Advanced items have a single property, whereas Item Specialisation weapons have two. Additional properties can be added to advanced and specialised weapons by consuming a minor item slot for each added property: advanced items have a hard limit of three properties, while Equipment Specialisation items have a limit of six. A minor item has no starting properties but may gain a single property by consuming a second slot. The same property may not be stacked!
Melee weapon properties:
Antiarmour
The weapon bypasses 50% more armour
Balanced
Further +30 to-hit when using an aim action
Calibre
+1 to PDC. Maxed at 1d12; Calibre will grant +2 effect if a weapon already has 1d12 attack
Cruel
The weapon deals 1d3 additional T damage on a critical hit
Defensive
Weapon grants +[PDC-2] armour when using an active defence (PDC of 1d10 would offer 1d6 bonus armour, and so on)
Quality
+1 to single action attack effect, +3 to double action attack effect, universal +10 to-hit
Quick
Universal +1 bonus to all saving rolls when using this weapon (Resistance, Reactions, Resolve). Counts as an active defence
Reach
Reduces penalty for targeting adjacent arenas by 20/2. +1 Initiative bonus vs Melee opponents without Reach. If a weapon with the Reach property does not already have Encumbrance, it gains 1 point of it
Jagged
The target's Resistance is considered to be four points lower (minimum of 0)
Keen
+5% crit chance and +5 crit damage on double action attacks
Unified
The weapon is connected to another nominated item or weapon. Switching between a weapon and its Unified mate is a single action instead of a double action
Inherent
The weapon can grant the effects of a nominated aspect when used, such as Quick Draw, if the wielder meets the aspect's usual prerequisites
Heft
Increases the effect of the weapon's double action attacks by +4, but reduces the PDC of single action attacks by 1 (e.g., a 1d10/3d6 weapon would become 1d8/3d6+4). If a weapon with the Heft property does not already have Encumbrance, it gains 1 point of it
Ranged weapon properties:
Accurate
Further +30 to-hit when using an aim action
Antiarmour
The weapon bypasses 50% more armour
Calibre
+1 to PDC, affecting quality modifiers also. Only applies to single-shot fire modes. Worsens Penalty by 10
Cruel
The weapon deals 1d3 additional T damage on a critical hit
Launch
The weapon's damage and to-hit penalties are halved when firing outside of its effective range
Lethal
+5% crit chance and +5 crit damage
Potent
When hit by the weapon, enemies roll defence(s) twice and use the lowest result
Quality
+2 to effect, +10 to-hit
Shocking
Opt to re-roll damage and accuracy once per turn
Unified
The weapon is connected to another nominated item or weapon. Switching between a weapon and its Unified mate is a single action instead of a double action
Compact
Reduce Hurry penalty by 10/1
Inherent
The weapon can grant the effects of a nominated aspect when used, such as Quick Draw, if the wielder meets the aspect's usual prerequisites
Heavy
Increases the weapon's base AP and effect by 3, and increases its Encumbrance by 1
