Gun Kata - Close Range?!

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Close Range is an ancient and widely practiced Gun Kata, though it's practitioners and detractors both would likely not refer to it as such. The term 'gun kata' implies a sense of elegance, practice, or at least superhuman aim and talent. Close Range does not need any of these, because at the end of the day none of that will save you from a screaming man charging you with a shotgun.

The key skill for Close Range is Intimidate, as a screamed threat punctuated with the rack of a pump or a shotgun blast can do wonders that carefully chosen words cannot. Scatter weapons are the ideal weapons to use with Close Range, though in theory you could use pretty much any ranged weapon.

This Gun Kata is available to the Guardsman, Assassin, and Magitek Gunman Class Tracks.

Level 1: Apprentice
-Come Get Some: You may use Scatter weapons in Melee Combat.
-Action (Charge): Use Charge actions with your trick shots. You may make an attack with a ranged weapon at the end of a Charge action so long as your target is within 10 meters.
Level 2: Initiate
(-1)Who Needs To Aim?: This attack may only be made with Scatter Weapons.
(1) Flush: If this attack hits, the enemy must make a Strength test versus your attack roll or be shoved directly away from you by a number of meters equal to the hit points they lost from the attack.
Level 3: Journeyman
(2) Close Encounters: An enemy who takes damage from this attack grants Combat Advantage until the end of your next turn.
(-1) Skill (Intimidation): As part of this attack, you must make an Intimidation roll against the target’s Static Defense. If it fails, the attack fails.
Level 4: Master
-Close Combat Specialist: Point Blank Range extends out to 5m for you.
-Speed of Death: Your charge distance doubles.
Level 5: Grandmaster
(6)Death Blossom: This Trick Shot is made against every target within 10 meters of you at the end of any movement from Charge or otherwise. This includes friends as well as foes.