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Kill Team Designers Commentary En-1
Kill Team Designers Commentary En-1
Kill Team Designers Commentary En-1
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Q: Can a Readied model React (to Retreat or fire Overwatch)? Q: Can a model move vertically without a surface to climb? For
A: Yes. If it Retreats, it is no longer Readied. example, can a model move up to an edge of a gantry without a
ladder or pillar to climb?
Q: What does Retreating mean for my model? A: No. If there is any doubt as to what terrain might be
A: A model can only Retreat if it has not already moved considered ‘climbable’, discuss it with your opponent
in that phase. Once it has Retreated, it cannot move before the game begins.
again in that phase, and it cannot shoot in that battle
round. Note that Retreating doesn’t stop the enemy
Q: Does my attack need to wound an enemy model near an edge Q: If my model is obscured from an enemy model (even a
to force that model to take a falling test, or does my attack just little), does that mean that the enemy model is obscured from
need to hit the enemy model? my model?
A: It just needs to hit. A: Not necessarily. You check visibility from any part of
your model, so if your model’s head is sticking out from
Q: A model falls to a lower level of a building and is within 1" behind a wall (for example) you can check visibility
of the edge of the new level. It fails the falling damage roll and from that part of the model to every part of your
takes 1 or more mortal wounds. After the Injury roll is resolved, target model.
does that model take another falling test?
A: Yes. Q: Can I choose an enemy model as a target for a shooting
attack in a multiplayer game, even if they are within 1" of an
SHOOTING PHASE enemy model from another kill team?
Q: What do the rules mean when they refer to an attack that is A: As long as no friendly models are within 1" of that
‘allocated’ to a model? model, yes.
A: An attack is allocated to a model when that model is
chosen as the target of that attack. Q: If I want to choose multiple targets for a model’s shooting
attacks, when do I do so?
Q: Can a Readied model pass in the Ready, Fire! section of the A: At the Choose Ranged Weapon and Targets stage
Shooting phase and then fire in the Fire At Will section of the of the Attack sequence. If you are using a weapon with
Shooting phase? random attacks, like a flamer, you generate the number
A: Yes. of attacks first, and then choose your targets.
Q: How many weapons can a model fire in the Shooting phase? Q: When I choose multiple targets for a model’s shooting
A: All of its weapons (except Pistol and Grenade attacks, do they all have to be visible?
weapons), or one Grenade weapon (as long as no other A: Yes (unless the weapon has an ability that means it
model in your kill team has fired a Grenade weapon in can be fired at targets that are not visible).
that phase), or all of its Pistol weapons.
Q: When I choose multiple targets for a model’s shooting
Q: Can I choose a different target for the second and subsequent attacks, can I allocate some attacks to models that are obscured
weapons a model fires in the Shooting phase? and some to models that are in the open?
A: Yes. A: Yes, as long as you follow all other restrictions.
DEATH GUARD Q: Can Players shoot in a battle round in which they Fell Back?
Q: If I pass one or more Disgustingly Resilient rolls for an A: No.
attack with a Damage characteristic of more than 1, but not
enough to prevent an Injury roll, is the number of dice rolled for NECRONS
the Injury roll reduced? Q: When I use a weapon with a Damage characteristic of more
A: No. than 1, do I have to use the highest roll for the Injury roll (which
might be a 6, triggering a Necron’s Reanimation Protocols)?
Q: Can I use the Tactical Re-roll Tactic to re-roll a roll for A: Yes. Higher damage weapons are more likely to
Disgustingly Resilient? trigger a Necron’s Reanimation Protocols, which is
A: No. something to consider when choosing your kill team.
Q: When I roll a 6+ to hit with a flail of corruption, and the Q: Can I use the Mindshackle Scarabs Tactic to shoot with an
target is an Imperium model, how many hit rolls do I make for enemy model that couldn’t normally shoot (because it had made
the additional attack granted by Death to the False Emperor? a charge attempt in that battle round, for example)?
A: D3. A: No.
* Note that if a model Advances twice in the same When you choose a kill team for a mission, you will do
Movement phase using this Tactic or another rule like one of three things:
it, make an Advance roll each time it Advances and
add each result to that model’s Move characteristic for 1) Choose a kill team from models that are already on
that phase. your command roster. You do not add any models to
your command roster.
Q: If a Tyranid Warrior is equipped with two pairs of
boneswords, do they make one or two additional attacks? 2) Choose an entirely new kill team. This kill team can
A: One. include new Specialists (including a new Leader) –
the only restrictions here are the normal limits for
Q: How many Tyranid Warriors or Tyranid Warrior Gunners Battle-forged kill teams. Add these new models to
in my kill team can have flesh hooks? your command roster.
A: Any or all of them.
The kill team can also include any number of models
Q: How many Genestealers in my kill team can have chosen from a datasheet for which you do not have
flesh hooks? a fire team (so, for example, if you only have an
A: One. Intercessor fire team on your command roster, you
could freely add Reivers to your kill team) – again,
Q: Can a model shoot with flesh hooks in a battle round in the only restrictions here are the normal limits for
which it was charged? Battle-forged kill teams. Add these new models to
A: Yes. your command roster.
GENESTEALER CULTS 3) Choose a kill team that is a mix of models from your
Q: Do Genestealers taken as part of a Genestealer Cult kill team command roster and new models. This kill team can
gain the Cult Ambush ability? include new models as described above. Add these
A: No. new models to your command roster.
Q: Can a Neophyte Leader take a shotgun? This kill team can also include new models for
A: Yes. existing fire teams, subject to the restrictions on
adding new models to a fire team (see below). Add
Q: When attacking with a Heavy Rock Cutter, when do I make these new models to your command roster.
the roll to determine whether or not a model is instantly taken
out of action? This kill team can also include models that are
A: After the damage has been dealt, before the already on your command roster, subject to the
Injury roll. restrictions for Battle-forged kill teams.
Q: How are models that are not part of fire teams (like DS8
Tactical Support Turrets and Drones) added to a command
roster in a campaign?
A: They can be added to your kill team (and your
command roster) in the same way as new Specialists (but
they do not count as Specialists).