LAST UPDATED - 9.12.26

CHANGE NOTES
-Added classification for houserules.
-Determined that 'fight on death' does not alter unit size until the fighting models are removed from the battlefield.
-Clarified that devastating wounds are not affected by on-allocation damage reduction.
-Added houserule preventing Deadly Demise in mixed units from applying to models that do not have it.

(NOTE) Rulings in this document bear classifications to differentiate its implementation in TT server and other events:
> Rulings marked (FAQ) describes how common rules interactions function together, but do not add new interpretation or information.
> Rulings marked (JUDGEMENT) are rules judgements to resolve ambiguous or novel interactions and may represent new or uncommon interpretations of rules that may be played differently in other communities.
> Entries marked (HOUSE) represent house rules that may directly contradict RAW and are implemented to resolve unintentional rules interactions introduced by new mechanics - these entries will likely either be removed or revised based on revision or community decision.
> Entries marked (NOTE) are just explanatory and don't represent any rules implications.
> Entries may be marked (NEEDS REVISION) if they represent rules inconsistencies that require further research; expect such entries to be changed in the near future.

(NOTE) Because this FAQ comes at the start of the edition which comes with a unique set of growing pains, these rulings will rely on interpreting intended rules to a much greater degree than normal; and will be changed in the future to reflect future FAQs.

Rulings contained within the LATEST FAQ document from a WHO (Warhammer Open) events are considered to be credible sources until such time as core rules or FAQs are updated to incorporate them. In all cases, rules predence should be considered to follow the hierarchies below where contradictions are encountered (entries on the left being of the highest authority):
CORE RULES
This Document > Core Rules (Found in Warhammer 40,000: The App) > WHO FAQs > Core Rules FAQs >
FACTION/DATASHEET RULES
This Document > WHO FAQs > Munitorum Field Manual > Faction Packs > Codexes > Warhammer 40,000: The App

(NOTE) The faction hierarchy may change in the future, but for the time being the app is considered to be the least credible source for faction rules cuz of all the typos. Where such rules are contradicted by entries in other documents, those documents are considered to supersede. The Core Rules PDF found on Warhammer Community is useful as a reference, but since many rules in it have already been contradicted it is not considered a credible source.

++CORE RULES++
CORE CONCEPTS
- (FAQ) If a rule or effect applies a keyword to a unit (such as the Phantasm Grenade Launcher wargear option), that keyword is applied to each model in that unit.

- (JUDGEMENT) Any non-player effects that would apply simultaneously with player's effects (e.g. both effects take place at the 'End of the Command Phase') are fully resolved before moving to resolve player effects as normal, even if those non-player effects do not constitute mission rules.
(NOTE) Per rule 14.02.01 Level of Control is ALWAYS calculated first at the end of each phase.

- (FAQ) In order for a unit to be in coherency, the distance between groups of models that are all within 2" of one other model in the unit must NEVER be greater than 2" (i.e. units are not allowed to form two or more seperate groups of models that are within 2" of one another, but not within 2" of any members of models in the other groups). The requirement for a unit to end a move in coherency does not allow it to break other requirements of a move it is performing; if a unit cannot end such a move in coherency then that move cannot be performed).

- (HOUSE) Effects that refer to an 'Objective Marker' work on any Objective element, even if it is not explicitly a Marker.
(NOTE) This isn't strictly true, but few effects have been errata'd with the new Objective terminology in mind.

MUSTER ARMIES
- (JUDGEMENT) Section 25.04 (Fill Your Army Roster) is treated as a linear series of steps, starting with "Select Detachments" and ending with "Select Enhancements". At the end of this process, the restrictions listed at the top of the section must be true.

- (FAQ) A unit including one or more attached Epic Heroes may include models with Enhancements, and recieve Upgrades.

- (JUDGEMENT) Effects that attach characters to units or refer to character attachments in units occur/refer to the "Attach Leaders and Support Units" step in Muster Armies (25.04).

MOVEMENT PHASE
- (JUDGEMENT) Any time a unit is repositioned, removed from the battlefield then subsequently set up or set up on the battlefield from Reserves or Strategic reserves, it is considered to be making an Ingress Move. For this reason, such effects cannot resolve during the first battle round unless otherwise specified.
The exception to this are units that are resurrected or set up after having been destroyed, which are simply set up but not considered to be making an Ingress Move.

- (FAQ) A unit that is repositioned but MUST return at a specified point (such as 'during the next Movement Phase') can perform an Ingress Move during the first battle round in order to satisfy the specified conditions of its return.

- (JUDGEMENT) Effects that allow a unit to ignore modifiers to its Movement characteristic do not allow it to ignore modifiers to the maximum distance of moves it performs.
(NOTE) This is because the maximum distance of most moves is a function of the M characteristic of the performing model, which should be fully calculated before the Maximum Distance of the move is set.

- (JUDGEMENT) Effects that require that a unit have 'remained stationary' in the preceeding Movement Phase are activated by selecting the "Remain Stationary" movement type during that phase, regardless of whether they've otherwise been moved by another effect.

- (JUDGEMENT) An effect that provides a unit a move of 'up to' a distance is still restricted by any maximum move restrictions imposed by the type of movement allowed by the effect (e.g. a Normal Move is still restricted by the performing model's M characteristic, and such has effectively two Maximum Moves; performing a move 'up to' the specified distance and no greater than its M characteristic).
(NOTE) This is unclear in the rules and may be subject to change.

- (FAQ) MONSTER/VEHICLE models may NOT move other other MONSTER/VEHICLE models regardless of whether they are friendly or enemy to the moving model. They may also NOT move through enemy models while charging unless otherwise specified.

MAKING ATTACKS
- (FAQ) A destroyed model is considered to be removed from play for all rules purposes other than the following:
-Effects that return destroyed models to play.
-Rules that explicitly resolve while they are destroyed (such as Angron's Reborn in Blood ability).
-Tracking the Starting Strength of their original unit.
Destroyed models do NOT continue to apply their keywords to their original unit nor may they use abilities or wargear not explicitly used while they are destroyed.
(NOTE) For some reason the rules don't state this explicitly but ima put it as an (FAQ) cuz I defy you to find anyone on earth who'd rule otherwise.

- (FAQ) The 'Allocation Order' step is repeated for each attack sequence during an attacking unit's attacks. This means that the defender may have the opportunity to re-order their allocation groups (following all the rules presented in that section as normal).

- (JUDGEMENT) If a model is under the effects of a rule that resolves an effect "when it is destroyed", it remains in play until the attacking unit has completed all of its attacks. This means that if such a rule has been triggered but not yet resolved, that model's allocation group remains the first allocation group until ALL of the attack unit's attacks are resolved (following all other allocation rules as normal).
(NOTE) Destroyed models are otherwise removed from the battlefield immediately and not considered to be in-play for rules purposes unless otherwise specified. Keep in mind that destroyed models (even those that remain on the battlefield) are still not eligible to be selected to have damage assigned to them, and their allocation group will cease to be the current allocation group as soon as all of its members recieve the destroyed status.

- (FAQ) A unit that Advanced in the preceeding Movement Phase cannot use Indirect Fire weapons to fire at targets out of Line of Sight, since it must choose Assault shooting rather than Indirect shooting.

- (FAQ) A unit that is using Indirect shooting is subject to the effects of that shooting type with ALL of its [INDIRECT FIRE] weapons, even if such weapons are targeting enemies that are visible to the attacking model.

- (JUDGEMENT) The [HEAVY] keyword checks the TOTAL movement that each member of a unit has made during the entirety of that round (so any model moving more than a total of 3" prevents the unit from receiving the benefit, even if that movement was broken into multiple parts).
(NOTE) The 3" restriction is not synonymous with Remaining Stationary, and vise versa.

- (FAQ) Effects that alter the damage characteristic of an attack when an attack is allocated have no effect on critical wounds with the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] keyword, since the damage of that attack is calculated and converted to Mortal Wounds before the allocation step.

- (JUDGEMENT) While making attacks using Snap Shooting, ALL hit rolls of below a 6 are discounted (unless otherwise specified that attacks made during Overwatch or Snap Shooting hit on other numbers). This means hit rolls may be discounted, even if they would otherwise result in a Critical Hit as a result of an ability.

- (JUDGEMENT) A model under the effect of a "Fight on Death" effect is still considered part of its unit (meaning it will contribute to its units current strength etc.) until it has fight and is removed from the battlefield, at which point any effects that occur when or while it is destroyed take effect.

- (HOUSE) The Deadly Demise ability only effects models in a unit that possess that ability on their datasheet. Models without the Deadly Demise ability do not resolve it when they are destroyed even if another model in their unit possesses the ability.
(NOTE) This is different from RAW but that seems like an oversight.

CHARGE PHASE
- (FAQ) An effect that provides a modifier to a charge roll as long as that charge targets a specific unit come into effect when that enemy has been been targeted. For this reason, the initial charge roll needs to be high enough to make the specific target an elegible target of the charge (not including the modifier), however if this modifier is positive it can improve the minimum distance of the charge move once targeted. If this modifier would cause the charge to subsequently fail by reducing the minimum distance of the charge, placing the target out of range or reachability, the charging unit's controlling player may select new targets as described in 04.03.02.

- (JUDGEMENT) An effect that re-rolls a charge as long as that charge targets a specific unit may be used after the initial charge roll has been made but before targets are declared; however if such as rule is used the specific target mentioned in that effect MUST be declared as one of the targets (otherwise no targets are declared).

FIGHT PHASE
- (FAQ) A model is only considered engaged with another unit if one or more members of that unit are within that model's engagement range. Models in engaged units with no enemy models within their engagement range are still considered engaged (as a general concept), but have no eligible targets for melee attacks since no enemy units are within that model's engagement range.

- (FAQ) A unit that was engaged during the Fight Phase, but became unengaged as the result of casualties, is eligible to both fight and perform an Overrun Fight (provided it fulfills all other normal requirements).

- (HOUSE) A unit that is has not been selected to fight and is engaged during the consolidation step at the end of an Ongoing Consolidation may be selected to fight after the ongoing consolidation movement has been resolved, using Overrun Fight.
(NOTE) This is not allowed RAW, but the interaction appears unintended.

TERRAIN
- (JUDGEMENT) Line of sight traced over obscuring terrain areas cannot pass through that terrain areas unless model for which LOS is being drawn, or a model to which LOS is being drawn, is within that area terrain (this can make models partially visible due to being partially behind obscuring terrain areas).
(NOTE) This is implied by terrain diagrams and cover rules, but never explicitly stated.

- (FAQ) A model may gain Gone to Ground from a dense terrain feature belonging to a terrain area interposed between it and the model from which visibility is being determined, even if the Obscuring rule would otherwise prevent that model from being fully visible.
(NOTE) This is because obscuring does not actually block Line of Sight, it only applies an effect that prevents full visbility if certain conditions are met. Line of Sight is still traced normally between models for other effects (such as the Gone to Ground status).

- (FAQ) The Solid rule only considers gaps to be enclosed if they are entirely enclosed by the Solid terrain feature itself (not the terrain area or other parts of the battlefield). For this reason gaps between terrain features such as standing pillars that connect to each other only across their tops are NOT considered to be closed.
(NOTE) This is relevant for the Armageddon layout terrain feature that has those big pipes across the top and the wires hanging down. I don't think it has a cool name.

TRANSPORTS
- (FAQ) Weapons being used to make attacks via the Firing Deck ability are not considered to be part of an attached unit while resolving those attacks, and as such do not benefit from any abilities provided by their attached characters.
(NOTE) This is per the Space Marine Faction Pack FAQ.

- (JUDGEMENT) A unit must satisfy all of the requirements of the Able To Embark rule ANY time that it embarks within a TRANSPORT, not just when it finishes a movement.
(NOTE) The contrary is implied (but not stated outright) by the core rules FAQ, which seems unintentional and would have problematic interactions with out-of-phase embarkations).

- (JUDGEMENT) The keywords of an embarking model/unit are only compared to the keywords that are eligible to embark described on a TRANSPORT's datasheet at the time that it embarks (i.e. if a unit's keywords change after it has embarked they remain embarked).

PROFILES
- (FAQ) If a characteristic is replaced with 0 by a modifier, that characteristic can no longer be modified further while that replacement modifier is in effect.

LEADERS
- (JUDGEMENT) Effects that allow characters to attach to specific units 'During the Battle Formations Step' also allow such attachments during the Muster Armies step.

- (FAQ) A rule that applies an effect based on a Leader leading unit with specific unit names or keywords (such as Ragnar Blackmane's War Howl or Xenocreed Congregation's Unquestioning Fanatacism) no longer apply that effect if no models with those names or keywords remain in the unit.
(NOTE) This is due to the fact that unit names are considered keywords, and a unit does not possess keywords if no models with that keyword remain in it. Note that if such effects are part of a 'while leading a unit' effect the character is still considered to be leading 'a' unit, but may not benefit from some parts of their ability (e.g. Ragnar Blackmane is still considered leading a unit all bodyguard models in his unit are destroyed, but does not recieve any benefit from War Howl since his unit doesn't currently possess the correct keywords).

- (FAQ) If a character is attached to a unit that may perform Surge moves after attacks targeting them are resolved, and the last model in the unit with the Surge ability is destroyed, that character may not make use of the ability allowing it to perform a Surge move.
(NOTE) This because at the time the surge move triggers, no models in the unit with that ability are present.

++MISSION RULES++
- (JUDGEMENT) The Plunder secondary mission requires the terrain element referred to on the mission card to be outside your territory.

- (FAQ) End-of-game scoring parameters are not subject to the "15 VP per battle round" cap, since they do not occur duing any battle round.

++FACTION RULES++
AELDARI
- (JUDGEMENT) Corsair Enhancements are added to a unit when it is added to a roster during the "Fill Your Army Roster" step. They are not considered to be Enhancements and do not otherwise follow the normal rules or restrictions for Enhancements.

ADEPTUS CUSTODES
- (JUDGEMENT) A unit targeted by the Unleash the Lions stratagem is considered to be replaced by a number of NEW units containing the models that composed the original unit. As such any persisting effect that was applied to the original unit ceases to apply, and the orignal unit is considered to no longer be on the battlefield.

LEAGUES OF VOTANN
- (FAQ) The Conversion ability of the Brokhyr Thunderkyn Conversion Beamer allows hit rolls of 4 to score a critical hit, triggering all critical effects and counting as a hit, even if the weapon's BS is considered to be worse than 4+.
(NOTE) This is not necessarily the case for other instances of the Conversion ability, which may have different wording.

NECRONS
- (JUDGEMENT) When setting up a unit using the Eternity Gate ability of the Monolith, replace the "While Moving" section of the resulting Ingress Move performed by the set up unit with the restrictions imposed by the Eternity Gate ability.

ULTRAMARINES
- (FAQ) TITUS units in the Reclamation Force detachments benefit from the -1 To Wound effect of the detachment ability only if they are in range of an objective they controlled at the beginning of the phase (regardless of the attack's Str characteristic).

THOUSAND SONS
- (FAQ) The Curse of Life enhancement adds 3 to the total healed by Sorcerous Invigoration if ANY of the healed wounds are applied to the character with the Enhancement (e.g. a Sorcerer with 1 missing wound that triggers Sorcerous Invigoration determines the d3 wounds healed, applies the first healed wound to himself, then adds 3 to the total remaining healed wounds available and can subsequently apply that to bodyguard models in its unit).