8th Ed. Stegadon, terradons, ripper WS question

[Gator]

When defending, do we use the WS of the mount or rider? I was told today that its always the rider. BRB page number would be much appreciated.

 

[eppe]

For the Terradon and Ripper it's the rider, the stegadon is the mount because of the special rule 'Howdah Crew'. pg 45 LM book

 

[theodoris]

This is not a question about the WS.
But it is about the Terradons and the Rippers.
I didn`t want the create a new topic, sice we have already so many.


I see in the new book the rider now has 1 wound.

Am i correct to see that if they get 1 wound, the model is gone, or do we use any of the wounds of the terradon or the ripper?

 

[forlustria]

im sure its under monsterous cav rules that you always use the highest wound and toughness characteristics

 

[sorrowquin]

For monstrous Cav you always use the highest wounds, meaning 2 for Ripps and Tears.

Unfortunately for everything else you use the riders characteristics. You defend with WS 2 and T 2 ...
The monsters characteristics are only used for it's attacks (WS, S, I).

Compare monstrous Cav in the BRB

 

[Wolfsknight81]

Im quite sure that last bit was errata's. Nowadays, you use the highest wounds AND toughness values for monstrous cavalry.

 

[sorrowquin]

Your absolutely right.
Just checked errata and you do use highest W and T.
You still defend with the WS of the rider though

 

[theodoris]

thanx. this helps

Indeed i have just read the errata of the BRB and you do use the highest toughness and the most wounds.

So, you do have 2 wounds, and toughness 3