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Re: Monster Slayers Archtypes nope, you're right, I used the wrong word. Wasn't sure even when I used it and was too lazy to check. Thanks for the correction. Now I have to look up what the word I used means so I can keep it straight.

Re: Monster Slayers Archtypes I know what Normal Characteristic Maxima is, I'm just not good with the anachronisms. =)

Re: Monster Slayers Archtypes what the heck is NCM?

Re: Another Shotgun Question Hehe... shotguns rule... and if you really want to see some crazy stuff, just look up all the goofy rounds that are available for a standard pump-action shotgun. Everything from your basic pellets in plain old lead through special "hevi-shot" loads, then plenty of different kinds of slugs and sabots, then the exotics.... Among the exotics includes two slugs connected by a wire supposedly for cutting boat rigging, to slugs combined with pellets, flame-throwing shells, flechettes, expanding rubber, bean-bags, and all sorts of stuff. And, on a side note, hollowpoint slugs? SHEESH. Like the slug isn't big enough... =)

Re: Old Shotgun Question hehe... thanks for the terminology lesson and a tickle of childish amusement. =)

Re: US Military .45 Pistols Red dots are fun. I have one on my S&W 629 V-comp... its awesome. S'long as I get the trigger press right, it hits right where I point it. =)

Re: Old Shotgun Question mmmm... lever action shotgun... yummy.... there are new ones available, actually, but I forget who makes 'em. It was kind of an obscurish company. (for 12 guage, there's a .410 out in production by winchester or someone major, I believe... but I have no use for a .410... ) Yeah, from the pictures, looks like the original shotgunmentioned is a percussion shotgun... but darn if I've ever seen one operate. Doesn't look to break open in any sense, and those big ol' nubs on the backs of the barrels sure look similar to the percussion... uh... mounts? cylinders?... I've seen on some others. There's no swing point on the thing to open it up... so I suppose it must be. Not personally all that into the antique scene myself... though owning a single action revolver would be nice, as well as that lever action shotgun. They are pricey though...

Re: US Military .45 Pistols

Re: Archery Ballistics ... and bravo to both of you for keeping it civil and not taking things personally. Despite my jokes, I did find it enlightening, if a bit technical for my tastes in gaming. =)

Re: US Military .45 Pistols Yeah, the high bore line thing makes sense. I have a Hammerli Trailside, and while its only a .22 LR, the bore line is barely above my hand if at all, and it kicks even less than the steel .22 revolver. Its subjective, as I'd hardly actually call the recoil of a .22 LR a "kick" but you know what I mean. =) Dunno about two-stage, but i don't mind them too much, so long as the stroke as a whole is still short, and the reset doesn't require you to release through the take-up.

Re: US Military .45 Pistols I actually kind of like the beretta. You're right on trigger reach, though, it is a tad long... but I seem to shoot it okay. I like the fit and finish on them, at least the civilian versions. =) I think they recoil too much for 9mm, though, so I'd probably have the brigadier slide if I got one, supposedly its heavier. I've never seen a 9mm recoil that much out of such a large gun. *shrug* Other than that, it was all right. That new SAO Sig is really making me itch to buy a new gun... probably the 220. All the joys of a 1911 (SA, safety lever, .45 ACP) with the reliability and factory accuracy of a sig... yummy...

Re: US Military .45 Pistols Well, being in the military, and if he's using the same old 1911s of yore... they're nearly falling apart and they're pretty bad from my understanding. They've just been refurbishing the same pistols over and over for a very long time. My father-in-law told me from when he was in the army (vietnam) and he had to qualify with the pistol, it was pretty much luck as far as qualifying expert with it (which he did) because the pistol was so inaccurate. They literally rattled if you shook them, they were so loose. Or, he may just not be comfortable with the 1911... if he shoots berettas well, he's much more accustomed to the more angled and curving grip than the 1911s relatively straight grip (isn't it like 11 degrees?) or its narrow profile. *shrug* I shoot 1911s better with an arched mainspring because I'm used to a more curved grip as well from years of revolver shooting. The arch corrects my tendency to point the pistol downward.

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Hooray for old and fat! Argh... stupid brain... come up with something clever... you old piece of poo!! I'm going back to killing you with beer... On a serious note... fencing is interesting, I wouldn't mind trying it sometime. Only sword play I ever learned was chinese broadsword (dao, I think) and executioner's knife, neither of which is exactly as precise as fencing looks. Fun and interesting in its own way, though. Gotta stop spending money so I can commission something from Storn... argh...

Re: US Military .45 Pistols Yeah, there are a lot of guys who are just compensating. I remember being at the range once and seeing three guys with about $2000 in equipment each... competition style guns, spiffy sights, all the fixins. While I was shooting I noticed them up in an uproar... as it turns out, because some of them were having trouble hitting the target, and had just shot the wall. But, like you said, for those who can shoot half decently and have a clue about what they're doing, the laser is very useful because of the focus you stated. I found it kind of liberating, though I dislike the idea of depending on a battery powered unit to be able to hit things, I think it would make a nice complement to normal sighted shooting. Another one of those "rather have it and not need it then need it and not have it" deals. Maybe. Its all a matter of perspective, I guess. Huh, who would have thought... cool. Heh, better than calling them Pacman grips. =)

Re: The things I learned playing a ninja! Ya... dey haf zachary dizeaze... face rook zachary rike dey bottom.... =)

Re: Archery Ballistics My head hurts and my nose is bleeding... and I don't have any arrows, scalpels, or knives near me. And it won't stop. Thanks, guys. =) I think I hurt my brain... erp... me no think so good now.

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Yeah, go figure... Bah, fencing is for dilitantes... gimme a box of tissues and a diaper anyday... oh, wait, I meant something tough, actually... like a hankerchief and more eyeliner.. er... wait... argh... darnit, I hate being a sissy.

Re: Combat Skill Levels vs Martial Arts I wanted to contribute to this thread, and tried to read through it all, but all the arguing over source material, speed, dex, and everything has gotten me pretty much uninterested in reading all of it. So, to speak to the basic gross concept of Combat Skill Levels vs Martial Arts... From what I've read in my unrevised 5th edition book (which apparently doesn't have 10 point skill levels, either... ), looking at the maneuvers, and from my general outlook on the rules, I personally think the difference between martial arts and combat skill levels is really as they are defined. Combat skill levels are a definition of SKILL, while martial maneuvers are representative of some kind of technique. The technique defines OCV and DCV bonuses as well as certain results (additional damage, opponent prone, changing damage type, etc.) so that there's a point to taking them. In context, we take a martial artist who is attending at a school of some sort. Style is insignificant to the matter. Most of us, I'm guessing, have attended some classes so have a basic concept of how it goes. The teacher can teach you whatever technique, let's use something simple as an example: a roundhouse kick. You know how to do it, you become proficient at it, you can actually do more damage with it than you could a basic punch, let's say. You have now learned martial strike, which has advantages and disadvantages in its use to your position (OCV and DCV). It does more damage than the punch of lenny, your lazy couch buddy. Yay for us! ...but Billy, the assistant instructor, 3rd level blackbelt and semi-pro kickboxer, also knows this same maneuver. Yet, if he wants, he can do more damage with it than is accountable to his strength, he can hit with it more often, throw it from better or even more diverse positions than you can, and keep his balance better while doing it. That's because he has more combat skill levels. That, and he doesn't spend half his time playing games involving dice, paper, loads of snacks and soda, and laughing at WAAAAAY inside jokes. He's not faster, he's not more dextrous, he's not even stronger, he's just better than you. As for martial maneuvers representing martial arts or just plain ol' being good at fighting... I'd say it applies to both. I've seen completely unschooled fighters using advanced martial concepts that most "martial artists" can't even wrap their heads around. I've also seen several degreed martial artists who know a LOT of stuff, even execute it well, but can't fight in a real fight to save their life. So in essence, there's knowing a move, and then there's being good with it....

Re: Archery Ballistics ...what about an arrow with a brass fist on the end? =)

Re: US Military .45 Pistols Oh yes, and regarding the laser thing... another advantage I found interesting was shooting the gun while NOT looking over it (e.g. from the left side of the booth, holding the pistol around a shooting bench with my right hand) which could be quite the advantage, if not exactly a target-shooting method for tight groupings. As for grips... I'm all about customizing grips to fit the hand. As a revolver lover, it can make a HUGE difference, and hand fit is very important to me for proper and comfortable shooting. I'm one of those guys who likes a pretty good sized grip but have average, at best, sized hands. I'm surprised about the pachayrs though, those are usually a grip for making things a bit larger or at least softer. Nice wooden grips with no finger grooves for me, rounded nicely, with slight palm swells.

Re: US Military .45 Pistols I've done some shooting with a laser sight, and I personally quite enjoyed it. I wasn't working on sight alignment, just placing the dot, and pressing the trigger. Got pretty good groups with it out of a Sig P226. I didn't have as much success with the lasermax unit in a glock 21, though, probably because the owner of the gun isn't exactly good with his equipment. All of his gear tended to be broken, only half functional, or just plain off somehow. I have yet to use the crimson trace unit, however. As for sights... the three dot system doesn't work for me, don't know why, but I just can't seem to adjust. I started out on black iron sights, then the S&W revolver sights... and now I'm back to black iron sights. I shoot stock glock sights well, probably because its just a white outline rear and a front dot, and I've shot the XS sights pretty well, or even a dot front and black rear. I am curious about those wierd triangle sights, but my thinking is that I'll just stare at the triangle like a moron. As for a house gun, I have two. The primary is a Remington 870 with Wilson ghost ring sight with tritium, surefire fore-end with light, Knoxx Spec-Ops stock (collapsible stock with 2 recoil absorbers in AR style that I got mostly for kicks and giggles because I actually prefer a standard stock shortened one inch), and a side-saddle. I just keep plain ol' 00 buck in it with a few slugs on the saddle just in case... and its primary purpose is to keep people off my 2nd floor in a defensive manner (one stairway, and my whole family sleeps on that floor). If I have to go investigate something, I just bring my S-A 1911A1 Hi-Cap, which is pretty plain except for the 14+1 230 grain Gold Dot JHPs and the Surefire Nitrolon flashlight. I used to live in a neighborhood that had a lot of break-ins leading to assaults and even rapes, (at least, a lot to me... one is way too much for me, and our area had about a half dozen) so I'd taken to being a bit more prepared than my executioner's knife (I studied kung fu, it was related to my training). Now to back all that up is my wife with her S&W 626+ .357... so we're pretty covered, though not in the manner I'd prefer. I'd REALLY like a semi-automatic carbine in .45 ACP or possibly even .223, but I'm still looking for my solution to that one... and we've talked about that already. =) And probably adding a Remington 11-87 Police similarly to the 870 (except with a traditional rigid stock) just because I'm a firm believer in shotguns, and it'd make a decent long gun for the wife. And, btw, us having talked about this as long as we have might qualify us for "gun nut" status, though I hardly think of myself that way.

Re: Archery Ballistics Wow... real science! Always good to have a surgeon on board, thanks for the incites. Now I'm going to happily go back to keeping my combats simple and uncomplicated with cinematics in mind, because all these facts are going to confuse me. Plus, they'd be really boring to use in play. However, I do feel better informed, so thank you.

Re: US Military .45 Pistols On attachments... what's everyone's opinions on pistol accessories and all that? I personally don't like a lot of stuff hanging off my gun, so I'm only a fan of accessories that are onobstrusive. For example, for I like laser sights from lasermax and crimson trace because they don't hang off the gun, really, but I don't really like the ones that come as a separate module. I'm not a big fan of large muzzle-brakes and the like, either, or putting holes in my gun, or red-dot sights of any kind (though the doctor one, the real small thing, is kind of neat). I can see the need for a light, though I don't like them hanging off my pistol, but I like them on my shotgun. I don't like having to point my gun at something to light it up, though, so I'm an advocate of a separate light (nevermind any tactical discussion of lights, I just don't like the idea of pointing a gun at someone just to see who they are.) I dunno.. just me. In game, I'm the same way, a lot of stuff hanging off is aesthetically ugly to me. *shrug*

Re: US Military .45 Pistols ..... also saw a SAO Sig?! OMG... OMG... might have to get one of those! Single action sig-sauer... the gun gods are truly generous! DAO Sig's trigger is too long for me, SAO is a blessing... and in the 220 no less! WHOOOT!!!!! Oh yeah, and the military version thing is all right, too... not big on the protruding barrel, though, since I have no use for a silencer. =) All the beefing up with finishes and coatings is nice, though.

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Wow... playing one character for 13+ years... most excellent.