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Do you have to remove casualties from the unit you targetted, or the unit you actually hit?

Ordinance weapon scattering into another squad, for example?

In the Little BRB pg 24 it simply states 'For every model that fails its save, the unit suffers an unsaved wound' - The 'unit' he is in or the 'unit' you targetted?

** EDIT ** - I would think that the unit you hit suffers the wounds.

of course its the unit that you hit, you cant kill something unless you hit it first

While I certainly agree with you, I have heard people argue that 'the unit' means 'the unit you targetted'. I don't think that is what it means, but leave it up to dakkadakka.

I'll double-post to add another question:

'And they shall know no fear' Special Rule for the Space Marines. If the falling back marine is within 6" of an enemy model, does he continue to fall back?

Yes.

Regarding templates being on squads other than your own, I can't dig up RAW on it but I have allways played it that it's the squad the template is on, not the initial target, that takes wounds.

Regarding ATSKNF and regrouping, it is stated in the marine codex "...and can take such tests even if the squad had been reduced to less than half strength by casualties, though all other criteria apply"

Since the core rules forbid you from even taking the test if there are enemies within 6" or if you don't have coherency both of these situations would still prevent space marines from regrouping, automatically passing doesn't help when you aren't even eligible for the test.

you declare which target you are firing at before you fire. that is your target.

if a blast weapon scatters on to a unit that is not your target you resolve the damage on that unit as normal. you cannot allocate wounds to models that are in a different unit, so you must resolve any hit for different units separately.finally only the original unit you targeted will be considered your target.

for example:

two obliterators fire 2 plasma cannon at a unit A.


B

A< . . . . . . . . OO

C

Both blast markers scatter wildly. One hits unit B and the other hits C


B<

A . . . . . . . . OO

C<

The hits on units B and C are both resolved, B takes 3 casualties, C takes 2.

In the Assault phase the obliterators may only charge unit A because that was their original target, dispite dealing damage to 2 different units.

B

A<<<OO

C
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That is what I thought, but wanted to ask (for both questions)

Question #3 - I see in the new SM Codex that a Signum is a piece of wargear - but don't see anywhere that any carries one, or has access to one? Am I simply missing it?

Harkainos wrote:That is what I thought, but wanted to ask (for both questions)

Question #3 - I see in the new SM Codex that a Signum is a piece of wargear - but don't see anywhere that any carries one, or has access to one? Am I simply missing it?

I noticed that same thing about the signum. It's not useful as "get hot" insurance anymore, and nobody gets one!

hakoMike wrote:

Harkainos wrote:That is what I thought, but wanted to ask (for both questions)

Question #3 - I see in the new SM Codex that a Signum is a piece of wargear - but don't see anywhere that any carries one, or has access to one? Am I simply missing it?

I noticed that same thing about the signum. It's not useful as "get hot" insurance anymore, and nobody gets one!

Devistator sergeants get one

wyomingfox wrote:Devistator sergeants get one

Ohhhhhhh. Thanks, I didn't notice that.

Hey! You Techmarines! You spend too much time hanging around with the dev squad. Just give that signum to the sergeant and go fix that tank! Yes, now.