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We're trying out a GSC game tonight, with the new codex.

Several HQs have a familiar that is a real model with a stat line that can be targeted according to normal rules.

Except for the Sanctus familiar. There is no stat line for him, yet there are weapons listed belonging to the familiar. Is this a miss, should there have been a stat line? Can we assume it's similar to the other familiars?

torblind wrote:
We're trying out a GSC game tonight, with the new codex.

Several HQs have a familiar that is a real model with a stat line that can be targeted according to normal rules.

Except for the Sanctus familiar. There is no stat line for him, yet there are weapons listed belonging to the familiar. Is this a miss, should there have been a stat line? Can we assume it's similar to the other familiars?

Its intended. Unlike the other models, the rules for the familiar are bundled into the single Sanctus model. See the rule for "Familiar claws", and the "Soulsight Familiar" rule applying to "this model". The Soulsight Familiar is similar ruleswise to how the mount portion of things like Thunderwolf Calvary or Bloodcrushers work, it's all subsumed into a single profile.

Well, what are the familiar's stats then, when fighting?

torblind wrote:
Well, what are the familiar's stats then, when fighting?

It doesn't have one, it's absorbed into a single profile the same way Cavalry models are. "Each time a model guided by a Familiar fights, it can make 2 additional attacks with this weapon." Also see the rule for "Familiar claws", and the "Soulsight Familiar" rule applying to "this model". If it was meant to be a two model unit it would say "The Sanctus"

The only "issue" is GW muddying the waters by having both separate and combined familiars and being vague as in the unit description.

It’s similar to the GUOs Nurglings. They are additional attacks made by the model, not a separate critter.

Ah I see. Thanks. That makes sense (once you know it!)

What about the characters that have a familiar - if the character is targeted, are they considered a unit, can the controlling player select the familiar for unsaved wounds, or are they separate units?

torblind wrote:
Ah I see. Tjanks. That makes sense (once you know it!)

What about the characters that have a familiar - if the character is targeted, are they considered a unit, can the controlling player select the familiar for unsaved wounds, or are they separate units?

They are a single unit, no different to, say, a 2 man unit of Attack Bikes. The Designers Commentary describes how to deal with the CHARACTER-ness of the unit.

They are the same unit, and the controlling player can allocate wounds to the familiar if they want.

Familiars are basically wargear for characters.