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So, I just came up with an idea. I think it's stupid that you can't shoot at anyone in combat, so I came up with an idea:
Any Chaos units can buy a special rule (that I made up) called Ruthlessness. It should cost maybe 1-3 pts per model, and it enables you to shoot at units in close combat.
Sure, it isn't that simple. If you shoot at a unit that is in close combat with one of your units, do this: First, roll to hit like normal. Now, roll a D6 for every shot that hit. For every 1 and 2 you get, a wound is allocated to one of your fighting units. On a 5 or 6, it is allocated to your opponents unit. On a 3 or 4, the shot misses.

What do you say?

It seems like an unnecessary step, and something else we'd just have to worry about rolling. How about for each 1 on the To Hit roll, it hits your own guy, distributed as for shooting?

Why would you make assault even worse?

Say death company got into combat with so of your fearless (due to corrupted priest) traitor guard conscripts (allied in), and you had a unit of havocs nearby, with plasma. For every shot you take you have a chance of killing either a 20pt DC model or a 4pt conscript model... I wouldn't think that's very fair.
It gets even worse if you have some snaguinary guard in combat with some allied grots 40:3 point difference there.

And what happens with blasts and templates?

Also makes karamazovs special rules a bit less special.


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And bear in mind karamazov will be paying hefty points for that rule.