preferred enemy and warptime FAQ

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**apple1988218**

preferred enemy: ... such troops can always re-roll their rolls to hit in close combat againse...

warptime: ...the psyker may re-roll all rolls to hit and rolls to wound...

Based on the latest CSM FAQ, warptime must reroll all dice or no dice.

My question is: Does the preferred enemy rule allow the units to pick and choose which to hit dice he will reroll?

**kirsanth**

Correct, the word "all" makes the difference.

**calypso2ts**

You have two sources of the re-roll - preferred enemy and warptime (can you get preferred enemy on a unit with warptime?).

Anyway, you can choose to re-roll ALL the hit dice for warptime or you can re-roll your failed hits for preferred enemy. Elect not to re-roll ALL the dice and instead elect to re-roll the failed hits form preferred enemy.

I think this works, I am sure one of the smarter regular dakka posters will either confirm or deny this.

Edit: D'oh I misread the question, what I said still stands, preferred enemy lets you choose!

**tetrisphreak**

With preferred enemy you can even re-roll your dice that score a hit if you wish. Not that many people actually do this, but it can be done.

**Akroma06**

I've done it with my BT before. Mainly because I don't want to wipe out the enemy squad on my turn.

As for the OP: PE lets you choose which hits/misses you want to reroll. The FAQ for warptime (unfortunately) says "all" so you have to pick up all the dice and reroll them.

**apple1988218**

Sorry about my poor english XD

So, if a unit has preferred enemy rule, it can choose which dice ( failed or not) to reroll, right?

Thank you guys

**Happyjew**

Yes, some people also choose to re-roll if hte weapon is rending to try and get a 6.

**Akroma06**

Apple...that is correct. Preffered enemy lets you choose what dice you reroll.

Say I have 5 templar termis w/ PE that charged with 2 LC each. That's 20 attacks. I charge some BA assault marines, 10 guys 1 PW. Now I roll to hit and get 18 hits out of 20. Normally a very good roll. But he has a vindicator nearby and I don't want to loose the squad. I can pick up 12 of those hits and none of the misses and reroll. Now I score 12 hits total. Yes I should still win the assault but he may not run away and thus save my terminators.

**darknightwing**

Happyjew wrote:Yes, some people also choose to re-roll if hte weapon is rending to try and get a 6.

Rending works off of wounding now, not the to hit roll.

**Happyjew**

Forgot about that. thanks darknightwing.

**cmac**

Harlequins and Doom.

Too many normal wounds can be bad with wound allocation.Can double out the rends too easily.