Silencers

A silencer muffles the sound of
gunshots. Someone several rooms
away indoors, or out of your line of
sight outdoors, gets a Hearing+5 roll
to hear an unsilenced shot. This roll
may be at up to +4 for a high-powered
weapon or quiet environment, or
down to -4 for a low-powered gun or
noisy environment (GM’s discretion).
A typical silencer gives an extra -4,
while the best commercial silencers
might give -6.
Anyone who is in front of your
weapon and exposed and close
enough for you to attack with it auto-
matically hears the shot – even with a
silencer. However, the silencer makes
the sound difficult to localize: the lis-
tener must make an IQ roll (not a
Hearing roll) to deduce your location
unless you’re in plain sight.
Silencers are most common for
auto pistols and submachine guns, but
exist for many other weapons.