9x19 Parabellum Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Issue came up tonight playing a game with my Tau. My stealth drones separated from my Ghostkeel and each went off to do their own thing. A passer-by, who also plays Tau said they (the 2 stealth drones) form a single unit and had to stay in cohesion. I checked the book again. I can see it going either way. Operative wording is: "Drone Support: When a unit is set up on the battlefield, any accompanying Drones are set up in unit coherency with it. From that point onwards, the Drones are treated as a separate unit." Now I had understood it as an implied "each of the drones are treated as a separate unit", which may be wrong. This makes sense when applied to 2 Stealth drones, or the 2 Missile Pods that a Broadside takes, or the 2 gun drones that separate from a Devilfish, for example, but it doesn't make sense, that, for example, a Grav Inhibitor, a Pulse Accelerator, and the Recon drone that Pathfinders can take form 1 unit and have to remain in coherency to one another, given that they all have very different battlefield roles. Anyone got a decisive FAQ, errata or designer's commentary on this? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354503-drones-treated-as-a-separate-unit/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 That's right, all the Drones from a unit form one single Drone unit after deployment. That includes the Pathfinder ones. Why wouldn't that make sense? Having a Grav Inhibitor Drone be protected by a Recon Drone (W2) and/or up to two Shield Drones is great! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354503-drones-treated-as-a-separate-unit/#findComment-5275403 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshlands Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 It's not theyre 'each' treated as a seperate unit Never seen it played any other way and pretty sure it's RAI Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354503-drones-treated-as-a-separate-unit/#findComment-5275820 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolemai Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Last time I played against Tau each Drone became a single unit :/ Would imagine it's a common misconception. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354503-drones-treated-as-a-separate-unit/#findComment-5275828 Share on other sites More sharing options...
9x19 Parabellum Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 It's not theyre 'each' treated as a seperate unit Never seen it played any other way and pretty sure it's RAI I realize it does not specifically say "Each". But the wording really is ambiguous and could be parsed either way, and both interpretations seem to infer a descriptive prepositional phrase. (all the drones considered together) are treated as a separate unit (2 drones = 1 unit) or (each of the drones considered individually) are treated as a separate unit (2 drones = 2 units) In any case, I'm going to err on the side of caution and play it as the less permissive interpretation (ie, 2 drones = 1 unit) Thanks for your responses. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354503-drones-treated-as-a-separate-unit/#findComment-5275888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Blaire Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Sounds like a great question to go into GW to confirm intent - might even appear in a FAQ. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354503-drones-treated-as-a-separate-unit/#findComment-5277609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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