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1. You are deep striking your tau stealthsuit onto the table. He lands safely, shoots at my squad, and... can you move him in the assault phase (jump pack) as long as you don't actually assault my unit?

2. You have a tau pathfinder. I have a squad behind a wall. You hit my squad with your markerlight. Do I get a cover save against the markerlight?

Thank you!

Shas'o Nom Nom wrote:1. You are deep striking your tau stealthsuit onto the table. He lands safely, shoots at my squad, and... can you move him in the assault phase (jump pack) as long as you don't actually assault my unit?

Yes. The Deep Strike rules only forbid you from launching an assault, not from other movement in the Assault Phase.

Edit: Or not. Had forgotten that the codex actually disallows the assault movement on the turn that they Deep Strike in the Battlesuit rules.

2. You have a tau pathfinder. I have a squad behind a wall. You hit my squad with your markerlight. Do I get a cover save against the markerlight?

No. You only get cover saves against wounds.

My limited knowledge of Tau may be of some use [but I may have it all wrong]:
1. From what I understand, JSJ as it is called may be used in the assault phase after firing as long as no assault is initiated. Weapon restrictions apply.

2. The markerlight is not aim to wound you so as long as it has hit, the marker is counted, so on cover save may be taken.

I may have it all wrong, but thats my understanding of how it all works.

Hope that helps.

Doesn't the Tau codex say deep strikers using the stealth suit can't make the 6" additional move on the turn they come in? If so, they can't make that move.

insaniak wrote:

Shas'o Nom Nom wrote:1. You are deep striking your tau stealthsuit onto the table. He lands safely, shoots at my squad, and... can you move him in the assault phase (jump pack) as long as you don't actually assault my unit?

Yes. The Deep Strike rules only forbid you from launching an assault, not from other movement in the Assault Phase.

2. You have a tau pathfinder. I have a squad behind a wall. You hit my squad with your markerlight. Do I get a cover save against the markerlight?

No. You only get cover saves against wounds.

Yay, I got it right.

I thankyou sir

gaylord500 wrote:Doesn't the Tau codex say deep strikers using the stealth suit can't make the 6" additional move on the turn they come in? If so, they can't make that move.

It does, yes. Good catch.

Thanks everyone.

Regarding the suit movement: I didn't read the codex as well as I should've! Indeed it is right there in the rules for battlesuits. Oops

1.) No you can't

2.) Saves are only taken against wounds, however if that pathfinder didn't have LoS because of the wall that's a different matter entirely.

1) No

2) As said, no save, but if the LOS is blocked, he cannot shoot.

Shadowsun is the only jet pack suit model that may use her assault move following deepstrike. Not through any special allowance, but through lack of restriction. Same reason she can deepstrike.