At 06:37 PM 1/29/98 -0500, Anvil wrote:
>in a recent game my opponent claimed that his marines on overwatch counted
their >firepower as double in a firefight. I can't seem to find a rule in
the book to confirm or >deny this, he claims it was in WD. Does this mean
that troops on assault
>would halve their firepower?
I have only just noticed this amongst my backlog of email so I hope that
I'm not reinventing the wheel here...
I think your opponent may be correct.
On page 26 of the rules, the procedure for firefights simply says "total
*Firepower* for units within 15cm of the enemy". On page 37 the definition
of "rapid fire" says that "Space Marine units...double their *Firepower*
when they are in Overwatch".
There is no qualification regarding the phase. The rule applies to
*Firepower*, presumably whenever that Firepower is used.
The assualt troops would be unaffected as they do not halve their
Firepower, it is simply limited to 15cm.
DIGTR*
Richard
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