Lesson learned during Trail of Cthulhu

Lesson learned during Trail of Cthulhu

: james_nicoll; February 20th, 22:57

A Thompson is a lousy weapon if the guy you are chasing has a baby in his arms.

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Nathan Helfinstine

2013-02-21 04:02 am (UTC)

If you are chasing him, you're behind him, and a .45 ACP doesn't tend to over-penetrate. So I presume you were worried about him falling onto the baby? Try to herd him towards soft grass, deep mud, or water!

Edited at 2013-02-21 04:02 am (UTC)

james_nicoll

2013-02-21 04:32 am (UTC)

Easy to miss the target and clip the baby's head peeking out on one side. Best not to open fire.

(well, except it was a Baby of Pure Evil but we didn't know that)

fridgepunk

2013-02-21 05:24 am (UTC)

How could you not know? The baby in a cthulhu campaign is ALWAYS evil.

ETA: and a kidnapped baby? Shoot them all and let the cold empty void's indifference to our insignificant mortal activities sort it all out.

Kidnapped Babies are practically an Always Chaotic Evil Race even in non-Cthulhu mythos games.

Edited at 2013-02-21 05:28 am (UTC)

krin_o_o_

2013-02-21 07:14 pm (UTC)

Unless they are the "Choosen One" and in that case, just walk way. Quickly. Nothing good can come of it.

lederhosen

2013-02-23 12:29 am (UTC)

And even if it isn't evil, you're doing it a mercy in the long run.

doc_lemming

2013-02-21 02:32 pm (UTC)

Alas, the FBI doesn't officially get Thompsons until 1933.

And according to the Wikipedia page, Thompsons with the round drum were slow and dangerous to change magazines, but held two and a half times as many bullets as the box magazines (which were fast, easy, and safe to change).

Thanks, I'll stick to my Ithaca home protection device. :)

tceisele

2013-02-21 02:41 pm (UTC)

Yeah, because he can turn and fire on you with the baby at easily twice the effective range of a Thompson. And the baby's projectiles* are not only lethal, but are effective area-denial for hours!

*Vomit and poop, mostly.

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