EPK Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 An argument occurred over this in a recent game. My Vindicator was just in range, and wound up scattering a couple inches into the mob of Orks. My opponent argued that because it scattered out of range, it simply did nothing. That seemed odd to me, where did it go? So I looked into the book... The entry for Ordnance on page 58 does not cover this topic so I flipped back to the Blast section on page 30. The third paragraph seemed to answer my question in which it says "Note that it is possible... for a scattering shot to land beyond the weapon's range...". Case closed? Well, my opponent allowed it, but still argues that it was wrong. Is their some FAQ errata that I have missed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rider-75 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 i've always treated a scattering blast template the same - regardless of size/type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesI Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 No FAQ or errata. You had it right. A blast/ordnance can scatter beyond range or out of line of sight. it still has its effect as long as the initial placement was within range/LOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPK Posted March 1, 2010 Author Share Posted March 1, 2010 Thanks guys. The sentence is pretty clear and makes sense given the "ricochet/blasting through cover" explanation. I mean, the shell has to go some where. In relation, did it happen to be different in past editions? I feel like he was so adamant about it, that it may have actually once been true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rat of vengence Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 As far as I recall it has always been this way with things that scatter, as long as the original aiming point was in range you are good. RoV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinkenheim Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 no, as far as i knowit has always been the same. he may be thinking about guess range weapons where you needed to place the marker where you thought was within range and then measure, if it was out of range the shot missed. but blast and ordnance are able to scatter out of sight, beyond their maximum range and onto combat/your own troops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isiah Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Blast templates scattering is new to 5th edition. Ordnance used Guess range as stinkenheim mentioned, and all markers used models totally covered for hits, unlike the partials that we have now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agrab Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 It has always been the same, specifically because it says: "...And can hit units out of range and site..." Show him that, seems pretty clear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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