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Hey everyone! So you're getting into Half Life 2 Roleplay, and you're suddenly stuck in a Shoot To Roleplay scenario! What do you have to do? Well, my friend Pants here, showcasing as Lucas Leavitt, and myself AbeBatJes, showcasing as Trey Watkins, are going to show you how to fight!
Look at this silly Civil Protection not paying attention! We got the jump on him! Now in these engagements, rather than blasting him a new one to the next century, the most IDEAL thing to do, is fire a few shots TOWARDS them, but not directly at them; a good example would be firing towards their feet, or a wall next to them (Physically; ICly you can fire AT them). Normally when these engagements occur, an admin or GM will be around to supervise this (dependent on how many people are on). This is where things get interesting.
A popup will normally appear in a "Yell" fashion, or sometimes one of the mods will yell out HOLD, to allow either a /ev (Event) To be posted out, or a /GIT or /GME (Global variants of /it & /me); /gme will have your character's name appear globally to the entire server, while /git will Globally show what you type, without your character's name. Then the turn orders occur! Now the only exception would be if you are separate from whatever is going on in the server, and are having your OWN confrontation. What'd be recommend at that point is using /lme /lit, which just further increases the distance of where players can see where you're typing from, so there's no confused on an ongoing fight.
"But Abe? How do we know if we hit someone or not?"
I'm glad you asked random Male_07! So here on Idyllic, we go off of what's known as the 'Faith Rule'. In laymen's terms, if I'm at a certain distance from you, like seen from our little engagement, more than likely my shots are going to land. Now naturally speaking, people will react when they hear gunfire, and if and when they get hit; so their body may flinch, causing a few rounds to miss. However the close the individual is, the more likely the majority of the rounds will land.
"Awesome, so I can just mag dump them!"
Well, no... not necessarily. While some weapons are known for their higher rate of fire, you have to take into accountability of a mixture of elements; are you getting shot at? The recoil, and most importantly, the turn order. Normally speaking, the timeframe between each turn is similar to DnD, and that it lasts roughly between 3-6 seconds.
Now YES... there ARE people who have managed to mag-dump certain weapons like shotguns in VERY quick successions, but you have to also understand that they are people who not only are professionals, but it's in a controlled environment. Now while some characters may have more training than others, the general rule of thumb is Automatic weapons can get a decent burst out, semi-auto weapons (dependent on the firearm) can do a burst as well, but less, and pump-action is even slower. You also should take into consideration for reloading as well, just to play fair.
"Well Abe... what if I don't want to want to go off of the Faith rule? Is there something else that we can do?"
Yes Male_07! There is! There's a command called rp_roll 1d20. This makes the server throw out a D20 for you, and determines the outcome. So if you're firing at someone, and you roll a 7, and the opposing person rolls a 12, the following could occur: The weapon jammed up at that moment and the gun didn't fire; the rounds from the weapon's recoil caused you to miss, or there was some other factor all together! Now there's a few other factors to go into...
If someone is at point blank range; a roll isn't going to help you dodge the bullets... and dependent also on the type of 'protection' you have, more than likely, the rounds will pierce the vest and still cause injury. THIS can effect BOTH parties. But if the person who is getting shot at didn't notice the other party, and they're this close; sorry, but retaliation just wouldn't be feasible in all accounts.
"So what about long range engagements? What do we do there? Do we just simply fire at the person and hit them?"
No my good friend! Even with scoped rifles at VERY long distances, the chances of actually hitting a target, especially one that's moving, can be VERY challenging, even to the most skilled of shooters!
Now while going for a headshot sounds like an epic thing that you can do, and you've probably done this countless times in Call of Duty, Battlefield, and insert any game you like; in a real life scenario, this is considered rather difficult; you're better off at firing towards someone's center mass if you're going to land a hit effectively. And even then, at long distances, part of the faith system as well as rolls comes into play.
Now a Natural 20 won't always nat you a headshot (unless the person rolls a 1; then that's a critical success and they should be shamed), if you're taking the first shot, it's best to fire close by the person, and ask to HOLD (again, normally a GM or Admin will be around supervising this, so they'll sometimes be the ones to engage this). Now the shot CAN land, or it may narrowly miss; those that may have had a sharpshooter background, or have been training for EXTENSIVE amounts of time, may be capable of hitting the person on the first round; but this doesn't always means it hits.
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