11-13-2018, 06:15 AM | #1 |
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Neverland
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Faster reloading on a budget
Hi, guys. One of the players in my group wants his character to reload faster his guns. They are smooth-bore pistols, with a whooping 10 seconds to reload. He already got Fast-Draw (ammo). Does the Gunslinger advantage reduces the time to reload, as Heroic Archer do for archers? Does increased time rate: only for reloading, exist? What is its cost?
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11-13-2018, 08:59 AM | #2 |
Join Date: Nov 2015
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Re: Faster reloading on a budget
Fast Draw, carry more pistols and just draw a loaded one and fire it.
Bonus perks to avoid accidentally firing your other guns and to have them loaded off screen |
11-13-2018, 09:27 AM | #3 |
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Re: Faster reloading on a budget
The Quick Reload perk (Gun-Fu, p. 21) is probably what you want. For a muzzleloader, it's levelled, and each level takes 25% off the reloading time, to a minimum of 3 seconds. It's cinematic, though, so they'll either need to take Gunslinger or a similar cinematic advantage to take it, or you'll need to give special permission to take a cinematic perk without such a prerequisite.
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11-14-2018, 02:53 AM | #4 |
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Re: Faster reloading on a budget
Adric, he already does that, having 4 different pistols, but he has one that is "special" (weapon bond, magical abilities and stuff like that) that he wishes to be able to use with a little more frequency.
Kelly, he already does have Gunslinger, and fights alongside an elf that can teleport to his sword, so it already is a little high on the cinematic scale, don't worry. Where can I find this perk? Thanks! |
11-14-2018, 04:08 AM | #5 |
Join Date: Nov 2015
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Re: Faster reloading on a budget
I'm wondering why he didn't buid the gun as an innate attack if he has a weapon bond.
The perk is exactly where he said... I'm lucky my players never saw it, and instead went with multiple disposable guns and then melee weapons. In any case, even 3 seconds to reload your gun while in combat, when the guy next to you is using Rapid Strike to make 2 or more attacks each second, seems too much |
11-14-2018, 07:00 AM | #6 |
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Re: Faster reloading on a budget
GURPS Gun-Fu can be obtained here
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11-14-2018, 09:58 AM | #7 |
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Re: Faster reloading on a budget
You could let him draw shot pouches of premeasured powder with a bullet. Still have to tamp it down and those pouches would be vulnerable to fire or water.
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11-14-2018, 11:26 AM | #8 | |
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11-14-2018, 02:23 PM | #9 |
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Re: Faster reloading on a budget
Yes, totally missed the reference for Gun-Fu, sorry! I don't have it, and I don't think that I can buy it now for just one character trick...
As for the Innate Attack, it opens up another different can of worms. What if he chooses to quickly reload another gun? If he lends his weapon to a friend? If he upgrades it with money? For me, unfortunately, it is not a good option. Think that I will allow the "gunslinger" advantage to function as "heroic archer", and allow him to reload at an increased pace by accepting a penalty on the attack roll. |
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