Warhammer 40k weapons

[KlausPrinceOfTheUndeads]

Just for fun. :)

Bolt pistol

Damage 4d pi+ (2) followed-up by 2d burn Acc 2 Range 1,900 [i]Weight[i] 1/0.4 RoF 10 Shots 18+1 (3) ST 9 Bulk -2 Rcl 1 Cost 3,500 LC 2

Boltgun

Damage 6d pi+ (2) followed-up by 3d burn Acc 3 Range 3,000 Weight 12/1.5 RoF 10 Shots 20+1 (3) ST 10 Bulk -3 Rcl 1 Cost 20,000 LC 2

Note: Bolt weapons are not Gyroc weapons - not as Gyrocs are portrait in 4E, however. Bolt weapons fire armor-piercing micromissiles that explode a fraction of second after hitting the target, so armor does not protect against the explosive effect. Bolt weapons are strictly military and hard to craft, from this the low LC and the high cost.

Laser weapons

See B280.

Plasma weapons

Consider as blasters (B 280), with the following modifications: add +3d to damage, and give a malfunction number of 14.

Chain weapons

Such weapons add +1d cutting damage.

Power weapons

Power weapons add +1d burning damage and have an armor divisor of 5.

[GoodGame]

Cool, a GURPS WH40K tabletop is probably in my future.

I agree with your theory of the bolt gun, but :*)....

1. pistols can have a higher rate of fire
2. boltguns will auto-pierce some, but not all armor. Generally powered armor will have a chance to repel a bolter missile.
3. 'eavy Bolters will be more powerful, but #2 still applies.

4. GURPS basic is missing the area effects of weapons, although I haven't spent much time yet looking at the combat rules to be sure. A plasma should have a linear and burst area effect.

5. and darn GURPS basic 4e doesn't have any official Ultratech heavy weapon conversions.

Originally Posted by KlausPrinceOfTheUndeads

Just for fun. :)

Bolt pistol

Damage 4d pi+ (2) followed-up by 2d burn Acc 2 Range 1,900 [i]Weight[i] 1/0.4 RoF 3 Shots 18+1 (3) ST 9 Bulk -2 Rcl 1 Cost 3,500 LC 2

Boltgun

Damage 6d pi+ (2) followed-up by 3d burn Acc 3 Range 3,000 Weight 12/1.5 RoF 3 Shots 20+1 (3) ST 10 Bulk -3 Rcl 1 Cost 20,000 LC 2

Note: Bolt weapons are not Gyroc weapons - not as Gyrocs are portrait in 4E, however. Bolt weapons fire armor-piercing micromissiles that explode a fraction of second after hitting the target, so armor does not protect against the explosive effect. Bolt weapons are strictly military and hard to craft, from this the low LC and the high cost.

Laser weapons

See B280.

Plasma weapons

Consider as blasters (B 280), with the following modifications: add +3d to damage, and give a malfunction number of 14.

Chain weapons

Such weapons add +1d cutting damage.

Power weapons

Power weapons add +1d burning damage and have an armor divisor of 5.

[Maz]

I was just wondering what "rules" you guys use to convert from.
There is much difference in converting from Inquisitor, Necromunda or Warhammer 40k 3e.

If you use Inquisitor there are many more details to use ^^ including the difference between using a straight mag or sicle mag for your boltgun (15 rounds for straight, 20 for sickle.)
I also includes different types of ammo rounds, including: Kraken penetrating (more pen), Metal storm frag (explodes before inpact showering the target with sharpnels), Inferno (less dam, but burn.), Hellfire (less dam but acid, follow up), Stalker silencer (less dam but no flash or sound).

...and much, much more. I never liked the Inquisitor system, but I like some of the details. And I have to find it amusing that a lasgun only does 2d6 dam while an autogun does 2d6+2. Bloody flashlights!

[KlausPrinceOfTheUndeads]

Originally Posted by Maz

I was just wondering what "rules" you guys use to convert from.
There is much difference in converting from Inquisitor, Necromunda or Warhammer 40k 3e.

WH40K last edition, because it's the only one I know. :P

Originally Posted by GoodGame

Cool, a GURPS WH40K tabletop is probably in my future.

I agree with your theory of the bolt gun, but :*)....

1. pistols can have a higher rate of fire

Well, I could give them RoF 10, actually.

2. boltguns will auto-pierce some, but not all armor. Generally powered armor will have a chance to repel a bolter missile.

Well, we could simply give power armors an high enough DR to resist.

[Solitaire]

I always considered power weapons to be more of a "force field" weapon - I'd use armour divisor 10, and make the +1d general damage rather than fire.

[KlausPrinceOfTheUndeads]

Originally Posted by Solitaire

I always considered power weapons to be more of a "force field" weapon - I'd use armour divisor 10, and make the +1d general damage rather than fire.

"General" damage? What's this? Has it a wounding modifier? Seriously: what the hell "general" damage is?

[Aslan Joe]

Originally Posted by GoodGame

5. and darn GURPS basic 4e doesn't have any official Ultratech heavy weapon conversions.

Is anybody on this? I'm reading the boards right now--not just to annoy my wife, but--primarily to find some G4e heavy weapons for my Traveller campaign.

-joe

[LokRobster]

A bit of a necro here, but better then starting a new thread.

Hopefully UltraTech in January will help out with a 4e update on heavy sci-fi weaponry...

I am looking for anyone who has wrote up a Genestealer vs. Space Marine Terminator GURPS deal, in the style of Space Hulk. Any way to set this up somewhat balanced?

A 4-10 table top miniature run through a 'space dungeon' would be a nice exercise in GURPS combat applied to a skirmish level battle.

[CharlesGriswold]

Originally Posted by KlausPrinceOfTheUndeads

Bolt pistol
Boltgun
Laser weapons
Plasma weapons

Cool.

Originally Posted by KlausPrinceOfTheUndeads

Chain weapons

Such weapons add +1d cutting damage.

In the WH40k novels, chain weapon can chew through armor that standard melee weapons would have no effect on. On the other hand, they're usually weilded by people in power armor. I would give them more damage, an armor divisor, and the DR-reducing effects of Corrosion damage.

Originally Posted by KlausPrinceOfTheUndeads

Power weapons

Power weapons add +1d burning damage and have an armor divisor of 5.

Again, I would add more damage.

[Kaldrin]

Originally Posted by CharlesGriswold

Cool.

In the WH40k novels, chain weapon can chew through armor that standard melee weapons would have no effect on. On the other hand, they're usually weilded by people in power armor. I would give them more damage, an armor divisor, and the DR-reducing effects of Corrosion damage.

Oh yeah. Chain weapons of whatever type are said to do that in the books, but if you're doing what it says in the books then one Farseer would annihilate an entire platoon of Guardsmen by his lonesome.

Still, I would recommend a DR divisor of some value as well as add an extra bit of damage. Perhaps you could call it a new type of damage. Puree or something. x4 damage that gets through armour :)