Xirax wrote:
Hey,
I asked this on IK tactics with no answer.. I throw it to you rules lawyers..

How you interpret the following.

When a Moirax armiger in house Vulker shoots with it's lightning clocks and uses saturation bombardment.

How many additional hits I get on an unmodified roll of 6 to hit?

Rules involved:

Lightning locks: 36", Heavy 6, S 6, AP -2, D1: An unmodified hit roll of 6 for an attack made using this weapon scores 2 additional hits on the target.

Stratagem (1CP): Saturation bombardment: Use this stratagem in your shooting phase before choosing a HOUSE VULKER model from your army to shoot with. Until the end of the phase, each unmodified hit roll of 6 made for that model's shooting attacks scores 2 hits instead of 1.

How do you interpret this?

Q: Some abilities can cause extra hits or wounds on a specific roll e.g. ‘Each hit roll of 6 scores 2 hits instead of 1’ and ‘Each hit roll of 6 scores 1 additional hit on the target’. Are these
abilities cumulative?
A: It depends on the exact wording of the rule in question. Rules that ‘score 2 (or more) hits instead of 1’ are not cumulative. Rules that ‘score 1 (or more) additional hits’ are cumulative. Here are some examples to show how these rules interact:
1. If a model is affected by two different rules that say that on a hit roll of 6 that attack ‘scores 2 hits instead of 1’ then a hit roll of 6 will still only result in 2 hits being scored against the target unit.
2. If a model is affected by two different rules that say that on a hit roll of 6 that attack ‘scores 1 additional hit‘ on the target, then a hit roll of 6 will result in 3 hits being scored against the target unit.
3. If a model is affected by two different rules, one that says that on a hit roll of 6 that attack ‘scores 2 hits instead of 1’ and one that says that on a hit roll of 6 that attack ‘scores 1 additional hit‘ against the target, then a hit roll of 6 will result in 3 hits being scored against the target unit.