Librarian periled in combat

[MagicHat]

So, my Librarian was locked in combat versus Ymgarl Genestealers, when he periled his last wound in the movement phase. He was the last of his squad which meant that the ymgarls were suddenly not in combat anymore and... Do what?
I couldn't find anything about squads wiped out outside the assault phase, so we rolled for it and he stayed put.
Did we miss something? Consolidation doesn't seem unreasonable in the situation to me.

[superdupermatt]

I don't think anything is explicitly stated but I think that the genestealers count as winning combat so they get the additional consolidation move.

[hobojebus]

I would have thought that they got to consolidate aswell, the other squad was wiped out after all.

[DoctorTom]

No, they wouldn't get to consolidate - it's not an assault phase. You don't have any rules stating you can take a consolidate move outside the assault phase. You didn't say whose movement phase, but I'm going to assume that it was the Librarian's. What happens is merely that the unit will no longer count as locked in combat during the subsequent shooting and assault phases. Other units can shoot at it.

If it was the genestealers' turn and the unit was wiped out, they'd get to make a normal move. If it's the opponent's turn, they don't move.

[superdupermatt]

What if the librarian casts a psychic power in the assault phase, gets perils and loses his final wound?

[Emperors Teeth]

To the OP:

Pg 27 of the BRB, 'Consolidation' (paraphrased)
It states that if, at the end of a combat there's no one left to fight, then a unit makes a consolidate move. Given that the unit was in a combat at the beginning of the turn, and at the end of the combat phase the aforementioned condition was met then this rule applies.

[DoctorTom]

What if the librarian casts a psychic power in the assault phase, gets perils and loses his final wound?

Now, if it were in the assault phase, you're in close combat at that time and you'd get the consolidation move.

To the OP:

Pg 27 of the BRB, 'Consolidation' (paraphrased)
It states that if, at the end of a combat there's no one left to fight, then a unit makes a consolidate move. Given that the unit was in a combat at the beginning of the turn, and at the end of the combat phase the aforementioned condition was met then this rule applies.

And, your quotation is actually irrelevant to the question. The OP said that the power was cast in the movement phase. You're not in the assault phase, so you're not fighting the combat then. End of a combat applies to the assault phase unless specified elsewhere.

[lantzkev]

yeah, unfortunately there's nothing in the rules to cover it. You can go the common sense route and say sure consolidate d6 inches or 3 inches... but there is no rule that says you do, as they are referring to assault phases...

[MagicHat]

Thanks Doctor Tom, at least we ended up playing it right.
I do agree with lantzkev though. Will send a mail to the GW FAQ.

[DoctorTom]

An email can't hurt. They might actually want to let a consolidate move happen in a situation like this, which they'd have to address whenever they put out a FAQ for the new main rulebook. This wouldn't have been the type of issue for them to have cleared up in one of the army FAQs.