Pump-Action Shotgun
"A repeating shotgun with a slide-action mechanism."
- WR
- 4
- Tempo
- 5
- Capacity
- 5
- Range
- Close
- Price
- §280
The pump-action represents the cutting edge of scattergun technology. Its five-round magazine and reliable action make it the preferred weapon for serious close-quarters fighters. The distinctive sound of a pump-action being racked is enough to give most opponents pause.
Qualities
Effects this weapon carries into every engagement.
Intimidating
Effect: When you brandish this weapon threateningly, gain +1 Roll Bonus to Force checks.
Some weapons are loud, ugly, or both — designed less to kill than to make the killing seem inevitable. The Pump-Action’s distinctive rack, the Sledgehammer’s casual menace.
Scatter
Effect: Can hit up to 2 adjacent targets at Close range (roll once, apply to both).
Scatter weapons spread their payload across a wide cone — shotguns, the LeMat’s secondary barrel, scrapnel-loaded pistols. Single roll, dual application. Dangerous in melee: when firing into combat with a Scatter weapon, miss-by-any-margin triggers a wrong-target check.