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If you fail a re rolled morale test when using a Boss Pole can you keep using it to re roll until you pass lr run out of you run out of Boyz to wound?

Thank you.

Nope. You cannot reroll a reroll. One try, that's it.

I don't have my ork 'dex with me (lent it out to a pal as my orks are on pause waiting a MegaDread), but a friend today claimed that Boss Pole wounds still get a save... I didn't argue as I was crushing him and really didn't care (nor did I want to seem petty), but is that correct?

That is incorrect. You can only ever re-roll once for a given save or check; no matter what it is or what wargear may be interpreted to say otherwise. (see page 5 of the main rulebook)

Yes, a wound from a boss pole can still be saved against.
And no you can only reroll the LD test from a bosspole once. Period. Theres a rule in the book that even says you cannot reroll a reroll no matter how clever you try to be about it. Or something along those lines

They do.

Its treated just as if the bosspole wielder made a CC attack against the target of the wound with a big green fist (not a PK, Big Choppa etc..)

You get your save against it.

 Lobukia wrote:
I don't have my ork 'dex with me (lent it out to a pal as my orks are on pause waiting a MegaDread), but a friend today claimed that Boss Pole wounds still get a save... I didn't argue as I was crushing him and really didn't care (nor did I want to seem petty), but is that correct?

Boss Pole wounds do get a save as normal. It's in the FAQ.

Bede19025 wrote:

 Lobukia wrote:
I don't have my ork 'dex with me (lent it out to a pal as my orks are on pause waiting a MegaDread), but a friend today claimed that Boss Pole wounds still get a save... I didn't argue as I was crushing him and really didn't care (nor did I want to seem petty), but is that correct?

Boss Pole wounds do get a save as normal. It's in the FAQ.

Thanks all. Glad I kept my mouth shut.

I just want to note, that in my 4+ years of playing Orks, Ive only ever made that save once

I usually make the save once in every sixth attempt.

Yes, a wound from a boss pole can still be saved against.
And no you can only reroll the LD test from a bosspole once. Period. Theres a rule in the book that even says you cannot reroll a reroll no matter how clever you try to be about it. Or something along those lines

Per bosspole.
So if you have 10 bosspoles in a squad you can reroll LD up to 10 times.

Does the boss pole have an exception? Because if not, you can still only re-roll one time.

Exactly. It's still the same LD check being re-rolled. Multiple bosspoles won't let you keep re-rolling that same check multiple times.

 Pyriel- wrote:

Yes, a wound from a boss pole can still be saved against.
And no you can only reroll the LD test from a bosspole once. Period. Theres a rule in the book that even says you cannot reroll a reroll no matter how clever you try to be about it. Or something along those lines

Per bosspole.
So if you have 10 bosspoles in a squad you can reroll LD up to 10 times.

Incorrect, as you cannot reroll a reroll

nosferatu1001 wrote:
Incorrect, as you cannot reroll a reroll

And just to make sure it sinks in, it's on page 5 in the rulebook as already mentioned. A section conveniently named Re-Rolls. Read it if you doubt the negative answers.

first, you don't reroll leadership tests with the bosspole, just morale checks.

second, as per BRB, you can only reroll once

lastly the question is raised does the wording on PG92 of the ork dex "each time you fail a morale check", over ride the one reroll rule?

That is where people will often get the idea you can keep rerolling.

but the last sentence "in order to reroll that morale test" would indicate that you are making a re roll, and only get the one re roll.

 Pyriel- wrote:
So if you have 10 bosspoles in a squad you can reroll LD up to 10 times.

If you had 10 bosspoles you could punch ten Orks, but you'd still only get one re-roll.

Incorrect, as you cannot reroll a reroll

Ah, ok.
Weird that they allow you to buy 10 bosspoles for a nob squad when you can ever only use one.

 Pyriel- wrote:

Incorrect, as you cannot reroll a reroll

Ah, ok.
Weird that they allow you to buy 10 bosspoles for a nob squad when you can ever only use one.

Well, if 9 of your boss-pole wielders get shot out, you still have one.

I usually get two, so I can be sure at least one is alive when my 300 point unit has to pass a moral check.

 Pyriel- wrote:
Weird that they allow you to buy 10 bosspoles for a nob squad when you can ever only use one.

It's not the first time that GW have provided options purely for appearance value... like marine bikers with bolt pistols.

Agreed. Also, the boss poles were handy in 5th, when you could make a unit of Nobz complex. It was easy and cheap to just stick a pole on a random nob.

 KingCracker wrote:
Agreed. Also, the boss poles were handy in 5th, when you could make a unit of Nobz complex. It was easy and cheap to just stick a pole on a random nob.

yup in 5th i had a boss pole on my one of my 3 pk nobz for wound shananagins (one with a waaagh banner one just a pk), one on one of my 3 big choppa nobz (one with bp one with heavy armor one plain bc) then on basic nobz one bosspole and oen plain nob then a painboy... since the new rules i took off 2 bosspoles