• Made using Ballistic Skill (A) Test
• Have three effective ranges:
• Short range: +1 bonus to Ballistic Skill (A) Test
• Medium range: No modifier
• Long range: Target gains a +2 Defence
• Beyond long range, any ranged attack misses
• Cannot fire a ranged weapon while engaged unless it has the Pistol trait

Ammo and Reloading

• Start play with all weapons loaded and 3 points of Ammo of any type
• Ammo can be lost through complications or spent when you need to reload
• Ammo can only be acquired, shared, or given if it makes sense narratively

Reloading

• A Simple Action can be used to Reload 1 ranged weapon, expending 1 point of ammo
• This may be required to fire your weapon after using a Salvo Option or due to a Complication
• If you don’t use a Simple Action to Reload a weapon when required, the weapon can’t be used again until it is Reloaded
• Note: Single-use throwing weapons (such as grenades) have Salvo ‘-’, so one Ammo is spent for each attack instead of Reloading

Salvo Options

• Most ranged weapons have a Salvo rating which is used for the following options
• After use the weapon must be Reloaded before it can be used again
• A weapon with a Salvo of ‘-’ can’t be used for Salvo options

Full Auto

• Single target
• Gain a number of bonus dice to your Attack Test equal to the weapon’s Salvo value

Spray Shot

• Multi-target
• Used as part of a Multi-Attack to reduce the DN of the Test by the weapon’s Salvo value
• Can’t decrease the DN by more than the penalty imposed by the Multi-Attack

Spray Shot vs Mobs

• As a Full Round Action, target a Mob with a Spray Shot
• Make a ranged attack test as normal
• If attack is successful, you hit an additional number of individuals in the Mob equal to the weapon’s Salvo value

Firing into Melee

• When firing into melee, if a Wrath Complication is rolled the ranged attack is made against a random target in the melee instead of the chosen one
• The Aim combat option can be used to negate the penalties for firing into melee instead of taking the regular Aim bonus

AoE Weapons

• Have the Blast (X) trait
• When fired/thrown, choose any point in range then make a DN 3 Ballistic Skill (A) Test
• Apply range effects as normal unless using a thrown weapon
• If the test fails – attack misses and scatters
• On a success, the explosion is centred on target
• The Blast rating determines the radius of the explosion in metres, any one in the radius is hit by the attack
• When targeting a Mob, the number of individuals in the Mob hit by the explosion is equal to half the Blast rating
• Cannot Shift to increase damage of a Blast weapon
• Critical hit effects apply to all targets hit by the attack

Scattering

• On a miss, roll 2d6 to determine scatter
• First for direction
• Second for distance ×2m the attack deviates by

Dodging AoE Attacks

• If you are caught in a Blast radius or hit by a Flamer, you may attempt the Full Defence combat option adding 1+ Icons rolled to your Resilience instead of your Defence
• The GM may decide that some area effect attacks can’t be dodged or avoided
• Area effect attacks with Blast (6) or more, or a radius of over 10m are usually too big to escape in this way