Happyjew wrote:RAW it does not transfer to the rest of the group.

yakface wrote:This seems like a good a place as any to comment on this topic (since someone already brought it up).

puma713 actually contacted me a while ago expressing his concern with how we ruled in the INAT on this topic and I thought that his points had a lot of validity so I spent a lot of time thinking about the issue and eventually we discussed it for the INAT in the latest updated and decided to stick with the ruling we already had, but I'll go into more detail as to why I think one method is more correct (IMHO) then the other:


There are two ways to interpret this type of issue in 40K, and honestly I believe either is a valid interpretation to play with as long as your opponent is on the same page as you.

1) The first interpretation is what I call the 'snapshot' method, and what players like puma713 (and others) believes to be correct...that at a time a special rule that has a duration is activated you essentially take a 'snapshot' of the affected target at that exact point and time. You then assume that the affected target remains affected regardless of whether parts of it later split off from the unit or the model generating the special rule subsequently dies...it doesn't matter since whatever was affected at the 'snapshot' remains affected for the listed duration.

I think in most ways this interpretation seems to be more 'realistic' (as far as you can use that term for 40K) because it seems pretty silly that a guy (an IC) affected by a psychic power can somehow avoid it just by leaving his unit...in 'real world' terms that doesn't make a whole lot of sense (generally).


2) The second interpretation is what I call the 'target-duration' method and this is the method that players like nosferatu (and others, including myself) believe to be correct. In this case you look at the rule, it will have a target listed and a duration listed. Under this interpretation you say that the target is what is affected for the duration listed. Since a unit is generally the target listed for a power (for example), if an IC leaves the unit he is no longer part of the unit and therefore no longer affected by the power. This same interpretation also tends to mean that the source of the 'power' has to remain in play or else that rule is no longer in effect...which means if the Farseer casting Fortune is killed (for example) then the effects of Fortune would immediately end (which would not be the case for the 'snapshot' method).

Now, while the 'target-duration' interpretation may not make as much 'real world' sense as the 'snapshot' method, I do think it follows the rules of the game more closely and therefore is probably more correct if you think of yourself more of a 'RAW' gamer. . .


. . .I really do think both interpretations are valid to play by, and I would gladly play either way personally, but if having to pick I think the 'target-duration' interpretation is the better way to play, even if it doesn't always make the most 'real world' sense.