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Just picked up the chaos daemon codex, was wondering about this rule; Nurgling Infestation on Ku'Gath..

It states that he may roll to create (deep strike) a "new" unit of nurglings on a single base within 12" of himself. Does that literally mean, a brand new free unit of nurglings, or only those that are in reserve? Also would they count as a kill point when killed, and most importantly can he use this ability while locked in close combat?

One other thing that concerns me, Breath of Chaos does not state that it's an assault weapon. I'm assuming it was meant as so, or states this somewhere else?

Thanks in advance, I'm sure I'll have more questions shortly ;P

Well to your first question he creates a new nurgling base(potentially) each turn which is a new unit in itself worth a kill point and all which always kinda depressed me :( as to the second yes its an assault weapon like most other flamers.

Yes to everything about Infestation (be careful that you don't position it too close, otherwise there's a 1/3 chance of a truly free killpoint as the Nurglings go splat on the enemy). Your eyes do not deceive you.

We can assume that it's an Assault weapon, but the Codex does not say. There is so far no FAQ for Chaos Daemons.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?community=&catId=cat410004&categoryId=1000018&pIndex=1&aId=3400019&start=2

All shooting psychic attacks count as assult wep unless othwise stated (cant find my rulebook for page number).

i would say no under a simple basis, spore mines fired from a biovore do not count towards kill points, so i would guess this is pretty much the same thing.


breath of chaos, not sure how to handle it since its not FAQ'ed yet, but being on a MC chances are it is assult.

For Breath of Chaos, because of how page 33, "Disallowed Assaults" is written, firing a weapon without a type (or an ordance weapon, for that matter) does not prevent a unit from assaulting in the assault phase. It's sloppy writing, and it would be best if GW issued an errata declaring Breath an assault weapon, but there it is.

JD21290 wrote:i would say no under a simple basis, spore mines fired from a biovore do not count towards kill points, so i would guess this is pretty much the same thing.

Wait wait... I thought spore mines were worth kill points and that is why they are even more terrible than last edition.

Typeline wrote:

JD21290 wrote:i would say no under a simple basis, spore mines fired from a biovore do not count towards kill points, so i would guess this is pretty much the same thing.

Wait wait... I thought spore mines were worth kill points and that is why they are even more terrible than last edition.

You are correct in that there is no official document that says they aren't and the way the rules are written would make them one, I'm yet to see anyone anywhere play RAW on this though.