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Codex: Armageddon Q&A General Q: Are the new units in the Armageddon website "official" or to be considered Chapter Approved? Or just official for the duration of the campaign? A: They're not tested, so count them as official for the duration of the campaign. If we get positive feedback we can see about incorporating them properly. Speed Freaks
Q: Do Dethkopters (or even ordinary bikers) *have* to use their psycho-blaster attack on the first close combat round? Even when going up against vehicles? A: In answer to your question, the way I read it the warbikes' psycho blasta attack is a very extreme form of special close combat attack like a powerfist and ergo, like a power fist it can be eschewed if desired. Q: Can Speed Freaks use the normal Ork vehicle upgrades from the Codex Orks or are they limited to the ones in Codex Armageddon? A: They can use both lists o' course. Q: If you take a Battlewagon for your Speed Freaks Warboss, does this count as your one and only Battlewagon? A: Now it’s a transport option so it doesn't count against the limit. So how many Battle Wagons can they take? A: 6 in total, one hvy support + up to 5 as transports Q: Can a Warboss & his mob ride in a Looted Vehicle instead of taking a Wartrukk or Battlewagon? The letter of the law says only Wartrukks or Battlewagons, but it seemed right to put him in a huge tank! A: Letter of the law applies. Salamanders
Q: Is the second flamer in the tactical squad an error? Should it be a heavy flamer? A: Sweet Jesus. No it isn't a typo, it means precisely (for once) what it says - you can trade in your heavy weapon slot for an extra flamer (not heavy flamer) for 10 pts. It costs more because two flamers is more than twice as good as one. Planetary Defense Force
Q: What area of the force selection chart do Hive Gang Militia come from? Are they Troops or something else entirely? We didn't see anything stated, but we may have missed it. A: They count as Troops. Probably shouldn't have put the word 'Defence Force' in front of it. Q: Chaos cultists get AP5 Heavy Stubbers while hive militia get ones that are AP6. Which of these is right, or does each unit get the rules listed in their list? A: AP 6 for both. Codex Armageddon takes precedence over the White Dwarf on Cultists. Black Templars
Q: The Black Templar mixed armor saves rule does not say that it applies only to shooting as the Space wolf one does. Does it apply to ALL wounds taken or just shooting like the Space Wolves? A: Yes, as with Orks and Space Wolves, this rule only applies to shooting attacks. Q: The Emperor's Champion's rules state that he is always an Independent Character and he cannot get a Command Squad, but does this preclude him from ever joining another unit like a normal Independent Character can? A: He’s an independent character. That is correct as stated. Q: Black Templar Terminators: Do Black Templar Terminators get to make a sweeping advance when they take the Accept Any Challenge, No Matter The Odds vow? A: No Q: If a special character has a wargear item that is limited (to say one per army, etc), does that limit count towards anyone else in the army? We're asking as the Emperor's Champion has an Iron Halo, which is one per army. We also saw the cool conversion for the High Marshall in White Dwarf, to give him an Iron Halo. You must take an EC in your army, so by having those two together it would mean 2 Iron Halos were in use. We had assumed that a limit would hold, even for special character use, but seeing the model made us want to be sure. The intention is that the Emperor's Champion gets the army’s one and only Iron Halo. Don't be fooled by that halo-like growth on the back of the force commander's back in the photos; that's his UHF aerial. Steel Legion Q: Under the Chimera Special Rules it states "They may also be used for Chimeras in a standard Imperial Guard army as long as both players are aware of the rules before the game starts'. Does this mean that it is Optional and that if your opponent doesn't want to play that way you can’t (like special characters). Or can you 'educate' them just before the game? A: They aren't optional, but they can't be 'sprung ' on a player either, whether telling someone what they are just before a game counts as them being sprung on them depends on the player, I imagine. Q: Under the Chimera Special Rules as well it doesn't say that the Lasguns are 'vehicle mounted'. Are they then standard infantry lasguns for the purposes of Rapid Firing or are they actually considered Vehicle mounted? A: Standard infantry weapons. Q: "Armageddon Sentinel" - does this mean to use the special option for lascannon, you need to field: (a) Any IG force A: Well it says any Armageddon force, which I would interpret as (a) in effect since there are plenty of Guard forces on Armageddon. It's a new piece of kit for Guard players. I think it would rather unreasonable to limit it to the duration of the campaign or just Steel Legions. Q: Armageddon Codex:p.29 "All units in a Steel Legion Mechanized Infantry Company(SLMIC) must either be vehicle units, or have a Chimera transport vehicle. Units that don't normaly have the option of taking a Chimera transport vehicle, such as heavy weapons teams, must do so at +70pts, plus the cost of any upgrades taken." "deathworld Vetrans units from Codex: Catachans may not be used in a SLMIC" They allow any unit not normally allowed a Chimera to take one, and list units not allowed in the SLMIC. Assassins are not mentioned, but other codexes are. I know several people are running SLMICs, and if this is legal, I want to know before it's sprung on me by some nefarious types (Jeff Wild). More important than if its OK, why not if it isn't. Will a black Chimera roll up, and Neural Sredder my Blood Angels? When I finish my SLMIC, will I be able to field her, or only for my regular guard? By strict reading of the rules, it seems that the Assassin would be required to buy a Chimera, and not be able to infiltrate(like storm troopers as in Codex IG). A: Units take from the Heroes could join a unit, so I'd say that since they could join & therefore be transported that they have to be. Assassins cannot join units, so can't join a unit inside a transport, so they would be exempt. Making a Vindicare ride around in a Chimera would lead to bad sniping I'd imagine :) Q: Other Heroes would hitch a lift with a unit though? A: Yup.
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