40K Rules Conundrum: Chapter Tactics & Allies Enigma
You know you can’t resist a good old-fashioned rules conundrum. Its like trying to not look at someone getting a ticket on the roadside.
“Let’s say you have a Primary Detachment of, let’s say, Iron Hands, an an Allied Detachment of Raven Guard.
Let’s say you take a Raven Guard Librarian in Power Armor. The Chapter Tactic for Raven Guard says he would get the Scout special rule.
Let’s then say you attach the Raven Guard Librarian to a squad of Iron Hands Tactical Marines.
1. Would the Tactical Marines gain Scout because the Librarian joined them? Or would they be denied it because they have a different Chapter Tactic?
Now let’s say the Librarian joins a squad of Iron Hands Centurions.
Assuming the answer to #1 is ‘The Tactical Squad gains Scout with the Librarian attached’, then would the Centurions also gain Scout, or would they be denied because of the Raven Guard stipulation that units with models that have the Bulky/Very Bulky rule do not benefit from this Chapter Tactic OR would they benefit from Scout because they do not have the Raven Guard Chapter Tactic and therefore the rules for the Raven Guard Chapter Tactic don’t apply?“
For the record, the Raven Guard Chapter Tactics exact text reads:
Strike from the Shadows: Models in this detachment have the Scout special rule. In addition on the first game turn, models in this detachment have the Stealth special rule. Note that units that include models with the Bulky or Very Bulky special rules do not benefit from either rule.
