[UA] Mess with this character, a lot

[Ja ke]

"Bring a knife to a fist fight, bring a gun to a knife fight and don't get 
into a gun fight in the first place." - Sun Tzu, The Art of War

>From: "Rayburn, Russell E." <RERayburn at Columbus.gov>
>Reply-To: The Unknown Armies RPG Mailing List <ua at lists.unknown-armies.com>
>To: 'The Unknown Armies RPG Mailing List' <ua at lists.unknown-armies.com>
>Subject: RE: [UA] Mess with this character, a lot
>Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:52:23 -0500
>
>Of course, Jonathan mentioned that in Bi3P ( minor spoiler) Bill Togue made
>the two cops explode when he touched them.
>
>If I'm in a game where that's happening, the last thing I'd want to do is
>get close enough to let them touch me.  I'd rather be on the roof of the
>building across the street with an AK47 equipped with a 75 round drum.  
>Once
>I've emptied the drum into them, I'll come down, soak what's left in
>gasoline and toss a lit road flare into the mess.
>
>If the bad guys are doing worse than shooting, I want to do something worse
>than shoot back.
>
>The last thing I'd want to do is show up to a gun fight whispering "whoa...
>I know kung fu".  ;)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Greg Stolze [mailto:holycrow at mindspring.com]
>Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 8:48 AM
>To: The Unknown Armies RPG Mailing List
>Subject: RE: [UA] Mess with this character, a lot
>
>
>
> >The problem is, when he made his character, he swore
> >he wasn't going to do any magic of any kind, so he
> >went low on soul and whatnot, and tried to make a
> >brawler.  I.e. He tried to min/max and make a good
> >fighter.  Which he did.  But, after the first session,
> >he figured out that having a street fighter just
> >really isn't a good idea in a game where, more often
> >than not, the "bad guys" are going to shoot you at
> >best.
>
>Here's the thing: I'd look at that and consider it a vote for lots of
>fisticuffs, less gunplay.
>
>-G.
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