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So a bit of a newbie question.

If I am exactly 1 inch away from a target am I considered within range.

Example: i am exactly 8 inches from something. If I charge do I need a 7 an 8 or a 9 to reach.

Thanks.

Yeah, you need to be within (and including) 1" away to be in CC range.

When you are exactly 8" away, you need to roll a 7.

From the Rulebook FAQ, page 8;

Q: What does within 1" mean? Does it mean any distance up to 1", or does it mean any distance up to and including 1"?
A: It means any distance up to and including 1".

There’s a lot in the Rulebook FAQ to take in, but it’s worth taking the time to absorb it as it genuinely clears up many minor discrepancies or interpretations.

 Crantor wrote:
So a bit of a newbie question.

If I am exactly 1 inch away from a target am I considered within range.

Example: i am exactly 8 inches from something. If I charge do I need a 7 an 8 or a 9 to reach.

Thanks.

For all practical purposes 'exactly' 1" doesn't exist. It will always be slightly more or slightly less. Decide which it is, and you'll have your answer.

Note that for the purpose of a charge from deep strike - you cannot deploy WITHIN 9", but the charge must finish WITHIN 1", meaning your charge roll will always need to be at least a 9. An 8 would not take you within 1", as to do so you must logically have started within 9" and so must have deployed illegally.

 Stux wrote:


For all practical purposes 'exactly' 1" doesn't exist. It will always be slightly more or slightly less. Decide which it is, and you'll have your answer.

Our measuring tool only can measure in 0.1" steps. For practical purposes you certainly can be exactly 8" away.

 Stux wrote:

Note that for the purpose of a charge from deep strike - you cannot deploy WITHIN 9", but the charge must finish WITHIN 1", meaning your charge roll will always need to be at least a 9. An 8 would not take you within 1", as to do so you must logically have started within 9" and so must have deployed illegally.

The TO didnt ask about deepstrike. Even after deepstriking some models can be closer than 9.1". Like sly marbo, who can move D6" after deepstriking. Or the calidus assasin who deepstrikes more than D6+3" of enemy models.

 p5freak wrote:

 Stux wrote:


For all practical purposes 'exactly' 1" doesn't exist. It will always be slightly more or slightly less. Decide which it is, and you'll have your answer.

Our measuring tool only can measure in 0.1" steps. For practical purposes you certainly can be exactly 8" away.

No, you aren't exactly 8" away regardless of the tool you are using. A 10th of an inch is still easily big enough to see whether something is one side or the other of the line.

 Stux wrote:

 p5freak wrote:

 Stux wrote:


For all practical purposes 'exactly' 1" doesn't exist. It will always be slightly more or slightly less. Decide which it is, and you'll have your answer.

Our measuring tool only can measure in 0.1" steps. For practical purposes you certainly can be exactly 8" away.

No, you aren't exactly 8" away regardless of the tool you are using. A 10th of an inch is still easily big enough to see whether something is one side or the other of the line.

Its true that you arent never exactly 8" away. But you cant measure better than 0.1" with our tape measures. Tape measures (at least all i have seen so far) have some play on that angled hook thing that stops the tape from disappearing inside the casing. That play alone could be 0.5". Meaning if i pull on that hook my distance is now 0.5" longer, if i push it towards the tape, my distance is 0.5" shorter.

Getting a bit afield here and the question has been answered.