Ranged Combat Accuracy.

grep · **Joined:** Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:50 pm **Posts:** 5522

D&D handles this by applying an attack roll penalty to a ranged attacker attempting to hit a defender in melee combat unless the attacker is trained in precision shooting. Some house rules include the potential for a missed shot to strike the other melee participant in such a situation.

With the current scope creep in chance to hit and accuracy, however, this would probably only further polarize character builds in practice.

ninja_ardith · **Joined:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:21 pm **Posts:** 4452

Opey wrote:

ninja_ardith wrote:

The average response of police in the current day with their firearms is roughly a 12% accuracy shot in high stress scenarios.

Unless their target is black, right?

Their accuracy is 12% by gunning down everything that is black. Not a great argument.

Opey · **Posted:** Tue Dec 16, 2014 4:44 pm

BTW, can you cite a source on this? I'm asking out of curiosity.

ninja_ardith · **Joined:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:21 pm **Posts:** 4452

Opey wrote:

BTW, can you site a source on this? I'm asking out of curiosity.

http://sourceforge.net/" target="_BLANK

I have sited a source.

http://nation.time.com/2013/09/16/ready ... ystanders/

More relevant. Last time I looked at the stats was several years ago. I looked it up because I watched an episode of cops where one of the cops was busting on gangbangers and their sideways shooting, saying they're more likely to hit the grandmother down the street than their intended target. Turns out the cops aren't all that good at hitting their mark either.

Opey · **Posted:** Tue Dec 16, 2014 5:06 pm

Not sure why you wanna be a punk about it, but a real quick google search gave me this:

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New York City police statistics show that simply hitting a target, let alone hitting it in a specific spot, is a difficult challenge. In 2006, in cases where police officers intentionally fired a gun at a person, they discharged 364 bullets and hit their target 103 times, for a hit rate of 28.3 percent, according to the department’s Firearms Discharge Report. The police shot and killed 13 people last year.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/weeki ... .html?_r=0" target="_BLANK

Granted, that is from a 2006 report, so 8 years ago. I'm not trying to argue with you, I'm genuinely curious about it. I don't think my article about an 8 year old NYC police report is extremely relevant, but it sure beats a statistic that isn't cited. I figure as a graduate student (or someone who, by now, holds an advanced degree) you should realize that.

ninja_ardith · **Joined:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:21 pm **Posts:** 4452

Seriously, it's spelled "cited."

Opey · **Posted:** Tue Dec 16, 2014 5:17 pm

Oh yah... fixed. Thank you. You'd think as an English major I'd be on top of that one. :lol:

Meissa · **Posted:** Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:58 am

The difference between shooting at someone and being in a gunfight seems to be the defining factor in your arguements:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/nyreg ... wanted=all" target="_BLANK" target="_BLANK

Of course, this article only pertains to one police force. Also, since I am here, I will state that I don't have a strong opinion on the proposed idea.

Galactus · **Joined:** Fri Aug 24, 2012 3:21 pm **Posts:** 906

D might adopt it just to make scouts that much more worthless.

ninja_ardith · **Joined:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:21 pm **Posts:** 4452

Meissa wrote:

The difference between shooting at someone and being in a gunfight seems to be the defining factor in your arguements:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/nyreg ... wanted=all" target="_BLANK" target="_BLANK" target="_BLANK

Of course, this article only pertains to one police force. Also, since I am here, I will state that I don't have a strong opinion on the proposed idea.

Only if you consider a 30% accuracy to be acceptable from the outset. It doesn't drop that much when in a gunfight. My argument is that SK archers are exceptional. The fact that they can hit 4 shots in succession with > 95% hit rate earns most SK characters the highest honors in marksmanship. That they can do it under duress makes the skill level mythical.

I don't care to have changes either.

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