FAQ Updates! Black Templars & Dark Angels Updated! Start Dusting!

Dust off your Templars and Dark Angels folks, the guys at GW have reached down and grabbed their dice bags and FINALLY dropped a series of FAQs to bring them closer in line to the 5th edition codices! So, let's take a look at a few of the changes. There will be real cyclone missile launchers, real apothecaries and yes Virginia, there is a 3++ Storm Shield ...

Before we get started, take a look at all of the FAQs often for changes as there is seldom an announcement from GW when this stuff changes. Let's look at changes that affected both the Dark Angels and the Black Templar codices:


AMENDMENTS


 “And they Shall Know no Fear...”

Change “pass Morale tests to regroup” to “pass Regroup

tests”

 Cyclone Missile Launcher

Change “as a missile launcher” to “as a heavy 2, missile

launcher”

Narthecium

Change the second paragraph to “As long as the

Apothecary is alive, all models in his squad have the Feel

No Pain special rule.”


Signum (changed for Templar only)

Change the last two sentences to “A model can use a

signum in lieu of making a shooting attack of his own. If he

does so, one model in his squad is Ballistic Skill 5 for the

remainder of the Shooting phase. Declare that the signum

is being used before any rolls to hit are made.”


Storm shield
A model with a storm shield has a 3+ invulnerable save. A

model equipped with a storm shield can never claim the

+1 Attack bonus for being armed with two close combat

weapons in an assault.”


Thunder Hammer

Change “but any model wounded by it and not killed” to

“but any model that suffers an unsaved wound from it and

is not killed”



Page 29 – Power of the Machine Spirit

Change to “The vehicle can fire one more weapon than

would normally be permitted. In addition, this weapon can

be fired at a different target unit to any other weapons,

subject to the normal rules for shooting. Therefore, a

vehicle that has moved at combat speed can fire two

weapons, and a vehicle that has either moved at cruising

speed, or has suffered a ʻCrew Stunnedʼ or ʻCrew Shakenʼ

result can fire a single weapon.”


Change to “SMOKE LAUNCHERS

Smoke Launchers are used to temporarily obscure the

vehicle behind concealing clouds of smoke, allowing it to

cross open areas in greater safety. See the Vehicles

section of the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook for details.”


 Deathwind Launcher, AP

Change “6” to “-”.


Change all occurences of “Typhoon multiple missile

launcher” to “typhoon missile launcher” and change

“Range 48"; S 5; AP 5; Heavy 1, Blast, Twin-linked” to

“Frag: Range 48"; S 4; AP 6; Heavy 2, Blast

Krak: Range 48"; S 8; AP 3; Heavy 2”



 Land Raider and Land Raider Crusader

Add “Assault Vehicle: Models disembarking from any

access point on a Land Raider can launch an assault on

the turn they do so.”


 Shotgun, Strength

Change “3” to “4”.


 Typhoon missile

Change:“48" 5 5 Heavy 1, Blast, Twin-linked” to:

“(Frag) 48" 4 6 Heavy 2, Blast

(Krak) 48" 8 3 Heavy 2”
 
 
Alright, that is just the surface. Check out the FAQs here for other chestnuts that are more specific to YOUR codex. It seems that both sides are going to be able to take shields in their command squads for 15 points ect. GW also added another new version to their 40k Rulebbok FAQ as well, so check it out and then let's hear your thoughts!