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this recently came up in a game with my friend. Do I have to roll to hit with the manticore missiles, or do I simply place the large blast marker and not test BS. I have checked the rulebook and there was no conclusive evidence either way.

thanks.

There is no BS test for blast weapons. You place and roll the scatter die. See P30 and P32 for more info.

Apart from the conclusive evidence that it is a "blast" weapon, as defined on Page 30?

When firing blast weapons you have to place template and roll scatter and 2D6. If scatter rolls hit blast hits. If arrow is rolled move blast 2D6 showed distance. You dont test normaly Bs with blast weapons. Their test is rolling scatter. You should re-read rulebook. There is maby more you have missed.

thanks a lot, I haven't been able to find my rulebook for a while.

You really can't play without a rulebook.

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Jone96 wrote:When firing blast weapons you have to place template and roll scatter and 2D6. If scatter rolls hit blast hits. If arrow is rolled move blast 2D6 showed distance. You dont test normaly Bs with blast weapons. Their test is rolling scatter. You should re-read rulebook. There is maby more you have missed.

In addition, if the Manticore has line of sight to its target then it can subtract its BS from the 2D6 scatter distance.

Ulver wrote:In addition, if the Manticore has line of sight to its target then it can subtract its BS from the 2D6 scatter distance.

You sir, are correct!

Also, this doesn't automatically mean that the Manticore is then firing Directly. You can fire a Barrage weapon with LOS and retain all the benefits of Barrage fire, while also gaining the BS subtraction.

DoW