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[Neraph]

Is Immunity to Normal Weapons (heretofore ItNW) really subject to Armor Penetration (heretofore AP)? Is this supported in the Rules As Written? Let's take a look now, shall we?

Starting from the top:

When materialized, critters may affect physical targets. Additionally, materialized critters gain Immunity to Normal Weapons.

The critter gains an "Armor Rating" equal to twice its Magic against that damage. The Immunity Armor is treated as "hardened" protection (see Hardened Armor, above), meaning that if the Damage Value does not exceed the Armor, then the attack automatically does no damage. Additionally, this "armor rating" is added to the damage resistance dice as normal armor.

If the modified Damage Value of an attack does not exceed the Armor rating (modified by Armor Penetration), then it bounces harmlessly off the critter; don't even bother to make a Damage Resistance Test.

All underlined emphasis is mine.

As we can see, Materialization grants ItNW, which is treated as Hardened Armor and is specifically referenced for the rules about how to treat it (the rules are reiterated in simplicity in ItNW, but that does not overwrite the rules for Hardened Armor), and Hardened Armor is in fact affected by AP; therefore, ItNW is affected by AP. The only argument against this is "treat as" does not equal "is," but that is a very weak argument (and a semantic one).