CODEX ORKS Update The following changes apply to the Orks list Characters Orks characters costing below 50 points do not count as a hero choice (bear in mind the 50% cap on this section is still in place. Characters costing lest than 50 points (after equipping), Weirdboyz, Warpheadz and Ogryn’s cannot lead an Ork army. BigBoss’ may have two new upgrades. For +5 points they become a Big Mek and gain the Mekaniak ability below and may choose Mekaniak only equipment. Or for +5 points they become a Painboss and gain the Painboy ability below and may take Painboy only equipment. Mekaniaks now have the following ability: if they have not fired this turn and are not engaged in close combat and are in base contact with a stationary vehicle they may roll a D6 in the rally phase. Nominate a damaged location on the vehicle and apply the following results. 1 krunch! the location takes another damage hit that applies immediately. 2-5 umm dis bit goes dere… the Mekaniaks efforts have no effect though they may attempt again next turn. 6 Jobs a gud’un All damage on the target location is nullified as the Mekaniak repairs it. Note that a vehicle that has lost an arm or a wheel cannot have it repaired, only simpler things like gun damage etc can be repaired, mostly damage results 1-3. If the Mekaniak is riding the vehicle then they may attempt a repair even if it is moving, but if the vehicle is travelling at fast speed a roll of 1-2 has the effects of oops! Mekaniaks may choose a Death Kopta as a mount at a cost of +25 points Painboyz can now heal allied models. If they are in base contact with an unengaged friendly model and have not fired or fight in combat this turn then they may attempt to restore a wound to the model. This can be used to revive a dead model provided they were not killed by a weapon of Str. 7 or higher. Roll a D6 in the rally phase and apply the following results. 1 oops! The model suffers a further wound, if they were already a casualty then they are well and truly now dead! 2-5 gonna take a bit longer… the Painboyz efforts have no effect though they may attempt again next turn. 6 Gud as New Restore a single wound to the model immediately. If it was a casualty then return the model to play were it fell, though if rejoining a squad on overwatch it skips the overwatch shooting.  Mobs Freebooter Pirates have the following special rule: Unruly – may not benefit from the LD of other characters or the effects of a Battle Standard, They also have access to the following weapons which replace the bolt pistol if chosen; shuriken pistols (+2 pts/model) and needle pistols (+8 pts/model) and lasguns (free). The entire squad may have mesh armour at +2 pts/model. Blood Axes: For each Blood Axe mob (not kommando) in the army the Orks may take one Imperial Vehicle from the support section instead of a normal Ork vehicle. This vehicle will not have targeters and due to its state of disrepair will suffer –2” to its combat speed statistic and –4” from its fast speed statistic. It will also have –1 to all armour locations. Its normal crew are displaced by Orks who carry a Bolt Pistol and an Axe. Goffz – Goff mobz may not have a special or heavy weapon. Burna Boys – You can take a Burna Boyz unit by using the Bad Moons entry and buying each model a flamer and a power axe. Vehicles Though still available separately Vehicles may now be formed into Mobs of 3-5, chosen like squads but from the support section. They will follow the rules for vehicle squadrons (6” coherency). Dreadnoughts and Killa Kans can form a mob. Artillery can form a mob. War Buggies and War Trukks can form a mob. Wartraks and Scorchers can form a mob. Bikes should be removed from the support section entry and Battlewagons cannot form into mobs. Warbike’s Autocannons now have a maximum range of 18”. Also the vast pollution and dirt that these bikes throw out means that weapons suffer a –1 to hit penalty at long range, as the bikes enter short range the cloud of crap becomes a little more concentrated and so targeting is easier. New Stuff Killa Kan 30 points These smaller and ‘cheaper’ Dreadnoughts are more accessible to ambitious Orks and so are more common on the battlefield. They are chosen as normal for a vehicle. Troop type M WS BS S T W I A LD Killa Kan 6 4 3 5 3 1 3 2 7 Crew 1 sliced up Ork (not as cramped as you might think after surgery…) Weapons Two arms fitted with a  combination of: Power claws (can be saws etc) +10pts each, heavy bolters +10 pts each, rokkit launchas +30 pts each, heavy flamers +20 pts each, lascannons.+30 pts each, autocannons + 16 pts each, ‘eavy stubbers +7 pts each.   Ram Value Strength 5, D6 damage, -2 save. TYPE Walker HIT LOCATIONS D6 1 Legs Front armour: 14 Side/rear: 14 2 Left Arm Front armour: 12 Side/rear: 12 3 Right Arm Front armour: 12 Side/rear: 12 4-6 Body Front armour: 16 Side/rear: 13 d6 Legs damage 1 Stunned. May not move next turn 2 Knocked sprawling D3” in a random direction. Collision as normal 3-4 Serious damage. Movement reduced to D3” 5-6 Legs blown off d6 Arms damage 1 Arm paralysed. May not be used in close combat. Attacks –1 2 Weapons are jammed and may only fire on a 4+ 3-5 Arm is ripped from body. Attacks –1 6 The arm explodes. Apply above result and also roll on body damage table d6 Body damage 1 Electric Shock! Killa Kan moves randomly charging nearest enemy target or firing at the nearest available target if none in range (including allies!) A further result will fry the rider and the Killa Kan will be destroyed 2 Rider wounded. All characteristics halved (rounding up) 3-4 Bursts into flames. May fire one emergency weapon in shooting phase. On a 1-2 at start of each players turn it explodes. Models within 2” suffer D3 Strength 10 hits with a –2 save 5 Rider Killed. Staggers D3” random direction and then collapses 6 Ammuntion explodes. Killa Kan destroyed and models within 2” suffer D6 strength 10 hits –2 save Death Kopta Skwod: Some ‘ingenious’ or idiot Mek somehow added this ‘weapon’ to the Ork brain gene pool. The following entry can be chosen as a squad as normal. Death Kopta Skwod…………………37 pts per model Troop type M WS BS S T W I A LD Ork 4 3 3 3 4 1 2 1 7 Mob:  Between 3 and 5 Death Kopta’s Crew 1 Ork wearing Flak Armour and carrying a Bolt Pistol and Axe Weapons Twin-bolters with 180-degree fire arc. Up to two models may replace the twin bolters with a plasma gun (+5 points) or a melta gun (+5 points) Special   Flammable Construct: Flamer weapons gain +1 to their roll on the damage table Ram Value Strength 4, D3 damage, -1 save. Speed  12” – may make one 90 degree turn, unless stationary in which case it may spend the movement phase turning up to 360 degrees TYPE Skimmer (A Death Kopta cannot make hit and run attacks) HIT LOCATIONS D6 1-2 Rider No armour 3-6 Kopta Front armour: 10 Side/rear: 10 d6 Kopta damage 1-2 The weapon is destroyed 3 Damaged controls, at start of turn 4-6 control gained, 1-3 goes out of control 4 The engine falls out and the Kopta crashes to the ground, 1d6” in a random direction. Anything beneath it when it crashes takes d3 S4 hits with –2 saving throw mod. The rider is slain 5 Engines explode killing the rider. The Kopta crashes to the ground, 2d6” in a random direction. Anything beneath it when it crashes takes d3 S5 hits with –2 saving throw mod. 6 Fuel catches fire killing the crew. Kopta moves out of control and explodes. Everything within 1” takes damage is if being hit by a flamer Zzap Gun 15 points This unpredictable piece of artillery is cheap and easy to produce. It is chosen as normal for a support weapon and is crewed by two Gretchin. When determining the Strength, rolls of 11 result in one of the Gretchin being removed as causality and a 12 results in the weapon exploding removing it ad its two crew from the game. It can be wheeled 4” in a turn but cannot fire if it does. Hits against the Zzap Gun strike the crew on a 5+ or the Zzap Gun itself on any other result. It has an armour value of 10 and is removed automatically along wit its two crew if this is penetrated. Range S L To Hit S L Str. Dam. Save Mod. Arm. Pen. Special Zzap Gun 12 24 +1 - 2D6 D6 -3 3D6 Move or Fire New Equipment The following count as Ork only Wargear cards Dok’s Tools (5 points)– Orks cannot take Medi-packs but may instead take Dok’s Tools. If the equipped model is in base contact with an unengaged friendly model and have not fired or fight in combat this turn then they may attempt to restore a wound to the model. This can be used to revive a dead model provided they were not killed by a weapon of Str. 7 or higher. Roll a D6 in the rally phase and apply the following results. 1 oops! The model suffers a further wound, if they were already a casualty then they are well and truly now dead! 2-5 gonna take a bit longer… the model’s efforts have no effect though they may attempt again next turn. 6 Gud as New Restore a single wound to the model immediately. If it was a casualty then return the model to play were it fell, though if rejoining a squad on overwatch it skips the overwatch shooting. Grabba Stick (5 points) – Can only be chosen by a Runtherd. Single-handed close combat weapon. At the start of the close combat phase against man sized targets, they must pass an I test or lose all attacks in this combat round and count as WS 0. Against small targets subtract one form their initiative score. This can be chosen as an assault weapon and does not take up a Wargear slot. Squig Hound (10 points) The model is accompanied by a particularly ferocious Squig Hound. It is treated as a separate model but must always remain within 2” of its master. It has the profile below. Also in close combat it must always follow-up, even into a friendly model if there is no other option available! However it will never attack its master. Troop type M WS BS S T W I A LD Squig Hound 6 3 0 4 3 1 2 2 2 ‘Uge Choppa (4 points) – This is essentially a double handed close combat weapon. The Ork counts as having Initiate 0 in Close Combat fighting but has +2 Strength. This can be chosen as an assault weapon and does not take up a Wargear slot. Whip (5 points) - Can only be chosen by a Runtherd. Single-handed close combat weapon. Subtratc one from the WS of all models in base contact. This can be chosen as an assault weapon and does not take up a Wargear slot. ‘Urty Syringe (10 points) – Can only be chosen by a Painboy. Single-handed close combat weapon. In close combat attacks against mortal foes with an ‘Urty syringe automatically wound on a 4+. Names To following is a list of terms in the Ork Codex that have changed over the years to meet the contemporary Ork phonetic climate. Note that all rules remain the same! Bolt Pistol  = Slugga Gretchin Autgun  = Grot Blasta Bad Moons = Shoota Boyz Big Boss = Big Mek (potentially)- to have a Painboss, choose a Big Boss with Dok’s Toolz DeathSkullz = Tank Bustaz  Goffz  = Slugga Boyz Nobz Mob = ‘Ard Boyz Note: these name references are more for convenience when buying new models. Also remember that Blood Axe Kommandoz can very easily be Goff Kommandoz, the said clans in the book merely represent the most popular trait of the specific clan.