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Originally Posted by soltakss
But, because BRP damage is random, this is taken care of.
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Not really. There's random and there's random; multiple die rolls tend to pile up a lot; linear die rolls don't, and gun damage sometimes seems astonishingly linear.
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Just because something does 3D6 damage does not mean it automatically kills someone. It can do 3 damage as easily as 18.
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However, it will roll 10 more than either, and that's often more than enough to kill a BRP character under at least some versions of the rules. As such, 3D6 should only be used on weapons that are reliable, one shot killers, and that's rarer than you might think.
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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. 
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Except very few shots actually _do_ kill someone immediately. That almost always requires a heart shot. The vast majority of lethal wounds do so over time, sometimes quite long times.