Quick question about Sureshot

[Gallowglass]

An arrow fired after casting Sureshot will always hit unless a fumble is rolled. But can the person firing do a called shot (the rules call them “aimed blows”)? Like, does Sureshot practically guarantee a headshot?

[French Desperate WindChild]

my view :

you can try the headshot, so apply the modifier

if you roll is not a fumble (with your modified skill) you hit the body :

if your roll is under your skill (modified) you hit the head, if not, you roll for the location

 

[gochie]

I think RAW, no. I believe someone from Chaosium answered that for me directly.

Would I house-rule that? Absolutely. It sucks that a good hunter with a 100%+ skill has no use for his main spell. 

[Gallowglass]

57 minutes ago, French Desperate WindChild said:

my view :

you can try the headshot, so apply the modifier

if you roll is not a fumble (with your modified skill) you hit the body :

if your roll is under your skill (modified) you hit the head, if not, you roll for the location

This is a solid ruling and makes sense.

39 minutes ago, gochie said:

Would I house-rule that? Absolutely. It sucks that a good hunter with a 100%+ skill has no use for his main spell. 

However I also like this solution, and will probably adopt it as a house rule. 
 

Thanks for the replies!

[Akhôrahil]

4 hours ago, Gallowglass said:

An arrow fired after casting Sureshot will always hit unless a fumble is rolled. But can the person firing do a called shot (the rules call them “aimed blows”)? Like, does Sureshot practically guarantee a headshot?

"regardless of movement, range (if it is within maximum missile range for the weapon), concealment, etc. "

I would say the called shot counts for the "etc".

It also makes sense - for a hunter, Sureshot is how you make sure to hit the animal in the right place to kill it quickly.

Edited March 7, 2020 by Akhôrahil

[soltakss]

Sureshot works best in adverse conditions.

You fire through dense woodland in a fog in the dark at a target that is jinking about, you apply all the negative modifiers and still hit on 01-95.

But I'd use French Desparate Windchild's idea about still hitting a random hit location if your called shot would have failed.