Zen Pistol Copyright (c) 1996 by J. Hunter Johnson Zen Pistol (MVH) No default; Prerequisites: Guns (Pistol)-24 and one of Trained By Master (appropriate style) or Sharpshooter The shooter must concentrate for 20-Skill turns (minimum 1). Successful use of this skill allows use of a pistol with only 1/3 (round down) the normal modifiers for target speed, range, and size, and for gun recoil. Note that this only works with single-shot weapons (those with fractional RoF, RoF 1, or RoF X~). For automatics, use the Zen Light Auto skill (left as an exercise to the reader). Also note that (like Zen Archery), Acc and other aiming bonuses do not accrue from Concentration used to prepare for this skill. However, Sharpshooters will get the Acc bonus anyway. [Note: I upped the prerequisite Gun skill to compensate for the inevitable +2 bonus to Guns for IQ, and the fact that Guns are P/E while Bow is P/H. Now, how about Zen Crossbow?]