Common firing

'Common firing' is one of the Combat rules, specifically one of the ranged combat rules. See also aimed firing and fully automatic (burst) firing.

Common firing:

In principle, every handgun and rifle (that applies to the skills tested, not necessarily on the exact type of weapon) can be shot in two, often even three different ways. Details hinge on the weapon.

Unaimed firing or common firing is the most often used method of firing.

The character fires a single shot at the enemy.
If he hits, he does damage.
If he hits critically, roll a D6 to see where exactly he hit.

1-2 = Hit on the torso
3 = Hit on the legs
4 = Hit to an arm
5 = Hit to the head
6 = Hit to the weapon

Critical hits ignore armor and do double damage. Furthermore they cause wounds: details on that further back under critical hits.