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I was reading about a pod list in another thread, and his entire army was in reserves. Between the flyers and the pods that is. Is that legal? I was under the impression that 50% of your army had to be on the field. A page number or explanation would be awesome! TY!

BRB and FAQ got this covered, its under reserves. Units which MUST start in reserve are exempt from the restriction. So are units they are transporting, as per FAQ.

I don't have the page to cite since I'm at work, but anything in a transport that has to start in reserves does not count towards your amount of models in reserve. IE if everyone is in pods and flyers then you don't have to follow the 50% rule because none of them count toward it. You can also make all storm raven lists that lose turn 1 because they can't come on it's hilarious.

if your dedicated transport must start off the board (aka droppod and stormraven) the transport and the unit inside the transport do not count
ninjaed -_-

O wow. My Dual wing may have just shifted dramatically, thank you very much guys.

The reserves rules tell you to ignore everything that must start in reserves when working out the "50%": BRB Page 124 Reserves - Preparing Reserves

Linky for the FAQ mentioned by Drager (which expands the BRB definition to include things inside things that must start in reserves): http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m3440036a_40K_RULEBOOK_v1.5_September_13.pdf

Q: Do units that are transported in a vehicle that MUST start in reserve count towards the number of units that can be placed in Reserves? For example, must I count the units in a Drop Pod or Valkyrie towards the 50% of units I can place in Reserves? (p124)
A: No.

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Skal098 wrote:
O wow. My Dual wing may have just shifted dramatically, thank you very much guys.

Note - Deathwing arriving by Deathwing Assault DO count towards the limit.
http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m3180051a_Dark_Angels_v1.1A_APRIL13.pdf

Q: Do units deploying via the Deathwing Assault special rule count toward the limit of units you are allowed to keep in Reserves at the start of a battle? (p44)
A: Yes.

Yeah i figured, im running a partial pod, Ravenwing list, kind of a hammer and anvil sort of thing.

odin wrote:
if your dedicated transport must start off the board (aka droppod and stormraven) the transport and the unit inside the transport do not count
ninjaed -_-

It doesn't have to be a dedicated transport. The rules apply to any transport that must start in reserve.