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No, that seems to be the mechanic. I just thought either in-lore usage of the needler is not encouraged by the actual rules, in which the 1d4 piercing tends to work against the goal of nonlethal subdual or distance healing.


That's the most logical sense of the rules as written, but if you're trying to inflict nonlethal damage, a 1:1 ratio of lethal/nonlethal seems like an awfully risky way to do that. And it seems like an almost insanely counterproductive means of delivering healing, which is the needler's other in-lore usage.


Core book says that needlers are often used for delivering medicine. Under the medicines section, we learn that sedatives inflict 1d4 nonlethal damage, and are often injected via needler to subdue foes without killing them.

The problem is: a needler already deals 1d4 lethal piercing damage. How can it plausibly be used for healing or subdual? At 150 creds per dose of tier 1 drugs, that seems like a pretty narrow benefit.