Codex Orks (Warhammer 40,000)

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Codex: Orks is an expansion book for the Games Workshop tabletop game Warhammer 40,000. This book was published for the first time in January 2008, and is for the 4th edition of Warhammer 40,000. Q: Does ‘Cloud of Smoke’ apply to the Speed Freeks unit you select for the Stratagem? (i.e Squig Buggy is selected and gives Scrap jets nearby -1 to hit, does this also apply to squig buggy–technically it is a friendly unit within 6 inches of itself ? Thanks! If your army is Battle-forged and includes any ORKS Detachments (excluding Auxiliary Support, Super-heavy Auxiliary or Fortification Network Detachments), then when you muster your army, you can upgrade any ORKS model in your army with one Kustom Job. Each Kustom Job below will list the units that it can be applied to and its effect. Each time you give a unit a Kustom Job, its Power Rating is increased, as shown in the table at the start of that section. Vehicle Kustom Jobs can only be given to a unit that contains one model. If your army is Battle-forged and includes any ORKS Detachments (excluding Auxiliary Support, Super-heavy Auxiliary or Fortification Network Detachments), then when you muster your army, you can upgrade one ORKS unit from each Detachment in your army to be a specialist mob. Each type of specialism below will list the units that can be selected to be upgraded to that specialism. Each time you upgrade one of these units, that unit gains the SPECIALIST MOB keyword, and you must replace that unit’s < CLAN> keyword with the appropriate keyword as described under that specialism. That unit then gains the abilities listed under that specialism. Make a note on your army roster each time you upgrade a unit using these rules. These units are still considered to be the same datasheet for the purposes of any mission rules that limit the number of times any particular datasheet can be included in your army. If every unit in a Detachment is drawn from the same clan, all ORKS units [except GRETCHIN) in that Detachment gain a Clan Kultur.

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Vigilus Defiant • Vigilus Ablaze • Shadowspear • Psychic Awakening ( Phoenix Rising • Faith and Fury • Blood of Baal • Ritual of the Damned • The Greater Good • Saga of the Beast • Engine War • War of the Spider • Pariah) Use this Stratagem at the end of your Movement phase if the mission you are playing is using the Strategic Reserves rule. Select one BLOOD AXES INFANTRY unit from your army (excluding MEGA ARMOUR units) that is within 3" of any battlefield edge. Place that unit in Strategic Reserve.The Ork dice set comes in a snazzy green, while there are 52 datacards in total, encompassing general and clan-specific Stratagems, 13 psychic powers, and all the core Stratagems for good measure. Oddly, the default option for not being able to make a minimum move with an Aircraft is to place the unit into Strategic reserves, thanks in part to some odd wording on the rules. ( Rob: It kind of seems like Strategic Reserves part is only meant to apply to when the model crosses the edge of the battlefield, but I have to agree with this interpretation based on the wording). Clan Relic : A Shiny Gubbinz Relic associated with one of the clans. These are only available to CHARACTER models that are part of a Clan Detachment (and only if they, and your WARLORD, are drawn from the associated clan). This means that, rules as written, none of these units are allowed to embark within an Ork Trukk because the capacity restrictions on those vehicles is limits to FLASH GITZ or INFANTRY models. I don’t tend to suggest rules be ignored but this is such an obvious mistake that I really would suggest it be discussed pregame as being house ruled until the FAQ (and that Tournament Organizers strongly look at adding a ruling for this), especially if we’re still a month out from the standalone book release, and even longer from the FAQ — we don’t know! Either that or Trukk Boyz are intended to be a unit that just does some really spot-on trukk sound impressions for the whole game. ( Rob: This is my headcanon for the unit now) I’m going to preface this with a note that, to my understanding, the community is almost evenly split on this issue. We’re so close to the Open-Topped rules being “good” and consistent and it’s really just this last hurdle. I think even my colleagues at Goonhammer HQ are split on how this should be resolved. So what follows is my preferred interpretation, but I could be wrong. Does the Trukk Boyz Modifier apply to the Trukk Boyz when embarked?

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The World Eaterstied off all the Warhammer 40k Chaos factions– and in fact, all the codexes for 9th edition. And as our writer Tim Linward says in his World Eaters Codex review,they might be the very best codex of the edition. GRETCHIN Commonly known as grots, Gretchin are even more numerous than Orks. Although they possess a similar physiology to their larger brethren, they are not as strong or tough. To compensate for this, the Gretchin possess an abundance of low Ork society is split into roving warbands under the leadership of Warbosses, but these are united by the Clan Kulturs; Goffs want to smash stuff in close combat, Evil Sunz are obsessed with speed, the show-off Freebooterz are about one-upmanship, and more.Codex Orks is in the somewhat unusual position where we’ve already seen some of its toys in action, with some tournaments letting players make use of the new book ahead of the main release. With that in mind, here are five things we’ve learned about the Codex since we wrote our initial review. which honestly I wouldn’t blame anyone saying indicates how Kill Saws should be ruled. However this would be applying an FAQ for a different faction, from a different edition, to a 9th Edition codex. Also Trygon Scything Talons are extra weird in being a singular weapon that only comes in pairs, of which the model can take 3 pairs. And there’s a lot of units to choose from. Alongside the faction’s codex, GW also released the long-teased Paragon Warsuits, Celestian Sacresants (as shown on the codex’s front cover), and Dogmata, as well as faction-specific Battle dice and datacards. Freebooters Rule! Now we’ve seen it in play on the table the Freebooterz Clan Kultur has proven to be incredibly good, outstripping our expectations, which combines with their strong stratagem and relic to make them one of the best choices. In particular, they give a massive lift to the Dakkajet, which has proven to be a surprisingly strong contender. Phase 1: If either model is a PSYKER, starting with the Waaagh!boss, each model can be selected to manifest one psychic power. If their opponent is also a PSYKER, they can attempt to deny that psychic power as normal. Models are considered to be 6" apart, and each model is considered to be visible to their opponent during this phase.

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The Evil Sunz are firm believers in the old Ork adage ‘red wunz go fasta’. Many claim that the need for speed is in their blood, and so the Orks of this clan make sure to daub their vehicles, themselves and - in especially ambitious cases - even their bullets bright red. Bizarrely, the practice seems to work. A selection of Ork glyphs — a list of pictorials and their meanings to help you kustomise your own Ork collection.the subtle part is that embarked units only count as having done the move the transport did, while embarked. The Orks don’t care, mind. Mooning over ‘lost glory’ is an Eldar thing to do. Occasionally, a powerful Ork Warlord will arise with the strength of mind to imagine what the Ork species might become if it really, reallytried to have a proper fight. Ghazghkull Thraka is giving it a good go in the current 40k timeline – there’s also the Beast Arises novel series, set in M32, which shows just how badly things could go for the Imperium if the Orks ever do ascend to the power they once wielded.

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Specialist Mob: An upgrade that replaces a unit’s < CLAN> keyword with another keyword, and bestows an ability on that unit. But the rulebooks’ release cycle was delayed on December 4 2020, when GW put the release of the Death Guardcodex on ice due to “unavoidable delays to crucial shipments”. That book finally arrived in late January 2021. The Ork Gods: Gork (brutal but kunnin’) and Mork (kunnin’ but brutal), gods honoured by destruction, and evoked by huge armoured war-suits designed to smash stuff up.Ghazghkhull Mag Uruk Thraka is the right hand of Gork and Mork (the Ork gods), prophet of the Ork Waaagh!, scourge of the Imperium, and greatest living warboss in all of Ork-kind. Ghazhgkhull was also one of the first special characters added to Warhammer 40,000 and his long and twisting life story has evolved in step with the game itself. Get da Good Bitz (Action): At the end of your Movement phase, one or more ORKS CORE units from your army can start to perform this action. Each unit from your army that starts to perform this action must be in range of a different Good Bitz objective marker. A unit cannot start this action while there are any enemy units (excluding AIRCRAFT) in range of the same objective marker. The action is completed at the end of your next Command phase, provided the unit attempting that action is still within range of that Good Bitz objective marker. THE ORKS ARE THE PINNACLE OF CREATION. FOR THEM, THE GREAT STRUGGLE IS WON. THEY HAVE EVOLVED A SOCIETY WHICH KNOWS NO STRESS OR ANGST. WHO ARE WE TO JUDGE THEM? WE AELDARI WHO HAVE FAILED, OR THE HUMANS, ON THE ROAD TO RUIN IN THEIR TURN? AND WHY? BECAUSE WE SOUGHT ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS THAT AN ORK WOULDN’T EVEN BOTHER TO ASK! WE SEE A CULTURE THAT IS STRONG AND DESPISE IT AS CRUDE.’ The answer to this one is a bit more subtle than I’d like. The Trukk Boyz rule that lets them disembark in the first place after the transport has moved has no restrictions on it, unlike the Impulsor rule. When you deploy a GRETCHIN unit in an Entry Zone, you can deploy a friendly RUNTHERD unit in that Entry Zone as well.