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I believe I know the answer, but to clarify for my gaming group could we please determine the legality of placing subsequent blast templates.

It is a given the first blast template must be placed to cover as many units of the target formation as possible provided line of sight and range is satisfied. If there are multiple positions where an equal number of units in the same formation can be hit, the shooter chooses where to place the first template.

Now, it is my belief that subsequent templates must touch a template already laid and target units of the target formation.

My opponent chose to interpret the rules as the subsequent templates could be placed targeting units of another formation, ignoring units from the target formation which had not yet been targeted but could be targeted if chosen.

Could I please get clarification on this?

Thanks

Yeah you're reading it right!
You have to place subsequent templates so that they also maximise hits on the first formations. The rules for extra templates read



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The see below text is "using barrage templates" in which we can read



But it also says that you can place it over several formations so basically if you can maximise on the target formation and also hit other formations then you're good to go! So the first formation can't be ignored:)

does this put the theorectical limit for a barrage at 6 plates? even if you have more, you can't place them following the rules.

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Seven, including the center.

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facepalm.

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It's almost like the table only goes up to three templates for a reason.

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I just had a thought - If you place the second template over units which are out of sight (e.g round the corner of a building) are those units considered being in cover (-1 to hit)? This came up the other day as 'at least half the model is obscured by terrain' as stated in the hull down rules. I like this interpritation as Gargants shooting round coners always bothered me. If those guys are at least harder to hit, it makes more sense.

What do you guys think?

you think the gargant is actually aiming where the shells land?

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Yep, both me and EdgarSan would love a definitive answer as to whether units "out of line of sight" hit by a stray extra blast template count as in cover or not. It`s something that happens regulalrly in our games...I do have a penchant for Supa Stompas right now...

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Remember direct fire ordinance isn't shooting in a straight line, but is rather lobbed like other barrages. the only difference is that the targeting and fire coordination ability means they can only hit things they can see. knowing the enemy is partly behind high ground or a frest means you can walk your barrage behind terrain even if you can't see the targets. THere's also the question of where the blast is coning from - if you're not actually in cover, chances are that at least one shell will land with an unobstructed path to you. At least that's always been my interpretation/justification.

Long story short, unless they are actually in cover, they don't get the mod.

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What SG said, just remember to roll separately for units in cover/concealment. If a template covers 5 Boyz (1 in the open, 2 touching an AV, and 3 in cover) we normally roll 1, 2 at a -1 and 3 dice at a -1 for each group, roll to save and then remove closest to for casualties.

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Let say you have 3 tanks on the ridge of a hill (hull down) and one behind it. You are saying that you roll 3 dice at -1 to hit and one with no penalty?

So having a tank out of sight makes you more vulnerable to attack?

Also, wouldn't you have to decide if you are attacking units in cover or not and then apply the penalty to everyone if you want to include units in cover?

Unless a vehicle was actually in cover I wouldn't apply the -1 to hit. I'd think of it as the explosion being so big that any directional cover is negated.



Not for barrage, you're effectively rolling to hit separately for everything under the templates. To speed that up you can roll for them in groups though.

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In short hainvg no line of sight doesn`t apply a -1 to hit to barrage shots that have "gone round the corner"?

Yes?

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Yeah that's the way I read the rules. There is no mention of a cover modifier for units that are shot at indirectly without line of site for instance. This is sort of the same thing. I'd asume the shots are fired with a high trajectory like it's described for indirect weapons.

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