Armor
This is the amount of Armor provided by the
equipment, listed in parentheses beside the
wearer’s total Toughness. Unless an attacker
states otherwise, hits are always directed at
the victim’s torso.
Worn Armor stacks with natural Armor
(such as scaly skin) at its full value.
Worn Armor also stacks with one other
layer.
The lesser armor adds half its value
(rounded down) to the total and increases the
heavier armor’s Minimum Strength penalty
a die type. Wearing a chain shirt (+3) beneath
plate mail (+4), adds +1 to the wearer’s armor
value, for a total of +5, and increases the
Minimum Strength requirement to d12.
Armor Piercing (AP)
The weapon or round ignores this many
points of Armor. A weapon with an AP value
of 4, for instance, ignores 4 points of Armor.
Excess AP is simply lost.
Caliber
The number listed in parentheses after
firearms is the caliber of bullet it fires. Use this
when figuring ammunition costs or trying to
figure out if the ammo from one weapon fits
in another. Rifle and pistol ammo are not
interchangeable unless otherwise noted.
Damage
Damage is listed in terms of dice. Projectile
weapons have fixed damage (such as 2d6).
Melee weapons have damage based on the
wielder’s Strength die plus another die, as
listed under individual weapon entries. A
dagger, for instance, inflicts Str+d4 damage.
Heavy weapon (HW)
The weapon can affect vehicles or other
devices with Heavy Armor.
High Explosive (HE)
High explosive rounds use a blast template,
the size of which is listed in the weapon or
ammunition’s notes. See the rules for
Area Effect Attacks.
Minimum Strength
Certain items have a “Minimum Strength”
required to use without penalty. Note that
some items list a d4 since it is possible to have
a Strength lower than d4.
Each die type difference between the character’s Strength and
the item’s Minimum Strength inflicts a −1
penalty to Pace (minimum of 1″), Agility,
and Agility-related skill rolls.
This is
cumulative for those weak but determined
adventurers who wear or use multiple
items too heavy for their build.
A thrown
or melee weapon’s damage die is limited
by the user’s Strength die. If a scrawny
kid (Strength d4) picks up a long sword
(Str+d8), he rolls d4 + d4 damage instead
of d4 + d8. Also, if the user’s Strength is
less than its Minimum Strength, he doesn’t
benefit from any of the weapon’s positive
abilities such as Reach or Parry bonuses. He
still retains any penalties, however.
The user suffers a −1
attack penalty for each die step difference
between his Strength and the weapon’s
minimum.
Parry
The weapon adds the bonus to the character’s
Parry score. If a character wields a weapon
in each hand, penalties to Parry stack
but bonuses do not (unless she has the
Ambidextrous Edge).
Range
This lists the weapon’s Short, Medium, and
Long Range. Extreme Range is up to 4 × i ts
Long Range. See
Ranged Attacks for Shooting or Athletics (throwing)
modifiers and more details.
Ranges are listed in inches so you can
use a ruler to move, shoot, and fight on the
tabletop with miniatures. If you’re not using
miniatures, each inch is equal to two yards.
Weapon ranges are “effective” ranges for
the table-top. If you need to know the real
world range of a weapon (for battles that
don’t take place on the table-top, for instance),
multiply each range bracket by 2.5.
Rate of Fire
This is the number of shots that may be fired
by this weapon in a single action. See
Rate of Fire for further details.
Reach
Weapons with “Reach” allow their user to
make Fighting attacks at the listed range. A
Reach of 1, for example, allows a character to
strike a target 1″ distant. Weapons without a
Reach value can only strike targets at arm’s
length (adjacent).
Reach can be very important when fighting
from horseback and against mounted foes
(see page 103).
Reload
Reloading magazines, clips, and individual
bullets in modern firearms is explained in
detail on
Reloading.
Some weapons, such as muskets and heavy
crossbows, are much slower to reload. Once
fired, the number after the word Reload is
how many actions of reloading it takes before
they can be fired again.
Snapfire
Certain weapons, such as heavy sniper rifles,
are very inaccurate if fired from the hip
rather than using their sights, scopes, bipod,
or tripod. If a character moves in the round
he fires a Snapfire weapon, he suffers a −2
Shooting penalty.
Three-Round Burst
A few military weapons can fire three rounds
in rapid succession with one pull of the trigger.
If the weapon has this ability, its
RoF is 1 in
that mode but it fires three bullets at once and
adds +1 to the Shooting and damage rolls.
Two Hands
A two-handed weapon can be used with
one hand at a −4 penalty. He counts his
full Strength for damage but loses all other
advantages such as Reach or Parry bonuses.
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