Outbreak provides a set of firearms that must be acquired through scavenging or trade. These scripted weapons work with the ammo accounted for in your backpack (HUD) and is used in features like hunting animals, dispatching the Infected, and player-vs-player combat.
Available Firearms
The following categories have several firearm models available through trade and scavenging:
- Handguns
- Shotguns
- Hunting Rifles
- Assault Rifles
- Crossbow
Acquiring Guns & Munitions
There are several ways for your character to get their hands on firearms and ammo:
- With some luck, scavenging and looting corpses may result in the discovery of a handgun or precious ammo.
- Find a business or faction that is known to traffic the weapon type you’re looking for. The crates they find may not have the exact gun you’re looking for, but they may be able to acquire it for you.
- Through role-play, you might be able to ask around and find another character with the gun you’re looking for. For the right price or favor, they might be willing to trade with you.
Trafficking Firearms
Leads of factions and businesses that are assigned to a firearm category may purchase crates of those munitions. The supply trucks located at the top of the mountain offers bulk quantities and groups are encouraged to resell individual weapons for profit through role-play.
Posting with Firearms
Combat with firearms requires a series of posts (4-5 individual posts) that methodologically outlines actions leading up to firing the weapon.
The following actions requires an individual post and may be used as an outline for posting the firing of a weapon:
- Unsling/unholster the weapon and ready the weapon in-hand
- Check ammo/safety lock
- If applicable, load ammo or flip the safety
- Aim the weapon at opponent and position finger over the trigger
- Finally, fire the weapon
Final Considerations
- Rely on the combat feature built into the HUD to determine the number of bullets and recommend victor in a scene.
- If both parties are armed, to be fair, expect to be shot.
- Be creative with your posts; the outline above are the bare minimum.
Good Examples
/me could see from the window the masked man approaching the bar from the window, his eyes narrowing on every step closer the bandit made. “Fuck it..” No way was he going to get robbed today. With that, the man approached the bar’s exit, a hand going for the sidearm that was tucked out of sight into the waistband of his jeans. A moment later that handgun was pulled as he shouldered the door frame for support. “This ain’t happening today…” His arms extended to aim at the bandit’s figure in the distance.
/me quickly positioned his sidearm in front of him; knowing it was already loaded, he motioned his finger across the safety, flipping it. With his gun withdrawn, he creeped forward, using the metal fencing for cover when he could.
/me knew that there was no chance of backing away now, sure he could try to run, but there was no way of exiting without being seen. When the bandit emerged from fencing he moved into the doorway for a better shot, a finger curling around the trigger as he aimed at the other man’s chest.