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Just saw that new FAQs for the armies and the rulebook are up, thought I'd share it :

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?categoryId=1000018&pIndex=1&aId=3000006&multiPageMode=true&start=2

And lo and behold Abbadon can join units with a Mark of Chaos.

And the Helldrake can turn it's head, nice

Q: Blessings are manifested ‘at the start of the Psyker’s Movement
phase’ – does this mean they happen simultaneously with Reserves
rolls, Outflanking rolls etc and if so which is resolved first? (p68)
A: They do occur simultaneously – as such, the player whose
turn it is decides in what order these things occur as per
page 9 of the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook.

Hellooooooo casting blessing when coming in from reserves!

I can't see them - workblocked.

Are there any eldar changes?

THere are also some laughable answers for Fantasy no one ever asked O_o

Eldar changes:

Q: The Farseer Psychic Powers rules state that they do not require the
Eldar Psyker to have line of sight to the target. Does this mean that they
can be used by an Eldar psyker embarked on a Transport? (p28)
A: No.

Page 99 – Noise Marines, Options.
Change the third bullet point to “One Noise Marine may
replace his boltgun with a blastmaster at 30 pts/model. If the
squad numbers ten or more models, an additional Noise
Marine may replace his boltgun with a blastmaster at 30
pts/model..”
'
BOOOM!

Q: Do models nominated as Plague Zombies from Codex: Chaos Space
Marines count as followers of Nurgle for the purposes of Epidemius’
Tally of Pestilence? (p52)
A: No.

Tau Change:

Q: If Seeker Missiles are fired at a Zooming Flyer or Swooping Flying Monstrous Creature, what To Hit roll do they require? (p31)
A: 6+

Good to see they answered this (though I disapprove of the answer)....

Q: Does Abaddon the Despoiler’s Mark of Chaos Ascendant prevent
him from joining friendly units chosen from Codex: Chaos Space
Marines that have a Mark of Chaos ? (p57)
A: No.

It is a good day.

Thanks

Still no word on phoenix lord usr's affecting squads. Grrr.

I don't get the tau changes. Great! Now to hit flyers with seekers, we need a 6+ for the marker light and the missile. What a pointless change.

Hmmmmm Noise Marines now get the option of taking a Blastmaster in a 5 man squad, and another at 10 or more, rather than 1 for every 10. Too bad they didn't drop their point cost any :/

The Heldrake's ranged weapon is counted as a turret now, but does that include the Baleflamer?

Great, literally right after I printed the bloody things.

Seraphicus from DV is a special character of the DA codex?

edit. Vindicare bypasses Look out, Sir. Ouch.

Backfire wrote:
Seraphicus from DV is a special character of the DA codex?

I know, right? They are like 'should have got onto that special edition while you had a chance guys'

Woohoo, BS and WS 5 on Templar VenDreads... Oh well, it's a buff.

You'll have to change your sig walrus.....

 motyak wrote:
You'll have to change your sig walrus.....

Guess I do!

Assassin smassassing:

"Q: If a unit with the Brotherhood of Psykers special rule, a unit of
Inquisitorial Henchmen with one or more Psykers in it, or any other
similar unit containing multiple Psykers is within 12” of a Culexus
Assassin, does the presence of that unit add +1 to the Animus
Speculum’s Assault value or +1 for each Psychic model present in the
unit? (p53)"
A: Such a unit contributes +1 to the Animus Speculum’s assault
value no matter how many Psykers it consist of, unless those
Psykers have the Independent Character special rule in which
case each such Psyker contributes a +1.

"Q: Does the Vindicare Assassin’s Deadshot special rule supersede the
Look Out, Sir special rule for the purposes of Wound allocation,
meaning that the player who owns the Vindicare Assassin is still
allowed to allocate the wounds from its shooting even if their opponent
makes and passes a Look Out, Sir roll? (p53)"
A: Yes.

Down with Culexus and up with the Vindicares!

Helldrake's baleflamer just got even better!!
I mean, really silly better. I'm glad I have two

And noise marines are now good..... hmmm

 lunarman wrote:
Helldrake's baleflamer just got even better!!

And noise marines are now good..... hmmm

That or sales were lagging...

 lunarman wrote:
Helldrake's baleflamer just got even better!!
I mean, really silly better. I'm glad I have two

Do you mean stayed as good as before?

 Ledabot wrote:
I don't get the tau changes. Great! Now to hit flyers with seekers, we need a 6+ for the marker light and the missile. What a pointless change.

The only hope is that they'll give skyfire to the Skyray, like the entry in IA3 Taros Campaign.

That change doesn't cover Remora's though, as either the Remora's network markerlights and their seekers do have skyfire.
Or both the Tigershark and Manta and to a lesser extent the Barracuda.

Poor Air Caste...

 Malthor wrote:
Eldar changes:

Q: The Farseer Psychic Powers rules state that they do not require the
Eldar Psyker to have line of sight to the target. Does this mean that they
can be used by an Eldar psyker embarked on a Transport? (p28)
A: No.

Seriously what the hell is up with this? How can they possibly even make this ruling (that and who the hell is stupid enough to even ask this question in the first place)? The only justification I can think of is that they don't consider units inside of transports to be on the board and thus they can't cast powers, but that should be in the main FAQ since that effects EVERY PSYKER IN THE GAME. I mean Eldar (particularly Mech Eldar) have been kicked pretty hard by 6th edition, this ruling just makes things worse and makes absolutely no sense.

Looking through it there are a crazy number of major rules changes moonlighting as clarifications. That Vindicare ruling breaks the game and should really have just been a complete re-write of his rules - its essentially saying that you can allocate wounds, take LOS, then allocate wounds AGAIN.

I had to laugh at the DA FAQ, there is a full page of Errata there which is easily the most I have seen that I can remember even including edition change over type things.

GW Has enough time to change the way wounds are allocated but not make it clear i i can enfeeble multiple times? this really cheeses me off. A yes or no is all i am looking for. yet, they have the time to completely change the way wounds are allocated. GAH!!!! crap!!!

Powerguy wrote:
GK changes:

Looking through it there are a crazy number of major rules changes moonlighting as clarifications. That Vindicare ruling breaks the game and should really have just been a complete re-write of his rules - its essentially saying that you can allocate wounds, take LOS, then allocate wounds AGAIN.

Well they needed a boost...

...

 Swissivy wrote:

Powerguy wrote:
GK changes:

Looking through it there are a crazy number of major rules changes moonlighting as clarifications. That Vindicare ruling breaks the game and should really have just been a complete re-write of his rules - its essentially saying that you can allocate wounds, take LOS, then allocate wounds AGAIN.

Well they needed a boost...

...

Not arguing that, the issue is that it would have been much much easier to simply add 'wounds from the Vindicare cannot be reallocated using Look Out Sir' to the end of the Deadshot rule with an errata. This is a perfect example of why GW are terrible at writing a clean ruleset, by changing the actual rule they would have a specific exception overriding a standard rule (no using LOS overrides normal LOS rules), but instead we are left with 'you can LOS his wounds and then somehow I magically reallocate wounds back to him again'. The wording they have used results in a pointless loop actually, since you allocate the wound, LOS it, then the Vindicare uses its Deadshot rule to reallocate it (the important bit being that it is still allocating the wound), then you LOS it again and keep going in this loop until you fail it.

Still no definite answer on TH/SS CML Deathwing though, unless we already have a definite answer?