So we got recently a situation on stream and we honestly don’t know how to play this out. chimera and her unit moved into CC with lots of different models in her active turn as first short skill Pupnik 1 moved in btb with Mendoza Pupnik 2 and Chimera moved into CC with Order sergeant Pupnik 3 moved into BtB with Mulebot what is possible CC attack declaration for Chimera’s unit? Do you have to chose either Pupnik 2 or Chimera to CC attack? What will Pupnik 1 and 2 do? Idle? or Pupnik 1 , Pupnik 3 and Pupnik 2/Chimera will declare CC attack at models they are engaged with? What will happen if all of the models from Chimera’s unit will be engaged with different models? Pupnik 1 with Order sergeant 1 Pupnik 2 with order sergeant 2 Pupnik 3 with Mendoza Chimera with Mulebot
https://infinitythewiki.com/Peripheral In Close Combat, the rules described in Close Combat with Multiple Troopers must be applied. https://infinitythewiki.com/Close_Combat#Close_Combat_With_Multiple_Troopers Close Combat With Multiple Troopers This rule is applied when more than 2 Troopers are engaged in Close Combat and any of them is activated. During the Active Turn: When declaring a CC Attack, the Player must select one Trooper or Peripheral activated by the Order. That Trooper or Peripheral performs the CC Attack and obtains a +1 MOD to B for each Allied Trooper or Peripheral that is not in a Null or Immobilized State, and is in Silhouette contact with their target.
So this is an intentional change of rules from N3 to nerf all controllers with their CC related peripherals? Upd: I think that this should work in each individual CC combat, but not for the all activated models inbetween different engages because it is stupid.
Note that the multiple Troopers rule in @colbrook’s post is per combat. So you will get to attack with one Trooper per combat. P1 attacks Mendoza. P2 OR Chimera attacks Order Sergeant, with +1B from the other. P3 attacks Mulebot. EDIT - note that this does not match the published rule. For now, go with the published rule and it's been added to the FAQ queue.
If all the models are activated but only one performs CC, doesn’t that mean the various engaged enemies can get an unopposed CC or Dodge ARO against the non-performing troopers? Uberfall activates: Chimera declares CC vs. Order Sergeant. Pupnik 2 Idles but contributes +1B to Chimera. OS can dodge or CC vs. Chimera (FtF) or Pupnik 2 (Normal roll) since both activated and are valid ARO targets. Pupnik 1 Idles. Mendoza gets to normal roll ARO CC or Dodge vs. Pupnik 1. Pupnik 3 Idles. Mulebot gets to normal roll ARO CC or Dodge vs. Pupnik 3. Have I got that right?
With the ruling @ijw gave above that it's one trooper per Close Combat that's activated: P1 is F2F against Mendoza P3 is F2F against the Mulebot P2 and Chimera: The savvy play here is probably to Idle/Move as the first Skill, Sarge now has to choose their ARO, they can Dodge which applies against any incoming attack, or they can choose to CC the Chimera or P2. The Active player can then Declare CC Attack with their second skill and choose either the Chimera or P2 to actually make the attack, so it can either be a F2F roll, or two normal rolls depending on who does what.
Ok, thanks, this just helped snap something into focus for me: Peripherals work like a coordinated order, not a fireteam, except in the case of Servants executing Dr/Engineer remotely, or Control peripherals that are somewhere in between. I don’t play with them much except for Servants, so this area’s been a bit hazy for me. Also, y i k e s. Uberfall scary.
The rules quote above you states differently then this post. In other threads there would be a tag for official answers. Is your answer to be different than what was quoted in the rules because that quote indicated it was per order of cc attack not per combat?
Nah the Chimera is in CC so the Reactive Player should generally either: A) attack the Chimera to try and survive if you have good CC / are praying for a miracle B) attack the Pup to delete a Pup. Really in this situation the Uberfalls player hasnt optimised their attack. If possible, they should: Move 2 Pups into CC with Mendoza Chimera into CC with the OS Pup into CC with the Mulebot This allows you to trade 1 Pup for B2 DA vs Mendoza. The Chimera is able to handle an OS on her own.
Sorry, I am having a hard time tracking. Will Peripherals and their controller (in multiple, sperate engagements) get to declare one CC attack per order or per combat?
See colbrook's first post: One single Trooper gets to perform the CC Attack. The CC with Multiple Troopers rule doesn't contain any exceptions for multiple combats, and neither does the Peripheral rule. The Peripheral rule probably should include an exception, but that will be an FAQ issue.