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My understanding/questions that need clarification: (Like many, my dedication to this game isn't to the point where I remember all of the places rules are etc, so I fear I have missed things)
1: In matched (points) play, I pay for the units of daemonettes I hope to summon from my point total as per the BRB FAQ under reinforcements (summoning creates a new unit as I read it). My confusion is really around the summoning rules listing only power level.
A: I pay the points, but keep a Power Level number as that is how they are summoned? or...
B: I pay the points and they can be deployed as a regular part of my army? (I have not found a rule saying they must be summoned, but I do miss things) or...
C: Some combination of the two, both or neither...

If someone could run through several examples of how daemonettes are bought and brought into a battle, I would really appreciate it.

2: I am running Emperor's Children. All have the keyword Slaanesh, and therefore can be stuck in the same detachment together. According to the big FAQ Slaanesh is not one of the keywords omitted from army wide use. Correct?

Here's how it works:

1) Set aside points for summoning at the start of the game. That's the reserve points.

2) Roll the dice to summon. That gives you a number. You can summon units up to that power level.

3) Subtract the cost of the unit - in points - from your reserve points. Then put the unit on the table.

This is one of those weird mechanics where points and power level are included.

With regard to the second question, summoned units are not part of a detachment. You are correct, Slaanesh is not an omitted keyword.

edwardmyst wrote:
2: I am running Emperor's Children. All have the keyword Slaanesh, and therefore can be stuck in the same detachment together.

You would lose out on bonuses if they were in the same detachment so it would be better to have a detachment of Emperor's Children and a separate detachment for any daemons of Slaanesh that start on the board. Summoned daemons do not belong to any detachment so their allegience is irrelevant.

1. If you roll a 4+ with your summoning roll you can summon a unit of 1-10 models. If you want to summon a unit with 11-19 models you must roll 8+. A roll of 12+ is required for 21-30 models. Each model costs 6 pts. from your reinforcements pool. You then set up the new unit within 12" of the character who summoned it, and more than 9" away from any enemy model.

2. Yes, you can use SLAANESH as a common keyword for a detachment, but you dont get any legion trait, and you dont any get daemonic loci.

Okay, thanks I appreciate the time. Think I have it down.

I did not see any comments refuting that daemonette's can start on the table if I wish in a matched play game, so going with that as well.

To be 100% clear, you can purchase a unit of Daemonettes to be part of your army. If your army is Battle-Forged, they must be placed in a legal detachment for the type of play (Open, Narrative, Matched) of your game. Such a unit must be deployed at the beginning of the game unless you use a special rule to place them somewhere else.

In Matched Play, that means they need to either be in a Daemon Faction or Slaaneesh Faction Detachment per their faction keywords since you are barred from building a Chaos detachment.

edwardmyst wrote:
2: I am running Emperor's Children. All have the keyword Slaanesh, and therefore can be stuck in the same detachment together. According to the big FAQ Slaanesh is not one of the keywords omitted from army wide use. Correct?

FWIW, Summoned units are not part of any detachment.

edwardmyst wrote:
Okay, thanks I appreciate the time. Think I have it down.

I did not see any comments refuting that daemonette's can start on the table if I wish in a matched play game, so going with that as well.

If you purchased a unit of Daemonettes to be part of your army in a suitable detachment, you must set them up as normal. A unit purchased as part of your roster in this way cannot be summoned during the game; it must be set up with your army (or in the Warp using the Denizens of the Warp stratagem, if using a DAEMON detachment).

If you don't have the daemons in a detachment but have instead put aside reinforcement points with the intention to summon some during the game, you cannot just set them up with your army before the game; they can only be summoned using the Daemonic Ritual rule during the game. This is because there is no rule allowing you to spend reinforcement points on daemons in any way other than using the Daemonic Ritual rule, which can only be used during the movement phase.

 Cheex wrote:
This is because there is no rule allowing you to spend reinforcement points on daemons in any way other than using the Daemonic Ritual rule, which can only be used during the movement phase.

A master of possession can summon in the psychic phase with incursion.

 p5freak wrote:

 Cheex wrote:
This is because there is no rule allowing you to spend reinforcement points on daemons in any way other than using the Daemonic Ritual rule, which can only be used during the movement phase.

A master of possession can summon in the psychic phase with incursion.

I knew someone would find an exception I wasn't considering

@Cheex: Thanks! That was a clear explanation and I appreciate it. Now I understand the difference. No one in my group has purchased the daemon book itself so obviously we were missing those rules.

edwardmyst wrote:
@Cheex: Thanks! That was a clear explanation and I appreciate it. Now I understand the difference. No one in my group has purchased the daemon book itself so obviously we were missing those rules.

If you are interested in bringing Daemons in any significant number, you'll be much better off bringing a Daemon detachment rather than summoning. Bring a Battalion to earn some CP, and use some of that CP to teleport some of the units using Denizens. No rolling for power level, no forcing a character to stand still.

Sure, you lose a bit of the flexibility summoning has, but that is only relevant if you have the collection to take advantage of it. And even then, the use cases for most of the different units are very slim.

Again, really appreciate the information and discussion. Stux, I'm with you. It'll depend on how many daemons I end up painting I guess.