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Concussive type weapons, the thunder hammer in particular, and ordnance weapons both share the same characteristic of hitting really hard. So why shouldn't thunder hammers, not so much for force staves and power mauls but they could be considered, roll 2d6 and pick the highest for armour pen, and ordnance weapons have the concussion USR? This wouldn't horribly overpower thunder hammers to the point that they are as good at chewing up tanks as a chainfist, but it would give them a little more credit against armour, and I always imagined any survivors of an ordnance blast to be a bit dazed at the least. So what do you guys think?

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TH used to auto-stun tanks. If anything they should get that.

Ordnance pins them. that's the closest they should come.

I can see Ordnance getting Concussive. Doesn't really matter 90% of the time, so it wouldn't unbalance anything, and it makes fluff sense.

The perfect rule. It makes nobody mad.

Sounds pretty fair to me.

SnaleKing wrote:I can see Ordnance getting Concussive. Doesn't really matter 90% of the time, so it wouldn't unbalance anything, and it makes fluff sense.

The perfect rule. It makes nobody mad.

It makes me mad.

Its unnecessary.

Ordnance doesn't make it capable of causing concussion. It doesn't need the rule.
Ordnance simply means a large payload.

 Scipio Africanus wrote:

SnaleKing wrote:I can see Ordnance getting Concussive. Doesn't really matter 90% of the time, so it wouldn't unbalance anything, and it makes fluff sense.

The perfect rule. It makes nobody mad.

It makes me mad.

Its unnecessary.

Ordnance doesn't make it capable of causing concussion. It doesn't need the rule.
Ordnance simply means a large payload.

I think what they are getting at is since ordnance mean its a large pay load, the blast from the explosion would cause a concussive force which would have an effect.

It would make sense for barrage weapons.