Ranged Weapons

Skill Description

The Ranged Weapons skill represents training and experience with long-ranged projectile weaponry like bows, slings, and guns.

When To Use It

Melee Weapons skill rolls are primarily used for accuracy rolls in combat to determine whether an attack with a projectile weapon successfully hits to deal damage.

A character may not be familiar with all weapons immediately. A complex or foreign weapon may require a period of practice to properly learn, or a successful Intellect/Ranged Weapons roll may be required. Without this familiarity, this skill cannot be used.

Primary Attributes

Precision

Attack rolls with proficient projectile weapons.

Intellect

Analyzing the technique of other ranged weapon users.
Attempting to use an unfamiliar ranged weapon for the first time.
Knowledge about ranged weapons, such as specific legendary weapons or how weapons are constructed, can be rolled with a higher difficulty. Academics is the preferred skill for such rolls.

Athletics

In some rare cases, Athletics can be used to aim abnormally awkward weapons, such as aiming a siege cannon with a broken wheel. Such cases will almost invariably have difficulty 6.