Dragonstar?

[Kirowan]

Lately I've been thinking of ordering the Starfarer's Handbook. But before I do, I was wondering how the game handles automatic weapon fire for both 3 round bursts and suppressive fire/spraying the room? Can anyone give me some info?

Thanks!

 

[UD]

Automatic weapons can be fired in single shot mode (every base attack you get to fiire a shot). 3 round burst mode (every base attack you fire 3 shots, for every 5 above the to hit AC you roll, an extra shot hits.) and suppressive fire is a cone in front of you.(15+ shots everyone in the cone you get to roll a hit to. this includes everyone who enters the cone till your next round.)

 

[Kirowan]

These rules sound nice and simple. Some more quick questions. For suppressive fire, does your attack roll suffer a penalty at all? If it doesn't, it seems powerful to be able to hit 15 people at a time. Also, are three round bursts and suppressive fires full round actions?

Thanks!

 

[UD]

yeah suppresive fire has a -4 penalty to hit.
theres a feat to take burst fire down to an extra hit with every +3 above Ac, its got a ton of pre-reqs.
And yes there both full round actions.

 

[Fade]

So a high-level character can't fire multiple three-round-bursts?

 

[Kirowan]

Thanks UD!

 

[AmerginLiath]

There are two types of firearms in the game -- semiautomatic and automatic.

Semiautomatic can fire up to one shot for each attack, such as 2 shots/round for a 6th lvl fighter.

Automatics can fire up to one BURST for each attack the character has per round. Most bursts are three-shot, and the second shot in burst hits as well if the modified attack roll was AC+5, and the third if the roll is AC+10. Taking a feat lowers those requirements to AC+3 and AC+6, respectively. Likewise, some large weapons (like the heavy machinegun) fire five-round bursts...

Automatics can also be fired in semiautomatic mode, though, if you wish to conserve ammo...

 

[UD]

So a high-level character can't fire multiple three-round-bursts?

No I was wrong, they get a 3 round burst for every attack tehy have. So burst fire is not a full round action.