Thread: More nids

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Why do I even bother xD

HAHA!

wow!

That Drop Pod looks scary as hell rules wise.

It will be scary to face tyranids who drop a Dimachaeron or a SWARMLORD wherever they want. But getting 5 barbed stranglers on a decent platform for 100 points makes me far more worried.

But if it pushes people away from the silly 3+ flyrants I am cool with it.

And holy crap that sporocyst is so cool.

Originally Posted by rand0mnumb3r

That Drop Pod looks scary as hell rules wise.

It will be scary to face tyranids who drop a Dimachaeron or a SWARMLORD wherever they want. But getting 5 barbed stranglers on a decent platform for 100 points makes me far more worried.

But if it pushes people away from the silly 3+ flyrants I am cool with it.

And holy crap that sporocyst is so cool.

Till they can assault the turn they arrive... not worried about it at all. Just have to apply firepower on key units to break them.

Toxicrenes in pods will be fun.

the 5 barbed stranglers are a neat idea, but each gun shoots independently at its closest target in arc not all guns at the closest target to the pod. So it's probably not worth the upgrade cost.

Originally Posted by rand0mnumb3r

"arc". that needs an FAQ. Monstrous Creatures have a 360 degree arc. until they FAQ that part, RAW they fire all 5 weapons at the same nearest model.

5 pie plates is really nice.

"arc" is a bad choice of word, but the instinctive fire says each weapon shoots independently at the closest model in range and line of sight. Then it says each weapon can fire at a different unit. My take on this is that range and LOS would be taken from each gun individually and not from the model as a whole.

Originally Posted by Sloth

"arc" is a bad choice of word, but the instinctive fire says each weapon shoots independently at the closest model in range and line of sight. Then it says each weapon can fire at a different unit. My take on this is that range and LOS would be taken from each gun individually and not from the model as a whole.

Sure - but MC's have 360 LoS. I'd like to see the rule in its entirety before I get in on this because reading is fun. Either way, you may still be able to drop the pod in such a way that it can manage to deliver all 5 templates on a unit.

Also - Venom Cannons would be my choice. It's 6 str ap 4. Barb stranglers do have the larger template and pinning but are str 4 ap 5. eh... It's BS 2 and it has to shoot at the closest thing. Large Blast could be a lot more entertaining!

Originally Posted by rand0mnumb3r

Can the mine decide to not explode after assaulting? because that would just be a hilarious rules argument if you "locked" a FMC in combat while it was flying.

No, it can't. at Int 10, they detonate. There is no option.