Re: [Epic] Blast Markers

From: Thane Morgan <thane_at_...>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 22:29:52 -0700

mlooney - IOnet wrote:
>
> Thane Morgan wrote:
> >
> > Dirk Vormann wrote:
> > >
> > > > That is a full all slots filled Ork detachment ,4 detachments of Eldar,
> > > > 2 detachments of Nurgel engines and 2 detachments of Biovores. Yes, you
> > > > do have to cheese out your army to do it. Except orks, which only have
> > > > 45 cm range, you can't lay down 10 bm in one turn with one detachment
> > > > via disrupts, on the average. In the case of Eldar, your first example,
> > > > you can't do it period. Max. BM, assuming you make your 4+ is 5. You
> > > > don't score any hits, as such, so you don't get any for SHW fire.
> > > But you shoot 4 SHW at one target det. That gives 1 BM for shooting 4 SHW.
> > > No need to score hits.
> >
> > And all you need is 2 detats of 5 biovore to place 10 BM's every turn, on overwatch.
> > Don't need to kill a single figure in the detat you just lost 10 morale for. I wanted to
> > make a detat to give my assault broods an edge in CC:
> > 1 HT
> > 2 TW's
> > 5 Biovore
> > 4 Assault spawn
>
> Did I miss a Q&A that stated the disrupt blast markers get to reroll on
> over watch? I don't think they get to.
> Over watch lets you re roll "hit" dice. Disrupts DON'T HIT, therefore
> do not get to roll again. (Rule book page 13, Page 33). All the other
> SHW (i.e. the ones that kill things) use the term "hit". Distrupts
> don't hit , they place blast markers and "do no other damage". Allen,
> Q&A time!Of course Disrupts roll to hit. Just like anti tank shots. By this level
of rules lawyering, 1-3 disrupts have no chance of placing a BM (as they
score no "hits"), while 4-8 always score 1.

Thane
Received on Wed Apr 01 1998 - 05:29:52 UTC