Stealth and certain spells

[SoulReclaimer]

I am perplexed about one of Grim Angus's spells.

Marked for Death - 8 inch range, Target enemy model/unit suffers -3 Def and loses incorporeal and Stealth, etc etc


"Stealth grants all ranged and magic attacks a miss from over 5 inches."
My question is, "How can a spell like Marked for Death even work unless the model is 5 inches or less from the caster?" It would seem that from >5 to 8 inches would miss therefore the spell would not take affect.

Looking forward to your responses.

Thanks

[Primus]

You certainly couldn't cast it on a Stealthed model unless you were within 5". However, it's still a solid unit debuffer and on upkeep, and would work at full range on an Incorporeal model. If you want to de-Stealth the model/unit though, be within 5".

[rydiafan]

Also, it is possible for such spells to be on models who can ignore stealth.

[Magnus0740]

I think this spell is very silly since to use it you basically have to put your warlock within charge range just to debuff a stealth model. I can see how it would be used late in the game but not in the first few rounds. You're asking to get creamed.

[SoulReclaimer]

Magnus sees my dilema. It aint worth the risk to get my caster in charge range of Bane Knights, Cetrati, etc. to take out one solo.

Problem is a solo like the pistol wraith is a pain in the butt and a spell like this or animus would help greatly.

[sharpe]

I have some faith that this will get solved. The Field Test version of the Black 13th had a similar problem, and even then you could hope that the AoE caught some models, and that got fixed up. I hope that PP will appreciate the need to not have silly spell interactions on Casters and Locks - Locks especially 'cause they have fewer inherent spells.