Colen 'Not Colin' McAlister wrote:
>
> No, you place one extra blast marker every time you roll to hit a unit
> under the template. E.g., if there are 4 units under the template, place
> 4 BM's and an additional 1 for being a SHW.
I thought this was true, but the Q&A says differently:
-----------------------
Q: Question - how many blast markers are placed when a mega cannon is
fired? Rules state (p34) "each mega cannon
attack places one Blast marker on the target detachment in addition to
any other blast markers that would normally
be placed."
[Editor's Note: Emphasis mine; because this is the word that bugs us]
[Andy's Note: In the web page, the emphasized word is "attack".]
Example - a Warlord is armed with four mega cannon. It is shooting at a
detachment of twelve ork Boyz. It can fit
three stands under a barrage template, can do this four separate times,
and can hit a different group of three with
each template. The Warlord fires all four mega cannon at the orks. The
first two cannon kill one ork each, and the
second two kill two orks each. Does the Warlord place:
a) 2 BMs - 1 because there are 4 SHWs firing, plus 1 addtional
marker because a mega cannon(s) was
fired
b) 5 BMs - 1 because there are 4 SHWs firing, plus 1 addtional
marker for each mega cannon that fired
c) 7 BMs - 1 because there are 4 SHWs firing, plus 1 addtional
marker for each hit on the orks (with a
total of 6 hits)
d) 13 BMs - 1 because there are 4 SHWs firing, plus 1 addtional
marker for each attack die rolled (and
each megacannon rolled to hit 3 targets for a total of 12 rolls)
e) something else?
A: The correct answer is b)
--------------------------
I think this makes the megacannon a good weapon, without it being
a monstrosity.
andy
--
Andy Skinner
askinner_at_...
Received on Tue Nov 04 1997 - 17:46:05 UTC