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DarkAdder
Clan Star Adder
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 Posted: 16-Jun-2004 11:57 Post subject: Incliment Weather |
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Okay, Ive read through the books (albeit quite a while ago) and found some nifty stuff on fighting in Less Than Ideal Conditions.
Im wondering if theres something out there, or if anyone has ideas, on how to handle really ugly weather. Lightning strikes, hail, tornados, the works.
I know that hail wont do much damage to a mech, but what about a mech taking a direct lightning hit? When you think about it, the pilot is riding in the ultimate lightning rod. And what if, just for a lark, a supercell storm blows up in the middle of combat and whips a tornado out?
Yeah, its extreme and probably wont ever happen, but Im just curious if anyone knows or has an opinon.
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Seraph
Blighted Sun Battalion
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| Posted: 16-Jun-2004 17:07 Post subject: RE: Incliment Weather |
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I know the Twycross Campaign book has rules for high winds and such. I'll look em up and post em later.
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chihawk
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| Posted: 16-Jun-2004 17:32 Post subject: RE: Incliment Weather |
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Try Maxtech....
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Seraph
Blighted Sun Battalion
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| Posted: 16-Jun-2004 21:46 Post subject: RE: Incliment Weather |
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Here are the optional weather rules for the Twycross Campaign book.
Light winds/clear: No effect.
Moderate winds: -2 to missle hit table, -2 to streak srm hits.
High winds: -4 to missle hit table, -4 to streak srm hits, -1 to all long range fire.
High winds/Sandstorm: -4 to missle hit table, -4 to streak srm hits, -2 to all long range fire, -1 to all medium range fire, jumping mechs must make a piloting skill roll to avoid falling when landing.
Cyclone: No missle fire allowed, -2 to all long range fire, -1 to all medium and short range fire, jumping mechs must make a piloting skill roll at +1 to avoid falling when landing.
Random wind table.
2-Cyclone
3-High winds/sandstorm
4-High winds
5-Moderate winds
6-Moderate winds
7-Light winds/clear
8-Moderate winds
9-Moderate winds
10-High winds
11-High winds/sandstorm
12-Cyclone
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bandit
Clan Nova Cat
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| Posted: 17-Jun-2004 09:38 Post subject: RE: Incliment Weather |
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He is also aking about lighting 
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Discord
Federated Suns
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| Posted: 19-Jun-2004 11:26 Post subject: RE: Incliment Weather |
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I don't think lightning would do a whole lot. After all, that's what a PPC literally is. It would do some damage, maybe (random crit?) fry some of the electronics.
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Seraph
Blighted Sun Battalion
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| Posted: 20-Jun-2004 17:59 Post subject: RE: Incliment Weather |
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I'm pretty sure that the mech wouldn't take damage from lightning. The curent would travel along the armor shell and disperse into the ground.
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Ronin
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| Posted: 20-Jun-2004 23:02 Post subject: RE: Incliment Weather |
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| Some components of the mech would probably not be able to handle that kind of current running through it. 'Mechs are supposed to have dampers and shielding of it's sensitive components to protect against PPC strikes, but I don't know if a lightning strike is more powerful than a PPC shot or not... meaning the damping and shielding may not do much at all. You might have a mech with the internals, especially the circuitry, all scrambled, if not blown.
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