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Two days ago I played the Dawn of War game type for the first time. The rules state "you may deploy up to two troop choices and 1 HQ". My question is, if my HQ unit is in a Non troop squad, can they deploy with him (IE if I have Abaddon in a Termie squad).

and My second question is about CSM base attacks. My wargear includes a bolt pistol and CCW, so if I declare a squad is using pistol/CCW combo instead of bolters, and then I assault a unit, do my base attacks get boosted to two? (disregarding charge and marks)


- Thanks in advance!

Not 100% on the first one, but as for the second, yes you get the bonus attack for using a pistol and ccw

EDIT: And you can make the bolter vs. pistol/ccw choice on a per phase basis

1. the dawn of war deployment only lets you deploy one choice from the hq slot and upto 2 from the troops slots. you may not deploy any elites, fast attack, or heavy support even if your hq can join that particular unit. so no abaddon may not be deployed with a unit of termies since termies are an elite choice not an hq or troop.

2.you get a +1 attack for charging and another +1 for pistol and ccw and you just add that to your base attacks

aderdere wrote:Two days ago I played the Dawn of War game type for the first time. The rules state "you may deploy up to two troop choices and 1 HQ". My question is, if my HQ unit is in a Non troop squad, can they deploy with him (IE if I have Abaddon in a Termie squad).

and My second question is about CSM base attacks. My wargear includes a bolt pistol and CCW, so if I declare a squad is using pistol/CCW combo instead of bolters, and then I assault a unit, do my base attacks get boosted to two? (disregarding charge and marks)


- Thanks in advance!

No, you cannot, because an Elites unit is not a Troops or HQ unit.

You do not have to declare you are using it, you are using it anyway.

Your base attacks remain untouched, you simply have a bonus attack for having 2CCW. Yes, pedantic, but important.

aderdere wrote:Two days ago I played the Dawn of War game type for the first time. The rules state "you may deploy up to two troop choices and 1 HQ". My question is, if my HQ unit is in a Non troop squad, can they deploy with him (IE if I have Abaddon in a Termie squad).

You can't not place your required HQ on the table. However, to get around this, you could add another HQ and place him instead while abby chills in his ride with his buds.

um...what?

abby is an IC he can deploy in dawn of war...there isnt anything to prevent him from doing so. he can either be held off the table and move onto the table first turn with or without a unit of termies as dawn of war rules, be held in actual reserve with or without termies and come in as early as turn 2 or deploy on table as normal without termies.

jurai - you are NOT compelled to deploy ANYTHING in DoW

Note the "may" in the sentence.

juraigamer wrote:You can't not place your required HQ on the table.

There are no required deployments in DoW, just restrictions.

You can deploy 'up to' two Troops and 'up to' one HQ. You don't have to deploy anything.

lliadon wrote:1. the dawn of war deployment only lets you deploy one choice from the hq slot and upto 2 from the troops slots. you may not deploy any elites, fast attack, or heavy support even if your hq can join that particular unit. so no abaddon may not be deployed with a unit of termies since termies are an elite choice not an hq or troop.

Note that it isn't "choices", it's "units". Important distinction.

e.g. An IG Platoon is a single choice but is lots of units.
A tactical squad with rhino is a single choice but is two units.

ya thats true...i just use that to help me understand the rules for DoW. should have worded that better. but i did feel that i got the point out there