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The rule for open-topped vehicles only applies in 3 instances:
Disembarking and embarking troops.
Firing points for embarked troops.
Adding +1 to AP rolls vs. open-topped vehicles.
There might be additional rules about destroyed open-topped vehicles and embarked troop casualties, but I don't recall at the moment.

Are there any other non-transport open-topped vehicles? I'm just wondering.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/212172/297423.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/212172/297423.page GMT Open-topped Vyper?
Joram wrote:I was thinking about the Eldar Vyper. Why is it open-topped? They changed the war walker from open-topped to enclosed. I know I've read peoples opinions being negative concerning the Vyper usefulness vs. points cost. I know the model looks somewhere between open and enclosed to a degree, but in this case open-topped status is nothing but a hindrance to the vehicles usefulness on the battlefield.

The rule for open-topped vehicles only applies in 3 instances:
Disembarking and embarking troops.
Firing points for embarked troops.
Adding +1 to AP rolls vs. open-topped vehicles.
There might be additional rules about destroyed open-topped vehicles and embarked troop casualties, but I don't recall at the moment.

Are there any other non-transport open-topped vehicles? I'm just wondering.


The Dark Eldar Ravager. The ork Battlewagon, Looted Wagon are both open topped (I know they have transport capacity, but theyre not dedicated, so I included them), as are the lesser FA vehicles. Memory is failing right now, but i **think** that the basilisk - as was the griffon when it was in the IG 'dex - is open topped as well.

As for the warwalker, the change was made, iirc, to have a less complicated rule that represents the forcefield generated.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/212172/297430.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/212172/297430.page GMT Open-topped Vyper?
Penitent Engines.

It's meant to be a hindrance.

As for why WWs are closed-top, the fluff reason is that they have an energy field to protect them. It worked like a Wave Serpent energy field in the previous dex, but WWs were open-topped then.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/212172/297431.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/212172/297431.page GMT Open-topped Vyper?
Joram wrote:Adding +1 to AP rolls vs. open-topped vehicles.


This is actually add +1 to the damage result, not the AP roll.............. Also, don't forget that blasts and templates score two hits against open-topped vehicles.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/212172/297603.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/212172/297603.page GMT Open-topped Vyper? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/212172/297608.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/212172/297608.page GMT Re:Open-topped Vyper? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/212172/298293.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/212172/298293.page GMT