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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rodrigo Istalindir" data-source="post: 1830364" data-attributes="member: 2810">One thing that can't be overlooked in determining how deadly MDT will be in your game, though, is average weapon damage vs. what MDT  formula you are using.For example, using GT, (since that what I've got handy), you want to do a down and dirty Old West adventure.  A Colt .45 pistol would do either a d12, 2d6, or d10+2 (depending on what damage variant you were using).  You want it deadly, so you use d10+2.  You use the flat MDT of 10.  20% of hits will cause an MDT check.  Pretty harsh, for the PCs anyway.  I like it.But, in the same situation, if you use MDT=10, and drop the weapon to a .38, damage drops to a d6+2, meaning only crits have a chance to cause an MDT check.Obviously, you can play with the permutations to your hearts content.  This is what I *really* like about MDT.  With a little advance number crunching, I can tune the 'grittiness' of the campaign to almost any setting, and not have to change the rules, just the one-time calculation for each player's MDT, and tell them what the weapon damages are for whatever era they are in.One final thing to consider.  In a low (or no) magic firearms game, there are few things that can be done to raise damage much higher than the die roll.  There are a couple of feats that can add a point or two, but with no power attack, no flaming +5 swords, no fireballs, etc., average damage is going to be lower than you are used to with D&D.</blockquote>

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