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Folks,

I’m reading one of the alien Codexes and it says that that a unit of ‘Boyz’ costs 6 points per model, so 10 models costs 60 points. However I can replace one of the models with a boss Knob. So.....I assume that is 9*6 + 17 (for the boss know) = 71 points.

Is that right?

Sorry if it seems such an obvious question, but the way the rules are written you could interpret that you can have the knob for the price of a standard unit.....so that would be 9 Boyz + 1 boss knob for 60 points....

To me the 71points seems fairer. I just want to be sure though. I’m easily confused in my old age.

Calgacus wrote:
Folks,

I’m reading one of the alien Codexes and it says that that a unit of ‘Boyz’ costs 6 points per model, so 10 models costs 60 points. However I can replace one of the models with a boss Knob. So.....I assume that is 9*6 + 17 (for the boss know) = 71 points.

Is that right?

Sorry if it seems such an obvious question, but the way the rules are written you could interpret that you can have the knob for the price of a standard unit.....so that would be 9 Boyz + 1 boss knob for 60 points....

To me the 71points seems fairer. I just want to be sure though. I’m easily confused in my old age.

Boss Nob costs the same as a Boy. With the sole exception of Wolf Guard Pack Leader in Terminator Armour, "sergeants" cost the same as a basic trooper.

A "Boss Nob" is not a "Nob". I know it seems silly that a "better" model costs the same points as a "worse" model, but it keeps it simple because all models have the same base cost.

Nope it's still 6 points for the boss nob, because otherwise it would say you can upgrade a boy to a nob for x. It's like the space marine Sargent, he is better then normal marines, but cost the same just limited to one.

I think the only other exception to that a unit leader costs more than the base model in a unit are the Rubric Marines and the Scarab Occult Terminators. Other than those the “sergeant” of a unit costs the same as the base model.

That makes sense .

Thanks for such quick replies!

 Longshadow7 wrote:
I think the only other exception to that a unit leader costs more than the base model in a unit are the Rubric Marines and the Scarab Occult Terminators. Other than those the “sergeant” of a unit costs the same as the base model.

Are you sure about that? I am looking at the codex and can't see anything that suggests this.

Rubric Marines and Scarab Occult Terminators both only have a single points cost, and Aspiring Sorcerers and Scarab Occult Sorcerers do not have a unique points cost.

Calgacus wrote:
Folks,

I’m reading one of the alien Codexes and it says that that a unit of ‘Boyz’ costs 6 points per model, so 10 models costs 60 points. However I can replace one of the models with a boss Knob. So.....I assume that is 9*6 + 17 (for the boss know) = 71 points.

Is that right?

Sorry if it seems such an obvious question, but the way the rules are written you could interpret that you can have the knob for the price of a standard unit.....so that would be 9 Boyz + 1 boss knob for 60 points....

To me the 71points seems fairer. I just want to be sure though. I’m easily confused in my old age.

See 'Unit Champions', page 126 of Index Xenos 2.