Scatter Weapons

[Jokem]

Do scatter weapons affect swarms like splash weapons do?
Is there a place where that is declared?

[dragonhunterq]

scatter
swarms

It can't affect fine/diminuitive swarms in any event as it is weapon damage, and there isn't anything to over-ride that immunity.

Against tiny swarms expect table variation. I can see the argument that it is an area effect, so it should affect them, but I would expect resistance because it isn't spelled out in those terms anywhere I can find. Maybe some other guru will have better luck.

If it does affect tiny+ swarms you will get a single attack with no precision damage doing +50% damage (as a swarm counts as a single creature).

[Cavall]

I'd reccomend dragons breath rounds. 2d6 fire means it will do 3d6 fire to swarms. Use with scatter weapons.

[Jokem]

I think the rules for Swarms were written before the firearm rules were, so it is arguable that a blunderbuss is an area of effect attack, just as alchemist fire is, but based upon the literal interpretation of RAW, only tiny swarms would be affected at all.

[zook1shoe]

Was there ever a ruling that declared Diminutive or smaller swarms take any scatter attack damage?