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Some of their answers are relevant to our discussions here.

http://www.goldenthronegt.com/?page_id=282

I am pleased that they went the way they did on overflow (though not surprised), with drop pod disembarking (maybe a little surprised here), and HoW +rending (very surprised, but very pleased).

Now before you all nerd rage me, I know, realize, understand that this is hardly an authoritative FAQ, and they may even reverse a position or two. This just all seems like really good food for thought, and until GW gets their FAQ out, GT FAQs are all we have for reference.

They didn't clarify damage results against passengers after disembarking and whether or not units can assault the turn after their transport is wrecked. Kind of big things to miss, IMO.

Interesting that they say flyers can't fire more than 4 weapons by using snap shots, it's not something I had even seen brought up, and I'm not totally convinced it's the intended way to play, but I can see why they come to that conclusion.

Q: Does Rending apply to Hammer of Wrath attacks?
A: No, because pg 37 of the BRB states that HoW attacks are resolved at AP -.

Wait...what? I can understand them ruling that it doesn't apply because it's not a standard attack or whatever...but AP2 is one of three different effects Rending has.

Does it really matter as these are not official?

They are official enough as the "house rules" of THAT tournament.
That's as official as they need to be to any attendants of that event.

Only ruling I really don't like is the one regarding lash whips....

Maelstrom808 wrote:

Q: Does Rending apply to Hammer of Wrath attacks?
A: No, because pg 37 of the BRB states that HoW attacks are resolved at AP -.

Wait...what? I can understand them ruling that it doesn't apply because it's not a standard attack or whatever...but AP2 is one of three different effects Rending has.

That and it ignores the fact that default CCWs are also AP:- which means that, according to them, Wraiths can never Rend.

Q: Are Tau Drones Characters if purchased for a Character?
A: No; Character is not a Unit type.

Yes it is, but speaking as a tau player character drones would be hard to stomach.

coredump wrote:Only ruling I really don't like is the one regarding lash whips....

Yeah, same here. Makes no sense.

Thanks for posting this!

You may also cast Fortune on an Eldar Independent Character and then join it to a Battle Brother unit, thus conferring Fortune to the entire unit.

Okay, so, do they advise their tournament goers just ignore the rules written in the BRB that state that if a character joins a unit and either one benefits/suffers from a beneficial/detrimental effect, it only applies to models that were part of the originally affected unit?

Falconlance wrote:

You may also cast Fortune on an Eldar Independent Character and then join it to a Battle Brother unit, thus conferring Fortune to the entire unit.

Okay, so, do they advise their tournament goers just ignore the rules written in the BRB that state that if a character joins a unit and either one benefits/suffers from a beneficial/detrimental effect, it only applies to models that were part of the originally affected unit?

You could email them and ask.

Lobukia wrote:

Falconlance wrote:

You may also cast Fortune on an Eldar Independent Character and then join it to a Battle Brother unit, thus conferring Fortune to the entire unit.

Okay, so, do they advise their tournament goers just ignore the rules written in the BRB that state that if a character joins a unit and either one benefits/suffers from a beneficial/detrimental effect, it only applies to models that were part of the originally affected unit?

You could email them and ask.

I think they mean you cast Fortune on a lone Farseer, then he moves to join the allied unit, and for that turn only they have Fortune.

MandalorynOranj wrote:

Lobukia wrote:

Falconlance wrote:

You may also cast Fortune on an Eldar Independent Character and then join it to a Battle Brother unit, thus conferring Fortune to the entire unit.

Okay, so, do they advise their tournament goers just ignore the rules written in the BRB that state that if a character joins a unit and either one benefits/suffers from a beneficial/detrimental effect, it only applies to models that were part of the originally affected unit?

You could email them and ask.

I think they mean you cast Fortune on a lone Farseer, then he moves to join the allied unit, and for that turn only they have Fortune.

Yeah, I got that, but that isn't right. If the farseer benefits from fortune, and moves into another a unit, only he benefits from fortune, the rest of the models in the unit do not. However if he were in the unit when he cast it, and then he left, the rules say that now they both benefit from fortune, despite becoming two individual units.

I think the example they gave was that a unit was blinded by a weapon or skill of some kind, and then a character, who was not part of the unit when it happened, moved into the unit, and does not suffer from it, even though the rest of the models in the unit do.

Keep your eyes open for any other GT FAQs. If they all are consistent on at least some of the controversies, it at least gives us something in the meantime.