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I am interested to see how everyone is interpreting how the Necron Death ray works. The part I am not sure on is the following:

"Every unit under the line suffers a number of hits equal to the number of models in the unit underneath the line."

In my mind, this means that if I draw a line over any part of a 10 man unit of space marines, or even a 30 ork mob, then the entire unit takes a number of hits equal to the number of models in the squad. So, the space marines take 10 hits and the orks take 30. Since each is a unit, and each is under the line. Is this how everyone else in playing it?

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extrenm(54) wrote:I am interested to see how everyone is interpreting how the Necron Death ray works. The part I am not sure on is the following:

"Every unit under the line suffers a number of hits equal to the number of models in the unit underneath the line."

In my mind, this means that if I draw a line over any part of a 10 man unit of space marines, or even a 30 ork mob, then the entire unit takes a number of hits equal to the number of models in the squad. So, the space marines take 10 hits and the orks take 30. Since each is a unit, and each is under the line. Is this how everyone else in playing it?

This'll get fixed in the FAQ for sure, it's supposed to read closer to " Every unit under the line suffers a number of hits equal to the number of models in the unit that are underneath the line."

extrenm(54) wrote:I am interested to see how everyone is interpreting how the Necron Death ray works. The part I am not sure on is the following:

"Every unit under the line suffers a number of hits equal to the number of models in the unit underneath the line."

In my mind, this means that if I draw a line over any part of a 10 man unit of space marines, or even a 30 ork mob, then the entire unit takes a number of hits equal to the number of models in the squad. So, the space marines take 10 hits and the orks take 30. Since each is a unit, and each is under the line. Is this how everyone else in playing it?

That is absolutely how it works....if you don't read the "underneath the line" part at the end.

They really should have put in "that are underneath..."

The sentence is being read as two parts, such as; "Every unit under the line suffers a number of hits equal to", "the number of models in the unit underneath the line." But that's not how it's supposed to be broken down.
It should be broken down as; "Every unit under the line", "Suffers a number of hits", "Equal to the number of", "models in the unit Underneath the line".