Order Battalion Abilities

[Kierdale]

Pardon the noob question...

Is the Feared Taskmaster ability from the Realm Reavers battalion (Order book) a Command Ability (i.e. requires a CP)? It doesn’t say it’s a Command Ability, though I realise the Order book is from AoS1 when there were no Command Points.

 

If I can add a second part:

Could I use the Realm Reavers battalion in an Anvilgard army? 

The Charrwind Beasthunters battalion from Cities of Sigmar is extremely similar, but lacking the Feared Taskmaster ability.

My Anvilgard Elf pirates have to be Charrwind Beasthunters?

 

[XReN]

You cannot use Realm Reavers in CoS army, only as allies - therefore you will have to take all units in battalion as allies therefore losing all City's benefits and allies also won't count as battleline.

No, battalion's ability is not a command ability.

[Kierdale]

Thank you very much.

 

So Realm Reavers can only be used in an ‘Order’ army, not in an army that is a subfaction of Order? Interesting.

[XReN]

19 minutes ago, Kierdale said:

Thank you very much.

 

So Realm Reavers can only be used in an ‘Order’ army, not in an army that is a subfaction of Order? Interesting.

You can use it in Scourge Privateers allegiance as well.

[T10]

Are you sure? As far as I can tell, battalions don't have a faction limitation per se. They don't have any keywords, after all. As such you only need to satisfy the organization requirements (and pay the points cost where appropriate) to use a battalion. If you can fit the required units into your allies allowance, you should be able to take the battalion.

[XReN]

13 hours ago, T10 said:

Are you sure? As far as I can tell, battalions don't have a faction limitation per se. They don't have any keywords, after all. As such you only need to satisfy the organization requirements (and pay the points cost where appropriate) to use a battalion. If you can fit the required units into your allies allowance, you should be able to take the battalion.

Battalions have a faction and if it's different to army's allegiance you can only include this battalion and all units within it as allies. Just like I already mentioned.

[zilberfrid]

Oh, then I can't use the regiment. Bummer.

[EMMachine]

Here are the FAQ Points @XReN meant, both in the Corebook FAQ:

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Q: The rules say that a warscroll battalion can include allies
and that they don’t count against the number of allies in the
army. Does this rule only apply to battalions that share the
same allegiance as the army, but that have units from two
different factions (a battalion in a Daughters of Khaine army
that has Daughters of Khaine and Stormcast Eternals units,
for example)?
A: Yes. The faction a warscroll battalion belongs to is
shown on its warscroll, above the title of the battalion.
In addition, the battalion is assumed to belong to the
Grand Alliance that its faction is a part of. Warscroll
battalions that share the same allegiance as an army
can always be taken as part of the army, and if they
include any allied units, these units do not count against
the limits on the number of allies the army can have
(or against the points limit that can be spent on allies
in a Pitched Battle). An army can include a warscroll
battalion of a different allegiance to the rest of the
army, but if it does so the units in it do count against the
limits on the number of allies the army can have (and
the points for the battalion and the units in it count
against the points limit that can be spent on allies in a
Pitched Battle).

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Q: Some warscroll battalions included in battletomes do not
have a faction listed above their title. How do I determine which
faction they belong to for the purposes of allegiance abilities?
A: The battalion belongs to all of the factions in that
battletome. For example, the warscroll battalions in
Battletome: Stormcast Eternals are part of the Stormcast
Eternals faction.

 

 

[T10]

All that sounds like something they should have put into the actual rules for Warscroll Battalions and Allegiance Abilities.

-T10

Edited October 3, 2019 by T10

[EMMachine]

18 hours ago, T10 said:

All that sounds like something they should have put into the actual rules for Warscroll Battalions and Allegiance Abilities.

-T10

Thats the problem when GW makes FAQs instead of Erratas in such cases.

Edited October 4, 2019 by EMMachine