As the title suggests, I have a few questions about the allies section as it is extremely vague in GHB2017.
Do allied battleline troops count towards your minimum?
Ex: clan rats allied into a Clan Skyre allegiance.
Can Allied Leaders be your general and/or use artifacts?
Ex: Grey Seer allied into a Clan Pestilens as the general to use his command ability, and use an artifact.
Reading through the section it doesn't say one way or another, though RAW it would appear that the answer to both of those would be yes because the allies rule merely states that you get XXX amount of points of friendly wiggle room when building your list and nothing more. any input will be greatly appreciated. I've had a hard time finding any solid information on this topic