I'm not sure if anyone else has been working on the same thing, but I've got a PC whose background is in the Krieg Death Korps. As they're one of my all-time favorite IG units from tabletop I set out to make his kit as true to canon as I could. To my horror I discovered the no.98 Lucius Pattern Lasgun hasn't been converted into DH/RT/DW rules anywhere.

The only hard and fast rules I can find state that they're high powered, single shot and only get 25 shots per charge pack. So here was my initial thought, I'd appreciate any feedback you guys could give.

Lucius Pattern Lasgun
Class: Basic
Range: 120m
RoF: S/-/-
Dam: 1d10+5
Pen: 2
Clip: 25
Rld: Full
Special: Reliable
Wt.: 4.5kg

I would put the range at 200 meters, as Krieg's lasguns seems to emulate the old bolt-action rifles; 200m is balanced, compared to the 'standard' bolt-action range of 400 meters.

My concern there is the Long Las is only rated at 150m, which is supposed to be the long range sniper variant.

True, but since the lasgun is 'limited' to single shot only, it's sorta the same, if only more sturdy and 'man-portable' than a long las

I think your design is fine as is. It's essentially the "Long Las" with less range and no "accurate" quality. Increasing the damage and penetration balance it out I think. Also, I wouldn't worry about range on that thing since long range for it is still 240 meters or less. Bear in mind most battles aren't going to take place over 100 meters away, thats a pretty big fighting space.

You could also just give him a meltagun, thats always fun.

1d10+5 seems a little high for a standard-issue infantry rifle to me- that's the same as a boltgun. Admittedly, boltguns are badly underpowered in DH , but in terms of proportionality, I'd limit the Lucius Pattern las to 1d10+4. imo...

I believe that damage is the same as the Steel Burner, a IH laspistol. It should be ok, though bolters are just a little weak in DH.

Lucius Pattern Lasgun
Class: Basic
Range: 110m
RoF: S/-/-
Dam: 1d10+4
Pen: 4
Clip: 25
Rld: Full
Special: Reliable
Wt.: 4kg

This looks better to me.

SomVone said:

Yes there are a number of weapons that do similar damage, and it's quite easy to get a +4 weapon with a higher rate of fire too. More importantly for Bolters is the tearing trait really.

Face Eater said:

True enough, but my point was that higher-end weapons would be limited to officers/elites/VIPs, not mass-produced for infantry...

I wouldn't call this a higher end weapon. Most Las weapons have a high rate of fire, those that don't generally have something to make up for it like a longer range, more damage or some special ability (like being able to hide it in your palm). All he did was trade the automatic fire for a single shot that packs more of a punch. The "Death Light", now that's a higher end weapon.

I find nothing wrong with the OP design. Its high damage is fairly balanced by the low rate of fire, even if it is another nail in the coffin of the standard lasgun.

However, you might want to specify that it cannot use the high power adjustment for +1 damage, as that would be the first thing I would install in that thing, since nobody gets to fire more than 12 rounds singlefire in a combat anyway.

And perhaps think about how much you want it to be modifyable, because the second thing I would do with that gun is have the group Techpriest help me modify it to be accurate by getting optimum parts and such. Bit like a M21 or a high grade Mosin with a PU scope.

Mathias Faulkner said:

I would have no issues with this in my game. PLENTY of more powerful and exotic weapons in the 40K universe, plus this bad-boy lacks burst and full auto fire modes, so the slightly augmented damage and penetration at the cost of over half of it's ammo supply seems fair enough. If an Inquisition agent were to modify a service rifle to better suit their needs out of nostalgia or familiarity over a bolter or hellgun then kudos to them! (And yes, this thing would be BRUTAL with the Accurate trait!)

The Cadian ex-IG officer turned Inquisitor in my game still keeps a trusty M34 Cantrael Pattern Lasgun in her collection for much the same reason that children keep teddy bears around... It is a comfort item.