Variant Auto Fire

[JasonPacker]

How much more do you think Autofire should be worth if you hit with an extra shot for every 1 point you make your roll by, rather than 2? Would it be worth less (though never less than +1/4) if the margin of success requirement was 3 or more? Or, notably, is this already in one of the APGs and my searching failed me?

 

Just curious - it's pulling from the GURPS autofire rules that use a "recoil" factor for any attack, real weapon or otherwise, to determine how many shots actually hit (though, they also offer a meager bonus to hit for very high RoF).

 

 

[Christougher]

For a modest number of points, you can buy +1 OCV with single attack (Autofire shot #2, Autofire shot #3, etc) instead of advantage, and it'll probably be less expensive.  A word of advice though, that REALLY increases the effectiveness of said autofire attack.

 

Chris.

[JasonPacker]

Is that an official build? I'm not sure I'd think it was legit - after all, you aren't making a second attack with those additional shots, unlike a multi-attack.

[Tasha]

Is that an official build? I'm not sure I'd think it was legit - after all, you aren't making a second attack with those additional shots, unlike a multi-attack.

 

No, you would need to keep adding Skill levels 2 at a time to make more shots hit. It's wildly efficient to buy even 3 skill levels with an autofire attack. Christougher's build wouldn't work like he thinks it would. It would only add to the OCV overall and allow perhaps one more shot to hit.

[Zephrosyne]

Unless I am misunderstanding you, you can simply take the Skill, Precise Sprayfire II.  It is in the Advanced Player's Guide under the heading Autofire Skills (pg. 35).  Now,  if for some reason, you prefer to use an Advantage instead of a Skill, then this probably isn't what you are looking for.

[JasonPacker]

That's definitely what I'm after, effect-wise. Five points feels awfully cheap, but them's the rules.