Night Attacker Warlord Trait

[tylertt]

So a debate has come with with my gaming group on the night attacker warlord trait.

The argument is as follows:

When gaining this warlord trait, some say that you can either make it night fighting turn one, or you roll for it normally on turn one.

I personally see this as incorrect, as the rule states you choose to use the night fighting rules. Therefore by being given a choice, you could choose to not use the night fighting rules right? Then say you do choose to use the rules, then it is automatically night fighting turn one.

All in all it is a poorly worded rule to an extent.

Has anyone else run into this issue at all? If so what has everyones take been to this one?

[Jestar]

It is worded that you can choose Night Fight first turn if you wish, and there is no need to roll. You can't say that it's not night fight. So if you elect to not make it automatically night fight, then you roll as normal.

[tylertt]

Then what is the point of the wording in regards to choose whether to use night fighting rules or not? You literally could just leave that sentence out if that is actually what is intended.

I am really starting to get fed up with the wording of the rules by GW. It is getting discouraging at how poorly written/worded some of these rules are.

[infornography]

It doesn't say you choose whether or not to use night fighting. It says you can choose TO use night fighting.

That means if you choose not to it defaults to the normal state, which is a roll to determine the state.

GW has a lot of poorly worded rules, but I'm not sure this is one of them.

[tylertt]

Yeah, I just took the "can choose to use night fighting", as it is a choice to use it in the game at all.

Would have been easier IMO to have just said, "you can automatically make it night fighting turn one if you want", for the trait.

But I appreciate everyone showing me your perspectives on how you took the wording. I far too often read into things a little too much.