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 N.I.B. wrote:

A Mawloc making use of Terror from the Deep cannot choose to Deep Strike onto an ongoing close combat initially. If the Mawloc happens to scatter into a combat, models will be affected as normal

Hmm. Reasoning behind this one?

And what about Tyrannocyte shooting?

This looks like a leftover from a previous edition. This will most likely be updated in the next draft release.

Last year weren't Thunderwolves S10? Why the reversal?

An IC on a Chariot loses his IC status.

I think this one can go; the CCB is a separate choice from the Overlord and the Demon ones have already been GW errata'd.

Chaos / Chaos Daemon units that obtain the Primaris power from their chosen discipline for
free may still gain the Primaris from another discipline due to Psychic Focus if they only
GENERATE powers from that specific tree during psychic power generation.

I still don't get this one. Not sure why they'd get to keep their primaris after they get Chaos Psychic Focus. P58, Psychic Focus:

“If during the course of the game, that Psyker gains a psychic power from a different psychic discipline, he immediately loses Psychic Focus (and the associated primaris power).”

Excerpt From: Games Workshop Ltd. “Warhammer 40,000.” iBooks.

chipstar1 wrote:

 N.I.B. wrote:

A Mawloc making use of Terror from the Deep cannot choose to Deep Strike onto an ongoing close combat initially.

Hmm. Reasoning behind this one?

This looks like a leftover from a previous edition. This will most likely be updated in the next draft release.

Why (except that it's wrong)? The Mawloc wording hasn't changed from the last two codices, IIRC.

FWIW that ruling is gone from the final version already. Was a good catch, imo.

Ok. What about the Tyrannocyte shooting? The ITC enforced a rather controversial vehicle ruling, regarding LOS.

We are not making them into half vehicles. We did add a clarification due to the IC ruling creating a lot of questions about it.

Sounds good, I couldn't find anything about the Tyrannocyte in the FAQ link above.

While NOVA is too far away for me to participate on, the FAQ is being used at tournaments closer to home too, so I'll allow myself to make a few comments and enquiries:

Inquisitor Lord Hector Rex is included in the latest Siege of Vraks book, making these rules the most updated and valid ones. His faction and available psychic disciplines are listed there, so the section on him can be removed to avoid confusion.

Hell Blade/Talon's Baleful Aberration: Your FAQ says that it doesn't have to be moved the full distance rolled, but when I contacted ForgeWorld about this they said:

"The Hellblade and Helltalon must move the full distance rolled if possible. If this is not possible then move the model as far are you are able." (quoting email) - Not a big deal but I just figured you might want to know.

Are the various vehicle upgrades from IA.13 allowed? (Legacies of Ruin) If so, could you specify how the Death of Kasyr Lutien works?*

Are Renegades & Heretics from IA:13 allowed at NOVA? If not, I understand why they are not in the FAQ, but if they are allowed there are a couple of things that could be cleared up. (Random ld and psychic shriek, Salamander vehicles having BS3 in the statline but having an upgrade to give them bs3, meaning the statline is a misprint etc.).

*For what its worth FW says

"The Death of Kasyr Lutien Relic grants a re-roll per hull Point remaining to every friendly Psyker within the specified range"

40K Draft Primer Updated

Newly updated missions, inclusive of a suggested Playtest and Feedback mission amendment.

Highlights of the Mission Changes include removing the overly complex Comparative Missions from 2014, and simplifying Secondary Selection to a static pool of Secondary Choices that remain the same for every round (as opposed to having to study and analyze a new set of Secondaries every round).

Additionally, army construction updates are inclusive within (though not substantially or meaningfully changed from that most recently posted here).

http://www.novaopen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015-40K-GT-Invitational-Draft-Primer.pdf

Please note: if you opened this recently on chrome/etc., you might want to refresh. If there is a large red font paragraph explaining the dated nature of the missions, you're looking at an old doc and need to hit the refresh button.

We have also made updates to the FAQ already, but will withhold from constant updates until we do a comprehensive one on April 1. At that point, the FAQ should be finalized until new releases force new FAQ answers between now and the usual 30 day window for the GT.

Please continue to provide feedback, especially on the Missions.

Soooo mike, I was thinking would it be maybe possibly kind sortve ok if I come? I don't want to impose but it would mean so much I me if you allow me to attend this year!

<3 brown

I suppose I'll allow it. But you need to bring me a gift of some sort for missing last year.

Question regarding USR section, for Infiltrate.

Reads: Units or models with the Infiltrate special rule, including those that receive it from a Warlord trait, must infiltrate, and therefore cannot assault on turn one.

What about models like a Lictor, who have both the Infiltrate & Deep Strike USR's. Would the Lictor be restricted to arriving via Infiltrate in this circumstance?

That's in reference to them being set up last. You are still allowed to go into reserves even with infiltrate.

Brad's got it right with his response here.

Yet can a independent character with Deep Strike join a unit with infiltrate in Deep Strike Reserve?

Lol was looking at the 6th edition FAQ!!

There's one thing about the Narrative Supplements I'd like to request. Instead of the Supplement applying only to your Primary Detachment, can it apply to all Detachments with the same Faction as your Primary Detachment?

For example, Jawaballs built this list using two Flesh Tearers detachments:

2 of these:
Priest
3 squads of snipers x5 with cloaks
6 assault squads x5 with melta x2 in Rhinos

The Rhinos in the Primary Detachment will have IWND and BS3, along with other things.

It's kind of weird to build lists and know that some of the models have one set of rules but identical models in a separate detachment have another. Honestly, I'd like to see Narrative Supplements apply to ALL of your detachments, but I don't know if that could be on the table.

We are discussing that, should be about right. Supplements wool be updated soon ish.

Some registration updates ...

40k is starting to fill up on the GT front

On the Narrative front, things are getting very tight, to wit:
There are only 9 spots left in the Warlords GT level Narrative event for players wishing to be on the side of the Virtue.

There are only 11 spots left in the Warlords GT level Narrative event for players wishing to be on the side of Humanity.

Nightfighters has a little more room, but not much, and is balanced pretty perfectly between Virtue and Human spots remaining.

There are over 40 people signed up to play in the Narrative as a whole already.

On X-Wing:
We're probably going to open up X-Wing's Narrative by doubling the room available. That said, this almost means nothing for new registrations, as the wait list was already nearly double. If you are interested in playing in the X-Wing Narrative event (Which can be done alongside the Championship), the Rebel wait list is at 10 and Imperial wait list is at 11 ... we're only opening 12 more spots for each.

The Championships are nearly sold out ... we're hoping we can double them down to 128 spots, but that isn't guaranteed. Snag 'em while you can.

The Hunger games had a total of 96 spots available, which is down to 8. 3 spots in Hunger Games 4, 5 spots in Hunger Games 2.

WM/H is also spiking up ... we cannot make more room than the 64 spots we have for most individual events.

We're down to only about 100 early access CAPs left, which are the ones that guarantee the fullest and swankiest swag bags. Don't tarry!

We've added another parallel / separate-but-equal track to the 40K GT ... to wit:

So, one of the things that makes the NOVA's 40K GT format unique is its refusal to cater to only one player type.

To expound, most formats choose to sacrifice their preference for one personality or player type in favor of another, seeking the most popular compromise. NOVA's GT format does the opposite - it expands and adds parallels within the format to address a broader range of players instead of what we deem to be the broadest single type of likely attendees.

To wit, here's how it works:

W/L track - The NOVA GT is 8 rounds in total. After 4 rounds, players are broken into 16-player sub-brackets and their records "effectively" reset for purposes of the TC track. The 16 players in the top bracket compete for the highest W/L award, with the 4-0 person in Bracket 1 earning it. That said, awards are given to the 4-0 finisher in *each* sub-bracket, all the way down to the bracket populated by those who started 0-4. The purpose here is to give a margin-agnostic award to players who perform the best among their competitive and list peers throughout the event in a simple head-to-head, win or lose category. By re-bracketing, we also allow players who brought softer lists or are more laid back about their game to apply tactics relevant to their level of involvement / interest in the game.

Battle Point track - The NOVA started off very "anti Battle Points." That said, lots of people LIKE BP events. So, it took us a few years, but we realized something we wish every event would realize - you don't have to choose between W/L and BP! Players earn BP in their games toward determining a winner or loser on the W/L track. They also earn these BP toward determining placement in our Battlemaster track. Battlemaster is w/l agnostic, harkening back to the more traditional BP-based generalship awards. Furthermore, Battlemaster allows for ties - in the w/l track, ties on score are broken by a series of tiebreakers. These aren't necessary in the Battlemaster Track; you'll still record them for purposes of W/L, but they're irrelevant for purposes of Battlemaster.

Overall Track - While lots of people really enjoy 8-round GTs that determine a single undefeated winner, that's not representative of EVERYONE, just like Battlemaster. Once again, something we wish more events would realize, we came to the conclusion some time ago that you don't need to pick one or the other in your format. In addition to tracking W/L and BP, the NOVA also awards appearance scores. Our Renaissance Man is the Best Overall player in the traditional GT sense ... and, to reinforce that point, it's a score based 50% upon your artistic score and 50% upon your competitive score ... and it also resolves itself after 6 rounds and 2 laid-back 3-round days of play. Ipso facto, it feels a little more relaxed and like the GW GTs of old if what floats your boat most is playing your best while fielding a truly gorgeous work of art of an army.

AND A NEW TRACK

So you get by now that the NOVA's format is preference-agnostic. We've figured out a way to emphasize the many different styles of grand tournament without forcing people to only play "our way or the highway." But we aren't fully there yet ... because we're still missing the fluff-forward / comp-centric style of play.

Like most organizers do with most of the other formats above, there's a certain thought process off the bat where you figure you can't possibly fit something like narrative or thematic army valuation into a competitive w/l type format. But ... if you actually think about it ... you can. You simply need to establish how it's scored, then track it.

So we don't have a name yet for it, or anything beyond notional percentages, but this year we'll be adding a fifth awards track (to say fifth, I'm including artistic score as the fourth not listed above - the NOVA's artistic track is the painting/conversion/theme side of the coin, whose other side is the W/L track). This track will establish a series of guidelines toward establishing a more thematically coherent and unit-diverse army with which to play. Players whose armies pass established metrics for fluff/composition/theme will become eligible for tracking within this new awards path, which will then evaluate their final position along primarily competitive (but also somewhat along artistic) lines. The goal here is to both acknowledge those who choose to field more thematic armies and also provide a mechanism for players to show off their tactical acumen while playing these forces. This blends very well in with the NOVA's bracketing system, as players who choose this course of play will naturally find their way to brackets with similar combined list/skill-strength players, thus enabling the opportunity to earn strong competitive scores *even if* the harder armies present in the GT issue them a loss here and there.

Input is welcome here, as far as what directions we should go - this concept is very much a work in progress, but it's a work in progress we'll see through to conclusion and inclusion in this year's Warhammer 40,000 Grand Tournament as part and parcel toward continuing its annual improvement attempts toward being the best format available for as many player types and preferences as possible.

Track name suggestions:

Lore-Master
Fidelis
"Cor aut Mors" Award - (cor aut mors, translated as Heart or Death, IE (Your choice is between) The Heart (Moral Values, Duty, Loyalty) or Death (to no longer matter, to no longer be respected as person of integrity.)

Any chance the Narrative supplements will be out by the April 15th newsletter? The KR case deal ends on the 17th, and I'd like to know what I'm bringing so I can order the appropriate cases. Good cross promotion there!

Affirmative, we'll get it done.

We're also working some badass changes to the invitational.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Additionally, the 40K GT and Invitational at NOVA this year will award ITC points for Frontline Gaming's ITC. This does NOT affect the format or FAQ, but should be relevant for those who are looking to boost their score within that annual circuit!

The 40K Invitational is seeing substantial changes this year!

Check out the link for a little early info ... http://www.novaopen.com/wp-content/uploads/Invitational-Promo.pdf

In other news, the NOVA is excited to be receiving its first ever Show Minis. Sneak peak with a lot more to come in the newsletter ... these will be available *for sure* in SuperNOVA swag bags and for sale at the NOVA store. We're seeing what we can do about getting them in every swag bag (speaking of which, there are only about 50-60 swag bags left for CAP registrants!)

Is that one of the Virtue? Awesome!

Might be!

A more revealing sneak peak at the in-progress CAD work on the NOVA Open Show Miniature ...



Also, thoughts on Eldex and D
http://whiskey40k.blogspot.com/2015/04/dealing-with-el-d-ar-pre-codex-thoughts.html

MVBrandt wrote:
Might be!

A more revealing sneak peak at the in-progress CAD work on the NOVA Open Show Miniature ...



Also, thoughts on Eldex and D
http://whiskey40k.blogspot.com/2015/04/dealing-with-el-d-ar-pre-codex-thoughts.html

probably for the best on the D rulings.

Thought I still predict that eldar massed str 6 will be gamebreaking, unfun, and fill a lopsided amount of top spots. As well as de-insentvise people from wanting to bring armies like orks or khorne demonkin even more than they currently are.
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in other words, its really going to do a number o variety, and thus the whole game suffers.

D ruling sounds ok still unsure how this is going to play out for vehicles and transports for other armies even with the nerfed d units. But at least this reduces the elder alpha strike issues a bit.

Keep in mind also that we're open to feedback in general, especially once the dex releases, and we haven't settled on a ruling yet.

I think the nerf d will be ok, especially without access to the under costed wraith knight. Scatter laser overload is going to be a pain but good thing is there will be plenty of time for people to play test the new rules to see if there are any major issues.