executioner gets hot

[andres]

So quick one . How many gets hot do I roll to fire the main gun of the executioner 1 or 3 . Also if I give it prescience do I reroll scatter of gets hot ?

[Casiarius]

For blast weapons like plasma cannons, the Gets Hot roll is a separate roll which is unrelated to the scatter roll. You can re-roll both of them.
You make the Gets Hot roll for "each shot" which means three times for the Executioner plasma cannon.
Also note that if a weapon does roll a 1 on the Gets Hot check, the weapon does not fire... so it actually reduces your firepower.

[emptyhat]

So if you roll a 1 and two 6's does the cannon not fire? Or does it fire twice?

[gamma016]

It will fire twice. Rolling a 1 is like missing, except then it blows up in your face. So say if you had an Exicutioner with sponson plasma cannons you would have to roll 5 get's hot rolls and every time you rolled a 1 the blast wouldn't fire and you'd do your 4+ save on it.

[Casiarius]

Ordinarily, a blast weapon is always going to hit something, no matter how badly you roll. Maybe it will scatter into a nearby unit you weren't even shooting at. Gets Hot weapons are an exeption, since rolling 1 means no template is even placed on the table, so you cannot even get a "lucky miss" with that shot.

[Aeon]

Hahaaaa....Casarius obviously hasn't rolled blast weapons with Imperial Guard ballistic skill very often

You will still miss. A lot

[glutebite]

Aoen -- your right... Never fails but it seems I roll 10's, 11's or 12's for scatter. But when it hits... oh my there is going to be some real messy splats.

[emptyhat]

Dec 18, 2014 13:54:33 GMT -5 glutebite said:

Aoen -- your right... Never fails but it seems I roll 10's, 11's or 12's for scatter. But when it hits... oh my there is going to be some real messy splats.

This is why Tread loves fielding 10 mortar squads. Lousy saturation fire in 1000 point games.