Help me: Autoduel 1st ed. Weapons Statistics

PBarone714 · 03-22-2019, 07:43 PM

I am trying to use GURPS Autoduel 1st ed. for vehicular combat. The weapons table shows a P-B and Inc. statistic instead of Acc (and SS). I think the book was intended to use GURPS 2nd or 1st ed. rules. What does P-B and Inc. mean? How do I convert that to Acc?

Fred Brackin · 03-22-2019, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by PBarone714

I am trying to use GURPS Autoduel 1st ed. for vehicular combat. The weapons table shows a P-B and Inc. statistic instead of Acc (and SS). I think the book was intended to use GURPS 2nd or 1st ed. rules. What does P-B and Inc. mean? How do I convert that to Acc?

Autoduel 1e was for Gurps 1e and as it predated High Tech 1e it's ranged weapon stats are incompatible with any books after HT. Look at how low the weapons damage is for one thing.

From distant memory "P-B" is "Point-blank" and "Inc" is "increment" which was something like how great a distance it required before the range band of the weapon increased. The Speed/Range table was not invented yet and range penalties were by "range band".

You might lok at the Gurps Resources" at the SJGames site for a 1e to 2e or 3e conversion document and sort of reverse engineer what you'd need to use Autoduel 1e by itself. You aren't going to be able to use it in concert with virtually any other Gurps book.

Skarg · 03-23-2019, 01:38 AM

That's right. There was no range/speed table. Inc. was the increment in 1-yard hexes for every -1 to hit due to range. PB was the point-blank bracket inside which you got +4 to hit and did +1 damage. SS was Snap Shot, the effective skill you needed to have to be able to shoot without getting a -4 penalty (unless you Aimed for at least 1 second). 1/2 D was the range at which the projectile would do half damage and lose any Accuracy bonus.

ColBosch · 03-23-2019, 06:29 AM

I would ignore the Autoduel 1e weapons tables almost entirely. Instead, use the name of whatever weapon as a guide to finding a "close enough" equivalent in a more-recent sourcebook. Just keep in mind that the standard Car Wars machine gun is something in the .30-caliber range, like the M1919 or M240. It is fully thematically appropriate to have the SMG be an Uzi and heavy pistol be a Desert Eagle.

03-22-2019, 07:43 PM	#1
PBarone714 Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Glendale, Calif. near L.A.	Help me: Autoduel 1st ed. Weapons Statistics I am trying to use GURPS Autoduel 1st ed. for vehicular combat. The weapons table shows a P-B and Inc. statistic instead of Acc (and SS). I think the book was intended to use GURPS 2nd or 1st ed. rules. What does P-B and Inc. mean? How do I convert that to Acc?

03-23-2019, 01:38 AM	#3
Skarg Join Date: May 2015	Re: Help me: Autoduel 1st ed. Weapons Statistics That's right. There was no range/speed table. Inc. was the increment in 1-yard hexes for every -1 to hit due to range. PB was the point-blank bracket inside which you got +4 to hit and did +1 damage. SS was Snap Shot, the effective skill you needed to have to be able to shoot without getting a -4 penalty (unless you Aimed for at least 1 second). 1/2 D was the range at which the projectile would do half damage and lose any Accuracy bonus.

03-23-2019, 06:29 AM	#4
ColBosch Join Date: May 2007	Re: Help me: Autoduel 1st ed. Weapons Statistics I would ignore the Autoduel 1e weapons tables almost entirely. Instead, use the name of whatever weapon as a guide to finding a "close enough" equivalent in a more-recent sourcebook. Just keep in mind that the standard Car Wars machine gun is something in the .30-caliber range, like the M1919 or M240. It is fully thematically appropriate to have the SMG be an Uzi and heavy pistol be a Desert Eagle.