Flechette (no ontology)

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'''Flechette''' is a type of load for [[12 gauge]] '''shotgun shells'''.
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'''Flechette''' is a type of load for [[12 gauge]] '''shotgun shells'''. It contains twenty 1-inch long penetrating steel flechettes.
=== Mazeworld overview ===
=== Mazeworld overview ===
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| 4d5-6
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<span style="font-size:80%;">[[Damage chart|How to read this?]]</span>
<span style="font-size:80%;">[[Damage chart|How to read this?]]</span>
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* Availability of this caliber:
* Availability of this caliber:
** Can be found at random in the [[room|rooms]]
** Can be found at random in the [[room|rooms]]
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=== Usage notes ===
=== Usage notes ===
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Flechette has a main trait that single-projectile ammunition don't have: it is a '''multiple-projectile''' type of ammunition. It can be treated as both an advantage and a weakness:
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Flechette is a '''multiple-projectile''' type of ammunition. The amount of projectiles hitting the target is variable, and is also influenced by the failure threshold; lower scores mean less chances to hit, and higher scores mean higher chances to hit.
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*<span style="color: #00ff00">The advantage:</span> Even if the dice score is poor, the [[Contestant|contestant]] '''may still be able to hit his/her target''' (although only a small amount of projectiles will hit) unless he/she scores a critical failure.
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*<span style="color: red">The drawback:</span> Whereas single-projectile ammunition almost always deal the same amount of damage, '''multiple-projectile ammunition doesn't''', because the full load of projectiles rarely ALL hit the target, unless the contestant scores 12, in which case they do all hit. Because of this, '''the failure threshold is not useful''' - only your actual dice score is.
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Whether those traits can be helpful or not depend mostly on the contestant's strategy and style, although there are a few recommendations:
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*Avoiding '''heavily armored targets''', unless the contestant is positively sure to hit a lesser-armored weak point.
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*It must be noted that '''failure threshold modifiers''' work differently with multiple-projectile ammunition than with single-projectile ammunition. For every [[Secondary effect|increased accuracy]] (FT-1) occurrence, '''add 1 to the dice score'''. Likewise, for every [[Secondary effect|decreased accuracy]] (FT+1) occurrence, '''subtract 1 to the dice score'''.
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*It must be noted that '''failure threshold modifiers''' work differently with multiple-projectile ammunition than with single-projectile ammunition, since the amount of projectiles hitting the target depends on the dice score itself. For every [[Secondary effect|increased accuracy]] (FT-1) occurrence, '''add 1 to the dice score'''. Likewise, for every [[Secondary effect|decreased accuracy]] (FT+1) occurrence, '''subtract 1 to the dice score'''.
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**Should the modified result ends up being 12 or greater, it counts as a '''critical hit of a natural 12'''. Likewise, if the modified result ends up being 2 or less, it counts as a '''critical failure of a natural 2'''.
**Should the modified result ends up being 12 or greater, it counts as a '''critical hit of a natural 12'''. Likewise, if the modified result ends up being 2 or less, it counts as a '''critical failure of a natural 2'''.

Revision as of 06:17, 25 April 2014

Flechette is a type of load for 12 gauge shotgun shells. It contains twenty 1-inch long penetrating steel flechettes.

Mazeworld overview

Type LDV Unarm Light Hardskin Kevlar-2 Kevlar-3 Kevlar-4 HEV
Bullet +0 8% 8% 7% 5% 4% 2% 1%

The above chart applies for ONE pellet, and may be multiplied by the amount of pellets that hit the target (up to 20).

Dice score 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Flechettes hitting Always 0 4d5-8 4d5-6 4d5-4 4d5-2 4d5 4d5+2 4d5+4 4d5+6 4d5+8 Always 20

How to read this?

  • Available for purchase in a gun shop or a weapon shop, in boxes of 10 or 50 rounds
  • Costs 30 P$ for 10 rounds, and 150 P$ for 50 rounds
  • Value of a single round is 3 P$
  • Recoil level of this round is 3 - Normal
  • Propels up to 20 flechette per shot
  • Availability of this caliber:
    • Can be found at random in the rooms


Usage notes

Flechette is a multiple-projectile type of ammunition. The amount of projectiles hitting the target is variable, and is also influenced by the failure threshold; lower scores mean less chances to hit, and higher scores mean higher chances to hit.

  • It must be noted that failure threshold modifiers work differently with multiple-projectile ammunition than with single-projectile ammunition. For every increased accuracy (FT-1) occurrence, add 1 to the dice score. Likewise, for every decreased accuracy (FT+1) occurrence, subtract 1 to the dice score.
    • Should the modified result ends up being 12 or greater, it counts as a critical hit of a natural 12. Likewise, if the modified result ends up being 2 or less, it counts as a critical failure of a natural 2.

Gallery

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What flechettes look like.

See also

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