Re: [Epic] got my Epic 40K

From: Elias Tiliakos <elite_at_...>
Date: Wed, 14 May 97 15:59:29 EST

At 01:55 PM 5/14/97 -0500, you wrote:
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>On Wed, 14 May 1997 duckrvr_at_... wrote:
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>> >I once lost about 8 units (rampager) due to a CC, in which two was
>> >involved and only two more suported....
>> >It felt really strange to remove the oner thet was some 30 cm from the CC
>> >and had no enemys in sight....
>>
>> Something is wrong here. If only two stands were in hth, even if both were
>> rapaging units, then the most dice he could roll to inflict casualties was 4
>> (2 per model in base to base). I don't have the rules handy, but I thought
>> only models in base to base could be killed in hth. Either way, though, 4
>> dice is a max of 4 casualties.
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>>
>> Temp
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>Yes that is the joy of having troops with rampage. and the joy of removing
>troop stands when you lose a firefight, a fight the rampage troops were
>out of range. example eldar: Avatar, guardians and jetbike in a
>detachment. avatar is 16 cm away from firefight that one bike and one
>guardian stand is in. eldar lose firefight by one point,with no stands
>being destroyed. Thisdetachment is now broken, loses its assault
>move, uses the retreat move and the avatar is removed(the bad part about
>rampage). ouch.
>
>mike
>

I think that units with Rampage have to be _in_ close combat
with an enemy unit for the non-retreat clause to work. It
really doesn't make that much sense for a unit that is half a
mile away to get eliminated just because some of its buddies
got into a fight and lost.


Elias
Received on Wed May 14 1997 - 20:59:29 UTC