Alpha Dawn - Star Frontiersman

Ranged Combat
Any weapon that can be used to attack someone
from a distance is a ranged weapon. In STAR
FRONTIERS games, ranged weapons include lasers,
gyrojets, needle guns, automatic rifles and pistols
and grenades. Bows and arrows, spears and knives
also can be used.
Ranged Combat Procedure
When attempting to aim or hurl a weapon at an
opponent or target, use this checklist to determine
your actual chance to successfully hit.
Skill Modifiers
Characters get a bonus on their chance to hit if they
have been trained to use their weapon. Characters
learn weapon skills by spending experience points
for them (see SKILLS). Skills for beam, gyrojet,
projectile and thrown weapons must be learned
separately. A character gains a +10% bonus on his
chance to hit for each level of skill he has with the
weapon he is using. For example, a character with
level 3 beam weapon skill and level 1 gyrojet
weapon skill gets +30% to hit with beam weapons
(lasers, sonic disruptors, etc.) and +10%to hit with
gyrojet rifles and pistols. A character does not need
a weapon skill to use a weapon.
Heavy Weapons
Heavy lasers, sonic devastators, recoilless rifles,
grenade mortars and rocket launchers are heavy
weapons. When a character fires a heavy weapon,
he must subtract 1 from his skill level with that type
of weapon. A character with no training for that
weapon has a -10 penalty.
EXAMPLE: A character has level 3 skill with gyrojet
weapons and no other weapon skills. He gets a +20
bonus when firing a grenade mortar or rocket
launcher, but has a -10 modifier when firing a heavy
laser, sonic devastator or recoilless rifle.
Ranged Weapon Hit Procedure %
1 Basic Chance to hit equals one half of the ½ DEX
firing character’s Dexterity, rounded up.
This should already be figured on your
character sheet as your RW score.
2 Skill adjustments. Add 10% for each level
of skill the character has with that weapon.
Per skill level +10
3 Range adjustments. This can be reduced
by using a telescopic sight.
Point Blank +0
Short -10
Medium -20
Long -40
Extreme -80
4 Movement adjustments (all movement
modifiers except “stationary” can be
applied to both the target and the
attacker):
Stationary (target only) +10
Walking +0
Running -10
Dodging -20
If the target is a running animal, use these
animal modifiers.
Medium -10
Fast -20
Very Fast -30
If the target (not the attacker) is a moving
vehicle, subtract 10.
Target is moving vehicle -10
If the attacker is riding in a vehicle,
subtract 10. If the vehicle is moving faster
than 150 meters per turn, subtract 20.
Attacker in Slow Vehicle -10
Attacker in Fast Vehicle -20
5 Aiming. Add 15 if attacker is standing still
and aiming carefully.
Careful Aim +15
6 Burst Fire. Add 20 if firing a burst
Firing a Burst of 10 bullets +20
7 Cover. Subtract cover modifiers
Soft Cover -10
Hard Cover -20
8 Target Size. Apply target size modifier
Tiny -10
Small -5
Medium +0
Large +5
Giant +10
9 Wounds. Subtract 10 if attacker’s
Stamina is reduced to half or less.
Attacker Wounded -10
10 Prone. Subtract 5 if target is lying prone
Target prone -5
11 Wrong Hand. Subtract 10 if using wrong
hand
Using wrong hand -10
12 Two Weapons. Subtract 10 if attacker is
firing two weapons
Firing two weapons -10
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