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The other day I was talking with a few guys at my FLGS and someone said that any unit within 18' (maybe it was 12') of an HQ could use the HQ's leadership for taking morale checks.

I am pretty unsure about this rule and I can find it no where in the rulebook. Have any of you guys heard of this? Is it true?

Some IC have special rules that allow this but not all. Only way to know for sure is to ask to see the rule in the codex.


appended for the post below ... Commissars have this ability (with in 6") and Yarrik gets it within 12" as mention in the OP

House rule.

Certain HQ units (i.e. Sicarius) have rules that allow your army to use their Ld, but what you stated above is not an official rule that I have ever seen or heard of.

You can't find it cause it's not there. Certain codexes do have variations of that ability, but there's no overarching "everybody can do it" rule along these lines in 40K.
Now perchance were these guys Fantasy players? They do have that sort of rule................

I knew that certain HQs, especially Imp Guard, could allow nearby units to use their LD for various reasons. However, these guys were pushing that HQs in general, as in every HQ selection in every army, could lend their LD to other units within 12' / 18'. This came up after a discussion over the effectiveness of Psyker Battle Squads.

House rule.

I checked with the Tourny OP and he stated that no such House rule was in effect.

Now perchance were these guys Fantasy players? They do have that sort of rule................

I am positive that we were talking about 40k, but I know these guys do play a great deal of Fantasy. It is possible that they simply got the rules confused, assuming a similar rule exists for Fantasy.

As for the IG, only one HQ does that now, the Commissar Lord.

Manstein wrote:

House rule.

I checked with the Tourny OP and he stated that no such House rule was in effect.

I was just referring to the rule as, by definition, a house rule. If the TO was presenting it as an actual rule to you, he is still presenting a house rule as what you described in your OP is not a rule in Warhammer 40k.

In WHFB, units within 12" of the army's general can use the general's leadership. As everyone else has said, apart from some special characters, there's no corresponding rule in 40K.

Kaloran, I understand ya. I was just stating that I checked to see if it was a house rule.

But yea, it sounds a lot like he just got a Fantasy rule confused with 40k. Thanks for the help guys!

they cannot do it unless specified in their entries

Doesn't happen in 40K. Guard used to do this but not any more.

Special character with Tau has a piece of wargear that gives this ability.

colonel584 wrote:they cannot do it unless specified in their entries

i think that finished the argument