Post by strutsagget on Dec 19, 2018 14:59:25 GMT
So I came across this snippet on chaos-dwarfs.com posted by Nicodemus and like it. FvonSigmaringen or any other might be able to confirm it's legal/correct.
Keep in mind the rules for Fear(Mask of Furnace ) (or Terror, if you give one the Terrifying Mask from the BRB):
BRB p.99: "Combined units: Whilst a character is part of a unit, both he and the unit are treated as a single combined unit for all rules purposes."
BRB p.100: "Special rules. Unless otherwise noted, special rules applying only to the character don't apply to the unit and vice versa."
Here's a summary of some special cases that I picked up to summarize here:
Q. 1.) If I put a character who causes fear in a unit that does not, does the unit have to test for fear when engaging a fear causing enemy? 2.) Does the character ignore the result of the fear test?
A. Yes to both. More on #1.) Models in base contact with the Fear-causing character have to make the fear check. If one of the models from the unit fails then it affects the whole unit.
Q. I have that fear causing character inside a unit that does not cause fear and they are fighting a unit that does not cause fear. Does the enemy unit have to test for fear (and if failed all have WS 1 even if they choose not to attack the character and just the unit?).
A. Yes. If any model in that unit is in base-to-base contact with your Fear-causing model then that unit must make the Leadership test. The unit as a whole is then affected by the outcome, regardless of where their attacks are allocated. The first paragraph on Fear explicitly states that the test is made "before any blows are struck," so it doesn't matter how the units decide to allocate their attacks, they're at WS 1 regardless!
Keep in mind the rules for Fear(Mask of Furnace ) (or Terror, if you give one the Terrifying Mask from the BRB):
BRB p.99: "Combined units: Whilst a character is part of a unit, both he and the unit are treated as a single combined unit for all rules purposes."
BRB p.100: "Special rules. Unless otherwise noted, special rules applying only to the character don't apply to the unit and vice versa."
Here's a summary of some special cases that I picked up to summarize here:
Q. 1.) If I put a character who causes fear in a unit that does not, does the unit have to test for fear when engaging a fear causing enemy? 2.) Does the character ignore the result of the fear test?
A. Yes to both. More on #1.) Models in base contact with the Fear-causing character have to make the fear check. If one of the models from the unit fails then it affects the whole unit.
Q. I have that fear causing character inside a unit that does not cause fear and they are fighting a unit that does not cause fear. Does the enemy unit have to test for fear (and if failed all have WS 1 even if they choose not to attack the character and just the unit?).
A. Yes. If any model in that unit is in base-to-base contact with your Fear-causing model then that unit must make the Leadership test. The unit as a whole is then affected by the outcome, regardless of where their attacks are allocated. The first paragraph on Fear explicitly states that the test is made "before any blows are struck," so it doesn't matter how the units decide to allocate their attacks, they're at WS 1 regardless!
