Flechette (no ontology)

From Mazeworld

(Difference between revisions)

SU Tempest (Talk | contribs)
(Created page with "<div class="infobox"> {| | '''Gauge''' | colspan="2" | 12 gauge |- | '''Type''' | colspan="2" | Flechette |- | '''Load''' | colspan="2" | '''20x''' flechette |- | '''Velocity...")
Newer edit →

Revision as of 21:03, 23 August 2013

Flechette is a type of load for 12 gauge shotgun shells.

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	0	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	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 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:

The advantage: Even if the dice score is poor, the 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.
The drawback: Whereas single-projectile ammunition almost always deal the same amount of damage, multiple-projectile ammunition doesn't, unless the contestant scores 12, in which case all of them hit. Because of this, the failure threshold is not useful - only your actual dice score is.

Whether those traits can be helpful or not depend mostly on the contestant's strategy and style, although there are a few recommendations:

Avoiding heavily armored targets, unless the contestant is positively sure to hit a lesser-armored weak point.
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 increased accuracy (FT-1) occurrence, add 1 to the dice score. Likewise, for every decreased accuracy (FT+1) occurrence, substract 1 to the dice score.

Gallery

What flechettes look like.