WARHAMMER 40,000 CODEX:

SPACE MARINES
Official Update for 6th Edition, Version 1.1
Although we strive to ensure that our codexes are perfect, sometimes mistakes do creep in. In addition, we occasionally print new versions of our rules, which require amendments to be made in older versions of our army books. When such issues arise, we feel that it is important to deal with them as promptly as we can, and we therefore produce regular updates for all of our army books. When changes are made, the version number will be updated, and any changes from the previous version will be highlighted in Magenta. Where a version number has a letter, E.g. 1.1a, this means it has had a local update, only in that language, to clarify a translation issue or other minor correction. Each update is split into three sections: Errata, Amendments, and Frequently Asked Questions. The Errata corrects any mistakes in the codex, while the Amendments bring the codex up to date with the latest version of the rules. The Frequently Asked Questions (or FAQ) section answers commonly asked questions about the rules. Although you can mark corrections directly in your codex, this is by no means necessary just keep a copy of the update with your codex. Page 52 and 144 Chapter Master, Orbital Bombardment. Add Large Blast to the Type of the Orbital Bombardment. Page 57 Quickening, second paragraph. Change the second paragraph as follows: The power is used at the beginning of the Librarians Shooting phase. If successful, the Librarian has the Fleet special rule and Initiative 10 until the end of the turn. Page 88, 134 Torias Telion/Sergeant Telion. Add Camo cloak to wargear. Page 66, 100, 144 Hellfire Rounds and Shells. The profile of Hellfire Rounds and Hellfire Shells must be changed by replacing Strength X with Strength 1. Page 72 Mindlock, penultimate sentence. Change to: If the result is a 1, 2 or 3, the Servitors have succumbed to mindlock the unit (including any characters) may not move (though they may fall back), shoot or assault that turn (though they will fight normally in close combat if already engaged). Page 79 and 144 Whirlwind Multiple Missile Launcher. Add Large Blast to the Type of both the Vengeance Missiles and Incendary Castellan Missiles. Page 80 and 144 Demolisher Cannon. Add Large Blast to the profile of the demolisher cannon. Page 97 Wargear, Chainfist. Change to See the Terminator entry on page 64. Note that a chainfist on an Ironclad Dreadnought is a Dreadnought close combat weapon that rolls 2D6 for armour penetration. Page 104 Mighty heroes, second paragraph. The third sentence should be changed as follows: Each also has the option for an extra HQ unit [] Page 129-133 Power Sword. Change all references to Power Sword to Power Weapon

ERRATA
Page 51 Combat Squads. Replace with the following wording: A ten-man unit with this special rule can break down into two five-man units, called combat squads. You must decide which units are splitting into combat squads, and which models go into each combat squad, immediately before deployment. A unit split into combat squads therefore is now two separate units for all game purposes including calculating the total number of units in the army, and the number of units you can place in reserve. Then proceed with deployment as normal. Note that two combat squads split from the same unit can embark in the same transport vehicle, providing its transport capacity allows. Once you have decided whether or not to split a unit into combat squads, it must remain that way for the entire battle. It cannot split up or join back together later on in the battle, nor can you use a redeployment to split up a unit or join it back together. 1

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Page 131 Honour Guard Squad, Options. Change digital lasers to digital weapons Page 138 Servitors. Change the first sentence to: You may include one unit of Servitors for every Techmarine or Master of the Forge in your army. These units do not count against your HQ or Elites allowance. Page 138 Legion of the Damned, Options. Change the second bullet point to: The Damned Sergeant may replace his boltgun and/or bolt pistol with:

Page 56 Librarians, Psychic Hood. Ignore this paragraph refer to the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook. Page 58 Chaplains, Crozius Arcanum. Change last sentence to It is a power maul. Page 58 Chaplain, Honour of the Chapter. In the second sentence, replace He, and all members of a squad he has joined with He, and all members of any unit chosen from Codex: Space Marines that he has joined Page 58 Chaplain, Liturgies of Battle. Change the first sentence to read On a player turn in which he charges, a Chaplain and all members of any unit chosen from Codex: Space Marines that he has joined re-roll failed rolls To Hit. Page 62 Vanguard Veterans, Heroic Intervention. Add the following sentence to the end of the paragraph: Note that Vanguard Veterans using the Heroic Intervention rule will count as having used their jump packs in the Movement phase. Page 71 Techmarines, Blessing of the Omnissiah. Replace this entry with the following: Blessing of the Omnissiah: In each of your Shooting phases, instead of firing his weapons, a Techmarine may choose to repair a single friendly vehicle that he is in base contact with or embarked upon. To repair a vehicle, roll a D6 and add the following modifiers where applicable: Each servitor with a servo-arm in his unit The Techmarine has a servo-harness +1 +1

AMENDMENTS
Note that this is an older Codex, written for a previous edition of the rules. You will therefore need to consult the Reference section of the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook for an up to date list Unit Types and Vehicle Hull Points. Youll also find that some of the weapons in this Codex are written out longhand, rather than using the weapon profile format in the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook. Dont worry these are functionally identical, unless noted otherwise in this document. Two Toughness Values Where a model has two Toughness values presented on its profile, one of which is presented in brackets, always use the bracketed value. Ignore the other value entirely. Psychic Powers A Space Marine Librarian (including Tigurius) may use the psychic disciplines found in the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook, instead of those in Codex: Space Marines. If he does so, generate two new powers from the Biomancy, Pyromancy, Telepathy or Telekinesis disciplines (in any combination) before armies are deployed. Tigurius instead generates three new powers. Var Power Swords In the bestiary and army list, replace all references to power sword with power weapon. Page 51 And they Shall Know no Fear.... Ignore this entry refer instead to the And they Shall Know no Fear... special rule in the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook. Page 53 Honour Guard, Honour or Death. Change the second sentence to read: The Chapter Champion must always issue and accept a challenge whenever possible. If there is more than one of your models in a combat with this special rule, you may select which model issues or accepts the challenge.

If the result is 5 or more, you may restore a Hull Point lost earlier in the battle, or repair a Weapon Destroyed or Immobilised result suffered earlier in the battle; this is effective immediately. Page 71 Techmarine, Bolster Defences. Replace this entry with the following: Bolster Defences: Techmarines can increase the effectiveness of cover, reinforcing crumbling walls and re-welding badly damaged spars. After deployment, but before Scout redeployments and Infiltrate deployments, nominate a single ruin in your deployment zone. The ruins cover save is increased by one for the duration of the game (usually to a 3+). Each ruin can only be bolstered once. Page 81 Land Raiders, Power of the Machine Spirit. Ignore this paragraph refer to the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook.

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Page 84 Marneus Augustus Calgar, God of War. In the second sentence, change all units with the Chapter Tactics special rule to read all friendly Codex: Space Marines units with the Chapter Tactics special rule Page 85 Cato Sicarius, Talassarian Tempest Blade. Change the first sentence to read This is a power sword. Page 85 Cato Sicarius, Rites of Battle. Change ...all other Space Marine units... to read ...all friendly Codex: Space Marines units... Page 86 Varro Tigurius, Hood of Hellfire. Change the sentence to read The Hood of Hellfire functions as a psychic hood and grants Tigurius a Psyker Mastery Level of 3. Page 86 Varro Tigurius, Rod of Tigurius. Replace the entry with The Rod of Tigurius is a force stave with the Master-crafted special rule. Page 88 Torias Telion, Eye of Vengeance. Change the sentence to read All shooting attacks made by Sergeant Telion are Precision Shots. Page 90 Pedro Kantor, Inspiring Presence. Change the first sentence to read All friendly units chosen from Codex: Space Marines within 12" of Pedro Kantor receive +1 Attack whilst he lives. Page 92 Kayvaan Shrike, See, But Remain Unseen. Replace this entry with the following: See, But Remain Unseen: Shrike (and any models in a unit chosen from Codex: Space Marines that he has joined before deployment) benefit from the Infiltrate special rule). Page 93 Vulkan Hestan, Chapter Tactics. Change the first sentence to read If you include Vulkan Hestan in your army then all friendly units chosen from Codex: Space Marines lose the Combat Tactics special rule. Instead, all thunder hammers carried by friendly models from Codex: Space Marines gain the Master Crafted special rule and all flamers, heavy flamers, meltaguns and multimeltas carried by friendly models from Codex: Space Marines have the Twin-Linked special rule. Page 99 Wargear, Relic Blade. Replace the second paragraph with the following profile: Range S AP Type 6 3 Melee, Two-handed Page 100 Camo Cloak. Change to A model wearing a camo cloak has +1 cover save.

Page 103 Dozer Blades; Hunter-killer Missile; Searchlight; Smoke Launchers. Use the entries in the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook. White Dwarf June 2012 (UK WD390) Page 67 Stormtalon Gunship, Unit Type. Ignore this entry refer to the Profiles section in the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook, starting on page 134.

FAQs
Q. Is there a circumstance under which a special character who has a Chapter Tactics special rule will also be able to use his Combat Tactics special rule? (p51) A. No he exchanges it either for the rules given in his own Chapter Tactics rule, or (if your army contains two or more special characters with the Combat Tactics special rule) the rules given in another special characters Chapter Tactics rule. Q: Can a single combat squad from a unit that had split into combat squads before deployment but was embarked on the same Transport choose to disembark whilst leaving the other combat squad onboard? (p51) A: Yes. Q. If I have two or more special characters that exchange the rule Combat Tactics for another one, when must I decide which to use? Does it have to be on the army list or can I decide before each game? (p51) A. It needs to be on the army list. Q. When a unit with the And They Shall Know No Fear special rule regroups do they get to immediately move up to 3" as well as moving as normal that turn? (p51) A. Yes. Q: What Mastery Level is a Space Marine Librarian? A: Mastery Level 1. An Epistolary is Mastery Level 2. They both know two powers. Q: Can Sternguard Veterans equipped with storm bolters use their Special Issue Ammunition with these weapons? (p63) A: No. Q: Do Drop Pods count as immobilised the moment they touch down? Also, are any immobilised hits on them counted for weapon destroyed etc? (p69) A. Yes Q: If a Drop Pod scatters off of the board when deep striking what happens? (p69) A: They will have to roll on the Deep Strike Mishap table. Q: Can you use a Drop Pod on its own, with no squad inside? (p69) A: Yes you can.

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Q: Can a Techmarine, or Master of the Forge, that is in base contact with multiple damaged vehicles attempt to repair them all? (p70,71) A: No. A Techmarine can only ever make one repair attempt per turn. Q: Can a Techmarine, or Master of the Forge, attempt to use his Blessing of the Omnissiah special rule to repair a vehicle he is currently embarked upon? (p70,71) A: Yes. Q: Does a successful Rhino repair attempt restore a Hull Point? (Pg 76) A: No. Q: Some Space Marine squads can take a Razorback as a dedicated transport. A Razorback has a transport capacity of six models. Can you still choose this as a dedicated transport for a squad with more than six models? (p77) A: Yes. Q: If a Razorback armed with a lascannon and twin-linked plasma gun suffers a weapon destroyed result, does it destroy both weapons or just one? (77) A: Only one weapon either the lascannon or the twin-linked plasma gun. Q. Can a vehicle with the Power of the Machine Spirit fire a weapon on the turn the vehicle uses Smoke Launchers? (p81) A. No. Q. Can Fearless models use Marneus Calgars God of War special rule to fail a Morale Check? (p84) A. No. Q. At what point does a model need to be in range of Pedro Kantor in order to gain the bonuses of the Inspiring Presence special rule? (p90) A: When the model makes its close combat attacks. Q. Shrike has a pair of master-crafted lightning claws. Does he get two re-rolls for these, or just the one? (p92) A. Just one. Q. Kor'sarro's Chapter Tactics rule states If you choose to do this, []. It seems that you can choose whether to exchange Combat Tactics with the Chapter Tactics rule (i.e. the ability to outflank). Isnt such change automatic, as stated by the previous sentence? (p94) A. You have no choice in regards of Korsarros Chapter Tactics replacing the normal Combat Tactics of the army (unless you also have another character with different Chapter Tactics, of course). Q. If Kossarro Khan rolls a 6 To Wound a model with a Toughness so high he cannot usually wound it, will Moonfang still inflict Instant Death on it? (p94) A. Yes.

Q. The rules for both the relic blade and the storm shield simply state that a model with one of these pieces of wargear cannot have +1 Attack for an additional close combat weapon. Is it therefore possible to equip a model with both a storm shield and a relic blade? (p99, 101) A. Yes. Q: Is the Stormtalon Gunship available to any armies other than those chosen from Codex: Space Marines? A: No. Q: Can one Stormtalon Gunship use its Escort special rule in conjunction with a unit embarked in reserve on a non-Dedicated Transport vehicle while another Stormtalon uses its Escort special rule in conjunction with the non-Dedicated Transport itself? For example, if a Tactical Squad is embarked upon a Land Raider that is placed in Reserve, can one Stormtalon Gunship escort the Tactical Squad while another escorts the Land Raider? A: No. If multiple units are defined by the Reserves rules as arriving together they are considered, for the purposes of the Escort special rule only, to be a single unit and thus may only have a maximum of one Stormtalon Gunship assigned to them as a whole. A maximum of one Stormtalon Gunship may be assigned to each unit or group of units for which you make a single reserves roll. Last updated 24th July 2012

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