Necromunda rulebook - Games Workshop

FIGHTING WITH
TWO WEAPONS
If the model carries a weapon in each hand, such as
two pistols, two swords, or a pistol and a knife, then
the model rolls one extra dice to represent the extra
weapon.
This bonus only applies to fighters armed exclusively
with pistols and/or hand-to-hand combat weapons,
not to fighters who carry other basic, special or heavy
weapons. Carrying grenades does not prevent you
using an extra weapon as they are assumed to be
clipped to the model’s belt or stowed conveniently
out of the way. These different types of weapon are
discussed in detail in the Armoury section.
DETERMINE WINNER
Each player takes his best Attack dice roll, adds the
model’s Weapon Skill (WS) and then applies the
following modifiers. The highest score is the winner.
In the case of a tie the highest Initiative wins. If both
models have the same Initiative the result is a standoff
and no blows are struck.
COMBAT SCORE MODIFIERS
+1 OPPONENT FUMBLES
Add +1 to your score for each of your opponent’s
fumbled dice (rolls of 1). See the Fumble rule for an
explanation of how this works.
+1 CRITICAL HIT
Add +1 to your score for each critical hit inflicted
(additional rolls of 6). See the Critical Hit rule.
+1 CHARGING
If your fighter charged into combat this turn add +1
to his Combat Score.
+1 HIGHER UP
If your fighter is standing on a higher level, platform,
or slope then add +1 to his Combat Score.
-1 ENCUMBERED
If your fighter is carrying a heavy weapon, or other
heavy piece of equipment, he suffers a -1 penalty on
his Combat Score.
-1 OBSTACLE
If you charge an enemy who is sheltering behind
cover such as a low wall, then you suffer a -1 penalty
on your Combat Score that turn. Note this penalty
only applies during the turn when you charge.
Note that hit modifiers for weapons are never applied
in hand-to-hand fighting. These only apply when
shooting at a distance as described in the Shooting
section.
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NECROMUNDA
NUMBER OF HITS
The difference between the winner’s Combat Score
and the loser’s Combat Score is the number of times
the winner has hit the loser.
Example: A ganger (WS3) is fighting a juve (WS2).
The ganger rolls a 4 and adds his WS of 3 to make a
total of 7. The juve rolls a 5 and adds his WS of 2 to
make 7, but the juve has charged and so adds a
further +1 making 8. The juve has won by 8 to 7,
and the difference (1) is the number of hits he has
struck.
WOUNDS, ARMOUR
AND INJURIES
Once you have established the number of hits, the
remaining procedure is the same as for shooting.
Refer back to the Shooting section for a description
of how to do this.
Note that models cannot be pinned by hand-to-hand
hits, but they suffer wounds in the same way and
injuries are resolved in the same way too.
WEAPONS
Only hand-to-hand weapons and pistols can be used
to fight hand-to-hand combat. All fighters carry a
knife at the very least, and are assumed to have one
tucked out of sight if the model itself does not
include it.
A fighter will, generally speaking, fight hand-to-hand
combat with the weapons he carries as depicted on
the model. However, as it is impossible to use basic,
special or heavy weapons in close combat (as
described in the Armoury section) fighters are
allowed to draw any one pistol or hand-to-hand
combat weapon from a pouch, bag, holster etc.
Bear in mind that a fighter with a basic, special or
heavy weapon needs at least one hand just to carry it,
so he can only ever have one hand free to carry a
sword, pistol, etc.
A fighter who carries a hand-to-hand weapon or
pistol in each hand normally fights with the two
weapons depicted as carried by the model. However,
if he wishes he is allowed to swap one weapon for
another pistol, sword, etc at the start of the hand-tohand
combat. For example, a fighter who has a
laspistol and a stub gun could put away his stub gun
and draw a sword. The player must declare he is
doing so at the start of the combat.
Fighters cannot swap weapons around once they are
fighting hand-to-hand; they must persevere with their
chosen weapons until the combat is over.