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Currently we are playing through the Ard Boys Scenarios and we have a discrepancy between HQ Choices and other HQ Choices.

Here is the situation:
An Eldar player plays a Farseer with a Warlock Unit as his HQ. Now the Farseer is an HQ Choice. The Warlock Unit counts as an different HQ Choice that does not take up an HQ Slot. Do both units count as HQ Choices? Tau (my army) completely destroyed the Warlocks but the Farseer was left. If all of your HQ Choices were alive and not in reserve at the end of the game then you got a bonus point in addition to how many points you scored for the game.

Since the Warlock's were completely destroyed did he have all of his HQ Choices alive at the end of the game? Also does the Farseer and the Warlocks count as seperate KPs?

rogueeyes wrote:An Eldar player plays a Farseer with a Warlock Unit as his HQ. Now the Farseer is an HQ Choice. The Warlock Unit counts as an different HQ Choice that does not take up an HQ Slot. Do both units count as HQ Choices?

Yes

Also does the Farseer and the Warlocks count as seperate KPs?

Yes

Gwar! wrote:

rogueeyes wrote:An Eldar player plays a Farseer with a Warlock Unit as his HQ. Now the Farseer is an HQ Choice. The Warlock Unit counts as an different HQ Choice that does not take up an HQ Slot. Do both units count as HQ Choices?

Yes

Eldar Codex Pg. 60 wrote:
Warlocks: For each Farseer in the army, you may include 3-10 Warlocks. This unit and the Farseer are a single HQ choice.

This wording makes it a single HQ Choice. The Head Hunter Scenario Other HQ Choices and Retinues are 1 KP while HQ Choices are 5 KP. I don't know if that makes a difference. It's the only place where there is a distinction being made between HQ Choices and Other HQ Choices. So would Other HQ Choices be even considered in HQ Choices extra points. I would think not.

On a side question, since the Warlocks are not a retinue, can the Farseer detach from the Warlock squad? I would think they can.

sbeasley wrote:On a side question, since the Warlocks are not a retinue, can the Farseer detach from the Warlock squad? I would think they can.

Yes. Farseers are separate units, and not required to hang with the warlocks.

Gwar! sums it up well here: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/257664.page

They may be a Single HQ Choice (as in they take up 1 FoC slot), but they are 2 units, so are totally separate in every way, thus are two "HQ Choices"

It says the Farseer and the warlocks are a single HQ Choice, so it can't be HQ Choices for the purpose of awarding additional points.

If any part of the choice exists at the end of the game then the +1 bonus is awarded. You are right for Kill points they are separate units and in the Head Hunter Scenarios is specifically calls out Retinues and Other HQ Choices for this very reason.

The reasoning is the Farseer is the HQ Choice
The Warlock squad is an Other HQ Choice.

The wording for bonus points is +1 Point if all your HQ Choices are alive.

Since the Eldar Codex specifically states that the Farseer and the Warlock squad is a single HQ Choice, and the Farseer survived until the end of the game. The bonus point would be awarded.

Gwar! wrote:They may be a Single HQ Choice (as in they take up 1 FoC slot), but they are 2 units, so are totally separate in every way, thus are two "HQ Choices"

Sbeasley has a good point here Gwar!, the codex specifically calls them out as a single choice. While they would still be 2 units, and thus 2 KPs they are a single choice so in terms of the Ard Boyz special mission, if the farseer is alive, even if the warlocks are all dead, your sole HQ Choice has a remaining model and so is not dead.