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This might be obvious to everyone, but there’s people who play this differently so I’d like to get a clarification. To my knowledge no FAQs or Erratas answer this question (possibly because it’s perceived as unambiguous).

So my question is, which of the following is correct:

Chaplain player rolls a 3+, if succeeded, the litany Catechism of Fire is inspiring and takes effect until the end of the battle round.

1) Player immediately after rolling 3+ chooses one of his units within 6” of the Chaplain. Later in his movement phase the unit can move anywhere it can and regardless of position will get +1 to wound against the nearest target with ranged attacks.

2) Player chooses a unit within 6” in the phase relevant to the litany, in this case the shooting phase. The shooting unit needs to be within 6” of the Chaplain to benefit from +1 to wound against the nearest target.

Of course, this is significant. 1 allows units like flyers or Centurions going on ambush to be launched from the Chaplain with a number or active litanies to the other side of the table. 1 also makes it impossible to give these two litanies to a unit arriving from deep strike in the movement phase.

Thank you.

It's clear from the wording of the litany. You choose it at the time you chant it, at which point the target must be within 6". After that point the range is insignificant, the unit will continue to get the benefit.

Note it is entirely dependent on the wording of the individual litanies.

It all depends on the wording of the individual litany. Gotta love bespoke rules, so much simpler!

Don't Litanies happen at the start of the battle round and reinforcements arrive at the end of the movement phase? So there'd be no way to give either Litany to a unit arriving from deep strike.

Aspecti wrote:
Don't Litanies happen at the start of the battle round and reinforcements arrive at the end of the movement phase? So there'd be no way to give either Litany to a unit arriving from deep strike.

Correct that litanies are chanted at the start of the battleround, and therefore correct that if it requires a target then you cannot target a unit that hasn't arrived yet. Catechism of Fire cannot benefit a unit arriving from Deep Strike that same round.

However note that some other litanies are aura abilities that will affect units that later get into range, including those arriving from Deep Strike.