Displacer Field

[Tynskel]

gosh, you are talking about 4 editions ago...

Again, this is not explicitly stated. You cannot leave the board.

[G00dySmiley]

gosh, you are talking about 4 editions ago...

Again, this is not explicitly stated. You cannot leave the board.

cannot leave the board voluntarily . if you are using the save and it passes you have to scatter and my involuntarily end up off the table

i could also see it ruled as possibly the save failing if it scatters off the board when it gets faq'd as you would be scattering off the baord so the save result changes as the displacment move is not possible

[Tynskel]

no. the rule does not state you may leave the board.

You can only do what is stated. You simply just stop at the board edge, because the board edge is 'impassible terrain'.


oh gosh darn, the FAQ has already settled this:
Page 63 – Displacer field, rules.
Change the last sentence of the first paragraph to: “If the scatter causes the bearer to arrive on top, or within 1” of another model or impassable terrain, alter the scatter by the minimum amount possible (in any direction) to prevent this”.


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[G00dySmiley]

no. the rule does not state you may leave the board.

You can only do what is stated. You simply just stop at the board edge, because the board edge is 'impassible terrain'.

the rule does not say you stop at a board edge

it says you scatter d6

pg 6 "scatter" mentions nothing about stopping at impassable terrain

also you are not volutarily leaving the board, you keep saying you cannot leave the board but there is no such rule sayign you can't leave the board jsut that you cannot choose to do so. In this instance the wargear is forcing you to do it, you are not choosing to do anything

I suppose you could argue also that the save cannot be taken within 6" of a board edge as choosing to take the save could result in being forced off the table. if you can't choose to leave the table you can't choose to take the save

[Tynskel]

Read the FAQ.
The FAQ is quite clear: you cannot go through impassible terrain, and the board edge is impassible terrain.

As I said earlier. This is a non-issue.
It has already been FAQed.


Opps, sorry, it is ERRATA.

[G00dySmiley]

Read the FAQ.
The FAQ is quite clear: you cannot go through impassible terrain, and the board edge is impassible terrain.

As I said earlier. This is a non-issue.
It has already been FAQed.


Opps, sorry, it is ERRATA.

just read the errata it saysminimum distance to avoit another model or impassible terrain

still nto sure where you are getting the board edge as impassable terrain becasue it is certainly not listed on page 90 as impassible terrain

[Tynskel]

read the description of the board edge.
It is impassible terrain.

Again. The rule states *nothing* about leaving the board. You cannot leave the board unless stated otherwise.

The combination of the two means that the model cannot leave the board. You can shove the character up to the board edge, but that's it.

[G00dySmiley]

read the description of the board edge.
It is impassible terrain.

Again. The rule states *nothing* about leaving the board. You cannot leave the board unless stated otherwise.

The combination of the two means that the model cannot leave the board. You can shove the character up to the board edge, but that's it.

what page is it on, i would be happy to read it but can't find it in the glossary an keep flippign through sections trying to find it

[Tynskel]

Irrelevant.

It is not a specific definition, but is a description that matches the description of impassible terrain. At which point, one notes that inherently this means that the board edge is impassible terrain, and therefore subject to the same rules. The qualifiers are Flyers and Fall Back moves. Otherwise, a model cannot pass impassible terrain unless explicitly stated they may.

Besides, *any* description of leaving the board is *explicitly* defined. There are other non-voluntary movements that may not leave the board. Example: lifta-droppa. Ramshackle, Mawloc's Death From Below, etc.

[SeattleDV8]

You cant leave the table without permission, that much is true, but it isn't because it is impassable terrain.

Impassable terrain BRB page 90

The rules for impassable terrain cover those areas of the board that warriors physically cannot enter.

If it was impassable Drop Pods would never scatter off of the table.

You have to have permission to leave the table.
Things like Flyers and Deep strikers have this.
The Displacer field would be treated just the same as the Orks Ramshackle and Don't Press Dat rules.
Ork FAQ

Q. If a Trukk suffers a ‘Kareen!’ result, what happens if the random
movement forces it into friendly models or off the table? (p41)
A. The vehicle stops as soon as it comes into contact with
friendly models or the table’s edge.

Q. If a Looted Wagon rolls a ‘1’ for “Don’t Press Dat” what happens
if the forced movement takes them into friendly models, impassable
terrain or off the table? (p54)
A. The vehicle stops as soon as it comes into contact with
friendly models, impassable terrain or the table’s edge.

Notice the table's edge is seperate from impassable terrain.