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Sorry if this has been covered in a previous thread. But Can the Necron Deathray be used as a torrent weapon like most Necron players seem to use it.

It is of my understanding that it is a Beam template Of sorts. And because it is a fixed weapon has a 45 degree fire sight. However Necron players seem to use this as a torrent weapon, put down there first point and then use the 1mm template line in any direction they wish.

Basically yes they pick a point within 12" then a second point based on a roll. The line is 1mm between the two.

Edit: As an aside how did you determine it is fixed?

What does your codex in conjunction with your FAQ say?

I'm not sure what you mean by 'as a torrent weapon'. It's obviously not a torrent weapon and therefore should not be played as such.

That said, if your Necron opponents are placing their lines within the arc of fire provided by the weapon, they are doing so within the strictest of RAW interpretation.

That said, what type of mounting weapon the death ray has and wether or not the wording of the deathray itself overrides the normal restrictions pertaining to such? Such is a rules-black hole currently that as not yet been adequately FAQed. This has generated much discussion previously to this point. (links included to the most recent of such, found via a cursory search of the first page...)

 Scipio Africanus wrote:
What does your codex in conjunction with your FAQ say?

I don't think he's a Necrons player, Scipio. I think he's coming to us because he's not sure if he's getting hosed by other players or not.

That being said, you aren't getting hosed, Cerbrus. When you say torrent, by the way, do you possibly mean turret?

No, I'm pretty sure he's referring to the torrent rule which is similar to how death rays work, except the template is replaced by a 3d6" line.

To the OP: the line can be drawn in any direction, but you run into issues if you try to allocate wounds to models that are outside the LoS of the weapon.

so the line can go 90 degrees after the initial start point. That's ok then i just didn't want to get "hosed" lol.

It just seemed strange to me is all. that a BEAM could turn 90 degrees from its point of origin. Thank you for clearing that up for me.

Think of it as moving the point of impact rather than representing the path the actual beam moves along.

cerbrus2 wrote:
so the line can go 90 degrees after the initial start point. That's ok then i just didn't want to get "hosed" lol.

It just seemed strange to me is all. that a BEAM could turn 90 degrees from its point of origin. Thank you for clearing that up for me.

Where does it say only 90 degrees is allowed?

 Makutsu wrote:

cerbrus2 wrote:
so the line can go 90 degrees after the initial start point. That's ok then i just didn't want to get "hosed" lol.

It just seemed strange to me is all. that a BEAM could turn 90 degrees from its point of origin. Thank you for clearing that up for me.

Where does it say only 90 degrees is allowed?

It doesn't. I said "could" turn 90 degrees as an example.

It can be 360° from the original point (ie: directly towards the doom-scythe), and still function,no worries there. The necron player just needs to insure it's within the Arc of Fire of the deathray.