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I was leafing through Spirit West looking at some of the Native American fetishes, when both the Minor Damage (SDC, p85) and the Major Supernatural Damage (p89) fetishes caught my eye. The first doubles the SDC damage of a weapon, and establishes that the fetish works on items such as rifles and grenade launchers. The second converts an SDC weapon to MD, and again mentions a modern weapon (revolver).
And then I remembered this hidden gem: Merc Ops, p99 has the WI-SR15 15mm Sniper Rifle which is really a heavy duty assault rifle with a scope. A standard round hits for 1D8x10 SDC (that's not a burst but a single shot).
With a minor fetish...
- 1D8x20 SDC, single round
- 2 MD, three-round burst
- 1D4x2, ten-round burst
With a major fetish...
- 1D8x10 MD, single round
- 100 MD, three-round burst
- 1D4x100 MD, ten-round burst
And since I can't find anything that precludes it... BOTH a minor and major fetish...
- 1D8x20 MD, single round (average of 90 MD)
- 200 MD, three-round burst
- 1D4x200 MD, ten-round burst (average of 500 MD)
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And if we jump to the WI-MG15 "Viper" (Merc Ops, p100) with both fetishes...
- 1D8x20 MD, single round (average of 90 MD)
- 1D8x200 MD, ten-round burst (average of 900 MD)
- 2D8x200 MD, twenty-round burst (average of 1,800 MD)
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GM sanity check (or reasons to prevent this monstrosity)...
- A major fetish may or may not work on something like this rifle. A GM could rule that it's too high-tech for the Spirits to allow this combination since the major fetish text only refers to a revolver. However, the minor fetish appears to be expressly allowed.
- There's no text, either positive or negative, about combining fetishes in this way. A GM could rule that one works, but not both.
Now then, I'm not seriously recommending any of this. It's way beyond the author's intent. Just something to have a little fun with.
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