Dual Wielding Weapons

[Ning Leihrec]

Anything in the RAW governing dual wielded weapons? Seems like it would be slightly different than a standard MAP.

[evilnerf]

In 2nd ed revised and expanded? no, no rules. REUP has some though
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[garhkal]

First thing you would need is to come up with what is the normal penalty for dual wielding/ Is there even an off hand penalty ever mentioned??
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[cheshire]

[Ning Leihrec]

That all makes sense Cheshire. It does seem like for melee weapons the main advantage would be a simultaneous parry and attack. I'm thinking more along the lines of dual wielded blasters. Seems like doubling up on a blaster attack could feasibly grant a damage bonus in exchange for increased difficulty.

[cheshire]

I've looked for real-life implications of dual-wielding pistols. What's funny is that I can't even find examples of trick shooters using them simultaneously. I'm guessing that it's one of those things that just nigh impossible to get your mind to track like that over distances.

But in terms of cinematically, it's a great idea. It's done in movies, and it makes some level of sense. Treating it like "fire linked" damage while upping a difficulty sounds like a great house rule.
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[Savar]

I second that vote.

[Ning Leihrec]

That sounds about right to me. IF you're firing 2 weapons of equal power treat it as +1D damage and +5 diff to hit at point blank range, +10 at short range, and so forth.

[Naaman]

There are several things to consider here in light of Cheshire's post.

By dual wielding, you're blowing through ammo twice as fast. Depending on how generous the GM is with credits (or the availability of ammo), this could create a reasonable trade-off all by itself.

Also, you could rule that to avoid a MAP, both weapons must be used against the same target simultaneously. Selecting a different target for the other gun incurs a MAP as normal (just an example of how you might want to handle it).

I rather favor treating dual wielding like starship weapons, as has already been mentioned above: they are fire-linked. This way it's a damage bonus, rather than two separate hits.

Another option might be to allow the shooter to either gain a bonus to damage or a bonus on the attack roll. It's harder to dodge a high volume of shots, after-all.

As for a trade-off, perhaps dual wielding could be it's own skill, and it might cost one additional character point per pip to raise. Of course, the skill would also be sufficient to wield a single pistol, if the character so desires.

[Savar]

Could make duel wield an advanced skill.

You would not ever roll the skill, it would just be a cap on the number of dice you could roll to hit.

For the actual rolls you would need your base skill.

[garhkal]

[jmanski]

I've duel-wielded 9mm autos. Honestly, you can't hit jack doing it. It's absolutely cinematic; in the real world there's no way it would be feasible. Just look at all the cowboy movies. There's always one guy with dual guns in the movies, but in real life you never see a picture of a cowboy with dual guns.

If it really fits the character, I'd say give 'em +1d to hit or to damage.
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[shootingwomprats]

[Savar]

[Naaman]

There's a difference between "suppressing fire" and "spray & pray."