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Pteraxii Sterylizors, Swooping Strikes wrote:Each time this unit fights, if it made a charge move or was charged, then until that fight is resolved, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic...

What counts as "until the fight is resolved"? Is it the end of the current Fight phase, or as long the Sterylizors remain in Engagement Range with that unit? What if I charged, wiped out a unit then consolidated into another, would I keep the +1 attack until that fight is also resolved?

Are you sure that is the correct wording? The old version just said that it lasted until the end of the turn. However, I don't see that it matters either way - it triggers each time it fights for as long as it fights, so what does it matter?

That fight is linked to "each time that unit fights", so is obvious in how it is time bound.

The wording is taken straight from the book. And yeah fair enough it does sound obvious, just wanted to check as I could see how someone could interpret it differently.

The rules dont mention when a fight is resolved. We dont know if a fight is resolved at the end of the fight phase, or if it continues to keep on going in the next fight phase, as long as there are models within engagement range of enemy models. The rule doesnt say until the end of the fight phase, so i would say they will get the +1 to attacks characteristic in the next fight phase, as long as the models are in engagement range of models which they charged.

Isn't the fight sequence pretty well explained, it begins with a Pile In and ends with a Consolidation..

So I'd say the extra attack is lost as soon as they finished the consolidation step.

 p5freak wrote:
The rules dont mention when a fight is resolved. We dont know if a fight is resolved at the end of the fight phase, or if it continues to keep on going in the next fight phase, as long as there are models within engagement range of enemy models. The rule doesnt say until the end of the fight phase, so i would say they will get the +1 to attacks characteristic in the next fight phase, as long as the models are in engagement range of models which they charged.

Reading the whole rule helps put the "fight" they are talking about. Start with the very first sentence, and realise this subject never. Changes.

 kirotheavenger wrote:
Isn't the fight sequence pretty well explained, it begins with a Pile In and ends with a Consolidation..

So I'd say the extra attack is lost as soon as they finished the consolidation step.

But is the fight resolved when the fight sequence is resolved ? If that's what they meant, why didn't GW write it that way ?

 p5freak wrote:

 kirotheavenger wrote:
Isn't the fight sequence pretty well explained, it begins with a Pile In and ends with a Consolidation..

So I'd say the extra attack is lost as soon as they finished the consolidation step.

But is the fight resolved when the fight sequence is resolved ? If that's what they meant, why didn't GW write it that way ?

It's not unclear so I don't know why you're trying to muddy it? When they Fight they get an extra attack if conditions met. Once done, bonus doesn't linger. Your preference for other wording doesn't make it unclear as it is.

 p5freak wrote:

 kirotheavenger wrote:
Isn't the fight sequence pretty well explained, it begins with a Pile In and ends with a Consolidation..

So I'd say the extra attack is lost as soon as they finished the consolidation step.

But is the fight resolved when the fight sequence is resolved ? If that's what they meant, why didn't GW write it that way ?

Yes, because you're told PRECISELY what fight means in the context of this rule
There is no ambiguity here

This isn't rocket science people. Fights is clearly defined in the glossary to be "When a unit fights, models in that unit pile-in, make attacks, and consolidate". Once a unit has fought, the fight is clearly over. Simple primary school logic.