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<blockquote data-quote="Pax" data-source="post: 971856" data-attributes="member: 6875">Part of that is the extremely poor modelling of archery -- and melee for that matter -- with multiple attacks.I liked the Gurps system: you got one swign per second with a melee weapon.&nbsp; With a bow, it was one second to fetch an arrow, one second to draw and aim, one second to loose -- one shot every three seconds.&nbsp; In that time, the longsword-swinging melee freak could get off three swings ... if he was close enough to be in danger himself.That's a fair tradeoff.If you really want to improve guns -- borrow from the old 2E rules (first published in a dragon magazine, IIRC): whenever you roll maximum on the damage die, roll again and add.&nbsp; If you do so, drop all the dice by one or two steps, though.Thus, with a 1d6 pistol, you could roll 6, roll again and get 6, roll AGAIN and get 6, then roll (say) a 4.&nbsp; Poof, 22 damage; now add for feats, magic, etc.About as likely as rolling an 18 with 3d6-and-keep, during attribute generation.&nbsp; Unlikely but possible.&nbsp; A prestige class could then give you the ability (at high level) to reroll even when you roll one LESS than maximum; IMO, for a firearm-focussed player, that'd be a sweet bonus, comparable to some of the crit-expanding feats the deepwoood sniper gets.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pax, post: 971856, member: 6875"] Part of that is the extremely poor modelling of archery -- and melee for that matter -- with multiple attacks. I liked the Gurps system: you got one swign per second with a melee weapon. With a bow, it was one second to fetch an arrow, one second to draw and aim, one second to loose -- one shot every three seconds. In that time, the longsword-swinging melee freak could get off three swings ... if he was close enough to be in danger himself. That's a fair tradeoff. If you really want to improve guns -- borrow from the old 2E rules (first published in a dragon magazine, IIRC): whenever you roll maximum on the damage die, roll again and add. If you do so, drop all the dice by one or two steps, though. Thus, with a 1d6 pistol, you could roll 6, roll again and get 6, roll AGAIN and get 6, then roll (say) a 4. Poof, 22 damage; now add for feats, magic, etc. About as likely as rolling an 18 with 3d6-and-keep, during attribute generation. Unlikely but possible. A prestige class could then give you the ability (at high level) to reroll even when you roll one LESS than maximum; IMO, for a firearm-focussed player, that'd be a sweet bonus, comparable to some of the crit-expanding feats the deepwoood sniper gets. [/QUOTE]

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