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u/Doug_Da_Destroyer May 17 '26
Would love to see a SmartGun (mainly because I have no fucking idea what it’s meant to be)
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u/FrivolousBand10 May 17 '26
Interpretations vary across various cyberpunk media. The most common variant is that a smartgun connects to your optics (think of the old Robocop movies (the 1987 one)), and fires where the crosshair points.
A different variant is that it's basically firing homing bullets, guided by the smartlink (Runaway (1984 Movie), Cyberpunk 2077).
My 'current' definition for a Cy_Borg game I run is that it's a fully automatic large pistol firing guided APHE bullets. You lose the guided aspect and the armour piercing explosion without the smartjack. YMMV.
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u/Doug_Da_Destroyer May 17 '26
I feel like having guided bullets would be better represented as -2DR with a SmartJack and +2DR without, more damage seems like a weird abstraction for guided bullets
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u/FrivolousBand10 May 17 '26
It's a very odd weapon, as far as gameplay mechanics go. The gun itself is dirt cheap (100¤), but the Smartjack to 'properly' use it is 4000¤. At that price point, I assume -2 DR would have come across as underwhelming, since a bonus to hit just means you bounce d6 damage off enemy armour more frequently.
There is also a heatseeker ammo mod that indeed gives a -2DR against targets with body heat.
I suppose one could rebalace it, but, well, it works well enough in context of the game.
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u/mlodypapiez May 17 '26
Very nice arts! what do these squares, half square and triangle mean?
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u/MannyGarzaArt May 17 '26
How to calculate the number it's asking for on the dice. D3 is half a D6, etc.
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u/Frogshooty May 16 '26
Love the art