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From Warseer, I believe this is new:

http://uk.games-workshop.com/news/errata/assets/40k/40KRuleBookFAQ.pdf

 

It has LOS rules

Editing the title to hopefully avoid more confusion. --Janthkin, May, 2016

Frekkin sweet. No more shotgun russ's, and bassies that can not technically kill anything.

So friendly models are now officially impassable terrain to deep strikers and IC´s can join units entering from reserve in the same turn. On a first read through, it seemed ok to me.

Still, any FAQ is better than none at all.

Rapid fire range for casualties cleared up.

Friendlies count as impassable terrain for deep striking.

And if transport-elligible troops and a non-dedicated transport come in on the same reserves roll (whenever that might happen) they can show up together. But that really doesn't do much because Fire Dragons will have to deploy on turn 1 anyway.

EDIT: Oh, and you can have a 20" barrel on your leman russ demolisher and be in range to much of the board, LOS permitting.  After all, range is measured from the muzzle.  Swell.

So can Farseers cast Guide or Fortune from inside a transport now?

There are some major errors in the FAQ. It says to treat models firing from vehicle from the fire point, although normally you measure form the closest edge of the hull/main body. I was happy for the first page but I'm not so excited anymore.

Edit- Oh I see they changed that in general, Go Go Executioner barrel on a Demolisher!

I don't think so. Neither is a shooting attack.

Posted By bigchris1313 on 09/29/2006 1:45 PM
EDIT: Oh, and you can have a 20" barrel on your leman russ demolisher and be in range to much of the board, LOS permitting.  After all, range is measured from the muzzle.  Swell.

Yea, that was the biggest change I noticed.

And a change it is. Whatever happened to their new RAW = GOD stance?

 

Ah well, at least there will be definitive answers to some questions soon (as I assume this is a leaked pre-release faq like the others a few weeks ago).

Its in PDF format. I think thats pretty official.

I would have preferred both LOS and distance from the weapon's mount for KISS, but on the whole I like how this one was done. Now if they can keep it up and add new questions.

20" gun barrel is not likely to happen.

but rhino chassis weapons such as the razorback and predator will have their wepons on the front of the hull instead of the back

I have to give GW a lot of credit.  It's been a long time coming and these rulings will definitely help minimize a lot of arguments during a game.  The majority of the rulings make since and work well with the game mechanics.  Hats off to the staff for this general rules update.   

Well I guess that answers the friendly model/deepstrike debate.

Too little too late. They still didnt answer the multiple wounds issue, and las cannons still dont instakill. TWO YEARS IT HAS BEEN SINCE FOURTH ED! Back to painting Cryx.

From a first glance I have to say I like it.

Yep it's official

However, it still doesn't answer the question about infiltrating beserkers and True Grit Grey Knight Terminators...

I'm not sure what is sadder. The fact that the FAQ had to be 4 pages long or the fact that it is only 4 pages long.

There is still a lot of questions that need answering. Lets hear it for another half ass effort by GW.

Interesting...You can use a psychic power in both your turn and your opponent's...Double holocaust...Or double force weapon...

Posted By Hellfury on 09/29/2006 2:35 PM
Well I guess that answers the friendly model/deepstrike debate.

It also ends the drop pod scattering onto friendly models debate.  Friendly models = impassable terrain.  Drop pods reduce scatter if it would take them into difficult terrain.  Drop pods = happy.

I just felt as if thousands of idiots trying to bend poorly written rules to their advantage cried out in pain, and were suddenly silenced...

Ok so it's not quite that good. But it's a good effort in my opinion. Lot of issues fixed here, good work GW.

Price drop next?

Hey, anyone else notice there is a 2005 copyright on this thing?

Think that means they've been sitting on it for a year or more?

According to the UK Shrine of Knowledge, they updated the Tau and Tyranids FAQs today as well. Someone who knows them better than me will have to point out any changes.

EDIT:

It also has a WFB Rulebook FAQ and an update High Elves FAQ.

Tau FAQ points out the General FAQ answer about scout. Allowing the Pathfinders to start on the table in escalation if they deploy outside the fish.

Sniper teams act as individual units.

Gun drones do not use the BS of the vehicle they are attached to.

Markerlights can reduce a cover save or leadership value to the point of negating it entirely.


Good rulings as far as I'm concerned. Course I fought tooth and nail over most of these interpretations in YMDC, so I'm biased.

you know other than the deep striking into friendly units I think I was already going with most of those interpretations

The FAQ is posted on the US shrine of Knowledge now as well. Although, somehow they managed to get the date wrong.

The FAQ looks good for the mostr part. It's almosty enough to forgive them for the lousy codex FAQs they recently released. Not really...

Much more likely they based it off an artwork template generated in 2005 and forgot to change the year.

Overall it looks pretty good. One thing I'm still unclear on.

Say a Black Templars army has multiple drop pods and the mission uses Reserves. Each drop pod only has nine models in each. You put your Emperor's Champion in reserve with the drop pods. If you roll for the EC and a drop pod to come in the same turn, he is able to go in the drop pod? Help me understand if this is correct.

How do you put you Emperors Champion in reserve with a drop pod in the first place?

No using Leadership of a mounted HQ, which means I can't leave my Guard colonel in his Chimera and also makes my silly 500 point mounted DA command squad even worse.

Cool stuff. I expected Pathfinders and their Devilfish to act in that manner anyway so I'm not inconvenienced about it. Thanks Moz. I quite liked your arguments.

I have a bad feeling about this, however. I'm sensing they're going to try this out and if they don't see sales improve we'll just have to suck it up. Either that or they must've felt pretty generous this month and it's going to wear down soon. Oh well, at least the guys who put it up left out the snide comments (or friendly explanations if that's what you called them) and did a good job of picking the right questions and sticking to them while answering.