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So, i understand how it works and what it does. What i thought i knew, i am now second guessing myself on. Warp quake.. Causes a mishap. but..drop pods don't mishap.. So....how does that work? Does my codex(Grey knight) over ride the Space marine drop pod rule?

Arrathon wrote:So, i understand how it works and what it does. What i thought i knew, i am now second guessing myself on. Warp quake.. Causes a mishap. but..drop pods don't mishap.. So....how does that work? Does my codex(Grey knight) over ride the Space marine drop pod rule?

drop pod do mishap its just its rarer.

All the drop pods rules do is stop you moving into impassible terrain. You can still fly off the board (or if your really stupid and place it over impassible terrain)

I think it would mishap, as the DP rules state that it should be moved far away enough to avoid hitting troops or terrain. Warp Quake is neither troops nor terrain, so the pod would be affected.

It would help you to reread the Droppod rule, as it states nothing at all similar to what you just said

For example they can Mishap by scattering off the table.

@Nosferatu you normally answer everything i need to know correctly. Would the drop pods rule over ride the Warp quake Causing a mishap if he comes into the 12 inch zone?

@everyone else i know how drop pods work. i used them for a very long time, just stuck on this little snag came across last night.

Well, you dont appear to know how they work, as you state they "dont mishap"

Their rule makes no mention of a protection from mishap. ALL they do is reduce their scattrer if you would scatter into impassable terrain.

Warp quake tells you that items that reduce scatter stop working -so they now scatter the full amount - and now mishap automatically if they end up within 12" of the squad. Nothing at all in any part of the dro pod rules will override this.

If a drop pod ends up within 12" of a Warp Quake squad it will mishap.

I chose my words incorrectly, apologies for that. And that's exactly what i thought happens. Thank you much.

Trouble with a text forum about rules - correct wording becomes VERY important!

nosferatu1001 wrote:Trouble with a text forum about rules - correct wording becomes VERY important!

We're finding that out the hard way else where

DP's stupid enough to drop into WQ deserve to mishap. It says nothing in the rule about avoiding mishaps, just terrain and figures. So if you drop in it, you mishap.

I hate it and think it is stupid though.

-cgmckenzie

Stupidity wouldn't have much to do with it if the GK goes first and has multiple warp quake units. The drop pod could get left with less than 15% of the board to drop into.

Any kind of scatter in that situation would be a disaster

With a GM giving scout, 2 units of interceptors, 2 units of strikes, and first turn... you can leave no safe area for the pod to land in. And at 2K, can still make a workable all comers list.

Which begs the question, if there is no safe place to DS... and the pod mishaps, what happens when you roll a misplaced?

Whatever the mishap table says. If it allows your opponent to place it, you won't mishap twice.

-cgmckenzie

Davye - when you place the drop pod on a 3 -4 result, it is not deep striking - so no mishap.

However, RAW, the unit jumping out would then mishap