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Does anyone know if the rules cover what to do if you're forced to Fall Back while inside a transport or building? Considering that such units tend to be both Fearless and not targetable I can't think of any examples of this happening outside of Tyranids but I wanted to ask the question in the general sense just in case.

I assume the effect would be that the unit is forced to disembark with a move distance of the max of 2d6 or 6". Anyone see a reason why it would be otherwise?

 Lansirill wrote:
Does anyone know if the rules cover what to do if you're forced to Fall Back while inside a transport or building? Considering that such units tend to be both Fearless and not targetable I can't think of any examples of this happening outside of Tyranids but I wanted to ask the question in the general sense just in case.

I assume the effect would be that the unit is forced to disembark with a move distance of the max of 2d6 or 6". Anyone see a reason why it would be otherwise?

Even Tyranids don't test for IB in a building.
If somehow you had to, you'd disembark and move your fallback distance instead of 6" because disembark is explicitly a move.

rigeld2 wrote:

 Lansirill wrote:
Does anyone know if the rules cover what to do if you're forced to Fall Back while inside a transport or building? Considering that such units tend to be both Fearless and not targetable I can't think of any examples of this happening outside of Tyranids but I wanted to ask the question in the general sense just in case.

I assume the effect would be that the unit is forced to disembark with a move distance of the max of 2d6 or 6". Anyone see a reason why it would be otherwise?

Even Tyranids don't test for IB in a building.
If somehow you had to, you'd disembark and move your fallback distance instead of 6" because disembark is explicitly a move.

I've been looking for that bit in the new tyranid codex, mind helping me find that? Previously it was stated in a FAQ...

rigeld2 wrote:

 Lansirill wrote:
Does anyone know if the rules cover what to do if you're forced to Fall Back while inside a transport or building? Considering that such units tend to be both Fearless and not targetable I can't think of any examples of this happening outside of Tyranids but I wanted to ask the question in the general sense just in case.

I assume the effect would be that the unit is forced to disembark with a move distance of the max of 2d6 or 6". Anyone see a reason why it would be otherwise?

Even Tyranids don't test for IB in a building.
If somehow you had to, you'd disembark and move your fallback distance instead of 6" because disembark is explicitly a move.

They still test, but are fearless so a number of results are ignored

Unfortunately Lurk (the IB that causes a unit to fall back) isn't affected by Fearless.

 Lansirill wrote:
Unfortunately Lurk (the IB that causes a unit to fall back) isn't affected by Fearless.

And what happens if a Fearless unit fails a Morale test?

 Happyjew wrote:

 Lansirill wrote:
Unfortunately Lurk (the IB that causes a unit to fall back) isn't affected by Fearless.

And what happens if a Fearless unit fails a Morale test?

I have no idea, since Fearless units automatically pass them. If I had to guess, though, they throw a sexy party?

Hmm, it actually doesn't say that Fearless units don't fall back, just that they automatically pass morale tests, but Instinctive Behaviour isn't a morale test.

 PrinceRaven wrote:
Hmm, it actually doesn't say that Fearless units don't fall back, just that they automatically pass morale tests, but Instinctive Behaviour isn't a morale test.

No it's not. Really bringing Morale into it isn't really relevant to the question of 'What happens to embarked units that are forced to fall back?'. IB doesn't really come into play either, except for providing an example of how it could happen. Sexy parties... well... they're only because Stewie doing a Benny Hill bit amuses me.

 PrinceRaven wrote:
Hmm, it actually doesn't say that Fearless units don't fall back, just that they automatically pass morale tests, but Instinctive Behaviour isn't a morale test.

Right, however, the 1-3 result for Lurk is to Fall Back as if having failed a Morale test.

Thus bypassing the fact that it is fearless and should auto-pass morale tests.
I'd say that it probably disembarks from the transport and moves 2d6" towards the player's table edge.

My thought is that if they automatically pass a morale check then if they are treated as if they have failed, then they automatically pass.
It's just a situation that cannot occur so it would override the requirement to fall back.

It would certainly solve the problem of what to do when in a building.

Uptopdownunder wrote:
My thought is that if they automatically pass a morale check then if they are treated as if they have failed, then they automatically pass.
It's just a situation that cannot occur so it would override the requirement to fall back.

It would certainly solve the problem of what to do when in a building.

This. It lines up with what GW normally does in an FAQ, but with out an official answer its what I call a 'best guess'