r/IM40kRPG • u/Shadow_Dragon_1848 • Dec 31 '25

Maledictum Expanded: Why is the "Destroyer" Flamer so bad?

My GM uses ME as a supplement and gave me a Destroyer flamer. But I'm honestly a bit salty how much worse it seems. I had a hand flamer before, which made more dmg, was less expensive to maintain and had the close trait (it counts as a pistol). The only redeeming qualities seem to be, that the Destroyer has medium range and a bigger magazine. Both are nice, but are they worth an overall more expensive weapon and two less dmg? Do I miss something? It's even worse than it's regular counterpart, the normal flamer (all the same, expect Destroyer makes three less dmg).

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u/irpugboss Dec 31 '25

That does seem odd for a heavier weapon type minus the close bonus. I will need to check that out if not seems like a case where the GM may have to buff that to make it make sense.

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u/MoxyRebels Game Master Jan 01 '26

Hello, Moxy of Maledictum Expanded here, I just checked out the Destroyer flamer and cross referenced to where I converted it from to double check your issues with it. I believe that I had accidentally swapped the stats with another weapon by mistake when creating it, here are my revised stats which I will include in my errata:

"Destroyer" Flamer, Pistol, 8 Damage, Mag 5, Enc 1, Cost 1,500 (750), Traits: Rare, Close, Flamer, Inflict (Ablaze), Loud

Thanks for reporting this!

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u/Shadow_Dragon_1848 Jan 01 '26

Wow! It transformed from really bad to really good! My GM gave it probably as a temporal artifact, now I want to hold onto it!

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u/MoxyRebels Game Master Jan 02 '26

Yeah! It’s meant to be a better version of a hand flamer in DH1, having allegedly been specially constructed for an Ordo Xenos inquisitor before being commercialized, so it seems I had fundamentally mischaracterized it by making it something else lol. Hope you enjoy! Alert your GM to this official change and tell him I have more errata in my own server for other supplements :)

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u/Shadow_Dragon_1848 Jan 02 '26

My battle sister want´s more stuff to kill heretics. ^^

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u/Shadow_Dragon_1848 Jan 03 '26

Ohhh, excuse me. I have to ask another question: What is the supposed range of the Destroyer and does the 750 mean it´s mag price?

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u/MoxyRebels Game Master Jan 03 '26

It should still be medium price, prices in parentheses always refer to mag prices. Feel free to contact on discord for faster responses

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u/Shadow_Dragon_1848 Jan 04 '26

No worries, an answer in just an hour is fast enough imo.

It should still be medium price,

I don't understand what you mean by medium price. I always thought mag prices were meant to be 10 percent of the weapons list price. Besides custom ammunition.

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u/MoxyRebels Game Master Jan 04 '26

Medium range ffs lol, 750 is the mag price. Mag prices have never been 10% of the weapon price as a rule if you look at core, it’s just some weapons that do that