BW PDF - Midnight Campaign

Ranged AttacksRanged Attacks can be very important for dropping out-of-reach or hard-to-hit foes. Ranged attacks are alsouseful when you just don’t want to be close enough to an enemy for them to be able to hurt you.Shot & Thrown AttacksA shot weapon is any weapon that requires adevice from which it is fired, such as a bow, a sling,or a crossbow. Some of these weapons, crossbowsin particular, require a reload speed. Reloading ashot weapon with a reload speed is an action inand of itself, which is labeled on that weapon’sentry in the weapon list.A thrown weapon is anything physically hurled atyour opponent, and many melee weapons double asthrown weapons. Separate throwing ranges for thrownattacks are listed in the weapon entries for thoseweapons, and follow the same rules as shot attacks.If an object does not have a specific weapon entry,it suffers a circumstance penalty on the attack roll.Ranged Attack RollsA Thrown or Shot attack roll is made almost exactlylike a Melee attack roll, except that the principle defenseagainst Shot attacks is Dodge, rather than Parry.Parrying a shot attack incurs a -4 circumstance penalty,while Dodging them does not. Thrown attacks can beparried or dodged without penalty.ObstaclesMany times when making a Thrown or Shot attack,there will be something in the way, such as a table,a barricade, or even an opponent or ally. Making aThrown or Shot attack against a character so defendedis slightly more difficult, so an obstacle penalty isincurred. For every obstacle between an attacker andtheir target, incur a -2 circumstance penalty to that shot.It is the up to the Storyteller to determine just how manyobstacles count for each shot, and unlike most penalties,these do stack.For example, Hawk is standing behind an overturned table,which qualifies as two obstacles. If Brea chose to fire herbow at him, she would have to take a -4 penalty on the shot.If he were crouching behind a table and behind a parapetwith in thick fog, he would be incurring four obstacles, for a-8 penalty.Long RangeRanged attacks have a normal range listed but they,can be made outside of these normal ranges. For everyrange increment they are outside their normal range,treat that attack as if it were blocked by one additionalobstacle. This way, the farther an attack is, the harderthe shot will be to make.35