Rules You Get Wrong - Episode 2 - Rending

This rule is mistaken a lot more often then one would think, since it's a rule in the core rule book. This last week, I witnessed 3 games where the person assumed that if he hit a vehicle with a creature that rends, that a rend happens and he got his creatures strength + 6 + d3. When assaulting a vehicle, you only rend when you role a 6 on the armor penetration, not on the "to hit".

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[KingmanHighborn]

I've been out of playing 40k in for awhile, why are the Genestealers getting the back armor in the vid? Shouldn't it be front armor if that's where they connect? Cause I was under the impression you had to assault the rear of the vechile to go against the rear armor.

[doremicom]

@KingmanHighborn In 5th Edition, it changed so that if a vehicle is assaulted it's always against the rear armor value. This was not the case in 4th edition.

[jboweruk]

There is one case where Rending is on the 'to hit' roll, Eldar Rangers, look in the Codex, it does clearly state in there that if they get a 6 to hit, then the rending rule is played when using the sniper rifle.

[doremicom]

Good point. These exceptions to the rule do exist, and is what makes creating tutorials so difficult. Thank you for posting this!!!

[doremicom]

Added the annotation to the end. Again thanks.

[Archonful]

I would just like to add that 5th edition back armour in CC DOES NOT apply to walkers (dreads ect) before you and your friends get into an argument about it :P @KingmanHighborn

[Railware]

Does the Tau cyclic ion blaster get that extra die when it rolls a six to penetrate vehicle armor? It doesn't explicitly state that the CIB is rending but the rules are the same (on a roll to wound of 6, it counts as AP 1).

[AgeOfReclamation]

It counts as a S8 Ap2 (Automatic wound).

So basically, a power weapon with s8 against vehicles.

[Cromwell523]

some are just too lazy to read the 5th edition rulebook.

[smallpurplemonk]

@jboweruk This is not entirely true. The ruling in the eldar codex is for rangers rolling a 6 (pathfinders 5+) to hit count their hits as AP1 this is not rending as the armour penetration rules for the rending against vehicles do not apply. Rending is also only AP2. Rangers/Pathfinders rend as normal on wounding rolls.

[metalstar98]

cool vid

[jboweruk]

You're more than welcome, it's the exceptions that cause the confusion very often. But also that make the game so much fun too.