Howdy!

Weapon Quality

Do ranged weapons get the damage bonus that melee weapons do for exceptional and master crafted quality? Or do they only get the improved reliability.

The way I read it (page 147), they do.

Nope, they don't, same as in Rogue Trader. They just get the improved reliability.

Howdy!

I ask because lots of things have changed from DH and RT to DW.

MILLANDSON said:

That's not what the text describes; it grants a damage bonus (+1 for Exceptional, +2 for Master), and then either a bonus to hit (for melee weapons) or reliability (ranged weapons) on top of that. Note that the craftsmanship levels are different to those in Rogue Trader and Dark Heresy.

N0-1_H3r3 said:

Yeah, they are quite different from the DH/DT weapon qualities. Disappointingly the DW GM screen fails to mention either of these weapon qualties, instead giving the old DH/RT descriptions.

Does this mean there should be a total of 5 craftsmanship qualities in the overall system?

EDIT: 6 even (poor, common, good, best, exceptional and master).

Khouri said:

Seven: Astartes quality.

Alex

Yea, sorry, been reading too much DH/RT this week Reading back, yea, it looks like you do get the damage bonus on Ranged Weapons.

Yes, they do get the bonus.