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In narrative play, the Supplies from Above mission has you shift around the objective markers based on a dice roll "at the start of each battle round". I'm playing a guard army (w/ the new codex) that has both the Recon Experts Regimental Doctrine, which allows me a 6" move "at the start of the first battle round", and my warlord has the Master Tactician warlord trait, which allows me to redeploy up to three units "at the start of the first battle round".

My question is, what order do I do this in. If I remember correctly, I get to chose the order that my abilities activate, but when do we roll to shift the objective markers? If I know where the objectives end up, then my 6" move and/or redeploy would almost certainly be different than if I didn't know.

If it makes any difference, I'm the attacker and am also going first.

If it’s Narrative Play, just discuss with your opponent and decide what’s most fun for you both. Aint a cutthroat WAAC tourney game mode.

I think a roll-off would be reasonable. You win, objectives move first. Your opponent wins, the other way around.

I don't think there's gonna be an ironclad RAW answer here.

That's the plan if nothing better comes up (we play via TTS an hour or two at a time). Maybe some day GW will at least close most of their rules gaps...maybe someday heh

As it is not clearly defined in the rules, you will need to come to an agreement with your opponent.

Personally, I'd have it done after the players execute their "start of the Battle Round" abilities because the entire point of the drifting objectives is to sow confusion. That makes using start of the battle round abilities after drifting the objectives just not very narratively satisfying.

This is hilarious. GW mentions 'at the start of the battle round' as an example, but then goes on saying that the player whose turn it is chooses the order. At the start of the battle round no player has a turn yet. Its also not before or after the battle, so no roll off

SEQUENCING
While playing Warhammer 40,000, you’ll occasionally find that two or more rules are to be resolved at the same time – e.g. ‘at the start of the battle round’ or ‘at the end of the Fight phase’. When this happens during the battle, the player whose turn it is chooses the order. If these things occur before or after the battle, or at the start or end of a battle round, the players roll off and the winner decides in what order the rules are resolved.

 alextroy wrote:
As it is not clearly defined in the rules, you will need to come to an agreement with your opponent.

Personally, I'd have it done after the players execute their "start of the Battle Round" abilities because the entire point of the drifting objectives is to sow confusion. That makes using start of the battle round abilities after drifting the objectives just not very narratively satisfying.

I like that line of reasoning and will definitely be suggesting that as the solution. Thanks.