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* In ''[[BattleTech]]'', heat is an important balancing factor. BattleMechs are environmentally sealed, powered by fusion engines and artificial muscles that aren't exactly 100% efficient, and often bristling with energy, ballistic, and/or missile weapons; virtually everything they do starting with simple movement will cause heat to build up, which needs to be funneled out of the 'Mech via dedicated 'heat sinks'. Build up heat faster than those can handle, and your 'Mech will slow down and the accuracy of its weapons fire will suffer until they have caught up again. At sufficiently high levels it may even automatically shut down and/or see explosive ammo start to cook off.
* Many, many R&D megaweapons in ''[[Paranoia]]''. They also tend to explode regularly.
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** In Warhammer RPG (''[[Dark Heresy]]'', ''[[Only War]]'', etc) it's "Overheat" quality. Such weapons have 1/10 base chance to vent at the user instead of firing, and if they do, must cool down for the next round. This applies nominal damage without Penetration (which is small solace, but better than nothing) and the weapon can be dropped instead (which is a better idea only if you can pick it up again, otherwise you lose an expensive piece and enemies may get you while unarmed - and the Commissar certainly will, if you're a Guardsman). Also, Best-craftsmanship weapons don't Overheat, but good luck getting one of those, unless you are a full Inquisitor or something. Also, some weapons simply have Recharge - fire every other round. Including the Plasma weapons in Maximal mode - if you're desperate enough to intentionally boost damage of a weapon that still may vent it at yourself.
* [[GURPS]] High Tech [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|naturally]] has detailed rules for overheating of automatic weapons, including barrel swaps, heating management by burst firing, and the possibility of spectacular malfunctions. GURPS Ultra Tech has optional overheating rules for energy weapons.
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