One thing that has niggled me for a while is titans (and I guess praetorians) only ever take a single hit from a barrage. That just doesn't feel right to me. Considering their size I would expect them to get hit multiple times by the volley of shells, rockets or missiles.

Anyone else? Or is it just me.

Matt

1d6 might be too many. How about 1d3?

Would all the hits be going to the same location and be getting separate armor saves?

1d6 might be too many. How about 1d3?

For simplicities sake, I would say yes. All one location with that locations armor save. Assuming shields are down.

D3 popped into my head as well.
So is it going to be, roll to hit as normal, then roll to see how many hits you land or if the titan is targeted by a barrage, roll to see how many hits might land and then roll to hit for each shot?

Rather than picking a single location for all the shots to hit, why not make the shots hit adjacent locations? So you pick a location for the first hit, then if you have more, the next hit has to be on a location adjacent to the first, if you have a third, then it hits an unselected location adjacent to either of the first two locations?

Matt

1D3 hits was my instant reaction as I read this thread. I'm working on the idea that will apply no matter if shields are up or down, i.e. barrages knock down 1D3 shields/inflict 1D3 hits or a combination of both.



I would disagree. If more than one hit is applied to a Titan I think that the a single location cannot be targeted more than once (this wouldn't stop the target dice dictating through scatter that a single location is hit a 2nd or 3rd time). I think this is still relatively simple but would better reflect the spray effect of a barrage attack.

Just my opinion though!

EDIT: Great minds Matt!

In summary, artillery blasts against titans/praetorians:

1. roll for the barrage attack normally
2. if it hits roll a d3 to see how many actually hits the barrage represents
3. strip shields on a one to one basis with the amount of hits. Barrages with zero TSM modifier do not effect shields
4. After all shields are down, remaining hits are applied to the hit location template (roll for scatter as normal)
5. Once location is determined, roll for armor saves. Additional hits are applied to any adjacent location to the first determined location. Roll armor saves on those adjacent locations.

This good enough?

Primarch

How do we determine which of the adjacent boxes get hit? Attackers choice? defenders choice? roll the targeting dice? Roll a single targeting die (which one)?

Close to perfect my friend! I've marked my one suggested amendment in bold!

One other thing, with the number of hits likely to be double and possibly triple what they once were, should we be having a look at the points cost of anything that fires a barrage?