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A friend of mine and I were playing 40k a couple days ago when we began to talk about grenades and the distance that they could be thrown. We thought that it was weird that a guardsman could throw a grenade as far as a Chapter Master. So we came up with this system. In order to figure out how far a model may throw a grenade, take their Strength value and multiply it by 2. So a Tactical Marine could throw a grenade 8", while a guardsman could throw it 6".

My favorite thing about Dakka is watching people come up with rules to add a bit of detail and almost invariably hitting on ideas that are very close to 2nd Ed

A frag is generally given a 30 meter distance in real life, but when a bolter can only fire twice at 12" or once at 24" then maybe 8"-10" would suffice. I know they are used for figuring the assault phase now right, and not thrown during a shooting phase. House rules man, go for it if it works for you.

 Kelly502 wrote:
A frag is generally given a 30 meter distance in real life, but when a bolter can only fire twice at 12" or once at 24" then maybe 8"-10" would suffice. I know they are used for figuring the assault phase now right, and not thrown during a shooting phase. House rules man, go for it if it works for you.

grenades can be thrown in the shooting phase and used in the assault phase now.

 Swastakowey wrote:

 Kelly502 wrote:
A frag is generally given a 30 meter distance in real life, but when a bolter can only fire twice at 12" or once at 24" then maybe 8"-10" would suffice. I know they are used for figuring the assault phase now right, and not thrown during a shooting phase. House rules man, go for it if it works for you.

grenades can be thrown in the shooting phase and used in the assault phase now.

I know there the best gun in the IG army 1/2 a point & now all my IG have Str 6 guns

Except only a single model per unit can throw a grenade each turn. (Of course, in Kill Team, it gets a bit out of hand...)

 Ambience 327 wrote:
Except only a single model per unit can throw a grenade each turn. (Of course, in Kill Team, it gets a bit out of hand...)

Har. Har

Warboss can throw it 20' with da powa klaw!11 Or if he hits it like a soccer ball.