[Mad King George]

I think im getting shafted for force weapon rules, how do they work?

i wound someone several times and they just took leadership tests, i don't think thats how it works or does it?

 

[neilbatte]

when you wound someone with a force weapon you make the leadership test and if you pass they are dead otherwise it would be pointless against many armies and anything that is immune to psycology.

 

[Hespithe]

Generally, your first dozen games or so should last quite a while, since you should be looking up every questionable rule that comes up. Force Weapons are a trip.

 

[asianavatar]

Nope, you are getting shafted.

You wound and you take the psychic test. You don't pass they take a wound and you maybe take a perils of the warp test, you pass the test they die, simple.

 

[Deceiver]

Normally you can only use 1 psychic power per turn. Using the force wpn ability counts as using a power. So if my space marine librarian uses might of heroes ability then he cannot use the force wpn ability that turn.

I say normally as there are a few exceptions. Mephiston and a couple others with force wpns are allowed to use more than 1 psychic power per turn.

When opp. takes a wound from a force wpn. The psycker makes a ldrshp test. If he passes,then opp. is slain outright. There is a character/wpn out there that lets you make a check for each wound inflicted to see if you slay the opp. Cannot remember for the life of me who/what it is.

As always,reading the rulebook does help. Otherwise,you will always shaft yourself. See p.46 special close combat attks. Then look under force wpns. There is a nice big paragraph explaining the use of the almighty force wpn.

 

[Mad King George]

thanks next time ill go hey hey hey i take the test on ld 9

 

[Hespithe]

Just remember to have the BBB on hand and check if there is any disagreement.

 

[Mad King George]

hey if there is ill just say if you disagree ask a staff member .

thanks again.

 

[Hespithe]

lol... Good luck with asking the staff members. :grin:

I'm sure Tor and a few others here can tell ya... Those store staff employees are just as often clueless as not. Don't take the word of an employee over the BBB. And, if you don't have the BBB, you really should not be playing. That is considered very poor manners indeed, lol.

 

[Mad King George]

well if they don't have the bbb then theres no problem . yeah its true someone shot a ord weapon at my tank and tried to sya it got the rear but its always hull down

 

[Culler]

The only weapon that forces your opponent to take a leadership test or die (that I know of) is the dire avenger exarch's diresword. So there is a reverse force weapon out there (kind of).

 

[forgotten hero]

please read the appropreate rulebook and codex's for clarification, for me its pretty clear.

-Rob

 

[Galahad]

George plays Eldar and Wolves, so I think he just got his Diresword and Force Weapon mixed up.

Just don;t forget, the FW is a psychic test so it can be hoodblocked, and you can end up taking warp damage.