Necromunda rulebook - Games Workshop

NECROMUNDA
ARMOUR
Armour is less important and less readily available in
the confines of the Necromundan Underhive than on
a conventional battlefield. Gangers rely more upon
the natural cover of the hive and their own wits to
avoid injury. However, some fighters wear protective
clothing or armour which may save them from a
wound if they are lucky. To represent this there is a
special test called a saving throw.
If a fighter is wearing armour and suffers a wound
then roll a D6. If the dice roll is sufficiently high then
the wounding shot has struck the armour and not
hurt the wearer at all. The dice score required varies
according to the type of armour. The most common
armour types and the D6 roll required to effect a save
are given below.
Minimum D6 score
Armour required to save
Flak 6
Mesh 5
Carapace 4
For example: A fighter is hit by a shot from a
laspistol and suffers a wound. Fortunately, he is
wearing carapace armour, a hardened plasteel
jacket or plate which covers his upper body. He rolls
a D6 and scores 5 – easily enough to deflect the shot
and save him.
Some weapons are better at penetrating armour than
others. A shot from a laspistol might be deflected
relatively easily, but a shot from a huge lascannon is a
different matter! To represent this, each weapon has
an armour save modifier as indicated in its
description in the Armoury section. For example, a
boltgun has a -1 save modifier so all armour saves
must deduct 1 from the dice roll. It is not possible to
effect a save if the score required is more than 6.
PINNED FIGHTERS
Often a fighter is hit and pinned by enemy fire but
doesn’t go down or out of action. He might be hit
and not wounded, or he might suffer a flesh wound,
and so on.
A model that is pinned remains knocked over lying
face up. Whilst pinned, the fighter can do nothing.
He cannot move, shoot, or so on.
A model which is pinned at the start of his turn will
automatically recover from pinning at the end of that
turn. In effect, the model misses his turn and is then
ready to fight once more. At the end of the turn stand
the model up to show that the fighter is no longer
pinned.
A model which is engaged in hand-to-hand combat
will automatically escape pinning. The pressing need
to defend himself galvanises the fighter into action.
Stand the model up to show he is no longer pinned.
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If a model has at least one other model from the gang
within 2" then he can try to escape pinning at the
start of his turn. If successful the fighter will not have
to miss his turn at all. Roll a D6. If the score is equal
to or less than his Initiative value he has recovered his
wits immediately. Stand the model up. The fighter
can move and fight normally that turn.
Note that when testing to escape pinning at the start
of the turn juves, fighters who are down, and fighters
whose nerve is broken do not count. Rather than
reassuring the fighter and offering covering fire, the
proximity of these unreliable comrades will only
encourage him to keep his head down!
SHOOTING INTO
HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT
Normally it would be considered very rash indeed to
shoot at fighters who are grappling with each other at
close quarters – it would be very easy to hit the wrong
man! Although the models themselves are immobile
the fighters are actually ducking, diving and rolling
about in a whirlwind of action.
Should you wish to shoot at a model engaged in
hand-to-hand combat roll to hit as normal. If you hit
then you must decide whether you have hit the
intended model or a model fighting the target. There
is as much chance of hitting the target as there is of
hitting each model he is fighting. So, if there are two
models fighting a D6 roll of 1-3 indicates one model,
a 4-6 indicates the other. If the target is fighting two
opponents then you’ll need a 5 or 6 to hit the right
man, and so on.
MOVING AND SHOOTING
In most cases a model may move at its normal
movement rate and shoot in the same turn. There is
no penalty for this, as the normal move rate assumes
a certain amount of time spent stationary or nearly
so.
Some ‘heavy’ weapons are so cumbersome that it is
impossible to move and shoot with them in the same
turn. These weapons are indicated in the Armoury
section.
Models which run or charge may not shoot.
Models which have gone down as a result of an
injury, or which are pinned as a result of a hit, cannot
shoot.
Models fighting hand-to-hand combat cannot shoot,
any weapons fire at close quarters being worked out
in the hand-to-hand phase. Models which are broken
are also unable to shoot (see the Leadership Tests
section).