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Hey Dakka, got a couple of questions about my Dark angels army which I have yet to use.

If I have 2x HQ's in termie armour and 2 DW squads and 2 FA squads can I ...
1. DW assault all terminators and deep strike both FA squads (Landspeeders)? Effectivly starting with nothing on the table
2. DW assault all termies+HQs and start with FA on the table? DW assaulting 4 squads while starting with 2 FA on the table


If I DW assault one squad with Belial can the other squad use his teleport homer to land the same turn?

When my Librarian DW assaults can he use blessings and maledictions the same turn?

Can my librarian prescience a squad of landspeeders?

Thanks guys.

You can reserve up to half your army, in your example you have 6 units, so only 3 can go into reserves (note that the ICs count as a separate unit for this purpose even when attached)

so both 1 and 2 are illegal, at least one of your terminator units has to start on the board.

You cannot use a teleport homer unless it was on the board at the beginning of the turn (i.e. before things started arriving from reserves) so no, Belial cannot be used to guide Deathwing units coming in the DWA wave with him.

edit: In hindsight and given the recent FAQ I'm not 100% sure on psychic powers when arriving from reserves, I will leave that for someone else to answer.

yes you can prescience landspeeders

This has been debated. One side claims that DWA does not count towards reserve limits. The other side says they do. FWIW the FAQ being done up for Adepticon has decided that DWA does not count for reserve limit.

That being said, Option 1 is definitely illegal.
Option 2 may or may not, depending on what your group/TO decides or until GW FAQ it.

In regards to psychic powers and Reserves, from the BRB FAQ:

Q: Blessings are manifested ‘at the start of the Psyker’s Movement
phase’ – does this mean they happen simultaneously with Reserves
rolls, Outflanking rolls etc and if so which is resolved first? (p68)
A: They do occur simultaneously – as such, the player whose
turn it is decides in what order these things occur as per
page 9 of the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook.

However that references rolls. The way the Reserve rolls are written, it appears you roll for all units before they actually come on board, so you could either:

A) Roll for Blessings, Roll for Reserves, Move units onto table from reserves
B) Roll for Reserves, Roll for Blessings, Move units onto table from reserves

However, I have been known to be wrong. From time to time.

I agree with that HappyJew, it says reserve ROLLS not reserve movement so anything coming onto the board from reserves cannot cast or have cast on them any BRB psyhic powers.

In regards to the teleport homer, no, it is stated the teleport homer needs to be on the board beignning of the turn I think it is, if you deepstrike in you are not on the board begining of the turn