GW FAQs April 2013

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Only taken look at Deamons... not a single answer to what's really important

I think this one is quite important, main Wh40k Rulebook:

Page 33 – Blast & Large Blast, Line of Sight
Add to the end of the final paragraph: “Remember to keep the
wounds inflicted by weapons with the Blast special rule in their
own wound pool, and that wounds from this pool can be
allocated to the closest model in the target unit even if it is out
of sight of any models from the attacking unit”.

Rakoo wrote:
Only taken look at Deamons... not a single answer to what's really important

Quite typical really lol

That blast one looks really interesting. So basically by the sounds of it, blasts can kill models that are not in LOS. But how can you determine cover if you have no LOS to the closest model?

Anarkhia wrote:Quite typical really lol

I know

Anarkhia wrote:That blast one looks really interesting. So basically by the sounds of it, blasts can kill models that are not in LOS. But how can you determine cover if you have no LOS to the closest model?

No LOS to model => model haven't seen you shooting => No cover

Seriously - no idea. Can think of something like if 25% of models that can be wounded by blast don't have LOS means they have cover.

We might need to house rule something along the lines of, whatever the model is behind that is blocking LOS to the firer is what the cover will be. E.g. if the model is being blocked LOS because it is behind a hill crest, then it will be a 4+ cover. I can't see any other method other than actually making rules up which might not end up being fair.

On another note:

Q: If a base of models with the Swarms special rule suffers a Wound
from a Blast, Large Blast or Template weapon that would cause it to
suffer Instant Death, does the fact that Wound is doubled to two
Wounds mean that two bases should be removed instead of one?
(p43)
A: No

The question has FINALLY been answered!

hahaha

It's been an issue since 4th ed, and they still can't write it properly in the rulebook lol. At least we have the FAQ to clear things up

don't understand this one

Q: If a vehicle suffers the effects of a Crew Shaken, Crew Stunned,
Weapon Destroyed or Immobilised result from the Vehicle Damage
table, does this automatically mean that it loses a Hull Point? (p74)
A: No, unless it specifically suffers a Glancing or Penetrating
hit, or some other effect that specifies that a Hull Point is
lost.

and the blast one I think means no cover saves no? sounds like that

If you suffer a Crew Shaken, Crew Stunned, Weapon Destroyed or Immobilised result without it being Penetrating or Glancing hit (like from a special rule) you don't loose a Hit Point

If, for example, there was a psychic power that automatically gives an enemy vehicle "crew stunned", the vehicle would not automatically lose a hull point as it did not receive a glancing or penetrating hit

Animus33 wrote:
and the blast one I think means no cover saves no? sounds like that

There's nothing that says it ignores cover, it only says that it can be allocated to the closest model, even if the model is out of LOS

sorry ment gets a save but the model can be hit so if behide a wall gets a 4+

unless you determine it from the centre of the blast?

Damkat wrote:unless you determine it from the centre of the blast?

That's only for barrage

I know but if not clear or not FAQ that may be the fairest to use. Dunno just a suggestion.

No way is that the fairest, you'll be granting every single blast the ability to snipe characters. It specifically still mentions that you remove models from the closest. When you fire at a vehicle and the blast goes behind it, you still count as hitting the front.

I think the simplest, fairest solution is to just deem what is granting the blockage of LOS, and use whatever the cover would be normally from that

kk.

cool tau got update about dbl equiping same weap woot. crisis with duel fusions now yay