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Hi all!

I picked up 40K for the first time about a month ago, having played the RTS for years. I'm currently starting an Ork army and I have some questions for you all.

1. What is the strength of an "Oops" or "Gah" shot fired by the Shokk Attack gun?

2. If a glancing hit is scored on a vehicle and the roll on the vehicle damage table is a 1 or 2, is the result "crew shaken" or does nothing happen?

3. If you use gretchins to clear a minefield and you have less grots than the roll you get, what happens? (Eg. 2 grots and a runtherd are left in the squad, grots are thrown into the field and an 8 is rolled as a total of the dice) In particular, what happens to the runtherd?

4. If you have 2 separate squads of Ork boyz (or any other unit) which are both equipped the same way, can they merge into one unit mid-game?

Sorry for the long post, I just want to know about all of this before my first serious game on Odin's day.

Thanks in advance!

Welcome to Dakka!

Welcome to dakka, I don't know the rules much, I'm still learning the games, but number 4, no you can not.

Welcome to Dakka!

*goes to research your questions*


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Spanish Birdman wrote:Hi all!

I picked up 40K for the first time about a month ago, having played the RTS for years. I'm currently starting an Ork army and I have some questions for you all.

1. What is the strength of an "Oops" or "Gah" shot fired by the Shokk Attack gun?

2. If a glancing hit is scored on a vehicle and the roll on the vehicle damage table is a 1 or 2, is the result "crew shaken" or does nothing happen?

3. If you use gretchins to clear a minefield and you have less grots than the roll you get, what happens? (Eg. 2 grots and a runtherd are left in the squad, grots are thrown into the field and an 8 is rolled as a total of the dice) In particular, what happens to the runtherd?

4. If you have 2 separate squads of Ork boyz (or any other unit) which are both equipped the same way, can they merge into one unit mid-game?

Sorry for the long post, I just want to know about all of this before my first serious game on Odin's day.

Thanks in advance!

1. Oops is 4 (2,2) and Gah is 6 (3,3)

2 Crew Shaken

3. Minefield? I'm not sure if they are used anymore. I remember they had them in 4th edition. I'm not sure on 5th. *Looks for BRB*

4. I don't believe the squads can merge. *double checks codex*


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djphranq wrote:Welcome to Dakka!



1. Oops is 4 (2,2) and Gah is 6 (3,3)

2 Crew Shaken

3. Minefield? I'm not sure if they are used anymore. I remember they had them in 4th edition. I'm not sure on 5th. *Looks for BRB*

4. I don't believe the squads can merge. *double checks codex*


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Thank you kindly, that was extremely helpful!

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Have fun!

Iranna.

Hey
Welcome to Dakka!
djphranq is right, squads can't merge and I'm pretty sure there arent any rules in the brb for minefields. It doesn't mean you can't make some house rules up though

Welcome! I dont play orks so no input for you there

Welcome to Dakka! It's always nice to see DoW players pick up the hobby. Just remember, the tabletop version has many differences from the video game. Try not to get too confused.

Rules questions are best asked in You Make Da Call.

Your questions:

1) Oops is 4, Gah is 6.

2) The rule for Crew Shaken is actually 1 or less. So, a result of 0 or -1 (or -2 if you roll a 1 on a glancing hit with an AP- weapon) still gives you a Crew Shaken.

3) Minefields are no longer around in "standard" 40k. You could make house rules for them, if you'd like. The reference to them actually is because the Ork codex came out in 4th edition (we're in 5th now), so it was relevant at the time, but no longer.

4) No, squads cannot merge. The old Ork codex (from 1999) had a rule called "Mob Up" that allowed Ork squads to merge. But, that's no longer around. You may sometimes see one of us old veterans thinking that the rule still exists. Please be patient with us, we tend to get a little senile with age.

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Hi,

Welcome to Dakka

Spanish Birdman wrote:
1. What is the strength of an "Oops" or "Gah" shot fired by the Shokk Attack gun?

2. If a glancing hit is scored on a vehicle and the roll on the vehicle damage table is a 1 or 2, is the result "crew shaken" or does nothing happen?

3. If you use gretchins to clear a minefield and you have less grots than the roll you get, what happens? (Eg. 2 grots and a runtherd are left in the squad, grots are thrown into the field and an 8 is rolled as a total of the dice) In particular, what happens to the runtherd?

4. If you have 2 separate squads of Ork boyz (or any other unit) which are both equipped the same way, can they merge into one unit mid-game?

1. the number rolled (i.e. 4 and 6)
2. Crew is shaken (although some people don't play like that )
3. The runtherd is left alive, all remaining gretchin in squad are removed. (I think he is talking about apocalypse minefields. They can be taken as a stratagem.)
4. No, unless stated in the entry, (imp platoons can do similar) squads cannot merge
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