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Weapon Mods

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When you purchase a weapon mod, you are buying a base weapon of your choice with additional properties. The weapon is designed, manufactured and sold with its mods and they cannot be removed or changed.

A weapon may be a combination weapon. Combination weapons have two mods. Its price is the cost of both mods added together, and its level is equal to the highest level mod. Some mods have a grant a "mod bonus" to hit or damage. Mod bonuses to not stack together.

For example:

• An electron shotgun (two-handed heavy gun with "scatter" and "voltaic" mods) costs 138 credits and is a level 3 item.
• A flight cutter (one-handed light throwing with "high crit" and "returning" mods) costs 425 credits and is a level 8 item.

The following mods are examples. Particular settings may have a limited set of mods, a pre-set list of modded weapons, or no mods at all (only allowing generic weapons, and using Prototypes for fancier items).

Simple Weapon Mods

Most simple mods change the weapon's damage type from the default physical. When a weapon mod causes a particular damage type, it is changing the damage type from Physical to the new type: If you use this weapon with a power with both the Weapon and Physical keywords, the power changes keywords and damage types appropriately.

Simple Weapon Mods

Simple Weapon Mod	Level	Cost	Benefit
Compressive	4	44	The weapon deals compressive damage.
Corrosive	4	44	The weapon deals corrosive damage.
Electric	3	38	The weapon deals electric damage.
Ion	5	50	The weapon deals ion damage.
Photon	2	31	The weapon deals photon damage.
Psychic	5	50	The weapon deals psychic damage.
Thermal	2	31	The weapon deals thermal damage.
Toxic	3	38	The weapon deals toxic damage.

Average Weapon Mods

General

These mods can be applied to any weapon.

Average Weapon Mods

Average Weapon Mod	Level	Cost	Benefit
Brutal	4	175	When you roll the damage dice for this weapon, you re-roll dice that show a particular value or less until they are greater than that value. For weapons with [W] of 1d4, 1d6 or 1d8, you re-roll dice that show a 1. For weapons with a [W] of 1d10 or 1d12, you re-roll dice that show a 1 or 2.
Extra High Power	6	250	You may choose to take a -2 penalty to the attack roll to gain a +4 bonus to the damage roll (or +6 for a two-handed weapon).
High Power	1	100	You may choose to take a -2 penalty to the attack roll to gain a +2 bonus to the damage roll (or +3 for a two-handed weapon).
Lethal	2	125	If you score a critical hit with this weapon, you deal an additional 4 damage.
More Lethal	7	300	If you score a critical hit with this weapon, you deal an additional 8 damage.
Paired	3	150	The weapon comes as a set of two. If you wield the set in both hands then you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with weapon attacks.

Guns

These mods can be applied to any kind of gun.

Average Weapon Mods

Average Melee Mod	Level	Cost	Benefit
Automatic	2	125	When you hit with a ranged attack with this weapon, you may deal 2 damage to an enemy adjacent to the target (or 3 damage for a heavy gun). If you choose to do this, it is considered an additional attack for the purpose of ammo consumption.
Demolition	4	175	You gain a +2 mod bonus to damage rolls against objects. If the weapon deals thermal or corrosive damage, the weapon instead deals double damage against objects.
Homing	5	200	Attacks you make with a homing weapon ignore partial cover and light concealment.
Repelling	4	175	If the power you use with this weapon pushes or slides the target, you gain a +1 mod bonus to the number of squares you move them. If the weapon causes compressive or psychic damage, the mod bonus increases to +2.
Scatter	1	100	If you miss on an attack with this weapon, you still cause 1 damage (or 2 damage for a two-handed gun) in addition to any other Miss condition the power has.
Smart	6	250	When you make ranged or area attacks with this weapon you do not provoke opportunity attacks.
Stackfire	7	300	When you hit with a ranged attack with this weapon, you may deal 2 damage to one or two enemies adjacent to the target, or 3 damage for heavy guns. If you choose to do this, it counts as an additional attack for the purpose of ammo consumption.
Targeting	3	150	You gain a +1 mod bonus to damage rolls with attacks with this weapon when you target a single creature that is not adjacent to any other creature.

Throwing

These mods can only be applied to throwing weapons.

Average Melee Mods

Average Melee Mod	Level	Cost	Benefit
Homing	5	200	Attacks you make with a homing weapon ignore partial cover and light concealment.
Returning	8	350	A weapon returns to your hand as a free action immediately after your attack.
Tethered	4	175	After you have thrown this weapon, it can be retrieved to your hand. This is a minor action for light weapons and a move action for heavy weapons.

Melee

These mods can only be applied to melee weapons.

Average Melee Mods

Average Melee Mod	Level	Cost	Benefit
Close Quarters	1	100	The weapon can also be used as either a thrown weapon or gun.
Defensive	2	125	This weapon grants you a +1 mod bonus to AC while you wield this weapon in one hand and wield another melee weapon in your other hand. The mod bonus increases to +2 if the weapon deals photon or ion damage.
Deflecting	3	150	Whilst wielding this weapon, gain a +1 mod bonus to all defenses against opportunity attacks. The mod bonus increases to +2 if your weapon causes electric or psychic damage.
Ensnaring	3	150	Whilst you are wielding this weapon, you do not need a free hand to grab an enemy, and enemies grabbed by you take a -2 penalty to their escape checks. If the weapon deals photon or electric damage, the penalty increases to -4.
Reach	1	100	You can target creatures that are 2 squares away.
Repelling	4	175	If the power you use with this weapon pushes or slides the target, you gain a +1 mod bonus to the number of squares you move them. If the weapon causes compressive or psychic damage, the mod bonus increases to +2.