Fun with non lethal weapons

By zilvar, in Game Masters

So I had an educational experience last night...I had no idea just how effective some of the non-lethal options could be. Stormtroopers armed with Glop grenades and/or concussion grenades can decimate a group of players. A single round of actions locked down or eliminated half the player group with almost no effort.

Scary! If you need to capture a group of players, you could do worse. It takes less railroading than you might expect.

Concussion grenades are very lethal with disabling effects.

Because ST is almost always lower than WT (often significantly lower), and because stimpacks and most healing talents only work on the WT, weapons that do damage to ST are superior so long as you can hit hard enough and fast enough. If you try slowly adding Strain, then the target can bleed some off by getting Advantages. He can't do this once you exceed his ST, so the trick is to hit him with a lot of Strain damage in a single turn.

Edited by HappyDaze