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Space Marines: Do either Teleport Homers, Locator Beacons or both work with "Gate of Infinity" (Librarian Psychic Power) ?

Also: Can "Gate of Infinity" be used to escape close combat?

Also: Can "Gate of Infinity" be used by the librarian to leave a unit?

Independent Characters: An independent character can leave a unit with his movement, can the unit also leave him (iirc disembarking from transports it can, normally (on the board) it doesn´t say)?

Trekari wrote:DA.27A.01 – Q: Can Ravenwing Bikes Turbo-Boost
during their Scout move?
A: No [RAW].
DA.27C.01 – Ravenwing Combat Squads:
Ignore the reference to “scoring units” as the definition of
a scoring unit has since been changed [clarification].

Consistency, anyone?

The Scout USR has since been changed so that Scout bikes MAY Turbo-Boost.

What justification do you have for enforcing one but not the other? You believe it is appropriate to keep a restrictive old rule, but remove a beneficial one, when both should either be thrown out as outdated, or kept in as RAW?

Along these same lines, is the FAQ going to say that Sternguard cannot be scoring because "the definition of a scoring unit has since been changed"? If not, why are the special rules of one codex able to make a normally non-scoring unit into a scoring unit and the special rules of another codex do not do so?

I posted this same series of questions as a topic, but would like an official ruling for upcoming FAQ's:

Are monoliths allowed to fire their particle whip while entering from deep strike? If not can it be used to teleport troops?

The rules state that vehicles deep striking count as having moved at cruising speed, but the codex states the particle whip may be fired even if the monolith moves. This was written before the fifth edition rules obviously. Which rule takes precedence? As for teleporting troops I feel as though if a squad can normally disembark after deep striking, then a monolith should be able to bring troops in as both reserves entering play from a monolith portal and when teleporting a unit within 18".

Also, I was wondering if the 'having moved at cruising speed' portion of the deep strike rules relates only to shooting or are sed vehicles also hit on 6's in the enemy's assault phase?

Might not be too much of a question, but...

...in the BRB, during pile-ins, after checking if the distance between both units' models is greater than 12" and finding that it is so, then commencing to do pile-ins for both units...who gets to move his unit first? Though we can estimate that the player whose turn it currently goes first, it actually doesn't say this.

I'm sorry if I happen to have missed relevant discussions/rules about this relatively minor issue.

yakface wrote:


TAU
Do XV-8s that take a markerlight drone get to move and fire the markerlight? The new rulebook gives jet pack units the relentless rule, but the Tau Codex explicitly states XV-8s can never move and fire heavy weapons (p. 27 IIRC I don't have Codex handy). Interestingly, the stealth suit entry doesn't explicitly prohibit the move and fire heavy weapons. As I read it then rulebook's gift of relentless works for them, but not XV-8s.

I'm pretty sure they still can move and fire, the drones count as moving as the squad they are attached to, so they would move as jetpack, making them relentless, only the battlesuit is restricted to not fire heavy weapons and moving. The battlesuit still counts as jetpack, but it is overridden by the specific rules, but the drones arent

I'm pretty sure thats the way it works

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Question for Orks that seems to not be resolved satisfactorily:

Can Ork trukks equipped with a boarding plank execute an assault against a Dreadnought or other walker with a weapon skill.

The description and rules seem to imply that an embarked ork gets free attacks against the dread and doesn't get attacked back because the attacks back would break the rules. Some sort of clarification would be nice.

@Yakface- questions from this thread:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/235909.page

1)Are broadsides equipped with A.S.S. limited to only team leaders taking drones or can the whole unit?

2)By RAW are the broadsides even allowed to take the A.S.S.

3)Do crisis suits have to buy drone controllers in order to but drones? This is a RAW problem.

4)RAW suggests that any battlesuit that can take weapons or support systems would be allowed to take from the wargear list, also.(This comes from the third sentence in the lead paragraph of the Battlesuit Armoury entry.)

Thank you for any help or clarification and sorry if this is threadromancy.

Do Thunderfire cannons count as Infantry for purposes of cover saves or Vehicles?

Do Sternguard get their special ammo with Bolt pistols, Storm Bolters and Heavy Bolters(GW rules has said yes before apparently)

Jaidon wrote:Do Thunderfire cannons count as Infantry for purposes of cover saves or Vehicles?

Do Sternguard get their special ammo with Bolt pistols, Storm Bolters and Heavy Bolters(GW rules has said yes before apparently)

P.55 BRB Says that the Weapon is treated like a Vehicle. So it would follow the Vehicle rules for cover.

C:SM says that you replace the Boltgun profile with the special ammo type profile. Since neither Bolt Pistol or Storm Bolter have a Boltguns Profile to replace, they get no benifit from the Special Ammo. As far as I know, now where has GW said otherwise. Any ruling at a GT, GW store or similar event/place does not count as such.

Marius Xerxes wrote:P.55 BRB Says that the Weapon is treated like a Vehicle. So it would follow the Vehicle rules for cover.

This is true, of course since it's in a unit with infantry models it can still gain a cover save if atleast 50% of the unit is in cover from the point of view of the firer, which the crew may satisfy quite easily.

p7 AOBR:
"ZERO-LEVEL CHARACTERISTICS
Some creatures have been given a ‘0’ for certain
characteristics, which means that they have no ability
whatsoever in that field (the same is also occasionally
represented by a ‘–’)."

p 16 AOBR:
"In their Shooting phase, units may
choose to run instead of firing, immediately moving
D6" (we find that this is a popular choice for units
that have no ranged weaponry or no target!)"

So: with no ability, and no weapon a model might not be able to run even though it makes sense to be able to. The ability is not attributed directly to infantry or walkers, rather the ability to shoot.

Editing the sentence above to read:
"we find that this is a popular choice for units
that have no ranged weaponry,BS 0, or no target!"
(although minor )will resolve this.

Edit: Parenthesis added for clarity.

Ok guys, firstly, Yakface has made a new thread for this.

Secondly @Oldgrue, I already answered your question in another thread, why bother cross posting it? Also, you admit that models with no ranged weaponry (and therefore cannot shoot) can run because they say you can, so what is your question?

And WTF does "although minor will resolve this" mean?

@Gwar -
Your position is interpretive and cites only opinion against conflicting source info.
As for the bad grammar, I have only my inattention in school to blame for this. Parentheses added for clarity.

I'm locking this thread as any further questions (that aren't already in the INAT FAQ) should be posted to the new sticky thread at the top of the forum.