Ranged Weapons Skill

The Ranged Weapons Skill represents the ability to effectively fire and deal damage with a ranged weapon. This skill is broken up into bows, crossbows, and magitech weapons. Every purchase of this skill must apply to one weapon subtype, and each subtype ranks up separately. Firing any ranged weapon at a target engaged in melee suffers a -2 penalty. Additionally, Bows and Crossbows require at least 1 yard between them and their target to attack.

On ranged weapon attacks, your skill in the subtype that applies to the weapon is added to the applicable statistic and weapon base damage to determine the dice pool.

Subtype	Example Weapons
Bows	Short Bow, Long Bow, Alloy Bow
Crossbows	Hand Crossbow, Light Crossbow, Heavy Crossbow
Magitech	Magitech Pistol, Magitech Rifle