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so I have a black legion sorcerer with a unit of bikes I cast my Last memory power and it was able to hit 2 models from each of the 3 units it touched. For simplicity lets say 5 saves were failed form each of the 3 units.
The Nova has 18" range but was with bikers that had 24" bolters. My opponent said that only those within18" can get killed since that was the range of the "gun" saying that "those are the rules" . Was this correct ?I was under the impression that the longer rang guns extend the wounding range.

From the official FAQ:

Q: When making a Shooting attack against a unit, can Wounds from the Wound Pool be allocated to models that were not within range any of the shooting models when To Hit rolls were made (i.e. half the targeted model are in the shooting models’ range, and half are not)? (p15)
A: No.

That really doesn't answer the question.

Longer ranged weapons in the unit firing at the same target will increase the potential wound range. This is due to a question in the BRB FAQ.
As Witchfires are counted as assault weapons, you need to declare a target for the bikers before you start resolving it. Against that target you could cause wounds up to 24", but against the other two units only up to 18".

Q: When making a Shooting attack against a unit, can Wounds from the Wound Pool be allocated to models that were not within range any of the shooting models when To Hit rolls were made (i.e. half the targeted model are in the shooting models’ range, and half are not)? (p15)
A: No.

 azgrim wrote:
That really doesn't answer the question.

Yes it does.
You can allocate wounds within range of ANY firing weapon.
To the range of the rest of the firing unit must be taken into account (24" for bolters).

Grendel - but only against the unit the bikes are targetting, not any others

nosferatu1001 wrote:
Grendel - but only against the unit the bikes are targetting, not any others

This is correct as only 1 shooting attack was done with the nova at the units that the bikers did not shoot at.