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Hi! This was asked last august (i searched!) but there was no answer in the thread:

Do winged Hive Tyrant take a dangerous terrain test when landing in difficult terrain? I'd say yes since:

a)As per Codex:Tyranids; Winged creature are treated as jump infantry in all respects
b)The Monstruous creatures section of BGB doesn't say anything about MC not making Dangerous terrain test, just re-rolling difficult terrain test.

So, do they test, and if yes, do they get a re-roll? Does the synapse rule give it only one wound instead of being removed? This is very important, since in COD I tend to see lots of Tyrants jumping from cover to cover!

***edit*** my bad, missed dangerous terrain test don't remove the model, they simply inflict one wound... Ignore that part of the question!!!

Phil

AFAIK, you only ever take one wound from a failed dangerous terrain test, synapse or no. I see Crisis suits doing this all the time, they just eat a wound if they need to.

Flyrants *do* take dangerous terrain tests, and they don't get a re-roll (dangerous /= difficult). But they only take one wound from a failed test.

Only Greater Deamons are immune because their rules say so. (Though the disparengy in mind boggling)

I believe that all independant characters have the expert rider/flyer/whatever skills according to the big book so wouldn't he get a reroll for the dangerous terrain.

Just because he is a MC, doesn't mean he isn't a IC too. . .

They can choose to walk into the terrain if they so choose. They can only move 6'', though.

Actually, TMCs are NOT ICs. Which is important, as they ARE scoring units.