Shotgun, Western (3.5e Equipment)

Shotgun, Western

Martial Two-Handed Projectile Critical: 18-20/×2 Range Increment: 25 ft. Type: Piercing Hardness: 10
Size	Cost1	Damage	Weight1	hp
Fine	—	—	—	1
Diminutive	—	—	—	1
Tiny	—	—	—	1
Small	60 gp	—	—	2
Medium	60 gp	2d6	8 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 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 25 ft long by 10 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 25 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 shotgun requires two hands; However, you can shoot a shotgun with one hand at a –4 penalty on attack rolls. You can shoot a 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 western shotguns do not gain the hardness bypass listed below.

Western Shotgun Material Enhancements

Material	Average	Masterwork1	Hardness	hp	Special
Steel	60 gp	360 gp	10	5	—
Adamantine	—	3,060 gp	20	6	Bypass hardness less than 20
Deep Crystal	—	1,060 gp	10	15	Psionic
Mundane Crystal	—	360 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	—	4,060 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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