deepstrikeing pods vs interceptor

[afewveiws]

so lets say ur facing tau, its top of ur turn 2 and you have 1+ pods come in. lets say they all contain pyrovore (giggles, but viable)

after the pods come in the pyrovore have to disembark from the pod immidiately... so when the tau shoot their interceptor shots against the units that arrived can they shoot the pyrovore since by raw they arrived via disembark rather than by deep-strike?

Thoughts?

[snowdaman]

Intercepter says they can fire at something that came in from reserve at the end ofnhe movement phase. So yes they can shoot the contents of a pod Im pretty sure there is an faq but ill have to check

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[gigasnail]

they count as having come in from reserves, so yes the enemy can shoot w/e disembarks at the end of your movement phase with interceptor.

[afewveiws]

that's unfortunate...

[gigasnail]

well, depends on how you look at it. could be a lot worse. imagine if instead you had to shoot the pods/deepstrikingtransportofyourchoice and then, if it was wrecked/killed, the contents of the pod took the same kind of hit you take from a crashed flying transport. it's usually a lot easier to kill a drop pod or spore pod (especially a spore pod) than killing the entire contents of the pod. at least disembarked critters can scatter like roaches and try to get in area terrain for a cover save or maybe behind something blocking LoS if needed before they get shot.

[afewveiws]

not that I'm disappointed in how it works by the rules but it would have been a nice bonus against Tau.

To gigasnail: since the shots are made at the end of the movement phase, the contents would have already disembarked and scurried to cover anyway. so the enemy being forced to kill the pod would have no ramifications on the disembarked unit.

I fail to see your "silver lining."

[gigasnail]

no, i meant that the rules could have forced the enemy to shoot the arrival vehicles and resolve before the contents were allowed to disembark, and if the pod were killed then the contents would take that wonderful lawndart damage. the way it works as-is isn't nearly as bad as it could have been.

[omnivore]

Here's another question. If I place the Pyrovores behind the pod such that they are out of sight from the quad-gun can they be hit? Would they get cover if they emerge into area terrain?

[afewveiws]

oh i see
that would be worst.

[afewveiws]

LOS blocking works and yes they would still get their Cv if they can get it.

[commandersasha]

Can a podded Carnifex avoid Interceptor by hiding behind its own pod then?

[afewveiws]

if it can't be seen yes.

[gigasnail]

yeah units firing interceptor still have to abide by normal range and LoS restrictions.