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Just saw someone mention this on another site, and realised I might have been playing it wrong, so hoping to get opinions on this.

The Talos' Skimmer rule says:

"The Talos can move over difficult terrain without penalty. However, if it starts or finishes its move in difficult terrain it will suffer a wound with no save on a D6 roll of 1."

Does this apply to all movements, meaning when it assaults "through" difficult terrain, it will not be reduced to Initiative 1, since it didn't roll a difficult or dangerous terrain test (Although the rules it follows are awfully similar to a Dangerous Terrain test it is not referred to as such).

OR Does this only apply to the movement phase, meaning when assaulting it just follows standard Monstrous Creature rules, and will have reduced Initiative but will not have to risk a wound for assaulting into difficult terrain.


Also, this is related and the answer would (I assume) be the same as the one for assaulting but with regards to Run movements, does the risk of a wound still apply?

Yes, it is not slowed by difficult terrain but has to take a dangerous terrain test if it starts or ends in difficult terrain.

Except as mentioned it is not labelled as a Dangerous Terrain test, and to call it such would be akin to calling a standard Leadership Test a Morale Check.

Thanks for the feedback though.

Not quite - a morale check is a subset of leadership checks, with rules that tell you what to do when you pass or fail. The Talos's test is functionally equivalent to a Dangerous Terrain test.

If you were to play a game of Cities of Death and took a stratagem that allowed you to reroll failed Dangerous Terrain tests, I'd say you would be well within your rights to reroll a failed Talos test. It's similar to how some older codexes tell you have wargear that forces a unit to take a leadership test, and that unit will be pinned if the test is failed. That is, for all intents and purposes, a Pinning Check, so other special rules that effect Pinning Checks would apply to that wargear.

While it is functioanlly equivalent, it is NOT the same. As such you I is not dropped as you did not fulfill the criteria for dropping your I.

Yup. It's similar, but not the same. No test means no reduces Initiative