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Hey all.

Got a question, and I'm almost 100% sure I already know the answer, but it's mainly to settle an argument.
Friend of mine believes that the shrouded rule is cumulative, as in if he takes 3 venomthropes, each one will will confer a +2 cover save to the next, allowing him to get a 2+ cover save on all creatures within 6" of them, I say nay, since the BRB states rules of the same name are not cumulative, but in the description of shrouded it states "the effects of stealth and shrouded are cumulative" . Now to me, this reads as just the two rules work together, not that three shrouded creatures will confer the rule three times. Am I correct in this?

If you have three lots of shrouded you still have the special rule shrouded, so only +2

The way I would read the rule is binary, you are either shrouded or not. If you are, you get the +2 cover save. Having multiple venomthropes just increases the areas where models count as shrouded.

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Anyway...according to ur friend cus i got two bolters at str 4 it makes it str 8.... Deugh!

Thank you, glad to know I'm actually correct in my reading of the rules.
Now, I get to go and play Starship Troopers with my CSM ( Yay!!! Noise Marine Dakkasplooge )

Grr...stupid Noise Marines. My Kill Team hates them.

Start of the Special Rules section:
"Unless specifically stated, a model cannot gain the benefit of a special rule more than once"

 grendel083 wrote:
Start of the Special Rules section:
"Unless specifically stated, a model cannot gain the benefit of a special rule more than once"

I can see where the friend is reading it, I just think he's reading it the wrong way.

The rule does say its cumulative. But they mean stealth and shrouded together are cumulative, not that they can stack with themselves.
But the sentence if taken literally could be read either way. I'd say RAI I'm 100% sure they meant the two rules stack, and not the same rules stack...