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**PredaKhaine**

40k-noob wrote:
If the text is "pink" it is new, it if it not pink then it was added in previous FAQ's

Just plain don't remember seeing that one before. Had to roll off for charging through cover on the w/end...

And given the amount of errors through gw stuff, do I trust them to correctly highlight things in pink?

**Ventos Mustel**

Way to kick the Sky Ray while its down, Games Workship. Now the Tau's dedicated anti-aircraft platform has the worst accuracy of any unit in the game versus aircraft.

**barnowl**

GW still missed the Swarm and Droppod hull point lose debates. But did get FNP at least.

**jegsar**

Yeah, i am 99% sure some of the highlighting is off, having said that if they were smart they would use a diff and this way it would be auto highlighted for them.

I was wondering about the scriers gaze which can now be used before reserves without question.

Thing is regardless of the psyker being on the board when other psykers are casting their powers, i don't see anything that changes this rule from pg. 67

On a turn that a psyker arrives from reserve (see page 124) he cannot attempt to manifest any psychic powers that must be manifested at the start of the Movement phase.

So no, you still can't buff a on the turn that it arrives with it's own powers but you could cast endurance on it's unit from a psyker that was on the board previous to this turn.

**undertow**

Trasvi wrote:
Finally a clear answer on seeker missiles vs flyers.

Q: If Seeker Missiles are fired at a Zooming Flyer or Swooping Flying Monstrous Creature, what To Hit roll do they require? (p31)
A: 6+

It would have been nice if they had clarified Imotek's lightning vs Flyers as well.

**jegsar**

don't forget the enfeeble debate

**ace101**

It seems SoB, SM, and IG were missed, is this purposeful?

**clively**

I'm hoping it means they are making last minute changes to include a few things like the drop pod issue. I guess we'll know soon enough one way or the other.

**sirlynchmob**

Another thing they missed again is, what is your army. So I guess by now its official that the mad dok can cybork up his allies or any other ally/army shenanigans you want to do.

**Macok**

PredaKhaine wrote:
40k-noob wrote:
If the text is "pink" it is new, it if it not pink then it was added in previous FAQ's

Just plain don't remember seeing that one before. Had to roll off for charging through cover on the w/end...

And given the amount of errors through gw stuff, do I trust them to correctly highlight things in pink?

That one is definitely old. Same as CMS's 30 cultist-zombies thing. It's still pink but it was definitely included in the first FAQ.

**Isean**

Trasvi wrote:
Finally a clear answer on seeker missiles vs flyers.

Q: If Seeker Missiles are fired at a Zooming Flyer or Swooping Flying Monstrous Creature, what To Hit roll do they require? (p31)
A: 6+

This makes me sad :(

Was one of the reasons I was actually playing my Skyray a bit.

**Tomb King**

Vector strikes now ignore cover.

**Happyjew**

Actually, there is a change regarding zombies. It's subtle and I almost missed it. The change it's what gets replaced by the rule.

**Tomb King**

Also, rending on vehicles is no longer ap2. That is a pretty significant nerf to rending units.

**DeathReaper**

Tomb King wrote:
Also, rending on vehicles is no longer ap2. That is a pretty significant nerf to rending units.

Well they never were, as the AP2 was under the to wound part of rending.

Happyjew wrote:
Actually, there is a change regarding zombies. It's subtle and I almost missed it. The change it's what gets replaced by the rule.

Well it is not really a change, because if you read it as replacing the whole rule you could never take plague zombies. If you read it as changing that specific line in the zombie rule it made perfect sense.

**jegsar**

Happyjew wrote:
Actually, there is a change regarding zombies. It's subtle and I almost missed it. The change it's what gets replaced by the rule.

Well what is it? If it's the part that they have more then 10 models that was already there.

**DeathReaper**

jegsar wrote:
Happyjew wrote:
Actually, there is a change regarding zombies. It's subtle and I almost missed it. The change it's what gets replaced by the rule.

Well what is it? If it's the part that they have more then 10 models that was already there.

It used to say:

Spoiler:

but now it says:
Page 61 – Typhus, Plague Zombies.
Change the second sentence to read ‘Plague Zombies are
Chaos Cultists that have the Fearless, Feel No Pain and Slow
and Purposeful special rules and cannot purchase options
other than to add additional models to the unit.’

**jegsar**

ah... well then. I skip over that kinda stuff cuz if i didn't you wouldn't be able to actually allocate a wound to a model.

**nosferatu1001**

Tomb King wrote:
Also, rending on vehicles is no longer ap2. That is a pretty significant nerf to rending units.

A very common misconception, but reread and note where it says TO WOUND become AP2. Armour Penetration is NOT to wound.

**Savageconvoy**

There is also no mention of invul and cover saves being used for anything except wounds. It's not that hard to assume that rending would count against vehicles.

**From**

Woohoo!

The questions I've had about DA have been answered. Dark shrouds do not have stealth, any land raider can take deathwing vehicle, Beliel has his halo, and ravenwing command squads can't buy items that don't exist.

All is well in the world.

**nosferatu1001**

Savageconvoy wrote:
There is also no mention of invul and cover saves being used for anything except wounds. It's not that hard to assume that rending would count against vehicles.

It tells you what it does against Vehicles, by talking about Armour Penetration. It doesnt say you get both

**loreweaver**

I think the Reserve's vs Psyker's ruling allows you to cast Scryer's Gaze on yourself before rolling for reserves.

**juraigamer**

Trasvi wrote:
Finally a clear answer on seeker missiles vs flyers.

Q: If Seeker Missiles are fired at a Zooming Flyer or Swooping Flying Monstrous Creature, what To Hit roll do they require? (p31)
A: 6+

That's some bollocks. Thanks for ignoring codex set values over BRB ones.

**Ravenous D**

Formosa wrote:
I'm fine with the hell drake ruling, that head can clearly articulate in "real life", so I allowed it in game

So what part of real life do you see flying daemon planes with flame throwers?

**rigeld2**

nosferatu1001 wrote:
Resolving the roll is simply determining the result of the roll - applying any modifiers, etc. I see it the same as Yakface, in that all this does is let you see who is coming on the board before being forced to cast blessings.

It cannot mean "...and move on", as you do not resolve that beofre resolving other dice rolls for reserves

You're told to roll a bunch of dice (one for every unit). When they arrive you're told to move them on the board.
It's one action - you can't roll then pause then move.

**jegsar**

Rigeld, normally I agree with you but the "roll" for reserves and the use of psychic powers happen at the same time. This is discussed in detail in another thread that the only significant change is now you can legally use the gaze. However you must then cast all your start of turn powers before you know which reserves come on.

**Fragile**

rigeld2 wrote:
MarkyMark wrote:
rigeld2 wrote:
On another note - Blessings can be used the turn you arrive from Reserves.
Iron Arm Doom just got significantly deadlier.

Really? how?

It says outflank and reserve rolls, so thats when rolling for a 3 plus to see if they come on, not the scatter dice or movement from reserve.

Moved it over here since more general than range wound allocation. (Where the comments were)

Iron Arm has nothing to do with outflank or reserve.

Q: Blessings are manifested ‘at the start of the Psyker’s Movement phase’ – does this mean they happen simultaneously with Reserves rolls, Outflanking rolls etc and if so which is resolved first? (p68) A: They do occur simultaneously – as such, the player whose turn it is decides in what order these things occur as per page 9 of the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook.

Before, he'd have to cast Iron Arm off the board and couldn't, so your opponent gets a turn to try and ID him. Now he arrives from Reserves (since that's part of rolling for Reserves) and can cast the Blessing then. Eternal Warrior the turn he lands will be nice.

That FAQ didn't give permission to override pg 67 which states a psker coming in from reserves cannot cast powers that are at the start of the movement phase. However, now you can get your reserves on the table and have a different psyker buff them.

**tankboy145**

I am pretty surprised IG, C:SM, SOB didnt get updated, like other said hopefully last minute changes. If not is there really nothing to correct with the 3 dex's?

Also someone mentioned a problem with drop pods? whats wrong with them?

**rigeld2**

Fragile wrote:
rigeld2 wrote:
MarkyMark wrote:
rigeld2 wrote:
On another note - Blessings can be used the turn you arrive from Reserves.
Iron Arm Doom just got significantly deadlier.

Really? how?

It says outflank and reserve rolls, so thats when rolling for a 3 plus to see if they come on, not the scatter dice or movement from reserve.

Moved it over here since more general than range wound allocation. (Where the comments were)

Iron Arm has nothing to do with outflank or reserve.

Q: Blessings are manifested ‘at the start of the Psyker’s Movement phase’ – does this mean they happen simultaneously with Reserves rolls, Outflanking rolls etc and if so which is resolved first? (p68) A: They do occur simultaneously – as such, the player whose turn it is decides in what order these things occur as per page 9 of the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook.

Before, he'd have to cast Iron Arm off the board and couldn't, so your opponent gets a turn to try and ID him. Now he arrives from Reserves (since that's part of rolling for Reserves) and can cast the Blessing then. Eternal Warrior the turn he lands will be nice.

That FAQ didn't give permission to override pg 67 which states a psker coming in from reserves cannot cast powers that are at the start of the movement phase. However, now you can get your reserves on the table and have a different psyker buff them.

That's fair - I'd forgotten about the rule on page 67 thanks.