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Originally Posted by jester
Introduce the concept of fatigue! Try holding an autorifle for more than a minute...heck, try holding it like a rifle for just 1 minute...most can't do it with a modern plastic rifle let alone an older one of iron and wood or a autorifle.
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Well straying off topic..
The game makes no allowances for firing position except bipod values (which assumes prone). Even still, the M249 can fire a 10 round burst with 3 recoil (both standing OR prone w/bipod). A single shot from an M16A2 has 3 recoil.
This makes zero sense. Even the MAG GPMG fires a 10rnd burst with only 6 recoil. I'm a pretty strong dude and I've fired that thing standing (well the Canadian C6 which is the same) .. and you can't control it worth a damn beyond 20m unless you're set up with the bipod. The M249 is controllable standing yes (not more than an M16), but really shines deployed w/ bipod.
So you have to find SOME way to overcome this if players start abusing it. If that means fatigue or just fudging the numbers, so be it.
Anyway back on topic: another good use for rare medical afflictions is for a storyline.
Perhaps your players are in a position where they are fairly self sufficient: i.e lots of supplies, security, services, etc. A rare disease or affliction which is treatable only with special equipment / expertise could warrant an adventure beyond their current comfort zone.
For example, say a PC complains of shooting migraines which have come on recently. A medical character with Medical (Diagnosis) believes it could be a tumor, but a CT scan is required to know for sure. Unfortunately, hospitals aren't what they used to be. Rumor has it the hospital in City X may have one in functional condition.
but.. City X is under control of a dictator/marauders/feral raccoons. The players finally get access to the CT scan and determine there is indeed a tumor. Brain surgery is beyond the ability of any medical PCs, and to even attempt it would almost certainly mean catastrophic failure. One of the hospital staff believes Doctor Y, an accomplished Brain surgeon, may still be alive but he was drafted and sent to Location Z.
but.. Location Z is under control of a dictator/marauders/feral raccoons, and Admiral-General Barracus would never let his best doctor leave.
You get the idea...