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These came up in some games this weekend. How would they be ruled at Adepticon. (so using the Adepitocn FAQ and GW faq as a guide, not what you think the rule should be)

1. Can a Malediction psychic power affect zooming flyers? Ex. Misfortune cast on a Nightscythe. (remember this is how Adepticon will rule it)

2. When a flamer template targets the 2nd floor of a ruin, (templates must target a specific floor when fired into a multi-level ruin) can models on the first floor who are closer to the enemy be removed as casualties.

3. After moving the model, can I choose to snapfire a psycannon at 4 shots or only 2? Ex. A psycannon guy who moved the previous turn fire 2 or 4 snap fire shots at overwatch. 2nd ex. a psycannon guy moves and fires 2-4 snapfire shots at a flyer.

1. Discussed in another thread previously. I believe the answer was "no", however. But I stopped following the thread after a while.
For your perusal - http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/90/511903.page#5376610

2. Hits and wound allocation are different things, so yes they can providing you're following the rules for allocation and removal.

3. You can not "choose" to snapfire - FAQ for BRB. So I don't know if I'm not getting your example or not, but you only snapfire during situations that *require* you to snapfire.

1. Maladictions that don't cause damage should have no issue targeting a flyer. It's Maladictions that cause hits/glance/pens that are forbidden.

2. Covered by previous poster

3. You choose the weapon mode before you fire a weapon with multiple profiles. I see no reason you couldn't snapfire 4 shots if you choose that weapon profile.

For Adepticon-specific answers, you would be better off asking on the Adepticon forums. Here you're just going to get the answers from the rulebook and normal FAQs.

DarthDiggler wrote:
1. Can a Malediction psychic power affect zooming flyers? Ex. Misfortune cast on a Nightscythe. (remember this is how Adepticon will rule it)

Q: How do maelstroms, novas and beams – or indeed any
weapon that doesn’t need to roll To Hit or hits automatically –
interact with Zooming Flyers and Swooping Flying Monstrous
Creatures? (p13)
A: Only Snap Shots can hit Zooming Flyers and Swooping
Flying Monstrous Creatures. Therefore, any attacks that use
blast markers, templates, create a line of/area of effect or
otherwise don’t roll to hit cannot target them. This includes
weapons such as the Necron Doom Scythe’s death ray or the
Deathstrike missile of the Imperial Guard, and psychic
powers that follow the rule for maelstroms, beams, and
novas.

2. When a flamer template targets the 2nd floor of a ruin, (templates must target a specific floor when fired into a multi-level ruin) can models on the first floor who are closer to the enemy be removed as casualties.

Oddly enough, yes. Blasts specify that wounds can only be allocated to the level you are targeting, but templates just resolve the hits against that level. Nothing is said about changing the wound allocation process.

3. After moving the model, can I choose to snapfire a psycannon at 4 shots or only 2? Ex. A psycannon guy who moved the previous turn fire 2 or 4 snap fire shots at overwatch. 2nd ex. a psycannon guy moves and fires 2-4 snapfire shots at a flyer.

I'm not sure what you are asking here.

#3. Psycannons have a profile that is Assault2/Heavy4.
The special note on psycannons in the C:GK says, "A psycannon can either be fired as a Heavy weapon or as an assault weapon (note that models in Terminator armour always use the Heavy option.)" You obviously get to choose which profile you use. So if you're already snap-firing at a Flyer, use the Heavy profile to get two extra shots!

#1. Has been debated on this forum extensively. I am of the opinion that, if the power is a Malediction that does not cause damage, then it can be cast on a Flyer. So yes, the Flyer would have to re-roll its saves.

Elric Greywolf wrote:
#3. Psycannons have a profile that is Assault2/Heavy4.
The special note on psycannons in the C:GK says, "A psycannon can either be fired as a Heavy weapon or as an assault weapon (note that models in Terminator armour always use the Heavy option.)" You obviously get to choose which profile you use. So if you're already snap-firing at a Flyer, use the Heavy profile to get two extra shots!

#1. Has been debated on this forum extensively. I am of the opinion that, if the power is a Malediction that does not cause damage, then it can be cast on a Flyer. So yes, the Flyer would have to re-roll its saves.

Ah, ok then yes you can choose whichever profile you'd like provided you're not, for some reason, restricted from firing a heavy weapon.

As for the malediction bit - Maledictions target but don't roll to hit, you can't target a flyer if you don't roll to hit. Causing hits/glances/pens has nothing to do with it. It's even in the FAQ answer, if it doesn't snapshot it can't "target" the flyer.

It says only snapshots can HIT a zooming flyers. Maladictions that don't cause hits are not affected.

It goes on to say ATTACKS that use templates, blasts, beam etc. can't be used.

A malediction that isnt an attack or that isn't causing damage isn't restricted.

 BarBoBot wrote:
It says only snapshots can HIT a zooming flyers. Maladictions that don't cause hits are not affected.

It goes on to say ATTACKS that use templates, blasts, beam etc. can't be used.

A malediction that isnt an attack or that isn't causing damage isn't restricted.

"otherwise don’t roll to hit cannot target them"

Anything that affects enemy models is an attack. To posit otherwise could have implications farther reaching than you could see.

I'll post it here too - from the line of sight heading "A model normally needs line of sight whenever it wishes to attack an enemy, whether with power sword, gun or psychic power."

Note that it doesn't say "Witchfire" or "psychic shooting attack" or whatever. Just psychic power.

Thanks for the answers boys. I did post this on the Adeption forums, but they take forever to respond and I am a regular poster their. :-)

1. The malediction targeting flyers argument has been going around in circles for ages with both camps thinking they're obviously right and neither camp being able to persuade the other. Due to the poorly worded FAQ, this will need to be house-ruled.

2. Weirdly, yes.

3. As far as I'm aware, you can choose to use either profile regardless of having moved or not.