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Suppose I fire a devil dog melta cannon, and it scatters so that it hits the rear armor of a tank. The center of the blast is outside minimum range, but the part of the blast hitting the tank is not. Do I get 4+1d6 or 4+2d6 for AP?

MekanobSamael wrote:Suppose I fire a devil dog melta cannon, and it scatters so that it hits the rear armor of a tank. The center of the blast is outside minimum range, but the part of the blast hitting the tank is not. Do I get 4+1d6 or 4+2d6 for AP?

Minimum Range? Do you mean melta range?

In any case, melta range is NOT determined from where the blast lands, it's determined between the gun and the closest part of the hull of the enemy.

Yes, it's complicated.

For example, a Devil Dog fires at a Tank. The blast is placed in the middle of the tank, 14" away. The closest part of the hull is 11" away from the Devildogs gun.
The Blast scatters 1", and ends up 15" away, but still gets a hit on the hull (this is something huge like a Land Raider).
The Blast now rolls Full Strength plus 2D6, as the tank itself is 11" from the weapon, and thus within half range.

So in your case, if the closest part of the hull was less than 12" from you, you would have rolled Half Strength + 2D6, otherwise Half Strength + D6.

Does it make sense? No, but them's the rules. Take it or leave it!

Gotchya gotchya. Had to read that a couple of times but yeah I see.

Thanks!

I can throw up some diagrams if it will help!

I'd like that... just to see what you come up with!

Ask and ye shall recieve.

In these Diagrams, the Superspecialawesome Devil Dog of Dhoom™ is shooting at the Nastybad™ Rhino of Chaos Evilness with it's Melta Cannon doodad.

In this first Diagram, no matter how much the Devil Dog wishes and prays ever so hard to the Omnissiah, he cannot get the Melta Bonus against the Rhino, since it is too far away. Even in the bottom example, the Melta Die sits in the dice tray, laughing maniacally and making rude jokes about the Melta Cannons sister, since you do not use where the blast ends up, you use the actual range.


In this diagram however, the Superspecialawesome Devil Dog of Dhoom™ has been able to get closer to the Nastybad™ Rhino of Chaos Evilness! Now, no matter where the blast lands, he will get the Most Sacred Melta Die of Sacredness, who isn't so fething smarmy now, is it! Huh!? HUH!?

Even if the blast scatters beyond the Half Range mark, the Melta bonus is granted, since, once again, you use the actual range, not where the blast lands.

Where did you find those icons?

He used Vassal I believe to create that.

Impressive... most impressive!