"Butterfly" Blast Markers

[Pinocchio]

If the damage flip is a double or triple blast, can you "butterfly" the blast markers, so the 2 or 3 markers are covering the same model and the model takes "X" damage, X number of markers?

I.e. Each blast marker deals 5 Dg to my target and my target's base is covered with 2 blast markers, would it get 10 Dg?

[Dracomax]

Models only take damage from blasts once per attack. so that if they were covered by 3 Blast markers dealing 3 damage each, they'd still only take 3 damage.

[Pierowmaniac]

I think(don't have the rulebook with me) that the rules do actually say they can't overlap?

[NeuroFire]

I think(don't have the rulebook with me) that the rules do actually say they can't overlap?

I do believe you're right; they must be places in base contact with the initial target (unless you have something special like Sonnia does) and then in base contact with each other.

[Dracomax]

THere actually isn't anything that says they can't overlap if they are touching the edge of another blast marker--it's possible for a three:blast to be placed such that two of the blast markers are touching the first blast marker. Thus, they could be rotated so that they 2nd and t3rd overlap each other. It wouldn't do anything and would waste some of the area you can cover, but AFAIK, you could do it.

And it's actually quite normal for 2 blast markers to be on the same model, if that models base is partway over the edge.

[Ratty]

The important thing is no matter how many blasts from a source are over a model it only takes the damage once. It's not damage per blast, it's models covered by any markers receive a set damage amount.