Warp Rift #14.pdf

Warp Rift

The Battlefleet Gothic netzine

Issue 14 - Gothicomp 2007 - Domination of Herculis - Cheap Orks - Wraithchoir - …and more…

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Warp Rift:

Issue Fourteen

September 2007

+++ Red Ones go Faster +++

On your way to the Gothicomp article you

can first read some very well thought Nova

Cannon rules. If you are into Eldar and

their background you may like the

Wraithchoir article; a detailed explanation

about the Craftworld Eldar and their

weapon variants. Can escort vessels have

two hitpoints or not? Check out the High

Admirality section.

With this I’m already writing my fourth

editorial for Warp Rift. Time certainly flies

by when your having a good time. And

seen all the great articles we have

received and still recieve for Warp Rift I

am certain this good time can go on.

Issue Fourteen – Contents:

Encyclopedia Gothica

Alternative Nova Cannon Rules

High Admirality

2 Hits or no 2 Hits?

Speaking of good times I won the

Battlefleet Gothic painting competition

hosted at www.tacticalwargames.net !

Thanks to all the people who voted on

me! But to be honest I was quite

surprised as the level of quality was very

high this year.

In this issue you can find a lot of these

entries plus accompanying words to the

top five vessels. Check out the Gothicomp

2007 article.

For Gothicomp 2007 big thanks go to Iain

and ‘his’ TacticalWargames.net’ as well

as online store sentrybox

( www.sentrybox.org ) for donating a prize

to this competition.

After the Gothicomp pictures the fanzine

continues with an article on how to build a

lot of Orks for very little money. That way

everyone can get his Ork fleet! In this

issues story, the Hunt for Red Slaughter it

is all about confusion…. The last section,

the Void Stalker section, is filled with nice

goodness. First a scenario with those cheap

and sneaky Orks; followed by an extensive

map-based campaign system.

Showcase

Gothicomp 2007

Dry dock

Orks: Hulks & Roks

Officers Mess

Hunt for Red Slaughter

All I can say is enjoy!

Happy Gaming, Painting & Converting,

Roy

Void Stalker

Who goes there?

Domination of Herculis Campaign

www.sentrybox.com

Wraithchoir

Encyclopaedia Gothica

Fleets of the Galaxy

Alternative Rules

Nova Cannon – ‘Fire and the Hole’

By Dex ‘Admiral D’Artagnan’ Sy

Imperial Navy players are disappointed

with the way the Nova Cannon has been

nerved from it’s original incarnation. First it

was changed from the Guess convention to

the Scatter Dice. This was an ideal change

since it balanced out the playing field

between the good guessers and the bad

guessers. That was fine.

Then it was decided that the Eldar

Holofield can save against the Nova Cannon

shot. Fine, since Eldar have tissue paper

armour but then it was further decided that

the Eldar holofield also saves against the

scattered Nova Cannon shot landing on

another unfortunate Eldar ship. Why would

a ship that had the scatter shot land on it

be able to save against the explosion’s

effects? “Riding the explosion” was used as

a reason but it’s a poor excuse to justify an

Eldar holofield working on a scatter shot

since you don’t really have an inkling if the

scattered shot was headed your way in the

first place.

Then with the latest Battlefleet Gothic

Rules v. 1.5, they further neutered the

Nova Cannon by giving the scatter three

bands instead of the normal two. Now

between 30 cm to 45 cm you roll 1D6 for

scatter distance. Between 45 cm to 60 cm,

you roll 2D6 for scatter distance. Then

between 60 cm to 150 cm, one rolls 3D6

for scatter distance.

The idea for changing the band from two

to three was that there was still a good

chance for the Nova Cannon to do massive

damage on the scatter and there was the

problem with some power gamers going for

a Massed Nova Cannon fleet. While the

change reduces or eliminates the damage

on the scattered shot by increasing the

scatter distance, it just gave the massed

Dominator players more fuel to bring said

Massed Nova Cannon fleet into games.

Because the Nova Cannon has become so

unreliable, especially on the ranges beyond

60 cm, one needs to bring lots of Nova

Cannons in order to make the weapon

worthwhile, to emphasize again most

especially at long ranges and this means

Dominator and/or Mars heavy fleets.

Since the new rules really made the Nova

Cannon useless as a weapon by itself and

only worthwhile en masse, the author

decided to create a new set of rules which

hopefully can address the problem of a very

effective nova cannon on the scatter and

the massed Nova Cannon fleet. The rules

are presented below.

Proposed Nova Cannon Rules :

Nova Cannon follows the same convention

before the updated rulebook v. 1.5 was

released. From 30 cm to 60 cm: roll scatter

dice with a scatter roll of D6. Beyond 60 cm

to 150 cm: roll scatter dice with a scatter

roll of 2D6.

Results of scatter roll as follows.

a. If direct hit roll D6 for damage,

regardless of the target’s armour value.

b. If scatter with centre hole landing on

base, roll D3, regardless of the target’s

armour value.

c. If scatter with template on base, 1 point

of damage, regardless of the target’s armor

value.

The D3 damage of a scatter shot with

centre hole landing on the base is an ideal

way of reducing the effectivity of the said

scatter shot which is a problem which

concerned the High Admiralty ever since

the switch was made from Guess

convention to Scatter Dice rules. Capital

ships now have a much better chance of

surviving a scatter shot. Even Escorts have

a chance at surviving a scatter shot.

As per rules, the Nova Cannon shot is

affected by shields and if no ships were hit

by a Nova Cannon shot, then place a Blast

Marker under the centre of the template

and the Nova Cannon is a Line of Sight weapon

and cannot fire through obstacles or celestial

phenomena that act as normal line of sight

obstructions such as planets, moons, asteroid

fields, etc.

Nova Cannon Ranges

The Nova Cannon minimum range and

maximum range shall be changed to the

following: to fire the Nova Cannon, place

the template so that the centre hole is

anywhere between 30 cm for minimum

range to 150 cm for maximum range. If the

shot scatters below 30 cm or beyond 150

cm, nothing happens and the players shall

assume shot malfunctions. The outer

template ruling in the rulebook is odd

because in effect, it makes the actual

minimum and maximum range at 33 cm

and 147 cm respectively, reducing the

effective range by that much aside from

confusing the players with the wording.

Nova Cannon on Lock On Special

Orders

Lock On Special Order available is now

available to the NC. This is to make the

Nova Cannon a more reliable weapon. On a

scatter result, re-roll the scatter dice

against races other than Eldar or Dark

Eldar, with the second roll standing. See

the rules on Nova Cannons vs Eldar

Holofield/Dark Eldar Shadowfield below.

Other Special Orders and the Nova

Cannon

Other than the change with the Lock On

Special Order, the Nova Cannon follows the

same restrictions with respect to other

Special Orders as in the main rulebook: it

cannot fire when on All Ahead Full, Brace

for Impact, Burn Retros and Come to New

Heading. It also cannot fire when the Nova

Cannon armed ship is crippled.

Using Brace for Impact against the

Nova Cannon

As per the rules on p. 23, you must declare

Brace for Impact before the scatter dice is

rolled.

Nova Cannon vs Ordnance

As in the rulebook, any ordnance touched

by the template is automatically removed.

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