Something Wycked Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I know its somewhat looked down upon to use one codex' FAQ material as precedent for a different codex, but this is interesting. Q: Do enemy models assaulting a Venomthrope brood... have their Initiative reduced to 1 for assaulting through the cloud?A: No, as the Spore Cloud is not a piece of terrain. Can we then surmise that Sanctuary, inflicting Difficult & Dangerous Terrain tests, does not reduce assaulting Initiative scores? Will the various Necron Dangerous/Difficult Terrain abilities then also not reduce Initiative if a unit assaults through them? What about other effects that are "not a piece of terrain"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Just like the first Tyranid FAQ introduced a ton of wacky wrong ideas, this one does the same. We concluded you can't use one codex FAQ for another back then, so I wouldn't do it again this time around. Gotta love how GW is contradicting itself so much with these FAQs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonaides Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Does the wording of Sanctuary say that the models assault through cover, or does it just say causes difficult/dangerous terrain tests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 "...treat all terrain, even open terrain, as Difficult and Dangerous terrain." Spore Cloud is: "...and any non-vehicle enemy model that assaults one of these units must take a dangerous terrain test to represent the toxic effect of the spore cloud." So, the ruling that "...the Spore Cloud is not a piece of terrain" is asinine, as the assaulting through cover says "...if an assault unit had to take a difficult or dangerous terrain test during their assault move,..." You take the test you suffer the rest. But wait! Arbitrary FAQ ruling says otherwise :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Something Wycked Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 Apparently granting cover saves, inflicting dangerous terrain tests, and reducing Initiative, all from the same power is too powerful :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelloid Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Apparently GW fails to comprehend the difference between a FAQ and an errata. This is a legitimate rules change and should require errata. XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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