Chaos Dwarfs Direwolf FAQ v7.02 Format Q = Question A = Answer S = Source Q. Where can I find the army list for the Chaos Dwarfs? A. The army list for the Chaos Dwarfs was originally published in the Ravening Hordes booklet which accompanied the release of Warhammer 6th edition in the Year 2000. The army list (updated to incorporate official errata for the list) is currently available for download on the Games Workshop UK website at: http://uk.games-workshop.com/warhammer/chaos-dwarfs/1/ S. Ravening Hordes booklet / Games Workshop UK Website ***** Q. Where can I find models for the Chaos Dwarf army? A. Models for the Chaos Dwarf army are currently not in production. Some of the classic units are still available directly from Games Workshop Mail Order. Other units for the army can only be found on the secondary market (e.g. Ebay). Players are also free to convert models for use with the army. S. Games Workshop Mail Order Catalog / Direwolf FAQ Council Recommendation ***** Q. Are there any plans to produce a proper army book for the Chaos Dwarfs. A. The Warhammer Design Team does not have any current plans to produce a Chaos Dwarf army book, but may at some point in the future. S. Gav Thorpe - Warhammer Design Team ***** Q. The Chaos Dwarfs army list indicates that the army may select common magic items from the rulebook, however, there are no points costs listed for the items. How many points are each of the common magic items? A. As the Chaos Dwarfs army list was developed in conjunction with Warhammer 6th edition, use the points costs for the common magic items listed in the 6th edition Rulebook. For those players who are new to the game with 7th edition, the points costs are as follows: Sword of Striking - 30 pts Sword of Battle - 25 pts Sword of Might - 20 pts Biting Blade - 10 pts Enchanted Shield - 10 pts Talisman of Protection - 15 pts Dispel Scroll - 25 pts Power Stone - 25 pts Staff of Sorcery - 50 pts War Banner 25 - pts S. Warhammer 6th Edition Rulebook / Direwolf FAQ Council Interpretation ***** Q. What does the term "Lapping Around" refer to in regards to Sneaky Gitz? A. Ignore all the references to "Lapping Around". "Lapping Around" was a main rule from Warhammer 6th edition and it no longer applies. S. Chaos Dwarfs Army List / Direwolf FAQ Council Interpretation ***** Q. If the special ability of the Dark Mace of Death is used against a character on a monstrous mount or in a chariot, how are the wounds distributed? A. If a target is riding a monster or chariot, then both the rider and the monster or chariot take D3 wounds, with no armour saves allowed. As this question is not specifically answered by the Rulebook, the Direwolf FAQ Council has used the detailed description of the Tomb Kings magic weapon, The Destroyer of Eternities, which states "If a target is riding a monster or chariot, then both take two automatic hits." in conjunction with the answer given in Warhammer Chronicles 2004 that 'both the Character and the Mount/Chariot take a wound/hit' from magic spells which cause a wound/hit to each model to arrive at this answer. S. Chaos Dwarfs Army List / Tomb Kings Army Book page 36 / Warhammer Chronicles 2004 page 115 / Direwolf FAQ Council Interpretation ***** Q. What is the correct number of crew for Hobgoblin Bolt Throwers? A. P.33: Hobgoblin Bolt Thrower entry. Change the Unit Size rule from "1 War machine with 3 crew" to "1 war machine with 2 Hobgoblin crew". S. US White Dwarf #258 page 40 ***** Q. Are Flying moves affected by the Earthshaker's special rules? A. Yes. The Earthshaker's description states "Any troops within this distance in inches from the centre of the template move at half rate in their next turn...". No exceptions for flyers are noted. S. Chaos Dwarfs Army List / Direwolf FAQ Council Interpretation ***** Q. Do Chaos Dwarfs benefit from the Dwarf special rules of 'Ancestral Grudge', 'Relentless', and starting with a base of four dispel dice? A. No. Chaos Dwarfs are a separate race from Dwarfs and do not benefit from these special rules. S. Chaos Dwarfs Army List ***** Q. Are Chaos Dwarfs players suppose to use the Orcs & Goblins Army Book? A. Yes. In US White Dwarf #250 on page 11 it states: Ravening Hordes - Chaos Dwarfs The new Orc & Goblins Army book completely replaces the list in Ravening Hordes. However, dedicated Orc & Goblin armies are not the only ones to employ the Greenskins in battle. The Chaos Dwarfs also use them and, as the complete rules are now out, it will be good to use them for the Chaos Dwarf's slave troops, too. To do this you'll obviously need both Ravening Hordes and the new Orc & Goblins book. The following changes bring the list up to date: - Replace the Special unit entries in Raveeening Hordes for the Orc Boyz, Goblins and Black Orcs with the following army list entries from the Orc & Goblin Armies book: Goblins, Orc Boyz, Orc Arrer Boyz and 0-1 units of Black Orcs. One unit of Orc Boyz may be upgraded to Big'Uns as per the normal rules in the book. All these units count as Special units in the Chaos Dwarf army. - Delete special rule 5 about Orcs ignorinnng panicking Gobbos (this is replaced by the full rules from the book) - Troops described in the Orc & Goblin booook follow the rules there rather than the shorthand versions in Ravening Hordes. - Hobgoblins suffer Animosity just as a unnnit of Goblins would in the Orc & Goblin book. This replaces the animosity rule in Ravening Hordes (special rule 3). S. US White Dwarf #250 page 11 ***** Q. May Greenskin units in the Chaos Dwarf army use the magic banners from the Orc & Goblin army book? A. No they may not. Greenskins in a Chaos Dwarf army are not part of a free Orc and Goblin Waaagh!, they are slaves and do not have access to the magic banners in the Orcs & Goblins book. Note however that due to the White Dwarf update (see Q&A above) a unit of Orc Big 'Uns and Black Orcs may carry the magic banners available to the Chaos Dwarf army (e.g. The War Banner and The Banner of Slavery). S. Chaos Dwarfs Army List / US White Dwarf #250 page 11 / Direwolf FAQ Council Interpretation ***** BULL CENTAURS Q. Can you Killing Blow a Bull Centaur? A. Yes. As a Bull Centaur is US2 it is not immune to Killing Blow. S. Rulebook pages 94 and 95 / Chaos Dwarfs Army List ***** Q. Do Bull Centaurs receive +1S or +2S when using a Great Weapon? Also, may they benefit from the "Fighting with hand weapon & shield" rule? A. Bull Centaurs are cavalry in all respects except they use equipment as if they were infantry and gain no armour save bonus for being mounted. S. Warhammer Chronicles 2004 page 112 / Direwolf FAQ Council Interpretation ***** BLUNDERBUSSES Q. What is the correct description for Blunderbusses? A. P.32: Blunderbuss rules. The last two sentences should be changed from "Hits are resolved at S3 if firing in 1 rank, S4 if firing in 2 ranks and S5 if in 3 or more ranks. Ranks must be complete to count." to "Hits are resolved as S3 plus 1 per extra rank up to S5. Ranks count if at least 4 wide. A single character in the front rank will not effect the unit’s fire." S. US White Dwarf #258 page 40 ***** Q. How exactly do Chaos Dwarf Blunderbusses work with the Stand and Shoot charge reaction? A. The rules are applied exactly as with any other unit. If the chargers start within 12" then any models within 12" may be hit. If the chargers are outside 12", the charging unit is stopped at maximum range as normal, and so in this case only the front rank of the charging unit will be in the zone of fire. S. Warhammer Chronicles 2004 page 120 ***** Q. Do Blunderbuss units need line of sight and range to a declared enemy target unit in order to shoot? A. Yes, as no exceptions to the main rulebook requirements for these items are listed in the Blunderbuss special rules. Note however that all enemy models caught in a Blunderbuss unit's 'fire zone' will be hit as normal, regardless of whether or not they belong to a enemy unit which the Blunderbuss unit has LoS to. S. Chaos Dwarfs Army List / Rulebook page 26 ***** Q. Do enemy characters / champions hit by a Blunderbuss unit's 'fire zone' receive a Look Out Sir! roll (provided there are five or more rank and file models in the unit with them)? A. Yes. This falls under "other ranged attack that uses a template (like some spells and magic items)" as stated in the Look Out Sir! section of the Rulebook. S. Chaos Dwarfs Army List / Rulebook page 75 / Direwolf FAQ Council Interpretation ***** Q. Can you fire Chaos Dwarf Blunderbusses if there is a friendly unit in combat with an enemy in the same fire zone? A. No. S. Warhammer Chronicles 2004 page 120 ***** Q. Is a Blunderbuss unit allowed to shoot if the 'fire zone' will cover friendly models not engaged in close combat? A. No. S. Warhammer Chronicles 2004 page 120 / Direwolf FAQ Council Interpretation ***** Q. How do I resolve the shooting of a unit of Chaos Dwarf Blunderbusses that is firing from inside a house? A. Their “fire zone” is as wide as the face of the building they are firing from. The hits are Strength 3, +1 for every storey from which another five blunderbusses can fire. S. Alessio Cavatore, Warhammer Design Team ***** END