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 RiTides wrote:

 phoenix darkus wrote:
For all armies: Combined Armed Detachment vs allies: RAW per the BRB, you can no longer have a supplement codex allied with its parent codex (for example Sentinels of Terra ally detachment with a Ultramarine primary CAD) you can only do a full CAD. While I don't have a problem with that (it just forces you to pay the extra Troop tax) the supplement themselves still say that you can ally with the parent codex (and would again take precedence over the BRB).

Along the same line the SM codex still says that you can have a detachment from a specific chapter allied to the primary chapter as long as it's a different chapter trait.

Trasvi wrote:
Choosing your Army
Q: Can a Battle-forged army have multiple combined arms detachments, each of different factions?
RAW: Yes
Reasoning: If no, this seems to make the single, more restrictive Allied detachment a little pointless, and Battle-forged armies quite powerful.

Q: Can you take a supplemental codex of your primary detachment's faction as your Allied Detachment? Can you take them as a secondary Combined Arms detachment?
RAW: No, and Yes.
Reasoning. Given the RAW answer to the previous question this seems a little odd, and also at odds with the text given in the supplement Codexes themselves.

So, RAW based on the below sentence... I cannot take tyranids with tyranids allies, but I can take two combined arms detachments of tyranids?

Allied Detachment

...

All units chosen must have a different Faction to any of the units in your Primary Detachment (or no Faction).

Yes, this does indeed appear to be the case. This requires you to take 1 HQ and 2 troops to fulfil the Combined Arms Detachment rules, but lets you access the full FOC. It does also mean that you can take one Combined Arms detachment of Tyranids with a second Combined Arms detachment of Ultramarines, if you wish.

niv-mizzet wrote:
Blood Angels wings of sanguinius power now apparently doesn't function, since you can only cast it after your movement phase.

Well, you could re-roll charge range and gain a hammer of wrath hit, I guess...

When I read the FAQ/Errata I read it as you can no longer generate powers that are in the codex as it doesn't list them as ones that Librarians can take

The post you quoted was written before the FAQs were released...

Trasvi wrote:

Templates, Blasts, Barrages and multi-level buildings and Ruins
Q: If a blast or template weapon targets models on one level of a building/ruin, are models on levels above or below the target level affected?
RAW: Yes.
Reason: This is a departure from last edition with no real explanation..,
Q: Can a barrage weapon target models with a 'roof' over their heads, or is the barrage stopped by the first level of structure encountered?
RAW: Yes, barrage can target ground floors of buildings/ruins.
Reason: This is a departure from last edition with no real explanation...

Hi I was looking for this rule the other day but couldn't find it...Is there any chance someone could point me to the page number?
Cheers

Blast Special rule at the back of your book

 BlackTalos wrote:
Blast Special rule at the back of your book

Thanks Talos, but without a page number that isn't really useful.
I still can't find it...Can anyone actually help?
Cheers
Mek

We can not simply print whole Rules due to copy-write reasons, I do apologize.
There is an appendix section at the back of the Rulebook, the first listing is of Special Rules and their affects.

Does Strafing Run grant +1 BS against a FMC?

JinxDragon wrote:
We can not simply print whole Rules due to copy-write reasons, I do apologize.
There is an appendix section at the back of the Rulebook, the first listing is of Special Rules and their affects.

Cheers Jinx,
I've read and re-read that over and over again...Just to clarify it's the fact that it omits any mention of levels that the blast hits everything under it? I never got to read the 6th ed rules so that is probably what tripped me up.
Also, previously I was after a page number, not the rule word for word

That I can confirm, the lack of a Rule telling us to do something other then the default means to do the default.

The Black Staff of Ahriman has been FAQed.

Will nova witchfires hit flyers and FMC? While parenthetical portion says yes, the rule for hard to hit states no attacks which auto-hit may hit a flyer or FMC. Which rulle takes precedence?

Nova
A nova power automatically targets and hits all enemy units (including Flyers
and Flying Monstrous Creatures) within the psychic power’s maximum range,
regardless of line of sight, being locked in combat, intervening models/terrain and so on.
Otherwise, a nova is treated like a shooting attack, and indeed will have a profile like a
ranged weapon. Only one unit that is within the power’s maximum range can attempt to
Deny the Witch.


Hard to Hit- Flyers
Zooming Flyers are incredibly difficult targets for troops without suitably calibrated
weapons and scopes. Shots resolved at a Zooming Flyer can only be resolved as Snap
Shots (unless the model or weapon has the Skyfire special rule). Template and Blast
weapons, and any other attacks that don’t roll To Hit, cannot hit Zooming Flyers.

Hard to Hit- FMC
A Swooping Flying Monstrous Creature is a very difficult target for units without
specialised weapons. Shots resolved at such a target can only be resolved as Snap Shots
unless the model or weapon has the Skyfire special rule.

Snap Shots
Under specific circumstances, models must fire Snap Shots – opportunistic bursts of fire
‘snapped’ off in the general direction of the target. The most common occurrences of Snap
Shots are when models with Heavy weapons move and shoot in the same turn or when
units make Overwatch shots. If a model is forced to make Snap Shots rather than
shoot normally, then its Ballistic Skill is counted as being 1 for the purpose of
those shots, unless it has a Ballistic Skill of 0 (in which case it may not shoot).
The Ballistic Skill of a model firing a Snap Shot can only be modified by special rules that
specifically state that they affect Snap Shots, along with any other restrictions (some may
only modify Ballistic Skill when firing Overwatch Snap Shots, for example). If a special
rule doesn’t specifically state that it affects Snap Shots, then the Snap Shot is resolved at
Ballistic Skill 1.
Some weapon types, such as Template and Ordnance, or those that have certain special
rules, such as Blast, cannot be fired as Snap Shots. In addition, any shooting attack that
does not use Ballistic Skill cannot be ‘fired’ as a Snap Shot. These exceptions aside, Snap
Shots are treated in the same manner as any other shooting attack made with a Ballistic
Skill of 1.
Hitting your target is not always enough to put it out of action. The shot might result in
nothing more than a superficial graze or flesh wound.

Sixcyl wrote:Will nova witchfires hit flyers and FMC? While parenthetical portion says yes, the rule for hard to hit states no attacks which auto-hit may hit a flyer or FMC. Which rulle takes precedence?

Nova
A nova power automatically targets and hits all enemy units (including Flyers
and Flying Monstrous Creatures) within the psychic power’s maximum range,
regardless of line of sight, being locked in combat, intervening models/terrain and so on.
Otherwise, a nova is treated like a shooting attack, and indeed will have a profile like a
ranged weapon. Only one unit that is within the power’s maximum range can attempt to
Deny the Witch.

I haven't got my rulebook at hand, but if what I bolded is part of the Nova rule, then it's a no-brainer. You can hit FMC and Flyers. I don't see the debate.

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