Beating The 9mm With Super Powers

GURPS 3e 9x19mm stats are: 2d+2 crushing, RoF 3, Acc 3, 1/2D 150, Max 1,900

GURPS 4e 9x19mm stats are: 2d+2 pi, RoF 3, Acc 2 Range 160/1,800

GURPS: Supers (for third edition, 4th printing) gives range stats of 10 * power for the max range and 1/2D is half that.

So power 1 gives Max of 10, power 2 Max of 20, etc...

Each power level of the crushing attack Stone Missile costs 6 points.  So a base of 12 points to get to 2d crushing, Acc 1, 1/2D 10, Max 20.

Accuracy enhancement for Acc 3(+10%).

Rapid Fire enhancement for RoF 3 (+80%).

And no means of increasing the range without increasing the damage too...

To get the 150 1/2D of a Glock, you need 30 levels and will now do 30d and cost 405 points.  The max range still falls way short at 300.  Yes, that's more than twice what a .50 BMG does for damage... at the same range as a pistol...

Since halving the range is a -5% limitation, one could argue that doubling the range is, likewise, a 5% enhancement.  To get from a 1/2D of 10 to 150ish... needs to be doubled four times or +20% to (mostly) match a 9mm pistol.  Still short some damage.  +2 is a half die, so... 2.5 levels of Stone Missile?

32 points and the 1/2D range is slightly better than a 9mm.  2d+2 crushing, Acc 3, 1/2D 200, Max 400.

How about 4th edition?

You start with Inate Attack - Piercing.  5 pts/level (1d pi per level).  Acc 3, RoF 1, 10/100.

2.5 levels for 2d+2 pi.  13 points, base.

Increased Range at 10% per level needs 4 levels, or +40% to get 200/2,000 (close enough to 9mm).

Rapid fire for RoF 3 is +50%.

Accuracy will be reduced by 1 for a -5% limitation.

23 points for 2d+2 pi, Acc 2, RoF 3, Range 200/2,000.

Unlimited ammo in both the 3e and 4e cases, as a super should have.

Once again, 4th edition is MUCH simpler to work out what I wanted to do and it really underscores why we stopped trying to use GURPS 3eR for supers and went back to Champions/Hero.