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Space Marine power armor= 2+ save according to this.
Not saying wtf, but wtf.

Opponent chooses who leads? Ok that and Tactical Gambit just sounds really dippy to me.

"Ha! Your Company Commander just died. Now Mr. Lasgunner leads your Command Squad."
"But I have a Commissar in that unit! And a Fleet Commander!"
"Nope. Mr. Lasgunner is now in charge."
"Fine whatever. You bid so high that I've got 8 million SP's to spend on all sorts of crap..."

Here you go, H.B.M.C., new Squadron rules:

Leaked Text wrote:

The crews of a squadron help each other to fix
superficial damage. Whenever a vehicle in a
squadron suffers a Crew - Shaken, Crew - Stunned
or Damaged - Immobilised result, roll a D6 and
add +1 for each vehicle in the squadron after the
first to the roll. If the result is a 5 or more, the
damage is ignored. On any other result, the
whole squadron suffers the result. An unmodified
roll of 1 is always a failure. If the squadron
consists of only one vehicle, it cannot use this
ability, obviously. Protective wargear and abilities
cannot prevent the other vehicles from being
affected. To keep things as easy as possible, the
roll is made directly after the damage from the
shooting or attacking unit has been completely
resolved.

I'm liking what I'm reading. There are some real improvements here.

Now all they have to do is give Imperial Guard sergeants their lasguns back (and option to take Bolters) and I'll be a happy man.

Are Tau in the codex update part perhaps?

Mar'tacus wrote:Are Tau in the codex update part perhaps?

Yep. Some nice changes especially with the railgun rules.

Sounds like some serious changes if at all accurate. Would love to download it, but will save my sanity in case it is all fake.

Happy to read what folks are putting in here mind.

Hah!

"Note: Vehicle drivers, gunners and other crew are
considered killed if their vehicle is destroyed
(either result). We recommend the Warhammer
40,000 Vehicle Damage Dice to keep track of the
the various damage results."

Uncle GW sez: buy our stuff

This alone makes me believe that this is real. Either that, or the hoaxer both spent a lot of time (and earned my time reading this) and they have a great sense of sardonic humor.

Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:Sounds like some serious changes if at all accurate. Would love to download it, but will save my sanity in case it is all fake.

Well, it's a lot of stuff and it's rather well-made. If someone spent this much time, they, at worst, earned some of your time.
Ultimately, if this is a hoax, the hoaxer is the loser here for both spending so much time on a fanbook and making a fanbook better than what GW will inevitably release.

I'm kind of floored by these rules. I may dust off my nids after all.

SoI

Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:Would love to download it, but will save my sanity in case it is all fake.

Don't do it. I'm already regretting it.

agnosto wrote:

Mar'tacus wrote:Are Tau in the codex update part perhaps?

Yep. Some nice changes especially with the railgun rules.

I saw someone posted that. Seems pretty cool.

I wonder how Broadsides will work then? If they benefit from this a lot, then I may be getting some instead of the full mech I run with my Hammerheads

So do we start taking bets on how long it'll be until Blackmoor starts posting BatReps with these rules?

Running just doubles your 'Move' rate. So, normal Infantry have a 'Move' of 6 and a run of 12. However:

Leaked Text wrote:

FLEET
Movement special rule

There are many variants of this rule: Fleet of Foot,
Fleet of Claw, even Fleet of Hoof. Title aside, units
with this ability add 2” to the Move value of their
unit type. For example, infantry with Fleet can
move 8” during a Combat move and run 16”.

I am throwing my hat in the ring, I think this was/is a playtest copy that GW made. Judging by the mid May date on the file it may be a little different but I can see most of this showing up.

To to bed, /tg/!

Or, y'know, not...

H.B.M.C. wrote:So do we start taking bets on how long it'll be until Blackmoor starts posting BatReps with these rules?

Sure. Whaddya say, 8 strategic points?

If GW wanted to be spiteful, they could throw in a few bandaid patches into 5th edition, release it as 6th edition, just to annoy people who like this.

Ha! FNP fails on a AP1, AP2 and AP3 weapons, and weapons that cause Instant Death.

The new wound allocation rules should make all non-ork players happy...

"Alpha Strike" attack option at INT10 is interesting...

Mar'tacus wrote:

agnosto wrote:

Mar'tacus wrote:Are Tau in the codex update part perhaps?

Yep. Some nice changes especially with the railgun rules.

I saw someone posted that. Seems pretty cool.

I wonder how Broadsides will work then? If they benefit from this a lot, then I may be getting some instead of the full mech I run with my Hammerheads

Well considering the Multi-Tracker would convey the Multi-Targeting(2) rule on the equipped model, you'd be able to fire your twin-linked railgun 4 times if you didn't move the previous turn...

Instant Death has a rubric - it doesn't just statically remove 1 extra wound.

If the strength of the weapon is 4 higher than the model, the model loses 1 extra wound. 5 higher, the model loses 2 extra wounds.

Looks pretty legit to me actually. Nice change to sweeping advance for necrons. Puts them on par with everyone else and only makes it easy for the enemy to get away from lower initiative units.

agnosto wrote:

Mar'tacus wrote:

agnosto wrote:

Mar'tacus wrote:Are Tau in the codex update part perhaps?

Yep. Some nice changes especially with the railgun rules.

I saw someone posted that. Seems pretty cool.

I wonder how Broadsides will work then? If they benefit from this a lot, then I may be getting some instead of the full mech I run with my Hammerheads

Well considering the Multi-Tracker would convey the Multi-Targeting(2) rule on the equipped model, you'd be able to fire your twin-linked railgun 4 times if you didn't move the previous turn...

Sweet Jesus, I'm getting some then. Prolly springing for Forgeworld even...

I need a unit of them anyway, even if this is fake.

NecronLord3 wrote:Looks pretty legit to me actually. Nice change to sweeping advance for necrons. Puts them on par with everyone else and only makes it easy for the enemy to get away from lower initiative units.

Ork rokkits still AP3 yet marine power armour went to 2+ We might as will use them as clubs now...

live blogging this as we read it on

www.frontlinegaming.org

and

Blood of Kittens!

CajunMan wrote:Surrounded
If a single model of the unit is within 12” of an
enemy model that is not locked in combat at the
end of its own Movement phase, the whole unit is
destroyed.


Whoa. Bye Bye low leadership.

Yeah, but you're not destroyed until the end of your movement phase. So, if you break in the assault phase and you run, you won't test to be destroyed until the end of your following movement phase. And since 'Run' is a move action now (and not a shooting action), a normal infantry unit would be able to run 12" away.

CT GAMER wrote:

NecronLord3 wrote:Looks pretty legit to me actually. Nice change to sweeping advance for necrons. Puts them on par with everyone else and only makes it easy for the enemy to get away from lower initiative units.

Ork rokkits still AP3 yet marine power armour went to 2+ We might as will use them as clubs now...

What, you don't already?

CT GAMER wrote:

NecronLord3 wrote:Looks pretty legit to me actually. Nice change to sweeping advance for necrons. Puts them on par with everyone else and only makes it easy for the enemy to get away from lower initiative units.

Ork rokkits still AP3 yet marine power armour went to 2+ We might as will use them as clubs now...

*gasp*

The plot (armor) thickens!

Maybe they'll stop beating around the bush and release a new chapter called the Mary Sues...codex by Ward, of course.

Aren't these the same 'leaks' that came out last time, just in a doc file this time?

pretre wrote:Aren't these the same 'leaks' that came out last time, just in a doc file this time?

But...it's a pdf...