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The Deathwatch frag cannon has a profile that is 24" S7 AP3 Assault 2 Impact, with Impact being a special rule defined right below it as

If the target unit is within 12", this weapon's Strength is increased to 9 and its AP is increased to 2.

I played a game yesterday where I had a unit of 4 frag cannons firing at a soul grinder. 3 of the frag cannon models were within 12" and the 4th was about 13" away. How would this resolve? Would all 4 fire at S9 AP2, would I need to fire 3 of them separately from the 4th (even though it's not using a different shooting profile because it's a special rule)?

I haven't seen another rule like this, but is there a precedent, or is there maybe something I'm missing in the BRB that outlines a situation like this? I ended up playing it the second way above, giving the benefit of the doubt to my opponent because I wasn't sure and couldn't off the top of my head think of anything that might prove it wrong other than it not being different shooting profiles, and that might not even prove it wrong as far as I know, it just seemed strange. Did I play it correctly?

The models that are not within the range do not fire at higher strength. For the same reason that if you had three models in weapon range your fourth model would not get to shoot.

So resolving the different strength shots separately was correct?

The 4th one isn't benefiting from Impact because it's out of range and will have to be resolved separately

And yes it is a different shooting profile, special rules do affect those.

You resolve each weapon separately it is not like a blast template volley.
No different than for the melta-weapon rule for armor penetration.
The weapon in this case does have a different profile when it is within 12" of it's target (or greater than).

Okay cool, thanks guys!


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 CrownAxe wrote:

And yes it is a different shooting profile, special rules do affect those.

My ignorance of this is what confused me