FAQs are out

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/07/02/warhammer-40000-faq-now-available-july2gw-homepage-post-1/

The main things I've seen for us so far are:

- Stinger Pistol now wounds non-vehicles on 2s.

- Venoms and Raiders cannot transport Hellions or Scourges.

- Ynnari units can only be included if every unit in the army is Ynnari.

- Word of the Phoenix can only target Infantry, Bikers or the Yncarne.

Ynnari units can only be included if every unit in the detachment is Ynnari I believe. So we can include them, they just need to be a self-contained detachment.

@alexwellace that's right yeah. It specially mentions detachments.

Alex is correct.

Also lol at day 1 errata practically. They're already talking about the next batch. I wonder how many FAQs and errata we will need before this is finally the most balanced version of 40k we have been asking for.

Yes you can have a Yinnari detachment in an aeldari army. This means that you can actually have covens and Yinnari in the same army... someone was almost fighting on this topic here on the forum a few days ago.

Honestly, I'm more excited about having Ynnari and Mandrakes in the same detachment.

The Shredder wrote:

Honestly, I'm more excited about having Ynnari and Mandrakes in the same detachment.

You can't. They can be in separate detachements though.

The Shredder wrote:

Honestly, I'm more excited about having Ynnari and Mandrakes in the same detachment.

Well, too bad, cause they can't be in the same Detachment, only in the same ARMY.

Does this mean we can't take an CWE or Harleguins in a mainly DE detachment, but need a separate detachment for them?

No. It means if you want those units to have ynnari you need a seperate detachment for them. A non-ynnari keyword Aeldari detachment would be able to do that just fine.

Hellstrom wrote:

The Shredder wrote:

Honestly, I'm more excited about having Ynnari and Mandrakes in the same detachment.

You can't.  They can be in separate detachements though.

Sorry, meant same army.

Good to see that our 6+ fnp got FAQed to, yes it does stop mortal wounds.
I was on the fence about that one

Not our FAQ but just thought I should mention it, as it's pretty freakin scary. Khorne Berzerkers get to fight twice each fight phase. If they charged, they get to fight first twice. That's downright nasty.

Now back to us. It's nice that the vehicle explosions don't damage the occupants.

Really surprised they didn't touch on combat drugs. Does passing around each drug once allow me to then throw grave lotus and adrenalight at anything and everything or what?

So despite being that way when introduced, you can no longer take Yvraine, Visarch or Yncarne in any other Aeldari Detachment. Because they are Ynnari. THats a damn shame.


But here's fun - the Tau Tidwall is an open topped vehicle. Meaning currently Tau can't fire Overwatch out of it.

You can still take them in an aeldari detachment, but you can't have that detachment be ynnari unless they all are. Nothing stopping you putting a visarch in a dark eldar detachment. You just can't put DE in a ynnari detachment, unless you want them to be ynnari too.

"If your army is Battle-Forged, Ynnari units can only be included in Detachments in which all units have the Ynnari keyword."

The characters ARE Ynnari. So they can not join any Detachment which is not Ynnari. Not Drukhari, Asuryani or Harlequin. They can ONLY join Ynnari Detachments.

Mcprowlington wrote:

Really surprised they didn't touch on combat drugs. Does passing around each drug once allow me to then throw grave lotus and adrenalight at anything and everything or what?

Shh dont tell them, they will nerf it, its not even that strong but its something i dont want to lose  

Oh, something else of interest:

Q: Is the cost of the combat shield included in the Company Champion and Company Champion on Bike’s points?
A: No. This (and all similar ‘other wargear’ found in the points values section must be paid for in the same way as a model’s weapons.


Whilst not a direct answer, this would indicate that Autarchs do have to pay for their Forceshields.

Is the "combat shield" in the "wargear" section or listen above the weapons/under the Stats?

Or is it listen in the "Abilities" section?

It only appears in the 'Abilities' section.

Force shield or storm shield, or both?

If so thats odd to me to pay for something in the ability section and not be listed in the Wargear sections, i hope thats changed just for simplicity.

I said this before 8e was even released, how hard is it to include a line in the datasheet for wargear? In fact, it was harder NOT to include it, as it was already in the 7e datasheet and they took it out!

amishprn86 wrote:

Force shield or storm shield, or both?

If so thats odd to me to pay for something in the ability section and not be listed in the Wargear sections, i hope thats changed just for simplicity.

Hang on, I think I need to actually show the images here:

Spoiler:

The Company Champion has a Combat Shield that only appears in his Abilities section.

The Eldar Autarch has a Forceshield that only appears in his Abilities section.


The FAQ states that the Company Champion must pay for his Combat Shield, even though it isn't listed under his wargear.

Hence, it's likely that the same rule applies to Eldar Autarchs - that they also have to pay for their Forceshields even though they're not listed as wargear.

Yeah... its not listed in the "wargear" section so its extremely easy and understandable that players overlooked it.