The Duke and his Ride

Straightforward query: If Duke Sliscus goes with a unit in a Venom, does his Serpent's Venom ability affect the Splinter Cannon(s) of the Venom, so long as it's a dedicated transport?

No. The rule very clearly defines who benefits from the 3+ poison.

When you say clearly...

"All splinter weapons in that unit..." is what's throwing me. Is a dedicated transport part of the unit? Can someone point me to a yes-or-no answer on that?

They are separate units. There is nowhere to really point you to to clarify that as it does not state anywhere that they are not separate units. This in itself should be enough to prove the point though.

IMHO the confusion stems from the reserves rules. Only when considering if you've put 50% on the table, and 50% in reserves (as per the rules) you should count the dedicated transport and the embarked unit as 1 unit.

For all other purposes in the game (except moving obviously) they count as seperate units. Why? Point me to a rule in the rulebook to say they are not seperate units.

Therefor count adhemar answered your question quite simple with a: "No." As the Duke's rule only affects the unit he joined.

And you know what makes a transport dedicated right? Only restriction you' ll find in the rulebook is that the transport must be deployed at the start of the game with the unit it was purchased for. This is what makes it dedicated apparantly.

In addition to everything that was said, there is also this sentence in the big book (p127, under "primary objective") :

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Remember that Independent Characters and Dedicated Transports are individual units [...]

tlronin wrote:

And you know what makes a transport dedicated right? Only restriction you' ll find in the rulebook is that the transport must be deployed at the start of the game with the unit it was purchased for. This is what makes it dedicated apparantly.

Not exactly. It says only modelst that it bought for can embark on it at deployment. And joined IC. Nothing about deploying together.

Vasara wrote:

tlronin wrote:

And you know what makes a transport dedicated right? Only restriction you' ll find in the rulebook is that the transport must be deployed at the start of the game with the unit it was purchased for. This is what makes it dedicated apparantly.

Not exactly. It says only modelst that it bought for can embark on it at deployment. And joined IC. Nothing about deploying together.

That is what I mean. But thanks for pointing it out.