Cryx Necrotech Solo

Rules Clarification : Channeler  and/or Arc Node     (Edit)
General

• It is possible to channel a spell with a range of CTRL. The control range is still measured from the caster though, so channeling it has zero effect ... unless you've got something like Empowered Arc Node or Reaction Drive. Stuff like that can trigger. (Infernal Ruling)

Channeling in melee

• A channeler that is engaged by an enemy model can not channel.
• A channeler that is engaging an enemy model can channel. (For example, the channeler is standing in the enemy's back arc.)

Channeler - LOS

• You use the channeler's abilities when determining LOS (such as whether you can see your target through a forest).
  • If the channeler has an ability to ignore LOS or DEF bonuses (such as Eyeless Sight), then you only apply that "ignorance" to LOS (but not to the DEF bonus).

Caster - Attack roll

• You use the caster's abilities when determining attack roll modifiers (such as whether a target standing in a forest gets +2 DEF or not).
  • If the caster has an ability to ignore LOS or DEF bonuses (such as Eyeless Sight), then you only apply that "ignorance" to the dice roll (but not to the LOS).

Stealth - It affects both LOS and the attack roll

• Since Stealth has both a LOS modifier (stealth models more than 5" away aren't intervening models) and an attack roll modifier (stealth models more than 5" away are auto-missed) things get a little complicated.
• If only the channeler ignores stealth, then all stealth models count as intervening models and block LOS, but the caster will auto-miss models more than 5" from the channeler.
• If only the caster ignores stealth, then only models within 5" of the channeler block LOS, but the caster won't auto-miss no matter what you target.
• If both channeler and caster ignore Stealth, it works as you'd expect.
• Stealth Examples     [Show/Hide]

  • Caster has Eyeless Sight, channeler does not.
    1. Stealth model is within 5" of channeler
       • LOS - The model counts as an intervening model, as per the normal Stealth rules
       • Attack roll - If you attack it then you don't auto-miss, as per the normal Stealth rules
    2. Stealth model is more than 5" away from channeler
       • LOS - The model does not count as an intervening model, as per the normal Stealth rules.
       • Attack roll - If you attack it then you don't auto-miss, as the attacking model has Eyeless Sight.
    3. Stealth model is more than 5" away from channeler, and you want to target a model behind it.
       • LOS - The front model doesn't block LOS
       • Attack roll - Doesn't auto-miss

   

  • Caster hasn't got Eyeless Sight, channeler does.
    1. Stealth model is within 5" of channeler
       • LOS - The model counts as an intervening model, as per the normal Stealth rules
       • Attack roll - If you attack it then you don't auto-miss, as per the normal Stealth rules
    2. Stealth model is more than 5" away from channeler
       • LOS - The model counts as an intervening model, because the model drawing LOS ignores Stealth.
       • Attack roll - If you attack it then you will auto-miss, as the attacker doesn't ignore Stealth.
    3. Stealth model is more than 5" away from channeler, and you want to target a model behind it.
       • LOS - The front model blocks LOS, so you can't target the rear model.
       • Attack roll - N/A

Rules Clarification : Leadership      (Edit)

• If you have two Leaders handing out the same buff, then sometimes they stack (Bronzeback) and sometimes they don't (Exemplar Bastion). (Infernal Ruling)
  • See specific models for case-by-case Infernal Rulings.
• If you have two Leaders handing out different buffs (such as Iona's Leadership giving Dodge, and the Wolf Rider Champion's Leadership giving Prowl) then the benefits do stack - they'll get both Dodge and Prowl. (Infernal Ruling)

Rules Clarification : Dodge      (Edit)

• Dodge triggers after any missed attack - melee, ranged, or magic.
• An enemy model with 2" melee range that is B2B with you before you Dodge, will be exactly 2" away afterwards, and thus will be able to attempt a 2nd melee attack.
• If you're missed by an AOE attack, but it doesn't deviate very far and still hits you then: Dodge still triggers, but the AOE does damage before you get the Dodge movement. (Infernal Ruling)
• If an enemy can attack you when you advance and then stop moving (such as Countercharge or Defensive Strike) and they miss you, then you can trigger Dodge (because you're no longer advancing).
• Dodge plus Riposte (Edit)
  • If a model has both Dodge and Riposte, you can choose whether to dodge or riposte first. Appendix A Step 13 applies here, because the controller of the model being attacked is not the active player.

Rules Clarification : Repair      (Edit)

• When repairing warjacks, you can choose which damage boxes to heal - they don't all have to be the same column.
• If you get a +1 bonus to a repair roll, that is one extra hitpoint healed. Not +1 to the number of pips showing on the dice.

Rules Clarification : Reposition      (Edit)

• Models out of formation cannot move via Reposition. Refer to the "Out of Formation" rules in the core rulebook.
• End of Activation (Edit)

You cannot resolve two end-of-activation movement effects (refer to "End of Activation Movement" in the core rulebook). For EOA stuff that doesn't involve movement, though, it gets a bit more murky:

• Some EOA abilities explicitly state your activation ends as part of resolving the ability (like Reposition), and some don't (like Refuge).

Whether it is explicit it or not, by definition an EOA ability is the last thing you can do for that activation. For instance, if you resolve Refuge and then continue your activation to cast more spells, then you have not used Refuge at the end of your activation.

You cannot do an "at any time" ability during or after triggering an EOA ability; you cannot cast spells, purchase additional attacks, use a mini-feat, etc.

• If you start resolving an EOA movement (such as Reposition) then you cannot trigger abilities that occur "at any time" (such as Go To Ground). Because you can't trigger it while resolving the EOA movement, and after the EOA movement your activation has ended. (Infernal Ruling)
• For units: if any model in the unit starts resolving the unit's EOA movement, then no model in the unit can trigger an any-time ability. (Infernal Ruling)
• See also the training article: LPG - End of Activation.

Rules Clarification : Steady      (Edit)

• If you are hit by a knockdown effect during your own turn then ... nothing happens. Unless it was a Slam or a Throw that knocked you down.
  In that situation, there is a core rule that says "models immune to knockdown that become knocked down from a slam or throw must forfeit either movement or action when they activate". But that core rule doesn't apply to other knockdowns (lots of players assume it does)
• Steady models are still susceptible to other effects of knock-down attacks (if there are any). For instance, a Head Butt attack causes damage and knockdown - a Steady model would still take the damage.
• A knocked down model that gains Steady will remain knocked down, because the "cannot be knocked down" is not retroactively applied.
• Steady models who make a tough check during an advance can continue advancing. (Locked Thread)

Rules Clarification : Critical Shred      (Edit)

• Shred only triggers during your Combat Action, so not on free strikes, countercharges, etc.