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Hello, this thought came up today:

Let's say I have some Orks and for some reason, they ally with GK (Let's use a Grand Master and a squad of Terminators).

The BRB says that the termies are non-scoring, due to being desperate allies, but the GM's ability can make them scoring.

Does the codex trump the rulebook in this case?

Basically the Grand master can make the GK Terminators scoring, because he has a special rules that says they are scoring when the BRB says they are not scoring.

Codex Trumps BRB in this instance because there is a conflict.

Thank you, that helps a lot!

Now, because of GM's Terminator Armor granting him relentless, can he move and use his Orbital Bombardment?

No, orbital bombardment is not a "Heavy, Ordinance, Salvo or Rapid Fire" weapon.

Those weapon types are the only types of weapons that relentless allows you to move and fire.

 DeathReaper wrote:
Basically the Grand master can make the GK Terminators scoring, because he has a special rules that says they are scoring when the BRB says they are not scoring.

Codex Trumps BRB in this instance because there is a conflict.

In a desperate alliance, the non Primary FOC is not scoring, regardless of whether those units would normally be scoring or not.

Fragile wrote:

 DeathReaper wrote:
Basically the Grand master can make the GK Terminators scoring, because he has a special rules that says they are scoring when the BRB says they are not scoring.

Codex Trumps BRB in this instance because there is a conflict.

In a desperate alliance, the non Primary FOC is not scoring, regardless of whether those units would normally be scoring or not.

Right, but doesn't Grand Strategy over-ride that?

Well, Unyielding Anvil lets the nominated units claim objectives as if they were Troops. However, Allied Troops cannot claim objectives in a Desperate Alliance if they are in the non Primary FOC.

Fragile wrote:
Well, Unyielding Anvil lets the nominated units claim objectives as if they were Troops. However, Allied Troops cannot claim objectives in a Desperate Alliance if they are in the non Primary FOC.

Okay, I thought Unyielding anvil said something different. TY for the clarification, I must not have recalled it correctly.