A question about blast templates

[Godhead]

How does a blast weapon work if it strikes multiple vehicles if the hole of the blast is completely on one of the vehicles? Is the weapon full strength vs all vehicles or just full strength on the one vehicle on which the hole of the blast template is centered?

[Something Wycked]

It would only be full strength against the vehicle that the hole was over, and the others would be half strength.

[number6]

It would only be full strength against the vehicle that the hole was over, and the others would be half strength.

You're confusing the large blast marker with Ordnance. A heavy psycannon is S7 Rending everywhere under the template.

[Seahawk]

It would only be full strength against the vehicle that the hole was over, and the others would be half strength.

You're confusing the large blast marker with Ordnance. A heavy psycannon is S7 Rending everywhere under the template.

And you're confusing Ordnance with all blast markers, as that's how all blast weapons work against vehicles ;). But you're right that psycannon's work differently.

[Godhead]

So the heavy psycannon is str 7 anywhere under the blast template? Can anyone point me in the direction for documentation (page number in BBB/codex)? Sorry for being needy, I left mine in the car and my wife has the car at work.

[Brovius]

Against vehicles, it's half the strength rounding down if the centre hole is not on the vehicle. So if the blast marker touches the vehicle, it is a S3 rending hit. If the hole is over the hull, on the other hand, you get the full S7 rending hit.

It's generally not worth firing a Heavy Psycannon at a vehicle though, unless you have no other targets or you plan on assaulting said vehicle

[Godhead]

I don't think you understood my question brovius. I reallize that if the hole isn't over the hull of a tank but the template is over a portion of the tank that the strength value is halved, but if there are say 3 chimeras side by side and I hit one hull with a direct hit, therefore str 7, and it also hits the two adjacent tanks, are those tanks hit with a str 3 blast of str 7? There was some confusion the other night and I am just trying to find the answer, I've seen nothing in the rulebook that would indicate that direct hit on one vehicle results in a full strength hit for all vehicles under the template.

[RedemptionNL]

Is the hole over the adjacent Chimera? -> No? -> Not a direct hit (heck, pretty much the definition of an indirect hit) -> Hit at half strength.

[number6]

You're confusing the large blast marker with Ordnance. A heavy psycannon is S7 Rending everywhere under the template.

And you're confusing Ordnance with all blast markers, as that's how all blast weapons work against vehicles ;). But you're right that psycannon's work differently.

Touche! :tu: Page 60 of the BRB says you're right, of course.

[Something Wycked]

And you're confusing Ordnance with all blast markers, as that's how all blast weapons work against vehicles :tu:. But you're right that psycannon's work differently.

Heh, now I'm confused :lol: How is it that Heavy Psycannons work differently from normal blast weapons vs vehicles?

[Seahawk]

And you're confusing Ordnance with all blast markers, as that's how all blast weapons work against vehicles :). But you're right that psycannon's work differently.

Heh, now I'm confused :) How is it that Heavy Psycannons work differently from normal blast weapons vs vehicles?

Actually...I don't think they work any differently than normal blast weapons as they don't have any additional special rules (now that I found my codex to read through).

 

So, like all blast templates, only the vehicle under the hole will take a full strength hit. In Godhead's second example, the Chimera under the hole gets a full strength hit while the other two chimeras suffer Strength 3 hits. All of these are rending still.