Darts, injection weapons, and healing

[Kavitz Sunspear]

So, my first character is a Soldier that shoots people to heal and support them. For those familiar with Overwatch, it's pretty much Anna (although it wasn't my original inspiration.)

The character would use a needle rifle/pistol to shoot serums of healing and other medicinals to assist allies.

Medicinals are found on pg. 231-232, and it lists analgesics, antitoxins, and sedatives. Serum of healing isn't considered a Medicinal and is listed under Magic Items on pg. 225

We are looking at three sections concerning this build that are causing issues.

Needle pistol/rifle (analog, injection) pg. 189
- "..uses pressurized gas to launch darts that inject a substance into the target."
- "...can be fitted with cartridges containing medicine or poison."

Injection weapon property pg. 181
"This weapon or it's ammunition can be filled with a drug, injury poison, or medicinal compound."

Dart (ammunition) pg. 190
- "...overworked field medics sometimes employ darts to conveniently deliver antitoxins, healing serums, and other beneficial drugs across a crowded battlefield."

While the weapon and the property seem to align with ONLY drugs, poisons, or medicinals, the dart ammunition details the same idea I'm building this character on.

As a follow-up question, would the ammunition alter the damage property of the weapon? If I shoot someone with serum of healing, mk1 ammunition in a needle rifle, would they take 1D6 P damage, then heal for 1D8?

Thank you for your time

EDIT: It seems a simple sentence for serum of healing such as "this item is treated as medicinal for the purposes of dart ammunition" would maybe fix the issue.

[Zwordsman]

I think shooting them with it is fine..

but do note that the serums of healing only specifify HP healing. NOT stamina points healing.

meaning the only time you'll really use it is when the person is already lost SP and is in pain HP near death sorta deal...
In which case shooting them (causing damage first then healing) is a bit risky. More so since you may infact do more damage than you heal. More so if specialization works with it (I don't remember the wording atm. But it may not be something you can turn off...)

So do be careful and really... only do that with mark 2 or higher healing serums.

[Kavitz Sunspear]

Zwordsman wrote:

I think shooting them with it is fine..

but do note that the serums of healing only specifify HP healing. NOT stamina points healing.

meaning the only time you'll really use it is when the person is already lost SP and is in pain HP near death sorta deal...
In which case shooting them (causing damage first then healing) is a bit risky. More so since you may infact do more damage than you heal. More so if specialization works with it (I don't remember the wording atm. But it may not be something you can turn off...)

So do be careful and really... only do that with mark 2 or higher healing serums.

Yeah the goal would be to eventually get a merciful fusion to prevent any accidents.

I kind of figured doing Weapon Specialization and anything damage-related would be a bad idea.

[Zwordsman]

Though merciful wouldn't kill them it would still knock them out just the same. Resulting n them being prone. and nonlethal (as far as I can tell) is not tracked seperately like it was in pathfinder. so you won't be able to heal nonlethal and normal damage seperate. Sadly.

Just so you're aware~

[MartyC64]

Yeah the goal would be to eventually get a merciful fusion to prevent any accidents.

Because Merciful is a LVL 2 Fusion it can't go on Needler weapons. I am equally confused by that.

[Zwordsman]

As long as you're aware that even with merciful..
You may cause more damage than you heal with unfortuante rolls. Because they aren't tracked seperately (as far as I can tell).

Like in pathfidner, it didn't matter because if you healed magically. It healed the same amount of nonlethal as lethal daamge.
but in starfidner as far as I can tell it does not.

SO if you shoot and roll a 6+spec (if you go pistol I think you get spec auto at 3 for it?) for damage then hit them with the mark 2 or 3 healing and roll low.. you entirely hurt them more without healing them much of anything.

Oh.. and the whole.. "none of the above heals stamina" detail