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So, in the general movement section (pg.61) it is written that:

A trooper can vault over any obstacle not higher than
his Silhouette Template (as determined by his Silhouette
Attribute) at no cost, without declaring Jump or Climb.

But in the Super-Jump section (pg.93) it says:

When the user of Super-Jump moves normally on the ground,
he may vault over obstacles up to his height without penalty.

So from what I can read, that part of super jump don't really offer any bonus compared to normal walking?


Also a question that arose during one of our games:

Player A has, through some misfortune, a bunch of models clustered in the middle of the table..
Player B, wanting to kill them, declares move+bs.

Player B starts in total cover and moves out of it, carrying a shotgun.
Can player A aro on the move and avoid getting all his models killed by the auto-hitting shotgun?

The reason we ask is that it seems pretty annoying to lose 4 models to only 1 shot, which seems unavoidable, since the aro shot won't kill the shotgun model

Since when do shotguns auto-hit ?
It will be a face to face between the shooter and every model under the template, but only the initial target can "cancel the shot" with his FtF, the others can only save themselves if they beat the shooter's roll

I said shotgun, as in template can't remember the type, but it required no bs roll.. And I had totally forgotten that the FtF roll could cancel the shot Would that mean that if the intial target cancels it, the others are safe? or will it only cancel it for himself?

Direct Template Weapons don't require roll, Shotgun Blast is an Impact Template Weapon.

She had some rule on it, saying she didn't need a bs roll can't recall what it was

That's for Direct Template Weapons, a Shotgun is not, a Shotgun always needs to roll to hit.

It was probably a flamethrower, given he was talking nomads in the other thread. That and chain rifles are the most common direct templates. Aro to dodge on normal PH for each one will avoid the damage and let you move 2" to not be in bullseye formation, if I recall, or do a sacrifice, and bs attack, also on normal roll--four guys worth of combi rifle fire should be scary for anything not a tag. Not played much n3, but I don't think there's a way to straight cancel direct template.

If it was a flamethrower, I'd say so so let's leave that now please

 TanKoL wrote:
Since when do shotguns auto-hit ?
It will be a face to face between the shooter and every model under the template, but only the initial target can "cancel the shot" with his FtF, the others can only save themselves if they beat the shooter's roll

Minor correction:

Place the template on declaration.
Roll to hit the main target.
Everyone affected makes their FtF rolls separately against those rolls to hit.
None of the enemy rolls can cancel the template once it's placed, or have any effect on the other enemy models' rolls.

Thanks for that one :-D good to know the part about whether a single mini can save his friends or not :-)