Magnificent Booboo's - WHFB rules query

[Derick]

Yogi's stealing picnic baskets again

Came across what is considered a grey area with rules.

1) The number one Nurgle spell requires line of sight. so can you cast it into combat?
Refer pg 107 of the rulebook.
This has not been FAQ'd, but other spells with same targeting restrictions have been and the GW ruling was that they could.

2) when applied to a character on a mount, is the result randomised? If the mount is a steg?

[Josh]

Spells need to specifically say 'can be cast into combat' in order to do so. As it's not a magic missile, or similar, the wording indicates you don't distribute as shooting. That means yes, you can pick that annoying skink priest off his Engine of the Gods.

[Glenn Patel]

Actually, it says "pick a model". Rule of Burning Iron has the same wording, and cannot single out the rider of a monstrous mount (as per FAQ, and arguably RAW), on the grounds that it's just one model.

That is, the 'model' is "Skink Priest riding an Engine of the Gods".

[Nicholas]

Spells need to specifically say 'can be cast into combat' in order to do so.

Actually, it says "pick a model". Rule of Burning Iron has the same wording, and cannot single out the rider of a monstrous mount (as per FAQ, and arguably RAW), on the grounds that it's just one model.

I agree with these two interpretation s.

[warpmaster]

Yea its randomised if you target a stegy or a dragon

[Fujin]

Derick,

Good call raising the question after the event - needs a little bit of discussion. The round after you approached me at the tournament his next opponent raised it as a rule query with me and I called it how Glenn did above:

- cannot be cast into combat
- cannot pick out a model seperately from the mount (i.e. choose the MODEL, not part of the model)


In imagination land if you could pick a part of the model I'd be gunning for the Stegs front left leg. Then you could watch it cane itself by tripping over and falling to the ground a la the AT-AT walker in The Empire Strikes Back.

[grumpy old smurf]

this is good. thanx guys....(i got 3 nurgle sorcerers in my list so its important to me!)