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Hello guys, this has not actually come up, but I was thinking about it. What would happen if I used my marker lights to raise my BS above 6 so that I get to reroll misses. If I roll a 1, then reroll and get a 3, do I still take a gets hot wound? If I roll a 1 then a 6, do I take a wound and still score a hit?

Thanks!

Tau plasma doesn't get hot and marker lights don't boost non-Tau weapons.

However, Tau Ion weapons can Get Hot, and if you boosted the BS to 6, you would reroll the 1.

 Nilok wrote:
However, Tau Ion weapons can Get Hot, and if you boosted the BS to 6, you would reroll the 1.

Yes, so same question. Does the initial roll of 1 trigger the gets hot, or is it only the final result that matters?

Suks wrote:
Yes, so same question. Does the initial roll of 1 trigger the gets hot, or is it only the final result that matters?

The last part of the Gets Hot rule has a paragraph specifically covering this. You only take the wound if the second roll is also a 1.

 agnosto wrote:
Tau plasma doesn't get hot and marker lights don't boost non-Tau weapons.

Anything can get hot, even melee attacks. You just need the appropriate buff/debuff. The tau commander can have just such a debuff.