Nope. Orbital bombardment is a WH heavy support choice.
At the start of the battle, you designate a piece of terrain, and you can choose to roll for reserves for it from turn 2 ( not obliged to however ). Once it starts, you can place a large blast template anywhere in that terrain so the hole is inside, then roll scatter and see where it actually lands.
There's 3 variants, the lance strike, Str 3 AP 1, the melta strike, str 8 ap 1 melta ( 2d6 armour penetration vs vehicles ) and the psyk out warhead, which blows up psychic powers of psychers inside the blast.

While they've gotten a little better since the 5th edition ( more acurate ), they're still pretty much a waste of points IMHO.

 

There are actually two versions of Orbital Bombardment now, Inquisition (as Einar described) and the new one-shot Space Marine version. Supposedly IG are going to get one in their new codex. All versions are codex specific and their appropriate rules are in the respective codex.

 

"a piece of terran"
is that anywhere?

"you can choose to roll for reserves for it from turn 2"
which means roll 4+ ?

once it starts, does it stay at the same location as shot 1 or i can move it in "the piece of terran"

thanks for the help

 

"a piece of terran"
is that anywhere?

That depends whether you mean that the piece of terrain can be everywhere on the board? Yes the piece can be everywhere.
But it doesn't mean that you can place your template everywhere on the board. It must be inside a piece of terrain (like ruins, woods, crater etc.)

 

a piece of terrain = anywhere on the board

Yep turn 2 is a 4+, turn 3 is a 3+...etc. However, if you don't want to call it down you don't have to. But once it starts you can't stop it.

Once it starts you can place it anywhere in the piece of terrain every turn.

 

It starts in reserve.. you dont have to roll but once you do its 4+ 2nd turn, 3+ 3rd turn etc. Pick 1 piece of terrain on the board (so a building, a hill, a forest etc) and each turn you can pick a spot on that terrain that your aiming for. you can change the spot your aiming at but not the terrain piece- you should make a secret note of which terrain piece is being targetted at the start of the battle.

The orbital bombardments are fantastic at bombarding terrain where you have placed objectives- troops can hold the point but are gonna get hit. Be careful though as this will get your own troops as well if you try to take the objective.

 

ok thanks for the help :victory:

 

The best use of "A piece of Terrain" I ever got was a river that ran from corner to corner of the board without bridges or stops at all.

I have an Apok Question on this, though. If you choose a building, and it gets "Removed" from play, is the targetting no longer available? I'm thinking the doomsday device going off, and " destroying all matter within 6D6" ". Can you not fire the bombardment anymore, or do you now target the 6d6" deep crater?

 

Think that one is gonna be open to interprretation. Think that I would mark the edges the the terrain and say you have to target that limit.

 

what is the dispertion, 1d6 x2 like stated in the codex or 2d6 x2 like in the rule book ?

 

2d6 with no balistic skill I believe.

 

Its normally 2D6, but since codex overules rulebook in this specific example it has to be 2*D6...

 

Actually, the FAQ states that it's as per BRB rules instead of the codex rules. so 2d6, not 1d6 X 2

 

it changed :
http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1180142_Witch_Hunters_FAQ_2004-08_5th_Edition.pdf

 

so on a hit it don't move right?

 

Correct, on a hit on the die, it goes to the target point you nominate.

 

thats weird, because it makes it aim better and 5th overall rules lower the accuracy of blasts

well thx for the help :good:

 

The centre of the marker has to be placed inside the terrain piece (hill, woods, river, etc) - ANYWHERE INSIDE its boundary. It can scatter out (and probably will, as it will always scatter - d6" if a 'hit' d6*2" otherwise) and that's the only way it can leave its target zone.
The larger the terrain piece, the larger its boundary.

It's good for denying objectives (so you can keep enemy forces away from one, or even use it to womp on one of his objectives.) It means that there's one objective you shouldn't have to worry about.

 

To make it entirely clear, the FAQ states:
Ignore the (in)accuracy rule given in the codex and treat it as an ordenance barrage with the 'firer not having line of sight'.

Therefor, yes, Oribital Strikes have become more precise. A Hit is a Hit, a scatter is 2d6.

 

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