More more warplead

[gronnelg]

The ratling gun weapon team says you double the attacks. The ability says you double the attack characteristic. The FAQ says:

Q: I found the ‘More-more Warplead!’ rule for the Ratling Gun rather confusing. Can you explain in layman’s terms how it works?

A: Certainly. Normally when you fire a Ratling Gun it makes 2D6 attacks. The ‘More-more Warplead!’ rule allows you to double the number of attacks, as long as you say you wish to do so before the dice roll is made. However, if you say that you will double the number of attacks and the dice roll is a double (e.g. two 1s, two 2s, etc.), then after all of the attacks have been made and you have inflicted any damage that they caused, the attacking model is slain.

 

So do we roll 2d6 and double that, or 4d6? 

[Oak7603]

It reads to me like 2d6 x 2 as long as you declare it before the roll because you get 2d6 attacks which get doubled. If it was 4d6 you might not get double attacks. 

[gronnelg]

@Oak7603While I tend to agree, my opponent did not. I think GW needs to clarify this rule a bit.

[zilberfrid]

I think it's quite clearly 2d6x2. The ability doubles it, which only is a chance for an exact double when you roll 4d6, and it specifies you need to say it before you roll, which is less important when rolling 4d6.

[EMMachine]

On 6/13/2020 at 5:16 PM, gronnelg said:

So do we roll 2d6 and double that, or 4d6? 

It's 2D6 times two.

if the rule wanted to role 4D6 it would say so. As a comparion the other weapons.

Doom Flayer = More-more Whirling Death

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... If you do so, roll 2D6 to determine the Attacks Characteristic instead of D6 ...

Warpfire Thrower = More-more Warpfire!

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... If you do so, roll roll 2 dice for each enemy model within 8" of this model instead of 1 dice ...

Doom-Wheel = More-more Warp Bolts

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...If you do so, Attacks characteristic for that attack us 2D6 instead of D6, ...

Warp Lighting Cannon = More-more Warp-Lighning

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... If you do so, roll 12 more dice instead of 6 more dice for that attack, ...

All these Rules raise the amount of Dice that are thrown and neighter of them use the term "double the Attacks Characteristic.

If they wanted to roll 4D6 the rule would look like this

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... If you do so, roll 4D6 to determine the Attacks Characteristic instead of 2D6 ...

[gronnelg]

I asked the AoS community on Facebook. And I've now sent an email to the rules team. Hopefully I'll get an answer.