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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 1741912" data-attributes="member: 463">Recoil: Recoil is per bullet fired in an attack action.  If Recoil exceeds firer's STR it acts as a penalty to-hit, or on full auto 1 in 20 bullets automatically miss per point by which Recoil is exceeded.  All else being equal, recoil is proportionate to average Damage.  However larger guns have proportionately lower recoil effects.  A character can Brace (taking a Move action) before firing, this reduces the Recoil of all shots fired by -1, minimum 1.  SMGs and rifles without shoulder stocks cannot be Braced.Pistol/Micro SMG  Damage/Recoil1d4,1d6       21d6+1,1d8   31d8+1,1d10 42d6              5Heavy SMG/Rifle Damage/Recoil1d4, 1d6      11d8,1d10     22d6              22d8              32d8+2          4BF-Burst Fire: This is an Attack action, for Pistol and SMG weapons this is a minimum 3-round burst and a minimum 5-round burst for RIF weapons.  Roll once to-hit per burst.  Then on a hit roll a die equal to burst size to see how many rounds from the burst hit.FA-Full Auto Spray Fire: This is a Standard Action. Characters can fire full auto bursts of total Recoil up to twice their STR, or the weapon's magazine capacity, whichever is less - belt-fed weapons' max RoF may also limit this, eg an M60 LMG has a max RoF of 30/round including cooling time, a 7.62N electric minigun has a max RoF of 100/round. Divide bullets equally amongst all targets in area (up to 4m x 8m long or wide).  See how many bullets can hit from every 20 fired, by taking 20-the to-hit number, which is target AC-firer to-hit bonus, and convert to %.   Then roll a d6 for each bullet that can hit, vs a single target usually each '5-6' hits.  At point blank range (3m) or vs close group of targets each 4-6 hits, or into a packed crowd each 2-6 hits.   For armour, roll its Cover % to see if bullet hits armour.Example 1: Alan ATT +5, STR 15 shoots a burst of 15 rounds from a recoil-1 weapon at Brenda, AC 14. He hits on 9+, so 12 in 20 bullets, or 60%, can hit.  60% of 15 is 9, so roll 9 d6, each 5-6 hits her - he rolls 3 hits.  Brenda has armour giving 50% cover, so roll % for each bullet to see if it hits her armour or a vulnerable spot.Always round fractions down, and if the number of bullets that can hit is less than 1, all miss (no roll).  Where 20-'to hit' is over 20, for high RoF weapons use the following table:20-'to hit'      % of bullets that can hit20 5%21 4%22 3%23 2%24 1%25 0%Example 2: Alan is firing a 100 round burst from his AV6's minigun, +3 to hit, at a squad of enemy troops prone & sheltering behind rocks giving them net 95% cover, or +14 AC, for AC 24.   24-3 = 21, so 4% of shots can hit, he rolls  4 d6 and each 5-6 hits a random trooper.Suppressive Fire: 4mx8m area, as full auto but hits are only on a '6'.  Remaining bullets may hit anyone entering the area until firer's next action.</blockquote>

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