Rules for point-blank shooting (MD)??

[The Beast]

My group house-ruled that it always did max damage, and anything other than a natural 1 hits. I forget exactly what the offical rules are, but I know one of them says point-blank range is anything under 10 ft.

[wolfsgrin]

i would only use those rules if the attack was from a railgun or something with an actual projectile being fired from the weapon.

[Rockwolf66]

I'll be honest, it seems rather silly to have people roll an 8 or better to hit a guy standing 8ft away.

It's 5 or better and I have a friend who trains SWAT teams and you would not belive how many times Cops and crooks have emptied the magazine point blank at each other and hit nothing but air.

[The Beast]

There was a video of a guy trying to kill a lawyer a few years ago. There was a tree (not that large of one too) between them, the shooter emptied the clip, and the lawyer was hit a few times, but none were serious.

[Reagren Wright]

I think your refering to the Point Blank rules found in Villains Unlimited. It says point blank is
10 feet (3 m) or less. Damage from a point blank is full S.D.C. damage and 1/2 hit point
damage. It also offers a roll on a table for side effects. Point blanks to head and heart have
tables of their own as well (page 16-17). In a MDC world, I'm not entirely sure how to do
point blank. I mean its just going to have way to many opinions on the subject matter.
Someone with character that starts off with say 3 M.D.C is going have a different reaction to
taking a point blank attack then something with say 200 M.D.C. The best thing I can suggest
is it does double damage with some kind of penalty (use various tables for side effect).

[mobuttu]

There are optional Point Blank Range rules in Rifts GMG (pg 26).