trev55555 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Hey people.. Can anyone tell me when my dreadnought in a drop pod can come onto the table, i hav only the one drop pod in my 1250pts, round robin, 2 objectives tourny. Most of my fellow club members 'seem' to think i should only be allowed to roll for it as a reserve, at the start of turn 2, But iam sure that ive read somewhere..... that if i only hav 1 drop pod in the whole army then it would come on at the start of the game. ( something about rounding up the number of pods and bringing a certain amount on to the table ! ) thanks in advance :lol: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232314-newbie-drop-pod-question/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donutzot Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 you have to choose the halve of your drop pods rounded up to come in to play on the first turn. Meaning if you have 1 drop pod it comes in to play at the first turn Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232314-newbie-drop-pod-question/#findComment-2794403 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WG Vrox Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 If you only have 1 pod, it would come in at the beginning of turn 1. Rolling deep strike results for where it lands and deploying the force inside should be the first thing you do at the start of your movement phase. Deep Strike Assault rules for marines allow for half their pod force to come in on turn 1 rounded up, all other deep striking units are held in reserve and must be rolled for as normal. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232314-newbie-drop-pod-question/#findComment-2794405 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswanick Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 SPECIAL RULESDrop Pod Assault: ... At the beginning of your first turn, you must choose half of your Drop Pods (rounding up) to make a Drop Pod Assault. One half of one rounded up is 1. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232314-newbie-drop-pod-question/#findComment-2794406 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendrik Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 SPECIAL RULESDrop Pod Assault: ... At the beginning of your first turn, you must choose half of your Drop Pods (rounding up) to make a Drop Pod Assault. One half of one rounded up is 1. i love it when we teach the whelps mathemathics! come on arez; a bloodclaw pack suffers log(10^7) wounds, of which 2 are powerweapon attacks, how many saves do you need to take? :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232314-newbie-drop-pod-question/#findComment-2794432 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthstar Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Holy crape I haven't seen logarithm since my freshman year of college and we had to use b2 for comp sci. This is a gaming forum, don't go around making people remember hours of their lives lost to calculus, even if it is an easy one. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232314-newbie-drop-pod-question/#findComment-2794476 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendrik Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Holy crape I haven't seen logarithm since my freshman year of college and we had to use b2 for comp sci. This is a gaming forum, don't go around making people remember hours of their lives lost to calculus, even if it is an easy one. mwhaha, it was all in pure jest mate! but just think of the look on arez face when he'll read this :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232314-newbie-drop-pod-question/#findComment-2794483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthstar Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I imagine it looks like a stroke since his thinker box just exploded Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232314-newbie-drop-pod-question/#findComment-2794496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vassakov Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 As previous posts have pointed out, Drop Pods follow their own unique deployment rules and one Drop Pod in your list means it arrives on Turn 1. Of course, this isn't necessarily an advantage... sometimes you may want it in reserve. Also, 1 Dreadnought alone will be an easy kill point to any competent enemy. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232314-newbie-drop-pod-question/#findComment-2794504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skoll Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 SPECIAL RULESDrop Pod Assault: ... At the beginning of your first turn, you must choose half of your Drop Pods (rounding up) to make a Drop Pod Assault. One half of one rounded up is 1. i love it when we teach the whelps mathemathics! come on arez; a bloodclaw pack suffers log(10^7) wounds, of which 2 are powerweapon attacks, how many saves do you need to take? :) blood claw has no invul so he is allowed none hue hue hue Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232314-newbie-drop-pod-question/#findComment-2794505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarapham Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I imagine it looks like a stroke since his thinker box just exploded Ah so thats how Eldar Mind War works! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232314-newbie-drop-pod-question/#findComment-2794506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrisWolf Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Too easy! Make it the natural log of 1096, rounded, with sin (pi/6)*(64)^(1/3) power weapon attacks! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232314-newbie-drop-pod-question/#findComment-2794507 Share on other sites More sharing options...
G. A. K. Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 believe me, I wish I could go back to the days of taking just one pod and having it come in on reserve but alas you can't. one pod arrives turn one, period. no choice in the matter. G Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232314-newbie-drop-pod-question/#findComment-2794531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneSniperSG Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 believe me, I wish I could go back to the days of taking just one pod and having it come in on reserve but alas you can't. one pod arrives turn one, period. no choice in the matter. G Truth. And if your friends doubt your very word, point to page 47 in our venerable codex. I'm suprised they debate it. Most Marine armies have that special rule now. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232314-newbie-drop-pod-question/#findComment-2794621 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthstar Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 SPECIAL RULESDrop Pod Assault: ... At the beginning of your first turn, you must choose half of your Drop Pods (rounding up) to make a Drop Pod Assault. One half of one rounded up is 1. i love it when we teach the whelps mathemathics! come on arez; a bloodclaw pack suffers log(10^7) wounds, of which 2 are powerweapon attacks, how many saves do you need to take? blood claw has no invul so he is allowed none hue hue hue Wrong answer, they do have some to make as only 2 were power weapons Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232314-newbie-drop-pod-question/#findComment-2794629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skoll Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 if the power weapon attacks were made a higher I he doesnt have to save against the regular attacks. tough I would still not roll to save against the other attacks because why roll when he is going to die either way? oops sorry i read a blood claw, didnt see the pack part. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232314-newbie-drop-pod-question/#findComment-2794636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arez Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 1.waay off topic.if you want to make fun of me start a new thread. 2.I've only played one game and that was like 2 years ago.so i dont know that Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232314-newbie-drop-pod-question/#findComment-2794642 Share on other sites More sharing options...
techmarine Azuris Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 SPECIAL RULESDrop Pod Assault: ... At the beginning of your first turn, you must choose half of your Drop Pods (rounding up) to make a Drop Pod Assault. One half of one rounded up is 1. i love it when we teach the whelps mathemathics! come on arez; a bloodclaw pack suffers log(10^7) wounds, of which 2 are powerweapon attacks, how many saves do you need to take? blood claw has no invul so he is allowed none hue hue hue Wrong answer, they do have some to make as only 2 were power weapons Ill bight log(10^7) is the same as 7log10, and log10 is 1 (assuming log to the base 10) therefore 7 wounds, of which 2 are PW so 5 saves :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232314-newbie-drop-pod-question/#findComment-2794658 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendrik Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 wel done azuri! but lol, guys, i wasn't suspecting to get this offtopic with my mathematics joke! :tu: but the answer's been given(both to the mathematical question as the OP's question) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232314-newbie-drop-pod-question/#findComment-2794825 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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