RE: [Epic] Plasma Annihilator and Hellstorm Cannon

From: Miller, Chris <CMiller_at_...>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 08:39:13 -0600

> > But then again a Pulsar (my continuous gripe) fires 1d6 shots but
> will be
> > prevented from firing from 1 blast marker.
> >
>
> ???? It is? Where did that come from? Seeing as a pulsar generates
> D6 firepower for firefight purposes, I'd assumed you just lost one
> shot
> per marker.
>
---------> It was in one of the QA's sent off way back. I didn't like
the answer either, but for "official" answers, that was it.

> > 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.
> >
>
> Not sure about the reference, but bear in mind that the vast majority
> of
> units only use one or the other in a given battery. That, and the fact
> that
> IIRC some single barreled guns (ork magnum cannon, for example) are
> classed as heavy weapons batteries under the new rules. Hades, look
> at the Gargant's shoulder guns - single-barrel weapons with firepower
> 4.
> Mike Reed
>
----------> Pretty much all of the SHW's look to be stopped by a single
blastmarker except the Firepower weapons - they just lose one FP per BM
like anything else, so the various close combat weapons are handy,
especially in short ranged fights, for soaking up a few hits. The only
non-FP weapons which have been treated differently so far in the Q&A's
are the ones which say "3xDeath Ray" and such on the titan sheet, so
that other post about being listed in the SHW section of the rules isn't
far off. Pulsars are just screwed by being listed as a discrete weapon
instead of only "d6 AT shots" on the sheet. If your listed as a non-fp
SHW in the rules, it takes one BM to shut it down, but if it's listed as
a multiple of one of those heavy weapons, it takes multiple markers to
shut down...

Logical ? Not really, but it might avoid some arguments, and if you have
it settled ahead of time, you can work with it instead of getting into
an argument during the game. Just make sure your opponent knows the same
things...

Chris Miller
Received on Tue Feb 03 1998 - 14:39:13 UTC