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<blockquote data-quote="(Psi)SeveredHead" data-source="post: 3630891" data-attributes="member: 1165">What I want to know is how does the ballistic computer track a human target? I'm not suggesting it'll have a fit, I'm suggesting humans don't reflect radio waves effectively.The typical human being has fewer hit points than the typical tank, so I don't think it makes sense for the weapon to do as much damage. (It's spreading the force over an area anyway, the total hit point damage could easily be higher, even if the typical victim is &quot;only&quot; taking 5d6 or 10d6 damage.) Also, if you have a tank that can fire anti-personnel shells that do 20d6 damage (same as the armor-piercing shells) you run into scaling problems.Resources are limited. If you &quot;overkill&quot; someone with a rocket, you're going to be unable to blow up a more reasonable target with the rocket you no longer have. Also rockets are heavy. You just can't easily man-pack a large number of them, especially in rough terrain where vehicles can't go.I disagree with this. For starters, dragons don't exist. But more to the point, a dragon moves and fights more like a human being than, say, a vehicle. A vehicle can't even spin on a dime without some kind of crazy Drive check (which is probably too easy; I don't care how good a Drive check you have, you cannot drive a vehicle at high speed indoors). A human being who isn't specifically carrying anti-armor weapons is going to have a hell of time taking out a tank, but any reasonably equipped adventuring party will have the equipment needed to take on a dragon. (You only need ranged weapons and/or spells, but obviously things like levels, scouting, tactics etc help too!)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="(Psi)SeveredHead, post: 3630891, member: 1165"] What I want to know is how does the ballistic computer track a human target? I'm not suggesting it'll have a fit, I'm suggesting humans don't reflect radio waves effectively. The typical human being has fewer hit points than the typical tank, so I don't think it makes sense for the weapon to do as much damage. (It's spreading the force over an area anyway, the total hit point damage could easily be higher, even if the typical victim is "only" taking 5d6 or 10d6 damage.) Also, if you have a tank that can fire anti-personnel shells that do 20d6 damage (same as the armor-piercing shells) you run into scaling problems. Resources are limited. If you "overkill" someone with a rocket, you're going to be unable to blow up a more reasonable target with the rocket you no longer have. Also rockets are heavy. You just can't easily man-pack a large number of them, especially in rough terrain where vehicles can't go. I disagree with this. For starters, dragons don't exist. But more to the point, a dragon moves and fights more like a human being than, say, a vehicle. A vehicle can't even spin on a dime without some kind of crazy Drive check (which is probably too easy; I don't care how good a Drive check you have, you cannot drive a vehicle at high speed indoors). A human being who isn't specifically carrying anti-armor weapons is going to have a hell of time taking out a tank, but any reasonably equipped adventuring party will have the equipment needed to take on a dragon. (You only [b]need[/b] ranged weapons and/or spells, but obviously things like levels, scouting, tactics etc help too!) [/QUOTE]

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