12-28-2009, 09:54 PM | #1 |
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Quick shotgun question.
I'm playing in a friends very well run zombie campaign and have a quick question about shotgun pellets, I understand that a shotgun at very short range does damage differently, and that it's 1/2 x number of pellets times pellet damage.
I'm wondering if the damage for this type remains Pi- when it's treated as a single blast. Not saying it's unrealistic to treat it as such, it just has the unfortunate effect of making shotguns poor zombie slayers as the damage divisor for unliving makes the shotgun even at point blank do virtually no damage. |
12-28-2009, 10:03 PM | #2 | ||
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Re: Quick shotgun question.
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12-28-2009, 10:43 PM | #3 |
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Re: Quick shotgun question.
Also note that shotguns doing pi- is actually a mistake, they're supposed to be straight-up pi.
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12-28-2009, 11:08 PM | #4 |
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Re: Quick shotgun question.
IIRC 3rd ed. used pi- for shoties. you may be caught in some kind of time paradox.
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12-29-2009, 01:23 AM | #5 |
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Re: Quick shotgun question.
3e didn't have any pi damage at all.
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12-29-2009, 01:37 AM | #6 |
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12-29-2009, 01:38 AM | #7 |
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Re: Quick shotgun question.
Greenneck could be caught in a dimensional paradox. Which is scary, given he literally lives on the far side the ridge from me.
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12-29-2009, 03:53 AM | #8 |
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Re: Quick shotgun question.
No, it had cr-, cr+ and cr++. In 4th ed, they evolved to the different flavors of pi, to differentiate them further from cr attacks.
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12-29-2009, 05:08 AM | #9 |
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12-29-2009, 06:44 AM | #10 |
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Re: Quick shotgun question.
Frankly, I don't remember shotguns doing cr- either. But it was a long time ago.
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