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I'm a little confused on how this spell actually works and am hoping you lot can clarify it for me.

For those that don't know about the spell:

Spell Type: Nova
Range: 6"
Str: 2
AP: 5
Type: Assault D6+1, Poisoned (4+)

In the brb it states the following for Nova:

A nova power automatically targets and hit all enemy units within the pychic power's maximum range, regardless of line of sight, being locked in combat, intervening models/terrain and so on. Otherwise, a nova is treated like a shooting attack and indeed will have a profile like a shooting attack.

What I don't understand is why the D6+1 is there if the of models get automatically hit. Unless that indicates how many times the spell "goes off."

E.g. Say I have 5 models under the 6" radius. Roll my D6, I get a 2, so does that mean I get 15 dice to roll for wounds?

If every model does take D6+1 hits that is pretty gross. Still, I don't see any other way to read it.

Each unit in the radius takes d6+1 hits.

I would go with D6+1 hits using the profile.

It does d6+1 hits to each enemy UNIT in range. Not sure how this is complicated or confusing. How many models are in the radius is irrelevant.

 Mannahnin wrote:
It does d6+1 hits to each enemy UNIT in range. Not sure how this is complicated or confusing. How many models are in the radius is irrelevant.

He's getting confused because he is reading the Nova rule similar to a Template, in that the models in the Nova are hit by the attack.

What Mannahnin said is correct. If you read the Nova rule a little more carefully it doesn't actually say which models are affected by the attack, only which UNITS are affected by the attack. So if a unit is within 6" of you, you get to shoot it with the D6+1 attack.

 Mannahnin wrote:
It does d6+1 hits to each enemy UNIT in range. Not sure how this is complicated or confusing. How many models are in the radius is irrelevant.

Thanks for clearing that up Mannahnin.
For some reason it got into my head it was the individual models rather than the unit.

Okay, cool. I should probably be more understanding; lots of new stuff in this edition to get used to.