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So I was playing at my club the other day and I over heard one of my peeps make an off handed comment about how cheesy it is that a unit an IC is attached to benefits from the ICs special rules even if he leaves the unit during that turn and that the unit he joins would be able to use the ICs special rules in the turn the IC joins the other unit. Thus providing the special rules to both units that turn. I didn't have a chance to follow up with him on that as I was in the middle of a game but does this sound right? If it is right where's documented? Sounds extra cheesy to me...

Exactly waht special rules are they trying to pass on?
The rules themselves state if they are transfered.

For example Fearless: "Units containing one or more models with the Fearless rule.."
Once the Character leaves the other character, he is no longer in a unit "containing one or more model with the Fearless rule". Therefore no longer benefits.

Are the people you overheard confusing the "Independant Charaters and Ongoing Effects" rule on page 39?

It has always been my understanding that the IC only confer advantage as long as its attached, so the moment it leaves the unit, it does not boost them, and then when it enters the new unit its confered to them. So this would only be an issue during the movement face.

And did this apply to a special carachter?

But i dont have the rulebook in front of me, so id have to check the exact wording. (which might make this a premature post)

Damn, ninjad

I'm pretty sure he was referring a Tau buff commander moving between riptides providing tank hunters maybe? I'll be there tonight so I'll have to see...

In the specific case you are citing, he is wrong.

Tank hunters only comes into effect when used.

E.g; a Command with the PEC, attached to a puretide chooses to have Tank hunters for the turn, and then leaves that puretide to join another puretide. The first puretide shoots in the shooting phase, and low and behold: no models in his unit have tank hunters.

A tau commander can gain Tank hunter from the puretide neurochip I think. To benefit from any of its benefits the commander has to be part of the unit firing, and can't leave/join during the shooting phase.
So I don't know how it would work.

Ninjaed, but my ninja calls riptides puretides ...

As per

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/533152.page

I've changed the thread title, please bear this in mind in future.

Thanks.

Whateves.

It is the puretide engram chip and they are also -Tides.

And I have also had a few 40s this morning.