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8th Ed. Does the first rank count as a rank?

Discussion in 'Rules Help' started by themuffinman873, Sep 6, 2014.

  1. themuffinman873
    Chameleon Skink

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    Lets say my lone cowboy is in CC with a small unit of goblins. If the goblin unit was 5 wide, and there are 5 goblins in the unit left at the end of the combat phase, do the goblins get +1 for having 1 more rank than me? What if it was 4 goblins, or 8 goblins?
    The answer to me seems like it should be only at 10+ goblins do you consider getting the +1 rank bonus for CR, however the rules dictator at our local shop seems to think otherwise.
     
  2. Dyvim Tvar
    Razordon

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    They do count as a rank.

    But you only get rank bonus for ranks after the first so no +1

    Also:

    A unit can get rank bonus for an incomplete rank of at least 5 models. 10-wide unit of 15 models gets +1 for example.

    If the cowboy wins the Gobbos will be steadfast since they have more ranks (1) than he does (0)
     
  3. Stonecutter
    Terradon

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    Ranks are as detailed by Dyvim Tyvar. The references are:

    1) ranks toward rank bonus - pg. 52 Calculate combat results under the sub-heading Extra Ranks; and

    2) steadfast - pg 54/55. This addresses the issue of 5 gobbos forming a "rank", which they do. The key here is to read the example in italics since it is easy to confuse this with part 1 above. The description of 12 bloodletters indicates two complete ranks and a third rank of 2 daemons.
     

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