3. Shooting Phase

In the shooting phase, unengaged models can either shoot or make another move. If a unit chooses to move, they move half as far as normal. If a model wishes to shoot, go through the following steps. Shooting Weapons have the following characteristics

1. Choose Target

Pick an enemy unit in line of sight within the weapon’s range and gather a D6 for each shot the weapon makes. If you’re unsure of line of sight, simply kneel down to the back of the model’s head and use true line of sight. Allies in base contact of you don’t block your line of sight. The number of shots a weapon makes it followed after its weapon type. To determine the range of your attack, multiply bearer’s shooting weapon skill by the range of the weapon’s type.

For example, a space marine with (Ws)4 equipped with a rifle would have a maximum range of 24y, while a human with (Ws)3 equipped with a heavy weapon would have a maximum range of 27y.

2. Roll to hit

Roll each shot being made. Each result that’s equal to or greater than the target’s Initiative hits their target. If the shooting model moved over half their maximum movement allocation in the movement phase, they get -1 to hit. If the target of the shooting attack is in half the attack’s maximum range, they get +1 to hit.

In the way

If the target of your attack is engaged with another model and you landed your hit, roll a D6. On a 4+ you hit your original target. On a 1-3, you hit the model your target is engaged with.

Cover

If the target of the attack is in cover, then halve the number of hits landed against them rounded up. So if a target of an attack takes 5 hits, cover would reduce it to 3.

3. Roll to Save

For each hit landed against the target unit, their controller must have them pass a Toughness check. Reduce the toughness used for this check by the weapon’s Strength. For each failed save inflict the hit’s damage value to the closest model until it’s slain. Then move on to the next and so on until no failed saves are left to be assigned or there are no models left in line of sight of the attackers. Slain models are left on the battlefield, knocked over, face up.

Instant Death

If a model is hit by an attack with Strength greater than or equal to their toughness, then they are slain immediately by that hit. Regardless of the damage characteristic, no saves are made and no damage or wounds can be mitigated. Models slain this way leave behind no corpse as they are misted.

Take Cover

If one or models are slain by instant death and are misted from the results of a shooting attack, then after removing casualties that unit must make a Morale check by rolling 2D6. If you roll equal to or under their morale, they pass. If you roll over their morale, they fail and every model drops prone. Apply +1 to the result rolled for every two rounds completed and for every two wounds loss this way to instant death.

Quick Rolling

If the parameters of multiple shots are the same between one or more models, then you can group them together and roll them at the same time to speed up the game.

Blast Weapons

Blast weapons choose a point in line of sight and range to be the target of your attack. The range of a weapon is determined by the blast size on the table below multiplied by the bearer’s Weapon Skill. You cannot target a point less than the base Range value of the weapon’s Blast Size.

Then roll a Scatter Die and Artillery Die. If you don’t Have these, use the table below to get your results. Be sure to use different colored dice if using the table below. If you fire a blast weapon that fires multiple shots, roll an additional scatter die for each shot past the first and apply the result of the artillery dice/die to those scatter die.

Then move the point you’re targeting a number of yards rolled on the artillery die, in the direction rolled on the scatter die. Then all models, whether friendly or enemy, within the blast diameter of the shot are hit by the attack. Model(s) directly under the center hole of the blast template double the Strength of the hit they take

Misfire!

If you get a misfire on an artillery die rolled, roll on the misfire table below.

Template Weapons

To fire a template weapons grab a flamer template, you know the one, and place the skinny end touching your shooting model’s base somewhere in their line of sight. All models, whether friendly or enemy, take a number of hits from their weapon for each shot it makes.

Beam Weapons

Beam weapons have a value listed with it’s type. The first number is the number of shots being made, and the second is beam’s maximum. Draw a strait line from the shooter until it hits a piece of terrain, goes off the board, or reaches the weapon’s maxmimum range. All models under the beam take a number of hits from the weapon equal to it’s shots. Any model under within half the weapon’s maxmimum range takes double hits.

Firing Line

Models can see through any friendly models they’re engaged with. However, allies adjacent to allies you’re adjacent to still block your line of sight.

Clearing Corpses

You can shoot a corpses to clear them from the battlefield. If you land a number of hits equal to or greater than its wounds characteristic, then remove it from the battlefield.