"Range Band - What?" Topic
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Aurochs | 16 Sep 2021 5:15 a.m. PST |
What is the meaning of "range band"? I found this expression in the Flashing Steel rules. If you fire a pistol you get Combat plus 3 for the first range band, Combat plus 2 for the second and so on. I have no idea what this means. Thanks for your help. Stefan |
advocate | 16 Sep 2021 5:49 a.m. PST |
I'm going to guess Short, Medium and Long, distance based on the particular weapon. As I don't know the particular rules, I can't say where you would find the details. Under missile shooting or weapon definition at a guess. |
Aurochs | 16 Sep 2021 6:05 a.m. PST |
For movement and shooting there are three different ranges: short, medium and long. But the range for pistol is short. |
troopwo | 16 Sep 2021 6:40 a.m. PST |
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robert piepenbrink | 16 Sep 2021 9:21 a.m. PST |
You people are no fun. A range band is like a garage band, a folk band or a jazz band. The first range bands were really good, so you get higher bonuses than you get with their more derivative successors. (But I bet if you check the QRF, you'll find different distances. Just possible that pistols once had several ranges, and when this went away, no one caught a reference in the text. Such things happen.) |
Son of MOOG | 16 Sep 2021 10:13 a.m. PST |
Hi, I believe you are referring to the Flashing Steel rules by Ganesha Games. Ganesha uses a system consisting of three ranges (short, medium and long) which are represented by measuring sticks made to specific lengths(which are specified in the rules). So short might be 6cm,while medium is 8cm and long is 12cm.The player has to make his own and as I said the exact numbers are in the rules. When you measure the range for anything you use multiples of the specific stick or band. For example, your pistol uses the short range stick, so a target 1 stick away is in the "first" range band, a target 2 sticks away in the "second" band and so on. A matchlock musket might use the medium stick and a rifled hunting piece the long stick. The same principle is used for movement (crawling-short, walking-medium and running-long) and for anything else that requires a measurement. It really does work quite well. What many people due is get three wooden dowels and paint multiple "bands" on them of the same length on each so you end up with a "short" stick a "medium" stick and a "long" stick. I hope this helps. Tom D |
troopwo | 16 Sep 2021 4:31 p.m. PST |
"A range band is like a garage band, a folk band or a jazz band. The first range bands were really good, so you get higher bonuses than you get with their more derivative successors." How do you hear them over the gunfire of the range? Or is it like the 1812 Overture where you need an artillery range or a tank gun range for percussion? |
takeda333 | 16 Sep 2021 7:49 p.m. PST |
Short range bands with stripper clips.😁 |
robert piepenbrink | 17 Sep 2021 11:08 a.m. PST |
Short range bands play in Dwarf & Halfling bars. And obviously short range bands use a light mortar for percussion. (A traditional short range band would use a Coehorn mortar, of course, but they've pretty much gone the way of the acoustic guitar.) Best I can do off hand: link |
Augustus | 21 Sep 2021 1:15 p.m. PST |
Short Medium Long is the usual. Sometimes Extreme. Amazed this was not heard of before. |
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