Can normal gang fighters have special ammo from the trading post, like for shotguns and specialist grenade launcher? Ammo is listed under weapons in both the trading post and gang lists, and gang fighters have no mention being able to use TP weps, only wargear. So is ammo considered a wargear? How is this handled in your gaming groups?
There's always my favorite combo of giving firestorm ammo to combat shotguns and turning orlocks into a gang of cheap heavy flamers. Hire the ammo merchant too, and you don't have to rebuy firestrom every time you fail the ammo check.
EDIT: the discussion about ammos turned out to be a rather long one, so here's a short summary of what was found out
There's always my favorite combo of giving firestorm ammo to combat shotguns and turning orlocks into a gang of cheap heavy flamers. Hire the ammo merchant too, and you don't have to rebuy firestrom every time you fail the ammo check.
EDIT: the discussion about ammos turned out to be a rather long one, so here's a short summary of what was found out
- You can't throw bullets alone, buy the gun first and ammo second.
- Ammos have weapon profiles, and follow the rules for weapons how to use them.
- Ammos are listed under weapons in gang lists and under various weapons tables in the trading post.
- Only gang members who have access to a specific weapons table in the trading post, can have special ammo for their guns from there.
- Although "wargear" term does not exist in the current core rules, it's still in the gang equipment lists and gang fighters can have items from categories listed under it from the trading post, like grenades.
- The ammo limitation is a game balancing factor, to prevent mutually assured shatter shell destruction, it encourages to use gang's house flavors against the opponent.
- You can always agree with your local gaming group, that special ammo is available for all.
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