Editing 40K Rules Blooper Reel (section)

==Horus Heresy 2.0==
While the rules are officially written by Games Workshop proper now, [[Fail|this doesn't seem to have helped much]].
*'''What's a "Deep Strike"?:''' The Kharybdis Assault claw comes with an Internal Guidance System, which helps during Deep Strike Assaults to stop it from scattering into terrain and keep it on course during the drop. The problem? The Kharybdis doesn't have Deep Strike. The Errata eventually fixed that, but this is an embarrassing rule to omit.
*'''Epic 2.0:''' A casualty of the Legacies PDF hastily (read: god awful) written rules is the Stormsword, which seems to have returned to Epic by mounting a Hellhammer Cannon again. While this ''could'' be explained away by the fact that the Stormsword in the fluff did mount one before being upgraded in later patterns, given the PDF authors seeming to have given absolutely zero shits it's probably too generous to give them a pass here. Regardless, this doesn't explain the fact that the model you're meant to use very obviously has Stormsword Cannon and not a Hellhammer Cannon anyway.
*'''Half power to weapons:''' Yet ''another'' casualty of the Legacies PDF, the Tarantula Sentry battery comes armed with two Heavy Bolters, which can be swapped out for two Lascannons. This wouldn't be a problem except for the fact the model is counted as an Infantry unit and lacks the Firing Protocol rule, which means they can only fire one of their heavy bolters or Lascannons in each shooting phase.
**Adding to the hilarity, they did eventually update the Legacies PDF so that the Legion Tarantulas got Firing Protocols (2)...only to forget that same rule for the Legacies PDF for the Mechanicum AND in the Liber Imperium. Some idiots just never learn...
*'''Half power to weapons...again:''' Much as seems to have happened with the Tarantula, the writers of the Legacies PDF forgot they weren't writing 9th Edition rules when giving the Malcador its weapons. While it starts with a Battle Cannon, it can swap it for ''two'' Lascannons instead of the Twin-Linked Lascannon that actually occupies the turret on the model. The fact the Malcador is a vehicle does mean it can fire both of these...except when moving at Cruising Speed because that apparently causes the Machine Spirit of one of the two Lascannons to throw a tantrum and refuse to fire anything other than Snap Shots until the crew slows down again.
**It seems that the Legacies file got updated enough that the two lascannons got replaced with just a Gravis Lascannon. At least this time it actually shoots twice without panicking because of movement speed...
*'''One of these things is not like the others...:''' For some ungodly reason, the fucking [[Hammerfall Bunker]] was given rules in the Legacies PDF. Yes, the Primaris bunker that isn't actually a bunker and is just a shittier Deathstorm Drop Pod was given Horus Heresy rules. That should speak for itself on the supposed quality of the PDF.
*'''Only one hand of iron:''' The Medusan Immortals Squad of the Iron Hands are not a particularly good unit this edition. However, the guy who wrote their melee option should expiate his sins. The squad can swap their Bolters for Chainswords, but since they also have Boarding Shields, they '''cannot''' claim the bonus for two weapons, so merely gain Shred melee attacks. They also have the option for Bayonets, which they are '''not allowed to use''', because models with Boarding Shields [[Fail|cannot make attacks with Two-Handed weapons...]]
*'''Unidentified Flying Marauder:''' in YET ANOTHER cock up in the Legacies pdf, you'd have thought that whoever wrote it would at LEAST have looked at the models they were making up rules for. [[Fail|But no.]] the rules for the Marauder Bomber have it equipped with Twin-Linked Autocannons in the nose. However the model that Forgeworld used to sell only ever had Lascannons in the nose slot. Effectively rendering anyone who ever bought that expensive resin model now has an invalid loadout.
*'''"Flanking"? Never heard of that:''' Thanks to one of his rules, "Lightning from Blue Skies", Jaghatai Khan and the unit he has joined do not need a Reserves roll to be brought into play from Reserves. It is also said that if he is part of a Flanking Assault, then this rule applied to all units that are part of that Assault. The problem? [[Fail|He cannot be part of a Flanking Assault]].
*'''Too Spiteful to Excel:''' Perturabo came with the "Firing Protocols (2)" rule, which lets him shoot two separate guns each turn regardless of any restrictions otherwise. Seeing as his super-suit the Logos only came with one gun, this left him with the option of either shooting the Logos a second time (which was a bit hazy as to whether that was actually supposed to work) or use one of those turns of shooting to fix a tank - Which made him really handy for supporting a bunch of siege engines, even if he couldn't also fix his Iron Circle. Come an FAQ and the rule got errata'd out, removing that bit of utility from him and forcing him to either shoot once or focus his shooting phase on fixing a tank.
*'''Luther's Back-up Plan:''' While Luther's master plan above was defeated by the 2nd Edition...it was replaced by the fact that Cataphractii and Tartaros Deathwing Companions (which, surprise surprise, were in the Legacies PDF) can only be selected for a Master of the Legion with the same type of armour. As the Lion doesn't wear either type, [[Fail|they can't be chosen for him]], so he has to slog it with the regular Artificer variant.
*'''Forbidden-er Archeo-tech:''' [[Anacharis Scoria]] is absolutely decked out in wargear, befitting for the guy who founded the Dark Mechanicum. He comes with a "Machina Protectiva", a piece of wargear so rare and secretive that [[Fail|it doesn't have rules.]] This was later FAQ'ed to be "Mechanicum Protectiva" which does have rules.
*'''Redundant Protocols:''' Scoria again. He is equipped with 2 Archeo-tech Pistols and a Photon Thruster, and to help fire all of them he has ''Firing Protocols (3)''. The problem is that Scoria has the ''Monstrous'' Sub-type, meaning he could already fire all his guns without the ''Firing Protocols'' rule.

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