ok, started playing SOK this weekend, my first experience with them, and i have a few spell questions:
Spear of LLYR pg. 306
"if the model is killed, the spear will then hit the closest enemy model within 4""
1. if i target and wound a model with more than 1 wound, what happens? its not a residual damage attack, and the model isnt killed, is the spell then done?
"for every model attacked after the first, the damage of the spear is reduced by 2."
2. ok, 1st model 12, 2nd 10, 3rd 8, 4th 6, 5th, 4, 7th 2.. then what happens, for sake of argument, i punch up a bunch of elven militia and kill 7, is the spear than done?
i think that is it, every thing else is pretty straight forward. my interpretation of the above would be
1) if the spear of LLYR is cast against a model with more than 1 wound, and the model isnt killed, the spear is done. I do have a bit of a problem with that, i could also argue that it would then bounce to the next enemy model within 4", but that nasty language does require the model to be killed in order for the spear to target another model.
2) quite simply, if you are lucky enough to kill 7, the spear's energy is all used up and it is gone.
i used this spell to great effect this weekend against Firstborn Black Sisters, killing 4, so it certainly is a potent spell, and in the right circumstances, i.e. against opponents with weak armor, can be deadly and quite possibly decisive. of course i couldnt get it off the rest of the game, but it did its damage