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Traditio wrote:

There's no rule that specifically allows me to place a drop pod with doors closed onto the table, roll dice, and then open the doors during disembarkation.

If I can open the doors in that case (though the rules don't tell me I can), why can't I close the doors later?

You can't open the doors in that case. If you deploy the pod with the doors closed, there is no rule that would allow you to open them later.

Peregrine wrote:You can't do that. If you model the drop pod with the doors open then it must remain in that configuration for the entire game, including when it is place on the table by deep strike. I already explicitly stated that you can't do this, so I don't know why you're acting like I believe the opposite.

Even though the italics specifically says that this is what happens.

Alright. If that's your mentality, I wipe my hands of this discussion.

Good day.

Traditio wrote:

Even though the italics specifically says that this is what happens.

Alright. If that's your mentality, I wipe my hands of this discussion.

I'm not really sure what you were expecting. You can't just pick out random bits of fluff and treat them as rules. That way lies madness.

Traditio wrote:

Peregrine wrote:You can't do that. If you model the drop pod with the doors open then it must remain in that configuration for the entire game, including when it is place on the table by deep strike. I already explicitly stated that you can't do this, so I don't know why you're acting like I believe the opposite.

Even though the italics specifically says that this is what happens.

Alright. If that's your mentality, I wipe my hands of this discussion.

Good day.

The italics also require the pod to be on fire. Do you do that bit? Or do you just pick and choose when it suits?

Traditio wrote:

DeathReaper wrote:Yes the doors can move. The doors being up or down absolutely do not depend on whether or not the drop pod had landed and disembarked the stuff inside. It depends on if the player has the doors up or down.

Disembarking has nothing to do with the position of the doors.

And this is why people should read the words in italics before they start applying rules. I quote:

"Crashing to the ground, the pods' hatches yawn wide, and the battle brothers inside charge forth to annihilate the foe" (C:SM, p. 158).

That quote does not actually have any rules in it.

Traditio wrote:

Peregrine wrote:You can't do that. If you model the drop pod with the doors open then it must remain in that configuration for the entire game, including when it is place on the table by deep strike. I already explicitly stated that you can't do this, so I don't know why you're acting like I believe the opposite.

Even though the italics specifically says that this is what happens.

Alright. If that's your mentality, I wipe my hands of this discussion.

Good day.

"But the italics say the unit inside charges forth to annihilate the foe, so I can charge after disembarking, and I auto-win to annihilate you!"
"That's not what the rules say, though."
"But it's what the italics say. If that's your mentality then I'm wiping my hands of this game."