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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kronos182" data-source="post: 6796110" data-attributes="member: 6668634">LTB L1A surprising move in the weapon industry was when discount franchise Less Than a Buck started releasing weapons to gun shops and other facilities that sell weapons. However, their weapons have met with a lot of criticism and complaints. This is mostly due to the fact that to keep in with their policy of selling stuff cheaper than their competitors, the quality of their wares is lower. The L1, their first laser weapon to hit the market is cheap, and light. It is also weaker and has less range than most laser rifles, and it's case is made from a injection moulded plastic, and some still have a bit of rough plastic flash at the edges. Professional soldiers and mercenaries avoid LTB weapons, but many petty criminals and third world warlords love them as they can buy a lot more of them for less, and they're nice and light. The L1 usually comes in a dull metal grey casing, but matte black and two badly done camouflage patterns are available, desert and forest. The L1 looks very much like a toy rifle version of the most popular design of common laser rifles available.LTB L1 (Personal Weapon Proficiency PL6)Damage: 3d6Critical: 20Damage Type: FireRange Increment: 60 ftRate Of Fire: SemiMagazine: 50 boxSize: LargeWeight: 6 lbsPurchase DC: 16Restriction: Res (+2)Note: Due to the cheap construction of the L1, on a roll of natural 1, the weapon's electronics short out, making it useless. This can be repaired with a Repair check DC 17 and 20 minutes of work. The L1 is also inaccurate and suffers a -1 to attack rolls.[HR][/HR]LTB L2Less Than a Buck also released a laser pistol, the L2. The L2 is basically a plastic tube with a plastic handle attached. Simple, cheap, and just as reliable as the L1, meaning not completely. However, criminals and warlords love them, because they are cheap and if one breaks, easily replaceable, which is great for their cannon fodder troops. The L2 only comes in dull gun metal grey and matte black.LTB L2 (Personal Weapon Proficiency PL6)Damage: 2d6Critical: 20Damage Type: FireRange Increment: 20 ftRate Of Fire: SemiMagazine: 50 boxSize: SmallWeight: 2 lbsPurchase DC: 14Restriction: Res (+2)Note: Due to the cheap construction of the L2, on a roll of natural 1, the weapon's electronics short out, making it useless. This can be repaired with a Repair check DC 17 and 20 minutes of work. The L2 is also inaccurate and suffers a -1 penalty to attack rolls.[HR][/HR]LTB RG1After Less Than A Buck actually made a profit and sold over half a million L1s and L2s in only 8 months, they started looking into other weapons. Their research lead into resurrecting gyrojets. After noticing that the performance of gyrojets at close ranges was quite poor until the rocket got up to speed, they decided to use hybrid gyrojets. Using a cheaper form of XZ propellant to give the little rockets a boost out of the barrel which also ignites the rocket so the rocket gets up to speed sooner.Unfortunately, even though the idea is fairly sound, with LTB using cheaper materials to keep costs down, the performance isn't as good as it could be. Although if LTB can make a passable hybrid gyrojet rifle, other weapon manufacturers are looking into resurrecting gyrojet technology with suitable modern upgrades.LTB RG1 (Personal Weapon Proficiency Late PL5/PL6)Damage: 2d8Critical: 20Damage Type: BallisticRange Increment: 100 ftMagazine: 20 boxRate of Fire: SemiSize: LargeWeight: 12 lbsPurchase DC: 16Restriction: Lic (+1)Game Notes: An inaccurate weapon, suffers -1 to attack penalties. On a natural roll of 2 the weapon jams and requires a Repair check DC 12 and 10 minutes to unjam. On a natural roll of 1, the round jams and the rocket explodes dealing 1d6 points of damage per round in the magazine to a 10 ft area and ruins the weapon.The RG1 can make use of 7.62 caliber rounds using XZ propellant, but on a natural roll of 1 the weapon jams, requiring a Repair check DC 12 and 10 minutes of work to unjam. [HR][/HR]LTB RG2Released at the same time as the RG1, the RG2, the pistol version of the RG1 rifle. It uses the same ammunition as the RG1, and has the ability to also use standard XZ propellant rounds. Although with the shorter barrel and cheap materials, the RG2 has a higher chance of exploding in the user's hands than the RG1. The RG2 looks like a toy version of a 1911, but with a somewhat longer barrel and the magazine is directly in front of the trigger guard.LTB RG1 (Personal Weapon Proficiency Late PL5/PL6)Damage: 2d8Critical: 20Damage Type: BallisticRange Increment: 50 ftMagazine: 10 boxRage of Fire: SemiSize: MediumWeight: 2 lbsPurchase DC: 12Restriction: Lic (+1)Game Notes: An inaccurate weapon, suffers -1 to attack penalties. On a natural roll of 2 the weapon jams and requires a Repair check DC 12 and 10 minutes to unjam. On a natural roll of 1, the round jams and the rocket explodes dealing 1d6 points of damage per round in the magazine to a 10 ft area and ruins the weapon.The RG2 can make use of 7.62 caliber rounds using XZ propellant, but on a natural roll of 2 the weapon jams, requiring a Repair check DC 12 and 10 minutes of work to unjam. On a natural roll of 1 the weapon jams and the propellant still goes off and the pressure in the shorter barrel causes it to explode, dealing 1d6 points of damage per round in the magazine to the user and 5 foot area around the user. </blockquote>

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