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

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

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

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

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

    16     dependent on the Attributes of the character.  Those factors are

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

    18     the projectiles used.  The damage done by the projectile itself

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

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

    21     this aspect is addressed.</para>

    22 

    23   <variablelist>

    24     <varlistentry>

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

    26       <listitem>

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

    28           directly.  Examples are pistols, bows, crossbows and

    29           slingshots.</para>

    30 

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

    32         <variablelist>

    33           <varlistentry id="tbfv">

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

    35             <listitem>

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

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

    38                 so also to make more damage.</para>

    39             </listitem>

    40           </varlistentry>

    41           <varlistentry id="tbrv">

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

    43             <listitem>

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

    45             </listitem>

    46           </varlistentry>

    47           <varlistentry id="tbdv">

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

    49             <listitem>

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

    51                 affecting the chance to hit.</para>

    52             </listitem>

    53           </varlistentry>

    54         </variablelist>

    55       </listitem>

    56     </varlistentry>

    57     <varlistentry>

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

    59         Weapons</term>

    60       <listitem>

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

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

    63           the projectile heavier.  Examples of such weapons are

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

    65           the simple throwing rock.  Those weapons doesn't directly

    66           influence the damage but their projectiles often let any

    67           chance.</para>

    68 

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

    70         <variablelist>

    71           <varlistentry id="tpb">

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

    73             <listitem>

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

    75             </listitem>

    76           </varlistentry>

    77           <varlistentry id="tlb">

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

    79             <listitem>

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

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

    82             </listitem>

    83           </varlistentry>

    84         </variablelist>

    85       </listitem>

    86     </varlistentry>

    87     <varlistentry>

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

    89       <listitem>

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

    91           This include automatic weapons but also some continuous

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

    93           as well be used to simulate a platoon of bowers or

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

    95 

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

    97         <variablelist>

    98           <varlistentry id="tbdr">

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

   100             <listitem>

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

   102                 the strength of the weapon.</para>

   103             </listitem>

   104           </varlistentry>

   105         </variablelist>

   106       </listitem>

   107     </varlistentry>

   108   </variablelist>

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