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atgxtg Rear Admiral


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Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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garhkal wrote: |
Heck, other than that Sand person shooting a slug thrower at the pod racers, we don't see any sluggers used! Yet alone how a Jedi would fair against one. |
I think Zam uses one om Episode 2. it didn't do her much good, but then the Jedi didn't do anything special to stop it either. |
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CRMcNeill Director of Engineering


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Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 12:52 am Post subject: |
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atgxtg wrote: | I think Zam uses one om Episode 2. it didn't do her much good, but then the Jedi didn't do anything special to stop it either. |
The only time she used it was on her own Assassin Droid. Even though I think Jedi are equally as capable of absorbing the energy of a bullet as the energy of a blaster bolt, I think it would be too much for them to absorb the impact of a bullet on a droid they happened to be holding onto at the moment. _________________ "No set of rules can cover every situation. It's expected that you will make up new rules to suit the needs of your game." - The Star Wars Roleplaying Game, 2R&E, pg. 69, WEG, 1996.
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garhkal Sovereign Protector


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Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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atgxtg wrote: | garhkal wrote: |
Heck, other than that Sand person shooting a slug thrower at the pod racers, we don't see any sluggers used! Yet alone how a Jedi would fair against one. |
I think Zam uses one om Episode 2. it didn't do her much good, but then the Jedi didn't do anything special to stop it either. |
i thought it was a sniper blaster rifle, but looked her up in GG15 (ATOC) and it was statted out as a slug thrower. _________________ Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk! |
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atgxtg Rear Admiral


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Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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garhkal wrote: |
i thought it was a sniper blaster rifle, but looked her up in GG15 (ATOC) and it was statted out as a slug thrower. |
The case could be made that Zam picked a slughtrower for this mission becuase she was going up and Jedi and didn't want them to absorb the energy!
It wouldn't be a very good case, but it could be made.
A better case could be made that Zam picked a slughtrower for this mission because she was going up and Jedi and didn't want them to deflect a shot back at her. |
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CRMcNeill Director of Engineering


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Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 8:10 am Post subject: |
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atgxtg wrote: | A better case could be made that Zam picked a slughtrower for this mission because she was going up and Jedi and didn't want them to deflect a shot back at her. |
An even better case could be made that it is her preferred long range weapon since it is stored in a custom, retractable, concealed gun rack in the side of her personal speeder. _________________ "No set of rules can cover every situation. It's expected that you will make up new rules to suit the needs of your game." - The Star Wars Roleplaying Game, 2R&E, pg. 69, WEG, 1996.
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garhkal Sovereign Protector


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Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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atgxtg wrote: |
The case could be made that Zam picked a slughtrower for this mission becuase she was going up and Jedi and didn't want them to absorb the energy!
It wouldn't be a very good case, but it could be made.
A better case could be made that Zam picked a slughtrower for this mission because she was going up and Jedi and didn't want them to deflect a shot back at her. |
True, the no reflecting it back is often seen as one of the reasons slug throwers are great "anti-jedi' weaponry. BUT if they are allowed to absorb the kinetic energy OF a slug thrower then their 'threat' as being anti-jedi weaponry is reduced dramatically. _________________ Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk! |
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atgxtg Rear Admiral


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Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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garhkal wrote: |
True, the no reflecting it back is often seen as one of the reasons slug throwers are great "anti-jedi' weaponry. BUT if they are allowed to absorb the kinetic energy OF a slug thrower then their 'threat' as being anti-jedi weaponry is reduced dramatically. |
Nah. Since a Jedi can parry bullets, absorbing isn' such a big thing. The major benefit is that the shooter doesn't have to worry about their shots being redirected back at them. |
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garhkal Sovereign Protector


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Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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But is the bullet turned to 'gas' that harmlessly goes up in smoke, or is it turned to molten metal that still hits the jedi?!?! _________________ Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk! |
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atgxtg Rear Admiral


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Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 10:02 am Post subject: |
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garhkal wrote: | But is the bullet turned to 'gas' that harmlessly goes up in smoke, or is it turned to molten metal that still hits the jedi?!?! |
If a lightsaber blade can stop another lighters from passing through, or a blaster bolt, then a piece of lead isn't going to get through. It might drop to the ground a metal rain, but that's still alit better than going through the Jedi.
Or course there is a point where the bullet becomes too wide for the lightsaber to block it all, but that's in the autocannon range. |
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jmanski Arbiter-General (Moderator)

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Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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I'm thinking the metal rain would still hit the Jedi (or at least a portion of it) due to the high speed of the bullet. _________________ Blasted rules. Why can't they just be perfect? |
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cheshire Arbiter-General (Moderator)

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Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 7:14 am Post subject: |
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This sounds like the sort of thing Mythbusters would love to try. Of course, without a working simulation of a lightsaber, that's not going to happen.
Of course, I'm sure they're just as disappointed by that as I am. _________________ __________________________________
Before we take any of this too seriously, just remember that in the middle episode a little rubber puppet moves a spaceship with his mind. |
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atgxtg Rear Admiral


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Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 7:16 am Post subject: |
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jmanski wrote: | I'm thinking the metal rain would still hit the Jedi (or at least a portion of it) due to the high speed of the bullet. |
I think it would get defected. A blaster bolt is going faster than a bullet (supposedly) and all of it get deflected. Same physics.
Unfortunately, I'm all out of Jedi to test this with. |
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garhkal Sovereign Protector


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Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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atgxtg wrote: |
Or course there is a point where the bullet becomes too wide for the lightsaber to block it all, but that's in the autocannon range. |
Na that's why you use full auto, OR a shotgun! _________________ Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk! |
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Esoomian High Admiral


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Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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cheshire wrote: | This sounds like the sort of thing Mythbusters would love to try. Of course, without a working simulation of a lightsaber, that's not going to happen.
Of course, I'm sure they're just as disappointed by that as I am. |
Not exactly a lightsaber but there is this: http://what-if.xkcd.com/16/ _________________ Don't waste money on expensive binoculars.
Simply stand closer to the object you wish to view. |
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