One more question though, can the termite fire its weapon the same turn they surface?
Eivind
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> Fra: "warlordq" <warlordq_at_...>
> Dato: 2003/08/14 Thu PM 01:54:27 CEST
> Til: netepic_at_yahoogroups.com
> Emne: Re: [NetEpic ML] Termites, Moles and Hellbores ?????
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> --- In netepic_at_yahoogroups.com, <eivind.borgeteien_at_c...> wrote:
> > Its quite OK to bore into a hill, you just surface on the top. I dont
> > remember exactly about buildings, it is possible that they can surface
> > in the basement, but I might have read something about the buildings
> > must make a save or be destroyed. That might be the mole though, Im
> > not sure.
>
> After going and reading the current rulebooks (it's been ages since I
> did; apply "my copy is so old it's written with 1's only because 0's
> hadn't been invented" jokes) and they've divergrd further from the
> original GW rules...
>
> I was wrong! Troops can emerge on the turn the Termite surfaces, with
> their move halved.
>
> (And the Hellbore transport's armour has been increased slightly.)
>
> There was no specific mention of buildings, just the note that you can
> aim anywhere (which persumably includes in buildings). The Ork & Squat
> Warlords/AotI version was that you could appear under a building and
> subsequently emergr from it. If you did, the building would indeed
> take a hit, and collapse unless it made its save. These collapsing
> buildings would inflict a hit on the tunneller, crushing the transport
> if it failed its save.
>
> This meant that the Hellbore in particular sometimes aimed for
> buildings in the older version, to shield it from fire on the first
> turn while it cooled down and the troops waited to be able to emerge.
> I guess this tactic isn't needed any more. Hurrah!
>
> Christopher
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