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Hi all - what's your take on this Warlord trait and how it works? From the new Marine Codex. The text is:

While this Warlord is on the battlefield, each time you spend a Command point to use a Stratagem you can roll one D6: on a 5+, that Command point is refunded.

This is easy enough for strats that cost 1CP, but I'm unsure as to how this works when using a 2 or 3 CP strat. The way I see it, it could work one of a few ways:

- you're only allowed to use this trait when using a Stratagem that costs *a* Command point, so it doesn't trigger on 2 and 3 CP costs;
- you can use the strat, but you're only allowed to roll *one* single D6, and so only refund one CP;
- each Command point spent for the strat counts as a separate instance that triggers the strat, so you roll as many dice as the strat cost, and each individual one counts as a single CP refunded.

That last option seems most logical to me, because the other two would make more sense if the trait were worded differently. However, if that's the case it seems pretty OP, especially when you consider the power of the more expensive strats like Orbital Bombardment.

Last one. Mind any caveats your game mode has about maximum CPs refunded per Battle Round though.

 Super Ready wrote:
Hi all - what's your take on this Warlord trait and how it works? From the new Marine Codex. The text is:

While this Warlord is on the battlefield, each time you spend a Command point to use a Stratagem you can roll one D6: on a 5+, that Command point is refunded.

This is easy enough for strats that cost 1CP, but I'm unsure as to how this works when using a 2 or 3 CP strat. The way I see it, it could work one of a few ways:

- you're only allowed to use this trait when using a Stratagem that costs *a* Command point, so it doesn't trigger on 2 and 3 CP costs;
- you can use the strat, but you're only allowed to roll *one* single D6, and so only refund one CP;
- each Command point spent for the strat counts as a separate instance that triggers the strat, so you roll as many dice as the strat cost, and each individual one counts as a single CP refunded.

That last option seems most logical to me, because the other two would make more sense if the trait were worded differently. However, if that's the case it seems pretty OP, especially when you consider the power of the more expensive strats like Orbital Bombardment.

You roll 1 dice per CP used. You are, however, limited as to how many CP you can regenerate this way (as it's not a stratagem), so even if you use a 3CP stratagem then roll three 6's, you only get 1 CP back.

 BaconCatBug wrote:
You are, however, limited as to how many CP you can regenerate this way (as it's not a stratagem), so even if you use a 3CP stratagem then roll three 6's, you only get 1 CP back.

Bascially you get 3 chances to refund the 1 CP.

Oh, of course... forgot about the 1CP refund limit. Thanks all!