Weapon Abilities

Question 1

ASSAULT

Answer 1

The weapon can be shot even if the bearer’s unit Advanced.

Question 2

RAPID FIRE

Question 3

IGNORES COVER

Answer 3

Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, the target cannot have the Benefit of Cover against that attack.

Question 4

TWIN-LINKED

Answer 4

Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, you can re-roll that attack’s Wound roll.

Question 5

PISTOL

Answer 5

Can be shot even if the bearer’s unit is within Engagement Range of enemy units, but must target one of those enemy units.

Cannot be shot alongside any other non-Pistol weapon (except by a MONSTER or VEHICLE).

Question 6

TORRENT

Answer 6

Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, that attack automatically hits the target.

Question 7

LETHAL HITS

Answer 7

Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, a Critical Hit automatically wounds the target.

Question 8

LANCE

Answer 8

Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, if the bearer made a Charge move this turn, add 1 to that attack’s Wound roll.

Question 9

INDIRECT FIRE

Answer 9

Can target and make attacks against units that are not visible to the attacking unit.
If no models are visible in a target unit when it is selected, then when making an attack against that target with an Indirect Fire weapon, subtract 1 from that attack’s Hit roll, an unmodified Hit roll of 1-3 always fails, and the target has the Benefit of Cover against that attack.

Question 10

PRECISION

Answer 10

When targeting an Attached unit, the attacking model’s player can have the attack allocated to a CHARACTER model in that unit visible to the bearer.

Question 11

BLAST

Answer 11

Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic for every five models in the target unit (rounding down).
Can never be used against a target that is within Engagement Range of any units from the attacking model’s army (including its own).

Question 12

MELTA

Answer 12

MELTA X: Increase the Damage by ‘x’ when targeting units within half range.

Question 13

HEAVY

Answer 13

Add 1 to Hit rolls if the bearer’s unit Remained Stationary this turn.

Question 14

HAZARDOUS

Answer 14

After a unit shoots or fights, roll one Hazardous test (one D6) for each Hazardous weapon used. For each 1, one model equipped with a Hazardous weapon is destroyed (CHARACTERS, MONSTERS and VEHICLES suffer 3 mortal wounds instead).

Question 15

DEVASTATING WOUNDS

Answer 15

A Critical Wound inflicts mortal wounds equal to the weapon’s Damage characteristic, instead of any normal damage.

Question 16

SUSTAINED HITS

Answer 16

SUSTAINED HITS X: Each Critical Hit scores ‘x’ additional hits on the target.

Question 17

EXTRA ATTACKS

Answer 17

The bearer can attack with this weapon in addition to any other weapons it can make attacks with.

Question 18

ANTI

Answer 18

ANTI-KEYWORD X+: An unmodified Wound roll of ‘x+’ against a target with the matching keyword scores a Critical Wound.