Necromunda rulebook - Games Workshop

NECROMUNDA
GRENADES
There are many different sorts of grenades available
to Underhive fighters. The most common are
explosive fragmentation or ‘frag’ grenades and
implosive energy grenades called ‘krak’. If a model
carries grenades then it is assumed that he has
enough to last the entire battle, regardless of how
many he might actually throw. See Grenades in the
Armoury section for a description of the different
types of grenades.
A model may throw a grenade rather than shoot a
weapon. A grenade throw is treated exactly like any
other shot, so roll to hit using the thrower’s Ballistic
Skill (BS) characteristic.
Frag grenades and most of the special grenades types
use a blast marker. All grenades scatter if they miss
just like other weapons with blast markers. Work out
scatter as described already, except that the number
on the Artillery dice is always halved because
grenades are thrown at very short ranges. On the
other hand, the maximum scatter limit does not
apply to grenades, which can bounce around all over
the place before going off! A grenade thrown at a
target 2" away may therefore scatter up to 5" in any
direction.
The maximum range of a thrown grenade depends
upon the Strength characteristic of the fighter as
shown on the chart below.
Thrower’s Strength Range of Throw
1 4"
2 6"
3 8"
4 10"
5 or more 12"
Some special grenades are designed to produce
clouds of smoke or gas which can be used to provide
cover. When you throw a smoke grenade, for
example, you don’t want to actually throw it at an
enemy fighter but at a specific point on the ground.
You can do this by simply nominating the point you
wish to aim the grenade at. The point counts as a
small target, and therefore suffers the -1 to hit penalty
for shooting at small targets.
FLAMER TEMPLATES
Flamers utilise a special teardrop-shaped template
which represents a jet of flame. Smaller flamers,
known as hand flamers use the same template, but
are restricted to only a single burst of flame before
their fuel is exhausted.
To shoot with a flamer or hand flamer take the flamer
template and place it with the narrow end touching
the base of the shooter and the broad end over your
target. Any models wholly covered by the template
20
are hit automatically and any models partially
covered are hit on a further D6 roll of a 4, 5 or 6.
Any hits are resolved as normal, roll for wounds and
then determine injuries for any wounded models.
Note that the hit modifiers for range, cover, and such
like do not apply to flamers. Flamers are especially
good at winkling enemy fighters from behind cover!
See the Armoury section for further details.
A Delaque armed with a flamer shoots at three Goliaths.
Two Goliaths are completely covered by the template
and are therefore hit automatically. The other Goliath is
partially covered by the template, and will be hit on a
D6 roll of 4 or more.
SUSTAINED SHOOTING
Some especially large and dangerous weapons can
fire a sustained burst of shells which may hit several
targets at a time. This is called sustained shooting or
sustained fire. Weapons which are capable of making
sustained shots are indicated in the Armoury section.
Basically, these are machine gun type weapons such
as the heavy stubber and autocannon which can rake
targets with a hail of shells.
When you shoot with a weapon of this kind declare
whether you are firing a normal single shot or a
sustained shot. A single shot is worked out as normal.
A sustained shot is worked out as follows.
First roll to determine how many separate shots the
weapon makes by rolling a number of D3s equal to
the weapons sustained fire value. Each shot is treated
as a separate shot which can be made at the same
target, or another model within 4” of the original
target. At least one of the shots must be allocated to
the original target. Other than this you can allocate
the shots in any manner you wish. Once the shots
have been allocated, make a roll to hit for each shot
against the relevant targets. Remember that some of
the shots may require different scores to hit than
others, since their respective targets may be in cover
and so on.
After making ‘to hit’ rolls, roll for wounds and
injuries as normal for any models which have
suffered a hit.