Beam Weapons

Name

Beam Weapons

Skill Attribute & Difficulty

Dex - Easy

Defaults

6+Int

Prerequisites

None.

Description

This is the ability to use beam small arms. You must specialize by weapon type:

Specializations

Pistol

Any handgun that fires an energy or particle beam.

Projector

Any energy weapon that emits an AoE cone or field.

Rifle

Any long arm that fires an energy or particle beam. These specialties default to one another at -4. Treat specific beam types (blaster, laser, stunner, etc.) as per guns. In settings with both beam and projectile weapons, the Pistol and Rifle specialties of Beam Weapons default to similarly named Guns specialties at -4, and vice verse. See Artillery and Gunner for heavier beam weapons.

Modifiers

None