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Old 04-17-2013, 03:29 PM   #10
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Default Re: Shotguns and RoF... is there a better way?

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Originally Posted by kdtipa View Post
Sure, but if the number of pellets is 9, the first pellet in the second shot is already starting out with a penalty of -9. The first pellet in the third shot starts with a penalty of -18.
Are you confusing 3e Recoil with 4e Rcl? There's no recoil penalty in 4e. Forget everything you knew about Rapid Fire in 3e and reread the rules for Rapid Fire B373.
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Even with a recoil of 1, the odds of hitting anything with the second and third shot are kind of horrible.
There is no privilege in Rapid Fire. If you fired three shells and hit with nine pellets it is probably a mix of pellets from each shot. If it matters (because one of those shells was a special different ammo) roll randomly (in this case on a 5-6 on 1d the pellet was from the special load).
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I'm going to point back to skeet shooters and suggest it doesn't work like the GURPS rules seem to.
The GURPS rules are for combat shooting.
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