general question about wholly within

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**Beardedragon**

If a unit is in strategic and arrives, he has to be wholly within 6 inches of the edge. What if your base can fit, but your model cant? Lets say, for instance magnus. He he has a massive wingspan for instance. What if his base can fit within the 6 inches but you cant make his model fit within due to how large the model is? is he still allowed to be placed?

**p5freak**

SETTING UP STRATEGIC RESERVE UNITS

If a model is so large that it cannot physically be set up wholly within 6" of a battlefield edge (i.e. the smallest dimension of that model is greater than 6"), it must be set up so that it is touching your battlefield edge. During the turn in which such a model is set up on the battlefield, that model’s unit cannot do any of the following: make a Normal Move, Advance, Fall Back, Remain Stationary; attempt to manifest or deny psychic powers; make any attacks with ranged weapons; declare a charge; perform a Heroic Intervention; perform any actions or psychic actions.

**Beardedragon**

i read that yet i am still here asking because i do not understand it.

I understand it as you cant deploy magnus if his wings cant fit, is this correct?

**doctortom**

Beardedragon wrote:
i read that yet i am still here asking because i do not understand it.

I understand it as you cant deploy magnus if his wings cant fit, is this correct?

No. He can be deployed, following the restrictions in what p5freak posted.

**Beardedragon**

doctortom wrote:
Beardedragon wrote:
i read that yet i am still here asking because i do not understand it.

I understand it as you cant deploy magnus if his wings cant fit, is this correct?

No. He can be deployed, following the restrictions in what p5freak posted.

i see. so its only his base that has to fit.

it just says: If a model is so large that it cannot physically be set up wholly within 6" of a battlefield edge". That would mean both his base and magnus model itself as i see it.

**JohnnyHell**

Magnus has a base. So using the Within rules his base must be within your DZ.

**Aash**

Beardedragon wrote:
doctortom wrote:
Beardedragon wrote:
i read that yet i am still here asking because i do not understand it.

I understand it as you cant deploy magnus if his wings cant fit, is this correct?

No. He can be deployed, following the restrictions in what p5freak posted.

i see. so its only his base that has to fit.

it just says: If a model is so large that it cannot physically be set up wholly within 6" of a battlefield edge". That would mean both his base and magnus model itself as i see it.

Within and wholly within are defined in the core rules under “Measuring Distances”:

WITHIN AND WHOLLY WITHIN
If a rule says it applies ‘within’ a certain distance, it applies at any distance that is not more than the specified distance. For example, within 1" means any distance that is not more than 1" away.

If a rule says it affects models that are ‘within’, then it applies so long as any part of the model’s base (or hull) is within the specified distance. If a rule says it affects models that are ‘wholly within’ then it only applies if every part of the model’s base (or hull) is within the specified distance.

If a rule says it affects units that are ‘within’, then it applies so long as any part of any model’s base (or hull) in that unit is within the specified distance. If a rule says it affects units if ‘every model in that unit is within’ then that rule applies so long as any part of every model’s base (or hull) is within the specified distance. If a rule says it affects units that are ‘wholly within’ then it only applies if every part of every model’s base (or hull) in that unit is within the specified distance.