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Am I confused or is Karandras normally unable to use the Death by a Thousand stings with his Scorpions's claw?

Death by a Thousand stings requires a 6+ and his Scorpion's claw is -1 to hit.
   
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The name of the ability is a hint. It's supposed to be tons of little hits to bring down a foe.

In other words, it's an ability that gives you a reason to attack with his sword and also buffs other scorpions atound him.

But yes, you're right that he cannot use it with the claw unless he gets a +1 to hit from somewhere else.


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 yakface wrote:

The name of the ability is a hint. It's supposed to be tons of little hits to bring down a foe.

In other words, it's an ability that gives you a reason to attack with his sword and also buffs other scorpions atound him.

But yes, you're right that he cannot use it with the claw unless he gets a +1 to hit from somewhere else.



Such as attacking from cover.

Greebo had spent an irritating two minutes in that box. Technically, a cat locked in a box may be alive or it may be dead. You never know until you look. In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.
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Into cover, actually. Which then begs the question wtf that actually means with new rules for cover and 50% rule : > )
   
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 Shadenuat wrote:
Into cover, actually. Which then begs the question wtf that actually means with new rules for cover and 50% rule : > )


If a unit is in cover it is in cover. The 50% only comes into play when determining if non-Infantry get a cover save bonus from a shooting attack . They're still in cover though, and as this isn't a shooting attack the 50% is irrelevant. So you can play the Shadow Strike rule exactly as written with no issues.

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 Stormonu wrote:
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 JohnnyHell wrote:
If a unit is in cover it is in cover. The 50% only comes into play when determining if non-Infantry get a cover save bonus from a shooting attack . They're still in cover though, and as this isn't a shooting attack the 50% is irrelevant. So you can play the Shadow Strike rule exactly as written with no issues.

No, check the rulebook. There's no such thing as 'in cover' anymore in 8th edition.

A unit that is entirely on/within a terrain feature, then it gets the benefit of cover. So the rule as written means nothing.

In 8th edition units can either be:

1) Entirely on/within a terrain feature.
2) They can benefit from cover (in very specific situations).

And that's it. So the rule needs to be FAQ'd so we can know what its intent was/is.




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Gotcha. So I've written RAI not RAW. Thanks for the clarification.


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Hmmmm I dunno. I'm going with my interpretation as RAW too, given the Terrain and Cover section uses the words loosely and interchangeably.

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 Stormonu wrote:
For me, the joy is in putting some good-looking models on the board and playing out a fantasy battle - not arguing over the poorly-made rules of some 3rd party who neither has any power over my play nor will be visiting me (and my opponent) to ensure we are "playing by the rules"
 
   
 
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