Post by myopicspore on Sept 24, 2012 12:35:36 GMT
Is it me or did they put up a huge contradiction in the latest FAQ:
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Q: Does a weapon that hits automatically, still hit automatically when
making a Snap Shot? (p13)
A: Yes.
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Q: How do maelstroms, novas and beams – or indeed any weapon
that doesn’t need to roll To Hit or hits automatically – interact with
Zooming Flyers and Gliding Flying Monstrous Creatures? (p13)
A: Only Snap Shots can hit Zooming Flyers and Gliding
Flying Monstrous Creatures. Therefore, any attacks that use
blast markers, templates, create a line of/area of effect or
otherwise don’t roll to hit cannot target them. This includes
weapons such as the Necron Doom Scythe’s death ray or the
Deathstrike missile of the Imperial Guard, and psychic
powers that follow the rule for maelstroms, beams, and
novas.
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Now ignoring that they put gliding instead of zooming (whoops GW), they've put that things can auto hit when snap shotting in the first question and then put that weapons that do not roll to hit cannot snap shot in the second. Huh??
The rulebook also says something on the lines that anything that does not use a BS cannot snap shot.
This came up recently when a doom scythe evaded and then still fired its death ray the next turn. I was pointed to the first question in the FAQ and let it happen. I later checked the whole FAQ and spotted the second question.
How is everyone else playing it?
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Q: Does a weapon that hits automatically, still hit automatically when
making a Snap Shot? (p13)
A: Yes.
...
Q: How do maelstroms, novas and beams – or indeed any weapon
that doesn’t need to roll To Hit or hits automatically – interact with
Zooming Flyers and Gliding Flying Monstrous Creatures? (p13)
A: Only Snap Shots can hit Zooming Flyers and Gliding
Flying Monstrous Creatures. Therefore, any attacks that use
blast markers, templates, create a line of/area of effect or
otherwise don’t roll to hit cannot target them. This includes
weapons such as the Necron Doom Scythe’s death ray or the
Deathstrike missile of the Imperial Guard, and psychic
powers that follow the rule for maelstroms, beams, and
novas.
...
Now ignoring that they put gliding instead of zooming (whoops GW), they've put that things can auto hit when snap shotting in the first question and then put that weapons that do not roll to hit cannot snap shot in the second. Huh??
The rulebook also says something on the lines that anything that does not use a BS cannot snap shot.
This came up recently when a doom scythe evaded and then still fired its death ray the next turn. I was pointed to the first question in the FAQ and let it happen. I later checked the whole FAQ and spotted the second question.
How is everyone else playing it?
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