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<blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 3686045" data-attributes="member: 13966">And in D20 Modern, a 1st-level Ordinary character has between 1d6 to 1d10 hit points, plus Constitution modifier (typically +0).&nbsp; With a Massive Damage Threshold of 10 for the average Joe Human in D20 Modern; so a standard pistol's 2d6 damage (only a few are so small as to deal just 2d4 damage or less) has two halfway-decent chances of rendering the average Joe unconscious and dying in one shot (and has a chance of insta-death on a good critical hit).It's at upper levels, and when dealing with Tough Heroes (not Tough Ordinaries though), that firearms become somewhat less lethal to characters (but then, most characters probably won't spend more than one feat on Improved Damage Threshold and most won't have maximum Constitution for a higher Threshold).&nbsp; Most NPCs will have roughly average or just-above-average Constitution and 1 or no copies of Improved Damage Threshold, so a common firearm still has a chance of insta-KO against them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arkhandus, post: 3686045, member: 13966"] And in D20 Modern, a 1st-level Ordinary character has between 1d6 to 1d10 hit points, plus Constitution modifier (typically +0). With a Massive Damage Threshold of 10 for the average Joe Human in D20 Modern; so a standard pistol's 2d6 damage (only a few are so small as to deal just 2d4 damage or less) has [B]two[/B] halfway-decent chances of rendering the average Joe unconscious and dying in one shot (and has a chance of insta-death on a good critical hit). It's at upper levels, and when dealing with Tough Heroes (not Tough Ordinaries though), that firearms become somewhat less lethal to characters (but then, most characters probably won't spend more than one feat on Improved Damage Threshold and most won't have maximum Constitution for a higher Threshold). Most NPCs will have roughly average or just-above-average Constitution and 1 or no copies of Improved Damage Threshold, so a common firearm still has a chance of insta-KO against them. [/QUOTE]

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