Topic: Blaster attack table in SM2 - Error or just odd?

[TerryTee]

What?s up with the Blaster attack table. The critical severities does on increase steadily like on the other tables, but jump around from A to F and back to A again.
It?s true across the whole table, but let med give a quick example with an attack against AT5:
91-93:    14C
94-96:    16A
97-99:    18D
100-102: 20B
103-105: 22D

I suppose this could be due to the ?random hitting power? of the blaster, but from a player perspective it?s annoying that higher isn?t necessarily better?
Is this correct, is there an errata, or what?s up?


Thanks,
-Terry

[DJRJ_AU]

"Not as clumsy or random as a blaster..."

It's a deliberate feature.

[markc]

 Can you give me a page # for the error?

 But even then IMO it was probably an error on the persons part who created the chart. You might do a search for SM2 Errata on Google or another engine to see if there is an answer to your question.

 Just to note that there are updated charts for weapons from SM:P in the Vault if not on the SM:P errata thread. You might want to check and see if they are different and if so just how different they are.

MDC

[Defendi]

I didn't build anything like that into Privateers.  I can't speak for SM2, of course.

[TerryTee]

"Not as clumsy or random as a blaster..."

Is this a quote from somwhere? SM2? SM:P?

It's a deliberate feature.

I think that may be the case, although I'm not sure I like it...

Can you give me a page # for the error?

SM2 Tech Book, Table 15.5 Blaster attack table, page 72

You might do a search for SM2 Errata on Google or another engine to see if there is an answer to your question.

No luck on that one 

-Terry

[Cormac Doyle]

The quote is from Star Wars: A New Hope ...

[markc]

 Thanks for the page # it made it a lot easier to find the info.

1) In the PDF copy I picked up from ICE the chart has the same info as you gave above. But in the Tech Law #9200 it has a Attack Chart for: Blaster on page #55 that has different letters than those you gave above. The crit. letters go in order from A-H in order with non of the problems on the SM2 PDF chart.

MDC

[TerryTee]

Is #9200 the edition with all books merged into one physical book? I?ve seen that edition on product lists, but never had or seen a copy. I have access to three SM2 boxed editions plus the pdf, but not the one-book edition?
Thanks.

-Terry