44 Magnum  +3/shot
Rifles up to 5.56        +1/shot
Rifles above 5.56        +2/shot
Rifles above .458 Magnum +4/shot
Shotguns up to 20 Guage  +2/shot
Shotguns over 20 Guage   +3/Shot

Modifiers to recoil
Recoil absorption mechanism on weapon   -1
Burst or Autofire                       +1/round shot after first

Range Modifiers
1/2 Moderate             -1
1/4 Moderate             -2
2x Moderate              +2
3x Moderate              +4
4x Moderate              +8
5x Moderate              +16

Modifiers
Braced weapon            -2
Aiming                   -1/action
Aiming will give a maximum minus of the shooters Perception +
Firearms scores.  (A poor shot will never be able to be as
accurate as a good shot and a good shot with average or poor
Perception will never be as good as one with good Perception.)
Here's another modified combat system.  This is for Melee and
Brawl.  With 8 years of Martial Arts and four of Boxing I found
that, one; it is hard to get really good at hitting people and,
two; once you get good at hitting people, they are very easy to
hit.  Therefor, I recommend, that the Target number for both
Melee and Brawl by changed to a base of 9 (minus one for each dot
of skill the character has in the field).  This means that a
character with one dot has a Target number of 8 for punching,
kicking, etc and a character with a skill of 5 has a Target
number of 4.

I also recommend a slightly different form of Melee and Brawl
combat.  This is for times when two, or more, people are
fighting, NOT when one person is trying to evade the other.  When
two or more people are fighting each rolls their attacks and the
number of successes are compared.  The person who gets the most
successes wins the exchange and does damage to the loser based on
the number of successes the winner has after the losers successes
are subtracted.  For example, fighter A gets three successes and
fighter B gets five successes.  Fighter B wins the contest with a
total of two successes.  Fighter B rolls for damage based on
those two successes.  If one attacker has more attacks than the
other then all the slower one can do is save some dice for
dodging after they run out of actions.

If one person is up against two, or more, they are at +1 to their
Brawl, or Melee, target number for each extra opponent as long as
the opponents have actions left.  If the single fighter has more
actions than his opponents, likely if a Vampire is fighting a
street gang or the like, then the single opponent is only at a
disadvantage while the opponents have actions.  If the opponents
have more actions than the single fighter then their best option
is to RUN!

Kicks are no harder than punches and also do MORE damage than
punches and actually will do at least the damage of claws (Str +
2).  Take Tai Kwon Do for an example, in Korea, where it is the
main Martial Art, they teach mostly kicking styles with some
punches.  Most punches are the follow-up to a parry, really.  The
kicks range from the fast but low powered forward snap kick (Str
+2) damage to the slower but devastating Stamp kick (Str +4)
damage.  The Spinning Back Kick is a STYLE move and is rarely
seen in actual combat.  STYLE moves are usually used in contests
and for things like movies.  The Side Kicks and Hook Kicks, other
Tae Kwon Do standards, would get (Str +3) damage.  The real show-
off move in Tae Kwon Do is the Flying Jump Kick, in which the
kicker actually makes a long jumping kick with both feet from 10
to 15 feet away, and it should get (Str + 5) damage if it
connects.  The GM might reasonably add +1 to the target number
for a Flying Jump Kick.

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