04-22-2020, 10:26 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Apr 2020
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Missile Weapon penalty for firing vs prone target?
A question was posed recently by a player who only had the Melee rules:
What is the penalty of a missile weapon user against a prone target? I am interested in everyone's perspectives and their associated reference... |
04-23-2020, 12:11 AM | #3 |
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Cowtown, Canada
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Re: Missile Weapon penalty for firing vs prone target?
The target is harder to hit, but also gets a lower dodge roll because they are on the ground if already prone. A target that drops to the ground to dodge gets +3 to dodge on the turn they dropped, but after that they defend as prone against all attacks. This means unless you drop behind something for cover, you're pretty much done for in subsequent rounds.
I dug out my quick combat sheets and looked up the numbers: While prone: -4 attack, -3 defense for the prone character Attacker's ranged roll is -2 if the prone target has no cover at all, otherwise depends on degree of cover, typically -6 to hit for good cover, or -4 if the cover is small enough that the shooter can mostly guess where the target is behind cover. Partially see-through cover like a sparse bush is -2. So shooting a prone (-2) character behind a bush that can be partly seen through (-2) is -4 total. A character standing behind a small door would be -4 for small but decent cover, or -6 if they were prone behind it. Shooting through a wall would be -6, or -8 if the target was also prone. Note that whenever you can't see the target due to cover skill caps out at 9.
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04-23-2020, 12:54 AM | #4 |
Join Date: Jul 2018
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Re: Missile Weapon penalty for firing vs prone target?
Huh? Is this GURPS?
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04-23-2020, 04:54 AM | #5 |
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: London Uk, but originally from Scotland
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Re: Missile Weapon penalty for firing vs prone target?
The DX adjustment is -4. This is under "Concealment" ITL p 122 and repeated on the GM screen.
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04-23-2020, 10:08 AM | #7 |
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: London Uk, but originally from Scotland
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