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Advanced Shotguns

Adds 4 high-tier shotguns to make shotguns more viable throughout the game. Each can be found in the world, and fills a previously empty niche in weapon balance. The street-sweeper, scatterbeamer, executioner, and blitzgun all add new ways to wield shotguns in Qud.

The street-sweeper is essentially a chain shotgun. It has a very high rate of fire, but isn't ideal when accurate fire is needed, as it blankets entire areas in flechettes. The street-sweeper consumes shotgun shells, and uses the heavy weapons skills.

The scatterbeamer is a laser rifle modified with a refractor, scattering rather than focusing the beam. It consumes much more power than the laser rifle, but provides an energy option for shotgun weapons. The scatterbeamer consumes energy cells, and uses the Bows and Rifles skills.

The executioner is a massive revolver that fires shotgun shells. While it doesn't have quite as much firepower as two-handed shotguns, it gives gunslingers a scattergun option and has well above average penetration. The executioner consumes shotgun shells, and uses Pistol skills.

The blitzgun is a destructive automatic shotgun that fires a tight spray of accelerated molten metal. The lava fired by this weapon impacts with enough force to explode, and quickly sets fire to entire areas. This extremely rare shotgun consumes liquid lava at a high rate, and uses Bows and Rifles skills.

Each of the shotguns can be acquired in-game without use of wish. They appear in missile weapon loot tables, and can be rarely found deep in the asphalt mines, at the extra basement floors of Golgotha, and in goatfolk villages. Their schematics can appear wherever data disks are found. If you want to wish them in, here are their names:
cats_streetsweeper
cats_scatterbeamer
cats_executioner
cats_blitzgun
Advanced shotguns will not appear in the inventories of most vendors, as I have yet to integrate the mod with the new PopulationTable features.

Advanced shotguns uses unique object names and does not currently use scripts, so it should work with any mods and future game versions.