After charging into the first enemey unit with the Rough Riders it says in the codex that they drop their hunting lances, what weapon do they have then? Lasguns?
It depends. They come standard with a Laspistol and Close Combat Weapon, you replace one of those with the Hunting Lance, you use the other when the lance is gone. Everybody replaces the CCW, because replacing the pistol is useless.
See page 46 of the codex.
the laspistols aint useless, you can run around shooting with them and also you could give 2 guys special weapons but means they dont get there lance i think, but it would cool if they did.
Now, the codex says that the guardsmen may REPLACE their CCW or laspistol with a hunting lance. That doesn't sound to me as if they get it back once the lance has been used.
My understanding from seeing people play at a Games Workshop is this. You replace a weapon with the Lance. Once the lance is used the rough rider begins to use that weapon. This occurs at the end of the turn. Think of it this way, the RR is shething his sword or holstering his pistol so that he can use his lance. He still has the weapon he just can't grow a third arm.
Well they could grow a third arm but an inquisitor would kill them.
Now, the codex says that the guardsmen may REPLACE their CCW or laspistol with a hunting lance. That doesn't sound to me as if they get it back once the lance has been used.
They have both a Laspistol and a CCW. They replace the CCW or the pistol. Nobody yet has said they get anything back. They just use whatever they didn't replace, and since a pistol counts as a CCW when in CC, it would be a waste to replace the pistol because it can shoot too.
In order to take their Hunting Lance, they must replace EITHER the Laspistol or the CCW.
As a Laspistol IS a CCW when in CC, it is pointless to replace it instead of the normal CCW because you will still get to shoot with the Pistol. So, MOST players replace the CCW with the Hunting Lance.
After you use the Hunting Lance, it is gone, and the model now has ONLY the weapon you did NOT replace. This, in almost all players' cases, being the Laspistol. So they are now armed with a Laspistol, they get NOTHING back.
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