Devolve splitting unit (cohesion)

[Skasian]

Devolve has a casting value of 7. If

successfully cast, pick an enemy unit within

18" of the caster that is visible to them and

not within 3" of any friendly units. Your

opponent must move that unit up to 2D6"

so that each model in the unit ends its move

as close as possible to a model from the

friendly unit that was closest to it at the start

of the move.

 

Does this imply that each model in the unit makes a BEELINE move towards the enemy up to 2D6.?

 

What does the 'up to 2D6' imply? It says 'as close as possible' immediately after which infers you would move the entirety of the 2D6 movement.

 

Does this also mean that different models in the unit may be dragged different directions - potentially causing the unit to split and lose cohesion?

[SwampHeart]

It means your OPPONENT must move his unit 2D6 inches towards the nearest enemy unit and that they must end as close as possible to the nearest enemy unit. That means that they must A) move the full 2D6 and that B) they must move in the way that gets them the closest to the nearest enemy unit (so for example no moving in a wide loop to eat up movement). 

As to your second question, you move towards the nearest enemy UNIT so outside some incredibly wonky positioning I cannot envision I cannot see this spell breaking coherency. 

[rokapoke]

Moving “up to 2D6 inches” definitely means they don’t have to move the full distance. If the nearest friendly unit is 6” away and you’ve rolled a 12, they just have to get their unit as close as possible - they don’t have to go past. 

[Skasian]

21 hours ago, SwampHeart said:

It means your OPPONENT must move his unit 2D6 inches towards the nearest enemy unit and that they must end as close as possible to the nearest enemy unit. That means that they must A) move the full 2D6 and that B) they must move in the way that gets them the closest to the nearest enemy unit (so for example no moving in a wide loop to eat up movement). 

As to your second question, you move towards the nearest enemy UNIT so outside some incredibly wonky positioning I cannot envision I cannot see this spell breaking coherency. 

I realised my mistake. We played the line 'each model in the unit' and missed the part where the whole unit moves 2D6, we thought it was evaluated on a per-model basis for ever model in the unit that was devolved.

Thanks for clarifying.