Had a bit of a debate in a previous game against a Tzeentch player. Apparently he had been reading that the Arcanite Shield description changed in such a way (from 'Roll a dice before allocating to a model with a shield' to 'Roll a dice when you allocate to a friendly unit that has any models with shields) that it now means you do not need to allocate the wound to a model with the shield, even though you used the shield save because it "specifically says you allocate it to the unit rather than a specific model like it used to".
I do not believe this is intended, as that would mean everyone would start having a single model armed with a shield and the rest would be fully armed. It's always been my understanding that if you use a save like this, the models that get that save must have the wounds allocated first, once they're gone, that's it. I just want this cleared up for future reference.
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Had a bit of a debate in a previous game against a Tzeentch player. Apparently he had been reading that the Arcanite Shield description changed in such a way (from 'Roll a dice before allocating to a model with a shield' to 'Roll a dice when you allocate to a friendly unit that has any models with shields) that it now means you do not need to allocate the wound to a model with the shield, even though you used the shield save because it "specifically says you allocate it to the unit rather than a specific model like it used to".
I do not believe this is intended, as that would mean everyone would start having a single model armed with a shield and the rest would be fully armed. It's always been my understanding that if you use a save like this, the models that get that save must have the wounds allocated first, once they're gone, that's it. I just want this cleared up for future reference.
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