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Re: New to Hero, couple of questions The max effective range is listed for every weapon on that site, in the "stats". Anyway, my main problem is that there really is no range advantage in the rules for a .50 round over a 7.62 round. But that site is good for putting a cap on the range of the weapons, I think. Eirik

Re: New to Hero, couple of questions But, the Walther has a max effective range of about 1000 meters, while the Barrett has a max effective range of about 1800 meters. That's a big difference, I would say. My source for this is http://world.guns.ru/main-e.htm. But I guess I could just use the max ranges from this web site. But I would like to have seen this covered in the rules, though. Another questions about this. According to the tables in DC, won't the Active Cost increase when the weapon has more bullets in it? Then this also increases it's range? Huh?? Eirik

Re: New to Hero, couple of questions But, if I would only use the range modifier with the weapon, then the Barrett would have no range advantage over, say, the Walther W-2000, which is a 7.62mm, with a max effective range of about 1km. The ammo itself would add no difference, would it? Eirik

Re: New to Hero, couple of questions Increased Range Advantage? How does that work? I mean, DC is so detailed when it comes to firearms, so I find it hard to believe that this mistake could come up. Hmm... Eirik

Hi, I have never actually played Hero before, but I have Dark Champions and Hero Revised. I have read most of the rules, but I have a couple of questions. The first one must seem very basic and silly to people who know the game more than me, but I'm still not sure on this. What do I roll when it says, for example, 4 1/2 D6? Do I roll 4d6 and divide by 2 or something? The second question is a bit more complicated. Firearms in Hero are treated as a Ranged Killing Attack, right? But the maximum range of firearms, is that Active Cost times 5''? This seems a bit silly to me. Here is an axample: Barrett Model 82A1, which fires .50 caliber rounds have an active cost of 79. This means that the maximum range of this weapon, in Hero, is 395'', which is 790 meters. Ehm.. wrong. This weapon can fire, and hit targets of up to 1800 meters. The Walther WA-2000 is 7.62mm, and has an Active Cost of 88, which means that this rifle has more range. Am I overlooking something important here? Eirik