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Quick question. I play mostly IG and i have had a few instances where an enemy unit is up against a wall of a building with no windows. I was wondering if, say a round from a leman russ were to be shot at the enemy unit and the scatter die scatter it the direction of the wall, would the blast plate stop at the wall or scatter through it?

Through it, nothing but the table edge can stop a blast

Even the table edge doesn't stop the Blast, if the Blast Marker ends up with it's hole off of the table it is considered 'lost' and generates no hits.

Once upon a time (2nd ed), that wall would have stopped the blast, but not any more.

U're still hit with a wall, i guess.

If a demolisher shell can scatter behind itself and kill the Iron warriors it was acting as a spearhead for then a Necron Heat cannons can scatter right through a fifty foot tall daemon wall to gib the Iron Warriors behind it.

But for a non-barrage blast, it wont wound without LOS.

So if it scatters behind a wall the firing unit cannot see behind then no wounds are caused.

 Steel-W0LF wrote:
But for a non-barrage blast, it wont wound without LOS.

So if it scatters behind a wall the firing unit cannot see behind then no wounds are caused.

Not quite correct. It still generates hits, which can be assigned to models which are visible and thus cause damage. The actual models out of sight are safe, but the hits can still cause damage.

 Grey Templar wrote:

 Steel-W0LF wrote:
But for a non-barrage blast, it wont wound without LOS.

So if it scatters behind a wall the firing unit cannot see behind then no wounds are caused.

Not quite correct. It still generates hits, which can be assigned to models which are visible and thus cause damage. The actual models out of sight are safe, but the hits can still cause damage.

Wrong, a blast can still hit and wounds models out of LOS even if it has not scattered, provided the target model is in LOS.

 Grey Templar wrote:

 Steel-W0LF wrote:
But for a non-barrage blast, it wont wound without LOS.

So if it scatters behind a wall the firing unit cannot see behind then no wounds are caused.

Not quite correct. It still generates hits, which can be assigned to models which are visible and thus cause damage. The actual models out of sight are safe, but the hits can still cause damage.

Which doesnt contradict anything I said.
Models behind the wall connot be wounded, and if the blast scatters onto a unit behind a wall the firing unit cannot see, no wounds are caused.
Which is exactly what I typed the first time.


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 IXLoiero95XI wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:

 Steel-W0LF wrote:
But for a non-barrage blast, it wont wound without LOS.

So if it scatters behind a wall the firing unit cannot see behind then no wounds are caused.

Not quite correct. It still generates hits, which can be assigned to models which are visible and thus cause damage. The actual models out of sight are safe, but the hits can still cause damage.

Wrong, a blast can still hit and wounds models out of LOS even if it has not scattered, provided the target model is in LOS.

Ummmm, totally wrong .

 Steel-W0LF wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:

 Steel-W0LF wrote:
But for a non-barrage blast, it wont wound without LOS.

So if it scatters behind a wall the firing unit cannot see behind then no wounds are caused.

Not quite correct. It still generates hits, which can be assigned to models which are visible and thus cause damage. The actual models out of sight are safe, but the hits can still cause damage.

Which doesnt contradict anything I said.
Models behind the wall connot be wounded, and if the blast scatters onto a unit behind a wall the firing unit cannot see, no wounds are caused.
Which is exactly what I typed the first time.


Automatically Appended Next Post:

 IXLoiero95XI wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:

 Steel-W0LF wrote:
But for a non-barrage blast, it wont wound without LOS.

So if it scatters behind a wall the firing unit cannot see behind then no wounds are caused.

Not quite correct. It still generates hits, which can be assigned to models which are visible and thus cause damage. The actual models out of sight are safe, but the hits can still cause damage.

Wrong, a blast can still hit and wounds models out of LOS even if it has not scattered, provided the target model is in LOS.

Ummmm, totally wrong .

No, you are wrong. The FAQ adds an errata to make this possible (emphasis mine):

Page 33 – Blast & Large Blast, Line of Sight
Add to the end of the final paragraph: “Remember to keep the
wounds inflicted by weapons with the Blast special rule in their
own wound pool, and that wounds from this pool can be
allocated to the closest model in the target unit even if it is out
of sight of any models from the attacking unit”.

 Steel-W0LF wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:

 Steel-W0LF wrote:
But for a non-barrage blast, it wont wound without LOS.

So if it scatters behind a wall the firing unit cannot see behind then no wounds are caused.

Not quite correct. It still generates hits, which can be assigned to models which are visible and thus cause damage. The actual models out of sight are safe, but the hits can still cause damage.

Which doesnt contradict anything I said.
Models behind the wall connot be wounded, and if the blast scatters onto a unit behind a wall the firing unit cannot see, no wounds are caused.
Which is exactly what I typed the first time.


Automatically Appended Next Post:

 IXLoiero95XI wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:

 Steel-W0LF wrote:
But for a non-barrage blast, it wont wound without LOS.

So if it scatters behind a wall the firing unit cannot see behind then no wounds are caused.

Not quite correct. It still generates hits, which can be assigned to models which are visible and thus cause damage. The actual models out of sight are safe, but the hits can still cause damage.

Wrong, a blast can still hit and wounds models out of LOS even if it has not scattered, provided the target model is in LOS.

Ummmm, totally wrong .

You may want to check the FAQ, page 1 under 'Blasts and Large Blasts, Line of Sight'.

Edit: Ninja'd!