Breath Attack and piercing question

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**WarMonger33**

I'm making a twilight kin list and am thinking about adding the breath weapon item to an assassin. Does the assassin's natural piercing (1) confer to the breath weapon attack as well as regular ranged attacks?

The piercing rule is not restricted to "regular" attacks but just would like to double check.

**Carlson793**

Nothing in the base Magical Artefacts rules or the FAQ prevents this.

**TheAuldGrump**

Already addressed in the identical post below -

mattjgilbert wrote:
No - it's not clear and we'd have liked to have had time to present the special rules differently (made it clearer when it was a weapon granting the Piercing for example). The assassin has P(1) from their throwing weapons. They wouldn't transfer that to an artefact for example (e.g. taking the diadem of dragon kind).

Abilities like Elite and Vicious do apply though on any and all attacks.

The Auld Grump

**WarMonger33**

Sorry for the identical double post! Yes, the explanation below makes a lot more sense.