Deathwatch

[Nick]

Got a few questions. First of all, is hit location used when we shoot at stuff, and would there be any benefit to using called shots? For example, going for headshots or trying to cripple something nasty. Secondly, when i heal someone who has critical damage, am i allowed to add my 1D5 bonus healing? I assumed no, but i don't know for sure. And finally, i also wanted to know what the deal is with solo mode and squad mode abilities, as i can't see anywhere that says they take a full round to use. I assumed they were free actions declared at the start of a turn, which would make sense. Having them take a full round off you i think makes them pretty useless. I also looked into the Fanatasy Flight Games Deathwatch forums, specifically the Living Errata section, and it looks like i'm far from the only one who thinks that the weapons seem very unbalanced, specifically Plasma and Melta. Bearing in mind that a Plasma Gun is supposed to go through Terminator armour and light vehicles, having it deal less damage per shot, with a lower fire rate than a standard Bolter seems a little odd. Maximal setting is not great, as you can't fire for a turn. Better off just spending the 20 points on special ammo for a Bolter. Seems a lot of people use house rules for a lot of the guns.