Shotguns: I Gots the Boomstick


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Liberty's Edge

So I'm looking through the firearms section of Ultimate Combat, and I notice this little gem:

Ultimate Combat wrote:
Shotgun, Double-Barreled: This twin-barreled shotgun can be shot either one barrel at a time, or both together as one attack. A double shot that fires bullets is inaccurate, and takes a –4 penalty on both attacks. A double shot that fires bullets targets only a single creature and increases the damage of each barrel to 2d6 points (Small) or 2d8 points (Medium) for a total of 4d6 or 4d8 points. A double-barreled shotgun uses metal cartridges (loaded with either a bullet or pellets) as ammunition.

Now, this implies that I can load pellets into one barrel and a bullet in the other. If I do so, do I still take the -4 penalty for using both barrels? And what about using pellets in both barrels? Do I take a penalty there, and would I wind up increasing the damage to 2d8/barrel? Or would I just wind up doing 2d8 damage to everything in the cone without an attack penalty?

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