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 alextroy wrote:
The so-called Special Snowflake FAQ answers.

Q: If I can choose a keyword for a unit, such as <Regiment> for Astra Militarum, could I choose that keyword to be, for example ‘Blood Angels’ or ‘Death Guard’?
A: No.
In the example above, ‘Blood Angels’ is a Chapter of the Adeptus Astartes and ‘Death Guard’ is a Legion of the Heretic Astartes – neither of which are Regiments of the Astra Militarum.

Q: If I create an Astra Militarum Regiment of my own and name them, for example, the ‘Emperor’s Finest’, and I then also create an Adeptus Astartes Chapter of my own choosing, and also call them the ‘Emperor’s Finest’, do the abilities that work on the <Regiment> and/or <Chapter> keywords now work on both the Astra Militarum and Adeptus Astartes units?
A: No.
The intent of naming Regiments, Chapters, etc. of your own creation is to personalise your collections and not to enable players to circumvent the restrictions on what abilities affect what units. It is also not intended to circumvent the restrictions on which units are able to be included in the same Detachment.

Where does this leave Chaos? It has no impact on <MARK OF CHAOS> or <ALLEGIANCE>.

Why you ask? Because both of these come with a rule that require you to choose between KHORNE, SLAANESH, TZEENTCH, or NURGLE. No rule (that I am aware of) asks you to reference whether it is the Mark of Chaos or Allegiance.

Exactly this.

This question has come up before. I'm not certain there's an answer that will satisfy anyone.

I've come to the conclusion the Faction keywords are the same and units from both Codexes could be included in a single detachment. But I can't think of a single reason anyone would want to sacrifice Legion Traits / Daemonic Traits to do so. It's almost universally to someone's disadvantage to mix Daemons and CSMs this way.

Sure, it would be cool to have a Bloodthirster in a World Eaters detachment, but now none of those models get extra attacks when they charge. A patrol detachment on the side along with a couple squads of Bloodletters would allow those units to deep strike, and that's a much better tactical option.

So, if anyone wants to argue about keywords, tell them go right ahead. I'm positive someone will come up with an edge case I haven't thought of, but that's not going to break the game.

 techsoldaten wrote:
This question has come up before. I'm not certain there's an answer that will satisfy anyone.

I've come to the conclusion the Faction keywords are the same and units from both Codexes could be included in a single detachment. But I can't think of a single reason anyone would want to sacrifice Legion Traits / Daemonic Traits to do so. It's almost universally to someone's disadvantage to mix Daemons and CSMs this way.

Sure, it would be cool to have a Bloodthirster in a World Eaters detachment, but now none of those models get extra attacks when they charge. A patrol detachment on the side along with a couple squads of Bloodletters would allow those units to deep strike, and that's a much better tactical option.

So, if anyone wants to argue about keywords, tell them go right ahead. I'm positive someone will come up with an edge case I haven't thought of, but that's not going to break the game.

The only time it would be advantageous is with certain Detachment number limits. I have had to make some tough choices in my own CSM/DG/Nurgle Daemons lists before if I also wanted to add in a Gnarlmaw and a LOW/Primarch, taking up valuable Detachment slots. Some units don't particularly care about Locus/Legion traits.