One to Two wounds

[bestialwarlust]

How do you like to track damage just as is from 1E or do you use 2E's 2 wound rule before incapacitation.

[Zulgyan]

I like 1 wound for now. 1E characters are harder to hit.

[boot]

Apr 30, 2019 19:20:45 GMT -6 Zulgyan said:

I like 1 wound for now. 1E characters are harder to hit.

Why do you say that? I don't quite follow.

Teach me something.


BTW, I use core rules from 1E as written.

[Zulgyan]

It's just the 1E core-rules, right? 1 wound, then incapacitated. No wounded twice like in 2E.

Because of distance difficulties and dodge rules, I gather that 1E are harder to hit by a blaster than 2E, right? I mean, I learned this by your posts.

[boot]

Apr 30, 2019 21:59:12 GMT -6 Zulgyan said:

It's just the 1E core-rules, right? 1 wound, then incapacitated. No wounded twice like in 2E.

Because of distance difficulties and dodge rules, I gather that 1E are harder to hit by a blaster than 2E, right? I mean, I learned this by your posts.

Ah...I see.  Interesting.  I've never looked at it like that, I don't think.

The difficulties are the same, unless the 2E GM makes the roll easier by asking for a 7+ instead of a 10+ on a throw.

The dodges in 1E are always Full Dodges, so that does make the character harder to hit if he dodges--where a 2E character might Dodge or Full Dodge.

[bestialwarlust]

I'm still on the fence. Last time I ran a SW game years ago it was R&E so I had the two wounds. I've yet to run a 1E game but I plan to I usually try and run by the book when I run new systems. Even though 1E isn't really new it does have differences from R&E.

[boot]

May 1, 2019 11:38:46 GMT -6 bestialwarlust said:

I'm still on the fence. Last time I ran a SW game years ago it was R&E so I had the two wounds. I've yet to run a 1E game but I plan to I usually try and run by the book when I run new systems. Even though 1E isn't really new it does have differences from R&E.

Running a new game BTB is usually  the best policy, in my opinion, at least until you play some sessions and get a good feel for the game as written.

I don't think that adding a "Wounded Twice" category would change 1E all that much, except to let wounded characters have a breath of relief know that the next time they get wounded, it won't be incapacitated most likely.

I haven't put a lot of thought into that.  Maybe there are unintended consequences.

I know this, though:  It's always easier to give players something rather than take something away.  You can't give them a "Wounded Twice" category then remove it and say that you were wrong about that.  That's bad GM form

If I were contemplating the change, I'd play it by the book and only add it later if I was damn sure it was a change that would benefit my game. 

[griff]

I always liked the idea of the wounded twice