[Torg] Single Shot as Multi-

[Morgan Nash]

10-12 shots a minute for a muzzle-loading musket? That doesn't sound right
... unless I misunderstand what a Springfield musketeer uses. I should
stress that I'm absolutely not an expert but I thought that firing three
times in a minute with a Napoleonic era (eg: 1812) musket was considered
pretty impressive (thank you, Bernard Cornwell). And wikipedia tells me that
even the breech-loading Springfield rifles of the late American Civil War
(eg: 1865) could only manage 8-10 shots per minute.

Mind you, heroic player characters and their cunning use of skills/cards can
achieve many impressive things.

Morgan


On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Stephen John Smoogen <smooge at gmail.com>wrote:

> > And in Torg, muzzleloading muskets and flintlocks only have an ammo of 1,
> so
> > clearly you can't fire multiple bullets anyway and the Single as Multi-
> rule
> > doesn't apply to them. :)
>
> I have had people try to argue that it could be done.. and with enough
> training (eg a high enough fire combat) I might give someone that with
> a -5 or so. [A highly trained Springfield musketeer could get 10-12
> shots per minute which would be around 2 shots a round.] So I figured
> I would point that out in case you had been asked by a player that.
>
>
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