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Can you stand and shoot with that off a Steg or do the crew have to throw their javelins? Since it's not slow to fire i assume you can...

yeah you can. Though it only requires 2 crew to fire, so the others can still through javelins.

Also since it doesn't have quick to fire you can't use it always, at which point you just toss 5 javs.

Off Topic: With the old FAQ gone the giant bow can stand and shoot as well. Guess not all the rules GW forgot to paste from the old book are bad.

 HoverBoy wrote:
Also since it doesn't have quick to fire you can't use it always, at which point you just toss 5 javs.

Off Topic: With the old FAQ gone the giant bow can stand and shoot as well. Guess not all the rules GW forgot to paste from the old book are bad.

The giant bow says it is a bolt thrower with a different profile. Bolt throwers are slow to fire.

It has a profile and it doen't have slow to fire on it neither does the flying chariot bolt thrower for that matter.

Same as before unless they FAQ those in you use the profile given in the armybook.

The profile doesn't need to say "Slow to Fire". The fact that the bolt thrower entry has it is enough. Or are we going to argue the ogre and daemon cannons can stand and shoot again?

Edit- the BRB FAQ has this covered as well.

Davall wrote:
The profile doesn't need to say "Slow to Fire". The fact that the bolt thrower entry has it is enough.

Hmm good point.

Oh well can't be right all the time.

No worries. That is the reason I sift through a lot of the passive aggression some posters have (not you, HB): there is still a lot of good info on Dakka and we can't get it right 100% of the time

No need for a FAQ, the BRB is clear enough
"Unless specified otherwise, all war machines have the slow to fire and move or fire special rules"
As the giant bow doesn't specify otherwise, it has the slow to fire and move or fire special rules
While OK & CD Cannon thingies are specifically allowed to move and fire (but don't remove slow to fire , the skaven WFT specifically has it)

TanKoL wrote:
No need for a FAQ, the BRB is clear enough
"Unless specified otherwise, all war machines have the slow to fire and move or fire special rules"
As the giant bow doesn't specify otherwise, it has the slow to fire and move or fire special rules
While OK & CD Cannon thingies are specifically allowed to move and fire (but don't remove slow to fire , the skaven WFT specifically has it)

The Stegadon Giant Bow entry specifically mentions it can move and fire. So it does not have Move or Fire.

Yeah indeed Sabre, it's clear as crystal, as is the fact that you can't Stand&Shoot the Giant Bow, that was one of the questions that arose

No, it does have Move or Fire, it is just the model's rules makes an exception. Now, for all intents and purposes it is the same thing, until they make something that interacts with Move or Fire. Maybe a Warmachine Hunter rule?