Recoil for RoF 1 weapons

[Ulzgoroth]

Originally Posted by Varyon

Good thing GURPS campaigns aren't restricted to facts. Further, a Rcl listing for a 1-shot weapon essentially future-proofs the statline so that if, in the future, there are rules published that make use of Rcl in a way that it can apply to such weapons, you'll already have access to the relevant stat. It appears that's already happened to a limited extent with Fanning (when applied to single-action revolvers) and more generally with GURPS Power Ups 1: Imbuements. I could have seen it potentially factoring into the "Follow-Up Shots" rule in Tactical Shooting, or example.

But, as Fred Brackin was condescending to point out, the behavior of the gun in rapid fire is the only thing rcl means. Which ruins using it for other purposes. Maybe that's why the ideas about using it for other purposes tend not to materialize.

Which means that if how the gun behaves in rapid fire is 'it doesn't', no value can be determined. At best, you're switching to a different definition without notice...and without any documentation of what that definition is.


Plus, do you actually think LT even tried to figure out what the shot distribution of a muzzle-loading musket made semi-automatic by literal magic would be?

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by Ulzgoroth

But, as Fred Brackin was condescending to point out, the behavior of the gun in rapid fire is the only thing rcl means.

The behavior of the projectiles fired by the gun rather than the gun itself. Newtonian reactions of firing upon te gun itself are never specified as being the source of the level of Rcl. Nothing is. Rcl is about an effect rather than a cause. Effect rather than cause is fairly cmmon in Gurps.

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by Ulzgoroth

But, as Fred Brackin was condescending to point out . . .

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[Anders]

Yeah, my original question has been well and truly answered.