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If an Independent Character disembarks from a transport, is he forced to stay with the unit he's attached to?

Let's say I have a Chaos Lord in a Land Raider with 9 CSMs. The entire unit disembarks. Is the Chaos Lord necessarily still attached to the unit? Can I just move him out of unit coherency to make him independent again?

an IC is only joined to a unit if he is within 2" of it at the end of the movement phase.


Therefor, if he moves one way and the squad moves another...........

The helpful answer is no, he doesn't have to stay attached to the unit. When everyone gets out, the IC can separate, so long as he ends his move more than 2" away from the rest of the unit. They can even get out separately, if they desire.

When 6e first dropped, this was an issue with a few people I played. I had to find the place in the rules where it clearly states that you are allowed to do this. Check the IC rules and the DT rules.

This seriously changed the way I run my lists. (Since now Vulkan can just bail out of the side of the Land Raider to go all Weed-Whacker on some unsuspecting troops units while the assault termies continue on their homicidal way...)

You could do it in fifth as well...

But you can't do it the turn you come in from reserves.... (Not sure if you can do it turn 1....)

coredump wrote:
But you can't do it the turn you come in from reserves.... (Not sure if you can do it turn 1....)

Why cant you Disembark an Independent Character the turn you arrive?

I don't see anything that says you can't. and we already have permission to disembark. I see something that says an IC can not leave a unit the turn it arrives, but nothing about a unit banned from disembarking. (Or were you talking about an IC disembarking and leaving a unit in that case of course, since leaving a unit is not allowed on the turn you arrive from reserve).

 DeathReaper wrote:

coredump wrote:
But you can't do it the turn you come in from reserves.... (Not sure if you can do it turn 1....)

Why cant you Disembark an Independent Character the turn you arrive?

I don't see anything that says you can't. and we already have permission to disembark. I see something that says an IC can not leave a unit the turn it arrives, but nothing about a unit banned from disembarking. (Or were you talking about an IC disembarking and leaving a unit in that case of course, since leaving a unit is not allowed on the turn you arrive from reserve).

I think coredump is meaning Assault out the side arriving fro reserve.

Huh.... perhaps I am having a flashback to 5E rules.

I distinctly remember an FAQ saying that if an IC arrived from reserves joined to another unit, it could not leave that unit the turn it arrives.

I can't find that now... I assume it was from the 5E FAQ??

From the Warhammer 40,000 FAQ v1.0, dated February 25th, 2010:

Q: If an Independent Character is joined to a unit that is outflanking, when can he leave the unit? (p94)

A: If an independent character is arriving from reserve together with a unit, whether it is outflanking or not, he cannot leave the unit during the turn it arrives. He can, of course, leave it as normal from the following turn.

That's probably what you were thinking of.

Wow.... 4 years ago... I must be getting old.

And it's part of the main rules now, page 124, Arrival From Reserves.
ICs cannot choose to leave a unit the turn the unit they are attached to arrives from reserves.

 don_mondo wrote:
And it's part of the main rules now, page 124, Arrival From Reserves.
ICs cannot choose to leave a unit the turn the unit they are attached to arrives from reserves.

Thank You! I was sure that was the rule... but sure couldn't find it.