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The rules are not in conflict, so much as they are redundant, but probably not needlessly so in the end.

Without the FAQ, you would have people trying to say WGPL lose the Character trait because they take on the traits of the unit they join.

Just because that clarification was made, does not mean it retroactively nullifies their traits in the BRB, especially since there isn't even any prohibitive language in the FAQ entry.

Marius Xerxes wrote:

Beamo wrote:Without the FAQ, you would have people trying to say WGPL lose the Character trait because they take on the traits of the unit they join.

With how the rules are given in the Codex and FAQ on how Wolf Guard work when joining units, I don't see how anyone could make this argument. No where does it say they take on the traits of the unit they join. The FAQ simply says they count as being a "Troop" if they join a Troops unit (and therefore count as scoring) or a "Heavy Support" if they join a Long Fangs pack etc. Though my not being able to see it certainly doesn't mean an argument cant be made.

I've seen people make obtuse arguments over a lot of things.

In any case, think about this: The FAQ adds that a WGPL is a character, in addition to his other rules. The end. But he's already a character, per the BRB. There's no prohibitive language in the FAQ to suggest that a WGPL becoming a character removes the character trait that's already present in the BRB, so a Wolfguard is a Character, and a Wolfguard Pack leader is a Character who is also a Character... you know, in case you didn't catch that first part where he was a character. I can't begin to rationalize some of the things GW feels like they need to address versus the things they will leave out of a FAQ for years, but there you go.

Marius Xerxes wrote:
Another example. Say that in 5th edition this FAQ was already in place. Then 6th hits and we see the back of the book saying it in general. Would you then say it now always applies regardless of using the Pack Leader rule or not? Or would you be on the side saying "yeah it says that, but with the FAQ having already been in place we know they meant only to apply when they join another unit." ?

In that case, I would say that in 5th, only pack leaders are characters, because we have no frame of reference for the non-pack leaders to be characters.

However, the minute 6th hits, and they are blanket listed as characters, they all become characters - firstly because a 5th edition FAQ has no jurisdiction over a 6th edition game, and secondly because even when the faq is updated to 6th edition and the entry remains, there is still nothing prohibitive in the language to suggest that it takes away the character trait that is already present in the model's stats.