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Hi all. I just started playing WHFB and so far, it's great. However, a few details have come up in recent games and I was hoping some might clarify them for me.

First of all, in a recent post, I recall someone mentioning regiments being able to sidestep as a movement, but have been unable to find any reference to this in the book. I may have been mistaken, but please lemme know.

Second, are unused power and dispel dice thrown away at the end of the magic phase or are they carried over to the following phase? I have reread the magic phase section of the rules, but have been unable to find anything that says they are discarded at the end of the phase. The only thing that made me put this into question is a magic item in the Lizardmen armybook called Diadem of Power that allows you to save some of your unused magic dice at the end of the magic phase and use them in your next magic phase. This seems to confirm that you can't save them, but again, I can't confirm this in the rulebook and since I never played the previous edition, don't know if this is just an outdated rule.

For now, that is basically it. I'm sure I'll be playing many more games and coming back with many more questions. Thanks in advance.

p. 13 on the bottom

"The most common use of the turn manoeuvre is for a unit to turn around 90degrees or 180degrees, move half their normal move and then turn back to its original position. This effectively means that units can move backwards or sideways at half speed."

unused power dice and dispell dice are discarded unless one has a special ability/item (ie Lizardmen and VC).

nikeforever22 wrote:unused power dice and dispell dice are discarded unless one has a special ability/item (ie Lizardmen and VC).

Do you have a page reference for this?

DaBoss wrote:Do you have a page reference for this?

You're lucky my BRB is next to my desk tonight.

aaand... I can't actually find it in the chapter on magic...

Unused power & dispell dice are discarded... otherwise there would be no magic items that allow you to store unused dice for a later turn.

You know, this question is frequently raised by new players, and we always pore over the book carefully and discover that we cannot find anything that says unused magic dice are discarded at the end of the magic phase. It's probably a case of, everyone has been doing it for so long, it doesn't occur to anyone to do it another way.

Maybe the key is when it talks about generating power and dispel dice at the start of every magic phase?

- Salvage

Boss_Salvage wrote:Maybe the key is when it talks about generating power and dispel dice at the start of every magic phase?

- Salvage

I think that's it, actually. Permissive rule set, right?

1) Generate power/dispel dice. No mention of adding in previous-retained dice.
2) Use dice.
3) Phase ends. No mention of keeping dice for later.

I'll have to agree on the point that it was just an oversight in not making it in print as to what happens to unused power dice. The FAQ states a brief answer regarding a question about items which allow you to retain unused power dice and basically makes it assumed that all dice are otherwise discarded at the end of the phase. Not said in black and white but can't be argued against.