Fancy up the shot ammo descriptions.

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/json/items/ammo/shot.json b/json/items/ammo/shot.json
index a3c078c..6c1b4ef 100644
--- a/json/items/ammo/shot.json
+++ b/json/items/ammo/shot.json
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_bird",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "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.",
     "proportional": { "price": 0.7, "damage": { "damage_type": "bullet", "amount": 0.9 }, "dispersion": 1.1 },
     "extend": { "effects": [ "RECYCLED" ] },
     "delete": { "effects": [ "NEVER_MISFIRES" ], "flags": [ "IRREPLACEABLE_CONSUMABLE" ] }
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_dragon",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "dragon's breath shell, 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?",
     "proportional": { "price": 0.7, "damage": { "damage_type": "heat", "amount": 0.9 }, "dispersion": 1.1 },
     "extend": { "effects": [ "RECYCLED" ] },
     "delete": { "effects": [ "NEVER_MISFIRES" ], "flags": [ "IRREPLACEABLE_CONSUMABLE" ] }
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_00",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "00 shot, 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.",
     "proportional": { "price": 0.7, "damage": { "damage_type": "bullet", "amount": 0.9 }, "dispersion": 1.1 },
     "extend": { "effects": [ "RECYCLED" ] },
     "delete": { "effects": [ "NEVER_MISFIRES" ], "flags": [ "IRREPLACEABLE_CONSUMABLE" ] }
@@ -104,6 +107,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_flechette",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "flechette shell, 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.",
     "proportional": { "price": 0.7, "damage": { "damage_type": "bullet", "amount": 0.9 }, "dispersion": 1.1 },
     "extend": { "effects": [ "RECYCLED" ] },
     "delete": { "effects": [ "NEVER_MISFIRES" ], "flags": [ "IRREPLACEABLE_CONSUMABLE" ] }
@@ -127,6 +131,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_slug",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "shotgun 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.",
     "proportional": { "price": 0.7, "damage": { "damage_type": "bullet", "amount": 0.9 }, "dispersion": 1.1 },
     "extend": { "effects": [ "RECYCLED" ] },
     "delete": { "effects": [ "NEVER_MISFIRES" ], "flags": [ "IRREPLACEABLE_CONSUMABLE" ] }
@@ -136,6 +141,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_bird",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "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.  Expect lower velocity, muzzle smoke, and a dirtier barrel if you shoot it.",
     "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" ] }
@@ -145,6 +151,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_dragon",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "dragon's breath shell, 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?",
     "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" ] }
@@ -154,6 +161,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_00",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "00 shot, 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.  Expect lower velocity, muzzle smoke, and a dirtier barrel if you shoot it.",
     "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" ] }
@@ -163,6 +171,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_flechette",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "flechette shell, 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.  Expect lower velocity, muzzle smoke, and a dirtier barrel if you shoot it.",
     "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" ] }
@@ -172,6 +181,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_slug",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "shotgun 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.  Expect lower velocity, muzzle smoke, and a dirtier barrel if you shoot it.",
     "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 +191,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_00",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "shotgun beanbag" },
-    "description": "A beanbag round for shotguns, not deadly but designed to disable.",
+    "description": "A beanbag round for shotguns.  Designated 'less-lethal' and intended to disable, but remember that 'less-lethal' does not mean 'non-lethal'.",
     "price": 500,
     "price_postapoc": 200,
     "flags": [ "IRREPLACEABLE_CONSUMABLE" ],
@@ -220,6 +230,7 @@
     "copy-from": "shot_scrap",
     "type": "AMMO",
     "name": { "str": "00 shot, black powder, scrap loaded" },
+    "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.",
     "proportional": { "price": 0.6, "damage": { "damage_type": "bullet", "amount": 0.8 } },
     "extend": { "effects": [ "RECYCLED", "MUZZLE_SMOKE", "BLACKPOWDER" ] },
     "delete": { "effects": [ "NEVER_MISFIRES" ], "flags": [ "IRREPLACEABLE_CONSUMABLE" ] }