You wrote :
>I think the relevant rule (p.32) reads "If a war engine armed with a
>close combat weapon wins a close combat against an enemy war engine it
>automatically inflicts catastrophic damage on it". Since there is no
>mention of hits being scored, and since the holo-field only saves
>against hits, I believe that the catastrophic damage will be inflicted
>without a holo-field saving throw.
>
>Now, some of the saner list memebers have reasoned that in order to
>cause damage you must first score a hit. They have suggested that it
>would probably be a good idea to go ahead and roll for number of hits
>(dice = half current DC etc..) and only accept catastrophic damage if
at
>least one hit was scored and not saved. This would, however, be an
>optional rule, not something for the eldar player to rely on.
>
>-Lemm
>
I agree with you Lemm but... Yes, there is a "but".
In the army book, the rules say (if my memory is good) that
holofields work as the *save* hability. My terminators always roll a a
save test before being wiped out in close combat, so I think that it
would be the same for the eldar titans before any damage...
On top of that, when you resolve you close combat against an eldar titan
you don't count the holofields so you should make the holofields save if
the Eldar WE loses...
Francois Bruntz
Apprenti MIAGE (Universite Paris XII - IBM France)
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Received on Mon Jul 28 1997 - 08:07:39 UTC