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Gotta remember that 40k isn't real life.


Also in the future make sure to post rule questions in the "You Make Da Call" section.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2504521.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2504521.page GMT Open topped ordanance? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2504535.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2504535.page GMT Open topped ordanance? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2504702.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2504702.page GMT Open topped ordanance? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2508151.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2508151.page GMT Open topped ordanance? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2508946.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2508946.page GMT Open topped ordanance?
Open topped transports: troops inside are hit on a 4+ by ordnance and blasts that hit the vehicle

Closed topped transports: troops inside are hit automatically by ordnance and blasts that penetrate the vehicle]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2509215.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2509215.page GMT Open topped ordanance? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2511286.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2511286.page GMT Open topped ordanance?
ph34r wrote:If I could add a rule to 6th ed, it would be:

Open topped transports: troops inside are hit on a 4+ by ordnance and blasts that hit the vehicle

Closed topped transports: troops inside are hit automatically by ordnance and blasts that penetrate the vehicle


yeah sometimes being in an enclosed transport is not as good as being outside. Those things become death traps when they get hit hard enough.


I would rather it be part of the damage table
either its on separate entry or part of weapon destroyed
"if you roll weapon destroyed for damage you may instead try to damage the transported models. If open topped, resolve the weapon hits against the transported squad-if its a blast template all models are hit on a 4+. If not open topped unit inside takes d6str 4 hits."


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but really I think its just easier the way they have it now, complete immunity from the outside world.

that is the way all the vehicles are balanced too. If you change a rule very drastically the points for all those vehicles is going to change]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2511494.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2511494.page GMT Open topped ordanance?
edit: Thinking about it, though, I recall some stories some of my friends told me when i was going for my Master's. One guy in particular was with 3rd ID when they made their "Thunder Run" into Baghdad. His story was seeing Iraqi APCs get hit by the KE penetrators fired by Abrams tanks. What would happen is the round would go in one side of the APC, out the other, create a vaccum in the APC, and suck out the passengers through a hole a few inches wide. Turn them into mush. It might be in the "Thunder Run" book. Dunno.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2512019.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2512019.page GMT Open topped ordanance?
Back in 4th ed, blast weapons WERE better against open-topped vehicles, as if you got one hit on them, it counted as two.

Still didn't do anything to the passengers, though.

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Keeps transports from being death traps, but at the same time makes them a calculated risk.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2514959.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2514959.page GMT Open topped ordanance?
As for the passengers in this hopeless fireball? With average rolling is that 9 out of the 10 of them come out without a scratch.

... what?

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"Ready to hold the line sir!"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2515638.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2515638.page GMT Open topped ordanance?
Ailaros wrote:Yeah, that's always bothered me. A group of 10 space marines is in a rhino that utterly detonates in a massive blast. A huge fireball erupts into the air, and all that's left is a smoking crater as crew, weapons, treads, and chunks of armor are ripped apart and strewn over the battlefield.

As for the passengers in this hopeless fireball? With average rolling is that 9 out of the 10 of them come out without a scratch.

... what?



And, even though I play Mech IG on occasion, it's even worse for Guardsmen. I mean, at least the Marines have the excuse of their armor, but when a Chimera blows up (likely to be a bigger boom thanks to the ammo for the multilaser and heavy bolter/flamer stored on board), and about half of them will end up standing in the crater, ready to fight! I am all in favor of making transports more death trappish then they are now....there is a reason real infantry disembark from their transports when they're fighting. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2516403.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2516403.page GMT Open topped ordanance? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2517805.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/350400/2517805.page GMT