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Under the combat patrol rules it says you cannot have special chars, but is a special char different from an independent char? And what about people like Boss Skikrot, or Boss Zagstruk? Are they allowed?

Special Characters are named characters who represent a specific, unique individual in the 40K universe.

So no, not the same thing as an Independant Character. Special Characters are generally Independant Characters... but being an Independant Character doesn't make a character a Special Character.

Boss Snikrot, Boss Zagstruk, and any other similarly named characters, are Special Characters.