Gunnery Ace

+4 Gunnery; called-shot penalty halved; subsystem crit on natural 19-20.

The character is a consummate gunner who can place ordnance with lethal precision. The character gains +4 to all Gunnery checks. The character halves the penalty for any Gunnery called shot (targeting engines, bridge, shields, etc.), and when the character scores a natural 19 or 20 against a ship's subsystem, the called shot succeeds automatically and inflicts 50% bonus damage to that subsystem.

Rules Reference

Field	Value
Combat Action
Category	skill
Runtime / Classification	passive-conditional
Runtime / Duration
Runtime / Effect Kind	atk_bonus
Runtime / Magnitude	-50
Runtime / Trigger	halves Gunnery called-shot penalty (percentage reduction)
Runtime / Uses

Notes

Special: Stacks with the basic Gunner feat. The 50% bonus subsystem damage stacks with any other subsystem bonus (e.g., specific weapon specialisations). Does not apply to personal-scale weapons; this is ship combat only.

Benefit

condition: always

Field	Value
condition	always
modifier	4
target	skill-gunnery

condition: halves Gunnery called-shot penalty (percentage reduction)

Field	Value
condition	halves Gunnery called-shot penalty (percentage reduction)
modifier	-50
target	gunnery-called-shot-penalty

condition: called shots against ship subsystems threaten crit on natural 19-20; confirmed crits deal +50% subsystem damage

Field	Value
condition	called shots against ship subsystems threaten crit on natural 19-20; confirmed crits deal +50% subsystem damage
modifier	19
target	subsystem-crit-threat

Prerequisites

type: skill-rank

Field	Value
value	Gunnery 8

type: ability

Field	Value
value	DEX 13