MORE SHOTGUNS
Different Shotgun rules for 'The Rules with No Name'
These rules are totally unofficial, and are not endorsed by Bryan Ansell who hasn't even seen some of them. They are just suggestions by various players. (Any comments in blue italics are mine.)
SHOTGUNS by Skip Nicholson
Shotguns come in three varieties. Standard, Sawed-off and Scattergun. The standard is a weapon with a barrel of 20" or more. Sawed-off is a shotgun with the barrel cut to 18" or less. The scatter gun has a pistol length barrel and a pistol grip.
FIRING THE SHOTGUN
1. Designate a specific target. The target should be directly on the "line of fire", an imaginary line running down the middle of the spread template or "cone".
2. Roll the proscribed number of dice. Each "5" and "6" is a "hit". All hits count.
3. Rolling more "1's" than "6's" results in the standard "out of ammo"/"jam" result.
| Aimed shots | Standard Shotgun | All hits strike intended target |
| Sawed-off Shotgun | Half hits strike the intended target if beyond Point blank range, others distributed evenly. | |
| Scattergun | Half hits strike the intended target. Other hits divided among eligible targets. | |
| Blazing Away | Standard Shotgun | Half hits strike intended target. Others are divided evenly between eligible targets |
| Sawed-off Shotgun | Intended target MUST take at least one hit. Other hits divided among eligible targets. | |
| Scattergun | Intended target MUST take at least one hit. Other hits divided among eligible targets. |
| STANDARD SHOTGUN | Point Blank | Medium | Long | Extreme |
| 2" | 6" | 12" | 18" | |
| # Dice | 3 | 2 | 1 | -1 |
| SAWED-OFF SHOTGUN | Point Blank | Medium | Long | Extreme |
| 3" | 6" | 9" | 12" | |
| # Dice | 4 | 2 | 1 | -1 |
| SCATTERGUN | Point Blank | Long | Extreme | |
| 3" | 6" | 9" | ||
| # Dice | 4 | 1 | -2 | |
* These factors were taken from an alternate set of Shotgun rules posted on Tim Peterson's TRWNN web-site.
SPREAD
Shotgun pellets spread forming a cone which is widest at the "long" range of the weapon and narrows back to the apex of the cone at the firing figure. Any figure in the cone is a possible secondary target. Distribute secondary hits starting with the figures closest to the designated target.
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OPTIONAL RULE Shotguns cause "fear". Any character facing a shotgun in a challenge
(NERVE TEST) or returning fire on a shotgun-armed opponent (SHOOTING) loses one die.
RATIONALE Shotguns hit on "5" or "6" because the spread makes it easier to hit. The closer the range the more likely it is the intended victim will absorb all or most of the shot.
"Blazing Away" constitutes firing both barrels, reloading and firing as fast as possible, probably from the hip, certainly without too much aiming.
The spread template or "cone" does not extend beyond long range because at extreme range the shot is so dispersed as to be almost harmless. Extreme range is included for those desperate souls who hope a stray pellet will find it's mark with effect. (Hope springs eternal.)
ONE LAST WORD The firearms instructor at the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office always
asks new officers why they carry a pistol? The answers vary from "To Protect the public and the
officer" to other less lofty responses. According to the Chief Instructor, the only reason you have
a sidearm is to provide you with a weapon so you can fight your way back to your cruiser and get
a REAL gun! Your SHOTGUN!
In modern law enforcement (as in the old west) the shotgun is a man-stopper and has a morale effect. The bad guy might gamble that the officer will miss with his pistol. It's not likely he'll mis with the shotgun. As the Lieutenant will tell you in Shotgun school, "The sound of that shotgun slide as you rack a round into the chamber will carry over almost any other sound and you will be amazed how many people instantly recognize that sound! Many a dangerous situation has been defused by simply racking the slide on the officer's shotgun."
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Last Updated Feb 1, 2003 by Tim Peterson