Re: [Epic] Flying psykers

From: Chris White <chris_at_...>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 08:26:50 -0700

At 12:33 PM 10/16/97 +0100, you wrote:
>Think about this : A Vampire flyer contains 4 Eldar units
>(Guardians/Aspects/Wraithguards/whatever) each with a Warlock. When the
>Vampire makes its move on the table to drop these troops, and 4 Orkish
>interceptors appear. Suppose the Eldar player has 4 Psychic Blast cards
>and think of the possiblities :
>
>- The 4 interceptors can be blasted out of the sky by the passengers of the
>transport... If you need to have a psyker within 30 cm to counter the
>psychic blasts, how high do the planes fly ? Can they counter the blasts
>of the passengers of a flying transport ?
>
        <snip>

        You should keep the respective ranges of the flyers' weapons in mind. I
don't have rules with me, but I don't think there are any flyers which have
a range of greater than 30cm (Psy. Bl. range)

        </snip>

>- As a psychic blast has a range of 30 cm, and the plane flies in a
>straight line over the battlefield, an area of 60cm wide is covered. That
>will result in a lot of targets !
>
>This, of course, is only possible if psykers can use their abilities while
>in a transport. (If they can do it in a Falcon/Rhino/other vehicle, why
>not in a flyer ?)
>
>Carl Billen
>billenc_at_...
>
>
>


Nickles
Received on Thu Oct 16 1997 - 15:26:50 UTC