Re: [Epic] Deatchment Question

From: David Lado <lado_at_...>
Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 18:16:46 -0400 (EDT)

>> I am sure I've just overlooked this, but what happens when two
>>deatchments, from one army, intermix, and is then shot at by a single
>>enemy detachment? More to the point common sense would say to me that you
>>just starting hitting the nearest, without worry about what deatchment,
>>ut where would the blast marker go?
>
>A player can freely split fire between enemy detachments. So, frex,
>if you have a marine det with 10 FP and 10 AT shots, you could fire
>5 FP at one target, 5 FP and 7 AT at a second target, and 3 AT at
>a third target (or any combonation you like). In the event that a
>barrage covers units of different detachments, I would assume that each
>detachment is attacked with the appropriate FP (but the rules don't
>actually specify this, it just seems like the most sensable way to me).
>
>David

Ooops, I guess I could have given a rules citation for that too.
(No, I didn't make it up ;). Check out page 16, the boxed section
on splitting fire. This can be easily applied to any situation where
you want to (or have to, in the case of barrage templates) split fire
between different detachments.
Received on Fri May 02 1997 - 22:16:46 UTC