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  <title id="starmestir">Shooting weapon</title>

  <para>In Arpeggios, there is three way to <link linkend="ctir">shoot

    with a weapon</link>.  Most weapons are able to shoot the three

    ways, others only two, and some only one.  For each type of

    functionality, a weapon will have some factors which can be or not

    dependent on the Attributes of the character.  Those factors are

    usually apply to the shooting only and are often affected also by

    the projectiles used.  The damage done by the projectile itself

    (like for explosives, but the sharpness of arrow heads) aren't

    taken into account.  It's in <xref linkend="sprojectiles"/> that

    this aspect is addressed.</para>

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      <term><link linkend="stirvise">Aiming shot</link> weapons</term>

      <listitem>

        <para>Those weapons permit to aim a precise target to hit it

          directly.  Examples are pistols, bows, crossbows and

          slingshots.</para>

        <para>Those weapons have three characteristics:</para>

        <variablelist>

          <varlistentry id="tbfv">

            <term>Finesse Bonus (<abbrev>FB&v;</abbrev>)</term>

            <listitem>

              <para>It's a mix between the weapon range, its strenght

                and it's effective precision.  It help to touch and

                so also to make more damage.</para>

            </listitem>

          </varlistentry>

          <varlistentry id="tbrv">

            <term>Quickness Bonus (<abbrev>QB&v;</abbrev>)</term>

            <listitem>

              <para>Determine who shot first.</para>

            </listitem>

          </varlistentry>

          <varlistentry id="tbdv">

            <term>Damage Bonus (<abbrev>DB&v;</abbrev>)</term>

            <listitem>

              <para>Add to the damage bonus of the weapon, without

                affecting the chance to hit.</para>

            </listitem>

          </varlistentry>

        </variablelist>

      </listitem>

    </varlistentry>

    <varlistentry>

      <term><link linkend="sbalistique">Ballistic Shooting</link>

        Weapons</term>

      <listitem>

        <para>Those weapons let you throw a projectile on a specific

          place.  The aim is often lesser but the range greater and

          the projectile heavier.  Examples of such weapons are

          catapult, scorpions but also the arrow throw in the air or

          the simple throwing rock.  Those weapons doesn't directly

          influence the damage but their projectiles often let any

          chance.</para>

        <para>This kind of weapons have two characteristics:</para>

        <variablelist>

          <varlistentry id="tpb">

            <term>Vertical Precision (<abbrev>P&b;</abbrev>)</term>

            <listitem>

              <para>It's a measure of the weapon range.</para>

            </listitem>

          </varlistentry>

          <varlistentry id="tlb">

            <term>Lateral Stability (<abbrev>L&b;</abbrev>)</term>

            <listitem>

              <para>It's the lateral precision of the throw, the

                capacity to kept the projectile on the path.</para>

            </listitem>

          </varlistentry>

        </variablelist>

      </listitem>

    </varlistentry>

    <varlistentry>

      <term><link linkend="srafale">Shuffle Shot</link> Weapons</term>

      <listitem>

        <para>Those weapons let you shuffle an area front of you.

          This include automatic weapons but also some continuous

          (normal) laser, sonic weapon and flame-throwers.  They can

          as well be used to simulate a platoon of bowers or

          artillery, shooting in a diffuse manner.</para>

        <para>Those weapons only have one characteristic:</para>

        <variablelist>

          <varlistentry id="tbdr">

            <term>Damage Bonus (<abbrev>BD&r;</abbrev>)</term>

            <listitem>

              <para>This include both the precision, the stability and

                the strength of the weapon.</para>

            </listitem>

          </varlistentry>

        </variablelist>

      </listitem>

    </varlistentry>

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