FATE Da Cool Shit! Skill: Shoot

Overcome: Unless, for some reason, you need to demonstrate your Shoot ability in a non-conflict situation, you probably won’t be using this skill for normal obstacles much. Obviously, contests involving Shoot are a popular staple of adventure fiction, and we recommend you look for the opportunity to have them if you have a character who specializes in this.

Create an Advantage: In physical conflicts, Shoot can be used to perform a wide variety of moves, like trick shots, keeping someone under HEAVY FIRE, and the like. In cinematic games, you might even be able to disarm people and pin their sleeves to walls - pretty much anything you’ve seen in an action movie. You could also make the argument for creating aspects based on your knowledge of guns (like placing a PRONE TO JAMS aspect on an opponent’s gun).

Attack: This skill makes physical attacks. You can make them from up to two zones away, unlike with Fight. (Sometimes the range will change with the weapon.)

Example Stunts:

• Called Shot. During a Shoot attack, spend 1 fate point (FP) to declare a site-specific condition, such as SHOT IN THE HAND. If your attack is successful, your target will gain that situation aspect in addition to taking hits from your attack.
• Quick on the Draw. You can use Shoot instead of Perception to determine turn order in any conflict that might need Shoot.
• Uncanny Accuracy. Once per conflict, stack an additional free invocation on a successful aiming create advantage action.