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Rail gun Source Technology Guide pg. 21 Statistics Cost 30,000 gp Type two-handed ranged; Proficiency exotic (heavy weaponry); Weight 14 lbs. Damage 3d8 (small), 3d10 (medium); Damage Type B and P; Critical x4 Range 200 ft.; Capacity 10; Usage 1 charge; Special Slow-firing, touch Description A rail gun uses gravitons to compress raw metal scrap placed in its sequencing chamber into hyperdense shells that it then accelerates to astounding speed and fires from its electromagnetically charged barrel. The weapon’s rate of fire is slow compared to most other technological weapons, yet its relatively high damage combined with its potential for particularly grisly critical hits makes it a much sought-after weapon for long-range combat. Shots fired from a rail gun bypass an object’s first 10 points of hardness, and can completely penetrate targets without hardness. When making an attack with a rail gun, make a single attack roll and compare that result to the ACs of all creatures in a line extending out to the weapon’s maximum range. This weapon damages all targets with an AC equal to or lower than the attack roll. However, if the attack’s damage fails to penetrate any target’s hardness or damage reduction, this shot is blocked and cannot damage targets that are farther away. Construction Craft DC 32; Cost 15,000 gp Craft Technological Arms and Armor, graviton lab

Rail gun

Statistics

Cost 30,000 gp
Type two-handed ranged; Proficiency exotic (heavy weaponry); Weight 14 lbs.
Damage 3d8 (small), 3d10 (medium); Damage Type B and P; Critical x4
Range 200 ft.; Capacity 10; Usage 1 charge; Special Slow-firing, touch

Description

A rail gun uses gravitons to compress raw metal scrap placed in its sequencing chamber into hyperdense shells that it then accelerates to astounding speed and fires from its electromagnetically charged barrel. The weapon’s rate of fire is slow compared to most other technological weapons, yet its relatively high damage combined with its potential for particularly grisly critical hits makes it a much sought-after weapon for long-range combat. Shots fired from a rail gun bypass an object’s first 10 points of hardness, and can completely penetrate targets without hardness.

When making an attack with a rail gun, make a single attack roll and compare that result to the ACs of all creatures in a line extending out to the weapon’s maximum range. This weapon damages all targets with an AC equal to or lower than the attack roll. However, if the attack’s damage fails to penetrate any target’s hardness or damage reduction, this shot is blocked and cannot damage targets that are farther away.

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