GURPS Tactical Shooting

[Ulzgoroth]

Originally Posted by DouglasCole

can you amplify on what's confusing? It seems to me that you take at minimum the four single Step and Wait maneuvers depicted in Figure 4, p23. If you see someone as revealed by your step (plain sight) or something they do reveals themselves around a corner (you make a skill roll or win a Contest depending on what's going on) you may convert the Wait into an attack. If they do something first, like step out, they trigger your Wait, etc.

I don't read it as particularly indicating the use of a novel maneuver. But what it does say is that if neither party chooses to Wait, there can be a Quick Contest to determine who acts first. Given that neither party is waiting, I don't see what that could mean during a turn sequence. What happens if the person whose turn it isn't wins that contest?

EDIT: Actually, on further thought, I'm not sure what the roll does if the active character makes it/wins the contest, either.

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

Probably that there isn't technically any such maneuver (but there ought to be).

Erm, no, since the book doesn't really do anything to suggest Wait maneuvers on the attacker's part, at least to me.

I wouldn't have blinked if I thought it did use Step and Wait. It should be allowed, though if RAW starts using it it ought to be official first.