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So after the melee open top. I thought about the DE raider and it does have planks, why not make that a rule?

Raiding Plank: The turn in which this vehicle charges the unit inside counts as being in melee in the same manner as the transport. If the Raider is able to fight you may pick the unit to fight as well. The opponent may pick the vehicle or the unit to fight if your unit has fought.


This only works for 1 turn, no bonuses, remember Raiders are limited to what can go in, only 10 models, Grotesques counts as 2 and no Fly units.

It may have to be worded carefully as I can see a number of rules issues that could arise:

- Does the unit get a pile in/consolidate? If so how does that interact with vehicles?

- If the enemy fights back and kills some of the transported units, how would morale work on a unit which isn't actually on the table?

From a casual standpoint I can't see why it wouldn't work, but for more stringent play it'd need refining.

 Valkyrie wrote:
It may have to be worded carefully as I can see a number of rules issues that could arise:

- Does the unit get a pile in/consolidate? If so how does that interact with vehicles?

- If the enemy fights back and kills some of the transported units, how would morale work on a unit which isn't actually on the table?

From a casual standpoint I can't see why it wouldn't work, but for more stringent play it'd need refining.

Its the concept of the idea for the rule. You can always word it better when getting down and into it.

The basic idea is they get to make melee attacks, not a full melee phase, but using the raider at the objective where the attacks are coming from. If they attack then they are open to be targeted, the unit for rules purpose would still be "off the table" its a rule that lets 1 action happen like how Open top does.

Orks having a strat that lets them attack with models embarked on an open-topped transport. Thoughts on just giving that to drukhari?

Wyldhunt wrote:
Orks having a strat that lets them attack with models embarked on an open-topped transport. Thoughts on just giving that to drukhari?

I think so, its very Orky too.