Space Hulk Q&A Part I (White Dwarf 142)

8/6/2019 Space Hulk Q&A Part I (White Dwarf 142)

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OUESTIOilSIUOIT$WERBY SIMON FORRESTWe're often sent ettersby peopleaskingus o clarify rulespoints,usuallywherean unusualsituationnot coveredby the rules hassprungup. To hetpyou out, we've collected omeofthe morecommon ulesqueriesand providedanswers nd guidelines.In particular,we take a look at the psychic ules rom the Genestealer xpansion et,and atOverwatchand CommandPoints.From readingyour letters,we've ound a few areas hatsomeof youffnd a little confusing o we'recovering hem again o help clarify matters.And sinceGenestealer as released e'veplayeda lot of games sing he psychiccards andfounda few minor changeshat we'd like to make o the rules.

foru suits and heircolours are:@oooSIOMC POWER KINESIS TEMPORAL

FORCEBATTLESA few people have asked us to clarify the way that forcebattles work. These ale actually fairly simple and, onceyou've got the idea, you won't have any problem with them.ForceCardsMany of drepsychiccardshave a coloured con n the botlomdght comer- this s the force lcon and t hasdte samecolourandsymbolasone of fte fortrpsychicsuits.Cardswift oneofthese cons are known asforce cards, Aura cards ale alsoforcecards they count as orce cardsagainstdleir own suit(ie the suit shownby the main con in the top eft comer).The

When a pslker is the target of a psychic attackhe can use aforce card to block the attack. He simply lays down a cardwith a force icon of the samecolour ss the attacking card'ssuit - so a Psionic card is dispelled by a force card with theyellow Psionicsymbol n the bouom right comer.Playingaforce card ike ftis completelydispels he attack soneiftr thepsykernor any othermodels are affected.Force BattlesA force batde represents achpsyker throwing extsaenergyinto apsychicauackor defence.Whoever ays down the mostcardshasunleashedhe mostpsychicenergyand wins thebattle.The two psyke$ take t in tum to lay down force cards.Theone who lays down the ast card wins. If it's the anacker0lepsychicanack akesplaceas normal. If it's the defender,hispsychic defenceshaveproved too srong and the attack sdispelled.

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A force batdewo(ks ike !his:1) The artacking sykerplaysapsychiccard.2) The defendingpsyker(whomust be a targetof the attack)playsa force card with a force icon of the sarnecolour asthe attackingcard's suit. This stops lrc artack3) The attackingpsykernowplayshis own force cad - againthis has a force con of the samecolour as he originalattackingcard.This rnakes he attackeffective again.4) Steps2 and 3 are repeateduntil oneplayer either doesn'thavea force card of the ight colour or doesn'twant toplayany more cards. Whoeverplayed the last card wins theforce banle.I!'s as simpleas hat- see heexample or a moredetailedrun-dovmof a force banle n action.

AEGISSUITSIt's easy o forget that a SpaceMarine Librarian gets hee4uivalentof a free force card againsteverypsychiccard hataffectshim.A Librarianwearsan Aegls sult. This is a specially modifiedsuit of Teminalor armour hat ncludes a psychic hood, Thepsychichood containsa psi-matrixcrafted from a intricatelyinterlacedweb of psychically-attunedrystals. he psychichood amplifies dre Libradsn's naturalpsychicdefencesandgiveshim greaterprot4tion rom psychicattacks.Every time a SpaceMarine Librarian is attackedby apsychiceffect he sutomaticallygetsa ftee force defenceof the dghtcolour. He doesn't have o use a card or pay any APEand tdoesn'tcount as an action.This mens hat to attack a Librarian, an enernypsykerneedsto have at least one force card to enhancehis attack. Thisovercomes he Lib'rarian's free force defenceand tlre attackaffecs the Librarian as usual, If the enemypsyker doesn'thaveanextra orce card his attackwill fail.


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SPACEHULK QUESTIONSAND ANSWERS

EXAMPLEORCE ATTLEThisexampls orcbatdeshowsyouho$/ hs cardswork and whichof $e coloured consyouuse at each stage.

Theattackingplayrhys dorvnhis psychiccard- lets sayits a Hellfira, hichmakest a Powor ard rcd).lf one of hE targetsof the Hellfir s a psyker,he defendingplayergets he chancs o dispel |e attapkwih a forcacard.lf he dosn'thavea force card of th rightcolour,of courss,$e Hellfire akeseffecl.

However, s'll assume he defending layer oeshaveatorca card with a rqd lorc icon- say, lhq Burst of Speedcardwithhe rsd con.Heplayshisanddispelshe attack.Rememberhat t's he orcs con n the bonom ight omerthatcounts it doesn'tmatter |at Burstof Soeed tself sfrom heTemporalblus) uit.

lf the attackingplayeralsohas a force card with a red orceicon say |e Smitecard with he red con he canplay histo enhancehis atlack so that t is oncs more n effect.lf he didn'thavea red orcecard.he Helltirewouldhavebsndispelled.

lf ths detending layer ossn't aw anothered orce ard,lhe Hellfire ow akesettect s usual.lf he doeshaveanother ed torcecardhe can chooss oplay t and dispsl he Hsllfire gain.Say he'sgot an Auracard rom hs Power uit-as it'san Aura ard t counts s aforco card against ts own colour.

Of course, the Libraria.n can also play a force card from hislhand !o defend against the attack and ftis will lesd to a normalforce battle - whoever lays fie last cald wins the banle.Unstoppable ttacksThe Librarian's free force defence doesn't work againstunstoppablepsychic attack. These aren't stopped by folcecards and the Lit'rarian's Aegis suit isn't an exception.SectionEffctsIf theLibrarians attackedy a section ffect nd topst,eitherwithhis ree orcedefencer byplayingorce ards,he

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This conshqrs tlla suit ol thepsychicanack.This s fiecolou hat counlr or lh lorcebatdg. n this cas6 fs lhePowarsuitso only r.d lorceoona aount.

For he nitialanack, t doesn'tmatlerwhatcolour his con s- it has no effecton th attack,

ud n*d!., rhou$ 'rtstry ood.Li1y dd{or dnhr ldrdi t'hq 'th (3ooThis s th con h al counts ora pslichacdfence - it must besame uitcolour s $oattack. n his case, t's red omatchhe Hellfire'suit.lf fie attacker cinforces hgpsychic ftack,his con tilldoesn'tmatler it only ounlsfor fie odginalattack.

ll you?6 einlorcing n attackwith a lorce cad ifs the sameas displlinghem this iconmustbe he sam ui/coloutas he attack.

orlly in tho case ol an Aura.a.d does his con count orforcebatfes.

Because heycounl as orcecards gainsthsirov,n uit,Auta ards on't avegparatoorce con n [email protected] as ongas bothplayers ave ot orc6 ardswith herighi olour orce cons red n hisexample).Theykegp rakingt in ums o aydown orce ards ndwhoeveraysdown hs astcardwins.lf theattacker ins, hepsychicardwo*s as usual- if thedefenderwins,hepsychicard s dispellsd ndhasno elfect.

effect s completely ispelled it doesn't ffecr nymodelsnthatsection.This means hat f you're expecting o be attacked y aGenestealersyker,you canprovide protection or your SpaceMarinesby keping iem in the samesectionas a Librarian.However, f you'renot careful his can makeyou a sittingtarget or a conventiona l ectioneffect weapon, uch asamissileauncher iring plasmamissiles.t canalsoslowyoudownand mate it hard to set up goodfiring positionssoyouhave o avoid lumpingyourmodels ogetheroomuch.

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SPACEHULKQUESTIONSND ANSWERSLIGHTNING ARC

SinceGenestealer ameout we've playeda ot of games singthe psychic rules and rre now feal that the Lighming fucattack s slighdy too powerful.To reduce he power of the attack, we're changing hetargeting ules as ollows:1) Eochettsck mu6t be dlrctdat a different argeL

These argetscanbe anywherewithin 12 squares f 0recaster.The casterdoesn't have o decide n advancewhich six targetshe's going to attackprovidedeachtarget s only anackedonce.2) The usual ules or blind targetingapply,except:

You can't tsrget hrough an Intervenlngmodel.If the only routeyou canuace o a model s blockedbyanother model,you can't make that attack. This meansthat if a target survivesan attack,you can't attackanythingbehind that target unlessyou can trace analtef,nativeoute to it.As before, you also can't target through doorslbulkheads, ratesandpsychic sectioneffects&at blockline of sight,although ou can target hroughnormalsectioneffecs (eg lamer his).

Rememberhat f apsykersaveshimself with a force card oranAura card the Lightsing Arc is dispelled andcan't makeanymorc attacks.

ASSAILThesechangesmake sorne ninor adjustmentsand cover theambiguity n the originalrules aboutwhereyou could andcouldn'tmove anAssailedmodel.1) You can't movean Assailedmodel tluough obstructionssuch ascloseddoors,bulkheads. ratesor othermodelsie through anyrhing that would normally blockmovemenlYou can move he model oundcomers,ontosectioneffects hat don't block movementand ove!rubble,pitfalls, ladderserc.2) Theplayercasting heAssail can now chooseo placeanAssailedmodelprone.

A pronemodel hasno line of sight andcannotmove,shootor close assault rrttil t getsup. If apronemodel satacked n close combat,subtsact1 from is dice- if itwinsor ties t getsup and aces ts attacker.The AP costs or apronemodel to getup arc as oUows:

Model APSpaceMarine in Terminatorarmour 2SpaceMarine in powerarmour IPuestsainGenestealer 0Cene,stealerykid 0

3) A SpaceMarine fiat is Assailed cannotspendCPs as Iresponse o the psychic attackhe's too disorientatedandshaken o be able o reslDnd.This meanshe cannotimrnediatelyspendCPs o turn or standup.This resEictiononly applies o rheAssail rself - theSpaceMarine can spendCPsasusual f anotheraction slater taken n his line of sight (remember, pronemodelhas lo line of sight).

LIGHTNII{GNCThe Spaca rarinLibrarianir) casEa Lightnino rc. He makeshis irstattack gainst e GenstealsrG1) n rontol himbutonly ollsa I on thdic h Gnsrcaler urvives.Ho makeshis socondaltad against he nxtGgnestealerG2).8causeLiohr ng Arc s Hind argeting,l dosn'tmatter iat the6r9tGenestoaler loclGhis ino of sight ile Librariarcantracea doar pathb lhe socondGeneslealerhatdoesntpasshroughanohr rnodel, ealurs,dmr orblocked iaOonal.Seyhg Librarian ollsa 6 againstGenosloaler - this killsd|eGenstgaler. o can now make his third attackagainst hefurttesl Genostoalo.G3).Aoain,becausoLiohlningArc is blindb.glin0 il do$n't mattet hat ho can't so around |e corner.It,ho|ever, tr|eLibraian tailodb kill$e scondGgngslealer, ecouldn'lattackGonesleall3. Gnestealer completelyblockshis roule o Genostealor and io.'s no altrnative alh hat hecall tracgb make llo eltad(

MIASMA AND TELEPORTWe're ofter!asked f you canyou teleport hrough a Miasma-The answer s No. Miasmablocksall psychic effectsrom thesction t's in, ,o the section t's in and l.ongi the sectiont'sin. It's dle only psychicsectioneffert that completelyblocksall otherpsychicabilities, ncluding ree targetingartackstlrough the section.Of course, here's nothing to stop you teleporting beyond aMiasma f you can tracea route !o the odrcr side hat doesn'tpass lrough dreMiasmasectionand s within Teleport ange,

DRAWINGPSYCHICCARDSAnother common question concerns what happens when apsyker is in a Miasma or Stasis section effect - can the playerstill draw psyhcic cards?GnestealrsThe Cenesrealrlayer gets o draw Ore amenumbrof cardsregardless f how manypsykershe's got in play. h fact, hegets o hold I handof psychiccardseven f there'snopsykersin play at all. This neans it makesab6olutely o difference ohim rphetheror not some or all of his psykersare caught nMisamaor Stasiseffecb.SpaceMarinesThis one sn't soclean ut. The rules say hat he SpaceMarineplayer's psychichand s 2 cdds plusone card for eachSpaceMarine in play and hegets o draw 1 newpsychiccard at thestartof each urn for eachpsyker n play.We've thought about his and here s obviously an argumentfor reducingdre SpaceMarinepsychichandwhena Likarianente$ these ffects,especially n the caseof Stasiswhichtakesa sectionour of thegame.However, we've decidednotto worry about t in oidef b keep hhgr simple.So therule is that he SpaceMarineplayer'spsychichanddoesn't hangef a Lib'rarians in a Miasmaor Srasisield.You only reduce the SpaceMarines' psychic hand if aLibrarian s eitherkilled or movesoff the board.


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SPACEHULK QUEST]ONS ND A]\SWERS

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SPACEHULKQUESTIONS ANSWERSOVERWATCH

A Genestealer pensa door. On the other slde there's rSpaceMarltre h overratch, Does he SpaceMarlne shootat the Genestealer?Yes, he SpaceMarine mustshootat theGenestealer.heGenestealeras aken anaction n his line of 8i8ht and s sti[in hi,s ine of sightat the endof t}le action so he SpaceMarinemust take anoverwatchshot. t doesn't mattef,0rat theSpaceMarine sees he door moverather than the Genestealer hestill ses he rcsultsof theaction.Remembet hat SpaceMarines n overwatchalta)J havetoshoor ar Cene$teal(shat take an action and ale still in 6eirline of sight andfire arc at tlte endof dre action. They don'tget the choice o hold their ffie - they're too lensedup readyto shootand haveno time to make dcisionsabout iring.The Genestealerlayercan sometimes se his to his ownadvantage, speciallywhereh's got overwhelmingnurnbersto dEow at SpaceMarines n overwatch.Because he SpaceMarines have to fire, the Cenestealetplayet can hull waveafterwave at the SpaceMarines, hoping to jam their bolten.See hediagram or anexampleof usingwave atlacksagainstSpaceMarines n overwatch.A Gnstealer loses& door betwen tself and a SpaceMarhe In overwatch.Can th SpaceMarlne shootat thGenestealeror the door?No, theSpaceMarinecan'tshootat eiiher heGenestealcrrthedoor.He can't shoot he Genestealerecausehe overwalch hotcomesaftef, he Cenestealer ascompleted ts action. Closingthedoor akes heGene,stealerut of theSpaceMarinc's incof light so t can'rbe shot.

WAVE ATTACKS AGAINSTOVERWATCHIn this example,h6 Gnestealersro n a goodposilion olalnch anatlack d an anompl o swamp$g SpacsMadnss.EachG6nestealerhatmoves oroesall free SpacaMarinosofire.Soeven l he lirstoverwatchhot ills he Gqnslaler,l hoother wo SpacMariishave o roll o check hsydon'tjam.Thchanco t killing Gonestealer ilh an ove atchshot sl6sshan twiceh9 chance f gtting iam so this s oltenanffsclive if rathercosdy way o anack.Ot courss, t onlywo*s if yol./'ve otenoughGenestealersoiake he nevitableasualties.nd ememberher's chancethat heSpaceMarine layolwill ucky ndwillgundoern llthecharging enestealefsilhout ettingammed!llh Genstealerlayer9lonunate,e'llbabl6o move nandkill someof lh SpaceMarinesn closcombal.Al worst,hshould e able o fill die roomwithGenestealers,rcing heSpacMarineso spend ertturn earingho oom.lt6possiblolhe SpaceMarine layerwill have o spendso manyAPs onshootnEGenestealershath won't be able o put evoryonobackonioovrwalch.hgGnestealershouldhenb able olaunch nothe.wavealtack n the followinournwitha muchgrealdcnancg l success.Waveattacksare onqol lhe keys o playing h Gonesteals6.Just he hreat t launchingn attack anb a powodulacic,slowingdown he SpacMarinosby lorcing hem o spndhalfthekAPsonsetling ve atch.As goodSpaceMarinaclics ften equireasthovement,tbvitalloavoid kuationswhrehey9e! ieddown n a room. ltheGenostealerlayer ankepbringingp reinforcenentsromnearby ntry reas, situationike heonabove ould ,ell ethe urning oint n he game. l 's veryhard or heSpaceMarineso breakout of a heavily-threalenedra,ospeciallywithoul uppo kom heavy lamers r a Librarian ithsctioneflecl nacks, ut ailingo do sousllally plls eteat.

He can't shoot he door becausea SpaceMarine in overwatchis only allowed to fire ai a Genesrealer hafs just taken anaction.Overwatch represenrs he Space Marine's split-secondresponse o a moving rarget, He's wait ing tensely for aGenestealer to show itself and ignores all odler targets, such asdoors oi feaNres like crates.On fte other hand, if the Space Matine player wanted to spenda command point, he co!/d shoot at the door. Commandpoints represcnt s?ecific orders to perform extra actions nthe!than installt snap-shot esponses.Spending commandpointsallows him to pcrform any action provided he has just seen aGenestealertake an aclion.With command points the Space Marine could tum, stepforward or backward, clear ajam or shoot at a door (any door- it needn'rbe tre one thaCs ust closed).The penalty for doing this, of course, s that the SpaceMarineloscsoverwatch.

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When r SpsceMarlne In oyerwatch ams,how mar|ycommatrdpolnts does t cost to goback into overwatch?Ir coss 3 commandpoints: 1 commandpoint to udjam thestormbolter and 2 commandpointstoplace he SpaceMarineback nto overwatch.

Becaus hesearesEparale ctions,a Cenestealer ould take3actionsbefore he SpaceMarine can shootagain:Genestealer SpaceMarlneFLst action Pays CP !o clear hejamSecondaction Pays2 CPs o retum !o overwatchThird action Takesan overwatch hot

A SpaceMarlne hssJust survlveda Genestealerloseassault.Do nearby SpaceMarins on overwatch hootatthe Genestaler?Yes. n fact they must, Of course, he SpaceMarinesmust beable o draw a clear he of sight to the Cenestealer nd t mustbe n their fue arc and 2-squareoverwatch ange.Note thatthere'sno chanceof them hitting their fellow SpaceMarine even f they miss he Genestealer.If a SpaceMarine forcesa Bllp to convert nto th ine ofslght of anotherSpaceMarine on overwatch, oes hemodel on overwatch get a shot?No - thenewly-convertedGenestealer asn't taken an actionin theSpaceMarine's ine of sight,so here'sno chanceoshoor.

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SPACEHULK QUEST]ONS ANSWERS

OVERWATCHNDCLOSING OORSIt hg Gsnestedfi dosgs d|edoo., he SpacMarin n h room(Ml) can'l takean owlwatdr shol The Ggngstealgrlactronhasplacedrou o t his ineol sioht.Th Spac ,rarin6could spend a commandpoint o shoot hsdoor,bul ti8 would mmsdiatelyakghimout ol ovtwatdr.orr fie olher hand, he SpaceMa.ine n ile coridor (ld2)mubtshootat the Genosloalor causoho Gonostealers still in hisline ot sighl and ir6 arc aftd it's akend|oadion-

Does a Space Marlne In overwatch really gt a shot at sGenestealer that turns 90' - after all. thls ls a fr sctlonfor Genestealers?Yes. Even though tuming 90' costs no APs for a Genestealer,it's still an action so the Space Ma ne gets a sholThis makes doorways and comers good defensive positionsfor Space Marines in overwatch as Genestealerswill oftenhave !o tum to make a close assault.Of course, a Cenestealer can partially offset this by movingsideways, This is more expensive in APs but it means theSpace Marine gets one less shot - see the diagrarn for moredctails.

stillout of the SpaceMarine's ineol siohtand can'l b shot.

OVERWATCHNDTURNING OATTACKDlagaan : TheGneslealgr'5rst squa@f movomentales l nlo Diegrem : Anallernaliwmlhodfanad( or hGenestealrs otheSpaco/ia nh ineol sioht nd re arc.As he'sonoveftarch, Urn90' for reebeforoheSpaceMarineansseL Ar hispointl3Dl.gr.m 2: ThgGenssteale/s econd quaremov6s l directlyn Olagran 5 : The Genestealerhen movessidewaysdown hefroot of f|9 SpacoMaine whogolsanothorove atdl shot. coridor at a cost ot 2 APs. This rakes t into ho SpacoMarino's inoolagratn3: The Genestealeran'tallackbocausel's acing he ol sight o hespacoMadne 6tsan ovorwatchhotwong way . h now akssa freeaction o rurn o lac he Spac Olag6m6: Spendingnother APi , theGenstealergainmovesMarine, hg Space,larinoOets lhkdoveflvatchholeven hough sideways own h6 corridor tho Spac6MarineOeGanotherTheGeneste6ler asspnt2 APsgettinghere. l it hassurvived he The Genestealers now n a positiono athck. k's cost4 APs b gotoveruatch hots, can now iake a closeassaull.Thiswill orce he here aher than2 as belorebul he SpaceMadnehas had one essSpaceMafins o delendhimselfand ose ove|watdt. chance oshool he Genestealer.This s the bost actic o us t you want o be able c move h6 This s a betteractic or he cene$ealer layorf h doosn't anl oGenestealerfter tlackingnd probably)illing e SpaceMarine. move jsmodelmuchunherhis un.


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SPACEHULKQUESTIONS ANSWERSCOMMANDPOINTS

In th e Gnestaler 's turn, a Space Marlne has Justsurvlved an attack by r Gnestealr. Carr the SpaceMarine player now spend a command polnt to hav theSpace Marlne shoot hls storm bolter at the Genstealer?Yes. What's hap,pened s that the Space Marine has manaSedto fend off the Geneslealer's aftack. He holds the Genestealerwi0r his power glove and tsies to pump several rotmds into itat point blank range.If the same thing happend after the nxt round of closeassault, would th Spsce Marltre ge t s sustalned firebonus, even though h'd fought ln between the two shots?Yes. At this range he could hardly fail to improve his chancesflom rcund to round!Can a Space Marlne spend command polnts to doanything other thar fire in this sltuation?Yes. For example, if he wanted, the Space Marine playercould sperd command points !o step backward, step back andfire, even to close assault (if, say, he had lightning claws).When comrnand poins are used, the Space Marine can do anyone action normally allowed by the rules.Can you spend commard polnts to have a Space Marinetake an action lmmedlately after the same Space Marinehas fired from oYerwatch?Yes. The impofiant thing to remember is that spendiflg theCPs meals the Space Marille automatically loses overwatch.Sometimes you might wadt to do this to get an extra shot in.For exarnple, if a Genestealer is aboul to allack a SpaceMaline in close combat, the SpaceMarifle's got nothing tolose - he'll come out of overwatch as soon as the Gcnesbalerattacks anyway.This can also be useful when you want to do something otherthan shoot. Common examples are stepping out of line of sightwhen facing a Cenestealer Hybrid armed with a rangedweapon, closing a door between the Space Marine and theGenestealers or stepping back to prevent a close assault.A Genestealer on the edge of a board section ha s Justattacked a SpacMarin with a llamer. The SpaceMarinesurviyed - can he nory spend 2 CPs to shoot th flamer?Yes. Provided the Genestealer isn't in the same board sectionas the SpaceMarine with the flamer, the Space Marine canshoot at him.

CRATESAND RUBBLEThese new rules for crates and rubble bring them up !o datewith the weapons and psychic attacks introduced in theGenestealerexpansion.We've included a quick summary ofthe basic crates and rubble lules to remind vou how thev work.CratesCratesblock line of sight and movement.They can't bemovedbut they canbe attackedwith the same oll as a door-if destroyed, eplace he crareby rubble.However, f a convenion beamer s used o attackcrates,drecratesarevaporisedand no rubble s left in their place.Psychicanacksmay alsodestroycraies.Vofiex andBlast bodrautomatically aporisecratesand eaveno rubble.wola

COMMAND POINTSDlagrem : A Gehestealqs advanong o e SpaceMa ne novedatdr , TheGensstealrmovs hresquatesand each imlhe SpaceMa n takesan ove atch shot. All hros shotsar6misseg, ul or h lkd he ollsa double hisstorm,oltor asJammd.Olagram : Th Genestealor oves o rardanothqsquare.The SpaceMarine pendsa cohmandpoint o cleat he jam.Dlag..m 3i ThGenoslealerpendsts tth AP o movdghtnext o he SrracMarine. f lho SpaceMarinedidn't have anyCPs gft, heGenestealorould loseassault imYrif| ts inalAP. t he Spac a,tadn6 nlyhad CP eft,he could ireat heGenestgalgr ndhope o kill l before t atlacked. n his exampl,lh SpaceMadnehasat leastanother CPsand choosesstep backand ir6.DlagramtrTheGenestealerpendsts astAP b mov6 orwardnoxl o the SpaceMadne Oain.f lhe SpaceMarine adanyCPs eft, ecould irgatthGenestealer.thelwise e'llhaw owait untilhis urn o shoot.By taking hal stepback,he'sputhimsellust ar enoughawaysothat h6 Genestealer ant closeessault,.obablyaving is ife.

Lightning Arc destroys a crate on a 4 and Hellhre desaoys acrate on a 3 - in both cases, the crate is replaced with rubble.Otherpsychic attacksdon't alfecl crates.RubbleRubbledoesn'tblock movement,but it costsan extra 1 AP tomove onlo a rubble square. t doesn't block line of sight butany shotpassingOrough a rubble square s deflectedand hasno effect on a roll of 5 or 6 on one dice.The rubbledellcction rules apply !o the newweaponsust likelhey do !o storm boltrs. However, f a conversionbamer sused,a roll of 5 or 5 indicates hat he shot misses ts intendedtargetandvaporises he ubble- remove he rubble marker.Blast andVortex psychic attacks also automatically emoverubble markers.No otherpsychicattacksor weapons estroy ubble,


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OTHERQUESTIONSCan Space Marines pass thlngs scross dlagonals or evenbackwards?Yes. Space Marines can pass objects to any of the 8 squaresaround them. It doesn't matter which way the Space Madnepassing the object or the Space Marine receiving it are facing.The only restriction on this is that you can't pass somelhingacrossa blocked diagonal.Note that you can only pass objects when the mission briefingsays so. Normally, you can't pass weapons or grenades, orexample.From which squares can a model open a door?A model can open a door if the door square is in any of themodel's ftont tkee squares- the three shaded squares in thediagram below.

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A model can't operla door that's in its side or rear acings.A Blip, on the other hand, can open a door in any adjacentsquare - vertically, horizontally or diagonally - as shown bythe shaded souares below.

SPACEHULK QUESTIONS ANSWXRS

So the ruling is that a model that you can'r seedoesn'i blockline of sight to anything beyond. See the diagtam to checkhow this works.Note that this only applies when the front model is hidden - ifyou've got line of sight to the front model, then it does hidethe rcar model.Ii also only appl ics o models,not !o featulessuchas cratesorrubble. If you look ar thc diagram you'll see why this is thecase.

Can you flame a sectiol containing other SpaceMarines?No. Although it doesn't mention t in the rules,you obviouslycan't attackyour oIIn models.We'd always assumed his tobe the case and hadn't imagined that unscrupulous playersmiSht think of kiling their own models.The same goes for psychic section effects, self-destructingthunder hammers, firing assault cannon on full auto whenthere's a friendly model in the line of fire, and so forth.If there are two models one behind the other and llne ofsight to the first ls blocked, does the nrst model block l ineof sight to the scond model, even though th firer can'tsee h tirst model?This Eicky situation that has come up a few times in our recentgames.By the etter of the rules, neithcr targetcan be shot- amodel always blocks ine of sight n any model bchind it.However, this seemspatently absurd it means that lhesecondmodel is taking cover bchind someone he fircr can'tacnrally see!We've had a long hard think about this one and decided to gowith the common sense iew - the secondmodel can be shot.

MODEI..SLOCKINGINEOFSIGHTThers a l*o Gnslealors n6 bhind the oflr. Th firc|(Gl)is outof line ol sightbul is apparently lockinolineol sighl o hegcond G2).So the qustion s: Can a hiddn model block ineol sight?Oiagrsm t: ll's cloar that lhe corner of th room blocks ins ofsight o the nearestGenestealr fte SpaceMarinecan't shootat GenesGaler1.Oiagram 2: lt's qua'ly ctear kom this diagram hat the SpaceMarinewould normally have line ol sight o Genestealsr2 butdlat any shol at Geneslealer2 passes hroughGeneslealer1'ssquare,We v dcadodha! the Space Ma ne can re al Gonesloaler ,igno ng tho hiddnGenestealer. his rcprsntsGonesteald 1movino as clos to the wall as possible o gel lhe full bnefitofhidingbhind he comer, eaving h Space Marine a clear shotal lhe secondGenestealet.

oiagram : f he SpacMainedoeshave clear ineol sight oGeneslealer, he normal ules or blockingineof sightapplyan dhe can'lshoot l Gnestalor. There's owhereorGenstealr o hideandgetoutof hsvray l ths shot.Olag.am l: Th eruleabout gnoring iddenmodels henchsckingineof sighlonlyapplieso tbdels. t dosn't pply olealurossudr as crateswhichblock inof sightas usual a pileol crals an'tmove utoflhewaylSimllarly, f herowas a pileof rubble n theway, he SpaceMarine ould lillhave oroll o se f hisshotwasdeflected.


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