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Page 95 Codex: Craftworlds wrote:Acrobatic: This unit can Advance and charge in the same turn. In a turn in which it Advanced, you can declare a charge move for this unit if there are any enemy units within 15" of it, and you can add 3 to the resulting charge roll.
Page 192 BRB wrote:Once you have chosen an eligible unit, select one or more enemy units within 12" of them as the target(s) of the charge. Each target unit can then attempt to fire Overwatch.
Is it just me, or does the Acrobatic rule not actually allow you to select a unit further than 12" away? All it says is that you can declare charges after they advance only if there are enemy units within 15", not that they can select a unit beyond the 12" permitted by the BRB.
   
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I was positive that I saw something from GW that said if you had this kind of ability that you could declare charges from further away, but I can't find it in the index, rulebook, or craftworld faqs.

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the intent is clear, even though RAW techniqually you are correct.

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 BaconCatBug wrote:
Page 95 Codex: Craftworlds wrote:Acrobatic: This unit can Advance and charge in the same turn. In a turn in which it Advanced, you can declare a charge move for this unit if there are any enemy units within 15" of it, and you can add 3 to the resulting charge roll.
Page 192 BRB wrote:Once you have chosen an eligible unit, select one or more enemy units within 12" of them as the target(s) of the charge. Each target unit can then attempt to fire Overwatch.
Is it just me, or does the Acrobatic rule not actually allow you to select a unit further than 12" away? All it says is that you can declare charges after they advance only if there are enemy units within 15", not that they can select a unit beyond the 12" permitted by the BRB.


Check page 170 i think the little part with Core and Advanced rules.

Now does the howling banshee ability it's an advanced rules?

Does this ability *build upon the core rules, add to or provide variation* ?

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Seems clear to me. They can charge units within 15".

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 Lemane0116 wrote:
Seems clear to me. They can charge units within 15".
Except the rule doesn't say that? All it says is that it may declare charges if there are units within 15" after they advance. It doesn't allow them to target a unit beyond the 12" granted by the BRB.


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 Lord Perversor wrote:
Check page 170 i think the little part with Core and Advanced rules.

Now does the howling banshee ability it's an advanced rules?

Does this ability *build upon the core rules, add to or provide variation* ?
I am not sure what you are talking about. Page 170 is talking about rules further on in the rulebook, it's not talking about codexes at all. Even if you say it's "building on the core rules", nothing in the Acrobatic rule allows for me to declare a charge against an enemy unit that is more than 12" away.

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By all means feel free not to charge your Howling Banshees up to 15". Meanwhile, I will charge 15". Carry on.
   
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Seriously though, read the rule and apply it. What does it say you can do? Declare Charges up to 15" instead of 12". There is no doubt as to intent or how to play this rule.

If you've feedback on rules wording precision the appropriate place is the official GW FAQ email address. Send it direct to GW rather than making a YMDC thread. It'll potentially have more effect and elicit less annoyance.

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 Stormonu wrote:
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RAW, there is nothing that allows you to actually declare a charge against a target more than 12" away, because of the manner in which the Howling Banshee special rule cleverly avoids actually allowing the unit to do so.

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 MinMax wrote:
RAW, there is nothing that allows you to actually declare a charge against a target more than 12" away, because of the manner in which the Howling Banshee special rule cleverly avoids actually allowing the unit to do so.

Wonderful.


To the GW FAQ email for you as well then! ;-)

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It literally says "you can declare a charge move for this unit if there are any enemy units within 15" of it", how can you think this isn't modifying " select one or more enemy units within 12" of them as the target(s) of the charge"?
   
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 MasterSlowPoke wrote:
It literally says "you can declare a charge move for this unit if there are any enemy units within 15" of it", how can you think this isn't modifying " select one or more enemy units within 12" of them as the target(s) of the charge"?
Because it isn't modifying it. It's literally saying "you can declare a charge move for this unit if there are any enemy units within 15" of it" not "you can declare a charge move against enemy units that are 15" away".

What it is saying is that you may charge after you advance, but only if there are enemy units within 15" of you.
   
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 MasterSlowPoke wrote:
It literally says "you can declare a charge move for this unit if there are any enemy units within 15" of it", how can you think this isn't modifying " select one or more enemy units within 12" of them as the target(s) of the charge"?



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A thumbs up doesn't change what the rules say...

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RAW, no, they have to choose a unit within 12" like always.

But, I'll chalk this up to other RAW problems like advancing and shooting with Assault weapons, firing pistols within 1" of an enemy, etc etc.

In other words, not even worth talking over with your opponent before the game.
   
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 Unit1126PLL wrote:
RAW, no, they have to choose a unit within 12" like always.

But, I'll chalk this up to other RAW problems like advancing and shooting with Assault weapons, firing pistols within 1" of an enemy, etc etc.

In other words, not even worth talking over with your opponent before the game.
So can I assume that if we were to ever play I could declare all my units move 50" and automatically hit and wound? After all, if you're going to ignore one rule, why can't I ignore the rest?
   
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 BaconCatBug wrote:
 Unit1126PLL wrote:
RAW, no, they have to choose a unit within 12" like always.

But, I'll chalk this up to other RAW problems like advancing and shooting with Assault weapons, firing pistols within 1" of an enemy, etc etc.

In other words, not even worth talking over with your opponent before the game.
So can I assume that if we were to ever play I could declare all my units move 50" and automatically hit and wound? After all, if you're going to ignore one rule, why can't I ignore the rest?


Yes, you could declare that. The ramifications of which would depend entirely on the game in question, but I won't tell you what you can and can't say or do. I'm not the rulebook.

Heck, as long as I get to declare that my models never actually suffer wounds from yours, you can declare whatever you want. I'd question if it was worth it playing the game in the first place, but I'd ask exactly the same question of someone who said that Howling Banshees can't declare charge targets outside12", so you're screwed either way, BCB

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The difference is, I would be following the rules about Banshees, you would not be. That's the benefit of being a RaW purest, you're always correct.
   
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 BaconCatBug wrote:
The difference is, I would be following the rules about Banshees, you would not be. That's the benefit of being a RaW purest, you're always correct.


Correct is not the same thing as right.

And that's the benefit of being a human being and not an unthinking machine that parses colloquial English like it was written in C++.
   
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Reading rules that make perfect sense wrong isn't fun for anyone.

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Captyn_Bob wrote:
Reading rules that make perfect sense wrong isn't fun for anyone.
I agree, which is why Banshees charging 15" isn't fun for anyone!
   
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Luckily this is a situation that shouldn't come up very often. Even with +3" declaring a charge against a unit 11" away is a gamble, much less 12-15".
Banshees are too fragile to be left out in the open. And with the 3" disembark distance, 7" move + Advance, it is unlikely for a Banshees target unit to be outside 12' away.

Making a 13-15" 'hail Mary' charge is so unlikely that if you just let the player roll the distance (and fail) your won't really need to "invoke" this rules technicality. The only thing that might change this is the opponent overwatching....which they cannot do against Banshees anyway.

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"you can declare a charge move for this unit if there are any enemy units within 15" of it"
"you can declare a charge move against enemy units that are 15" away"

You're willfully making a distinction between these statements that isn't there.
   
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 BaconCatBug wrote:
The difference is, I would be following the rules about Banshees, you would not be. That's the benefit of being a RaW purest, you're always correct.


Sure. You can also take a nice oat-bag, strap it around the muzzle of that high horse and give it a good brushing while you're walking your models out to the car and putting them in the trunk when no one plays you. So, good...for you? I guess.
   
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 MasterSlowPoke wrote:
"you can declare a charge move for this unit if there are any enemy units within 15" of it"
"you can declare a charge move against enemy units that are 15" away"

You're willfully making a distinction between these statements that isn't there.
Those sentences are not the same thing.

"Charge Move", by definition is limited to 12". Nothing in the rule changes this. All acrobatic does is allow you to charge after an advance, so long as there are models within 15". It does NOT change the definition of charge move.

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So from how I read it, the Howling Banshee rules overwrites step 1 in the charge phase and allows you to activate a unit to declare charges if there is an enemy within 15". However, in step 2, the HB rule doesn't grant permission to declare a target farther than 12" inches away. BCB is correct in his assertion, but I think it's a case of RAW vs Intent and I wouldn't disallow anyone the opportunity to select a unit to charge at 13-15" away.

 
   
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Okay, BaconCatBug, you are 100% technically correct.



However, there's literally NO reason for GW to give them this rule without them being able to select a unit within 12" also. Therefore, your correctness is about as relevant as me saying that space is big.

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 Yarium wrote:
However, there's literally NO reason for GW to give them this rule without them being able to select a unit within 12" also. Therefore, your correctness is about as relevant as me saying that space is big.
Yes, there is. It allows them to charge after advancing.
   
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He's referring to the "if there are any enemy units within 15" of it," clause, which is pointless if you don't think it modifies the rule that it very obviously modifies.

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