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the techmarine has initiative 4.

with the servo-arm/harness, does his initiative drop to 1?

From my understanding (not an SM player) it's the extra attacks that go at I1 not hte tech marine himself

MikeS wrote:the techmarine has initiative 4.

with the servo-arm/harness, does his initiative drop to 1?

In HTH using his harness to dish out 2 S8 attacks = yes.

Page 71 C: SM servoarm

BlueDagger is correct. They are additional attacks above and beyond his normal spread, and go at I1.

so, does he take his normal HTH at I4, and then the servo-harness attacks at I1?

Or are you not allowed to split initiative like that?

In this case since it is a special weapon, you can.

And in case anyone was wondering, the extra attack you get from charging is a bonus regular attack, not a S 8 powerfist attack.

MikeS wrote:so, does he take his normal HTH at I4, and then the servo-harness attacks at I1?

correct.

Servo arms are seperate extra attacks.

His standard wargear still follows all rules, so a Thunderhammer would also be ini 1.
But a power-weapon or any pistol would go at ini 4.

Ludovic wrote:In this case since it is a special weapon, you can.

And in case anyone was wondering, the extra attack you get from charging is a bonus regular attack, not a S 8 powerfist attack.

lol I'd slap someone trying to take them as servo attacks...

As per split Initiative The Nids have been doing it for ages with Bio-Acid, which is done at I x2. That been said it was for 4TH Edition, not the newest. I don't see any problem with the I being split though.

EDit: double post. sorry