[gurps] Possible HT4ed Shotgun Erratta

[Rupert Boleyn]

Cybrludite wrote:
> Howdy, y'all. Long time, no type! Been fiddling w/ the
> multiple projectile rules in the new High Tech, and
> found some oddities. The 1d+1 pi listed in the tables
> is for 00 buckshot, with slugs being 5d pi++.
> Converting back using the  MP rules on pp 172-3 & the
> damage conversion box on p 166, 9 projectiles from a
> 5d weapon is 5*.33=1.65 which works out to 2d-1 pi.
> Also, if we go by the rules for solid ammo on p166,
> slugs for 20ga smokeless powder shotguns are going to
> be 5d pi++ as well. Using the close range rules from
> Basic p409, minus the DR multiplication, gives better results.

I think that this is the difference between actual guns using RL stats, 
and the generic rule for deriving multishot rounds for weapons that 
don't normally use them.

-- 
Rupert Boleyn <rboleyn at ihug.co.nz>