How about 35BS or something?
40BS is pretty high, and the -20 from firing into melee is punishing for people who have a mixed party.
How about 35BS or something?
40BS is pretty high, and the -20 from firing into melee is punishing for people who have a mixed party.
I like it where it is - shooting into melee and being sure you're hitting the bad guy is hard.
And BS40 is only hard for a starting character anyway.
Considering what it does and what kind of skill someone would need to do this in reality, I think 40BS is a good number. As for your argument that is punishes mixed parties, I think that is just a matter of coordination. Shoot as long as you can and then gang up on them in melee, it does not even matter than some character might not hit very well, that Gang Up bonus is what the melee fighters want. Apart from that, in most combat situation in OW I would assume there to be targets which are not in a melee for the ranged fighters to shoot at.