frogbear wrote:
BlackLegion wrote:
Instinctive
[insert relevant fluffy text here]
A synpase-less brood formation has a -2 penalty to perform any action other than an Engage. It can only perform an Engage action if at least one unit can and will move within base contact of an enemy unit.
Why the extra negative. It is just adding 'filler' that is unnessesary. It's Epic. It just has to be representative.
I can see where Jaldon is going here; the principle is that 'leaderless' swarms just hang about in a menacing fashion - they do not disappear, nor do they stride around the battlefield. So he is agreeing with the original idea to limit initiative (ie -2 if Leaderless) and expanding this to only allow restricted activations should the swarm actually succeed in activating (which I quite like). And anyway if the Swarm spreads out, it can expand at 30cms per turn to cover objectives.
Another option might be to disallow the SC reroll for 'uncontrolled' formations.
My only concern with the wording mentioning 'Synapses' is whether causes a problem with 'independent' formations (as they do not have synapses)? I suspect we are confusing Synapses with Leaders on this point. Perhpas it would be better worded that formations without a Leader get an initiative penalty of -2.
(Note, defining Synapses as Leader means they are also better able to shrug off BMs)