'To Plunder the Stars Themselves' OOC Thread

[Lysimachus]

Added Tro's SAB to the Summary post 

[Machine God]

We still need a target designation from Centre - Odysseus for the +20 BS bonus 

[A.T.]

1 hour ago, Machine God said:

We still need a target designation from Centre - Odysseus for the +20 BS bonus 

If Odysseus uses his reaction to call a target in the ambush phase do his reactions refresh for the regular turn?  (similarly, could he call a target as a free action in the ambush phase instead).

Don't want to be without a dodge when the multimelta shooting starts ... and I think the melta guy is probably going to be his first pick unless there is a psyker amongst their number.

[Machine God]

It's a Free Action 

[Lysimachus]

True, but you still have to act during your turn, or use your Reaction for the Round to act out of the Initiative sequence.

So Odysseus can't call the target during his Surprise Round turn, as the enemy haven't appeared yet.

Hmm.

What if I clarify that the enemy enter the board at the end of the Surprise Round? That way Odysseus can use his Reaction for that Round to select the target, and then it is in effect for everyone when Round 1 starts? And his reaction for Round 1 is refreshed?

Edited July 16, 2022 by Lysimachus

[Machine God]

Sounds good 

[Necronaut]

DECIMUS! DECIMUS! DECIMUS!

THE CROWD DEMANDS BLOOD!

Edited July 16, 2022 by Necronaut

[Black Cohort]

i will post my shooting in the morning

[Machine God]

Wake up 

[Lysimachus]

Noice! Ok, we can go into Round 1 with Vesalius and then Draak. No-one has moved on the map, so that's still as-is!

[Necronaut]

Is the plasma gunner still standing? One tough blighter (are we sure we're not fighting Death Guard disguised as Dark Angels successors)!

[Lysimachus]

He is at the moment, but has taken a whopping 23 Wounds...

[Machine God]

Necro - I believe that Vesalius is missing a Hit.

With SAB a Pass is a Hit and for every 2DoS you get another Hit.

You got a Pass with 6Dos so you should have 4 Hits.

[Necronaut]

Yes, but my RoF is capped at 3 with a standard boltgun, so wouldn't I be rate limited? 

 

Edit: see p242 of the Core Rulebook: "The number of extra hits scored in this manner cannot exceed the weapon’s semi-automatic Rate of Fire."

Edited July 17, 2022 by Necronaut

[Machine God]

Yes I think I was getting the amount of DoS confused between SAB and FAB

[Necronaut]

No you had the math right, and I had a very high number of DoS, but they're somewhat wasted for a weapon with this low of a semi-automatic RoF in terms of allocating extra hits. 

Edited July 17, 2022 by Necronaut

[Machine God]

I'm away from my Rulebook.

I got a To Hit Result of 21.

Could someone tell me what Body location a 12 is and what locations are hit on the FAB Table please?

[Lysimachus]

Initial hit is Right Arm.

Then it goes Arm, Body, Head, Body, all Arm after that.

[Machine God]

Thank you GM

[Necronaut]

Well you have given me quite the conundrum, GM:

• Do I dodge a single hit now made at point-blank range, or..
• Do I save my dodge for the inevitable SAB at point-blank range which will follow later in the round?

Well played, sir. 

Edited July 17, 2022 by Necronaut

[Necronaut]

@Lysimachus Vesalius is going to take the single shot on the chin, as I feel pretty confident about what has yet to follow (although he has a 10% chance of being taken off of the board entirely with this one shot). Holding his dodge for now. 

Edit: oops I forgot the reroll due to tearing -- it's more like a 19% chance of Vesalius taking a dirt nap from this single shot. Hooray stats! 

Edited July 17, 2022 by Necronaut

[Machine God]

Phew I forgot about the Kine Shield 

[Lysimachus]

I didn't want to post full stats for the enemies, but in the interests of clarity and fairness, I think I should mention that 1) Green Combat Squad has already activated Immovable Defence SQDM, and 2) Each of the Terminator Vets have 1FP that has been used to activate Abhor the Witch, and the 2 Sgts have (at least 1)FP that has been used to do the same.

Just figured these units might get targeted now, so thought I should make it known.

 

 

Anyway, now we're into the fight, I might add a bit more for Orphiel... everyone else, carry on with dying 

[Machine God]

Immovable Defence is Sick. 

[Mazer Rackham]

Last one to die is a coward!