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We played WDiL this Friday and everyone had a great time! Everything went pretty smoothly, but there was only one thing that was confusing. On Fan the Hammer, it says "blast damage against up to 6 targets". I have some questions about this ability:

Can a PC pump all six shots into one target?
Do the targets have to be standing next to each other? What if two target were on each side of a member of my order? Could I shoot them without hitting my order member? What is the area of affect since it is listed as "blast damage"?
I assumed I had to roll on the shoot table for each shot and then roll damage for each shot. Was this correct?
Should we use the damage die for my type of gun or do I have to use a "blast damage" damage die?

By Odin's Beard RPG155 days ago (1 edit)

Awesome, great to hear you enjoyed it!

You can fire all six shots into one target; I’d make a call that it would deal max damage (8 on a d8).
Gunslingers are skilled enough to be able to pick and choose targets, even when using Fan the Hammer. Blast effects targets in short range (ie. in the same room or across the road).
You only need to roll on the Shoot table once when using a special ability (like Fan the Hammer) but you’ll roll damage for each shot.
You roll the standard damage die for the gun (ie. d8 for six shooter).

thebeliever154 days ago

Thanks for the response! We are looking forward to playing again.

I guess I still done understand by fan the hammer is "blast damage" if you can be so precise with what you shoot. Blast damage to me sound like it would have an area affect that is less controllable.

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