On 19Jul2020 0348, xxxxxx@gmail.com wrote:

>
>
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 9:00 AM Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com
> <mailto:xxxxxx@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>

>
>     Fusion Guns do radiation damage.
>
>
> Didn't they always? Or was that only in space combat? Or did they do
> other damage and radiation damage?
>
> In all the time I've played, we've always been on small ships with
> lasers, missiles or sand. Never actually had to manage Fusion or Plasmas.s

Nope. They've never done radiation damage. Not in space combat, and not
in ground combat. They just burn holes in things really well.

>
>     You need Str 9+ to use a shotgun without penalty.
>
>
> Really? That's silly. Then again, most of those strength benefits or
> penalty values were kind of wonky (more style than reality).
In CT they were probably about game balance and forcing choices. In MgT
of all the normal small arms (both guns and energy weapons) only the
shotgun is 'bulky' and needs high strength.

--
Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>