Abilities & Attributes

Shooting guns is easy. Knowing how guns work is a bit more complicated. This Skill reflects a practical knowledge of weapon manufacture, modification, design and repair. The various levels cover expanding categories of firearms expertise. Given time, tools, and enough dots in this Skill, you can fix guns, craft firearms and unique ammo from scratch, and even use Matter and Forces Effects to alter or supercharge mundane firearms in surprising ways.

It’s worth noting that modern mass-produced firearms are far easier to modify than antique or archaic weapons are. Attempts to modify or repair older-model mass-produced weaponry (pre-Vietnam), or small-run models of more recent vintage, will add +1 or +2 to the difficulty of Gunsmith rolls, while firearms from before the twentieth century add between +1 to +3 to the difficulties of such attempts, depending upon the complexity of the attempted modification. Shoddy weapons, of course, will be harder to repair or modify; for more details, see Inventing, Modifying, and Improving Technology in Mage 20, pp. 463-464.

• Novice: Basic gun repair and minor modifications.

•• Practiced: Advanced modification of simple firearms and ammunition.

••• Skillful: Extensive design, repair, and modification experience with conventional firearms.

•••• Expert: Dazzling mastery of most gun and ammunition types.

••••• Master: Mack Bolan comes to you for advice.

Possessed by

Cops, Soldiers, Spies, Assassins, Weapon Techs, Special Forces Personnel, Gun-Store Employees, Survivalists, Firearm Enthusiasts, Militia Members, Weapon Design Specialists

Specialties

Archaic Firearms, Military Arms, Field Mods, Improvised Gear, Original Designs, Specialty Ammo, Technomagickal Improvements

Ratings