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Webbe wrote:
If you followed this the following could happen:
Roll Reserve Dice.
Hive Tyrant says "Add 1 to the reserve roll".
Officer of the Fleet says "Subtract 1 from the reserve roll".
You add 0 to reserve roll.
Hive Tyrant asks "Have you added 1 to reserves? No? Fail."
Officer of the Fleet asks "Have you subtracted 1 from reserves? No? Fail."

The game doesn't tell you to add zero, it tells you to add 1 and then subtract 1.

Let me fix this for you.

If you followed this the following could happen:
Roll Reserve Dice.
Hive Tyrant says "Add 1 to the reserve roll".
Officer of the Fleet says "Subtract 1 from the reserve roll".
You add 1 to reserve roll.
You subtract 1 to reserve roll.
Hive Tyrant asks "Have you added 1 to reserves? Yes."
Officer of the Fleet asks "Have you subtracted 1 from reserves? Yes."

Tri wrote:

Webbe wrote:Yes you are correct, that's the way to do it. But that doesn't follow the reasoning procedure I quoted. That's why I disputed it.

The modifiers come from different Tyrant models and are therefore different modifiers and each need to be satisfied on their own.

A different analogy would be Ragnar Blackmane assaulting (using War Howl which gives Furious Charge) and only get Strength 5 as both modifiers from Furious Charge and Frost blade are satisfied by a single +1.
This is of course equally wrong.

while i agree completely with the logic ... Games workshop makes the rules and in the case of reserve rolls the answer is yes for eldar and no for IG ... i would be amazed if Tyranids din't get ruled the same way as IG ... if only becuase the to codexs are only a few months apart.


... Then again GW make the rules and they are never one for consitency ... maybe nids wont be answer at all

Well, the actual reason why it doesn't stack for IG according to the FAQ is "The confusion created by having so many advisors simultaneously vying for a Commander’s attention negates any potential benefit."

Duuh of course we should have known this. The eldar autarch's who don't have any advisors and are just using their innate intelligence, obviously they aren't going to suffer from this confusion.

I mean sheesh its pretty obvious right?

So we can easily solve this issue but you'll need two people at least, so grab a friend. Everybody close your eyes and imagine you are a hive tyrant, now your friend should also do the same, if you have a third friend he can be a lictor. The best way to really get into the shoes (hooves?) of the hive tyrant is to start making sounds. Try for something bestial at first, throw your voice around, up down, squeaky, grunty. Now start slobbering a bit, throw some drool around.

Eventually you will find yourself in the zone, I don't know how, but you will know it when it happens. You won't be pretending to be the hive tyrant anymore you will BE the hive tyrant. At this point its time to get to work. You and your friends need to start thinking about strategy, think about the best strategies you can! Write them down on some paper with a crayon. Once everyone is done, swap pieces of paper with everyone.

Did it work? Were your strategies complementary with each other?