Shadow Queen
Mongoose
so if we get this damage roll can we get "Vent copartment atmo" order??
Fires on Ships - Your Opinion Needed!
- Thread starter MongooseMatt
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Okay, this is vaguely annoying 
Opinions are split, and the majority are moving in the wrong direction for my liking
I'll explain. We have been refining the fire rules, and I feel they are a nice addition to the game. No, they do not add tactics, but they do add atmosphere - fires are normally dealt with quickly, but if they get out of control, you get a real Severed Dreams/Churchill feel. . .
Tell you what. I'll see if all the rules for Fire can be taken out and plonked in the current rules set with the minimum of fuss - we'll write them up as an S&P article, and then you can all give them a thorough thrashing before we need to make the decision whether they should be official or not.
Deal?
Opinions are split, and the majority are moving in the wrong direction for my liking
I'll explain. We have been refining the fire rules, and I feel they are a nice addition to the game. No, they do not add tactics, but they do add atmosphere - fires are normally dealt with quickly, but if they get out of control, you get a real Severed Dreams/Churchill feel. . .
Tell you what. I'll see if all the rules for Fire can be taken out and plonked in the current rules set with the minimum of fuss - we'll write them up as an S&P article, and then you can all give them a thorough thrashing before we need to make the decision whether they should be official or not.
Deal?
Shadow Queen
Mongoose
Deal and see if you can do them for V@S
Shadow Queen
Mongoose
Burger said:
A chemical fire can ie Petrol
Shadow Queen
Mongoose
I know what i ment tho in compartents flodded and pouring Petrol / whatever they use.
Shadow Queen said:
Actually, the fire rules _come_ from VaS
katadder said:
You know, I can't get one thought out of my head - that it won't be that easy and that fire in space would be a terrifying thing.
Anyway, the current balance is that fires _are_ quite easy to deal with, but if they run out of control. . .
Shadow Queen
Mongoose
msprange said:
Unless you have a FireFly transport....
Yes, it is annoying. I think we've thoroughly established that fires can burn in space, and on ships in space, under the right conditions (not that it really matters, because this is scifi!)
But IMO the current crew + hull damage bonuses from crew crits are ample, since fires should be vented into space wherever possible (shown in the crew casualties from them being blown out with it). Or otherwise fought/extinguished for as long as damage control is operational.
But IMO the current crew + hull damage bonuses from crew crits are ample, since fires should be vented into space wherever possible (shown in the crew casualties from them being blown out with it). Or otherwise fought/extinguished for as long as damage control is operational.
msprange said:
fires already do the crew damage tho on the crew damage chart, this would represent actual damage from the fire and the captain blowing the vents or whatever to stop the fire spreading. its an evil starship captains and crew have o deal with, lose a few to save the ship.
katadder said:
I agree... Fires seem best as tied to the crit charts, and I don't know if there's any real value in adding a special system for it if it doesn't add anything. I could definitely see it in Victory at Sea, and maybe if it is shown to add something there, but at present I can't see the value.
Wulf Corbett
Mongoose
GREEK FIRE... I did once start a Trireme conversion of ACtA...Burger said:
Wulf
lastbesthope
Mongoose
msprange said:Okay, this is vaguely annoying
Opinions are split, and the majority are moving in the wrong direction for my liking
(snip)
Deal?
Ahh Matthew, shattering the illussion of the People's democratic Republic of Mongoose in true ALan Rickman style :lol:
You've got a deal though on the S&P article
LBH
