Did Yarrick lose his fearless?

[Wildcard]

So, yesterday i had a game where chaos spawns (with a sorcerer & bike lord with mark of nurgle hq's) charged my squad of ogryns and Yarrick. After a few turns only Yarrick remained of my forces and as i had lost that round with 5 wounds it was a time to take ld check with a -5 modifier thanks to Yarrick seemingly having no fearless nor stubborn.

Is there something i just didn't notice or didn't take into account, since last book Yarrick had his Inspirational Hero- rule giving him fearless and a 12" bubble of stubborn..

[Denzark]

Umm - really? You were playing using these rules without the book?

[Wildcard]

I don't quite grasp what you mean?

Ofc I have the new book also.. (both actually, astra militarum & militarum tempestus).. I've always liked Yarrick and chose him kinda ad hoc.. That squad did have priest with them so the fearless (or stubborn) did come up with Yarrick only after he was a last man standing..

If you mean if i were running Yarrick with the rules from the old book - the answer is no. Yarrick having fearless was a projection of mind from old book - very typical at the transition from old rules to new ones. However as i noted earlier, the reason the unit was fearless was the priest, not Yarrick.

I was bemused that i couldn't find any implications he himself having any kind of fearless/stubbon etc. that would matter in close combat.. And so i came here to ask if i had missed anything..

[Ikevin07]

You are correct on this Wildcard.

Couldn't believe it myself but i opened my codex (digital) and sure enough the other 2 commissars have stubborn special rule but Yarrick does not and neither it nor fearless are present in any of his special rules.

So it begs the question has GW made a mistake on the codex or has Yarrick gone soft on us?

[Tyrendian]

mistake would be my guess - certainly isn't their first...

[Denzark]

If Yarrick is Warlord his trait, Draconian discipline, will mean you don't take morale checks for suffering casualties for friendly units within 12" - so nearly fearless. Although you cans till go to ground and still be pinned. And if you take Yarrick but don't use him as warlord you deserve to not have a buff from him I mean who the hell is going to be senior to Yarrick?

[Wildcard]

Denzark: That warlord trait is no doubtedly really really good against shooting, but in close combat (where Yarrick is the only 'umie to excel) Yarrick is a total sissy now :)

[Gleipnir]

If Yarrick is Warlord his trait, Draconian discipline, will mean you don't take morale checks for suffering casualties for friendly units within 12" - so nearly fearless. Although you cans till go to ground and still be pinned. And if you take Yarrick but don't use him as warlord you deserve to not have a buff from him I mean who the hell is going to be senior to Yarrick?

You mean the Warlord trait he is never permitted to use because they also gave him Chain of Command and Senior Officer? Yarrick will most definitely get an errata, cross your fingers for either Fearless or Stubborn as well

[Haighus]

Why can't he use the warlord trait? o.O

[Gleipnir]

Chain of Command was written poorly it reads may not be selected as the warlord if a model has the Senior Officer rule

Yarrick is a model with the Senior Officer rule, so if they wanted him to ever be warlord they should have either taken that rule off him, or changed it to read if another model or any other model That's why its sure to get an errata.

[Blood Shadow]

Yep Yarrick who replaced his missing arm with an Ork's power claw in spite of Ordo Xenos doctrines, then pulls out his own eye to fit an extra pistol in there cos with one good arm he was struggling with carrying a storm bolter and a pistol....the guy who has banished the famous Ghazghkull Thraka.....yep the Eternal Warrior Yarrick he's a scaredy cat, he'll now run if he stubs his toe....

[Haighus]

If he is your only HQ choice, he still has to be the warlord by default though, I don't think chain of command can over-ride not having a warlord at all.

[Gleipnir]

Oh I agree, like I said its just not worded to allow it so you have to house rule it to be functional until they fix it, personally I'm going with the insert "other model" into the Chain of Command wording though I would prefer if they ended up just removing the rule from him altogether, since I don't see Yarrick as being second behind any other warlord save perhaps Creed, who doesn't have the Senior Officer rule anyhow.

[This Dave]

Yep Yarrick who replaced his missing arm with an Ork's power claw in spite of Ordo Xenos doctrines, then pulls out his own eye to fit an extra pistol in there cos with one good arm he was struggling with carrying a storm bolter and a pistol....the guy who has banished the famous Ghazghkull Thraka.....yep the Eternal Warrior Yarrick he's a scaredy cat, he'll now run if he stubs his toe....

Well, he is getting pretty old by now. Maybe there's an early dinner at the Old Imperial Heroes Home he has to get to. :)