Every ranged attack is measured in range bands. Each weapon has an optimal range; attacking beyond it costs 🎯 Accuracy.
Distance Bands
| Range | Distance |
|---|---|
| Melee | 1m (adjacent tile) |
| Close | 1-15m |
| Medium | 15-30m |
| Long | 30-45m |
| Extreme | 45m+ |
Range Penalty
Each step past a weapon’s optimal range is one range step — Close → Medium is one step, Close → Long is two.
The rule
-5 🎯 Accuracy per range step beyond your weapon’s optimal range.
A 9mm pistol (optimal Close) fired at a target at Medium takes -5. The same pistol at Long takes -10.
Steps beyond optimal Accuracy 0 — within optimal range +0 1 -5 2 -10 3 -15
Range Effect Modifier
Your 🏹 Range Effect Modifier — 👁 PER MOD ÷ 2, rounded up — reduces the penalty.
It applies once, regardless of how many range steps you are out.
It cannot reduce the penalty below 0.
Final penalty = min(0, −5 × steps + REM)
Exceptions
- Thrown weapons and grenades take double the penalty — see 💣 Explosives Attack.
- The 🔈 Close Quarters tag removes the additional range penalty for attacking into Melee range.
- 🐌 Slow Projectile weapons take a further -2 🎯 Accuracy at Medium range or beyond.
Engagement bands are a different thing
🎯 Encounter Setup sets an engagement band for a map — the starting distance between the two sides, measured in tiles. That governs how an encounter opens. The bands on this page govern individual attacks.
Related
- ⚔ Making an Attack — where range is checked in the attack sequence
- 🎯 Accuracy — every modifier that applies to an attack roll
- 🏹 Range Effect Modifier — the derived stat that offsets range penalties
- 💣 Explosives Attack — doubled range penalties for thrown explosives
- 🎯 Encounter Setup — engagement bands, the map-scale distance system