Timeline for Recovering ammunition (bolts, etc.) in Numenera
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| Feb 1, 2015 at 18:01 | comment | added | Dronz | Agreed on costs. If they are expensive and in limited supply, it makes ammo recovery even more interesting, and unless the scenario makes them very powerful so you want the number of shots highly limited, you probably want a high recovery rate. It's good to get up-front player understanding and acceptance of arrow rules. Some players may get into arrow conservation, and some will like there to be a clear cause-and-effect about when arrows will be lost or not. | |
| Feb 1, 2015 at 17:58 | comment | added | Xan | More thoughts: flavor or not, ranged weapons are a combat advantage and should, therefore, be balanced by eating up resources; also, the character has a backup weapon in case bolts run out. | |
| Feb 1, 2015 at 17:56 | comment | added | Dronz | That (arbitrary GM ruling) sounds system-expectation-appropriate and workable, though keep in mind that in a tense situation where only a few bolts are left, your arbitrary decision may make a big difference. And that's also the point where tracking arrows can matter most. Having a rule in mind might be helpful there, whether it is a standard die roll, or a conscious decision to never have the players have less than 1 or 2 arrows left. | |
| Feb 1, 2015 at 17:55 | comment | added | Xan | Also a consideration: 12 bolts to a heavy crossbow cost almost as much as the crossbow itself, and 1:1 for normal crossbow. They are expensive, and making them single-use would be very punishing for a character that decided to be ranged-focused for flavor reasons. P.S. I'm not criticizing your answer - just thinking aloud how it applies to Numenera | |
| Feb 1, 2015 at 17:52 | comment | added | Xan | Numenera is a relatively streamlined system with strict minimum of rolls by the GM. So probably rolling on each shot is very much against that spirit. I'm leaning towards ruling arbitrarily on each shot (maybe depending on how high a roll is, too, but nothing formal) with expectation that some, but not all, shots are recoverable. | |
| Feb 1, 2015 at 17:49 | history | answered | Dronz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |