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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Morgenstern" data-source="post: 2842526" data-attributes="member: 5485">I should point out crits in Spycraft aren't purely random. Rolling a threat creates an opportunity for a crit. But instead fo it being a second roll to determine if one happens, you spend an action die to confirm the crit. This reduces the "wasting" of great rolls on shlubs, and puts the control in the player or gamemaster's hands on "is this the attack that really counts?" From the gamemaster's perspective, the fight is as deadly as you want to make it <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />. Some later feats and class abilities let you crit with the weapons you are good with without spending an action die. Because you wear a bullet proof vests to get hurt less, not to not be hit at all <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />.I'm not sure Modern characters have higher defense, but maybe.Huh? As the weapon's real world muzzle energy goes up, it gets a damage roll with a higher average. I'm always much more puzzled by lumping every firearm in the universe into 2d4, 2d6, 2d8, 2d10, or 2d12 for damage. The Modern designers' stated position that damage is THE primary determinant of a firearm's value always struck me as a little simplistic. In the real world we see lower damage weapons remain highly popular, often because they are easier to handle. Further, most times range increments come up, Spycraft's are considered to map to real world experience much better. Oh yeah, and first level spycraft characters choose which weapon proficiencies they have, so you won't be using up feats just to know how to point and shoot. And you don't need feats to even try to burst or auto-fire with a weapon that has selectors for that right there on the side <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />.</blockquote>

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