Rules Question - General's leadership.

---------It was one of the last army books written during 7th edition, though clearly with 8th ed in mind (just look at the spell lores). Regardless, it is the official Skaven army list for WFB 8th edition. If the rule was designed to mean that the general must have the highest LD value even over characters who cannot be the general, then clearly this would be in the 8-page FAQ. It's not. That means no Skaven player, no GW employee, and no Warhammer player in general thought to ask to clarify this question. Why? Because it didn't occur to the average player that any of this could be so.

I've read over the passages in question multiple times, and I have to say that the two passages are exclusive of each other. The passage about the BSB clearly defies him from being considered as general. Therefore he does not count as being the highest leadership for this purpose. This is based on just reading the rules.

Think of it this way. In a sport, a disqualified player is not eligible to participate. If you wanted your best player to take a shot, but he is disqualified, you just can't. You have to choose from what is eligible.

As you say: "In general, the Warhammer rules describe exemptions all the time from the main body of rules.' Exemptions are specified, and unless specified otherwise, normal rules apply. There would be a lot less rules discussions, if this simple and self-evident principle would be adhered to.

In this case, no exemption is specified, therefore the normal rule applies.



I myself brought up the Skaven quirk on the very first page of this thread, and already answered your question on the second:

Well, that assumption is not quite correct, because otherwise this discussion would not pop up every once and a while at least since 2001. Most lists are legal, and thus do not even give rise to the discussion. That also means that most players are actually following the rules (consciously or not). The main offenders are currently the Dwarfs, and, as I pointed out earlier in this thread, that is because, in 2014, their 8th edition AB increased the Thane Ld to 10, bringing them in line with the other ABs. That made the combo Runesmith-General/Thane-BSB they had been playing at least since 2001 invalid.

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Come to think of it: isn't it rather the Runesmith General that has fallen?

FvonSigmaringen

My example assumed nothing. I read the two rules and merely have an exterior example. This is often done in science to show how something works. Think of it as a model.

The positioning of the BSB rule makes it an addendum to the general rule. Also, your arguments against interpretations are odd in that you make language immutable. This is most certainly not the case. Not to be crass, but the English word "fag" means something different in America than it does in England in the everyday vernacular.

Also, when a word is used in a certain way definitions are often added to. This means that rules and laws are often open to a small amount of reasonable interpretation, and often are.