Armor Piercing (AP) Ammunition

A type of ammunition designed to penetrate even the toughest armor plating.

ARMOR PIERCING (AP) AMMUNITION

Roll

After a successful attack using AP Ammunition, the target must make a Saving Roll per impact suffered, using half his ARM or BTS value (ARM/2 or BTS/2) as specified by the weapon being used.

Effects

AP Ammunition reduces the ARM or BTS value of its target to half of its original value, rounding up. Consequently, any ARM or BTS above 0 cannot be reduced below 1.
Each Saving Roll failed against AP Ammunition causes the target to lose one point from his Wounds/STR Attribute.
Critical hits with AP Ammunition cause the targets to make an additional Saving Roll, applying their halved ARM or BTS value.

FAQs & Errata

N4 FAQ

Version: 1.0, Jan 2021

Q: How does Bioimmunity interact with Ammunition and Traits that reduce the Saving Roll Attribute, for example AP or E/M Ammunition, or ARM=0?

A: AP Ammunition is tied to the Saving Roll Attribute listed in a weapon’s profile. If Bioimmunity is used to make the Saving Roll against a different Attribute, that Attribute will not be halved. In the same way, if Bioimmunity is used against a hit by E/M Ammunition to make the Saving Rolls against ARM, the ARM value will not be halved. The ARM=0 Trait only applies if the Saving Roll is made against the ARM Attribute, and vice-versa for the BTS=0 Trait.

Related Pages: Armor Piercing (AP) Ammunition, Bioimmunity, Electromagnetic (E/M) Ammunition, Traits