Eldar Witchblades as Force Weapons?

When I 1st started playing 40k this question came up and I came to the conclusion that since it didn't specifically state that they were in the Witchblade section of the main rule book that they didn't count as such. But I was reading the Warlock section of the Eldar codex on page 27 and the 1st sentence of the second paragraph says "A Warlock not only learns the runes of war but also how to wield the witchblade, a powerful Eldar force weapon." Also on page 42 of the main rule book under the witchblade section the 1st sentence starts with "These psychically tuned weapon are often carried by Eldar Psykers." Now is this enough to count them as force weapons since they are called such in the warlock fluff and are called "psychically tuned" (which is what a force weapon is) in their actual rules entry?

No. Check your FAQ there is no mention of an errata to them. They are still Str 9 vs vehicles though! I expect when they get around to the next codex that will be changed though.

But would they put it in an FAQ if it's already in the codex? It specifically calls it a force weapon in the warlock description.

I would say that the fact that the way the weapon is described in the rules supercedes any other ruling. Also - the word force might be a descriptor and not an ability. The weapon wounds on a 2+ and is Str 9 vs. Vehicles. That's pretty beefy.

Can't blame me for trying.

Come on man!!!! Just cause a description says something does not mean that applies to the rules of an item.

Whoa SLAANESH, chill out. Have a nice Keebler fudge grass hopper cookie. We already sorted that out lol. But it's ok, I don't blame you for being agrivated at me. Your just a darn dirty Daemon that only exists because the Eldar got so cool the universe almost collapsed. You dont know any better

Darn dirty daemon? DARN DIRTY DAEMON????

YOU SOME NERVE.....

YOU POINTY EARED....

FREAK!!!!!!



Were is my cookie????

Well I baked a whole bunch for tomorrow but if your not going to be nice then I don't know...... Papa Nurgle can have some, cause he's nice. And has Talisman.

Tread-Marked Avatar wrote:Well I baked a whole bunch for tomorrow but if your not going to be nice then I don't know...... Papa Nurgle can have some, cause he's nice. And has Talisman.

I like this guy. He can stay.