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Does the Astropath's global reserve roll lowering capability extend to/from allied detachments?

My inclination is to say no but I'd like to bounce it off you guys.

Cheers!

Answered in the Rulebook FAQ. Link to all FAQs in my sig.

This is a bit of a tricky and counter-intuitive one, logg.

The allied Astropath DOES affect the Reserves rolls of your primary detachment, but not the rolls of his own.

The way it's worded now, any modifiers (from either side) to Reserve rolls apply only to the primary detachment, regardless of what side they come from. Neither the primary nor allied detachment can apply Reserve roll modifiers to the allied detachment.

In any event, hope this helps, and good luck!

Hrmm thats quite odd.

Thanks for the response!

I just read the FAQ for the main rules and the Imp Guard and couldn't see anything.

You don't happen to have a page or section ref do you?



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 Jimsolo wrote:

The way it's worded now, any modifiers (from either side) to Reserve rolls apply only to the primary detachment, regardless of what side they come from. Neither the primary nor allied detachment can apply Reserve roll modifiers to the allied detachment.

So if I'm reading this correctly the same will go for the Master of the Fleet?

If my opponent has fliers in their secondary detachment or other units that arrive from reserve the MOF does not affect them? Only the units from the primary detachment?

 logg_frogg wrote:
Hrmm thats quite odd.

Thanks for the response!

I just read the FAQ for the main rules and the Imp Guard and couldn't see anything.

You don't happen to have a page or section ref do you?



Automatically Appended Next Post:

 Jimsolo wrote:

The way it's worded now, any modifiers (from either side) to Reserve rolls apply only to the primary detachment, regardless of what side they come from. Neither the primary nor allied detachment can apply Reserve roll modifiers to the allied detachment.

So if I'm reading this correctly the same will go for the Master of the Fleet?

If my opponent has fliers in their secondary detachment or other units that arrive from reserve the MOF does not affect them? Only the units from the primary detachment?

Page 8 of the Rulebook FAQ:

Q: Do modifiers that apply to such things as Reserve rolls,
apply to units from an allied detachment? (p124)
A: No.

Thanks Happyjew that makes things clear!

Does this also apply to re-rolls given by Comms Relay? Or is it specific to modifiers and not re-rerolls.

A re-roll isn't a modifier, modifiers (in the context of dice rolls) are defined by the rules very clearly and re-rolls are a different thing entirely.

The Master of the Fleet will affect your opponent's rolls regardless of what detachment the unit is in. (And no matter what detachment he is rolling for.) It only specifies allied detachments. Even if your opponent has detachments allied to one another, they are still 'enemy' to you, rather than 'allied.'

And while I for one agree with Drunkspleen that a re-roll isn't a modifier, I seem to recall a brief but heated argument over that very distinction a week or so ago. Just a heads up in case you run into it too.