Hordes using Furious Assault?

By MrTopHat, in Black Crusade Rules Questions

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Can hordes utilize Furious Assault to make two attacks in a round?

Do they even have a reaction to spend to make two attacks using Furious Assault?

EDIT: I ask because the horde rules on page 350(?) seem to indicate only Swift Attack and Lightning Attack work for horde multi-attacks.

Thanks, and I apologize if this has been asked before.

Edited by MrTopHat
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I say yes they can use it.

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Absolutely. If a horde has a talent it simply means everyone in the horde, or a sufficient number of hordelings to make it a decider, has it.

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Okay, so you guys say a horde can Furious Assault. Cool.

This means they can All-Out Attack too, right?

Is that an appropriate level of deadliness?

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Personally, I'd err towards "of course they can", but it will probably be a definite PC killer, so I would encourage some proper build-up, such as ritualistic chants and working themselves into a frenzy, a nob stomping his boyz into a proper zoggin' krumpin' attitude, etc. Depends what you're facing, really. Make it fit the atmosphere of the foe, and in my experience, players will not mind it because they had every indicator that something big was coming and could have run away. :)

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Hordes are supposed to be deadly even when comprised of relatively harmless entities.

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From ToB expanded horde section:

Combat Actions
The rules for Hordes in the Black Crusade Core Rulebook
assume that, for the most part, Hordes stick to Standard Attacks
for their Combat Actions, or semi-auto or Full Auto Burst
Actions if equipped for it. This is certainly the case for many
Hordes, but, whether because of training and skill or simply
due to the creatures’ nature, some make better use of the full
range of Combat Actions. Due to the nature of Hordes, many
Combat Actions require some modification or clarification to
be used with Hordes. As such, GMs can use the following rules
for Combat Actions taken by Hordes to challenge their players
in combat and to keep fights from growing stale.