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Everyone but tyranids have access to the Daemonology Discipline, which is broken down into two sets of powers, Sanctic and Maelfic.

Grey Knights can use Sanctic powers but not Maelfic ones.
All other psykers can use Sanctic powers but suffer perils on any doubles whether successful or not.

Daemons can use Maelfic powers but not Sanctic.
All other pskyers can use Maelfic powers but suffer perils on any doubles whether successful or not.


10.) Splitfire USR no longer needs a Leadership test to perform, it presumably just works like declaring normal shots.

9.) Unit Coherency adjusted to 6" vertically presumably to account for precarious placements of assaulting models on Citadel terrain.

8.) Turn Sequence hinted at as Movement, Psychic, Shooting, Assault

7.) Each player starts with three? Tactical Objective cards, and can discard/draw one each turn.

6.) Introduction of "factions" for what can be fielded in what combination in "Combined Arms and Allied" Detachments

5.) New Detachments in Battle-Forged Armies called "Combined Arms and Allied".

4.) Now groups of weapons resolve their fire (hitting, wounding, and making armor saves etc.) for each group of like weapons separately.

3.) Exploding a vehicle now happens on a d6 roll of "7" so bringing the big guns with high Armor Penetration values to bear may be paramount now for most lists.

2.) The new rulebook will contain the rules for Super Heavy Vehicles, Gargantuan Creatures, and Destroyer Weapons.

1.) All Units in 40k are now scoring. However Troops taken in Battle-Forged lists get a new rule called "Objective Secured" that allows them to deny other scoring units, while scoring objectives themselves.


Changes to Unit Coherency


Adjusted to 6" vertically presumably to account for precarious placements of assaulting models on Citadel terrain.
The BRB rulebook does allow for models to lend attacks when within 6" of locked model while in "ruins" currently so this may be a neat attempt to clean that little nuance up.

Shooting Attacks (I say "attack" loosely because RAW we can't seem to find where shooting is even classified 100% as a shooting attack in the BRB).



Splitfire no longer needs a Leadership test to perform, it presumably just works like declaring normal shots.
Now groups of weapons resolve their fire (hitting, wounding, and making armor saves etc.) for each group of like weapons separately. That opens up a lot of tactical flexibility for sure, as far as placement of models etc...


All of the Vehicles

Exploding a vehicle now happens on a d6 roll of "7" so bringing the big guns with high Armor Penetration values to bear may be paramount now for most lists.
Hull Points are still stripped per normal, but killing them outright should now take the most dedicated of weapons (or just getting lucky with convention weapons against open top vehicles).

Boots on the Ground


All Units in 40k are now scoring.
However Troops taken in Battle-Forged lists get a new rule called "Objective Secured" that allows them to deny other scoring units, while scoring objectives themselves.
Battle-Forged Armies

Force Organization = 1 HQ, 1 Troop, and X "Detachments" (See below)
Get to re-roll Warlord Trait and troops in BF armies obtain the "Objective Secured" special rule.


Allies Chart?

New Detachments in Battle-Forged Armies called "Combined Arms and Allied".
Introduction of "factions" for what can be fielded in what combination in each of the two new detachments previous.


Tactical Objectives

Each player starts with three? Tactical Objective cards, and can discard/draw one each turn.
Cards requiring players to hold Objectives can not be discarded, and some cards interact differently with some of the new Malestorm of War missions.


Turn Sequence

Hinted at as Movement, Psychic, Shooting, Assault
Assaulting though difficult terrain is now just a flat -2".


Psychic Phase

If you roll for all powers of one discipline you get the primaris power for free.
Perils of the Warp has at least three results which all sound very scary.
Perils is on any casting result containing two sixes (boxcars)
New Psychic Discipline "Sanctic" still unspoiled.


All of the Rules

The new rulebook will contain the rules for Super Heavy Vehicles, Gargantuan Creatures, and Destroyer Weapons.