Necromunda rulebook - Games Workshop

PLASMA GRENADES
Plasma is a dangerous and unstable matter in a highly
energised state. When a Plasma grenade explodes it
creates a plasma ball like a miniature sun.
Strength Damage Save Modifier Special
5 1 -2 Blast
Using Plasma Grenades: Throw the grenade as
normal and when you have established where it lands
place a blast template on the spot. Work out damage
on the targets within the plasma ball in the usual way.
Once casualties have been determined do not
remove the marker as you normally would but leave
it in place. The area indicated is undergoing a
matter/energy transformation and is glowing like a
small sun.
A plasma ball can persist for several turns, or slowly
disperse or drift away altogether. Test at the
beginning of each player’s turn. At the start of each
turn roll a D6.
1-3 The plasma ball collapses in upon itself and
disappears causing no further damage.
4-5 The plasma ball remains in place.
6 The plasma ball drifts D6" in a random
direction established using a Scatter dice and
disappears at the end of the turn. Any models
enveloped by the moving plasma ball are hit
and may suffer damage as a result.
Because of the nature of the shining plasma ball it is
not possible to see through it or to shoot weapons
through it.
PHOTON FLASH FLARES
Also known as the flash bomb, Photon grenade or
simply as a flare, this device explodes with a burst of
intense light, blinding or stunning those nearby. A
Photon grenade can dazzle fighters and damage
sensitive range finding equipment such as targeters.
Strength Damage Save Modifier Special
0 0 0 Blast
Using Photon Flash Flares. Throw the grenade and
place the template as normal. Models hit by the flash
may be affected as described below. Note, however,
that fighters hit by a flash are not pinned as a result. In
other words, although ‘hit’ the targets are not actually
struck or hurt so the hit doesn’t count the same as a
regular weapon hit. Roll a D6 for each model.
Any model which rolls under its Initiative
characteristic is merely dazzled for the remainder of
that turn, counting its WS and BS as 1. Otherwise the
fighter is unharmed.
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NECROMUNDA
Any model that does not roll under its Initiative is
blinded. Blinded models are unable to see and so
cannot move properly or shoot. If they do decide to
move they do so at half speed and in a random
direction. If engaged in hand-to-hand combat they
can fight but their WS is reduced to 1.
A model who is blinded remains blinded throughout
his following turn, but may test at the start of each of
his subsequent turns to recover his sight. Roll a D6.
On the score of a 5 or 6 the model regains its sight
and can see and move normally once more.
If the target carries a weapon fitted with a monosight,
red-dot laser sight or infra-red sight, roll a D6.
On the score of a 6 the sight is damaged beyond
repair and is premanently destroyed.
SMOKE GRENADES
A Smoke grenade or smoke bomb releases a cloud of oily
smoke that is impossible to see through without special
visual devices such as a photovisor.
When you throw a Smoke grenade you must aim at a
specific point of ground – this counts as a small target at
-1 to hit. Work out where the grenade lands and place a
a gas cloud template to show the extent of the smoke
cloud. You can use a patch of cotton wool to represent
this if you like. The height of the cloud is assumed to be
2".
Models cannot see through smoke unless equipped to
do so, and therefore cannot fire through it. Models
within a smoke cloud can see nothing and can either stay
where they are or attempt to move out of the cloud in
their movement phase. Models moving within a cloud
always move in a random direction (established using
the Scatter dice) and at half speed.
If enemy fighters find themselves engaged in hand-tohand
combat within a smoke cloud they still fight, but
halve their WS characteristic rounding any odd halves
up.
A smoke cloud can last for several turns, slowly disperse
or drift away altogether. Test at the beginning of each
player’s turn. At the start of each turn roll a D6.
1-2 The cloud remains where it is until the end of the
testing player’s turn and then dissipates with no
further effect.
3-4 The cloud remains where it is.
5 The cloud shrinks to a blast template in size.
6 The cloud drifts D6" in a random direction
established using a Scatter dice.