Unusable Rule

[hivefleetkerrigan]

I'm not sure who else here plays crusade, but the battle trait Synaptic Instincts is literally unusable.

Synaptic Instincts

This SWARM unit loses its Instinctive Behavior ability.

As a reminder, as called out in the base rulebook, SWARM units cannot gain experience and therefore cannot gain any battle traits. So we have a battle trait that can only be assigned to a unit that cannot have battle traits...

[zimko]

Yes, that is correct. Crusade requires some house-rulings to make it all work.

[omnivore]

I was annoyed when my opponent pointed that the feeder tentacles strat has no use because you can only get one CP back per battle round.

[zimko]

Nov 23, 2021 21:51:39 GMT omnivore said:

I was annoyed when my opponent pointed that the feeder tentacles strat has no use because you can only get one CP back per battle round.

Corrected in the FAQ. Stratagems that give CP are allowed to give multiple CP.

Page 6 of the Core Rulebook Errata.

*Page 363 – Rare Rules
Add the following:
Stratagems that Gain or Refund CPs
The advanced rules for Command points state that you cannot
gain, or have refunded, more than 1 Command point per battle
round because of any rules (other than via the exceptions listed
on page 245, such as the Battle-forged CP Bonus). However, there
are a small handful of Stratagems that let players gain or refund
several Command points when used (e.g. Feeder Tendrils in
Codex: Tyranids). So long as such a Stratagem is used during a
phase (i.e. it is not used ‘before the battle’ or ‘at the end of a battle
round’), the limit of gaining or refunding 1 Command point
per battle round does not apply to any Command points gained
via Stratagems.

Note that this means you can still gain a CP from the Levi Relic even on a turn in which you gained CP from Feeder Tendrils, because as above, the CP you gain from Feeder Tendrils does not apply to the 1 CP limit per battle round.

[hivemind03]

Unless you're playing in some super official crusade league or something. You should definitely flex the rules wherever your group agrees. Crusade should be fun.

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Nov 23, 2021 23:00:31 GMT hivemind03 said:

Unless you're playing in some super official crusade league or something. You should definitely flex the rules wherever your group agrees. Crusade should be fun.

Mostly it's just friends and me. We all had a laugh about it and chalked it up to bad proof reading.

[purestrain]

Nov 23, 2021 20:43:48 GMT hivefleetkerrigan said:

I'm not sure who else here plays crusade, but the battle trait Synaptic Instincts is literally unusable.

Synaptic Instincts

This SWARM unit loses its Instinctive Behavior ability.

As a reminder, as called out in the base rulebook, SWARM units cannot gain experience and therefore cannot gain any battle traits. So we have a battle trait that can only be assigned to a unit that cannot have battle traits...

I actually laughed out loud at that one.