n810 said:
=> Oh no, I do. PF is the prefect example. I have yet to find more than maybe one person who actually thinks that the written text means you get to use it beyond the first rank. They may believe GW meant something
else other than what they wrote and/or may refuse to play the rules the way that they themselves agree they are presented, but that's another matter.
There are rules that are clearly written, and then their are guesses at what someone "actually meant to write instead."
We used to get stuff back from the studio that quite literally said "If I meant to to be something else, I would have written it that other way instead. Stop bothering us with stupid questions."
Sad.
@sorrowwuin - Certainly!
Army Special Rules
2) Q: Do Supporting Attacks benefit from bonus attacks granted by the Predatory Fighter special rule (pg. 30)?
=> The rules state that no Special Rule (none!) can grant more than one Attack from a rank other than the first. PF is a Special Rule and thus we have our answer.
4) Q: Do abilities/spells that allow units re-roll (BRB pg. 7) their To Hit rolls count the re-rolled die rolls of a 6 when determining which rolls grant additional attacks from Predatory Fighter rule and cause automatic wounds from Poisoned Attacks rule?
=> A re-roll is simply that - another chance to change the pips that show on the face of the die. They are not something...else. They are that same thing, just with a different number on the die.
Think of it this way, if they were not 'the number used for the effect' then if you re-rolled an attack with a Runefang and the re-roll caused a hit, it would not wound or bypass saves automatically. Re-rolls are not 'alternate things of another type.' They are the 'same thing, just trying for a better number.'
Magic Items
9) Q: Are Regeneration saves allowed against the Blade of Realities (pg. 62)?
=> The blade is rather explicit, right? No armor or ward saves. Regen is neither of these and thus it still applies. In the absence of a countermanding rule, the original rule applies.
18) Q: Can Skink Chief (or special character) riding Terradons or Ripperdactyls join units of Terradons or Ripperdactyls?
=> Basic rules tell us this is not possible and no exception (no conflict to this specific rule) is provided in the rules for a skink character on a terradon or ripper - not even the special character. Implication is not exemption.
19) Q: Does the Skink Chief's mount option Ripperdactyl gain D3 additional attacks and re-roll failed To Hit rolls while attacking a unit marked with a Lustrian Blot Toad marker?
=> That ability comes from Toad Rage, a rule that is not found under the rules for these mounts and thus it is not applied.
20) Q: Do skink characters mounted on a Stegadon or Ancient Stegadon gain an armour save from the Howdah?
=> Why would they? What rule, in the current book, says they do? A character riding anything gets +1 Armor Save. That's it unless specified otherwise, which is not the case here.
Pretty much these are "Follow the rules in the books. Do you see an actual, explicit, direct contradiction (to a 'should be' or 'seems like') to the extant rule? If not, continue to follow the established rule.
