Sawed-off shotgun (Action)

This is a weapon data page for Action.

Heroic Action Role-Play

Sawed-off Shotgun

One-handed coal ranged weapon

Hands: 1H
Size: Medium
Tech: Steam
Type: Ranged
Range: Close
Damage: +5 Piercing
Properties: Improvised, loud, scatter, stun

A shotgun with a much shorter barrel, either made this way or actually sawed off. A very dangerous and powerful short-range weapon, practical because it is relatively easy to acquire both the weapon and ammunition. Shotguns are weapons firing bursts of shot, smaller projectiles that come out together and slowly spread out in a cone. Depending on the choke of the weapon and the length of the barrel, this cone can be wide and short or long and narrow. Shotguns are smoothbore, which makes them easy to make, but limits their range. An advantage of this is that there is no barrel signature for forensics to analyze; shot and even slugs cannot be linked to any one particular weapon. Another advantage is that it is easy to make custom ammunition. Shotguns can fire slugs (a single large mass) instead of pellets, this replaces Scatter and Armor Exploiting with Armor Defeating. They are also suitable for firing nonlethal loads, such as salt or rubber loads, replacing Scatter with Stun. High-tech shotguns might fire flechettes or explosive rounds instead of shot with no change in rules.