The BS of 0 for the BL

[Davor]

So this doesn't interupt the other threads we have, I am wondering how do we deal with the 0 (zero) BS of our Brood Lord.

After reading the rules a bit, and something about if the Power level of the Psychic power (sorry forget the name at the momment) when you roll for the random power if you choose not to use it, and since the BL has a BS of 0, we choose not to use it so we roll for the random power it gets.

So if it gets a power that it can't cast since it costs more power to cast, you get to reroll again. So if we go by "can't use it" (not written in the rule book, but basically what it says) can we say, by "can't use it" we get to reroll untill we get something that the BL can use?

What do you think?

[reallysorry]

I thought this was the deal myself that if you can't use it you get to reroll.

[swarm492]

It's what I was gonna do, I dont think anyone would say otherwise.

[ZergLord]

It's clearly written that you get a re-roll only if you can't use the power because of its high Warp Charge.

And if you don't want to use a certain power, you swap it for the Primaris Power.

[Nightstalker]

I sent a message to GW support about this issue

[immortalblue]

I don't think many would object to a house rule saying re roll if you can't use it. At least until gw fix the faq.

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[Davor]

Jul 1, 2012 14:28:18 GMT ZergLord said:

It's clearly written that you get a re-roll only if you can't use the power because of its high Warp Charge.

And if you don't want to use a certain power, you swap it for the Primaris Power.

If this is the answer my opponent is going to say, then I will be whipping out my Necrons then and obliterate him.

I play for fun, but if someone is going to be like that, then I will be like that, with my Necrons then.

[voidwraith]

The random chart aspect of this book is the worst thing about it.

Someone needs to tell GW to give the Venomthropes totally unneeded BS score to the Broodlord.

[coredump]

The BS scores come out of the fluff.

BLords 'evolved' from stealers, which have no need to BS so don't have any.

Venoms evolved from Zoans, which have a good BS, but the Venom doesn't use it.

relax....

[creep]

Venoms evolved from Zoans? Your kidding right? Evolving psykers to dust spitting Bio-Cthulu fakes?

Stealers are the sole independent self reproducing Tyranid species, so they can actually evolve on their own.
The whole rest of them is planned built and reabsorbed after an invasion.
So no place at all for evolution, everything besides Stealers is build by blueprint and then tested by try and error on the battlefield.
Besides not ^finding any reference for this in any Nid codex... ^^

[eeknight]

Jul 1, 2012 19:29:43 GMT creep said:

Stealers are the sole independent self reproducing Tyranid species, so they can actually evolve on their own.
^^

Hormies can reproduce, too, per their fluff.

[creep]

Agreed i remeber that. But Hormagaunts do it by Mittosis as they clone themselves without external DNA.

Symbs do it via Meiosis, as they combine their own genetic material with the infected victims^^

[sporesprayer]

I think this will have to have an FAQ or errata (i think errata because GW says errata is for "errors") I am sending something to GW support and I'd advise yall to do the same...
even if your players dont worry about it, some of our tyranid fellows will be playing with people less forgiving, and it would be good to spur GW to look back through the rules

[creep]

Really its not a problem.

Power weapons are now either mace sword or axe, nothing else.
Boneswords are boneswords which are simple close combat Weapons with a special rule that ignores armour.
They are not called Power weapons in the Codex they are not Listed seperately in the rulebook so they are - as the rulebook says - handled as the Codex says.

For further reference view Rulebook 6th ed page 7 "Codex over Rulebook".

As long as anything isn't FAQed otherwise its like the Codex says, even if there would be another profile in the Rulebook it would be irrelevant in that case.

[Psychichobo]

Ah, 4th ed Broodlord had BS3. They even gave reasons for it in an interview once too. And in Apoc, you could actually use it on the Vortex Grenade...