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Combat Primer

Action Clarification

• P.P. attribute bonuses and Hand to Hand Combat bonuses do NOT apply to modern weapons.

Modern Weapon Clarification

• All Ranged Attacks: Requires a roll of 8 to strike (including W.P. & Sniping bonuses).

• Aimed Shot: +2 to strike (counts as two attacks).

• Called Shot: No bonus, but enables the character to get a bead on very small or difficult specific targets (counts as two melee attacks; possible penalties for small targets).

• “Aimed” Called Shot: +2 to strike, but can target very small, specific items and areas (takes three attacks; possible penalties for small targets).

• Each individual shot/bullet fired counts as one melee attack. 

• Firing a short burst also counts as one melee attack, but is less accurate.

• Long bursts and bursts from certain weapons will be indicated in the W.P. description and may count as two (sometimes more) attacks. 

• Shooting Blind: -10 to strike.

• Shooting Bursts: Strike bonuses reduced by ½ (-3 to strike without W.P.). Can NOT make Aimed or Called shots.

• Shooting Wild: -6 to strike.  Can NOT make Aimed or Called shots.

  • When the character is terrified, angry/enraged, panicked, off balance, drunk, shooting from a moving vehicle/platform/horseback, spraying an area, shooting while under heavy fire himself, and while running, leaping, dodging, falling or hanging upside down.

• Shooting 30% Beyond Normal Range: -5 to strike.

• Target is Moving: -1 to strike, -1 additional per 50 mph (80 km) beyond 20 mph (32 km), and -1 for evasive action.

• Target is Behind Cover: Requires Called Shot, impossible if complete cover.

• Dodging Gunfire, within 10 feet (3 m): -10 to dodge.

• Dodging Gunfire, within 50 feet (15.2 m): -5 to dodge.

• If a character has the Sniper skill, this skill represents special training in long-range shooting and marksmanship. Only weapons that can be made to fire a single bullet/round (or blast) can be used for sniping; no automatic firing. Acceptable weapons include bow and arrows, crossbows, bolt-action rifles, and other rifles capable of switching from automatic to single shot. Bonus: +2 to strike on a Called or Aimed Shot only.

• A character with no gun proficiency rolls 1D20 with no bonuses to strike, can NOT make an Aimed Shot or a Called Shot and suffers a penalty of -3 to strike with burst attacks, -5 to strike when shooting a machine-gun or other heavy weapon, and -6 when shooting wild.

Items Some Consider To Be Unnatural

"Hattori wakizashi (curved Japanese short sword)" by xxx, "KA-BAR 1218 serrated edge fighting knife" by xxx

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