Skade
Explorer
Maybe I am missing something. Tonight I ran my second ever d20 modern game. I have to drive three hours for it, so its only once a month. Anyway...
I noticed something that just bothered me to no end. Shouldn't a firearm have a larger threatened area than the normal 5 feet? I mean a polearm has a ten foot reach, surely a pistol would have essentialy the same effect, if not larger?
Its not like it takes any more effort to aim and pull the trigger than it does to swing around a halberd. In close range I could see how everyone would always be in threatened areas, so maybe thats why the rule was not made, but it just doesn't make sense to me. I know very little about real life firearms though, so I'd gladly accept an explanation why it does not work that way.
Maybe I am missing the rule, if so please tell me.
-kane
I noticed something that just bothered me to no end. Shouldn't a firearm have a larger threatened area than the normal 5 feet? I mean a polearm has a ten foot reach, surely a pistol would have essentialy the same effect, if not larger?
Its not like it takes any more effort to aim and pull the trigger than it does to swing around a halberd. In close range I could see how everyone would always be in threatened areas, so maybe thats why the rule was not made, but it just doesn't make sense to me. I know very little about real life firearms though, so I'd gladly accept an explanation why it does not work that way.
Maybe I am missing the rule, if so please tell me.
-kane
