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Hey,

So I've recently returned to 40k. Myself and 2 mates are making our way through the rules but have come stuck when it comes to something as theoretically simple as visibility and terrain.

The following info is taken from the 40k app.


There's conflicting info here as it says

1) models can't see over or through the terrain
2) models can see in to the terrain normally

We can't figure out why the contradictions there.

But then there's this



So this says models can see into the ruins, which again partly contradicts the first spoiler. But then we don't get why 1 unit can see another, but cannot be seen in reverse (if that makes sense).

I've fired an email off to the FAQ people but obvs won't get a response. Hoping someone here can help me to make sense of it.

Cheers!

This explained in commentary pdf. You can check file on Warhammer community. There is picturec and explanation.

There's also no contradiction. You can see into ruins, just not through them.

Ruins have a footprint that represents were the terrain feature begins and ends.

If two models are not within the footprint and on opposite sides of the ruins they can not see each other as the terrain blocks line of sight.

If a model is entirely inside the footprint of a ruin that model can see outside of the ruin with normal line of sight.

Models that are outside of a ruin can see normally into the footprint.

If a model is only partially within the footprint of a ruin it can not see through the ruin to anything on the other side, however if the model has towering they can see as normal.