DLR Gatling Shotgun

[Ixion77]

On the left the Gatlin Shotgun from Smith's & Robards Catalog, on the right from DLR Player's Guide.
In S&R in missing the d8 Min Str. req.
The DLR PG version could/should include the generic note for gatling weapons (to use full ROF) reported as footnote in the gatling weapons table?
maybe also dmg 1-3d6 not up to 3d6?
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[Doswelk]

Unless it has been changed 1-3d6 results in damage rolls of -2 to -17 from memory.

I used to place 1d6 in the damage column and use right mouse button to add the extra dice.

[Ixion77]

By rules, 1-3d5 shotgun damage means the weapon deals:
1d6 @ long range
2d6 @ medium range
3d6 @ short range

When you drop that weapon to the character sheet, the Damage slot display 3d6+1
Now if you drag&drop the damage in the chat window, FG rolls 3d6, with negative numbers, make sum, and add +1
Same thig if you select target with CTRL+click or drag&drop on token.

As a workaround, I created three sub-attack, one for every range
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[Topdecker]

By rules, 1-3d5 shotgun damage means the weapon deals:
1d6 @ long range
2d6 @ short range
3d6 @ long range


That seems like exactly the opposite of what should happen. The turkey that I fired at who survived at 40 yards seems like a good case for empirical knowledge.

[Mask_of_winter]

3d6 short
2d6 medium
1d6 long

[Topdecker]

Shotguns get a +2 to hit? Working on a dim memory, I guess.

[Mask_of_winter]

Yes sir. And auto-fire is -2.

[Doswelk]

By rules, 1-3d5 shotgun damage means the weapon deals:
1d6 @ long range
2d6 @ short range
3d6 @ long range

When you drop that weapon to the character sheet, the Damage slot display 3d6+1
Now if you drag&drop the damage in the chat window, FG rolls 3d6, with negative numbers, make sum, and add +1
Same thig if you select target with CTRL+click or drag&drop on token.

As a workaround, I created three sub-attack, one for every range
16512

I know how shotguns work in SW :)

What I meant was that if you set the damage to 1-3d6 in FG it used to roll damage of 1 - (3-18) resulting in negative damage, as I said I usually set the damage to 1 dice and right click once for medium range and twice for short range :)

[Ikael]

Shotgun's 1-3d6 damage is something that should be fixed in the module. It was fixed in Deluxe Player's guide some time ago from "1-3d6" to "up to 3d6". My personal take how to handle different distance damages is to add two sub-attacks to shotgun with labels: Medium range and Long range and setup their damages accordingly. This way I can also add the +2 short distance modifier to one of the entries and never needing to take it account manually. See the attached image

Note that "Sub-attacks" is a feature and doesn't require you to add shotgun to your inventory 3 times... just right click on attack row and select "Create Sub-attack". This is additional attack line that's associated to existing weapon

[GunbunnyFuFu]

Thanks for the image, Ikael...this will be useful when handling some weapons in Savage Rifts that have the same type of breakdown at range.

GB