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8 KHRVpvy Hav S2 or Q
8 KHRVpvy Hav S2 or Q
BATTLETOME: SYLVANETH
DESIGNERS’ COMMENTARY, JULY 2023 ERRATA, JULY 2023
The following commentary is intended to complement Battletome: The following errata correct errors in Battletome: Sylvaneth. The
Sylvaneth. It is presented as a series of questions and answers; the errata are updated regularly; when changes are made, any changes
questions are based on ones that have been asked by players, and from the previous version will be highlighted in magenta. Where
the answers are provided by the rules writing team and explain how the date has a note, e.g. ‘Revision 2’, this means it has had a local
the rules are intended to be used. The commentaries help provide a update, only in that language, to clarify a translation issue or other
default setting for your games, but players should always feel free to minor correction.
discuss the rules before a game, and change things as they see fit if
they both want to do so (changes like this are usually referred to as Page 64 – Allegiance Abilities, Battle Traits, From the Woodland
‘house rules’). Depths, Strike and Fade
Change the rule to:
Our commentaries are updated regularly; when changes are made, ‘Once per turn, in your combat phase, immediately after a friendly
any changes from the previous version will be highlighted in Sylvaneth unit that is wholly within 9" of an overgrown terrain
magenta. Where the date has a note, e.g. ‘Revision 2’, this means it feature or friendly Awakened Wyldwood has fought and slain models
has had a local update, only in that language, to clarify a translation (if any) have been removed from play (core rules, 14.2), you can
issue or other minor correction. remove that unit from the battlefield and set it up again more than
9" from all enemy units and wholly within 9" of either a different
Q: Does the Lady of Vines’ ‘Verdian Crown’ ability give friendly units overgrown terrain feature that is more than 3" from all enemy units
wholly within range the benefit of cover? or a different friendly Awakened Wyldwood that is more than 3"
A: No. from all enemy units.’
Q: Is an Awakened Wyldwood a Wyldwood (core rules, 17.1.4)? Designer’s Note: This errata means that any abilities or effects
A: Yes. that come into play when a model is slain but before it is removed
from play (such as the ‘Blaze of Glory’ battle trait for the Stormcast
Q: Does the Lady of Vines’ ‘Verdian Crown’ ability allow units wholly Eternals) are resolved before the ‘Strike and Fade’ effect regardless of
within range to benefit from effects (e.g. those of the ‘Places of Power’ whose turn is taking place.
and ‘From the Woodland Depths’ battle traits) as if they were wholly
within range of an Awakened Wyldwood or overgrown terrain feature? Page 66 – Allegiance Abilities, Command Traits, Spellsinger
A: Yes. Change the rule to:
‘When this general attempts to cast a spell, before making the casting
Q: Can I set up a unit that has been removed from the battlefield with roll, you can pick 1 friendly Awakened Wyldwood on the battlefield.
the ‘From the Woodland Depths’ battle trait wholly within 6" of the If you do so and the spell is successfully cast and not unbound,
Lady of Vines? the range, visibility and effect of that spell can be measured from 1
A: No. scenery piece that is a part of that friendly Awakened Wyldwood.
Spells that summon endless spells do not benefit from this effect.’
Q: Can a unit that must be set up wholly within range of an Awakened
Wyldwood or overgrown terrain feature (e.g. as per the ‘Roused to Page 84 – Alarielle the Everqueen, Metamorphosis
Wrath’ ability) be set up wholly within range of the Lady of Vines’ Change the second sentence of the rule to:
‘Verdian Crown’ ability? ‘If successfully cast, pick 1 enemy unit within range and visible to the
A: No. caster, and roll a number of dice equal to the unmodified casting roll.’
Q: There are abilities in the battletome (for example, ‘Places of Page 88 – Warsong Revenant, Unleash Swarm of Spites
Power’) that require a unit to be wholly within range of an overgrown Change the second sentence of the rule to:
terrain feature or a friendly Awakened Wyldwood. If a unit is not ‘If successfully cast, roll a number of dice equal to the unmodified
wholly within range of a single overgrown terrain feature or a friendly casting roll for each enemy unit within range of the caster.’
Awakened Wyldwood, but some models in the unit are wholly within
range of one such terrain feature, and the remaining models in the Page 93 – Branchwych, Unleash Spites
unit are wholly within range of another such terrain feature, is the unit Change the second sentence of the rule to:
considered to be wholly within range? ‘If successfully cast, roll a number of dice equal to the unmodified
A: No. casting roll for each enemy unit within range of the caster.’
Q: If a rule allows you to re-roll a casting roll made for a Gnarlroot Page 95 – Spiterider Lancers, Thrumming with Life
Wizard and the first casting roll was affected by the ‘Keepers of Change the rule to:
the Arcane’ ability, is the re-roll also affected by the ‘Keepers of the ‘At the end of each phase, if any enemy models were slain by an attack
Arcane’ ability? made by this unit in that phase, you can heal all wounds allocated to
A: Yes. this unit.’
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Page 95 – Revenant Seekers, Thrumming with Life
Change the rule to:
‘At the end of each phase, if any enemy models were slain by an attack
made by this unit in that phase, you can heal all wounds allocated to
this unit.’