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Re: question on the out of range rule
« Reply #15 on Aug 12, 2012, 2:25am »

Aug 11, 2012, 4:49am, 60mm wrote:

Because templates cant make use of the out of range rule, they always use their template unless WoD. Rereading Out of Range also "when To Hit rolls are made", so templates have nothing to do with this rule.

Templates use the Out of Range rule the same way as any other ranged weapon.

Aug 11, 2012, 4:58pm, 60mm wrote:

Yeah, thats correct. Just saying you couldn't use tye out of range rule to boodt the flamers distance

Sure you can... the template indicates how many hits you get, but not necessarily which models will get wounds allocated.

The Out of Range rule has no effect on which models get hit...

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Re: question on the out of range rule
« Reply #16 on Aug 12, 2012, 3:21am »

Aye, if bolter fire killed those 4 genestealers before the flamer wounds were allocated, then those wounds would hit the squad in cover.

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Re: question on the out of range rule
« Reply #17 on Aug 12, 2012, 4:48am »

If the wounds are in the pool, they won't disappear unless you lose line of sight.

I'll give and example:
A 10 man necron warrior squad unloads a full 20 shots into a unit, and the Harbinger of Despair with them hits 4 models with his template.

The dice gods love this necron player, and not only do all shots hit, but all of them wound too!

If you allocate the gauss flayer wounds then harbinger wounds, 20 devil gaunts bite the dust, and since you had them conga-lined, you remove the closest 20. Then the harbinger wounds are allocated, and even though your last 10 devil gaunts are now clearly out of range of the initial template, they still take the wounds and you peel 4 more out of the unit.

The rules go out of the way to explain this is 100% possible. After you determine hits, range means jack. It is hard to set up instances where this can be abused, and honestly, it isn't really worth trying to abuse most of the time. You would have to build the entire unit around this one tactic, and it would suck against anything with a gun that has a longer range than 12".

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