Re: [Epic] Range and scale (was Rumours R Us)

From: Cameron Bentsen <stu7i95_at_...>
Date: 20 Feb 1997 11:27 EST

In message "[Epic] Range and scale (was Rumours R Us)", you write:

> On 19 Feb 1997, Cameron Bentsen wrote:
>
> > > Is this why old IG tac stands (which shoot 50 cm) used to have a
> > > lascannon model in them, and old heavy stands had many lascannons in
> > > them? (Or so I've been told.)
> > >
> > > -BC
> > >
> >
> > I would expect so. At least, that's what I always thought, especially
> > considering that vehicular bolter fire typically has a range of 15cm.
> >
> > Cameron Bentsen, Ottawa
> >
> That's strange since the rules specifically say the tac squads have
> lasGUNs. Also, the lascannon-armed heavy troops have a range of 75cm.


My understanding was that a regular infantry stand was considered to include
one heavy weapon, and this one heavy weapon (heavy bolter, autocannon, whatever)
was what was causing the "shooting" damage. In the case of heavy troops, every
guy on the stand has one of these, and they are probably of the higher quality
types (lascannon, missle launcher, etc.) and so have a longer range, more dice,
and a save mod. This fits in with 40K squads fairly well, which was probably
the original intention.

Cameron Bentsen, Ottawa.
Received on Thu Feb 20 1997 - 16:27:00 UTC