I enjoyed your take on the Spire. The change to the desolation drones is good but the highlight for me is the catabolic node. It's a must have for FGD and it pairs really well with the other abilities. I can't see myself detonating it by choice I thick I'd keep it as a kick in the face for when they die. Makes FGD msu lists viable and they become a really effective speed bump
I think that's the trick for sure. Though I also like if say i have a sizeable block and the enemy regiment is pretty hurt. It could be what I need to ensure I destroy them. Could mean I get to save the action from inspire so I can move to an objective once they are gone.
I may be mistaken but I believe you still get a defense roll if your stat is reduced to 0, because modifiers are applied after the roll. If you didnt get a defense roll when your stat was reduced to 0 rules like deadly blades couldnt trigger The exception to the rules for dice is to prevent "un-cleavable" naturals rolls of 1 because in all other scenarios a 1 is an automatic success You functionally have no defense roll because you cant roll a 0, but in practice you still need to roll them in some scenarios (like deadly blades and rules like it that trigger on natural defense rolls of 6) The rules state that if your defense stat is 0 you cannot PASS a defense roll. You still make them technically, we as players just typically save time by not rolling
I enjoyed your take on the Spire. The change to the desolation drones is good but the highlight for me is the catabolic node. It's a must have for FGD and it pairs really well with the other abilities. I can't see myself detonating it by choice I thick I'd keep it as a kick in the face for when they die. Makes FGD msu lists viable and they become a really effective speed bump
I think that's the trick for sure. Though I also like if say i have a sizeable block and the enemy regiment is pretty hurt. It could be what I need to ensure I destroy them. Could mean I get to save the action from inspire so I can move to an objective once they are gone.
Also only downside is needing to paint FGDs
i think onslaught drones are the worst unit we have in our army, i'd take force grown over them any day of the week with a node
I may be mistaken but I believe you still get a defense roll if your stat is reduced to 0, because modifiers are applied after the roll. If you didnt get a defense roll when your stat was reduced to 0 rules like deadly blades couldnt trigger
The exception to the rules for dice is to prevent "un-cleavable" naturals rolls of 1 because in all other scenarios a 1 is an automatic success
You functionally have no defense roll because you cant roll a 0, but in practice you still need to roll them in some scenarios (like deadly blades and rules like it that trigger on natural defense rolls of 6)
The rules state that if your defense stat is 0 you cannot PASS a defense roll. You still make them technically, we as players just typically save time by not rolling