Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2017 21:01:50 GMT
Hey All,
Just curious what your interpretation is and how you play it.
Scenario- you have a unit that is minimum sized wide and enough characters to either fill the front rank, or displace enough RnF that the command models COULD be placed in the second rank.
What do you do?
Here's the relevant rules that I could find:
Pg 92, "Command Groups"- "Any models that make up a unit';s command group must be placed in the front ranks of the unit, unless there is not enough room for them to fit. Where this happens, as many command group models as possible must be placed in the front rank and any remaining models are placed in the rank behind."
Pg 97, "Characters"- "When characters join a unit, they are placed in the front rank (regardless of distance). Rank-and-file models, except for the command group that must remain in the front rank, are moved to the back ranks to make room for the characters. If there is no more room in the front rank, some characters will have to go in the second rank."
Pg 100, "Characters"- "Should a combined unit be fighting in close combat, it is only right and proper that a mighty hero will push his way through to the fighting. At the start of the combat (before Impact Hits are resolved), if a character's unit is in combat, but the character is not in base contact with the enemy, the controlling player can swap his position with another model that is in base contact. You can exchange him with rank-and-file model(s), including the command group, that are in base contact with the enemy" (emphasis mine)
Here's my interpretation:
Command will always go in the front rank, with characters filling in the remainder of the front rank possibly spilling onto the second rank. HOWEVER unengaged characters can make way at the beginning of combat to displace the command models in the front rank.
However the wording in make way! makes me think that characters can displace command models in the front rank normally. It would certainly save time to just have them in the front rank.
This specific situation was brought about by a gutstar, but could just as easily apply to something like an ethereal wall, a minotaur bus, or a great many other things.
Thoughts?
Just curious what your interpretation is and how you play it.
Scenario- you have a unit that is minimum sized wide and enough characters to either fill the front rank, or displace enough RnF that the command models COULD be placed in the second rank.
What do you do?
Here's the relevant rules that I could find:
Pg 92, "Command Groups"- "Any models that make up a unit';s command group must be placed in the front ranks of the unit, unless there is not enough room for them to fit. Where this happens, as many command group models as possible must be placed in the front rank and any remaining models are placed in the rank behind."
Pg 97, "Characters"- "When characters join a unit, they are placed in the front rank (regardless of distance). Rank-and-file models, except for the command group that must remain in the front rank, are moved to the back ranks to make room for the characters. If there is no more room in the front rank, some characters will have to go in the second rank."
Pg 100, "Characters"- "Should a combined unit be fighting in close combat, it is only right and proper that a mighty hero will push his way through to the fighting. At the start of the combat (before Impact Hits are resolved), if a character's unit is in combat, but the character is not in base contact with the enemy, the controlling player can swap his position with another model that is in base contact. You can exchange him with rank-and-file model(s), including the command group, that are in base contact with the enemy" (emphasis mine)
Here's my interpretation:
Command will always go in the front rank, with characters filling in the remainder of the front rank possibly spilling onto the second rank. HOWEVER unengaged characters can make way at the beginning of combat to displace the command models in the front rank.
However the wording in make way! makes me think that characters can displace command models in the front rank normally. It would certainly save time to just have them in the front rank.
This specific situation was brought about by a gutstar, but could just as easily apply to something like an ethereal wall, a minotaur bus, or a great many other things.
Thoughts?
