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Probably a stupid question, but the rules for Heretic Astartes tactics demand all your models have the HERETIC ASTARTES keyword.

Thousand sons units have (obviously) THOUSAND SONS and TZEENCH but they also have HERETIC ASTARTES keyword - so is there any reason a Tzaangor can't use a Heretic Astartes tactic like Beseech The Dark Gods or be slotted into a Black Legion Kill Team?

Ask your opponent. If they’re cool with it, then go for it.

Otherwise, the “battleforged” rules for kill team specify you need to pick models from the following list to have access to the related tactic cards.

locarno24 wrote:
so is there any reason a Tzaangor can't use a Heretic Astartes tactic like Beseech The Dark Gods or be slotted into a Black Legion Kill Team?

Yes. Keywords aren't the same as faction keywords.

Your team must have a faction keyword in common in order to be battleforged and get access to tactics. Your faction keyword also determines what faction specific tactics you get access to.

Yeah... GW needs to think about re using words that might make things confusing..
When I started playing Kill team I thought Keywords where the same thing.
Just call faction keyword... Faction.. that's it and key words being everything linked to it.

In WarCry they use icons that almost look the same then shrink them down real small on the player cards..

The thing is - faction keywords are also keywords.

If something has an effect on heretic astartes then it works whether that's in your keywords or faction keywords.

So they are all keywords and they're all used for most things but you use only faction keywords for a couple of specific pre-game purposes.