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Odd rules moment at the FLGS...

Ork player rolls to scatter and Gets Hot for Kustom Mega Kannon. Doesn't like the result. Expends ammo runt to pick up the scatter dice, but not the Gets Hot die (rolled a 2, not hot).
Does he have to pick up both scatter and Gets Hot?
Does he get a choice? Poll options above. Opinions welcome.

Edit: Added Poll options.

 Farseer Pef wrote:
Ork player rolls to scatter and Gets Hot for Kustom Mega Kannon.

Straight off, this is what you're getting wrong.
None of the poll options are correct.

For Gets Hot! weapons that don't roll to hit (like Blasts, as in this case), you roll a D6 first to test if it gets hot or not.
If it does, the shot doesn't happen.
If it doesn't, THEN you roll scatter.

Grendal is correct, but just to help your situation in particular:

No he wouldnt re-roll the gets hot roll, since that has already been passed.

 grendel083 wrote:

 Farseer Pef wrote:
Ork player rolls to scatter and Gets Hot for Kustom Mega Kannon.

Straight off, this is what you're getting wrong.
None of the poll options are correct.

For Gets Hot! weapons that don't roll to hit (like Blasts, as in this case), you roll a D6 first to test if it gets hot or not.
If it does, the shot doesn't happen.
If it doesn't, THEN you roll scatter.

Forgive me for not being more clear. He IS rolling a d6 for his KMK and negating his shot if a 1 is rolled. There was no confusion about that at the store when the issue came up. The poll still applies.

The poll doesnt apply, as rerolling scatter is not linked to rerolling gets hot

Gets Hot and Weapons that do not roll To Hit
"Weapons that do not roll To Hit (such as Blast weapons) must roll a d6..."

Gets Hot and Re-rolls
"If a model has the ability to re-roll its rolls To Hit...; it may also re-roll Gets Hot results of 1 for weapons that do not roll To Hit."

Rules have been provided for re-rolling Gets Hot on a Blast Weapon.
This thread was started for the specific scenario of using an Ammo Runt on a Gets Hot, Blast weapon. This is a question on how Ammo Runt works in that scenario.

Notice the MAY there?

The gets hot! roll is not linked tothe scatter dice.

You roll gets hot first. If you roll a 1, you may reroll if you expend an ammo runt.

If you dont roll a 1, and dont like your scatter, you can expend an ammo runt at that point. Nothing then allows you to go back to your gets hot and reroll it, nothing forces you to do it, and you wouldnt want to do it (the MAY) anyway.

Answer still stands. Your poll is incorrectly worded.

Indeed, there is no reason to every choose to re-roll the Get's Hot result if it wasn't a failure.
Even if one had a 'must' there is also this sentence:
a Wound is only suffered if the To Hit re-roll is also a 1

the twin liked reroll would make them reroll scatter die and the scatter distance, but not gets hot.

blaktoof wrote:
the twin liked reroll would make them reroll scatter die and the scatter distance, but not gets hot.

Why's that?
The Gets Hot rule evens uses Twin-Linked as an example of things that would let it re-roll the Gets Hot rule.

Not sure where Orks would get a Twin-Linked bonus from anyway, but that's beside the point

 grendel083 wrote:

blaktoof wrote:
the twin liked reroll would make them reroll scatter die and the scatter distance, but not gets hot.

Why's that?
The Gets Hot rule evens uses Twin-Linked as an example of things that would let it re-roll the Gets Hot rule.

Not sure where Orks would get a Twin-Linked bonus from anyway, but that's beside the point

He said that you're not forced to re-roll the Gets Hot, but you can.