Ranged weapons (Action)

Heroic Action Role-Play

This is a list of ranged weapons for Action, for use with Shoot. Melee weapons with the Throw property can also be used with the Shoot skill, but only when thrown.

Weapon	Hands	Size	Tech	Range	Damage	Type	Properties
Bola	1H	Medium	Ancient	Close	+0	Blunt	Entangle, Slow, Stun, Throw, Unreliable
Boomerang	1H	Small	Ancient	Close	+1	Blunt	Slow, Stun, Throw
Javelin	1H	Medium	Ancient	Close	+3	Piercing	Slow, Throw
Shuriken	1H	Small	Blacksmith	Close	+1	Piercing	Throw
Shakram	1H	Large	Blacksmith	Close	+4	Cutting	Slow, Throw
Blowgun	2H	Medium	Ancient	Close	+2	Neurotoxin	Reload, Slow
Sling	2H	Small	Ancient	Close	+2	Blunt	Slick
War Sling	2H	Large	Ancient	Short	+4	Blunt	Slow, Static
Shortbow	2H	Large	Ancient	Close	+3	Piercing	—
Longbow	2H	Large	Ancient	Long	+4	Piercing	Static, Stowed
Horse Bow	2H	Large	Blacksmith	Short	+4	Piercing	—
Slingshot	2H	Small	Coal	Short	+3	Piercing	—
Crossbow	2H	Large	Blacksmith	Long	+4	Piercing	Slow
Arbalest	2H	Large	Blacksmith	Long	+6	Piercing	Penetrating, Reload, Slow, Static, Stowed
Crossbow Pistol	1H	Medium	Clockwork	Close	+4	Piercing	Slow
Repeating Crossbow	2H	Large	Clockwork	Close	+3	Piercing	Area
Dart Gun	1&2H	Large	Combustion	Close	+6	Neurotoxin	Slow, Stowed, Stun
Napthta Grenade	1H	Medium	Blacksmith	Close	+1	Fire	Reload, Saturation, Slow, Throw, Unreliable
Iron Grenade	1H	Small	Clockwork	Close	+3	Impact	Area, Loud, Reload, Slow, Throw
Molotov	1H	Medium	Coal	Close	+3	Fire	Area, Reload, Saturation, Slow, Stowed, Throw, Unreliable
Dynamite	1H	Medium	Coal	Close	+4	Blunt	Area, Loud, Reload, Slow, Throw
Hand Grenade	1H	Small	Combustion	Close	+4	Impact	Area, Loud, Reload, Slow, Throw
Incendiary Grenade	1H	Small	Combustion	Close	+3	Fire	Area, Loud, Reload, Saturation, Slow, Throw, Unreliable
Flash-Bang Grenade	1H	Small	Electronic	Close	+4	Neurotoxin	Area, Loud, Reload, Slow, Stun, Throw
Entangling Grenade	1H	Small	Electronic	Close	+3	Cutting	Area, Entangle, Loud, Reload, Slow, Stun, Throw
Micro Grenade	1H	Small	Electronic	Close	+4	Impact	Area, Loud, Reload, Slow, Throw
Aifoil Grenade	1H	Small	Fusion	Short	+4	Impact	Area, Loud, Reload, Slow, Throw
Grenade Sling	2H	Large	Clockwork	Short	+4	Impact	Reload, Slow, Static, Stowed, Unreliable
Rifle Grenade	2H	Medium	Combustion	Short	+4	Impact	Loud, Reload, Slow, Static
Grenade Launcher	2H	Medium	Electronic	Short	+4	Impact	Loud, Reload
Automatic GL	1&2H	Large	Electronic	Short	+4	Impact	Loud, Stowed
Snuff Gun	1H	Small	Clockwork	Reach	+4	Impact	Loud, Penetrating, Reload, Slick, Slow, Unreliable
Pepperbox	1H	Small	Clockwork	Close	+4	Impact	Loud, Penetrating, Slow, Unreliable
Dueling Pistol	1H	Medium	Clockwork	Short	+4	Impact	Loud, Penetrating, Reload, Slow
Cavalry Pistol	1H	Medium	Clockwork	Close	+5	Impact	Loud, Penetrating, Reload, Slow
Derringer	1H	Small	Coal	Reach	+6	Impact	Loud, Reload, Slow
Revolver	1H	Small	Coal	Short	+5	Impact	Loud, Slow
Automatic Pistol	1H	Small	Coal	Short	+4	Impact	Loud, Unreliable
Pen Pistol	1H	Small	Combustion	Reach	+6	Impact	Loud, Reload, Slick, Unreliable
Pocket Pistol	1H	Small	Combustion	Close	+4	Impact	—
Heavy Revolver	1H	Medium	Combustion	Close	+6	Impact	Loud
Heavy Automatic Pistol	1H	Medium	Electronic	Close	+7	Impact	Loud
Subsonic Pistol	1H	Small	Electronic	Close	+5	Impact	—
Pistola	2H	Small	Blacksmith	Close	+5	Impact	Loud, Penetrating, Reload, Slow, Static, Unreliable
Arquebus	2H	Large	Clockwork	Long	+7	Impact	Loud, Penetrating, Reload, Slow, Static, Stowed
Musket	2H	Large	Clockwork	Short	+6	Impact	Loud, Penetrating, Reload, Slow, Stowed
Rifeled Musket	2H	Large	Clockwork	Long	+6	Impact	Loud, Penetrating, Reload, Slow, Stowed
Repeating Rifle	2H	Large	Coal	Long	+5	Impact	Loud, Penetrating
Bolt-Action Carbine	2H	Large	Coal	Long	+6	Impact	Loud, Penetrating, Slow
Bolt-Action Rifle	2H	Large	Coal	Long	+7	Impact	Loud, Penetrating, Slow, Stowed
Semi-automatic Carbine	2H	Large	Combustion	Long	+6	Impact	Loud, Penetrating
Semiautomatic Rifle	2H	Large	Combustion	Long	+7	Impact	Loud, Penetrating, Stowed
Monster Gun	2H	Large	Combustion	Long	+8	Impact	Loud, Penetrating, Reload, Slow, Static, Stowed
Sniper Rifle	2H	Large	Electronic	Long	+8	Impact	Loud, Penetrating, Static, Stowed
Machine Rifle	2H	Large	Combustion	Long	+7	Impact	Area, Loud, Penetrating, Rash, Static, Stowed
Assault Carbine	2H	Large	Electronic	Long	+6	Impact	Area, Loud, Penetrating, Rash
Assault Rifle	2H	Large	Electronic	Long	+7	Impact	Area, Loud, Penetrating, Rash, Stowed
Advanced Combat Rifle	2H	Medium	Electronic	Long	+6	Impact	Area, Loud, Penetrating, Rash, Unreliable
Minigun	2H	Large	Electronic	Long	+7	Impact	Area, Loud, Penetrating, Rash, Stowed
Machine Pistol	1&2H	Small	Electronic	Short	+4	Impact	Area, Loud, Rash
Submachinegun	2H	Medium	Combustion	Short	+5	Impact	Area, Loud, Rash
Subsonic SMG	2H	Medium	Electronic	Close	+6	Impact	Area, Rash
Dragon	1H	Medium	Clockwork	Close	+5	Blunt	Loud, Reload, Spread, Slow
Blunderbuss	2H	Large	Clockwork	Close	+6	Blunt	Loud, Reload, Spread, Slow
Sawed-off Shotgun	2H	Medium	Coal	Close	+6	Blunt	Loud, Reload, Spread
Shotgun	2H	Medium	Coal	Close	+6	Blunt	Loud, Reload, Spread
Trench Gun	2H	Medium	Combustion	Close	+6	Blunt	Loud, Spread, Unreliable
Assault Shotgun	1&2H	Large	Electronic	Short	+7	Blunt	Area, Loud, Rash, Spread
Taser	1H	Small	Electronic	Close	+3	Electricity	Slow, Stun
Tufenk	2H	Large	Blacksmith	Close	+3	Fire	Area, Rash, Unreliable
Flamethrower	2H	Large	Combustion	Close	+5	Fire	Area, Rash, Saturation, Spread, Static, Stowed, Unreliable
Fire Extingusiher	2H	Large	Combustion	Close	+5	Fire	Saturation, Spread, Static, Stowed, Stun, Unreliable
Incinerator	1H	Medium	Electronic	Close	+5	Fire	Rash, Saturation, Spread
Holdout Gyrojet	1H	Small	Electronic	Short	+4	Impact	Slick
Gyrojet Carbine	1&2H	Small	Electronic	Long	+6	Impact	—
Laser Pistol	1H	Small	Fusion	Short	+5	Fire	Loud, Spread
Laser Carbine	1&2H	Medium	Fusion	Long	+5	Fire	Area, Loud, Rash, Spread
Laser Cannon	2H	Large	Fusion	Long	+6	Fire	Loud, Penetrating, Spread, Static, Stowed
Needle Pistol	1H	Medium	Fusion	Short	+6	Impact	Area, Loud, Rash
Needle Rifle	2H	Large	Fusion	Long	+9	Impact	Area, Loud, Rash, Stowed
Railgun	2H	Large	Fusion	Long	+8	Impact	Loud, Penetrating, Slow, Static, Stowed
Electro Pistol	1H	Small	Hyperspace	Close	+4	Electricity	Loud, Penetrating, Stun
Electro Carbine	1&2H	Medium	Hyperspace	Short	+5	Electricity	Loud, Penetrating, Rash, Stun
Electro Rifle	2H	Medium	Hyperspace	Long	+6	Electricity	Loud, Penetrating, Rash, Stowed, Stun

Ranged Weapon Descriptions

Lasers

Lasers fire very short and intense pulses of coherent light in rapid succession. When these hit, they vaporize some of the target, causing a small surface explosion. Because the weapon is almost instantly ready to fire again, a laser can be played over the target for additional damage or zig-zagged to provide suppressive fire. Lasers are accurate, light, and cause a lot of damage but cannot use special ammunition. The weapons are expensive, but the chargeable energy cells are cheap in the log run, making lasers popular as military weapons. They are also quite common as improvised weapons, made from mining and construction tools or communications equipment. Such improvised laser weapons are Unreliable. Contrary to popular opinion, lasers are not silent when fired in an atmosphere; they create a vacuum tunnel in the air that collapses with a sonic boom. Forensic scientists can identify laser hits by burn patterns, so these weapons can be traced.

Laser Pistol

Purpose-built lasers pistols are common sidearms for military police, pilots, technicians, and staff. A small hand laser popular as a tool and easily modified into a laser pistol.

Laser Carbine

Used for hunting and to fire at drones, a laser carbine is rare as an infantry weapon but popular among marines as the poor penetration leaves ships undamaged. Can be improvised from a heavy duty laser, such as a mining or construction tool.

Laser Cannon

Scavenged from the construction or communication lasers or built as a military support weapon, the laser cannon is definitely a dangerous weapon. Firing a short, very strong puls and then needing time to cool down and charge capacitors, the laser cannot is a single-shot weapon.

Needlers

A long rifle capable of a high volume of accurate fire, needlers are military weapons. Rail guns are magnetic accelerator weapons that hurl thin slivers of magnetic metal at the target at high velocities. Penetration and striking power are high, rate of fire is spectacular, and ammunition is cheap and easy to manufacture, which makes these popular military weapons. The price of the weapons themselves and the difficulty of building them makes them uncommon among civilians. In addition, needlers need to be long to work well, making them hard to conceal and transport. Needlers can be rail guns, coil guns, or use other magnetic acceleration models; the technical differences are beyond the average user, and needler is the name that stuck.

Needle Pistol

Calling this a pistol is very generous, it is the size of a regular submachinegun and capable of very rapid fire.

Needle Rifle

A long handarm similar to a light machinegun of today, only lighter and more handy.

Railgun

A railgun is a needler that gives up rate of fire to fire longer, heavier projectiles.

Electro Weapons

Electro weapons, also called blasters, are man-carried particle weapons. They can either fire charged or netural particles. With charged particles, the weapons Stun. If firing neutral particles, the weapons Penetrate. You must choose one or the other.

Electro Pistol

A handy electro sidearm.

Electro Carbine

A standard military electro-weapon.

Electro Rifle

An electro long-arm used by big gamehunters, snipers, and other specialists.