 Do you use the stanard rules for shotguns? |
 Oct 28 2004, 06:37 PM
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The other thread asking about shotguns has made me wonder.
The first time I saw the shotgun rules I basically went "Whaaa...? Yeah, right." and determined never to use them as written. I don't like the fact that they're almost farcially unrealistic, that with a 10S shotgun they at least seem overpowered, or the absurdity of staging up damage (or possibly even making a called shot) while hitting someone with a blast of pellets that's 2 meters wide... the whole thing just seems overly complicated and damn silly. Should I ever run a game, I think I'll just drop the whole section and simply have buckshot act in a similar fashion rules-wise to a hollow-point bullet, and leave it at that. How do you guys handle it? |
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mmu1 Do you use the stanard rules for shotguns? Oct 28 2004, 06:37 PM
mfb we use the standard rules. it's much easier, i... Oct 28 2004, 06:43 PM Herald of Verjigorm 1) no called shots with weapons that spread
2) if ... Oct 28 2004, 06:43 PM Kagetenshi At 90 meters with a SPAS-22 you too can be enjoyin... Oct 28 2004, 06:52 PM mfb the way to handle shotguns in the most realistic m... Oct 28 2004, 06:55 PM Ecclesiastes You mean there are people who actually use shot ro... Oct 28 2004, 07:07 PM Grimtooth yeah.
Gangers who are low on money and given cert... Oct 28 2004, 07:10 PM Zen Shooter01 I always just said that it expands once and only o... Oct 28 2004, 07:11 PM Austere Emancipator A few threads on shotguns, full of house rule sugg... Oct 28 2004, 07:27 PM Wireknight QUOTE (Kagetenshi) At 90 meters with a SPAS-22 you... Oct 28 2004, 07:35 PM Kagetenshi Shotgun stun shells are expressly called rubber pe... Oct 28 2004, 07:45 PM Wireknight Huh, rubber pellets? That's... par for the co... Oct 28 2004, 07:48 PM Critias QUOTE (Ecclesiastes @ Oct 28 2004, 02:07 PM) ... Oct 28 2004, 07:58 PM Kagetenshi Ah, hadn't noticed that. I think there were ab... Oct 28 2004, 08:03 PM The Jopp We came up with a somewhat functional solution. A ... Oct 28 2004, 09:04 PM ShadowGhost When using spread, if the power of a weapon is red... Oct 28 2004, 09:57 PM Kagetenshi Shotguns are orders of magnitude more deadly at th... Oct 28 2004, 10:04 PM ShadowGhost QUOTE (Kagetenshi) Incidentally, how many extra bo... Oct 28 2004, 10:47 PM GoldenAri QUOTE Shotguns are orders of magnitude more deadl... Oct 28 2004, 10:49 PM Kagetenshi That's for point-blank, not max spread. I was ... Oct 28 2004, 11:37 PM toturi And they get an additional die for Damage Resistan... Oct 29 2004, 12:31 AM Kagetenshi Single-target example, and we already cited that r... Oct 29 2004, 12:33 AM toturi Ahhh, but every centimeter of dirt between you and... Oct 29 2004, 12:55 AM
Wireknight I'd say that the TN# penalty to dodge a shotgu... Oct 29 2004, 05:27 AM  |
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