Rephrase various shot descriptions to be less meta.

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/json/items/ammo/shot.json b/json/items/ammo/shot.json
index 9b4ddf7..d7e159f 100644
--- a/json/items/ammo/shot.json
+++ b/json/items/ammo/shot.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "abstract": "shot_abstract",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "12ga 00 buckshot" },
-    "description": "A shell filled with metal pellets.  Extremely damaging, plus the spread makes it very accurate at short range.  Favored by SWAT forces.",
+    "description": "A shell filled with metal pellets.  The spread makes it very accurate at short range.",
     "weight": "32 g",
     "volume": "439 ml",
     "price": "5 USD",
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_abstract",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "12ga 00 buckshot" },
-    "description": "A shell filled with metal pellets.  Extremely damaging, plus the spread makes it very accurate at short range.  Favored by SWAT forces."
+    "description": "A shell filled with metal pellets.  The spread makes it very accurate at short range."
   },
   {
     "id": "shot_bird",
     "copy-from": "shot_00",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "12ga birdshot" },
-    "description": "Weak shotgun ammunition.  Designed for hunting birds and other small game, its applications in combat are very limited.",
+    "description": "A shell filled with very small metal pellets.  Designed for hunting birds and other small game.",
     "price": "1 USD",
     "price_postapoc": "4 USD",
     "range": 0,
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_bird",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "12ga birdshot, reloaded" },
-    "description": "Weak shotgun ammunition.  Designed for hunting birds and other small game, its applications in combat are very limited.  This one has been hand-reloaded by a survivor or perhaps a pre-Cataclysm hobbyist, leading to slightly inferior performance compared to factory-produced ammo.",
+    "description": "A shell filled with very small metal pellets.  Designed for hunting birds and other small game.  This one has been hand-reloaded by a survivor or perhaps a pre-Cataclysm hobbyist, leading to slightly inferior performance compared to factory-produced ammo.",
     "proportional": { "price": 0.7, "damage": { "damage_type": "bullet", "amount": 0.9 }, "dispersion": 1.1 },
     "extend": { "effects": [ "RECYCLED" ] },
     "delete": { "effects": [ "NEVER_MISFIRES" ], "flags": [ "IRREPLACEABLE_CONSUMABLE" ] }
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_00",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "12ga dragon's breath" },
-    "description": "A shotgun shell filled with magnesium pellets or shards, used mostly as a distress flare or pyrotechnics tool.  When the round is fired, high temperature sparks and flames shoot out of the barrel, igniting everything in their path.",
+    "description": "A shotgun shell filled with magnesium pellets or shards, used mostly as a distress flare or pyrotechnics tool.",
     "price": "10 USD",
     "price_postapoc": "16 USD",
     "flags": [ "IRREPLACEABLE_CONSUMABLE" ],
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_dragon",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "12ga dragon's breath, reloaded" },
-    "description": "A shotgun shell filled with magnesium pellets or shards, used mostly as a distress flare or pyrotechnics tool.  When the round is fired, high-temperature sparks and flames shoot out of the barrel, igniting everything in their path.  This one was made in somebody's garage.  Are you sure you want to shoot this?",
+    "description": "A shotgun shell filled with magnesium pellets or shards, used mostly as a distress flare or pyrotechnics tool.  This one was made in somebody's garage.  Are you sure you want to shoot this?",
     "proportional": { "price": 0.7, "damage": { "damage_type": "heat", "amount": 0.9 }, "dispersion": 1.1 },
     "extend": { "effects": [ "RECYCLED" ] },
     "delete": { "effects": [ "NEVER_MISFIRES" ], "flags": [ "IRREPLACEABLE_CONSUMABLE" ] }
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_00",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "12ga 00 buckshot, reloaded" },
-    "description": "A shell filled with metal pellets.  Extremely damaging, plus the spread makes it very accurate at short range.  SWAT forces wouldn't use this homebrew shell, but a sovereign citizen looking to fend off SWAT probably would.",
+    "description": "A shell filled with metal pellets.  The spread makes it very accurate at short range.  This one has been hand-reloaded by a survivor or perhaps a pre-Cataclysm hobbyist, leading to slightly inferior performance compared to factory-produced ammo.",
     "proportional": { "price": 0.7, "damage": { "damage_type": "bullet", "amount": 0.9 }, "dispersion": 1.1 },
     "extend": { "effects": [ "RECYCLED" ] },
     "delete": { "effects": [ "NEVER_MISFIRES" ], "flags": [ "IRREPLACEABLE_CONSUMABLE" ] }
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_00",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "12ga flechette" },
-    "description": "A shotgun shell filled with tiny steel darts.  Extremely damaging, plus the spread makes it very accurate at short range.  Slices through most forms of armor with ease.",
+    "description": "A shotgun shell filled with tiny steel darts.  The spread makes it very accurate at short range, and the pointed tips slice through most forms of armor with ease.",
     "price": "20 USD",
     "price_postapoc": "8 USD",
     "flags": [ "IRREPLACEABLE_CONSUMABLE" ],
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_flechette",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "12ga flechette, reloaded" },
-    "description": "A shotgun shell filled with tiny steel darts.  Extremely damaging, plus the spread makes it very accurate at short range.  Slices through most forms of armor with ease.  This one has been hand-reloaded by a survivor or perhaps a pre-Cataclysm hobbyist, leading to slightly inferior performance compared to factory-produced ammo.",
+    "description": "A shotgun shell filled with tiny steel darts.  The spread makes it very accurate at short range.  Slices through most forms of armor with ease.  This one has been hand-reloaded by a survivor or perhaps a pre-Cataclysm hobbyist, leading to slightly inferior performance compared to factory-produced ammo.",
     "proportional": { "price": 0.7, "damage": { "damage_type": "bullet", "amount": 0.9 }, "dispersion": 1.1 },
     "extend": { "effects": [ "RECYCLED" ] },
     "delete": { "effects": [ "NEVER_MISFIRES" ], "flags": [ "IRREPLACEABLE_CONSUMABLE" ] }
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_abstract",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "12ga slug" },
-    "description": "A heavy metal slug used with shotguns to give them the range capabilities of a rifle.  Extremely damaging but rather inaccurate.",
+    "description": "A heavy metal slug used with shotguns to give them the range capabilities of a rifle.",
     "price": "4 USD",
     "price_postapoc": "4 USD",
     "flags": [ "IRREPLACEABLE_CONSUMABLE" ],
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_slug",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "12ga slug, reloaded" },
-    "description": "A heavy metal slug used with shotguns to give them the range capabilities of a rifle.  Extremely damaging but rather inaccurate.  This one has been hand-reloaded by a survivor or perhaps a pre-Cataclysm hobbyist, leading to slightly inferior performance compared to factory-produced ammo.",
+    "description": "A heavy metal slug used with shotguns to give them the range capabilities of a rifle.  This one has been hand-reloaded by a survivor or perhaps a pre-Cataclysm hobbyist, leading to slightly inferior performance compared to factory-produced ammo.",
     "proportional": { "price": 0.7, "damage": { "damage_type": "bullet", "amount": 0.9 }, "dispersion": 1.1 },
     "extend": { "effects": [ "RECYCLED" ] },
     "delete": { "effects": [ "NEVER_MISFIRES" ], "flags": [ "IRREPLACEABLE_CONSUMABLE" ] }
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_bird",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "12ga birdshot, black powder" },
-    "description": "Weak shotgun ammunition.  Designed for hunting birds and other small game, its applications in combat are very limited.  Someone was down on their luck when they hand-reloaded this one - it's filled with black powder instead of smokeless powder.",
+    "description": "A shell filled with very small metal pellets.  Designed for hunting birds and other small game.  Someone was down on their luck when they hand-reloaded this one - it's filled with black powder instead of smokeless powder.",
     "proportional": { "price": 0.6, "damage": { "damage_type": "bullet", "amount": 0.8 }, "dispersion": 1.2 },
     "extend": { "effects": [ "RECYCLED", "MUZZLE_SMOKE", "BLACKPOWDER" ] },
     "delete": { "effects": [ "NEVER_MISFIRES" ], "flags": [ "IRREPLACEABLE_CONSUMABLE" ] }
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_dragon",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "12ga dragon's breath, black powder" },
-    "description": "A shotgun shell filled with magnesium pellets or shards, used mostly as a distress flare or pyrotechnics tool.  When the round is fired, high-temperature sparks and flames shoot out of the barrel, igniting everything in their path.  This one was made in somebody's garage, and with black gunpowder to boot.  Are you sure you want to shoot this?",
+    "description": "A shotgun shell filled with magnesium pellets or shards, used mostly as a distress flare or pyrotechnics tool.  This one was made in somebody's garage, and with black gunpowder to boot.  Are you sure you want to shoot this?",
     "proportional": { "price": 0.6, "damage": { "damage_type": "heat", "amount": 0.8 }, "dispersion": 1.2 },
     "extend": { "effects": [ "RECYCLED", "MUZZLE_SMOKE", "BLACKPOWDER" ] },
     "delete": { "effects": [ "NEVER_MISFIRES" ], "flags": [ "IRREPLACEABLE_CONSUMABLE" ] }
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_00",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "12ga 00 buckshot, black powder" },
-    "description": "A shell filled with metal pellets.  Extremely damaging, plus the spread makes it very accurate at short range.  SWAT forces probably wouldn't use this one - it's filled with black powder instead of smokeless powder.",
+    "description": "A shell filled with metal pellets.  The spread makes it very accurate at short range.  Someone was down on their luck when they hand-reloaded this one - it's filled with black powder instead of smokeless powder.",
     "proportional": { "price": 0.6, "damage": { "damage_type": "heat", "amount": 0.8 }, "dispersion": 1.2 },
     "extend": { "effects": [ "RECYCLED", "MUZZLE_SMOKE", "BLACKPOWDER" ] },
     "delete": { "effects": [ "NEVER_MISFIRES" ], "flags": [ "IRREPLACEABLE_CONSUMABLE" ] }
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_flechette",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "12ga flechette, black powder" },
-    "description": "A shotgun shell filled with tiny steel darts.  Extremely damaging, plus the spread makes it very accurate at short range.  Slices through most forms of armor with ease.  Someone was down on their luck when they hand-reloaded this one - it's filled with black powder instead of smokeless powder.",
+    "description": "A shotgun shell filled with tiny steel darts.  The spread makes it very accurate at short range.  Slices through most forms of armor with ease.  Someone was down on their luck when they hand-reloaded this one - it's filled with black powder instead of smokeless powder.",
     "proportional": { "price": 0.6, "damage": { "damage_type": "bullet", "amount": 0.8, "armor_penetration": 0.8 }, "dispersion": 1.2 },
     "extend": { "effects": [ "RECYCLED", "MUZZLE_SMOKE", "BLACKPOWDER" ] },
     "delete": { "effects": [ "NEVER_MISFIRES" ], "flags": [ "IRREPLACEABLE_CONSUMABLE" ] }
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_slug",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "12ga slug, black powder" },
-    "description": "A heavy metal slug used to give a shotgun the range capabilities of a rifle.  Extremely damaging but rather inaccurate.  Someone was down on their luck when they hand-reloaded this one - it's filled with black powder instead of smokeless powder.",
+    "description": "A heavy metal slug used to give a shotgun the range capabilities of a rifle.  Someone was down on their luck when they hand-reloaded this one - it's filled with black powder instead of smokeless powder.",
     "proportional": { "price": 0.6, "damage": { "damage_type": "bullet", "amount": 0.8, "armor_penetration": 0.8 }, "dispersion": 1.2 },
     "extend": { "effects": [ "RECYCLED", "MUZZLE_SMOKE", "BLACKPOWDER" ] },
     "delete": { "effects": [ "NEVER_MISFIRES" ], "flags": [ "IRREPLACEABLE_CONSUMABLE" ] }
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_00",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "12ga beanbag" },
-    "description": "A beanbag round for shotguns.  Designated 'less-lethal' and intended to disable, but remember that 'less-lethal' does not mean 'non-lethal'.",
+    "description": "A beanbag round for shotguns.  Designated 'less-lethal' and intended to disable.",
     "price": "5 USD",
     "price_postapoc": "2 USD",
     "flags": [ "IRREPLACEABLE_CONSUMABLE" ],
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "12ga explosive slug" },
     "//": "$30/shot thanks to tight regulation, one way or another.",
-    "description": "A shotgun shell shooting a small explosive.  Damaging, but rather inaccurate and short ranged.  Banned in several states.",
+    "description": "A shotgun shell containing a very small explosive.  Designed for breaching doors and other non-combat demolition purposes.  Banned in several states.",
     "price": "30 USD",
     "price_postapoc": "16 USD",
     "flags": [ "IRREPLACEABLE_CONSUMABLE" ],
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_00",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "12ga scrapshot" },
-    "description": "A shotgun shell filled with whatever was lying around.  They are more damaging than birdshot, but fairly inaccurate.",
+    "description": "A shotgun shell filled with whatever scrap metal was lying around.",
     "dispersion": 60,
     "proportional": { "price": 0.4, "damage": { "damage_type": "bullet", "amount": 0.75, "armor_multiplier": 1.25 } },
     "extend": { "effects": [ "RECYCLED" ] },
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_scrap",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "12ga scrapshot, black powder" },
-    "description": "A shotgun shell filled with black gunpowder and whatever scrap metal was lying around.  The logical conclusion of ammunition bootlegging.  It'll kill zombies just fine, but your gun will suffer for it.",
+    "description": "A shotgun shell filled with black gunpowder and whatever scrap metal was lying around.",
     "proportional": { "price": 0.6, "damage": { "damage_type": "bullet", "amount": 0.8 } },
     "extend": { "effects": [ "RECYCLED", "MUZZLE_SMOKE", "BLACKPOWDER" ] },
     "delete": { "effects": [ "NEVER_MISFIRES" ], "flags": [ "IRREPLACEABLE_CONSUMABLE" ] }