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So, I have heard a bit from my FLGS group, but can only half your army be in deep strike reserve ?
Only wondering cause I would love to try to do my Drop IG again with the Forge world rules or the Temptus rules

Some rules have exceptions. Like Elysians for example.

The exceptions im aware of are usually half your army must deep strike on turn one.

But elysians are for you currently if you want massed deep striking. We dont know what to expect in tempestus rules yet though.

But yea most codices are half your army only.

Half your army, rounding up, not including things that must start in reserves.

I recommend going over the Reserves rules on page 124.

A few things to consider:

-If a unit is embarked on a dedicated transport that must start in reserves, the whole unit (including any independent characters attached to it) does not count against your total allowed in reserves. Example: Space Marines could all be in drop pods.

-You lose if at the end of any GAME turn you have no models on the table. This means you would need to have something that can come in from reserves turn one (a la drop pod assault).

-As you round up to determine half your army, you could have one unit that doesn't HAVE to start in reserves, and still deep strike it or whatever.

If you can get going second, then this essentially denies your enemy from getting to shoot at you turn 1. Mean!

 Leonus wrote:
-If a unit is embarked on a dedicated transport that must start in reserves, the whole unit (including any independent characters attached to it) does not count against your total allowed in reserves. Example: Space Marines could all be in drop pods.

It doesn't have to be a dedicated transport to do this. Just embarking on an transport that mandates being reserves will do this.

 CrownAxe wrote:

 Leonus wrote:
-If a unit is embarked on a dedicated transport that must start in reserves, the whole unit (including any independent characters attached to it) does not count against your total allowed in reserves. Example: Space Marines could all be in drop pods.

It doesn't have to be a dedicated transport to do this. Just embarking on an transport that mandates being reserves will do this.

Units that must start the game in reserve are ignored for the purposes of working out how many other units may do so. A unit and its Dedicated Transport are counted as a single unit for these purposes. Independent Characters are also counted as a single unit regardless of whether they have joined another unit or not.

The unit that embarks on a "must reserve" transport would still count against the max units allowed in reserve, unless it is a dedicated transport. In this case they are considered one unit that is ignored, but only then. Also take note of the independent characters rule, as I was wrong about that part before. Unless the independent character has his own dedicated transport or the "must reserve" rule, he counts against the max in reserves.

If he is the only non-"must reserve" unit, then rounding half your units up to 1 would allow him to still be in a dedicated transport in reserves.

Check the FAQs, where this rule has been changed.

nosferatu1001 wrote:
Check the FAQs, where this rule has been changed.

Q: Do units that are transported in a vehicle that MUST start in
reserve count towards the number of units that can be placed in
Reserves? For example, must I count the units in a Drop Pod or
Valkyrie towards the 50% of units I can place in Reserves?
(p124)
A: No

Interesting... that seems contradictory, but there it is. So any units put into a "must reserve" transport, including independent characters, are ignored.