Ricochets

[Legofighter]

It already happened to everybody, and will happen again.
Armor exceding damage or skill not high enough is always frustrating. Usually, you just
say: the armor stopped it or you use the near miss rule.
Now, you have another more awesome way to solve it:RICOCHETS!

Example: Mike trooper fires at Justin's hero with a SMG. The poor 2(1d6) for damage doesn't beats Justin's armor of (2d6) 11 (6+4+1).
So Mike rolls for a ricochet(number of dices in the damage from the weapon):
1= no ricochet
Lower than Damage: No
Higher than Damage: Yes
6=ALWAYS WORK:CRITICAL SUCCESS(Mike may choose where it goes)

If it succeeds but is not a 6, you roll to see where it goes:
1 or 2: comes back toward the shooter (or near him)
3: goes left (from shooter point of view
4: goes right
5 or 6: continues forward, with a slight (less than 1 fingercone) change to the course

That's it!

Hope you'll enjoy it.

[OneEye589]

Technically you could say missed shots in the regular rulebook are like ricochets. If you don't break through the armor, it bounces off and hits something else close-by.

[mgb519]

Technically, there's already rules for this in 2001 edition.

[Ross_Varn]

Technically? Fudge it.

[Legofighter]

This is just a way to make it more hazardous, to make it feel a bit more interesting, since I know we could fudge everything

I already tested it in some of my battles, it's really fun, and sometimes awesome

[IX_Legion]

Unless there was a bunch of guys standing where they would be likely to get hit, I don't think it would be worth the time. If you like it, go ahead and use it, though.