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So, the question is quite simple - could characters ride alonside some other squad inside single DT?

There is no limit to the number of units that can ride in a Transport, nor is a Dedicated Transport locked to a specific unit.

 Vexler wrote:
So, the question is quite simple - could characters ride alonside some other squad inside single DT?

A transport can carry an unlimited amount of units now. A character can ride along with a unit, or you could but two unrelated units inside.

Razorbacks can carry 6 <adeptus astarties> Models, so its perfectly fine to put a chaplain in there with your 5 man vanguard vet squad or a 6 man command squad (Captain, banner guy, lieutenants and honour guard - 4 units 6 models)

 BaconCatBug wrote:
A transport can carry an unlimited amount of units now.

No. Once its capacity of models is reached, its full. A unit is at least one model. So the number of units is not unlimited.

p5freak wrote:

 BaconCatBug wrote:
A transport can carry an unlimited amount of units now.

No. Once its capacity of models is reached, its full. A unit is at least one model. So the number of units is not unlimited.

There is no limit on the number of units that can be carried, there is a limit on the number of models.

 BaconCatBug wrote:

There is no limit on the number of units that can be carried, there is a limit on the number of models.

Yes there is. A unit has at least 1 model. There is no unit with 0 models. If a transport can carry 10 models, it can carry up to 10 units. There is a limit.

Just to piggy back...
How do character auras work while they're in a transport? I ant find anything in the rule book to suggest the aura goes inactive.

p5freak wrote:

 BaconCatBug wrote:

There is no limit on the number of units that can be carried, there is a limit on the number of models.

Yes there is. A unit has at least 1 model. There is no unit with 0 models. If a transport can carry 10 models, it can carry up to 10 units. There is a limit.

Can you quote a rule that supports your claims that a Transport can only carry a number of units equal to how many models it can carry? If not, there is no limit on the number of units other than one that occurs as a consequence due to how many models the vehicle can carry.


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Night-Man wrote:
Just to piggy back...
How do character auras work while they're in a transport? I ant find anything in the rule book to suggest the aura goes inactive.

'Transports', pg. 183 of the main rulebook, fifth paragraph.

 Ghaz wrote:

Can you quote a rule that supports your claims that a Transport can only carry a number of units equal to how many models it can carry?

Is there a situation where the number of units could conceivably exceed the number of models?

 insaniak wrote:

 Ghaz wrote:

Can you quote a rule that supports your claims that a Transport can only carry a number of units equal to how many models it can carry?

Is there a situation where the number of units could conceivably exceed the number of models?

Not to my knowledge, but there could always be models such as Familiars in the future which may not take up space in a Transport. Regardless, saying the side effect of another rule is a rule in its own right has no support.

 Ghaz wrote:

 insaniak wrote:

 Ghaz wrote:

Can you quote a rule that supports your claims that a Transport can only carry a number of units equal to how many models it can carry?

Is there a situation where the number of units could conceivably exceed the number of models?

Not to my knowledge, but there could always be models such as Familiars in the future which may not take up space in a Transport. Regardless, saying the side effect of another rule is a rule in its own right has no support.

Familiars are not likely to be a separate unit from a Character.

That having been said, "unlimited" is the proper term, as that is literally "not limited". Transport Capacity is "not limited" by the number of units. They are however limited by the number of models in the unit and the Capacity of the Transport. It is not a hard limit, but a soft limit, as it is termed.

Night-Man wrote:
Just to piggy back...
How do character auras work while they're in a transport? I ant find anything in the rule book to suggest the aura goes inactive.

Core rules, middle of Transports box:

Embarked units cannot normally do anything or be affected in any way whilst they are embarked. Unless specifcally stated, abilities that affect other units within a certain range have no effect whilst the unit that has the ability is embarked.