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[Sir_Servo]

I for one am very happy with the new Power fist rules. My friend has a Space wolf army that can field upwards of 15 of those things in only 2000 points. Throw in their survivability in large squads of Grey Hunters and Blood Claws and that is just a nasty nasty thing to deal with. Nothing I hate more than haveing a squad of lets say 10 models after I blast away at it for a turn after it disembarks from it's rhino and then haveing to deal with 3 powerfists in that 10 model squad that is between 6 and 12 attacks depending on who gets the charge and witch models have the Power Fists.

I am excited for the new rules. I have been playing sense 2nd ed and each time a new rules set comes out it seems to revitalize my gaming group and new players come out of the wood work. Not to mention the fact taht GW has an actuall visual advertisement that plays Online and on TV right now! Woot! More lambs for the Slaughter.

My two cents,
Servo

[SteveBerenyi]

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~UPDATED (again)

Hi folks, another day, another dollar Look what tidbits fell into our little news-hungry hands for you guys to enjoy...

Cover:
If you shooting through more than 2" of cover, then your target gets a cover save.
If there is a dispute about the majority being in or out of cover, thats when the cover save with the -1 comes in.
There is a new category of 4+ cover. This new 4+ cover save applies if you draw LoS through any other unit other than your target.
Normal terrain still has a standardized chart for everything from hedges up to bunkes similar to 4th edition.

Line of Sight:
There are no height levels, all terrain is true LoS (even jungles and woods). They will need to be modeled appropriately if they are to block LoS.

Blast Weapons:
Blast weapons don't roll to hit, but always scatter 2D6" minus the BS of the firer. ~Yikes, watch out for Dark Reaper Exarchs!
All models under a blast template (including partials) are automatically hit. If a "hit" is rolled on the scatter-die it lands on target.Skimmers:
Skimmers get their cover saves if moving at Cruising speed or All-out.

Missions:
Scoring units must be Troops and Infantry (it is unknown if jump infantry or bikes count towards this).
Killpoints are mostly out, being replaced by the standard VPs in most missions. They remain in a limited fashion in some mission variants. You now score a single killpoint for each unit killed regardless of its FOC category.
Perils of the Warp:
Perils now causes an automatic wound, but invulnerable saves are allowed. They must be rerolled if you pass it the first time, so perils is still dangerous.
Monstrous Creatures:
Monstrous creatures now have the Move Through Cover USR instead of re-rolling the difficult terrain dice.

[Sir_Servo]

Originally Posted by SteveBerenyi

More from BoLS

Blast Weapons:
Blast weapons don't roll to hit, but always scatter 2D6" minus the BS of the firer. ~Yikes, watch out for Dark Reaper Exarchs!
All models under a blast template (including partials) are automatically hit. If a "hit" is rolled on the scatter-die it lands on target.Skimmers:
Skimmers get their cover saves if moving at Cruising speed or All-out.

Hmm... don't know about that. I am reading through the leaked PDF as we speak and I don't see that Minus the BS of the firer any where. I kinda like it, but I think that might make them to powerful based on the fact that they don't have to roll to hit.

My two cents,
Servo

[SteveBerenyi]

i agree servo, but i dont make the news, i just report it.

here this is for you all:

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[Lord Commander Erus]

Originally Posted by SteveBerenyi

i agree servo, but i dont make the news, i just report it.

here this is for you all:

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We need to merge or condense all these 5th ed. threads, we're covering some of the same stuff over and over.