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I know that GW have been moving away from variable rates of fire this edition, but FW still love them. So here's my question. If I have multiple XV9s, say two, both armed with fusion cascades how many dice do I roll for the number of shots?

1 die*4 or 4 dice?

The reason I ask is that the only variable shot weapons I can find, Lootas, has the direction to only roll 1 die multiplied by the number of models in the unit.

Cheers

Andrew

1 dice, multipled by the number of cascades, seems the most sensible and in keeping with other usage.

It is, however, less likely to gi ve you the average number of shots..

Cheers, that was my initial thought. But always good to check with someone else.

Andrew

I would disagree.

Lootas have a rule telling you to roll once for the whole squad.

XV9's don't have this so each weapon would roll separately.

If each guy has a Fusion Cascade, then each guy will get one D3 shots, rather than a D3 for the whole unit. So 3 XV9's all with dual Cascades will get 6D3 Fusion shots!

That wasnt the question - the question was do you roll:

XD3, where X is the number of cascades; or do you roll 1D3 x X

The latter is how Lootas roll, and ensures wider variation as you are less slikely to hit the middle of the bell.

Exactly as Nos put it.

There is only one unit in 40K that has variable shots, ie Lootas. Since the XV9s' have a similar variable I wanted to know how others would play it. If each guy has to roll seperately I could end up having to roll for each individual model and then seperate them for ranges etc.

One roll makes it simple.

Cheers

Andrew

AndrewC wrote:Exactly as Nos put it.

There is only one unit in 40K that has variable shots, ie Lootas.

Reaver Jet bikes are pretty similar. They roll a die for each model.

Zap guns roll for the battery. But they have a special rule telling us to do so.

Reavers do not have that rule so we do not.

If two meks with SAGs formed a unit we would roll for them separately as we are not told to roll together.

Does the fusion cascade have a rule telling you to roll once for the whole squad?

No, but no other weapon that I know of has variable shots. Reavers I know nothing about, what are their rules?

Cheers

Andrew

The do D3 S4 or D6 S6 hits on any unit they roll over.