If a rule says it affects units if ‘every model in that unit is within’ then that rule applies so long as any part of every model’s base (or hull) is within the specified distance. If a rule says it affects units that are ‘within’, then it applies so long as any part of any model’s base (or hull) in that unit is within the specified distance. If a rule says it affects models that are ‘wholly within’ then it only applies if every part of the model’s base (or hull) is within the specified distance. If a rule says it affects models that are ‘within’, then it applies so long as any part of the model’s base (or hull) is within the specified distance. For example, within 1" means any distance that is not more than 1" away. Within and Wholly WithinIf a rule says it applies ‘within’ a certain distance, it applies at any distance that is not more than the specified distance. When this is the case, any models that cannot be set up are considered to have been destroyed. Sometimes there will be insufficient room to set up all the models from a unit, or it will not be possible to set up all the models so that they are in unit coherency.
Some rules allow you to add models to a unit during the battle such models must always be set up in unit coherency with the unit they are being added to. Units are primarily moved in the Movement phase, but they can also be moved in the Charge phase and the Fight phase. If a unit cannot end any kind of move in unit coherency, that move cannot be made. While a unit has six or more models, all models must instead be within 2" horizontally and 5" vertically of at least two other models from their unit. Unit CoherencyA unit that has more than one model must be set up and finish any sort of move as a single group, with all models within 2" horizontally and 5" vertically of at least one other model from their unit. If another rule uses keywords in angular brackets, then that keyword matches the keyword that you selected of the unit using that rule. You must decide what these keywords will be at the moment such a unit is added to your army (whether before the battle or during). This is shorthand for keywords that you can select yourself (with certain restrictions, as described in the publication that contains that datasheet). Some datasheets have keywords that are presented in angular brackets, such as, and. The pluralisation (or not) of keywords does not affect which units the rule in question applies to. This means it only applies to units that have the INFANTRY keyword on their datasheet. For example, a rule might say that it applies to ‘ INFANTRY units’.
Keywords are sometimes linked to (or ‘tagged’ by) a rule. In either case, keywords appear in KEYWORD BOLD in the rules. The former can be used as a guide to help decide which models to include in your army, but otherwise both sets of keywords are functionally the same. Here are the races you'll encounter, and how they stack up against each other.KeywordsAll datasheets have a list of keywords, separated into Faction keywords and other keywords.
#Warhammer 40k factions series#
With new Warhammer 40k video games releasing every year there's never a bad time to jump into the series for the first time. Warhammer 40k is beloved for its dedication to strategy and tactics, and within its lore is an expansive universe of races from all different walks of life. It's also split into several subseries that all come with their share of lore, characters, and expectations. Updated February 18, 2022, by Jerrad Wyche: Warhammer as a series is expansive and covers multiple mediums. RELATED: The Best Warhammer 40,000 Video Games This list will be discussing strength from a lore perspective rather than from the tabletop game. Whether you are fighting green humanoids or space Elves, here are all the races in 40K lore ranked from weakest to strongest. At the same time, this setting grants the perfect excuse for epic characters and battles to take place. Few universes can convey a sense of grimdark fantasy like 40K can. Mechanical Terminators wander the cosmos in search of galactic domination while humans are worshipping a dead man from millennia ago. This iconic line originated from Warhammer 40K, and after understanding the races and conflicts from that universe, it is easy to see why. In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war.