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For ranged weapons that are ranged weapon attachments.... masterkeys... grenade launchers.... flame throwers.... whatever you can fit down there.... how would you quantify it? Would it count as a second long weapon or single hand weapon with regards to range, damage, and cp cost ? Could a minifig hypothetically shoot bullet(s) and use the underslung weapon as well? Oh the possibilities

You'd just buy it as whatever the closest equivalent is.

Normally the rules are that a minifig can only fire one ranged weapon per turn, but that's changing in the next minor update - minifigs can fire one medium or long weapon, or two small weapons. So if you've underslung a small-weapon equivalent under another small-weapon equivalent, then you could fire both in the same turn; otherwise, just one at a time.

stubby wrote:Normally the rules are that a minifig can only fire one ranged weapon per turn, but that's changing in the next minor update - minifigs can fire one medium or long weapon, or two small weapons. So if you've underslung a small-weapon equivalent under another small-weapon equivalent, then you could fire both in the same turn; otherwise, just one at a time.

Does that count for a small melee weapon too? For instance, firing off a pistol shot and then running in and stabbing with a knife?

Makes sense. So one would need something like a carbine/smg to fire any underslung weapons

RedRover wrote:Does that count for a small melee weapon too? For instance, firing off a pistol shot and then running in and stabbing with a knife?

Nope - aiming a ranged attack or engaging in close combat takes your full attention. You can't do both in the same turn, even if you've got small weapons for each.

Jabberwocky wrote:Makes sense. So one would need something like a carbine/smg to fire any underslung weapons

You could have a long weapon with another weapon attached, but you couldn't fire both of them in the same turn.

RedRover wrote:Does that count for a small melee weapon too? For instance, firing off a pistol shot and then running in and stabbing with a knife?

If you have the inches left, yes.

I thought Voin's page on special rules covered this. His idea was that attached ranged weapons jam after you fire them.

For underslung weapons just buy a size 1 launcher/flamethrower/shotgun/melee weapon/ whatever. Unlike most launchers that I play with, underslung ones must be manually reloaded though.

stubby wrote:

RedRover wrote:Does that count for a small melee weapon too? For instance, firing off a pistol shot and then running in and stabbing with a knife?

Nope - aiming a ranged attack or engaging in close combat takes your full attention. You can't do both in the same turn, even if you've got small weapons for each.

Stab with a bayonet on a shotgun, and while the guy is impaled, pull the trigger?

Silent-sigfig wrote:Stab with a bayonet on a shotgun, and while the guy is impaled, pull the trigger?

Sounds more like a grapple attack to me. Kind of like the shotgun pitchfork from Dead Rising 2.