05-22-2016, 02:49 AM | #1 |
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Recoil for Single-Shot Weapons
Some weapons can only shoot once per turn, such as bolt-action rifles. Some weapons can only shoot once per reloading cycle, such as flare guns--but they still have Recoil stats.
Riddle me this: In what situation would someone use the Recoil stat for something like a single-shot flare gun? |
05-22-2016, 03:30 AM | #2 |
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Re: Recoil for Single-Shot Weapons
Yeah, there's no situation where those values actually matter.
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05-22-2016, 04:01 AM | #3 |
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Re: Recoil for Single-Shot Weapons
Imbuements can bring Rcl into relevant status. It also matters if you somehow customize the weapon to have more than one barrel.
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05-22-2016, 04:14 AM | #4 | |
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Re: Recoil for Single-Shot Weapons
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05-22-2016, 07:45 AM | #5 |
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Re: Recoil for Single-Shot Weapons
Well, if you craft a double-barreled version of something it matters. Or if you cobble together a mitrailleuse or some such. It certainly doesn't hurt to include the Rcl stat. It's easy to conceive of some other derived effect that is based on Rcl, too, like a penalty to roll vs. falling when firing while tightrope walking or some such.
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05-22-2016, 01:18 PM | #6 | |
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Re: Recoil for Single-Shot Weapons
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It doesn't hurt, it's just a surprising truth that there don't seem to be any such rules published anywhere.
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05-22-2016, 02:09 PM | #7 | |
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Re: Recoil for Single-Shot Weapons
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Bulk? Yes, very much. But Recoil? Increasing the weight and Bulk typically reduce Recoil. |
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05-22-2016, 02:13 PM | #8 |
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Re: Recoil for Single-Shot Weapons
Exactly like that: a double-barreled version of the gun might have lower Rcl than the single-barreled version due to gun firing the same shots while being significantly more massive.
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05-22-2016, 04:48 PM | #9 |
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Re: Recoil for Single-Shot Weapons
B271 states that "Firearms with RoF 1 still list Rcl, for use with certain rules".
I always wondered which rules are implied.
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05-23-2016, 01:18 AM | #10 |
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Re: Recoil for Single-Shot Weapons
One example is single-action revolvers. They normally have RoF 1, but there are ways to fire them faster.
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