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OK, so I was thinking about using this nifty piece of wargear and wanted some rules justification for its proper application.

This piece of wargear states you take a leadership test and if passed, choose your deployment zone without rolling any dice.

In 5th edition you roll for first turn AND your deployment zone.

To me this means that you get to choose your deployment zone and go first, which obviously is huge for some armies.

Is their a FAQ dealing with this? Any standing rules decisions?

Thanks, fellas.

You've got it backwards unfortunately - there IS no roll to determine whcih deployment zone you get, there is only a roll to choose first or second.

As such I dont believe the book does anything.

The roll to go first is also the roll to determine deployment.

I think it is reaching a bit, but I also believe there is a strong case for it.

Does anyone know if this has been FAQ'd or if it is in the INAT FAQ?

Except it is NOT a roll to determine deployment, it is a roll to determine who goes first - THEN that player gets to choose deployment.

They are not the same.

The GW FAQ specifically says this piece of wargear does not function in standard 40k games anymore. There are some battle missions it still works for, I think.

Thanks Kartofkelkopf, that answers it then.

And it is a roll to determine who goes first and for deployment, Nosferatu, you just said it yourself. The winner of the roll chooses his or her deployment zone.

But it is a moot point if it has been FAQ'd.

Thanks for the help.

No, the roll is to determine who goes first. That is what the roll determines - it states exactly this.

If you choose to go second, despite winning the roll off, you do NOT get to choose deployment zone - as I said, they are *different*, and the FAQ confirms this.

To stave off another round of the Monty Python Argument Sketch, this one can take a rest...