Firing a scatter weapon (e.g. blunderbuss or dragon pistol) into a fog cloud


Rules Questions

RPG Superstar 2015 Top 8

If you fire a scatter weapon into an area of fog or darkness or the like, should the people in that area benefit from concealment? Note that a scatter weapon is not an area of affect spell, it just allows an attack roll against each creature in its cone. RAW, it seems that the targets get concealment, but that doesn't make sense, since the attacker doesn't really aim for each target with its pellets.

What do you all think?

Dark Archive

PRD says: "Effects that grant concealment, such as fog or smoke, or the blur, invisibility, or mirror image spells, do not foil a scatter attack."

Scarab Sages

Justin Sluder wrote:
PRD says: "Effects that grant concealment, such as fog or smoke, or the blur, invisibility, or mirror image spells, do not foil a scatter attack."

Which only makes sence. As long as you're pointing it at them and within that first range increment you're bound to get hit with something .

Dark Archive

Choon wrote:
Justin Sluder wrote:
PRD says: "Effects that grant concealment, such as fog or smoke, or the blur, invisibility, or mirror image spells, do not foil a scatter attack."
Which only makes sence. As long as you're pointing it at them and within that first range increment you're bound to get hit with something .

Yessir. This is why I like the idea of a blind oracle with a shotgun. ;)

RPG Superstar 2015 Top 8

Cool. Thanks.

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