Probably another +1 or so. Maybe +2 (matching the cost of Venomous), but that'd really be pushing it, since it doesn't always apply. I'd say +1 is totally balanced.
You mean +1 over and beyond straight up costs for silver as a normal catch, yes?
That is indeed what I meant, yes. Which is likely +3 or +4 depending on whether it looks like a werewolf or not (for a total of +4 or +5 with this 'enhancement').Why does it looking like a werewolf make it more "catchy"? This seems like it should be exactly the same catch bonus as faerie receive since the big threat is from clued in individuals.
True! But frequency of occurence isn't actually part of the cost structure, just ease of acquisition, and silver's pretty easy to get.
Yeah, Silver is easy to get. But...
one could argue, its not so easy to get Silver bullets or Silver-Swords (or Silver crowbars for that matter).
(Shure thats not a problem for NSC's...)(click to show/hide)
Actually unless you are loaded with birdshot, none of the regular bullets (except very cheap stuff) satisfy the cold iron catch.
Out of hand I would say than an average npc has a 50/50 chance of being armed with a tire iron or baseball bat.
So although the cold iron catch is very easy to fullfill, it doesn't happen as much as it seems (normally. PCs are a totally different matter.)
On silver bullets; I would say that for anyone with +2 or better on guns, there is a big chance of having access to hand loading. These people shoot a lot (for plinking, for recreation, to stay in shape, whatever) and handloading makes it cost less.
True you can't make a military grade bullet out of silver but for a reduced civilian load, they make ok bullets.
Uh...because that's not the reaction they have in the books? Iron hurts them, but it doesn't inevitably lead to them falling unconcious after you hit them with it. It works precisely like The Catch is supposed to work.Didn't the
Granted about Murphy, but in actuality silver bullets are hard to make. The same techniques one would use to make homemade normal bullets won't work with a soft metal like silver. Jim didn't do his research there, but it isn't a very common thing to look into, I admit.
Is silver that much softer than lead? I mean, you wouldn't need to make the ENTIRE bullet out of silver, just replace the lead core of a normal copper-cased bullet with silver. I know that silver melts at a much higher temperature than lead and would need steel or iron molds instead of aluminum, but that's a matter of gear as opposed to skill.