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 H.B.M.C. wrote:
 skchsan wrote:
The point stands - your interpretation requires you to count the weapons more than once in order to invoke the fist's abilities twice, once per weapon. Please explain to me (as I am a new comer to this particular discussion that's been taking place for the past few months supposedly) why this works the way it does.
You count each weapon, each weapon has a special rule, and whenever the conditions for the special rule are met, the rule kicks in.

Each fist has a rule that provides +1A if the model has two fists. To meet that condition you have to:

1). Fight in melee.
2). Fight in melee using the fists.
3). Be equipped with two fists.

Each fist is a separate weapon. Therefore if you meet the conditions of one fist, you meet the conditions of both automatically. Therefore you gain +1A for each weapon.
Then would you say:

This unit contains 3 Raveners.. Each model is armed with two pairs of scything talons.
Scything Talon... You can re-roll hit rolls of 1 for this weapon. If the bearer has more than one pair of scything talons, it can make 1 additional attack with this weapon each time it fights.

Note, the unit description states the models are armed with two pairs of scything talons; however, there are no weapons entry for a PAIR of scything talons - just "scything talon". So, given the word "pair" shares definition with standard English, we will now assume the models are equipped with four scything talons.

So, Raveners equipped with two pairs of scything talon now hits for 8 times - 4 attacks base + (4) 1 extra attack per Scything Talon (not PAIR of Scything Talon) = 8 hits

Afterall, I fulfill the requirements for having more than 1 pair of scything talon at the moment of activation for attacking with, so I claim the bonus for EACH scything talon it has, just like how HBF works, right?

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You'd be correct, except there's a specific FAQ for Scything Talons that limits it to 1 extra attack. I'm fairly sure that's what they meant for HBF but it's not what the rules actually say. The rules are clear for HBF, but some people are adding their own interpretation to them, IMO.
   
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Sk - I am listening. You've not added anything. You're making up restrictions that do. Not. Exist.

I look at every weapon I have to proc any rules. When fighting:
HBF 1 says - do you have two HBF? Why yes, yes I do. Oh great, you get an extra attacks

HBF 2 says the exact same thing. Why am I not processing this rule? Explain it, because according to the chainsword precedent, I must do so. And when I process this rule, I discover I STILL have two HBF , so I STILL get an extra attack.

It doesn't matter that I'm counting them twice, because the rule makes no such distinction or requirement
I meet the requirements twice, so I process the rules twice

Not to do so is breaking the rules

This thread is definitely done.



Automatically Appended Next Post:
Here's the faq

Q: If a model has more than one pair of scything/monstrous scything/ massive scything talons, does it make 1 additional attack with one of those pairs, or 1 additional attack with each of those pairs?
A: 1 additional attack with one of those pairs.

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nosferatu1001 wrote:
This thread is definitely done.


Because saying this totally makes it so.

My interpretation (and yes, there is room for interpretation, despite others suggesting otherwise) is that the RAW, which is what this forum is concerned about, says you get one additional attack with EACH fist, because they are each a separate weapon with the wording that, when you attack, you get one extra attack with this weapon.

HOWEVER, my interpretation is also that this is not RAI, and we will see a change or clarification (depending on your viewpoint) come through when the CSM/DG/TS FAQ hits.

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 Octopoid wrote:
HOWEVER, my interpretation is also that this is not RAI, and we will see a change or clarification (depending on your viewpoint) come through when the CSM/DG/TS FAQ hits.

We've already had the first FAQ for the Death Guard codex, and any changes in the Thousand Sons or Chaos Space Marines codex will not apply to the Death Guard codex. This most likely won't be looked at until the next FAQ update that is due in September

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Octopod - why is it different to the chainsword?
   
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You don’t add the weapon info to the model twice. You have the weapon twice. You look up the rule when using it. A Chainsword tells you you get an extra attack for having one. So having two gets +2. The Fist rules say you get an extra attack for having two. Not difficult to follow.

Outside of contorting plain English for internet points on Reddit/YMDC, it’s not a difficult rule to parse. This subforum just likes to have silly circle jerks.

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 JohnnyHell wrote:
You don’t add the weapon info to the model twice.


Why not? Your weapons are 2 Helbrute Fists. You apply the rules for both weapons because you have both. Seems like a weird take. Do we get to use the melta rule only once if we have 2 Multimelta sponsons on a Leman Russ?

 JohnnyHell wrote:

You have the weapon twice. You look up the rule when using it. A Chainsword tells you you get an extra attack for having one. So having two gets +2. The Fist rules say you get an extra attack for having two. Not difficult to follow.

Outside of contorting plain English for internet points on Reddit/YMDC, it’s not a difficult rule to parse. This subforum just likes to have silly circle jerks.


I'm not sure why you're saying you get +2 attacks for two chainswords if you're also saying you don't have the weapon twice. How does that follow?
   
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 skchsan wrote:
 DeathReaper wrote:
Please re-read this breakdown and tell me why you think the logic is incorrect:
The bearer of the Hellbrute fists is selected to fight
At this point we see that the Hellbrute is equipped with a Hellbrute Fist (lets call this weapon #1), and a second Hellbrute Fist (lets call this weapon #2).
We make our 5 attacks with any given weapon (does not matter which).
Then we check our special rules

Weapon #1, the Hellbrute Fist, has a rule about extra attacks.
Emphasis mine.

Weapons are taken pre-deployment, during "muster army".
Sure, but why does that matter exactly? We have two weapons on the Hellbrute Dataslate... Not just one.
You need to know when your weapon's abilities are triggered/procced.
Yes, and the Hellbrute has a weapon that can use its abilities "Each time the bearer fights".

Each time the bearer fights, it gets to use the rule that says "Each time the bearer fights, if it is equipped with 2 Helbrute fists, it makes 1 additional attack with this weapon." From Weapon #1, and also from Weapon #2. (If you do not think so, please prove otherwise).

The weapons' ability requires you to check at "when fighting", not "when attacking".
And your point? "Each time the bearer fights" you need to check your weapons to see if the fulfill the conditions for that extra attack. Weapon #1 100% fulfils the conditions. Weapon #2 also 100% fulfills the conditions for that extra attack

There are two different weapons that both have rules, why are you not allowing one of those weapons to use its rules???

Here is the crux of your false argument, because for some reason, you are not allowing the rules for both weapons to be used. Why?
Hence, it would be illegal to check for existence of HBF #2 when attacking with HBF #1, and vice versa.
What does this even mean?

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Tyranid faqs to the rescue

Scything talons
You can re-roll hit rolls of 1 for this weapon. If the bearer has more than one pair of scything talons, it can make 1 additional attack with this weapon each time it fights


Automatically Appended Next Post:
If a model has more than one pair of scything/monstrous scything/massive scything talons, does it make 1 additional attack with one of those pairs, or 1 additional attack with each of those pairs?
A:
1 additional attack with one of those pairs.

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RAI it's definitely meant to be 1.
They just moved a rule that used to be part of the unit and put it on the specific weapon.

However, until they FAQ it, RAW its 2.
   
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Slipspace wrote:
 JohnnyHell wrote:
You don’t add the weapon info to the model twice.


Why not? Your weapons are 2 Helbrute Fists. You apply the rules for both weapons because you have both. Seems like a weird take. Do we get to use the melta rule only once if we have 2 Multimelta sponsons on a Leman Russ?

 JohnnyHell wrote:

You have the weapon twice. You look up the rule when using it. A Chainsword tells you you get an extra attack for having one. So having two gets +2. The Fist rules say you get an extra attack for having two. Not difficult to follow.

Outside of contorting plain English for internet points on Reddit/YMDC, it’s not a difficult rule to parse. This subforum just likes to have silly circle jerks.


I'm not sure why you're saying you get +2 attacks for two chainswords if you're also saying you don't have the weapon twice. How does that follow?


It’s hard to respond to something I didn’t say, so I won’t.

 Stormonu wrote:
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You did say that though.

Why don't you have two,weapons with two stat lines and two rules? Prove it.
   
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nosferatu1001 wrote:
You did say that though.

Why don't you have two,weapons with two stat lines and two rules? Prove it.
I think you've mis-understood Johnny's intent with his statement. It's not a RAW discussion. He's not wrong that a plain reading reveals the intent. And he's not wrong that people on this forum like to contort the plain reading for fun / points / etc.

To be honest, while everyone seems to agree on the RAW, I don't believe that anyone is genuinely advocating that it should be played as +2 attacks.
   
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JakeSiren wrote:
nosferatu1001 wrote:
You did say that though.

Why don't you have two,weapons with two stat lines and two rules? Prove it.
I think you've mis-understood Johnny's intent with his statement. It's not a RAW discussion. He's not wrong that a plain reading reveals the intent. And he's not wrong that people on this forum like to contort the plain reading for fun / points / etc.

To be honest, while everyone seems to agree on the RAW, I don't believe that anyone is genuinely advocating that it should be played as +2 attacks.

No contortion
Completely plain reading, completely backed up by the chainsword rule also function8g on a per chainsword basis. The only way to not arrive at +2 attacks would also mean that chainswords would not get an additional,attack per chainsword. As we know that to be false, the attempt to claim +1 attack only fails

Is it RAI? Well I've asked and it's not been faq, so that is one point FOR RAI.
   
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So as I read the Helbrute rules, it literally reads "add 1 attack if this model has two melee weapons, under battering onslaught. Am I missing something?
   
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They are talking about the Death Guard Helbrute, which has a different datasheet.
   
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I can't believe there's still debate over this. Let's try an analogy:

Say one day GW decides that they want to make another Daemon Engine, and come up with, say, a possessed Khornate Knight Armiger. This theoretical model has the option to either have a meltagun and a chain-cleaver, or two chain-cleavers. However, since this is a Khorne-aligned model, the rules guys want to give a bonus for going full melee, so they add a lore bit where if the model doesn't have any guns, some Daemon Prince blesses it by setting its chain-cleavers on fire, which obviously makes them more powerful. The stats for this model's chain-cleavers would then have the following rule:

"Each time the bearer fights with this weapon, if it is equipped with two chain-cleavers, the model it is fighting receives one mortal wound" (or something like that, I'm not too experienced with rules syntax).

Under the interpretation of Johnny Hell and skchsan, the target of this attack would only receive a mortal wound once. But that doesn't make logical sense! The mortal wounds inflicted here represent the chain-cleavers being on fire; are we to believe that if this model is granted its bonus, only one chain-cleaver is set alight?

The DG dreadnaught rule relies on the same logic, just a bit harder to understand. Each fist (there are two individual fists, just like there are two individual chain-cleavers on this hypothetical Armiger) says that if you only have fists, it gets two attacks. Otherwise, it gets one attack. That's two plus two attacks, which is four in total. Simple as.

As for the scything talons, the FAQ explicitly changed the way the weapon works. It's no different from increasing a points cost or removing a special rule.

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Except for every editition of this unit in the past a pair of melee units has counted as a single weapon, ala 1 attack. Never before has two melee weapons counted as 2 extra attacks, that I am aware of. Has there ever been a precedent for a pair of weapons giving more than 1 attack? Ala Telemon Fists?
   
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The past really doesn't enter into the conversation. This is a new edition of the rules and there may be new writers. These new writers are in no way beholden to what previous editions did or did not do.

The only thing that matters is what is written in the current BRB, any contemporaneous codices and, any errata/FAQ associated with them.
   
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Ok, then I suggest as always you discuss it with the opponent before hand, and if not, have fun pissing off your opponents. I don't understand the intent behind these posts. It's always "Can I have permission to play a rule based purely on my semantic interpretation, for a in game advantage?"
   
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FezzikDaBullgryn wrote:
Ok, then I suggest as always you discuss it with the opponent before hand, and if not, have fun pissing off your opponents. I don't understand the intent behind these posts. It's always "Can I have permission to play a rule based purely on my semantic interpretation, for a in game advantage?"


The intent is to understand what the rules actually say. Armed with that knowledge you can then have a reasonable discussion about it before a game. Your last sentence completely ignores the possibility this is what the designers intended, essentially arguing not only RAI, but implying anyone who disagrees with you is some sort of rules-lawyering TFG, which I personally think is more questionable behaviour than suggesting a DG Helbrute might get +2 Attacks with double fists.

The problem with your position is there's a whole spectrum of possibilities and scenarios when it comes to determining intent. On the one hand, any reasonable person would accept the 8th Edition assault weapon rules should not be played RAW and the RAI was to allow you to fire after advancing. The RAW was clear but the RAI also very clear to literally everyone except (possibly) one single poster on this board. But there are lots of scenarios where it isn't as clear as that, including this one. I'm fairly sure the RAI is to allow only +1A but I'm not sure enough to tell my opponent they don't get +2A because the RAW is clear but the RAI is not.

The benefit of having these discussions here is to thrash out the actual arguments away from the table so when you do come across them at the table you're at least aware of the argument and what the rule says. I think a lot of these discussions degenerate because people insist on arguing RAI instead of RAW. It's perfectly OK to examine the RAW yet come down on the side of RAI, or suggest it's something to discuss with your opponent beforehand. What annoys me is people who will argue for an interpretation but won't back that up when challenged, yet continue to put forward that argument.
   
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Except for one very overlooked obstacle:

Dakka is in no way EVER a citable source for rules confirmation. If I went to a tourney and said, "But the people on Dakka Dakka Dakka YMDC forums told me that I get an extra 2 attacks for double fists!" I'd be laughed out of the building. This entire forum is for semantic arguments that always devolve into a complete circle jerk about who is right and how they have correctly interpreted the "divine will of the writers". It's 20 individual prophets claiming to know the will of the emperor.
   
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FezzikDaBullgryn wrote:
Except for one very overlooked obstacle:

Dakka is in no way EVER a citable source for rules confirmation. If I went to a tourney and said, "But the people on Dakka Dakka Dakka YMDC forums told me that I get an extra 2 attacks for double fists!" I'd be laughed out of the building. This entire forum is for semantic arguments that always devolve into a complete circle jerk about who is right and how they have correctly interpreted the "divine will of the writers". It's 20 individual prophets claiming to know the will of the emperor.


Dakka does not need to be a citable source. It serves as a basis for a well formed position on what the rules actually say.

If you hash out what the RAW actually is, you can have a discussion with a TO about the rules from an informed position with citations already in your mind.

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Explain to me how Dakka Dakka in any way helps formulate a coherent argument as to RAW with a TO? The first question out of ANY TO is always, some form of Cite your Source. IF your source is essentially I had a really good 5 page argument on the internet, prepare to have the TO deny your argument.
   
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I see the debate is still ongoing, I do just assume that everyone is arguing with good intent and not just to be "that guy". The world's a nicer place that way.

I've fired an email off to GW's FAQ address, I'll update if they ever come back.

Thanks for everyone's contributions. Personally I'm more unsure about the rule than I was before but I just can't get over the similarity the chainsword and Prince's talons. I'll discuss this with my opponent should it come up on the table.

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FezzikDaBullgryn wrote:
Explain to me how Dakka Dakka in any way helps formulate a coherent argument as to RAW with a TO? The first question out of ANY TO is always, some form of Cite your Source. IF your source is essentially I had a really good 5 page argument on the internet, prepare to have the TO deny your argument.

FYI, a TO saying "Cite your source" is terrible judging, unless you count "Show me the rules" as the same thing. What matters (in the context of judging a rules query) is the rules, not things like unofficial rules blogs or promo posts like a Warhammer Community article.

And the idea is that the player should respond "Here's the rules - the Codex and FAQ - and here's the datasheet. The rule giving +1 attack is a weapon rule, it has two fists so each has the rule, both meet the conditions, so it gets +2 attacks total."

The point of this thread is to identify that that is what the rules say and to help people form a simple, cohesive, and accurate explanation in case anyone does challenge it.
   
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As above

As a to I'd never utter "cite your source", as that's an obnoxious way to ask to be shown the written rule in question, plus any applicable faq

Being shown the clear rule, written down with the conditions clearly met, ans showing these conditions do not materially alter the result over the chainsword faa where we KNOW you check the rule for each chainsword, and get a bonus each time? I'd be convinced.

That's the use of Dakka. No one has said to use it as a bloody source. But it does let you check your reasoning.
   
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And that TO is fully within their right to say "No, that refers to a pair of weapons, not just a single one".

I would argue threads like this are a form of subtle asking a parent for permission to stick your hand in the cookie jar. As far as I have seen, (limited personal experience and not ever a TO) I have never seen anyone use this rule in this manner. Can anyone provide proof of this actually being allowed by a TO?

This forum is a way to test out interpretations of rules, before using them in game. You make the call, it's not called Help Me Understand the Rule. I was actually argue that is for tactics. This is specifically for people to argue rule interpretations.
   
 
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