Something I've been wondering about; maybe I just missed it in the rulebook. Does an attack with an AP modifier also affect pure BOD rolls for damage resistance? For example, if a character is wearing no armor, and is hit with Explosive Rounds, is his BOD roll reduced by 1? On a similar note, does AP from mundane sources such as firearms also affect magical armor, such as spells and adept powers?

Which is exactly why a cyberarm gyromount and the Mossberg AM-CMDT remains my weapon of choice when dealing with paracritters.

This exact situation just came up tonight involving a AVS and about 37 ghouls. They had no armor, so the flechette rounds really tore them apart. A good thing, too, when outnumbered over 6 to 1.

I love having a longarms activesoft and a CMDT for my non-combat specialists. The CMDT isn't really all that great for "pure" samurai since they're so capable with automatics and grenade launchers, but a cyberarm gyromount and smartlink are both pretty inexpensive and practically -anyone- can connect with a mossberg set to medium choke and wide short burst at reasonable ranges. That's +2 to your attack roll and -4 to your opponent's roll and the high DV means knockdowns are a distinct possibility even if they do soak much of the damage. Not bad for a character that's otherwise a non-combatant.