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<blockquote data-quote="HeapThaumaturgist" data-source="post: 1431951" data-attributes="member: 12332">Well, the thing is, they're different mechanics.&nbsp; Autofire is an area-attack &quot;Jesus Saves, the rest of you take damage&quot; style rule and Burst Fire is still a normal attack roll.I'd have to look at the math.&nbsp; I'm not saying everybody in the 10x10 will take more damage, I'm just thinking about &quot;oh no, Johnny got hosed!&quot; and how/where to recreate that.&nbsp; It's in Burst Fire as a negative to attack and +2 dice of damage.What I'm saying is, is the better &quot;attack bonus&quot; in that the attacker need only hit AC 10 (the 10x10 area) with his &quot;Attack&quot; to put the threat down on the people within it?&nbsp; The &quot;+1d3-1 Dice&quot; is, more often, for one unlucky fellow or somebody putting the hose to an Ogre with an assault rifle.Bleh, it was an idea I had in 30 seconds.&nbsp; I guess it doesn't work.&nbsp; I suppose I'm just seeing the value in the argument of:&nbsp; &quot;What the hell, I can't do any more damage to the side of this barn/dragon with full auto than I can with a single shot?&quot;Emulating that without a thousand rules or entirely breaking the system is problematic.&nbsp; --fje</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HeapThaumaturgist, post: 1431951, member: 12332"] Well, the thing is, they're different mechanics. Autofire is an area-attack "Jesus Saves, the rest of you take damage" style rule and Burst Fire is still a normal attack roll. I'd have to look at the math. I'm not saying everybody in the 10x10 will take more damage, I'm just thinking about "oh no, Johnny got hosed!" and how/where to recreate that. It's in Burst Fire as a negative to attack and +2 dice of damage. What I'm saying is, is the better "attack bonus" in that the attacker need only hit AC 10 (the 10x10 area) with his "Attack" to put the threat down on the people within it? The "+1d3-1 Dice" is, more often, for one unlucky fellow or somebody putting the hose to an Ogre with an assault rifle. Bleh, it was an idea I had in 30 seconds. I guess it doesn't work. I suppose I'm just seeing the value in the argument of: "What the hell, I can't do any more damage to the side of this barn/dragon with full auto than I can with a single shot?" Emulating that without a thousand rules or entirely breaking the system is problematic. --fje [/QUOTE]

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