THE NOVA 40K 2015 FAQ

INTRODUCTION

The NOVA FAQ’s primary purpose is to provide players with answers to difficult or unclear questions oriented around the rules and codices of Warhammer 40,000, and to provide players with rules and guidelines followed at the NOVA Open.

We are aware that many players and tournament organizers throughout the community may use the NOVA FAQ for other purposes, such as a form of argument justification, or for their own events. Regardless, it is not designed with consideration for these other uses. It is purely designed for the benefit of the NOVA Open staff and attendees.

The NOVA FAQ is designed to answer unclear, ambiguous questions; it is not designed to answer questions that can be easily found in the rulebook. It is intended to be kept at a length that allows players to quickly leaf through it, and enables the NOVA Open to affordably publish the document within all attendees’ Guide Books.

Be aware that GW has made it a practice of updating some digital books while not releasing Errata. The most current rules will overrule previously published rules.

SUBMITTING QUESTIONS AND ARGUMENTS FOR THE FAQ

In order to submit a question or argument for the NOVA FAQ, please include all rules quotes and page references, and submit a dispassionate argument to novaopen@gmail.com, cc’ed to mvbrandt@gmail.com.

NOVA POLICIES

CONVERTED AND COUNTS-AS MODEL POLICY

Although converted and creatively modeled miniatures may be used, you may suffer penalties as a result of how they are modeled, and may never gain a benefit:

Example – You’ve creatively modeled a greater demon twice the normal height; as a result, it would be more difficult for you to GAIN cover saves, but easier for you to DENY cover saves to your opponent / gain line of sight. In practice and by rule, you might end up being required to measure line of sight from where the actual model would be (or as close as can be approximated), yet would be drawn line of sight TO using your actual model’s full size.

Effectively, no amount of creative modeling may alter the course of play beyond what would be for a “standard” GW miniature for the unit in question, except when such alteration would incur a disadvantage for the creatively modeled unit.

Please understand we wish to encourage exceptional creativity in modeling, and even have separate awards dedicated to it; that said, we cannot permit unfair advantages of any kind for models being larger, smaller, or of a different shape and size than their unit’s official miniatures.

When in doubt, call a tournament organizer or play the model(s) in question as close as possible to the way the actual unit should appear.

In the event of units that do not currently have a Games Workshop-provided model, please consider checking with the tournament organizer with photographs and/or descriptions prior to attending, so that you have a ruling going with you into the event.

If you wish to use alternate models or scratch builds to “count as” something else, you must be extremely clear with your army list, modeling, unit differentiation, and information provision to your opponents. If a game or an opponent’s experience is negatively impacted by an extremely unclear army due to counts-as modeling, the head judge and convention organizer both maintain the right to modify your army list or remove models from play. Please note - this has only been done once over the course of 5 years of NOVA Open events, so do not consider the policy so severe or routinely applied as to discourage you from building an evocative or creative counts-as force. Simply uphold our tradition of excellence in this regard by committing to clarity with regard to the models and gear you are fielding.

ARMY LIST POLICY

While the NOVA Open does not require pre-submission of army lists, if any portion of your list is found invalid, the NOVA Open reserves the right to amend your list independent of your input, and/or to force losses upon you if errors are caught once play begins. You will be required to provide one army list during on-site registration, and one army list to each opponent.

BASING POLICY

Models must be played on the bases provided with them. In the event that two different base sizes have been provided by GW, either may be used.

Models that are only provided with Fantasy / square bases may be played on these by RAW, but should be placed on the closest approximate 40k/round base if possible.

Models may be played on scenic bases of identical size to the bases provided with them. If you have a question, ask ahead of time. As with the Converted Model Policy, any base of inappropriate size will incur any disadvantages, while ignoring any advantages, even if such advantages/disadvantages change situationally within a given game.

Skimmers must be mounted (but not necessarily glued) on the bases provided with them, save for situations where the rules allow for / require otherwise.

We recognize some skimmer bases are largely impractical for mounting your units on; if you have a different basing route you’ve gone with, simply give us a heads up ahead of time – we’ll work with you to make sure your models are both playable and stable.

JUDGE POLICY

Note that rules judges hold final say on all tournament issues. To drive home the point, it is entirely possible for them to instruct players to begin a new round within the 15 minute time window, grant a loss to someone they repeatedly catch in the act of cheating, etc. This is to ensure play with integrity, good sportsmanship, and honesty – players will not be permitted to “abuse” the rules in place in order to gain unfair advantages. Individual judge rulings are NEVER binding precedent.

YOUR ARMY / GAME RULES

You MUST possess either a published, iBook/eBook, or printed copy of any and all rules used by your army (up to and including Universal Special Rules, unit stats, army special rules, points costs, wargear details, etc.).

RULEBOOK AND CODEX FAQ

GENERAL

■ Units embarked on a transport count for scoring purposes as measured from the Hull of their transport vehicle.

■ Units which are normally allowed to fire more than one weapon in the Shooting Phase are allowed to fire more than weapon at other pertinent times as well including Overwatch and Intercept.

■ An IC on a Chariot loses his IC status.

■ An Infantry Unit containing a Bike such as with an IC on a bike joining a Unit, can be Pinned but cannot Go to Ground voluntarily.

■ A Unit may not Deep Strike into a Building.

■ Models with a Power Weapon or Force Weapon must list the specific type of weapon, and that weapon must be displayed on the specific model as WYSIWYG.

■ Units composed of mixed model types (Jetpack, Jetbike, Bike, Infantry) may perform movements per their individual restrictions. This includes movements made in the Shooting phase, such as Run or Turbo Boost, as long as the unit remains in coherency. However, you may not Run/Turbo Boost and Shoot, unless specifically allowed to by a superseding rule.

■ Objectives are considered infinite height. Swooping FMC’s and Zooming Flyers may not control or contest an objective.

■ The Relic is an objective. As such, it can be controlled or contested by a unit within 3” even if it is not the unit in possession of the Relic.

■ A model's best save is considered the one that is most statistically likely to keep it alive, including of any re-roll opportunities.

THE MOVEMENT PHASE

■ A Tank’s initial pivot when “aiming” is not considered part of the Tank Shock; models displaced by the pivot may not make “Death or Glory” attacks (unless they are in the path of the tank shock itself).

■ Vehicle models on Skimmer bases that are affected by Difficult/Dangerous Terrain use their Hulls for determining whether they are on/over it.

■ If a Skimmer is forced to end its move over friendly or enemy models, move the Skimmer the minimum distance required so that no models are left underneath it, or within 1” of the hull. This does not apply when the Skimmer is deepstriking; mishaps are suffered normally.

■ Vehicles do not test for dangerous terrain when they only pivot during their movement phase.

■ When using long or oval bases (cavalry/bike/monsterous creature), you may not pivot the base on the spot to gain additional movement like vehicles without a base would.

■ No part of a model may intentionally hang off the table, other than parts that are explicitly ignored for Line of Sight (wings, tails of non-vehicle models).

THE SHOOTING PHASE

■ Models that Turbo-boost in the Shooting phase can move any number of inches (up to the maximum for their unit type) in any combination of directions.

■ Since LoS can now be drawn from multiple points on a firing model, when determining if a target is 25% obscured from the point of view of a firing model, it should be considered 25% obscured if it would be so when drawing LoS from ANY valid point from the firing unit (erring on the side of granting Cover). Please note, determining this is done by the Firing unit, selecting the firing point, not by the unit fired upon.

■ A Unit that has been directly targeted by an attack can elect to Jink. This includes Units which have a blast or template touching them when the shot is declared but aren’t necessarily the Unit declared as ‘the target’. However, if a blast scatters onto a Unit which was not directly targeted, it cannot elect to Jink.

THE ASSAULT PHASE

■ Units are considered to be locked in close combat as soon as any enemy model moves into base to base contact with them. This prevents the unit from firing Overwatch against other units charging them later in the same phase.

■ Units that may fire two weapons (i.e., Monstrous Creatures, Multi-tracker Suits) in the Shooting Phase may also do so when firing Overwatch.

■ It is never possible for a single model of any kind to perform a multiple assault.

■ Models may Jink when targeted by Overwatch shooting.

■ Wall of Death applies even when being charged by an Invisible unit.

PSYKERS/PSYCHIC POWERS

■ To clarify, the term Psyker and Psychic Unit refers to individual Psyker models within a Unit (or to the entire unit if it has Brotherhood of Psykers). All Psykers in a Unit are different Psykers and thereby can manifest the same power.

■ A Psyker who has already opted to take the Primaris Power by forgoing one of his random rolls, cannot then gain Psychic Focus for that discipline and must roll at least one of his remaining powers on a different Discipline.

■ A Unit with a special rule which causes it to always hit on a specific value in close combat, such as Kharn, will always hit on those specific values against an Invisible unit.

■ If the Terrify psychic power causes a unit locked in close combat to fall back, they leave combat and make a normal fall back move. If they were the only unit locked in combat with the enemy, the enemy may neither Consolidate nor perform a Sweeping Advance.

■ Zooming Flyers and Swooping Monstrous Creatures will suffer all the effects of the Objuration Mechanicum psychic power.

■ As per the rulebook, nova powers hit ALL units (even Invisible ones).

■ A psychic pilot vehicle which is removed from play due to rolling a “1” on the Perils of the Warp chart will also remove any Passengers from play.

■ Psykers may not generate more powers than their Mastery Level unless explicitly permitted to do so.

■ Psykers may not cast more Psychic Powers than their Mastery Level.

■ 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.

■ The same restrictions that apply to Psykers while inside Transports also apply to Psykers while inside a Building.

■ Bonuses to Deny the Witch may never be applied to attempts to deny Blessings or Conjurations unless explicitly permitted by the wargear or unit rule in question.

■ When manifesting Witchfires or Focussed Witchfires that do not follow the normal shooting process, make one to hit roll to see if the power connects, like in the case of Psychic Shriek.

■ Conjured units are considered part of your army, but are not considered part of a specific Detachment, and thus do not follow any special rules or effects granted to units part of a specific Detachment (i.e., Objective Secured). They follow the ally matrix for determining if One Eye Open rolls are necessary.

■ Conjured units may deepstrike within 12” of the summoner, even if they are Desperate Allies or Come the Apocalypse.

■ Multiple values of the same malediction will stack.

UNIVERSAL SPECIAL RULES

■ Models making a Hit & Run move that encounter an obstacle they are not allowed to move through or over (such as Impassable Terrain or the edge of the board, for example) immediately end their move.

■ A model that fires during an opponent’s turn using the Interceptor special rule may still fire Overwatch if assaulted in the same player turn, even with the same weapon used to intercept.

■ A model that fires during an opponent’s turn using the Interceptor special rule may not override the normal restrictions for unit firing (in other words, may not fire separate weapons with the Interceptor Rule at separate targets).

■ Unless specified otherwise, attacks that cause Instant Death on a to wound roll of 6 still need to be able to wound the target model for Instant Death to be inflicted.

■ A model that mishaps during its Deepstrike, which is then placed by the opposing player, may not be placed in a location that would cause it to mishap again.

■ 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.

■ Special rules do not confer to ICs as a matter of rule in the BRB. That includes command benefits given to a unit by a special detachment. Please see page 166 in the Base Rule Book for further clarification

■ A model’s Feel No Pain rule can never be improved beyond a 2+.

■ A model that is off the board can benefit from ongoing effects of It Will Not Die. Also please note that this means that ongoing effects from Warpflame and Soulblaze is still ongoing while off the board

■ Twin-Linked Multiple barrage may reroll all their dice. ■ Armor Bane works against buildings.

FLYERS AND FLYING MONSTROUS CREATURES

■ Automatic hits / damage / effects inflicted by passive or unusual abilities affect Swooping FMC and Zooming Flyers unless explicitly prohibited (i.e., blast and template weapons may not be used when snap shooting)

■ Per the BRB, all hull-mounted weapons have both a Vertical and Horizontal 45 degree firing arc; this arc is not 45 degrees in each of multiple possible directions, but a net 45 degrees vertically and/or horizontally. When incorrectly modeled or difficult to ascertain, determine vertical firing arc parallel to the plane of the tabletop.

■ When Deepstriking, FMC’s cannot change their facing after the scatter roll in the turn they arrive.

■ FMC’s may leave the board with a run move.

■ A template or blast can hit a Swooping FMC if fired by a model with Skyfire. Blasts fired at ground units by models with or without skyfire will hit FMC’s when scattering.

BLAST & TEMPLATE WEAPONS

■ Template weapons may generate hits on models from a target unit out of the firing weapon’s Line of Sight. You still may not allocate wounds / vehicle damage results to models out of Line of Sight (unless, of course, the weapon/firing unit’s special rules permit them to ignore Line of Sight).

■ If a Blast or Template weapon is placed so as to intentionally hit multiple units with the “Jink” USR, any unit intentionally placed under the template/blast may choose to Jink. This does not apply if a blast weapon scatters from the initial target and hits a unit not originally placed under the template/blast.

■ Blast and Template weapons will hit all models underneath the blast or template, regardless of levels. This includes blast weapons with the Barrage special rule.

FORTIFICATIONS

■ The following Fortifications will NOT be allowed at The NOVA Open

Any Networks

Fortress of Redemption - Not enough room to place on the table

Aquila Strongpoint – Not enough room to place on the table

■ Fortification Upgrades will be allowed at the NOVA.

■ An Aegis Defense line must be deployed together

■ The Void Shield Generator and Vengeance Weapon Batteries add the Medium Building to their Terrain Type profile.

■ A Comms Relay may not be purchased by itself. You cannot buy a fortification upgrade without a fortification

■ At NOVA, Fortifications may not be placed on pre-placed Terrain. If the fortification cannot be placed at all, consult a judge who may move a single piece of terrain the minimum required amount at his discretion.

■ Fortifications/gun emplacements do not generate Points of any kind when destroyed, do not benefit from special abilities that affect models/units, and are unaffected by maledictions/blessings.

■ If a model on a building’s ramparts fails a morale test and must fall back, they do so through the building and out the ground-level access point. If the building is occupied by enemy models, the fleeing unit is immediately destroyed.

■ A Comms Relay may be used by both players with models within 2” as long as they are unengaged. Reserve modification from a Comms Relay affects all detachments in your army.

■ For purposes of Assault, models on top of a Skyshield Landing Platform are always considered to be visible to the Assaulting Unit (not creating un-assailable platforms with units like Scarabs).

■ The legs/non-platform portion of the Skyshield grant a 4+ cover save.

TERRAIN

■ At NOVA, many terrain elements will be given the Battlescape qualification, and only as Difficult Terrain instead of Dangerous Terrain. Please consult the mission packet for specific piece-by-piece rules.

INDEPENDENT CHARACTERS

■ A unit comprised entirely of Independent Characters does not need to be deployed together as one unit (i.e., Farsight Command Team, Sanguinary Priests) unless explicitly required to do so.

CODICES

MULTI-CODEX

■ Vehicles benefit from the effects of cover and invulnerable saves against damage inflicted by Graviton Weapons

■ Graviton weapons inflict an additional hull point of damage when resolving a “6” against vehicles that are already immobilized.

■ When determining what is required to wound, units with a mixed armor save using a Graviton weapon, use the MAJORITY armor save. Where there is an equal number of all armor save types, use the HIGHEST, synonymous in this case with WORST (even if this means rolling to wound against an armor save of “-“).

■ When firing at a chariot with Graviton weapons, the target model’s owner allocates the hits to either the rider or the chariot. Then, the roll to wound vs the Rider’s armor save, or to glance/immobilize the vehicle, are made.

■ Independent Characters embarked on a chariot may not join a unit nor be joined by other Independent Characters.

■ Whether glued shut or not, Drop Pod doors are never considered to block Line of Sight, and their doors are always ignored.

■ Models disembarking from a drop pod can make a normal move ending wholly within 6” of the pod. Models disembarking through difficult terrain move d6” (2d6, pick the highest) instead.

■ When a Drop Pod deploys in Difficult/Dangerous Terrain and fails its Dangerous Terrain test, then it loses a total of 2 Hull Points (one for suffering an “Immobilized” result, and one for suffering said result once already Immobilized). Note per the Drop Pod rules that it does not lose a Hull Point for being Immobilized by virtue of drop pod deployment, so a failed dangerous test upon deep striking into terrain will not automatically kill a Drop Pod.

■ Storm Bolters, Hunter Killer Missiles, Deathwind Missile Launchers, and Multi-Meltas selected as upgrades for various vehicles are pintle-mounted unless otherwise stated

■ Stormravens and Dreadnoughts – If a Dreadnought is inside a Zooming Flyer when it is destroyed, apply any damage results per the Stormraven’s rules first (S4 hit to rear armor in the case of an explosion, nothing in the case of a wreck). Then, apply a S10 hit with no AP to an armor facing randomized by d3. Determining the armor facing is a rules addition/clarification.

■ Drop Pods from all detachments are pooled to determine the 50% that must arrive on turn one.

ADEPTA SORORITAS

■ Attacks and special rules that reduce a characteristic or apply an ongoing effect to Saint Celestine still apply if she returns to the game via Miraculous Intervention.

■ The Exorcist’s weapon is considered turret-mounted.

ASTRA MILITARUM

■ When rolling for Reserves with an Infantry Platoon, always roll once for all units. Separate units from the same platoon may arrive via separate means (i.e., a Combined Squad arriving from Outflank due to an attached IC while the Platoon Command Squad arrives via regular reserves).

■ A Manticore’s Missiles only count as Separate Weapons when determining Weapon Destroyed results. This means you may not use abilities such as Power of the Machine Spirit to fire more than 1 rocket per turn.

■ A Manticore’s Missile Rack is limited to a 45 degree arc of fire for purposes of Line of Sight / subtracting BS from scatter.

■ Whenever a rule refers to Imperial Guard (IE: Longstrike’s Preferred Enemy) all effects are conferred to units from Astra Militarum as well.

■ If Pask’s Battle Tank is removed as a casualty, you can score First Blood and Slay the Warlord, but the entire squadron must be removed to score any victory points.

BLOOD ANGELS

Angel’s Fury Spearhead Force – Augur Triangulation: Models with the Blood Angel faction that are within 12” of two of the unit’s Locator Beacons can charge from deep strike. This includes the turn that the Locator Beacons come on to the board.

CHAOS DAEMONS

■ Warp Storm results that inflict damage on enemy units on a “6” do not affect units embarked on a transport or within a building.

■ You may determine the type of Daemon unit summoned by the Portalglyph after rolling the D6 for the # of models generated. This unit is treated as part of the Detachment to which the Portalglyph-carrying model belong(s/ed).

■ Kairos Fateweaver may not re-roll the end-of-game roll, or any rolls that do not occur during a Turn (i.e., Stealing the Initiative).

■ Hellforged Artefacts cannot be chosen when conjuring units if they were created pre-game from exalted Rewards in your army list, nor may they be duplicated during the course of play.

■ Screamers may never make more than 1 attack per assault phase using Lamprey’s Bite (even charging)

■ Enemy Psykers within 12” of any number of Fiends of Slaanesh suffer a -1 penalty to their LD.

■ When rolling for a model’s Daemonic Rewards, Warp-forged Armor and the Unbreakable Hide Greater Reward are not considered to be duplicates.

■ Before attempting to Manifest “Flickering Fire,” you must declare the precise level of the spell you are casting. If you fail to manifest enough warp charges for the declared level, you may not use a lesser number of successes to manifest a lesser level of the power.

■ Exalted Flamers of Tzeentch cannot be Conjured when using Sacrifice

■ A Psyker of Tzeentch’s +3 modifier has no effect on the Leadership tests required for any Perils of the Warp result.

■ A Portalglyph has no specific height, and may be represented by a small blast marker or other suitable marker.

CHAOS SPACE MARINES

■ A Chaos character that wins a challenge against Yarrick or Celestine will only roll on the Chaos Boon table if the model fails to return to the battle.

CULT MECHANICUS

N/A

DARK ANGELS

■ Ravenwing Grenade Launchers apply their negative effects the moment they successfully hit an enemy unit (and so are in effect when the same unit’s firing is resolved to Wound, etc.).

■ A unit containing Belial that uses the Gate of Infinity psychic power to Deep Strike does not scatter. Also, the unit does not need to roll to see if a model is claimed by the warp.

■ A Character that purchases a Space Marine Bike also gains the Ravenwing Special Rule.

DARK ELDAR

■ When a unit with the Brotherhood of Psykers/Sorcerers rule is affected by The Crucible of Malediction, remove the entire unit from play.

■ The Crucible of Malediction may not be used when the model is embarked on a transport that moves more than 6 inches.

■ A Court of the Archon can be taken even if no Archon is present in the army list.

ELDAR

■ A Wave Serpent’s Serpent Shield is considered part of the hull facing directly forward. That means it can fire up to 22.5 degrees to either side from the front facing. For clarification, see the inset image.

■ The Wave Serpent’s Serpent Shield may not be removed due to a Weapon Destroyed result.

■ Doom only permits re-rolling failed rolls to wound and/or failed Armor Penetration rolls (note that glancing hits may not be re-rolled).

■ The paired powers for each Runes of Battle result are considered separate for all purposes (i.e. casting the same psychic power twice in one turn).

■ While wounds inflicted by Mind War may be reallocated via Look Out Sir, the WS/BS reduction may not be reallocated.

■ The bearer of a Scattershield is considered the “attacking” model for purposes of passing Blind tests.

■ The Disarming Strike Exarch Power cannot affect Tyranid Close Combat Biomorphs.

■ The Fast Shot Exarch Power may be used to fire any weapon being used by the Exarch an additional time; this does not overrule the restriction on a UNIT throwing more than one grenade in a Shooting phase.

■ Illic Nightspear may deploy directly into base contact with an enemy model, but does not count as assaulting, being locked in combat, or in any way engaging the model in assault; as soon as either model moves in the Movement Phase, it must finish its move at least 1” away.

■ Bonuses to Fuegan’s profile are retained even if lost wounds are regained (i.e. Renew).

■ Battle Focus may ONLY be used to Run (in other words, no battle focused turbo boosting jetbikes).

■ A Ghost Helm can only be used by a Farseer to negate a wound suffered from Perils of the Warp, never to negate the effect caused by that POTW. The Ghost Helm cannot be used when the Farseer fails his LD check in the case of a (1) Perils result, for instance, would still lose a power in the case of a (2) result, and so on.

■ When a Ghost Helm is used to negate a wound suffered from Perils, it must be a Warp Charge remaining in the pool, and not one that was just used to manifest the power (e.g., you may not use the 4th success of 4 when perils during an attempt to manifest a ML3 power).

■ A Farseer must be targeted in order to reroll Deny the Witch with Runes of The Farseer.

■ An Autarch with the Warp Jump Generator may not Flicker Jump.

■ Warp Spiders are able to use Flicker Jump as many times as they are targeted with a shooting attack.

GREY KNIGHTS

■ N/A

HARLEQUINS

N/A

INQUISITION

■ Inquisitorial Detachments never benefit from Objective Secured ■ “I’ve Been Expecting You” only applies to models that arrive from reserve. Models that arrive

from another part of the table (Gate of Infinity, Veil, etc) are not affected. ■ A Null Rod does not allow a unit to ignore the effects of Psychic Powers that have been cast on

other units.

KHORNE DAEMONKIN

If a character is slain outside a challenge you gain a Blood Tithe point. Summoned Units from Blood Tithe points cannot move/assault the turn they are summoned Summoned Bloodthirsters from Blood Tithe points may switch their flight mode the turn they

are summoned. Bloodthirsters created from the death of the bearer of the Axe of Ruin Assault may not

assault the turn after it is created.

LEGION OF THE DAMNED

Legion of the Damned must arrive via Deep Strike and cannot arrive embarked on a Transport

NECRONS

■ The twin-linked tesla destructor on an Annihilation Barge is a hull-mounted weapon.

■ Although a chariot and its passenger is treated as a single model, the passenger may not benefit from Jink saves normally taken by the barge itself.

■ A Canoptek Harvest Formation may only ever contain 1 single Canoptek Spyder.

■ Lance weapons reduce Quantum Shielded vehicles to AV12 for the purposes of firing that lance weapon.

■ If a Necron is attacked by a ID weapon and are in a Decurion detachment with a Cryptec in a squad, they have a 4+ reanimation protocol.

■ The buff from the Canoptek Spyder in a Canoptek Harvest is considered a bubble from the Canoptek Spyder.

ORKS

■ Models with a Gitfinda may take advantage of Augmented Ballistics even if they have moved. ■ The Warlord trait granted by the Finkin Cap is generated after any regular Warlord Traits, and

does not benefit from a command reroll. However, if a duplicate trait is rolled, it may be rerolled.

OFFICIO ASSASINORUM

■ All successful hits, except those fired as Snap Shots, with the Deadshot rule, can be freely allocated by the owning player.

SKITARII

N/A

SPACE MARINES

■ Iron Hands Vehicles do benefit from the Iron Hand Chapter Tactics even if they do not have the Chapter Tactic Rule.

■ Space Marines Librarians do have access to Malefic Powers. ■ Only one Chapter Relic may be taken per model. ■ Command Squads may take a dedicated transport even if they are mounted on Bikes.

SPACE WOLVES

■ Thunderwolf Calvalry, or any model mounted on a Thunderwolf mount, has a base strength of 4 and is given a bonus of +1 Strength, among other modifiers, as it is directly written in their codex. Therefore, it’s strength with a Power Fist or Thunderhammer would be 9 (4x2+1).

■ When a Daemon unit comes into base contact with the wearer or the unit the wearer of The Pelt of Balewolf is in, the Daemon unit passes all fear tests they are required to make if any.

TAU

■ The roll made for Aun’Va’s Paradox of Duality may be taken in addition to any save the model may attempt. Additionally, weapons that ignore cover do not negate the Paradox of Duality roll.

■ When a model with the Skyfire special rule uses the Seeker markerlight ability to fire a Seeker Missile at a Zooming Flyer or Swooping Flying Monstrous Creature, the attack is resolved at BS5. If the firing model does not have Skyfire, the attack is resolved at BS1.

■ A model firing Overwatch cannot use the Target Lock support system to target a non-charging enemy unit.

■ Marker Lights may only benefit shots fired against the unit the Markers were on (you may not, for instance, expend 2 Marker Lights to Ignore Cover on other units fired at using rules such as Target Lock)

■ Smart Missile Systems do not need Line of Sight to fire Interceptor on models that can do so.

■ Vehicles that are Snap Shooting a Seeker Missile via Marker Lights must still resolve the shot as a Snap Shot.

TAU – FARSIGHT ENCLAVES

■ O’Vesa may join units; other Independent Characters may NOT join a unit containing O’Vesa, however.

TYRANIDS

■ A Mawloc making use of Terror from the Deep can choose to Deep Strike onto an ongoing close combat initially.

■ Terror from the Deep is not affected by or inhibited from inflicting damage due to the Invisibility psychic power.

■ A Mawloc cannot use Terror from the Deep on a Swooping FMC or on a Zooming Flyer.

■ Note a hive tyrant and tyrant guard are scored separately for Points, even joined together.

■ Any unit of Termagants spawned by a Tervigon is worth Points as normal, and is considered part of the Detachment the Tervigon that spawned it belongs to.

■ Models with the Instinctive Fire rule that are monstrous creatures measure the distance to determine which unit is closest on a per gun basis. Please note that as the model is a MC they can shoot through themselves.

FORGEWORLD

Forgeworld is allowed at this event, but all units are 0-1. This includes a unit that takes Forgeworld-specific wargear, thus becoming 0-1 as well.

IMPERIAL ARMOR

Point values and rules for Imperial Armor units must always be the most current published version. Except where specified otherwise, an ability that causes an automatic penetrating hit also

removes 1 Hull Point per penetrating hit in addition to any damage caused by it. Template weapons able to fire at range (similar to the Torrent special rule) still follow the

general restrictions for placing a template: they must have line of sight to at least one model in the target unit, they must try to cover as many models in the target enemy unit while not covering any friendly models, etc. Immobile artillery gun models that would have to be moved due to a vehicle ending its tank

shock on top of them must instead make a death or glory attack. If multiple gun models are forced to make such an attack, resolve them one at a time (this is an exception to the rule that only one model in a unit is able to make a death or glory attack), with each attack that fails to stop the vehicle resulting in one gun model and one crew model being removed.

If a Flyer has the Deep Strike ability, when it arrives via this method it counts as Zooming at Combat Speed, but cannot drop any Bombs the same turn. If the Flyer has Hover Mode, then it may instead choose to Deep Strike in Hover Mode. A flyer equipped with several Ordnance missiles (such as Hellstrike Missiles on a Storm Eagle

Gunship, for example) may fire multiple missiles simultaneously without incurring the Ordnance weapon BS penalty for any of them. Other types of weapons fired by the flyer in the same phase are affected as normal (may only fire Snap Shots). When firing at a model/unit protected by a Power Field/Void Shield, resolve each hit one at a

time, and as soon as the last Field/Shield collapses, any remaining hits are immediately resolved against the unit’s Toughness/Armor Value as normal. Abilities that specify they affect a vehicle/building, such as Tank Hunters, Graviton, etc, have no

effect when rolling armor penetration against a Power Field/Void Shield.

CHAOS (CHAOS DAEMONS & CHAOS SPACE MARINES)

For details of the Armoured Ceramite special rule, see page 59 of Imperial Armour Volume 13. Blood Slaughterers of Khorne:

• Fury of Khorne does not apply when a unit makes a Disordered Charge. • An Impaler cannot fire Snap Shots and may never drag a Zooming Flyer or Swooping

Monstrous Creature. The Heat Blast attack on a Chaos Dreadclaw/Kharybdis Assault Claw may not affect a Zooming

Flyer and/or a Swooping Flying Monstrous Creature. Chaos Dreadnoughts of all varieties (Chaos Contemptor Dreadnoughts, Emperor’s Children

Sonic Dreadnoughts & Ferrum Infernus Dreadnoughts) only gain the +1A bonus to their profile if both their arms are equipped with a melee weapon, not just one. A Chaos Contemptor Dreadnought Hellfire Reactor’s S2 hit on Psykers does not cause the

Contemptor to Pile In at the I10 step. For a Ferrum Infernus Chaos Dreadnought, Wounds caused by the Host of Daemonic Iron

special rule are resolved in the same Initiative step that the Dreadnought is damaged, and are allocated like close combat wounds back onto the enemy unit that caused the damage. The Baleful Aberration special rule allows a Hell Blade/Hell Talon to be repositioned up to

D6+2”, not necessarily the full distance rolled. If a Chaos Infernal Relic Achilles manages to regain a Hull Point, the benefit for having lost that

Hull Point from the Fuelled by Hate special rule is also lost. When a destroyed Chaos Rapier Carrier explodes, determine cover saves and vehicle armor

arcs from the center of the blast. A Giant Chaos Spawn’s Sword-Spines Mutation attack does not cause the Spawn to Pile In at

the I10 step of combat.

An enemy unit locked in the same combat with a Chaos Daemon-Titan of Slaanesh (Reaver and/or Warhound) must take the required Ld at the start of the fight sub-phase even if they don’t have any models actually in base contact with the titan at the time.

DARK ELDAR

The Aerial Assault special rule (on the Dark Eldar Reaper/Tantalus) allows a vehicle with the rule to fire all of its weapons at full BS on a turn it moved at Combat Speed, instead of the limit of two weapons, which is normally the case for a Fast vehicle. Dark Eldar Tantalus:

• Cover saves can be taken against Scythevane hits, but only if the attacked model is actually in or touching a piece of cover between them and the starting position of the Tantalus or they have an ability that always provides them a cover save. Use the final position of the Tantalus for wound allocation for these attacks.

• A Scythevane hit against a vehicle is resolved against the enemy vehicle’s armor arc that the Tantalus was most in when it began its Flat Out move.

ELDAR

The cover save granted by a Shadow Spectre’s Spectre Holofield lasts until the start of the unit’s next turn. Farseer Bel-Annath’s alternate force organization chart may not be used in a tournament army

unless specified otherwise. A Scatter Laser on an Eldar Super-heavy vehicle only grants the twin-linked special rule to

other weapons that fire at the same unit as the Scatter Laser.

IMPERIAL (ADEPTA SORORITAS, ASTRA MILITARUM & INQUISITION)

Replace all references in Imperial Armour books to the ‘Imperial Guard’ with ‘Astra Militarum’ and the ‘Sisters of Battle’ with ‘Adepta Sororitas’. The Aquila Lander is a Fast Attack choice for an Astra Militarum or Adepta Sororitas

detachment and a dedicated transport choice for an Inquisition detachment. For the Centaur Carrier Squadron, ignore the reference to the Gun Deployment special rule, as

it does not exist. Cyclops Demolition Squad:

• A Cyclops unit only ever counts as being destroyed if all its operators are killed. Destroying an individual Cyclops does not count as destroying a unit.

• A Cyclops does not make a pile-in move at I10 when detonating.

• Cover saves may not be taken against a Cyclops demolition charge and casualties caused to either side do count towards combat resolution.

• Cyclops models may embark/disembark on Transport vehicles. • A Cyclops that has lost all of its operators or is more than 48” away from them cannot hold

nor contest an objective. Earthshaker, Hydra & Manticore Platform Batteries:

• Are immobile vehicles, not artillery, so they have no crew and never fall back. • Hydra Platform Batteries do not have Auto-Targeting Systems.

Field Artillery Battery (Heavy Mortar & Heavy Quad Launcher): • This unit has the Gun Carriage special rule as described on page 188 of Imperial Armour

Volume 1, 2nd Edition. • For the Heavy Quad Launcher, ignore the Shell Shock special rule, as Barrage weapons no

longer cause Pinning tests. Hades Breaching Drill:

• Has the Melta Cutter ranged weapon. • If a Hades arrives under a vehicle and just manages to wreck it, place the Hades at the

arrival spot on the vehicle wreck; the Hades counts as having moved into difficult terrain. • If a Hades arrives under a building and this results in the building suffering a Total Collapse,

place the Hades as close as possible to its intended arrival point outside of the destroyed building (cheat models out of the way to make this possible if necessary).

• When a Hades rams during its arrival, it always counts as hitting its target in its rear armor, while the ram back against the Hades is resolved against its front armor.

• When a Hades suffers a Misplaced Deep Strike mishap result, the opponent still decides where it arrives on the table, even though the Hades may have already made a ram attack against a vehicle or building.

• When a Hades Assault Squad suffers a Misplaced Deep Strike mishap result the opponent still decides where that unit arrives on the table as normal, even though they normally have to arrive from the same spot as the Hades.

If Trojan Support Vehicles are included as part of a Heavy Artillery Carriage Battery, they form a separate vehicle squadron that does not take up a Force Organization slot but is otherwise a Heavy Support unit. Ignore all references to them being part of the battery. A Manticore taken from Codex: Astra Militarum can replace its Storm Eagle Rockets with either

Sky Eagle Rockets or Manticore Missiles for +0 points. When a destroyed Rapier Carrier explodes, determine cover saves and vehicle armor arcs from

the center of the blast. Sentry Gun Battery (Tarantula):

• Uses its listed Toughness of 6, not Toughness 7 as is normally the case for gun models. • The firing mode for each Sentry Gun must be declared when the unit is deployed.

• Note that the Targeting rule can force a Sentry Gun battery armed with differing weaponry to fire at more than one target unit.

Trojan Support Vehicles have the Artillery Tractor special rule as detailed on page 76 of Imperial Armour Volume 1, 2nd Edition; replace any references of ‘Centaur’ with ‘Trojan’. Valkyrie Sky Talon Transport:

• If a Sky Talon is destroyed while zooming, vehicles being transported aboard take a S10 hit against their rear armor. If the Sky Talon was hovering when destroyed, they suffer a S4 hit instead.

• If a vehicle squadron is being transported using multiple Sky Talons, then all of these Sky Talons must remain within 4” of each other, even if one gets immobilized, etc. If any part of the squadron is forced to disembark for any reason then the entire squadron must immediately disembark.

Ignore Captain Maximillian Weisemann’s Hardened Crew special rule, as it is redundant. For the Dominus Armoured Siege Bombard: the first (upper) profile listed on page 268 of

Imperial Armour Volume 1, 2nd Edition for its Dominus Triple Bombard is the ‘Mobile’ profile, while the second (lower) one is the ‘Static’ profile. Colonel Snake Stranski:

• Use the fire point rules in Codex: Astra Militarum for his Chimera. Stranski can fire out of his Chimera’s turret cupola in addition to the normal Chimera fire points.

• Ignore his Mechanized Infantry Warlord Trait, as it is redundant. General Myndoras Odon:

• Ignore the Supreme Commander special rule. Instead, he has the Voice of Command & Senior Officer special rules from Codex: Astra Militarum, and can issue up to 3 orders per turn up to a range of 24”.

• The Careful Planner special rule counts as Odon’s Warlord Trait when he is chosen as Warlord.

• Replace his squad’s ‘Regimental Banner’ with a ‘Regimental Standard’ from Codex: Astra Militarum.

Inquisitor Lord Hector Rex: • Is a HQ choice for Codex: Inquisition, not Codex: Grey Knights. • Rules for his Psybolt Ammunition and Psyk-Out Grenades can be found in Codex:

Inquisition. • Ignore the listed psychic powers. Instead, generate powers normally from the

Daemonology (Sanctic), Divination, Pyromancy, Telekinesis and Telepathy disciplines. • Ignore the reference to Rex’s retinue being from Codex: Grey Knights. Instead, if desired,

he may take an Inquisitorial Henchman Warband from Codex: Inquisition. Ordos Xenos Inquisitor Solomon Lok is only a HQ choice for Codex: Inquisition, not for Codex:

Grey Knights.

NECRONS

Always use the updated rules for the Gloom Prism found in Games Workshop’s Codex: Necrons FAQ (or in the updated digital version of the codex). A Canoptek Tomb Sentinel’s Exile Cannon only causes hits to a unit equal to the number of

models from that particular unit that are under its blast. Sentry Pylon:

• The portion of the Canoptek Artillery special rule forcing enemies to consolidate after each round of combat is ignored while an Independent Character is joined to a Sentry Pylon unit.

A Tesseract Ark’s Seismic Lash follows all the same clarifications as the Doom Scythe’s Death Ray, and so cannot cause casualties/destroy vehicles if they are entirely out of line of sight, for example. In addition, it only causes a number of hits to a unit equal to the number of models from that particular unit that are under its line.

ORKS

Note that the Ork Dread Mob Army List Update PDF contains updated weapon profiles for some Ork weapons found in Imperial Armour Volume 8. Replace all references of ‘Armour Plates’ with ‘Extra Armour’ for all Imperial Armour Ork units. Big-Zzappas have the Zzap special rule for all Imperial Armour Ork units. Each Grot Sponson mounted on a vehicle may fire at a different enemy target, although they

fire at the same time as the rest of the vehicle’s shooting. Their shooting is resolved at BS3 and is unaffected by how fast the vehicle moved and any crew shaken/stunned results their vehicle has suffered. Always utilize the Kustom Force Field and Ramshackle rules as printed in Codex: Orks, not as

they are found in the Imperial Armour books for all Imperial Armour Ork units. Big Squiggoth:

• Embarked units can fire from a Squiggoth just as firing from an open-topped transport, with range and line of sight drawn from the howdah. If the Squiggoth moved more than 6” total that turn (including running) before the embarked unit fires, then they may only fire Snap Shots. The embarked unit is allowed to fire even if the Squiggoth is locked in combat, just obviously not at the enemies it is locked in combat with.

• When a Squiggoth is killed, any embarked unit must disembark from it exactly like a wrecked result for a vehicle.

1-3 Big Trakks can be taken as a single Heavy Support choice in an Orks detachment. Use the unit entry for the Big Trakk found in the Ork Dread Mob Army List Update PDF . A Flakk Trakk comes equipped with Flakka-Gunz as well as its 2 Big Shootas.

The Go, Go, Go! special rule (for Flakk Trakks & Flakk Trukks) applies if their target is a Flying Monstrous Creature, and not just a Flyer. Ignore the text for the Fighta-Bommer’s Grot-Guided special rule. Instead, that special rule

allows the weapon to re-roll its scatter dice for determining where its blast marker lands. Grot Tank Battle Mobs:

• The random distance rolled for their movement represents the maximum amount they can be moved, not the distance they have to be moved.

If a Gun Wagon takes the ‘Ard Case upgrade, then it has 3 Access Points and 2 Fire Points, the locations of which can be modeled as desired. For the Kustom Meka-Dread’s Fixin Klaws, ignore the final portion of the rule in parenthesis

that says the Rage special rule has: ‘already been included in the Meka-Dread’s profile’. If a Lifta Wagon rolls a Flyin’ result on the Jury-rigged Lifta-droppa Mishap table, then roll again

(not on the Mishap table) to see what effect is resolved against the Lifta Wagon, re-rolling any further ‘1’s that are rolled. Treat a Mekboy Junka’s Junka Force Field Generator as a Kustom Force Field. If a Jam is rolled for a Warkopta’s Rattler Cannon, the weapon is immediately destroyed

without firing any shots that round. Mek Boss Buzzgob:

• Has the Ere We Go! special rule. • Ignore his Warlord Trait, as it is redundant.

Zhadsnark Da Rippa: • Has the Ere We Go! special rule. • Ignore his Exhaust Cloud special rule. Instead, if he Turbo-Boosts, he counts his cover save

as being 1 point higher than normal until the start of his next turn. • He may not perform a Tank Shock while joined to a friendly unit. • His Biker Boss Warlord Trait applies only to his detachment.

SPACE MARINES (ALL CHAPTERS)

Models with the Carcharodons Chapter Tactics only gain the Rage special rule when causing an enemy infantry unit to fall back from combat, not from shooting or by any other method. Any Space Marine with Void Hardened Armour is treated as having regular power armor in

standard tournament games where the Cold Void rules are not in effect. A Keeper of Relics (page 243 of Imperial Armour Volume 2) for a Blood Angels detachment is a

Chaplain (not a Reclusiarch), and for a Space Wolves detachment it is a Rune Priest (ignore the requirement of ‘the Saga of the Beast Slayer’). A Caestus Assault Ram’s Teleport Homer can be used to aid allied teleporting units, but cannot

be utilized the same turn the Caestus arrives from Reserve.

A Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought only gains the +1A bonus to its profile if both its arms are equipped with a melee weapon. Damocles Command Rhino:

• Its Teleport Homer can be used to aid allied teleporting units, but cannot be utilized the same turn the Damocles arrives from Reserve.

• For its Command Vox Relay, decide which Reserve roll modifier to apply (if any) after each Reserve roll is made.

When firing a Deathstorm Drop Pod’s Whirlwind Launcher, nominate a target within 12” and roll a D3 to see how many whirlwind shots are fired at it. Then declare which type(s) of whirlwind blast (vengeance or incendiary castellan) are being used for each shot fired, resolving them as a multiple barrage if more than one shot is being fired. After that, nominate another target within 12” and repeat until all units within 12” have been targeted. Ignore the entire Grey Knights MK IV Doomglaive Pattern Dreadnought unit entry on page 215

of Imperial Armour Volume 2, 2nd Edition. Instead, a Grey Knights Dreadnought with the Venerable Dreadnought upgrade may replace all of its weapons with a Psycannon and Doomglaive with built-in Incinerator for +15 points. A Doomglaive is a Dreadnought Close Combat Weapon with the Force and Daemonbane special rules. Ignore the entire Grey Knights Vortimer Pattern Razorback unit entry on page 212 of Imperial

Armour Volume 2, 2nd Edition. Instead, a Grey Knights Razorback may upgrade its Twin-Linked Heavy Bolter to a Twin-Linked Psycannon for +25 points. Land Speeder Tempests in the same squadron must always make the same choice as to

whether or not to use their Afterburners special rule. A Dreadnought arriving in a Lucius Drop Pod does can elect to remain embarked upon the pod

if desired. If it does so, it cannot be targeted while embarked as normal. When a Template weapon hits a Lucius Drop Pod with a Dreadnought embarked upon it, the

D6 No Escape hits inflicted on the Dreadnought are resolved against its rear armor. A Mortis Dreadnought (both the Contemptor-Mortis & the Mark V Mortis) needs to remain

stationary in its own movement phase in order to gain the Skyfire & Interceptor special rules. When a destroyed Space Marine Rapier Carrier explodes, determine cover saves and vehicle

armor arcs from the center of the blast. Space Wolves Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought:

• Ignore the option to take a Wolf Tail Talisman and Wolftooth Necklace, as they no longer exist.

• The last part of each Night Saga (after the semicolon) is a completely optional goal for the Dreadnought. There is no penalty if this goal is not achieved.

Tarantula Sentry Gun Battery: • Uses its listed Toughness of 6, not Toughness 7 as is normally the case for gun models. • The firing mode for each Sentry Gun must be declared when the unit is deployed.

• Note that the Targeting rule can force a Sentry Gun battery armed with differing weaponry to fire at more than one target unit.

If Ahazra Redth re-rolls a failed psychic test using his Talisman of Sundered Souls, all the dice must be re-rolled (even the successful ones). Ignore Armenneus Valthex’s Master of Machines special rule, as it is redundant. Cover saves may not be taken against Bray’ath Ashmantle’s Burning Wrath attacks. Ignore Captain Mordaci Blaylock’s Terminator Attack special rule, as it is redundant. The target of Captain Pellas Mir’san’s Master Duelist special rule is declared at the start of the

fight sub-phase, after any potential challenge has been accepted or refused. Captain Silas Alberec:

• The special Deny the Witch test against Force weapons granted by his Hexagrammic Wards special rule is just a standard Deny the Witch test, but with successes being rolls of 4+.

• When using the Soul-Seared Champions special rule to re-roll failed Deny the Witch tests, all the dice must be re-rolled (even the successful ones).

Ignore Chaplain Dreadnought Titus’ Immovable Object Warlord Trait, as it is redundant. If Hecaton Aiakos elects to use his special Groundstrike attack, he Piles In at the I1 step before

making it. Knight-Captain Elam Courbray:

• When attacking with Excellus, Courbray counts has having the Smash universal special rule as found in the main rulebook. This means Excellus is always AP2 and he can also elect to make a single double-Strength attack with it instead of making his normal attacks.

• If a Delayed Deep Strike mishap returns Courbray back into reserve, he does generate an additional Firefall attack each time he arrives again via Deep Strike.

Models wounded by Lias Issodon’s Infiltrate, Isolate and Destroy special rule may take a cover save if they are actually standing in cover or have an ability that provides them a cover save.These attacks cannot cause a morale check. When Lord High Commander Carab Culln is attacking with his Blade of the Scorpion, he counts

as having the Smash special universal special rule as found in the main rulebook. This the Blade of the Scorpion is always AP2 and he can also elect to make a single double-Strength attack with it instead of making his normal attacks. While Lugft Huron is laid down on his side due to the Shadowed Fate special rule, he cannot be

charged or otherwise affect the game. If he stands back up, he cannot be placed into base contact with an enemy model. Activating Magister Sevrin Loth’s Armor of Selket does not require a psychic test and it cannot

be nullified. Harath Shen’s Sacred Trust special rule is only used in a mission where every unit destroyed

generates a victory point, such as with the Purge the Alien mission.

Shadow Captain Korvydae has the Chapter Tactics (Raven Guard) special rule and his Raiding Tactics special rule only applies to the detachment he is part of. Tyberos the Red Wake must declare how he will split his combat attacks between his two

melee weapons (Hunger & Slake) at the start of the fight sub-phase, after any potential challenge has already been accepted or refused. Vigilator-Sergeant Hamath Kraatos:

• Kraatos has the Chapter Tactics (Minotaurs) special rule and may only be taken as an upgrade for a Devastator unit that shares the same Chapter Tactics.

• When firing an Assassin Bolt at a non-vehicle model, the attack requires a roll of 4+ to wound, even if the target’s Toughness is 5 or less. Against vehicle models, Assassin Bolts count as being Strength 4.

Wolf Lord Bran Redmaw: • For his wargear, ignore the Wolftooth Necklace and replace ‘Rune Armour’ with ‘Runic

Armour’. • The Axe Langvast is a Power Axe with the Shred special rule. • In the Patient Killers special rule, ignore the reference to the Behind Enemy Lines special

rule. • Only roll to see if Bran Redmaw succumbs to the curse on a turn where he starts on the

table (i.e. not while in reserve). If he succumbs while embarked on a vehicle, he immediately disembarks. If joined to a unit when he succumbs, he immediately counts as having left the unit (although he may rejoin it later).

• The Redmaw’s unit type is Monstrous Creature, not Infantry; this means he also has all the special rules that monstrous creatures naturally have.

TAU

The XV84 Crisis Battlesuit’s Networked Markerlight & Target Lock do not use up any of the model’s normal ability to select weapons and/or support systems. XV9 Hazard Close Support Team:

• An Ethereal’s Storm of Fire special rule does affect a Pulse Submunitions Rifle. • Each Hazard Shas’yr may select a different Additional System if desired.

Tau Battlesuit Commander R’Alai: • An Ethereal’s Storm of Fire special rule does not affect R’alai’s pulse submunitions rifle

when firing any experimental ammunition type. • Check range for the Eclipse Shield Generator once per enemy unit firing at R’Alai (not

separately for each firing model). Sensor Tower Grid:

• Each of the Sensor Towers taken as part of a Sensor Tower Grid are independent of each other and fire separately.

• Each Sensor Tower is attacked/affected by special rules, etc, exactly like an individual Gun Emplacement.

TYRANIDS

N/A

CLOSING REMARKS

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