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NECROMUNDA HITS If a fighter is using a single weapon then any hits inflicted in hand-to-hand fighting are assumed to have been made with that weapon – be it a sword, knife, pistol etc. Resolve the hit using the Strength of the weapon as indicated in the Armoury section. If a fighter is using two weapons (one in each hand) then any hits are inflicted alternately, first with one hand and then the other. For example, a fighter who carries a sword and a laspistol and who inflicts 2 hits will strike once with the sword and once with the laspistol. Any odd hits can be resolved with either weapon. ARMOUR MODIFIERS Knives, swords and other close combat weapons often use the fighter’s own Strength. The chart below is used to determine saving throw modifiers where a model’s own Strength is used in hand-to-hand fighting. Model’s Strength Armour Save Modifier 3 or less 0 4 -1 5 -2 6 -3 7 -4 8 -5 9 or more -6 THE PARRY Fighters armed with swords are allowed to parry or attempt to turn aside an opponent’s blows. To represent this, a model fighting with a sword can force an opponent to re-roll his highest scoring Attack dice before working out his Combat Score. Remember, if your opponent has 2 or more Attack dice he can always choose his next highest score rather than the score of the re-rolled dice. you may never re-roll a parried dice more than once. If both combatants are fighting with swords then the ability to parry cancels out and neither may do so. In the unlikely event that a model carries two swords it may parry twice – that is, it may force two re-rolls or one re-roll against a model with a single sword. FUMBLE In the mayhem of close combat it is only too easy to trip or overbalance and leave yourself open to a quick punch or stab. This is represented by the Fumble rule. Any Attack dice rolls of a 1 indicate that you have tripped, dropped a weapon, or otherwise fumbled. For each fumble rolled your opponent may add +1 to his own Combat Score. 24 CRITICAL HITS A critical hit represents a lucky blow, a spectacular feint or a cunning trick. When you roll more than one Attack dice there is a chance of scoring a critical hit. You must roll at least two 6’s. The first 6 is taken as your highest score and each extra 6 counts as a critical hit adding a further +1 to your total. For example, if you have an Attacks characteristic of 2 and a pistol in each hand you will roll 3 Attack Dice (2 for your Attacks and +1 for the extra weapon). If you roll two 6’s and a 3 you pick one of the 6’s as your highest score and add +1 critical hit for the extra 6 giving a Combat Score of 7 plus your WS. MULTIPLE COMBATS When two or more models are fighting a single enemy this is called a multiple combat. The outnumbered model must fight each of his opponents one after the other during the hand-tohand combat phase. The outnumbering player may decide the order in which his models will fight. Having chosen the first model to fight the combat is worked out exactly as described for one-on-one fights. If the outnumbered model survives he must go on to fight his second opponent. The enemy chooses his second fighter and the combat is worked out as before except that the outnumbering player may now roll an extra Attack dice and adds a further +1 to his Combat Score. If the outnumbered model survives he goes on to fight the third, fourth, fifth and each successive enemy until there are none remaining. Each subsequent enemy he fights gains a further Attack dice and adds a further +1 to his Combat Score. For example the third enemy has +2 Attack dice and +2 Combat Score, the fourth has +3 dice and Combat Score, and so on. FOLLOW-UP If all of a model’s hand-to-hand opponents go out of action the model may make a special follow-up move. This is an exception to the normal turn sequence and it makes no difference whose turn it is. The model may be moved up to 2". You can use this 2" move to get behind cover, to engage another model in handto-hand combat, or in any way you wish. You can cross an obstacle without penalty during a follow-up, but other terrain penalties apply as normal. If you use a follow-up move to engage another enemy then move the model but don’t work out further combat that turn. The fight continues in the next hand-to-hand combat phase. This is because the fighter has insufficient time to do anything other than follow-up. This is an exceptional circumstance where a model may engage in hand-to-hand combat without charging. No charging bonus is added to the Combat Score if a model follows-up in combat.
Note that a follow-up doesn’t affect a model’s ability to move in its following movement phase. The follow-up is an extra bonus move which reflects the intense activity of close quarter fighting. FIGHTERS DOWN Fighters who are wounded and go down are completely at the mercy of their enemy. In a one-onone combat any model that goes down is automatically out of action. His enemy finishes him off with a quick blow and the model is removed. In multiple combats a fighter who goes down has more chance of survival. Where all models on one side go down they are automatically out of combat. Where two or more models are fighting on the same side, some can go down and crawl away at 2" in their movement phase so long as at least one continues to fight. PINNED FIGHTERS AND HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT Fighters cannot be pinned when fighting hand-tohand combat. A fighter who is hit whilst engaged in hand-to-hand combat, even if hit by shooting in the shooting phase, is not pinned. If a fighter is already pinned when he is charged then the pin is discounted as soon as he is engaged. KEEPING YOUR NERVE This section of the rules is concerned with how your fighters react under fire: whether they bravely continue to fight while shells explode around them or whether they turn tail and run for cover. Regardless of your own feelings or those of the gang’s leader, even the most hardened gang fighter can be driven off or forced to take cover as the action hots up. LEADERSHIP TESTS A fighter may be called upon to take a test to see if his nerve holds. This test is taken using the model’s Leadership characteristic (Ld) and is therefore called a Leadership test. To take the test roll two dice (2D6) and add the scores together. If the result is more than your model’s Ld then the test is failed. The fighter’s nerve is broken and he runs to cover as described below. If the result is equal to or less than your model’s Ld then the test is passed, and the fighter keeps his nerve. In this case there is no further effect and the model continues to fight as normal. WHEN TO TEST If a model goes ‘down’ or ‘out of action’ then each friend within 2" must take an immediate Leadership test. LEADERSHIP 25 BROKEN FIGHTERS NECROMUNDA MOVING FROM COMBAT Once models are engaged in hand-to-hand fighting they cannot move away in their movement phase. They must stand and fight until they are taken out of action, until they take out their enemies, or until one or the other breaks and runs as described later. The only exception to the above is in a multiple combat, where fighters who are down may crawl away so long as friends continue to fight. BREAKING FROM COMBAT A fighter who loses his nerve whilst fighting hand-tohand combat will break off and make a run for it as described in the Leadership section. When a fighter breaks off from a fight he simply turns his back and runs off. His opponent automatically hits the fighter as he breaks, inflicting 1 hit which is worked out immediately. If a model fails a Leadership test then the fighter’s nerve has broken. For this reason we refer to such fighters as broken and you can indicate this by placing a Broken counter by the model if you wish. The broken fighter is momentarily panicked or shaken and will attempt to run for cover. He might recover sufficiently to return to the fray once he has steeled himself to fight on. Run to Cover As soon as a fighter is broken he turns tail and runs for cover. This movement takes place outside the normal turn sequence and is worked out immediately. The fighter makes a dash of up to 2D6" away from his enemy and towards cover. Roll the dice and determine how far the model runs. If he can reach a position of cover within this distance where he cannot be seen then he stops there. If he is unable to reach cover where he cannot be seen the fighter runs the full distance rolled. In subsequent movement phases he continues to move 2D6" away from the enemy until he reaches such a position. If he can get out of sight by staying where he is and hiding then he will do so (see the Movement section).
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Page 3 and 4: HIVE PRIMUS The World of Necromunda
Page 5 and 6: MODELS Games of Necromunda are foug
Page 7 and 8: THE RULES
Page 9 and 10: THE TURN During the game you take c
Page 11 and 12: CHARGE! If you wish a model to enga
Page 13 and 14: Necromundan Underhive fighters carr
Page 15 and 16: SMALL & LARGE TARGETS These modifie
Page 17 and 18: INJURIES Most fighters have a Wound
Page 19 and 20: SHOOTING AT A FIGHTER WHO IS DOWN Y
Page 21 and 22: AMMO ROLLS Ammo rolls represent fau
Page 23: FIGHTING WITH TWO WEAPONS If the mo
Page 27 and 28: The multiple levels and gantries of
Page 29 and 30: WILD GRENADES & SHELLS Grenades and
Page 31 and 32: Hate is a powerful emotion and in t
Page 33 and 34: HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT WEAPONS As the
Page 35 and 36: SWORDS & KNIVES Every Necromundan f
Page 37 and 38: NEEDLE PISTOL PLASMA PISTOL The nee
Page 39 and 40: The autogun is a rapid firing autom
Page 41 and 42: The flamer fires a burst of flaming
Page 43 and 44: The autocannon is a heavy automatic
Page 45 and 46: Whatever type of grenade you carry,
Page 47 and 48: PLASMA GRENADES Plasma is a dangero
Page 49 and 50: AMMUNITION & GUNSIGHTS 49 NECROMUND
Page 51 and 52: MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT AUTO-REPAIR
Page 53 and 54: INFRA-RED GOGGLES These take the fo
Page 55 and 56: 5 Ancient and faded. Barely legible
Page 57 and 58: HIVE PRIMUS THE WORLD OF NECROMUNDA
Page 59 and 60: 59 NECROMUNDA THE HIVES OF NECROMUN
Page 61 and 62: • • • • 9 miles 8 miles 7 m
Page 63 and 64: HOUSE ORLOCK House Orlock is known
Page 65 and 66: HOUSE DELAQUE House Delaque benefit
Page 67 and 68: The Underhive lies beneath Hive Cit
Page 69 and 70: Down Town is the deepest permanent
Page 71 and 72: RATSKINS The Ratskin people have li
Page 73 and 74: GUNS FOR HIRE Few gangs have more t
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NECROMUNDA Necromunda Gang Roster -
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HEAVIES Cost to recruit: 60 credits
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HOUSE VAN SAAR WEAPON LIST Van Saar
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CAMPAIGNS BATTLES IN THE UNDERHIVE
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THE GANG RATING Each gang has what
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Gang fighters earn Experience point
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ADVANCE ROLLS Make any Advance roll
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AGILITY SKILLS 1 Catfall A model wi
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FEROCITY SKILLS 1 Berserk Charge A
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COLLECTING INCOME Each ganger can g
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95 NECROMUNDA 51-52 Water Still D6x
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RARE TRADE CHART D66 Roll Item 11-1
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ARMOUR Item Cost Availability Flak
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Underhive Scum, or Scummers, prefer
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SPECIAL RULES Bounty Hunters are to
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SPECIAL RATSKIN SCOUT RULES Ratskin
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BATTLES IN THE UNDERHIVE
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PLAYING A CAMPAIGN GAME When playin
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SCENARIO 2: scavengers In this scen
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SCENARIO 3: HIT & RUN The Hit and R
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Scenario 4: Ambush 115 NECROMUNDA T
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A sentry can only see within his no
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SCENARIO 7: Shoot out In this scena
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