• Many themes swap which Faction a model counts as. They're slightly inconsistent with how exactly this is worded. Despite this inconsistency - whenever a model is considered a different faction to normal, it will not be its original faction. (Infernal Ruling)

For instance Lukas stops being a Crucible Guard model when taken in an Infernal army, and as a consequence he cannot take Toros or Vanguards in Infernals. (Infernal Ruling)

• You cannot use the theme benefit to reroll if it is a draw. Instead both players reroll until there is a loser, and then the loser can use their reroll benefit (if they have it). (Infernal Ruling)
• If both players have a reroll, first the original loser uses their reroll.
  • If the original loser still loses, fine.
  • If the original loser now wins, the other player can use their reroll.
  • If it is now a draw, both players reroll until there is a loser. Then the player that hasn't used their theme benefit reroll can still use it, if they want.

• A warjack/warbeast with a bond can always be included in a theme force, whether or not they're in the list of allowed models, but only if they're controlled by that bonded model.
• This applies even if that bonded model isn't a full warcaster/warlock (changed as of 2018.06).

Number of Mercenaries

• If your "up to one Merc" ...
  • ... can take warbeasts/warjacks, then you can add warbeast(s)/warjack(s) (without exceeding your "up to one" allowance)
  • ... comes with a Companion model, then you'll get that Companion (without exceeding your "up to one" allowance)
• There is a bug in Warroom that allows you to not only take one Merc solo/unit, but the entire FA of that Merc solo/unit. It's a bug.

Mercenaries and Ranking Officers

• Adding a Ranking Officer to a Merc unit doesn't increase the number of Merc units you can take.

Other

• See also the section on Partisans

Partisans & Theme Forces (Edit)

• Partisans are Mercenary/Minion models, so there are two ways you can add them to a theme force:
  1. Freely: If the Partisan is on the list of allowed models, then you can take as many as you want plus another Mercenary unit/solo. (Infernal Ruling)

     They can be explicitly allowed (for example Jaws of the Wolf allows "Kayazy models/units" so Partisan Kayayz can be used freely).

     They can be implicitly allowed (for example Scourge of the Broken Coast allows "living Cryx models/units" and Partisan Cephalyx fit that criteria, so they can be used freely). (Infernal Ruling)

  2. Limited: If the Partisan isn't on the list of allowed models, it does use up your "Up to one Mercenary/Minion" slot, so you can only have the one.

• Whether you used option 1 or 2 above, once they're in your theme force they count as a Faction model and so:
  • They can be taken as a Requistion Option (if they fit the Requistion description).

  For example Lanyssa can be taken as a free solo in the Legion of Dawn theme. (Infernal Ruling)

  • They will get any theme benefit that they fit the description for.

  For example Storm Division gives all Cygnar models Immunity Electricity, so Partisan Mercs in that theme get immunity too.

  For example Nemo4's Mechaniks get Reposition [3] in Heavy Metal. (Infernal Ruling)

• You can choose the same Requisition option as many times as you like, as long as it doesn't put you over a FA limit.
• You can't mix and match models from different options. Say one option allows 3 Machine Wraiths and another allows 3 Necrotechs. You can't use your Requisition Point to get 2 Wraiths and 1 Necrotech.
• If you have an option that allows one other solo, you can't use it to get something already on the list. For instance, Ghost Fleet allows 3 Misery Cages (which are FA 4) for one Requistion Point, and it allows 1 other solo. That "other solo" can't be a 4th Cage.
• If your theme allows "3 weapon attachments" as a Requistion Option, you can spread them into different units. (Locked Thread)
• Models with the Man-Sized rule count as small-based models for the purposes of being a Requistion Option. (Locked Thread)

• If your theme only allows one merc solo, you can't have one in your main list and a different one in your specialists.

• If a unit is allowed in a theme, any-and-all of its attachments are allowed too. Exception: Ranking Officers are not allowed unless explicitily mentioned.
• If the theme force gives a benefit to a specific unit, any-and-all attachments to that unit will benefit too. Even if it is a "generic" attachment like the Void Leech. (Infernal Ruling)
  For example, a Trollkin Sorcerer will gain Serenity if its attached to a Dhunian Knot unit in a Power of Dhunia theme force.
• If your theme allows "3 weapon attachments" as a Requistion Option, you can spread them into different units. (Locked Thread)
• A non-character unit with a character attachment (i.e. Captain Karli) still counts as a non-character unit. (Infernal Ruling)

• With reference to special abilities that themes give to models, Ranking Officers, adding new models, and/or taking control of models:
  1. Theme force benefits are applied when you construct your list or put a new model into play. A model already in play will not lose or gain any theme benefits mid-game based on any changes of faction status or otherwise. (Infernal Ruling)
  2. However, if the theme gives a benefit to models "at the beginning of the game" (such as Devourer's Host letting models begin the game with 1 corpse token) then this benefit does not apply to new models that are put into play mid-game. (Locked Thread)
  • Example 1: Sons of the Tempest says "ATGM units in this army gain Pistoleer". If your opponent takes control of one of them, it keeps Pistoleer while under their control even though it's currently not "in the army".
  • Example 2: Storm Division gives Immunity:Electricity to "Cygnar models in the army." If you include a Mercenary unit with a Ranking Officer, they will get the theme benefit and also keep it even after the Ranking Officer dies.
  • Example 3: Stange Bedfellows gives solos Swift Vengeance. If Nemo4 creates a new solo mid-game, that solo will have Swift Vengeance.