Shotgun, Shortened Western (3.5e Equipment)

Shotgun, Shortened Western

Martial Two-Handed Projectile Critical: 19-20/×2 Range Increment: 15 ft. Type: Piercing Hardness: 10
Size	Cost1	Damage	Weight1	hp
Fine	—	—	—	1
Diminutive	—	—	—	1
Tiny	—	—	—	1
Small	70 gp	—	—	2
Medium	70 gp	3d6	6 lb.	5
Large	—	—	—	10
Huge	—	—	—	20
Gargantuan	—	—	—	40
Colossal	—	—	—	80
The SRD only gives a means to determine costs and weights of weapons for Large and Small versions based on the Medium weapons. Any other supplied values are the author's best determination.

Description

A shortened western shotgun is primed by pulling the barrels down towards the handle, two shells are put into the barrels, the gun is closed, and the hammer on the back is pulled back. The shotgun fires in a cone 15 ft long by 15 ft wide; damage applies to all targets not obscured in that cone. Reloading a shotgun takes 2 shotgun shells, is a standard action, and provokes attacks of opportunity.

If a shotgun is fired at a target beyond 15 ft, not only do the default penalties apply, but the damage is reduced to 1d6 due to the distance reducing the number of hits.

Normally, operating a shortened shotgun requires two hands; However, you can shoot a shortened shotgun with one hand at a –4 penalty on attack rolls. You can shoot a shortened shotgun with each hand, but you take a penalty on attack rolls as if attacking with two one-handed weapons. This penalty is cumulative with the penalty for one-handed firing.

Enhancements

Note: Adamantine shortened western shotguns do not gain the hardness bypass listed below.

Western Shotgun Material Enhancements

Material	Average	Masterwork1	Hardness	hp	Special
Steel	70 gp	370 gp	10	5	—
Adamantine	—	3,070 gp	20	6	Bypass hardness less than 20
Deep Crystal	—	1,070 gp	10	15	Psionic
Mundane Crystal	—	370 gp	8	12	No rusting, not metal
Darkwood	—	n/a	n/a	n/a	—
Iron, Cold	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	—
Mithral	—	3,070 gp	15	5	1/2 weight
Silver, Alchemical	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	—
Masterwork weapons have a +1 enhancement bonus on attack rolls.

See Also

• Shotgun Shells (3.5e Equipment)

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