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Hi All,

Looking for some help on a question that came up last night which we couldn't figure out after reading the rules a few times. Beer was involved so that may have had an impact on our lack of cohesive thought:

Ghaz has joined 2 meganobs, and charges a space marine dreadnought to "smash it's pasty".

Due to slow & purposeful, only Ghaz makes it into base-to-base contact with the dread. The Meganobs are behind Ghaz, within 2 inches of his base.

Ok, now, due to the IC rule treating Ghaz a separate model during assault etc:

1.Can the dreadnought only swing its attacks against Ghaz?
2. Can the dreadnought in fact choose to bypass Ghaz, and swing its attacks against the meganob unit?
3. Can the meganobs behind Ghaz attack the Dreadnought, or do they suffer because Ghaz is treated as a separate unit and therefore cannot benefit from being within 2 inches of his base when he is in combat?

I tried having another read in the cold light of day but I'll be honest Everton played Liverpool yesterday and I'm still bladded.

Thanks in advance!

The answer to all three questions comes straight from the fact that an IC is a separate unit in close combat.

Keyasa wrote:1.Can the dreadnought only swing its attacks against Ghaz?

As none of the Nobs are in base contact, he is not engaged with that unit. Because Ghaz is the only unit in base contact, he must direct his attacks against Ghaz.

2. Can the dreadnought in fact choose to bypass Ghaz, and swing its attacks against the meganob unit?

As above.

3. Can the meganobs behind Ghaz attack the Dreadnought, or do they suffer because Ghaz is treated as a separate unit and therefore cannot benefit from being within 2 inches of his base when he is in combat?

The 2 inch rule applies to models from the same unit in base contact. So no, the Nobs don't get an attack, as no model from their unit (as Ghaz counts as a separate unit in close combat) are in base contact with the Dreadnought.

I'm going to assume that there are no nobs in base contact with the dreadnought.

If so, then the dreadnought can only attack the IC; the dreadnought cannot attack the nobs; and the nobs cannot attack the dreadnought. That's all the result of the nobs being a separate unit for most of the assault.

Edit: Ninja'd by Insaniak.

Thanks, we played it the other way around for the purposes of getting on with the game. Cheers for the rapid responses