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garhkal
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| Robert wrote: | That sounds to me like a good adventure idea and campaign specific use of backpack flamethrowers. I would just fear that the players find about the weakness of the backpack too easily and use it to their advantage without reakl fighting.
Close fights where they would burn themselves too or maze-like ruins where the flamer could be used without being spotted might prevent that. |
Well, unless i have the baddies using them, just stand there, they will be dodging, and if a pc attempts to shoot the back pack, they also have that called shot penalty....
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Liam (Gunman) Kissane
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| Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 6:05 am Post subject: |
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Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase
"Here come those flamin' Stormtroopers again!"
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garhkal
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| Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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Well, those using these, would not be imperials. More likely to be native mercs, working for an imp..
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TarlSS
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Someone who's really fanatic about using a backpack flame thrower, like a bounty hunter, may invest a considerable amount of money in hardening and armoring the backpack. |
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Ejacobs
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 11:47 pm Post subject: |
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That's possible, but anyone who has ever had to hike(hump) a rucksack filled with batteries, ammo, radios, change of clothes, cold weather snivel gear, water, food, etc... You don't walk very fast. And you aren't going to be walking very long in between breaks either. Armoring an already heavy backpack will just make it that much harder to carry and move around in. Definite minuses to dodge and running abilities is a must.
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garhkal
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| Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 1:13 am Post subject: |
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I could see someone making it part of a Power suit, so they don't have to worry about the weight....
Hm. That gives me an idea  
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Ejacobs
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| Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 5:11 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, you could definitely make it part of a power suit like StarCraft, but watch out if that suit gets ruptured!
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Ray
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| Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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Watch out if the suit gets ruptured anyhow.
It's Power Armour, so that means it has a power source. What is that power source?
Battery? No problem, but don't expect to more for more than a few hours at most.
Fission? What are you, Old Skool?
Fusion? This is more like it, but that Hydrogen Bunker will make a nice, big boom!
Anti-Matter? Expensive, experimental, but gives you all the power you'll need. *AND* you have a bigger "Thermal Detonator" than anyone else on the block when it comes time to ask for a higher price. |
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Jedi Skyler
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| Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:45 am Post subject: |
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Sing it, Ray!!!  |
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TarlSS
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Uhm. The same powersource that Juggernaut, Spacetrooper and other sophisticated powersuits use to allow them to fire blaster cannons and miniature proton torpedo launchers. I don't think it's a real issue. |
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Ray
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| Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:26 am Post subject: |
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| Exactly. I'm willing to bet that they are either battery powered, or fusion powered for those suits, as they're mass produced (Somewhat). |
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