8th Ed. ancient steg with skink hero

[Turtleneck]

can the blow pipes be used at the heros BS?

 

[SanDiegoSurrealist]

no sadly they can not it is at the regular Skinks BS

 

[Arli]

But, on the plus side, there is no negative modifyer for multi-shot on the giant blowpipe.

 

[rag]

I may be being simple but why is there no modifier for multi shot on the giant blowpipes?
Cheers

 

[SanDiegoSurrealist]

Because it is just 1 giant blow pipe that shoots a dozen darts rather than 1 Skink trying to shoot a dart and reload multiple shots quickly. (and becasue the rulebook says so )

 

[rag]

Nice one...been playing that wrong then!
Is it in main rule book or lizardman one?

 

[Arli]

It's in the lizardmen army book with the ancient stegadon entry.

 

[MI_Tiger]

Nice one...been playing that wrong then!
Is it in main rule book or lizardman one?

You won't find a paragraph that specifically says that the Giant Blowpipes don't take a penalty, but a specific ruling isn't needed. The -1 to hit penalty comes from the special rule "Multiple Shot". The Ancient Steg does not have this rule, so it does not suffer the penalty. As others have said, it does get to shoot multiple darts, but it has its own specific rules, not the common "Multiple Shot" rule.