Are there any guidelines for buying limited ammo items such as Frag Grenades on the cheap when purchased bulk? Logically there would be such a deal, but the way he described it to me, he seemed to be given the impression that it was a hard-and-fast rule like 50% discount in groups of 6. I don't seem to remember such a rule, but my player thinks there is. He might be thinking of a prior rule system, but I want to double check before I let him down.

Yah, there's a bulk rule, buy more than two and the Empire opens an investigation on you.....

lol @2P

Anything approaching BOGO is beyond reason, at least as far as weaponry is concerned.
Offer them a case of Frag grenades. We'll say there's five in there. If they can roll a couple advantage on their Negotiation check, throw in a sixth free of charge. That's about as good as a deal is gonna get, especially since they are only gonna be able to buy that much at a time on the Black Market.

50% for groups of six? That's one heck of a deal.

I don't know of such a rule... What did he roll on his Negotiation check?

I found the rule he was referring to. Pg 45 of Dangerous Covenants for the Malaxan Z50 Grenade Launcher.

"The listed price does not include ammunition. Grenades for a grenade launcher cost the same as equivalent hand grenades, though many merchants offer a 50 percent discount on cases of six. The weapon can fire any grenade, though the grenade launcher projectiles are different than hand grenades (grenade launcher projectiles cannot be thrown, they must be fired from the grenade launcher."

So it looks like the discount is only for the launcher version of those grenades.

So glad they made a difference. I know it doesn't matter, but allowing hand grenades to be used in launchers bothers me.

Hand grenades aren't used in launchers.

I don't have my book in reach, but you can get some pretty sweet savings when you get towards the end of the Entrepreneur tree. Is that what he's thinking of?

Hand grenades aren't used in launchers.

In this game, and I like that.

Other games allow it, and that bothers me.

As my group has discovered, "Ten free frag grenades with the purchase of every squad of Stormtroopers!" I'm thinking of having the Emperor pass a new edict forbidding troops from carrying grenades just so they stop resupplying my group for free. Giving grenades for free to PCs is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys; the mayhem never ends.

50% off when you buy 6? Good lord, my grocery store only gives 10% off when you buy six bottles of booze!

I tend to give it a bundle price - buy 5 for the price of 4. Buy 10 for the price of 9.

Normally, I'm the GM in our group, but my wife will be running this game. So I'll offer everyone's advice to her and let her make the decision. I'm not a fan of a blanket 1/2 off deal, but those grenades are likely to eat up encumbrance so I'm not too concerned.