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A Screenshot of the "Prototype Weapons" example from page 316 of Electric Bastionland. Contents reads as follows: "Okay, so you really miss having detailed weapons mechanics? Use this (I probably won't). SPECIAL PROPERTIES Heavy X: Ignore X points of ARMOUR, but DAMAGE rolls of X or lower completely miss. Sweep X: DAMAGE rolls of X or higher grant one bonus attack on another target in reach.You can’t chain this effect for multiple bonus attacks. Grapple X: DAMAGE rolls of X or higher snag your opponent and they'll need to make a SAVE to move away on their turn. Reach X:When charged with a weapon shorter than yours, the attacker must roll X or higher on their DAMAGE roll or else you get to attack them first. Counter X: DAMAGE rolls of X or less against you are bounced back against your attacker. Brutal X: CRITICAL DAMAGE resulting from a DAMAGE roll of X or more from this weapon is an instant kill, and forces a morale SAVE on the enemy. FANCY ARMS BYWOTSEE THE KILLSMITH Macrohammer (d8, Heavy 1) Murderglaive (d8, Brutal 6) Cyclonepistol (d6, Sweep 4) Stabpole (d8, Reach 3) Rendnet (d6, Grapple 5) Secret Puncher (d6, Counter 2) ULTRA-FANCY ARMS BY OZER SARR Compound Garrotte (d6, Grapple 6, Counter 2) Exploderpike (d6, Reach 3, Brutal 3) Meteorchain (d6, Heavy 1, Reach 2) Manmower (d8, Sweep 8, Brutal 6)"

Cool idea, but you're still "...[R]olling twice for one effect." Why not just use a Blackjack system for damage, where rolling below an accuracy penalty makes you miss?

Actually, you can probably just mine Electric Bastionland's prototype weapon tags for inspiration:

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What if I get a nat 6 w/ a +3 mod?

The otherwise useless d33 (2d3's as sequential ditgits) could work if you need a similar range of values w/ a linear distribution.

Additionally, you could model a d4 by rolling a d22 (2d2's as sequential digits)

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