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At work so I don't have my rule book.

Does every unit hit get a deny the witch role or is it the 1st unit hit? What I hit 2 to 3 units w/ a blast?

Short answer, yes, each unit gets to DtW. Each unit under the Blast marker is a target of the attack; the DtW attempt affects each unit independently. One target unit rolling a successful DtW means it is not affected by the power, but other units that fail their roll are.

I thought the FAQ clarified this using Beam powers as an example. IIRC, you only get 1 deny the witch roll no matter how many units are hit.

That ruling was specific to Beam powers. If it's a Beam power, then the first enemy unit.

Err...? No - NOT true at all. Check the "Deny the Witch" rule on page 68. Only the *targeted* unit gets to make a roll.
This of course means that if the power used hits more than one unit, and it's not already decided by shooting from other models in the psyker's unit, the psyker must declare which is the target.

Beam was FAQed because you don't target a unit with it, you target a fixed point instead.

It's targeted unit but if you don't target a unit it's the first unit hit such as for beams or JOTWW.

With a Blast marker only the first unit targeted would get to try and DTW and if it scatters over other units then the chance to deny it has already passed. The only psychic powers that go on a unit by unit basis are the Nova ones if I recall. In the description of the Nova powers it mentions that it targets all units in range so each unit would get to attempt a DTW for itself but any failures are still affected.

p68, RHS, 1st para says all targets affected by a psychic power can attempt to DtW. I take that to mean any unit under the blast marker.


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I'm paraphrasing. What it actually says is "If a psychic power targets two or more units..." each can attempt to DtW. If a Blast marker hits 2 or more units, either deliberately or through scatter, are they targets of the attack? I think so, but YMMV.

Snapshot wrote:
p68, RHS, 1st para says all targets affected by a psychic power can attempt to DtW. I take that to mean any unit under the blast marker.


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I'm paraphrasing. What it actually says is "If a psychic power targets two or more units..." each can attempt to DtW. If a Blast marker hits 2 or more units, either deliberately or through scatter, are they targets of the attack? I think so, but YMMV.

You only target one unit with shooting (RB p12); hitting other units with shooting doesn't make them targets as well (it is not contradicted in the Blast or Template rules).

In any case, you only place the marker after the DTW rolls have already been made (RB p67). Once you start placing templates or rolling to hit, you've already passed the point at which you can make DTW rolls.

You could be right. The "two or more units" rule certainly applies to maelstroms and novas, but I agree that a unit hit by a Blast need not be a target. Seems a bit harsh for the collaterally damaged units (especially if they have psykers to help with DtW), but noone ever said war was fair.