Epic 41K Changes to Epic 40K Special abilities

Supreme Commander:
A unit with the Commander special ability may take command of any units of his army (i.e. not allies) that are currently "out of command" but with in 30 cm of his position. The units that he has taken command of are now part of his detachment for the rest of the game

Artillery:

  1. Artillery unit may fire Smoke rounds
  2. Artillery get to fire at 1/2 their FP at up to twice there normal range if the target is within LOS of a friendly forward observer or the command unit of the artillery deteachment.
  3. Round fire power down. A value of 1.5 is 1, not 2. See however next item.
  4. In all cases the fire power of the attack may not be reduced to under 1.
  5. The halving of the fire power take place after Blast Markers are accounted for.
  6. The Blast Markers applied to the target unit is based on the total fire power before any adjustments, as per normal E40K rules
  7. Targets with in normal the normal range of the units firing do not have to be with in LOS of either the firing detachment or an obsever
Example:
A detachment of 9 Griffon mortars has 2 possible target detachments. The Griffons have 2 blast markers on them. In both target detachments it is possible to cover 3 units with the barrage template, generating a base of 27 fire power, which places 3 blast markers on the target detachment. The after blast marker Fire Power rating would be 21 fire power. ((9 - 2) * 3) Note that E40K range of a Griffon is 30 cm.
  1. Target is 25 cm from the Griffons
    It is attacked with 21 fire power
  2. Target is 50 cm from the Griffons and is line of sight of a forward observer.
    It is attacked with 10 fire power.

Flak and Flyers

Flak and flyers have been overhauled in a major way. The new rules can be found here.

 

Infiltrators

  1. May be upgraded to Recon at a cost of +2 points per unit
  2. This means that may also be upgraded to Forward Observer at normal cost for level
Detachment HQ:
Any unit that starts as a detachment command unit may be upgraded to Forward observer at level cost.

Transport:

Transport rules have been overhauled and can be found here