Re: one turn victory (was: [Epic] Epic 40K card?)

From: Brett Hollindale <agro_at_...>
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 07:23:27 GMT

At 03:26 PM 3/4/97 -0600, you wrote:
>At 10:23 PM 4/2/97 +0000, you wrote:
>
>>I asked Kelvin why he didn't do that very thing, and he convinced me that he
>>couldn't have done it. The "Magic of Tzeench" permits the World Eaters "an
>>extra attack that turn" - if they charge, you might allow them a "shot" in
>>the CC phase, but Kelvin felt that they really needed to be on "Advance" and
>>it's not a bad interpretation...
>>
>>Agro
>
>Okay. 1) The Thousand Sons is the Tzeench legion, not the World Eaters. 2)
>Their power gives them the vortex template that can be placed anywhere
>within 25 cm of a detachment. 3) It can be played "in the combat phase"
>We always assumed that meant at any time in the combat phase. Also, the
>fluff (getting into dangerous territory) says that it represents Tzeench
>intervening for his favored pawns, so it wouldn't require an action by the
>unit. 4) that said, I have played where it counted as a firing action in
>general (the same as firing a detachment), and I have heard of people
>requiring a firing action by the unit that uses a chaos card to affect
>another unit (so not the +1 or "uncontrollable flatulence cards, but
>definitely things like TK, vortex templates and morale checks). I can
>handle the first, but the second is too limiting.


A post last week (that I have unfortunately deleted) settled this question
with a quote from a QA which states that "an extra attack" means just that -
in the advance fire phase if you are on advance or the FF phase if you are
on FF. If you charge, any number of "shots" are worthless...

Agro



>
>So, it you play with the second rule, then I guess it wouldn't have worked.
>If you play with the first, then he could have hit the titan before it fired
>if he had initiative during the ff phase (or if you didn't fire that titan
>first), and if you play the way I prefer, then as soon as you agree the
>psychic phase is over he could say "I play the Magic of Tzeench" and nuke away.
>
>Temp
>
>
Received on Fri Apr 04 1997 - 07:23:27 UTC