Special Rules
Dispersion
Dispersion weapons use a teardrop-shaped template to find the models they can affect. Keep the template within the weapon's range, with its narrow end closer to the firing model, then resolve Target Locks and damage as described below.
How Dispersion works
(Weapon uses a Dispersion Template)
- The template must remain within the weapon's range, and the narrow end of the teardrop must be closer to the firing model than the wide end is.
- When fired, this weapon's RoF indicates the total number of target locks it can achieve, rather than shots per model.
- All models even partially under the template are eligible models for that attack. This overrides Target Limit and closest-model allocation for those template-affected models.
- For each successful target lock, roll damage dice equal to the weapon's Force.
- Assign damage to eligible models under the template starting with models under the narrow end of the template first, then outward.
Example
A unit or weapon with Dispersion meets the rule's stated condition. The template must remain within the weapon's range, and the narrow end of the teardrop must be closer to the firing model than the wide end is. When fired, this weapon's RoF indicates the total number of target locks it can achieve, rather than shots per model. Once those steps are complete, play continues normally.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Dispersion do?
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The template must remain within the weapon's range, and the narrow end of the teardrop must be closer to the firing model than the wide end is. When fired, this weapon's RoF indicates the total number of target locks it can achieve, rather than shots per model.
- What is the main result of Dispersion?
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Dispersion weapons use a teardrop-shaped template to find the models they can affect. Keep the template within the weapon's range, with its narrow end closer to the firing model, then resolve Target Locks and damage as described below.
- What limits should I remember for Dispersion?
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Apply only the effect described by Dispersion. All other eligibility, timing, movement, targeting and damage rules continue to apply normally.
- What happens after Dispersion is resolved?
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Finish any remaining steps of the current command, attack or timing window, apply the restrictions or lasting effects stated in Dispersion, and then continue play.
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