Common Weapon Rules

These are common rules that apply to a SWADE Rifts game.

Generic SWADE

Reload: Some weapons are much slower to reload. Once fired, the number after the word Reload is how many actions of reloading it takes before they can be fired again.

Snapfire: Certain weapons are very inaccurate if fired from the hip rather than using their sights, scopes, bipod, or tripod. If a character moves in the round he fires a Snapfire weapon, he suffers a −2 Shooting penalty.

Three-Round Burst (3RB): Some weapons can fire three rounds in rapid succession with one pull of the trigger. If the weapon has this ability, its RoF is 1 in that mode but it fires three shots at once and adds +1 to the Shooting and damage rolls.

Two Hands: A two-handed weapon can be used with one hand at a −4 penalty. Use the character's full Strength for damage but lose all other advantages such as Reach or Parry bonuses.

Savage Rifts

Three-Round Burst: is notated 3RB.

Heavy Beam: Energy weapons fired in this mode are RoF 1, use three Shots, add +4 to the damage roll, and apply the Snapfire and Mega Damage qualities.

Heavy Pulse: Energy weapons fired in this mode are RoF 1, use three Shots, add +1 to the Shooting roll, +3 to the damage roll, and apply the Snapfire and Mega Damage qualities.

Mega Damage: Mega Damage is the same as the Heavy property in Savage Worlds.

Ion

Wide Spread: These weapons follow the same rules as Shotguns in Savage Worlds; they grant +2 Shooting due to the spread effect of the particle stream, but they lose one die of damage at Medium Range, and two dice at Long Range.

Plasma

It Burns: On a raise targets catch fire, they take 3d6 damage each round and are Distracted until doused (see Fire in Savage Worlds).

Mega Damage: Plasma weapons deal Mega Damage.

Particle Beams

Disintegration: These weapons deal Mega Damage, and +2d4 damage on a raise.

Atomic Annihilation: If a target without MDC armor is Wounded by the weapon (may Soak normally), the victim determines Injury per the Gritty Damage Setting Rule and rolls Vigor; failure combined with a limb hit completely disintegrates the limb, failure combined with a head or torso hit causes an immediate roll on the Death & Defeat table.

No Recoil: Particle beams ignore the Recoil penalty.

Lasers

Cauterize: Anyone Incapacitated by a laser adds +2 to Vigor checks vs Bleeding Out.

No Recoil: Lasers ignore the Recoil penalty.

Blue-Green Laser: No penalties for use underwater.

Techno-Wizardry

Techno-Wizardry Gear: Heroes with an appropriate Arcane Background (or special ability) may use and power Techno-Wizardry gear with their pool of Power Points (PP), whether PPE or ISP. Activate TW gear powers using the wielder’s PP and Arcane Skill or Spirit; Critical Failures cause Technical Difficulties, see Techno-Wizardry Gear on page 82.

Recharging Shots: The Shots listed represent how many times a TW ranged weapon can be fired before the wielder has to spend an action pumping Power Points into the weapon to “refill” it; costs two PP unless noted otherwise.

Mega Damage: Wielder can expend 2 PP as a free action to cause Mega Damage for 5 rounds.

Big Bore

The BigBore Series of weapons, favorites among gunfighters and raiders, fire shells full of high explosive projectiles. The BigBore weapons are Shotguns with the following additional effects: Targets hit are Distracted and then roll Strength (−2 if shooter got a raise). Those who fail are hurled 2d6” and become prone, suffering another 2d4 damage if they strike a hard object. Targets with MDC or of Size (Large) or greater ignore this effect.

Tri-Beam

Tri-beams: When you score a raise on a damage roll with a tribeam weapon, you add +4 to the damage total. This effect does not function if you are attacking a target protected by cerasteel armor.