Necromunda rulebook - Games Workshop

NEEDLE PISTOL PLASMA PISTOL
The needle pistol or needler is a complex laserpowered
weapon. Its tight laser beam carries a tiny
toxic needle or dart which pierces the target’s flesh to
send its deadly poisons into their body. The laser
carrier beam will dissolve or blow away armour or
clothing and burrow into exposed flesh enabling the
darts to penetrate more deeply.
The needler is a rare and expensive weapon in the
Underhive. Its chief advantage is that it is virtually
silent, and consequently the favoured weapon for
assassins and other unwelcome characters.
Range To Hit Save Ammo
Short Long Short Long Str. Damage Mod. Roll
0-8 8-16 +2 - 3 1 -1 6+
Special Rules
Toxic Dart. No wound roll is required when shooting
a needler: if the target is hit then the toxins will
automatically inflict 1 wound. Armour may still save a
target as normal.
Injuries. A target suffering his final wound from a
toxic dart does not roll on the standard Injury chart.
Instead, roll on the chart below both when the injury
is inflicted and in subsequent recovery phases.
D6 Result
1-2 No Effect. The toxin has no effect or wears off.
The target may continue to fight in the same
way as if he’d suffered a flesh wound except
that he suffers no penalties on his WS/BS.
3-4 Sedated. The target shrugs off the full effect of
the toxin or recovers sufficiently to crawl up to
2" but can do nothing else. This is the same as
a normal ‘down’ result.
5 Comatose. The target is knocked comatose
and falls to the ground. The target cannot move
at all.
6 Out of Action. The target slumps lifelessly to
the ground. He may be dead or barely living,
but is overcome by the toxin for the rest of the
game. Remove the model as you would any
other that was out of action.
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NECROMUNDA
Plasma weapons fire energy shells of bright glowing
plasma – matter in a super-heated energised state.
When a plasma shell strikes its target there is a
tremendous release of energy and the target blows
apart in an almighty explosion. Plasma weapons are
extremely effective and very dangerous. The biggest
disadvantage of a plasma pistol is that it takes a
relatively long time to recharge once it has been fired.
The user can mitigate against this by firing as short a
blast as possible with slightly reduced effectiveness.
Firing on Maximum Power:
Range To Hit Save Ammo
Short Long Short Long Str. Damage Mod. Roll
0-6 6-18 +2 -1 6 1 -3 4+
Firing on Low Energy:
Range To Hit Save Ammo
Short Long Short Long Str. Damage Mod. Roll
0-6 6-18 +2 -1 4 1 -1 4+
Energy Levels. You can choose to shoot the weapon
on a low energy setting or maximum power. The
profiles for each setting are different. If you shoot the
weapon on maximum power then you cannot shoot
again until it has recharged. It takes the firer’s entire
following turn for the weapon to recharge once
more. This restriction does not apply on the low
energy setting.
STUB GUN
The stubber or slugger is a primitive type of hand gun
which fires solid bullets – usually one at a time. It is
recognisable as a revolver or small automatic of the
kind used since the Twentieth century. Stub guns are
made locally in the Underhive and are readily
available, simple to maintain, and fairly reliable. The
quality and appearance of individual weapons varies
a great deal. Their effectiveness can be increased by
using more powerful, if somewhat expensive, dumdum
bullets.
Range To Hit Save Ammo
Short Long Short Long Str. Damage Mod. Roll
0-8 8-16 - -1 3 1 - 4+
Special Rule
Dum-dum Bullets. A stub gun can be loaded with
dum-dum bullets. A supply of these hand-made
bullets costs extra, but they are more powerful than
standard ammunition and add +1 to the Strength of
any hits (Strength 4 rather than 3). However, if an
Ammo roll is failed while using dum-dum bullets the
weapon automatically explodes (see Exploding
Weapons).