Re: [Epic] Psychic Phase [was: Re: Titan Legions]

From: Cameron Bentsen <stu7i95_at_...>
Date: 21 Jan 1997 12:41 EST

In message "Titan Legions]", you write:

> At 01:50 01/18/1997 -0800, you wrote:
> >Another major imbalance was the cost/performance for weirdboy battletowers.
> >For 100pts you can get more firepower than a plasma destructor, can move
> >and still shoot before anything other than snap fire weapons, and can
> >destroy greater demons in a flash (which I learned the hard way :( ).
> >The drawback being that there is a 1 in 6 chance of an explosion. Sure,
> >the saving throw is crap, but who has ever seen one that was not under
> >a dragsta field?
>
> I don't think the weirdboy tower counts as a psychic attack for the psychic
> phase. Otherwise it is entirely too powerful. It effectively makes the
> weirdboy tower a command unit, which I don't think was ever intended. The
> tower bolts work like a relatively normal weapon in every other
> circumstance, so why wouldn'tthey do so here?
>
> Temp


No, wierdboys are psykers and they fire in the psychic phase, regardless of
their orders (unless you want to make up a house rule.) However, since
they only power up in the end phase, they can't shoot during the first turn.

Cameron Bentsen, Ottawa.
Received on Tue Jan 21 1997 - 17:41:00 UTC