I've been playing Roleplaying games for a great many years and I'm one of those people who gets asked for realisic weapon stats so that people don't see a Katanna inflict 10D10 damage while a 20mm Autocannon only does 8D10.
It sort of leaks over into my fiction as I try to find some way to game out my various action scenes. it explains as to why my characters almost allways get dinged up when they get into anything close to a fair fight.
Also even if i don't name a weapon in the final story it's nice to know what everyone is carrying so I can portray things more accuratly IE no bottomless magazines or M-60 machineguns chambered in 7.62X5.56mm .45ACP 230 grain hollowpoint wadcutter. yeah I've read very similar lines in a fictional adventure novel.
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