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Originally Posted by Nightshade
One thing that you have to watch when setting weapon damages is making them _too_ robust. Handguns kill people, and do so regularly, but people also eat four or five shots and keep coming; rifle rounds are more reliable, but people still survive being shot with rifles (and even .50 caliber machine guns). That's why I suspect keeping the damage somewhat modest and expecting impales to make up the difference is going to work better than getting too carried away with base damage.
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But, because BRP damage is random, this is taken care of.
Just because something does 3D6 damage does not mean it automatically kills someone. It can do 3 damage as easily as 18.
What happens on average is more important. Shoot 100 people in the chest with a .38 and see how many die immediately. Do the same again with a .22, a .45, a 12 bore(guage) and so on. It might be a bit messy but it would probably be worth it from a gaming-reasearch point of view.
