Baron's "Master of the skies"

question about the Baron and his (master of the skies) Hit and Run.

The rule says that The Baron and any unit of hellions he joins may re-roll failed dangerous terrain tests. ALSO, when using their Hit and Run rule, they can re-roll both the initiative test and the dice to determine how far they move.

I am assuming that this mean that the Baron can re-roll his Ini test and distance with the beast unit as well right? I have never actually done this with the pack because I assumed this rule only works if the Baron is part of a hellion unit. But reading the rules more closely is seems the Baron can do this with any unit he joins (the re-roll ini and distance). Is this correct?

"Sathonyx and any unit of Hellions he joins [...] they can re-roll both the [...]" -

The key word here is they, and given the context of the rule, the only they it can be referring to is "Sathonyx and any unit of Hellions he joins"- that grouping is only one mentioned therefore it must be they.  

If it was a rule that could be applied to other unit types it would be phrased more like it is in Twilight Shroud: "The twilight shroud confers the Stealth rule to Sathonyx and his unit".  In this example "Sathonyx and his unit" is entirely non specific, both in and out of context, while in Master of the Skies "they" could mean anything out of context, however in context it's clear that the Hellions are the point of reference.

That's how I see it, anyways.

Way I read it is the Baron always gets the ability, but can only share it with hellions.

Laughingcarp wrote:

Way I read it is the Baron always gets the ability, but can only share it with hellions.

That's how I see it too.

Senllus wrote:

"Sathonyx and any unit of Hellions he joins.

So Santhonyx and the Hellions unit he joins can use this rule. So Santhonyx could use it by himself.

Elzadar wrote:

Senllus wrote:

"Sathonyx and any unit of Hellions he joins.

So Santhonyx and the Hellions unit he joins can use this rule. So Santhonyx could use it by himself.

Yes. He has the ability but can only share it with Hellions. It would not confer to a unit of, say, Beastmasters. Hit & Run itself does confer though as it only requires one model to have it.

That would be kinda epic if he could confer it to the beasties too. I've started calling Baron and beastmaster units "The Galacticus Unit" cause they nom nom everything they touch lol.

colinsherlow wrote:

question about the Baron and his (master of the skies) Hit and Run.

The rule says that The Baron and any unit of hellions he joins may re-roll failed dangerous terrain tests. ALSO, when using their Hit and Run rule, they can re-roll both the initiative test and the dice to determine how far they move.

I am assuming that this mean that the Baron can re-roll his Ini test and distance with the beast unit as well right? I have never actually done this with the pack because I assumed this rule only works if the Baron is part of a hellion unit. But reading the rules more closely is seems the Baron can do this with any unit he joins (the re-roll ini and distance). Is this correct?

I havent tried this yet either but the issue may come down to the mechanic of each individual USR. To elaborate dangerous terrain tests are by the model so obviously these cannot be rerolled except for hellions as stated. However Hit and Run and run distance are both a single test for the entire unit so these two might be easier to argue. Not that baron needs any more buffs to carry over with him..

How I always read it and felt it was intended to work is that you get hit and run with whichever unit the Baron joins, but only get the stated re-rolls if he's with hellions specifically.