This section covers unique and exotic ammunition that a hero might use during an adventure.
Armor-piercing ammunition reduces the effectiveness of
armor. When fired at an opponent wearing any type of
armor, the attack receives a +2 bonus. It has no benefit against targets that are not wearing
armor.
Riot police use this type of ammunition for crowd control. Loads are available for shotguns and grenade launchers only. It deals the same amount of
damage as a normal load, but the
damage dealt is nonlethal.
This is a lighter shotgun ammunition. It reduces the
damage dealt by a shotgun by 1 die.
Flechette rounds fire bundles of razor-sharp, fin-stabilized tungsten darts. A
weapon that fires this ammunition improves its critical threat range by one, but takes a -1 penalty on
attack rolls.
This ammunition scatters through a target rather than punching through and hitting something else. It increases the
damage dealt to unarmored targets by +1. This bonus is negated if the target is wearing any sort of
armor or has a natural
armor bonus of +2 or more.
High explosive ammunition is used mostly in grenade launchers and occasionally shotguns, but can be found for other
weapons. It is very expensive and difficult to come by.
High explosive ammunition deals 1 extra die of
damage of the appropriate type for the weapon.
Silver ammunition is useful for dealing with some types of Shadow creatures. Silvered ammunition deals lethal
damage to regular targets and bypasses the
damage reduction of any creature that is vulnerable to
silver. It is never mass-produced and must be made by hand, as reflected by its high cost. Because silvered ammunition must be manufactured by hand, it is not licensed. It requires a Craft (mechanical) check (DC 12) to manufacture a single
silver bullet.
Assassins and snipers use
subsonic ammunition; it is rarely found outside those circles. Its primary use is to reduce the noise of a shot, making it more difficult to spot the shooter after the gun is fired.
Subsonic ammunition reduces
damage dealt by -2 points, but the DC to Listen checks to hear the gunshot is increased by +10.
Subsonic ammunition decreases the range increment by 20 feet. It is available for
handguns and
longarms, except shotguns.
These phosphorous-coated rounds aid the shooter of an automatic
weapon in leading bullets to a target, but makes them easier to spot in turn.
Tracer ammunition provides a +1 bonus to
attack rolls made with a
weapon when fired on autofire only. Opponents gain a +5 circumstance bonus on Spot checks when trying to find someone firing
tracer ammunition.
This ammunition is actually a large dart with a reservoir that is used to deliver a
tranquilizer (or
poison) to the target. It is only available for air rifles and pistols. For more information on poisons, see the Craft (chemical)
skill.
White phosphorous-tipped rounds can inflict terrible burns on a target. These rounds go off if they strike anything between the shooter and the target. Any target damaged by a "Willie P" shot takes an additional 1d6 points of fire
damage and risks
catching on fire.
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