For weapons that roll multiple die (high energy weapons, smart weapons) was the intention that you sum the dice together or just keep the highest? (I'm thinking about the notes in dual wield rules about multiple dice...)
Hey there!
So, this is a very good question....and it's something I'm changing/removing in the next update or 2nd edition. The original intent for smart weapons was to take the higher of the two, as if it were multiple attacks (so dual wielding smart pistols, you'd actually roll d6 four times and keep the highest single dice result). And the original intent for the high energy weapons as that you'd add them together...and that particular rule really goes against one of the original design ideas of Cairn, which is that damage comes from the single highest dice only. So that second style of advanced weapon (combining the results) will get squashed in the future! Feel free to play it however you see fit, but I'd recommend maybe just scrapping high-energy weapons. (A lot of the rework I'm doing on a 2nd edition will be around removing a lot of these fiddly advanced weaponry elements.)
Enjoy!