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[Planetfall] When would this part apply? |
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Post subject: [Planetfall] When would this part apply?  Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:34 pm |
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Was going over Markconz's rulebook this morning and I came across the following in the planetfall section:
Remember that any formations that have landed by planetfall and scattered out of formation must move back into a legal formation when they take an action.
And I had to wonder, how could this situation ever occur? ?Is there a formation that consists of multiple units with planetfall so that each individual scatters? Or is this in the rules just for "thoroughness"?
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Post subject: [Planetfall] When would this part apply? Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 3:17 pm |
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None of the official lists need it, but it could happen with many of the playtest or fan lists.
Tau can have 2 Morays in a formation which may scatter apart
Hena's Scions of Iron have multiple Thawk Transporters in a formation
My Ravenguard list has planetfalling Speeders
The "planetfall" tunneler variants have multiple units per formation
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Ilushia
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Post subject: [Planetfall] When would this part apply? Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:06 pm |
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I think that's correct. But most of the planetfalling models are either war-engines with single-model formations, or in drop pods so they follow those rules. Only multi-unit/model formations making standard planetfalls would suffer individual scatter, as I understand it.
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Ginger
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Post subject: [Planetfall] When would this part apply? Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:47 pm |
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The point to note here is the difference between planetfalling a formation (or more) inside a single transport of some kind and planetfalling a formation of separate units.
Landing Craft, drop ships Drop Pods (or even the ORK drop Rok) are treated as a single unit when planetfalling so scattering only applies once (after which the troops disembark). However a formation of Tau Morays etc may comprise several units each of which is scattered separately, and which thus could end up out of coherency.
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