Re: [Epic] Plasma Annihilator and Hellstorm Cannon

From: Thane Morgan <thane_at_...>
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 23:09:25 -0700

Michael & Catherine Goh wrote:
>
> At 01:38 3/02/98 -0000, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Okay ... how many blast markers required to disable the above weapons. My
> >> idea is that they are not super heavy weapons but are made up of a number of
> >> them - because they are not described under the super heavy weapon section.
> >> HOWEVER the plasma annihilator is really just a single barrelled weapon
> >> while the hellstorm cannon has numerous. blah blah blah blah blah.
> >
> >I would have thought lose one shot per blast marker, as per usual. There's
> >nothing in the rules to suggest that number of barrels has any effect on
> >firepower or blast marker reductions.
> > Mike Reed
>
> But then again a Pulsar (my continuous gripe) fires 1d6 shots but will be
> prevented from firing from 1 blast marker.
>
> In the Battles book it seems to indicate that muiltibarrelled weapons (or
> small heavy weapons) are treated as heavy weapon batteries (with multiple
> firepower) - whereas all other superheavy weapons are stopped by only one
> blast marker.
>
> Mike (Erax)

I don't think the pulsar is stopped by one blast marker unless you roll
a 1 for number of shots, unless you know otherwise (tell mewhy I'm
wrong). If so, that's another reason to break from GW's "Brain Trust"
and say War engines ignore blast markers when firing (they've got enough
liabilities as is). By the way, did you know a single devastator stand
can shut down a shadowsword's volcano cannon?

Thane
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