Attacks-per-Round (Attk) Confusion

[NewbieSalmon]

Coming back to read the Big Gold Book (more like 'skim' to be frank) after a couple months of absence, I noticed one rule that now just bugged me, the "Attacks-per-Round" statistic.

First, having an Attk of 2 (as for the Shuriken) or 3 (as for the Light Pistol) meant than in a single round, I can do more than one attack - that is - state my intent, resolve my attacks then end my turn?

Second, I don't know what fractional Attacks-per-Round mean, that includes 1/2 or ½, 1/3 or ⅓ and 1/4 or ¼, nor do I know the difference between the two identical yet seemingly different formatted numbers (like on pages 252 and 262 for ½ and 1/2 respectively).

That's all. Clarifications would be appreciated, thank you.

Edited August 24, 2020 by NewbieSalmon

[hix]

1 hour ago, NewbieSalmon said:

fractional Attacks-per-Round

a weapon at 1/2 would be able to attack every other round, 1/4 every four rounds

you are correct as to the attk#

[NewbieSalmon]

20 hours ago, hix said:

a weapon at 1/2 would be able to attack every other round, 1/4 every four rounds

you are correct as to the attk#

Thank you. That makes complete sense and I'm baffled I haven't thought of that. It's already in the name "Attacks-per-Round"

So, there's no difference between 1/2 and ½?

[hix]

3 hours ago, NewbieSalmon said:

no difference between 1/2 and ½

prolly just a formatting inconsistency

Edited August 25, 2020 by hix

[Lloyd Dupont]

8 hours ago, NewbieSalmon said:

there's no difference between 1/2 and ½?

well 1/2 is 3 characters, but  ½ is only 1! 😮

[colinabrett]

As a follow-up to this, if I fire three shots with a light pistol (3 attk), does each shot after the first accrue the -30% modifier (similar to multiple parries)?

As a follow-up to the follow up, do all three shots happen on the same DEX rank?

Colin

[Lloyd Dupont]

Typically consecutive attack have a -5 rank malus. I.e. first attack is done at DEX rank. and then DEX-5 and DEX-10.

An alternative home rule could be to split the DEX rank into the numbers of attack, in your case that would be DEX, 2/3DEX 1/3DEX. Which is how attack rank is modified after moving MOVx1~2

[NickMiddleton]

p190: "If your character can perform more than one action in a round (some weapons allow for multiple attacks, and combat skill levels in excess of 100% also allow multiple attacks), each attack should be separated by 5 DEX ranks. The first action is at the full DEX rank; the second is at DEX rank –5; the third at DEX rank –10; etc. Your character cannot act on DEX rank 0 for any actions, so any actions that would occur below DEX rank 1 are lost." My italics. The Attack action clarifies:

p190: "Attack
Your character can make an attack against a target on his or her DEX rank, in addition to moving up to 5 meters. Unless modified otherwise, this attack is performed at the full skill rating. As noted above, if a particular weapon allows for multiple attacks, each successive attack should be at 5 DEX ranks lower than the previous attack." Again, my italics.

So, no attack skill is NOT penalised, but each attack takes place 5 DEX rank after the previous one, if the character has the DEX ranks available (if not, the additional attacks are lost).