Flamer weapons and the new FAQs

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**Elric Greywolf**

The BRB lists Flamer Weapons on p176. There is flavour text as well as several profiles.

The CSM FAQ says:

Q: Is a baleflamer considered to be a flamer weapon?
A: No.

The Ork FAQ says:

Q: Is the burna a flamer weapon or do Ork burnas use some daemonic flames that Salamanders can’t handle?
A: As specified in the Appendix, burnas are flamer weapons for the purposes of rules which interact with flamer weapons as described in Warhammer 40,000: The Rules. Salamanders get their Flamecraft Chapter Tactics bonus against any flamer weapons as described in Warhammer 40,000: The Rules, so this includes burnas.

Neither "Baleflamer" nor "Burna" is listed in the BRB as a flamer. Is this ruling completely arbitrary? Is there any RAW support for it? Or is GW just arbitrarily nerfing/buffing as they see fit?

**Mr. Shine**

"The appendix" refers to that in Codex: Orks, which states:

"All the following weapons are Flamer weapons for the purposes of any special rules that interact with Flamer weapons as described in Warhammer 40,000: The Rules."

**Elric Greywolf**

Got it, thanks.

**malamis**

As I understand it, only Orks and Necrons actually *have* a section in the codex which classifies weapons as flamers, hence the problem.