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Chaos Terminators Shoot TL-Bolter 24"...


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Chaos Terminator Armor states (paraphrase) that models wearing it can move and fire heavy weapons and may assault after firing heavy and rapid fire weapons.

 

But, can a Chaos Terminator fire its Twin-linked Bolter at maximum range after moving?

 

Doesn't seem like it to me... But that would be ludicrous...

 

 

 

Danke in advance.

Most people you discuss this with will agree though that Terminators are now (5th Edition) supposed to use the "relentless" universal special rule, like the Terminators in the new Codex Space Marines do. Normally people would say that Codex trumps Rulebook, but that is sometimes difficult to judge when a new Rulebook is being published. You could go by what the Codex Chaos Space Marine says, but perhaps you and your opponent will agree that they use the relentless rule now.
Dammit - that sucks.

Hopefully my friend won't be a RAW monkey and not let me...

Um, if this is your friend you are playing, then there shouldn't be a problem. Just say "Hey, GW messed this up. It's obvious that I my terminators should behave like loyalist termies, but they didn't write it in there exactly like they should have. You don't mind if I play it this way, do you?"

Thanks, guys. :( ^_^ :)

 

Clearly a case of RAW vs. RAI. I don't make it to very many tournament like events, but will suck it up for RAW until FAQ states otherwise...

 

**edit** oops, forgot. COOT, no it does not per se, but its always been generally assumed Codex trumps rules. But as Legatus has said above, it is questionable at times when the rules are later than the codex - new rules often "codifying and clarifying and 'universalizing'" things that older codecies needed "universalizing" on.

in running this by the local group, to get their opinion, one person said it was done this way on purpose "to show the supriority of the storm bolter".

 

Not sure if that was a joke, but it wasn't followed by any smiley faces...

 

 

Danke.

there is some degree of truth to that.

 

as said, though - just ask. the kicker on the SB is that it is assault 2, not RF and assaulting after firing is what seperates it from the combibolter. don't recall off hand if relentless bestows the ability to assault after rapid firing or not.

It's a thing that is probably RAI to work that you can move and shoot up to 24", however it's kinda the same thing as teh Stormshields that GW just upgraded to being one of the best things in the codex (seriously, does anyone think that 3++ Stormshields are not the worst idea in the new Dex?)

 

They said that gear could have the same name across the codex's, but work differently, so it's really a gey area. I'd assume your friends should be OK with it- but we have a Deathwing Player in our group who won't allow it as we don't allow him the better SS.

 

In any event, it's more fun to drop the combibolters, load up the combiplasma, drop the squad of 10 in and rapidfire a marine squad or two to death.

This is one of the things with taking rules to the letter. It all depends where you are, tournaments will answer these questions for you as they can have 'house rules' for whatever.

 

If you were gonna argue it I don't know the exact rules, but if you can move and with fire heavy weapons then surely you can with rapid fire?

It's a thing that is probably RAI to work that you can move and shoot up to 24", however it's kinda the same thing as teh Stormshields that GW just upgraded to being one of the best things in the codex (seriously, does anyone think that 3++ Stormshields are not the worst idea in the new Dex?)

Um, I think that 3++ is about the best thing they could've done. It finally made TH/SS termies worth taking, in my opinion. I now own 25 of them suckers.

Are chaos terminator combi weapons also treated as twinlinked bolter+plas/melta/flamer or are they standard bolters?

 

combi-bolters are twin linked bolters. Chaos Terminators can upgrade them to combi-plas/melta/flamer.

 

Thanks for the help!

Clarification... A combi-plasma is a regular bolter and a single-use plasma gun. It is not twin-linked.

 

The new chaos dex does not use the confusing term 'combi-bolter'. It now refers to such weapons, very specifically, as a twin-linked bolter.

 

As such, if you upgrade your 'twin-linked bolter' to a 'combi-plasma', it is not twin-linked any more.

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