Longarms are personal
firearms that require two hands to be fired without penalty. This group includes hunting and sniping rifles, assault rifles, shotguns, and most submachine guns.
The basic longarm is the rifle, a group that includes both hunting rifles and sniper rifles. Most rifles are autoloaders, and they function internally in a manner very similar to autoloader pistols. Some models are operated manually, however, with the user having to work a bolt or lever between each shot. Assault rifles are rifles designed for military use and feature automatic as well as semiautomatic fire.
Shotguns are large-bore
weapons that primarily fire shells full of small projectiles. They tend to be powerful, but only at short range. Reduce shotgun
damage by 1 point for every range increment of the attack.
Submachine guns are relatively compact longarms that generally fire pistol
ammunition. They can fire on automatic.
All longarms are covered by the Personal
Firearms Proficiency feat.
Longarms are not well suited to close
combat. A character takes a -4 penalty on the
attack roll when firing at an adjacent target.
This assault rifle of the old Soviet Union is one of the most popular
firearms in the world, having found common use in scores of bush wars and insurrections-on all sides of such conflicts. The AKM is a slightly more modern version of the AK-47, but functions essentially the same.
The heavy but rugged Light Fifty is an incredibly powerful
weapon for its size. Although it's a sniper rifle, it fires a .50-caliber machine gun bullet, a round much more powerful than any other rifle
ammunition.
The
Benelli 121 M1 semiautomatic shotgun is reliable, simple, and sturdy, with one of the fastest shotgun actions in the world. Many military and law enforcement agencies use this or similar
weapons.
Designed for police and security work, the M3P can fire either single shots or on semiautomatic. The M3P comes equipped with a tubular steel stock that folds over the top of the
weapon to form a carrying handle, and its
ammunition feeds from a box
magazine-an uncommon feature in a shotgun.
This heavy longarm fires the largest shotgun round available, the 10-gauge shell.
The G3 fires the powerful 7.62mm cartridge, a round used in many light machine guns but increasingly uncommon in assault rifles. At one time, over sixty of the world's armies used this rifle.
The Heckler & Koch MP5 family of
weapons is among the most recognizable in the world. Many different designs exist; dexscribed here is the most basic model.
Due to its high quality of manufacture, the MP5 is always considered a mastercraft
weapon. As such, it grants a +1 bonus on
attack rolls.
This
weapon features a three-round burst setting. When used with the Burst Fire feat, it fires only three bullets instead of five and can be used with only three bullets in the
weapon. This setting does not grant the ability to make burst fire attacks without the Burst Fire feat; if a character uses the setting without the feat, he or she makes a normal attack, and the extra two bullets are wasted.
A radically shortened version of the MP5, this
weapon is optimized to be concealable. The steps taken to reduce the
weapon's size and weight negate the benefits of the parent
weapon's extraordinary quality, and as a result the MP5K is not a mastercraft
weapon.
Although it comes with a 15-round
magazine, the MP5K can also accept the same 30-round
magazine as the MP5 (use of the larger
magazine increases the
weapon's size to Large, though).
This
weapon features a three-round burst setting. When used with the Burst Fire feat, it fires only three bullets instead of five and can be used with only three bullets in the
weapon. This setting does not grant the ability to make burst fire attacks without the Burst Fire feat; if a character uses the setting without the feat, he or she makes a normal attack, and the extra two bullets are wasted.
This high-precision sniper rifle, based on the design of the
HK G3, has a fully adjustable trigger and stock for individual users. The PSG1 comes with a standard scope.
Due to its high quality of manufacture, the PSG1 is always considered a mastercraft
weapon. As such, it grants a +1 bonus on
attack rolls.
Typical of the assault rifles used by militaries around the world, the Colt
M16A2 is the current
service rifle of the United States military, and is common with other armies and in the civilian world.
This
weapon features a three-round burst setting. When used with the Burst Fire feat, it fires only three bullets instead of five and can be used with only three bullets in the
weapon. This setting does not grant the ability to make burst fire attacks without the Burst Fire feat; if a character uses the setting without the feat, he or she makes a normal attack, and the extra two bullets are wasted.
This is a cut-down version of the Colt
M16A2, shortened by about a third by means of a telescoping stock and a shorter barrel.
Introduced in the Vietnam War era, this medium machine gun is still in widespread use with the U.S. military and that of several other armies.
The
Mossberg Model 500 ATP6C is a pump-action shotgun designed for military and police work.
A bolt-action rifle with a
reputation for accuracy, the
Remington 700 has been popular with hunters and target shooters since its introduction in the 1940s.
This is a 12-gauge, double-barreled shotgun with the stock and barrels sawed short. All that's left of the stock is a pistol grip, and the barrels are roughly 12 inches long.
Sawed-off shotguns are generally illegal; most are homemade by cutting down a standard shotgun.
If this
weapon if fully-loaded, a character can fire both barrels at once. The character receives a -2 penalty on the attack but deals +1 die of
damage with a successful hit. Attacking this way uses both shotgun shells.
An unusual and exotic-looking
weapon, the bullpup AUG is the standard rifle of the Austrian and Australian armies. Its completely ambidextrous components make it equally convenient for left- and right-handed users, and it features a built-in optical sight.
This
weapon features a three-round burst setting. When used with the Burst Fire feat, it fires only three bullets instead of five and can be used with only three bullets in the
weapon. This setting does not grant the ability to make burst fire attacks without the Burst Fire feat; if a character uses the setting without the feat, he or she makes a normal attack, and the extra two bullets are wasted.
Designed in the 1950s for the Israeli army, the
Uzi has become the most popular submachine gun in the world. It features a collapsible stock, making it extremely compact.
The Winchester Model 94 Big Bore is a lever-action rifle typical of big-bore hunting rifles found around the world.
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