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This is another call as a TO that I had to make (yes, same person's riptide) and again am wanting a consensus to make sure that this rule is correctly called in the future.

The player of the riptide arguement was that the riptide still gets an invulnerable save when failing a Nova-charge.

The codex states that a failed nova charge make the riptide suffer "a single wound with no saves of any kind allowed and the attempt fails."

In the BRB FAQ, it states that the BRB wording for Invulnerable saves are to be: " Invulnerable saves are different to armour saves because they may always be taken whenever the model suffers a Wound...."

The BRB also states that Advanced Specific rules (codex) are to always override basic (BRB) rules.

If the riptide fails an Nova-charge, can it get an invulnerable save?

I ruled that it does not get an invuln, but want to make sure that this is correct for future tournaments. And, of course, you can get a 'feel no pain' roll if applicable.

You're correct - no invul save but Feel No Pain would apply.
Reference Perils for a precedent.

jazzpaintball wrote:
In the BRB FAQ, it states that the BRB wording for Invulnerable saves are to be: " Invulnerable saves are different to armour saves because they may always be taken whenever the model suffers a Wound...."

You were correct. This FAQ means Invulnerable saves may always be taken, *if the model has one*. At the point you roll for the nova charge, it doesn't have one - and "the attempt fails" means it would continue not having one.

If the rule says, no saves of any kind allowed, that includes Invulnerable ones.

No Invulnerable save as the rule says "no saves of any kind". It doesn't say "no armor saves" or "no cover saves" or "no invulnerable saves", it says "no saves of any kind".

So the only thing you get against it is FnP, which is not a save.

Page 7 holds your answer: In any situation where a basic rule and a codex rule is in conflict, the codex trumps.