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Lets say I have an EC Lord charge a unit of necrons.

"Until the end of that
phase, if an attack made by a model in that unit
destroys an enemy model, the attacking model can
make one additional attack against the same unit
using the same weapon."

if each attack gets a kill and I have 4 attacks that suceeded, then I have 4 more attacks. I don't see anything that limits extra attacks from creating more extra attacks, so as long as I kill a model each time I could wipe an entire unit of 20 necron warriors? Or is this basically written that I'm supposed to know that I get 1 bonus swing and I'm done?

 Sazzlefrats wrote:
Lets say I have an EC Lord charge a unit of necrons.

"Until the end of that
phase, if an attack made by a model in that unit
destroys an enemy model, the attacking model can
make one additional attack against the same unit
using the same weapon."

if each attack gets a kill and I have 4 attacks that suceeded, then I have 4 more attacks. I don't see anything that limits extra attacks from creating more extra attacks, so as long as I kill a model each time I could wipe an entire unit of 20 necron warriors? Or is this basically written that I'm supposed to know that I get 1 bonus swing and I'm done?

You can get infinite attacks from that, yes. Provided you keep killing and killing and killing.

For instance, if you're attacking a squad of Conscripts (T3, 5+) with a Lightning Claw on a unit that has Veterans of the Long War, Prescience, and RR1s to-hit from a Lord or something, you'd expect to get at least a dozen swings per attack made, since each swing has a 94.5% chance of killing a guy.

Normally such abilities have a footnote saying the excess attacks can't grant additional attacks, but if this one doesn't then I don't see what's stopping you.

Per page 3 of the Codex: Chaos Space Marines FAQ, it appears to be no.:

Q: Are the bonus attacks from [i]Death to the False Emperor and the Excess of Violence Stratagem cumulative? For example, if a model with an Attacks characteristic of 1 rolled a hit roll of 6+ when attacking an Imperium unit (thereby giving it an extra attack) and then both of those attacks killed enemy models, would I then make two extra attacks for that model? If yes, what happens if I roll hit rolls of 6+ for these attacks?[/i]
A: Yes, they are cumulative. In the example given, you would make two extra attacks but any further hit rolls of 6+ (and any subsequent models destroyed) would not generate any further attacks.

Sounds like just 1 extra attack and done.

BTW why is the FAQ for excess of violence .....


Oh I see.. the faith and fury book needs a FAQ.. "(these bonus attacks cannot
themselves generate any further attacks)." Lame.