Re: [HOE] Shotguns and auto fire.

[Theo McGuckin <tsm@jlab.org>]

> I've been considering an addition to the shotgun rules.  Shotguns with
> pellets give a +2 to AND they ignore range penalties - that's to
> simulate the bonus to hit that the spread gives.  And to compensate I
> was tentatively thinking of dropping the base damage of shotguns by a
> die.  I never liked how much more effective a shotgun was over a
> pistol.

Well, that's because a shotgun is that much more effective than a pistol.
It's more powerful and easier to use. The draw back is the ammo is more
expensive, you get less shots, the ammo gets ruined easier (paper
cartridges) and it's bigger, so therefore harder to store.
I think they should still get the range penalty, it's still hard to hit
something at 100yds. with a shotgun. Of course the range is limited by the
decreasing damage...

Theo McGuckin - SysAdmin, JLab

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