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LoyalistMarinesTheRules

CharacteristicsZerolevelCharacteristicsCharacteristicModifiers

UnitsGeneralPrinciples

MeasuringDistancesDiceScatterDiceDividingRerollsRolloffRandomizingCockeddiceDiceoffthetableBlastsandTemplatesScatterCharacteristictestleadershiptestRulePrioritityControllingPlayervsOpposingPlayerLineofSight

TheTurnGameTurn

ExceptionsTheMovementphase

WhichmodelsaremovingDifferentmovementdistanceswithinaunitModelsinthewayModelsinclosecombatUnitCoherencyMovingthroughterrain

PsychicPhaseMasteryLevelWarpChargeManifestingPsychicPowers

PsychicTestPerilsoftheWarp

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TheMindwarPsychicHood

TypesofPsychicPowersBlessingCurseWitchfire

BeamNova

CoreRulebookPowersBiomancyDivinationForcePyromancyTelekinesisTelepathy

ShootingPhaseChooseaunittoshoot

RunningOverwatch

ChooseattargetfortheunittoshootatLineofSightCheckRangeWhichModelscanshoot?Rolltohit

MovingandShootingRolltoWound

MultipleToughnessValuesinaUnitAllocationofwoundsSavingThrows

ArmourSavesArmourpiercing(AP)

InvulnerableSavesCoverSaves

DeterminingifyourmodelsgetacoversaveDeterminingthevalueofthecoversaveyourunitgetsGoingtogroundFocusFiring

RemovecasualtiesInstantdeath

AssaultPhaseChargeSubphase

PickaunitDeclareaCharge

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RollchargeDistanceMovemodelsinchargingunit

ChargingthroughdifficultterrainChargingthroughdangerousterrain

ChoosenextunittochargeFightSubphase

ChooseacombatFightclosecombatInitiativesteps

InitiativesteppileinWhocanfight?

NumberofattacksRollingtohitRollingtowound

MultipleToughnessValuesinaUnitAllocationofwoundsSavingThrows

ArmourSavesArmourpiercing(AP)

InvulnerableSavesCoverSavesRemovecasualtiesBeginnextInitiativestepDetermineAssaultresults

CheckmoraleUselessweaponsSweepingAdvance

EndofcombatpileinConsolidationMultiplecombats

DeclaringachargeDisorganizedcharge

RollChargeRangeMovingchargingmodelsDirectingattacksAssaultresults

ShootinginClosecombatMorale

MoraleChecksMoraleCheckmodifiersInsaneHeroismWhentotestFallback

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FallingbackfromclosecombatTrapped

FallingbackandshootingMoraleandfallingbackRegroupingFallingbackandassaults

UniversalSpecialRulesAdamantiumwillAndtheyshallknownofearAssaultVehicleArmourbaneAura(x)Barrage

MultipleBarrageBlast

MultipleblastsBlastweaponsandrerolls

LargeBlastBlindBrotherhoodofpsykersBulky

VeryBulkyExtremelyBulky

ConcussiveCounterAttackCrusaderDaemonEternalWarriorFearFearlessFeelnoPainFleetFleshbaneDeepstrike

ArrivingviadeepstrikeDeepstrikeMishaps

FuriousChargeGetshot

GetshotandweaponsthatdontrolltohitGetshotanrerolls

HammerofWrathHatredHaywire

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HitandRunHitandrunandmultiplecombat

IgnoresCoverInfiltrateIndependentCharacter

JoiningandleavingunitsSpecialrulesModifiersShootingClosecombat

InstantdeathItwillnotdieJetJinkLanceMastercraftedMeltaMonsterHunterMoveThroughCoverNightVisionOutflankPersistent

PersistentBlastandtemplatemarkersPinningPoweroftheMachineSpiritPreferredEnemyPsychicPilotRageRelentlessRendingScoutShredSkilledRiderSlowandpurposefulSmashSpecialistweaponSplitFireStealthStubbornSwarmTankHuntersTorrentTwinlinked

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TwinlinkedblastweaponsTwinlinkedtemplateweapons

Unwieldy(x)UnitTypes

InfantryBikes

MovementFallingBack

ShootingAssaultSpecialRulesTurboboosting

JetbikesArtillery

MovingwithartilleryShootingwithartilleryShootingatartilleryAssaultPhaseMoraleandFallingback

JumpUnitsMovementphaseAssaultphaseFallbackmovesSpecialRules

MonstrousCreaturesSpecialRules

Beasts/CavalryAssaultphaseFallingback

VehiclesVehicleCharacteristics

BallisticskillArmourValueType

VehiclesandmeasuringdistancesVehicleMovement

DifficultandDangerousTerrainShootingwithavehicle

MovingFlatOutVehicleweaponsandlineofsight

ShootingAtavehicleVehiclefacingandarmourvalueBlastweapons

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TemplateweaponsArmourPenetrationrollsResolvingDamage

WreckedvehiclesVehiclesandcoverVehiclesandInvulsaves

VehiclesandassaultArmourpenetrationCombatresolution

VehicleSquadronsMovingavehiclesquadronShootingwithsquadronsShootingatsquadronsAssaultingsquadronsDamagingasquadronAbandoningavehicle

VehicleTypesTransports

TansportCapacityUnshakableNerveDedicatedTransportsFirePortsAccesspointsEmbarkingandDisembarking

EmbarkingDisembarking

EmergencyDisembarkationIndependentCharactersandTransportsAssaultingoutofatransportVehicleDamageandPassangers

ChariotSweepattackShootingataChariotAssaultwithachariot

FightingfromaChariotSpecialRules

OpenToppedVehiclesVehicleDamageOpenToppedTransportsFirePointsSpecialRules

HeavyFast

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SkimmersSkimmersandMeasuringSkimmersandMovementFastSkimmersSkimmersandDamageSpecialRules

WalkersWalkersandMeasuringMovingWalkersWalkersandShootingWalkersandassaultRammingawalker

TankTankShockRam

VehicleUpgradesDozerBladeExtraArmourHunterKillerMissileSmokelauchersSearchlight

WeaponsWeaponProfiles

RangeStrengthArmourPiercingWeaponType

MeleeAssaultHeavy

OrdinancePistol

GunslingerRapidFireSalvoweaponsTemplateweaponsGrenades

Assault/FraggrenadesDefensivegrenadesKrakgrenades

ChoosingAnArmyCodexPointsValue

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SizeofaGameTheArmyList

HQTroopsElitesFastattackHeavySupport

ForceOrganizationChartHQTroopsElitesFastAttackHeavySupport

WarlordFightingABattle

Deployment1.LongEdges2.ShortEdges3.Diagonals

MissionsPlacingobjectives1.IntelligenceGathering2.Seizeground3.HoldGround4.Destroy5Dataupload6.SurviveSecondaryObjectives

SlaythewarlordLinebreaker

ControllingObjectivesFirstTurn

SizetheIniativeGameLengthMissionspecialrules

NightFightingReserves

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Introduction ThisdocumentistheprimarysourceforthecurrentrulesforBlackCohortsrebalancingof40k.The3keyprinciplesthisgameistryingtomaintainare:BalanceLogicSimplicityIdeasthatclearlyviolateoneoftheseprincipleswillberuthlesslypurged.Ifatanytimeyoucannotagreeonthecorrectinterpretationofarule,haveoneplayerrollad6,ora13hisinterpretationiscorrectfortherestofthegame.Pleaseinformthedesignteamassoonaspossiblesowecancorrectthewordingofthatportionoftherulestobemoreclear.

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The Rules

Characteristics Allnonvehiclemodelshavethefollowingcharacteristics.Allcharacteristicsexceptarmoursaverangefrom010withahighernumberbeingbetter.WeaponSkill:Ameasureofhowwellthemodelfightsinclosecombat.

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BallisticSkill:Ameasureofhoweffectivethemodelisatshooting.Strength:Howhardthemodelhitsinclosecombat.Toughness:Howdifficultitistowoundthemodel.Wounds:Howmanyinjuriesamodelcansustainbeforebeingremovedfromplay.Initiative:Howfastthemodelreacts.Attacks:Thebasenumberofattacksthemodelmakesinclosecombat.leadership:Howwellthemodelreactstoadversesituations.ArmourSave:Howstrongthearmourwornbythemodelis,thischaracteristicrangesfrom2+to6+,alowernumberbeingbetterinthiscase,aindicatesthatthemodelhasnoarmoursave.Combinedthesestatsmakeupthecharacteristicprofileofamodel.

Zero-level Characteristics Modelswithazerolevelcharacteristiccannotusethatcharacteristic,ifatestcallsforthatcharacteristictobeusedthemodelautomaticallyfailsthattest.ModelsareremovedfromplayiftheirStrength,Toughnessorwoundsarereducedtozero.

Characteristic Modifiers characteristicmodifierscanbeaddedforavarietyofreasonsincludingbutnotlimitedto:Psychicpowersandwargear.Ifmultiplemodifiersareappliedadditionandsubtractionisdonefirstfollowedbymultiplication.Sometimeswargearmysimplyadjustthemodelscharacteristictoaspecificnumber,usethatinsteadofanyothermodifiers.

Units Unitsareformedbymultipleorsometimessinglemodels.Typicallyagroupofmodelsisdesignatedasaunitbyacodexentry.Unitsmustmaintainsomekindofcoherency,thusallmodelsinaunitmustbewithin2inofanothermodelintheunit.Ifthiscoherencyisbrokenforsomereason,theunitmustreturntocoherencyassoonasitisable.(normallythenextmovementphase).

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General Principles Measuring Distances Distancescanbemeasuredatanytime,byeitherplayer.ThisprivilegeshouldnotbeabusedtoeitherslowthegamedownorconstantlychallengewhatyouropponentisdoingAllmeasurementswillbetakenininchesandarealwaysmeasuredbasetobase,usingtheclosestpartsofbothbases.Ifamodeldoesnothaveabase(usuallydotoitbeingavehicle,measuretotheclosestpartofthemodel).Notethatbanners,deadenemieshangingofftheedgeofabase,oranythingelsedonetomakethemodellookcoolerormorebadassareneverusedformeasuring(oranyotherpartoftherules,suchaslineofsight,playerswillnotgainanadvantageduetoeithertheirmodelsortheiropponentsmodelsbeingmodifiedtolookcooler)byeitherside.

Dice Unlessstatedotherwiseallrollsareassumedtobemadeusingasingled6.Ifmorethanonediceistobeusedanumberwillbeplacedinfrontofthed,forexample2d6meansyouroll2diceforthattest.Sometimesafixednumberwillbeaddedorsubtractedfromthediceroll,thiswillbeindicatedbyaminusorplussignafterthe6,forexampled6+2meansthat2isalwaysaddedtothed6roll.Sometimestheruleswillcallforad3toberolled.Usead6tomakethisrollthendivideby2,thereforearollof1or2onthed6willgivearesultof1,3or4aresultof2and5or6aresultof3,thisnumbercanbemodifiedasnormalforadiceroll,thesemodifierswillbeappliedtothed3resultnotthed6result.

Scatter Dice Insomesituationsaspecialdicecalledascatterdiewillbeused.Thissixsideddicehas2sideswiththehitsymboland4sideswitharrowspointingonthem.Thisdiceismostfrequentlyusedwithblastweaponsandsomeformsofarrivalfromreserveandallowsthescatteroftheseeventstoberandomized.

Dividing Ifyouareevercalledtodivideanumber(suchas25%ofyourunit)alwaysroundup.So25%ofa9mansquadis3models.

Rerolls Sometimestherulesallowforareroll.Whenarerollismadealldiceinthetestmustbererolledunlessstatedotherwise.Thenewresultisalwaysusedandrerollscanneverbererolled.Allmodifiersfromthefirstrollwillalsoapplytothereroll.

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Roll off Therulessometimesrequirearolloff.Ifthisisthecasebothplayersrollandtheonewhogetsahighernumberwins.Tiesarererolleduntilthereisaclearwinner(thisistheonecasewherearerollcanbererolled).

Randomizing Ifamodelneedstobepickedatrandomassigneachmodelanumberonthed6androlltoseewhichmodelisaffected.Iftherearelessthan6modelsrolluntilyousuccessfullyselectamodel.Iftherearemorethan6modelsa2stepprocessmaybeneeded,,divindethegroupintoequalsmallergroupsandrolltoselectoneofthosegroups,thenrolltoselectaspecificmodelinthatgroup.

Cocked dice Dicethatdonotlandflatonasurfacewillberolledagainuntilitisclearwhatnumberwasrolled.

Dice off the table Ifyourolladiethatendsupoffthetable.itmustberolledagainonthetable.

Blasts and Templates Someweaponsaresodevestatingthattheyhaveanareaeffect.Thisisrepresentedbyoneofthreemarkers.A3indiametersmallblastA5indiameterlargeblastAtemplatethatisapproximately8inlongandconeshapedIfoneofthesemarkersisusedthenallmodelsthatfallunderneaththefinalpostionofthemarkerarehit,evenifonlyasmallportionoftheirbaseisunderneaththetemplate.

Scatter Sometimestheruleswillrequiresomethingtoscatter(adeepstrikingunit,orablastmarkerarethemostcommon),toscatterfollowthestepsbelow.1.placetheobjectinitsinitiallocation.2.rollthescatterdieand2d6,thiswilldeterminethedirectionanddistanceofscatter.

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3.Ifahitisrolledthetheobjectdoesnotmove,leaveitinplaceandresolvetheeffectsofthatobject.Iftheobjectalwaysscattersusethesmallarrowonthehit4.Ifanarrowisrolledtheobjectwillscatterinthedirectionthearrowpointsanumberofinchesequaltothenumberrolledonthe2d6.5.Onceanobjectisinitsfinallocationresolveitseffects.

Characteristic test Whentherulescallforacharacteristictest,ad6isrolled.Thetestispassedifthenumberrolledonthed6isequaltoorlessthanthemodelscharacteristic.Arollof6isalwaysafailure.Ifonetestismadefortheentireunit,usethehighestvalueofthatcharacteristicintheunit.Thistestisautomaticallyfailedifthemodelhasa0orinthatcharacteristic.

leadership test Aleadershiptestismadeon2d6.Ifthetotalisequalorlessthantheunitsleadershipcharacteristicthenthetestispassed.Iftheunithasseveralleadershipcharacteristics,usethehighest.Nomatterwhatmodifiersareappliedarollof2(anatural1onbothd6),isalwaysasuccess.

Rule Prioritity Ifaspecialruleeverappearstoviolatethebasicrulesofthesystem,thespecialruletakespriorityoverthegeneralsystemrules.Thebasicorgeneralrulesareallrulesinthegeneralprinciples,movementphase,psychicphase,shootingphase,assaultphaseandmorale.

Controlling Player vs Opposing Player Thecontrollingplayer(theonewhohasthemodelinquestioninhisarmylist)isassumedtomakealldecisionsonactionstakenbyhismodelsunlesstherulesstateotherwise.

Line of Sight Lineofsight(orwhattargetsthemodelcanshootat)isdeterminedbywhatcanbeseenbytheeyesofthemodel.Oftenitwillbeobviousifonemodelcanseeanother,butsometimesrequiresthecontrollingplayertolookfrombehindthemodeltowhattargetsareavailable.Dependingonthelocationofthemodelinquestionitmaybeeasiertolookfromtheopposingmodelbacktothemodelwhoslineofsightisinquestion.Amodelslineofsightisneverblockedbyothermodelsinhisunit.

The Turn Aturniscomposedof4phasesthatgoinsequence:Themovementphase,thepsychicphase,theshootingphaseandtheassaultphase.

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Game Turn Eachgameturnbothplayersgetaplayerturnconsistingofall4phases.Unlessstatedotherwiseturnmeansplayerturnnotgameturn.

Exceptions Sometimestherulescallonaplayertodothingsoutsideofnormalturnorder.Othertimestherulescallonbothplayerstodosomethingatthesametime.Ineithercasetheplayerwhosturnitiswilldeterminetheorderthattheeventsoccurin.

The Movement phase Theplayercanmoveeachoftheirunitscanmoveuptotheirmaximummovementdistance(whichisstatedintheirunittype)duringhisturn.Onceyouhavemovedoneunitproceedtothenext,onceyouhavestartedmovingthenextunityoucannotgobackandchangewhereunitsyouhavealreadymovedhavegone.Thereisnorequirementtomovemostunits(flyersandunitsnotincoherencyhavetomove)andinsomecasesitmaybeadvisablenottomove.

Which models are moving Onlythemodelsthatactuallymovearetreatedashavingmovedduringthisturnsmovementphase,ifonlypartofaunitismovingmakethisfactknowntoyouropponentsothereisnoconfusionduringlaterphases.Coherencymustbemaintainedevenifonlysomemodelsinthesquadmove.

Different movement distances within a unit ifmodelsinaunithavedifferentmovementdistancestheneachmodelcanmoveuptoitsownmaximummovementdistance.

Models in the way Unitsmustmaintaina1indistancebetweenthemselvesandopposingunits.youcannotmoveoneofyourunitsthroughanotherunit,youhavetogoaround,soplanyourmovementphaseaccordingly.theonlytimethat2unitscangetwithin1inofeachotherisduringanassault.

Models in close combat Modelsengagedinclosecombatatthestartoftheturncannotmoveduringthemovementphase.

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Unit Coherency Whentheunithascompleteditsmovementallmodelsintheunitmustbewithin2inofanothermodelintheunit.

Moving through terrain Therearefourbasictypesofterrain:openground,impassibleterrain,difficultterrainanddangerousterrain.Ifthereisanyquestionaboutwhattypeofterrainapartofthebattlefieldis,discussthisatthestartofthegamewiththeotherplayer.Opengroundiseverythingthatisntanothertypeofterrain.Impassibleterrainisthepartsofthebattlefieldthatmodelscannotmovethrough(someunittypesmaybeabletomoveover)normallymodelswillhavetomovearoundimpassibleterrain.Difficultterrainisanyterrainthatwillhinderbutnotpreventmovement,examplesincludeswamps,forests,ruinsandrubble.Ifaunitwishestomovethroughdifficultterrainitwillmakeadifficultterraintest.Adifficultterraintestismadebyrolling2d6,thehigherofthesediceisthemaximumdistanceanymodelintheunitcanmovethisphase.Sometimesdifficultterraincanbeanarea,suchasthebaseaforestison,beinginareaterrainalwaysgrantsa5+coversave.Dangerousterrainisasubsetofdifficultterrain.Examplesincludethingsliketoxicpools,carnivorousforestsorjungles.Ifyoumoveintoorthroughdangerousterraintestyoumakeanarmoursaveoraninitiativetest,failingthischeckwillresultinthemodellosingawound.

Psychic Phase Psykersarethoseindividualsthatwieldthepowersofthemindandcanmanifestsomeamountofthatpoweronthetable.Eachpsykermustpurchaseoneormorepowersthathecancastduringthebattle.Theplayermaymanifestpsychicpowersinanyorderhewishes,thoughhemustmanifestallpowerswithonepsykerbeforemovingontothenext.

Mastery Level Allpsykershaveamasterylevelbetween1and4whichisanindicationofhowpowerfulthatspecificpsykeris.Apsykermustknowatleastonepower,buttheplayermaypurchaseasmanypowersashewishesforeachofhispsykers.

Warp Charge Eachmasterylevelgrantsthepsykeronewarpchargetousetocastpsychicpowerseachturn.

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Manifesting Psychic Powers Allpsychicpowersaremanifestedduringthepsychicphase.Thefollowingstepsarefollowedtomanifestapower.Unlessstatedotherwiseapsykercanonlymanifestaspecificpoweronceperturn.1.Thepsykerexpendsthenumberofwarpchargesthepowerrequires.Thusifthepsykerhasnomorewarpchargeshecannotcastmorepsychicpowersevenifhestillhaspowershehasntcasted.2.Ifthepowerrequiresatarget,chosethetargetatthispoint.Thetargetmustbewithintherangeofthepowerbeingusedandthepsykermusthavelineofsightonthetarget.3.Makeapsychictest.Ifthetestisfailedthenthepsychicpowerisnotcast.4.Ifthetargetedunithasapsykerthenmindwarwillensue.5.Resolvetheeffectsofthepower.

Psychic Test Apsykermustmakeapsychictesttomanifestapower,thispsychictestisaleadershiptest,thatmustusedthepsykersleadershipnottheleadershipofanothermodelintheunit.

Perils of the Warp Usingthepowerofwarpisadangerous,ifeitherdouble1ordouble6isrolledwhenmakingapsychictestthenthepsykermakingthetestsuffersoneunsavedwound.

The Mindwar Ittakesapowerfulmindtobendthepowersofthewarptooneswill,justasapowerfulmindcanresisttheuseofsuchpowersthroughsheerforceofwillormanipulationofthewarp.Ifthetargetedunithasapsykerinitthenhecanattempttopreventthepowerfromaffectinghisunit.Eachplayerrollsad6andaddsthemasterylevelofhispsyker.Ifthemanifestingplayerwinsthepoweractsasnormal,ifhisenemywinsthepowerisunsuccessful.

Psychic Hood Apsychichoodallowsthemodelwithapsychichoodusethemindwaronpowerscastonunitswithin12in,thisincludesspellscastonfriendlyorenemyunits.

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Types of Psychic Powers Blessing ablessingtargetsafriendlyunitandgrantssomebonusestotheunit.Unlessstatedotherwisethebenefitslastuntilthestartoftheplayersnextpsychicphase.Blessingscanbeappliedtofriendlyunitsinclosecombat.Thebenefitsandpossiblypenaltiesofmultipleblessingsstackbutcannottakeanycharacteristic(exceptattacks)above10.

Curse acursetargetsanenemyunitandinflictssomekindofpenaltytotheunit.Unlessstatedotherwisethebenefitslastuntilthestartoftheplayersnextpsychicphase.Cursescanbeappliedtoenemyunitsinclosecombat.Thepenaltiesandpossiblybenefitsofmultipleblessingsstackbutcannottakeanycharacteristic(exceptattacks)above10.

Witchfire Witchfireattacksaresimilartoshootingattacksandoncemanifestedfollowtherulesforshootingattacks.Unlessstatedotherwisetheyaretreatedlikeassaultweapons.APsykermayuseseveraldifferentwitchfireattacks,thesepowersdonotneedtobeusedagainstthesameenemyunit.Thereare2specialtypesofwitchfireattacksthatdonothaveasimilarshootingeffect.

Beam Beamattackshitallmodelsinaline(thelineis1mmwide)betweenapointwithinthepowersrangeandthecentreofthepsykersbase.Thepsykermusthavelineofsighttoamodelthepowerhits.Thepowerhitsbothfriendlyandenemymodelsandignoresnormalrulesofwoundallocation.Thestrengthlistedforabeamwitchfirepoweristhestrengththepowerhitsthefirstmodelat,thestrengthfallsbyoneforeachobjectormodelithits.Thepowerstopswhenitreachesstr0.

Nova Novaattackshitallenemyunitswithinthepowersrange,regardlessoflineofsight,terrainoranyotherfactor.

Core Rulebook Powers Biomancy

Range Strength AP Type Cost WarpCharge

Enfeeble 24 curse 15 1

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Endurance 24 blessing 15 1

Haemorrhage 12 Assaultd6 10 2

IronArm self blessing 5 1

Lifeleach 12 6 2 Assault2 10 1

smite 12 4 2 Assault4 5 1

warpspeed self blessing 5 1

EnfeebleEnfeebleisacursethatreducesthetargetsstrengthandtoughnessby1,unitis

treatedasmovingthroughdifficultterrainuntilthestartofthemanifesterspsychicphase

EnduranceEnduranceisablessingthatgrantsrelentlessandfeelnopaintotargetunit

HaemorrhageHaemorrhageisanovawitchfireattack.ItaffectsD6modelsunit,thesemodelsmust

makeatoughnesstestortake1woundwithnosaveallowed.

IronArmIronArmisablessingthatgrantsthemanifester+D3strengthandtoughness(roll

once)

LifeLeechLifeleechisawitchfireattack,ifatleastonewoundiscausedbythelifeleechthenthe

psykerregainsawound.Thispowercanonlyreturnwoundsthathavebeenlost.

SmiteSmiteisawitchfireattack

WarpSpeedWarpspeedisablessingthatgrantsthepsyker+D3Initiativeandattacks(rollonce)

untilthethestartofthepsykersnextpsychicphase.

Divination

Range Type Cost WarpCharge

Foreboding self blessing 5 1

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Forewarning 12 Blessing 10 1

Misfortune 24 curse 15 1

PerfectTiming self blessing 10 1

Precognition self blessing 10 1

Prescience self blessing 25 2

Scriersgaze self blessing 10 1

ForebodingThepsykerandhisunitgaincounterattackanddefensivegrenades.ForewarningForewarningisablessingthatgrantstheunita5+invulnerablesave.MisfortuneMisfortuneisacurse,allrangedattackedagainstthemisfortunedunitgainrending.PerfectTimingPerfecttimingisablessingthataffectsthepsykerandhisunit.Anysuccessfulcover

savesmadeagainstshootingattacksfromthisunitmustbererolled.PrecognitionPrecognitionisablessingthataffectsthepsyker,hererollsallfailedtohit,towound

andfailedsavingthrowsuntilthestartofhisnextpsychicphase.PresciencePrescienceisablessingthataffectsthepsykerandhisunit,alltheirshootingattacks

aretwinlinkeduntilthestartofthepsykersnextpsychicphase.ScriersgazeScriersgazeisablessingthatallowsthepsykersfactiontoroll3diceforreserverollsThepsykersfactionalsogainsa+1totherollforwhichsidedeploysandgoesfirst.

Force

Range Type Cost Warpcharge

forcestrike self blessing free 1

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forcestrikeisablessingthatgrantsthepsykersmeleeattacksinstantdeath

Pyromancy AllPyromancypowersignorecover

Range Strength AP Type Cost WarpCharge

FlameBreath template

5 4 Assault1 5 1

FieryForm self blessing 10 1

FireShield 24 blessing 10 1

Inferno 24 4 5 assault1 10 1

MoltenBeam 12 8 1 Beam 20 2

SpontaneousCombustion

12 assaultd3 10 1

Sunburst 6 4 5 Assault2d6

15 1

FlameBreathFlamebreathisawitchfireattackthathasthepersistentspecialrule

FieryFormFieryformisablessingthataffectsthepsyker.Hegainsa5+invulnerablesave,+2

strandhismeleeattackshavethepersistentspecialrule.

FireShieldFireshieldisablessingthatgrantsthepsykera3+invulnerablesavevsplasma,

flamerandmeltaweapons.

InfernoInfernoisawitchfirepowerthathastheblastandpersistentrule.

MoltenBeamMoltenBeamisabeampowerthathasthearmourbanespecialrule.

SpontaneousCombustion

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Spontaneouscombustionisanovapower,affectedtargetsmusttakeaninitiativetestorsufferanunsavedwound.Foreachmodelkilledinthismannerplacetheblasttemplateoverthemodelbeforeremovingit,allothermodelssufferastrength4ap5hit.

SunburstSunburstisanovapowerthathastheblindspecialrule.

Telekinesis

Range Strength AP Type Cost WarpCharge

Assail 18 2 assault2d6 10 1

Crush 18 2d6 d6 assaultd3 15 1

GateofInfinity 36 blessing 10 1

ObjurationMechanicum 24 curse 10 1

Shockwave 12 3 d6 5 1

Telekinedome 12 blessing 10 1

VortexofDoom 12 10 1 Heavy1 15 2

AssailAssailisawitchfireattack.

CrushCrushisawitchfireattack,ifa12or11isrolledforstrengththeattacksautowound/

penetrate.

GateofInfinityGateofInfinityisablessingthatallowsthepsykertoimmediatelydeepstrike

anywhereonthetablewithin36inofhiscurrentlocation.

ObjurationMechanicumObjurationMechanicumisacursethatforcesthetargettorerollalltohitandtowound

rollsof6.

ShockwaveShockwaveisanovaattackthatcausespinning.

Telekinedome

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Telekinedomeisablessingthatgrantsthetargetunita5+invulnerablesavevsshootingattacks,ifanenemyiswithin6inofthetargetunitthensuccessfulsavesmadeasaresultofthispowercauseahitofequalstrengthanAPtotheenemyunit.

VortexofDoomVortexofDoomisawitchfireattackwiththeblastandpersistantrule.Ifperilsofthe

warparerolledtomanifestthispoweritiscentredoverthepsykerthatmanifestsit.

Telepathy

Range Type Cost WarpCharge

Dominate 24 Curse 15 1

Hallucination 24 Curse 30 2

Invisibility self Blessing 30 2

MentalFortitude 24 Blessing 5 1

PsychicShriek 18 Assault1 10 1

PuppetMaster 24 curse 15 1

Terrify 24 curse 5 1

DominateThedominatedunitmustmakealeadershiptesttomoveorshootuntilthestartofthe

manifestersnextpsychicphase.

HallucinationHallucinationisacursethatinflictsarandomresultfromthetablebelowtothe

targetedunit.

1or2 TheBugs:Theunitisautomaticallypinned

3or4 ???:theunitdoesnotactthisturn

5or6 Infighting:eachmodelintheunitmakesonemeleeattackagainsttheunitwiththeirbestmeleeweapon

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InvisibilityThepsykerandhisunitgaina3+coversaveandmeleeattacksagainstthemareat

WS1

MentalFortitudeMentalFortitudeisablessingthatcausesthetargetedunittoautorally.

PsychicShriekPsychicshriekisacurse.Thetargetedunitmustmakealeadershipteston3d6,ifthe

testisfailed,thetargetedunittakesanumberofarmourandcoverignoringwoundsequaltothedifferencebetweenthe3d6rollandtheunitsleadership.

PuppetMasterPuppetmasterisacurse.Thetargetedunitshootsatthenearestunitcontrolledby

theopposingplayer.

TerrifyTheunittargetbyterrifymustimmediatelymakeamoralecheckasifitlost25%ofits

modelsinashootingattack.

Shooting Phase Theshootingphaseismadeupof6stepsperunitthatshoots.Thestepsare:

1.Chooseaunittoshoot.

2.Chooseatargetfortheunittoshootat.

3.Rolltohit.

4.Rolltowound.

5.Opposingplayerallocateswounds.

6.Theopposingplayermakessavesandremovescasualties.

Choose a unit to shoot Thecontrollingplayerchoosesaunitthatcanshoot,buthasntalreadyshotthisturn.Unitsthatchoosetorunorareengagedinclosecombatcannotshootthisturn.Sometimesspecialruleswillindicatethattheunitcannotshoot.

Running Insteadofshootingaunitcanchoosetorun.Unlessstatedotherwiseaunitrunsd6inches.

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Overwatch Insteadofshootingaunitcanbeplacedonoverwatch.Aunitplacedonoverwatchmayshootjustbeforetheopposingplayerbeginshisshootingphaseinsteadofduringthecontrollingplayersshootingphase.Thisisdoneat1BS.

Choose at target for the unit to shoot at Thechosenunitcanshootatanyopposingunitthatisbothinrangeofaweaponthecontrollingplayersunithas,andthatthecontrollingplayersunithaslineofsightto.Youcanchecklineofsightandrangetomultipleunitsbeforedecidingonatarget.

Line of Sight Lineofsightforshootingisthesameastherulessetoutingeneralprinciples.Onlymodelswithlineofsightcanshootatthetargetunit.

Check Range Everyrangedweaponhasamaximumrangelisted,inordertoshootatatargetatleastonemodelthathaslineofsightmusthaveaweaponthatisinrange.Onlymodelsthathaveaweaponinrangeoftheopposingunitcanshoot,andtheycanonlyuseaweaponwithrangetothatunit.Example:Ifatacticalmarinehasbothaboltpistolandflamerandonlytheboltpistolisinrangeoftheenemy,thetacticalmarinecanonlyshootthepistol.

Which Models can shoot? Inordertoshootamodelmusthavebothlineofsighttothetargetunitandhaveaweaponwithinrange.onlyweaponsthathaverangetotheenemyunitmaybeused.Theplayermustdeclarewhichweaponeachmodelisusingbeforeshooting.

Roll to hit Hittinganenemyunitwitharangedweaponusesthemodelsballisticskill(BS).Todeterminethenumberrequiredtohitsubtractthemodelsballisticskillfrom7.ExampleanorkwithBS2needsa5+tohittheenemyunitonhisd6roll.Theentiretableispresentedbelow.IntherarecaseswhereamodelhasaBShigherthan5,themodelrerolls1sandrequiresthesecondnumberonthesecondrolltohit.

BS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Tohit 6 5+ 4+ 3+ 2+ 2+/6 2+/5+ 2+/4+ 2+/3+ 2+/2+Itisrecommendedthatallmodelswiththesameballisticskillandweaponhavetheirtohitdicerolledtogethertosavetime.

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Moving and Shooting Someweaponscannotbefiredeffectivelyifthemodelhasmoved.Weaponswiththeheavytypecannotfireifthemodelcarryingthemhasmoved.

Roll to Wound Onceyouhavedeterminedhowmanyhitseachweapontypeyouarefiringhavecaused,younowhavetorolltowound.Todosocomparethestrengthcharacteristicoftheweapontothetargetstoughness.Keeptrackofhowmanywoundshavebeencaused,ifwoundswerecausedbyweaponswithdifferentAPvaluesorstrengthsandthedifferencematters.(soifallwoundscausedagainstatacticalsquadwerestr4and5andAP3and4,thentheycanallbecountedtogether,butifthereweresomeap2or3woundsinthere,theywouldneedtobekeptseperate.)

Toughness

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

S 1 4+ 5+ 6 6

T 2 3+ 4+ 5+ 6 6

R 3 2+ 3+ 4+ 5+ 6 6

E 4 2+ 2+ 3+ 4+ 5+ 6 6

N 5 2+ 2+ 2+ 3+ 4+ 5+ 6 6

T 6 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 3+ 4+ 5+ 6 6

H 7 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 3+ 4+ 5+ 6 6

8 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 3+ 4+ 5+ 6

9 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 3+ 4+ 5+

10 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 3+ 4+

Multiple Toughness Values in a Unit Iftherearemultipletoughnessvaluesinaunitthemostcommontoughnessvaluewillbeusedforthepurposesofshooting.

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Allocation of wounds Onceyouhavedeterminedthetotalnumberofwoundscausedbyyourunit,youropponentmustallocatewoundswithinhisunit.woundsareallocatedtopoolsbasedonsavevaluessoinmanycasesthereisonly1woundpool.Inothercases,suchasawolfguardterminatorattachedtoagreyhunterunittherecanbemorethanonepool.Woundsareallocatedasequallyaspossiblebetweenmodelsbutrolledforingroupsbasedonthesavebeingtaken.Theshootingplayerchoosestheorderthewoundsareallocatedin.Insomecasesthecontrollingplayerwillbeabletomakeasavingthrowvswoundscaused.Soforexampleatacticalsquadwith8bolters,aplasmagunandamissilelauncherrapidfiresata7mangreyhuntersquadwithawolfguardterminatorattached.TheTacticalmarinesget2plasmawoundsand8bolterwoundsonthegreyhunters.Thegreyhuntershave2woundpools,the3+woundpoolandthe2+woundpool.Theshootingplayersaysthatthebolterwoundsareallocatedfirstandmustbeallocatedequally,sothe3+woundpoolgets7bolterwoundsandthe2+woundpoolgets1bolterwound,thespacewolfplayernowhasachoice,atleastoneplasmawoundhastobeallocatedtothegreyhuntersbutthespacewolfplayercanallocatetheotherplasmawoundtoeitherthewolfguard(andhopehisinvulnerablesaveispassed)orthegreyhunters.Athirdwoundcouldonlybeallocatedtothewolfguardafterallthegreyhunterhave2woundsallocatedtothem.Ifmodelshavethesamearmoursavebutdifferentinvulnerablesavesthenseparatepoolsareonlyneedediftheunittakeswoundsthatignoretheirarmour.

Saving Throws Thereare3differentsavingthrowsamodelmayhave,themodelalwaysusesitsbestsavingthrowagainstwoundscausedtoit.Asavingthrowwillalwayshaveavaluefrom2+to6+assignedtoit,inordertopassthesavingthrowthenumberlistedorhighermustberolledonad6,arollofa1isalwaysafail.Thismeansthatalowersavevalueisbetterthanahighersavevalue.

Armour Saves Mostmodelshavesomekindofarmourprotectingthem,rangingfromthe2+saveofferedbyartificerarmourtothe6+savegivenbytyranidchitin.

Armour piercing (AP) manyweaponshaveanarmourpiercingorAPvalue.ThiscanrangefromtheAP1ofameltaguntotheAPofashotgun.APvaluesignorearmoursavesoftheirnumberorhigher(soanAP2weaponignoresallarmoursaves,whileanAP6weapononlyignores6+saves)anAPweaponneverignoresarmour.

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Invulnerable Saves Someunitshaveaninvulnerablesave.unlikeanarmoursave,aninvulnerablesavecanalwaysbetaken,theAPvalueoftheweaponhasnoeffectoninvulnerablesaves.Aninvulnerablesavecanneverbebetterthana3+.

Cover Saves Sometimesyourmodelsarepartiallyhiddenorprotectedbyterrain.Suchsituationsgrantthemodelacoversave.Acoversavecanneverbebetterthana3+

Determining if your models get a cover save Ifmorethanhalfyourunitisinareaterrain,ormorethanhalfyourunitisatleast25%obscuredfromthepointofviewofthefiringmodelorthereisanotherunitbetweentheshootingmodelandthetargetorsomecombinationofthesethenyougetacoversaveofsomekind.

Determining the value of the cover save your unit gets Thestandardcoversaveis5+,butsometypesofcovergrantabetterorworsecoversave.Thetablebelowindicatescommonreasonsforvariouscoversaves.Itisrecommendedthatyoudiscussthecoversavegrantedbyanyterrainwhichtheremaybedoubtastothecoversaveofbeforethegamestarts

Covertype Save

razorwire,picketfence 6+

forest,areaterrain,interveningunits 5+

ruins 4+

fortifications 3+

Going to ground Ifthecontrollingplayerwishes,hecandeclarethathisunitbeingfiredatisgoingtoground.Thisincreasesthevalueofthecoversavetheunitisreceivingby1,iftheunitwasnotgoingtoreceiveacoversave,thenitreceivesa6+save.Goingtogroundcannotincreaseyourcoversavetobetterthan3+.Inthenextturnaunitthatgoestogroundcanonlystandup,ifaunitthathasgonetogroundisassaultedtheyfightatI1forthefirstroundofmeleecombat.

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Focus Firing Sometimesonlypartofaunitisincover,inthesecasestheplayercontrollingtheshootingunitcandecidetofireonlyonthemodelsoutofcoverorinlesseffectivecover.Thisreduceshowwelltheunittakingfirecanprotectitselfbutwillonlykillthemodelsinthecovervaluestatedorworse.Onlythosemodelsinrangeofthemodelsbeingfocusfiredcanshoot.Example:ifatacticalsquadisfiringonaunitoforkboysthathave6modelsinareacoverand4modelsintheopenthemarineplayercouldchoosetofocusfireonthemodelsintheopen.Thesemodelswouldnotgetanycoversave,butthemodelsinareacovercannotberemovedascasualties.

Remove casualties Foreachwoundthatyoueitherdonothaveasavingthrowagainstorthatyoufailasavingthrowagainstonemodelinthatsavepoolreducesitswoundcountby1,youmustcontinueremovingwoundsfromthatmodelunitithasrunoutofwounds.Ifoneofthemodelsinthatsavepoolwasalreadybelowitsmaximumwoundsthenthatmodelloseswoundsuntilitrunsout,ifforsomereasonthereismorethanonemodelwithlessthanitsmaximumwounds,startwiththemodelwiththefewestremainingwounds,thenmoveontothenextwoundedmodelbeforeallocatingwoundstoanunwoundedmodel.

Instant death Someweaponscankillamultiwoundmodelinasinglehit,thiscanhappenforoneof2reasons,firstthattheweaponhastheinstantdeathspecialrule,orsecondthatthestrengthoftheattackisdoubleormorethemajoritytoughnessoftheunit(sostr8isneededtocauseinstantdeathtoaT4model)

Assault Phase Sometimesshootingisnotenoughtodriveyourfoefromhisposition,itmustbetakeninclosecombat.Thereare2subphasestotheassaultphase,thechargesubphaseandthefightsubphase.

Charge Sub-phase Thechargesubphaseistheportionoftheassaultphasewhereunitsentercombat.Usethefollowingstepstoresolveacharge.1.Pickoneofyourunits.2.Declareatargetenemyunit.3.Rollchargedistanceandmoveyourunit.

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Oncethisprocessisdoneproceedtothenextunityouwishtoattempttochargewith.Onceyouhaveattemptedtochargewithallunitsyouwishtochargewithproceedtothefightsubphase.

Pick a unit Someunitscannotdeclareacharge,standardreasonsfornotbeingabletochargeare

Theunitisalreadyinclosecombat Theunitranintheshootingphase Theunitwenttogroundlastturn Theunitfiredweaponsotherthanassaultorpistolweapons Theunitisfallingback.

Declare a Charge Iftheunitfiredduringtheshootingphaseitcanonlychargetheunititshotat.Iftheselectedunitdidnotshotduringtheshootingphase,thenyoumayattempttochargeatanyenemyunitinrange.(standardchargerangeisd6+3).

Roll charge Distance Unlessstatedotherwise,aunitcancharged6+3inches.Iftheunitdoesnotrollhighenoughontheirchargerolltohaveatleastonemodelreachbasetobasecontactwiththeunitbeingchargedthentheunitdoesnotmove.

Move models in charging unit Moveyourmodelclosesttotheenemyunitbeingchargedtheshortestdistancenecessarytoreachbasetobasecontact(ifthisdistanceisfartherthanthedistancerolledforthecharge,thisunitcannotcharge).Thenmoveeachothermodelinyourunitforwardsuptothemaximumdistanceyourolledforthecharge,ifpossibleyourmodelsshouldbeplacedinbasecontactwithanenemymodel.Ifoneofyourmodelscannotreachbasecontactwithanenemymodelmoveittowardstheenemyunitthemaximumdistanceyourolled.Yourunitmustmaintaincoherency.

Charging through difficult terrain chargingthroughdifficultterrainmakesithardtodeliveraneffectiveattack,unitschargingthroughdifficultterrainisadisorganizedcharge.

Charging through dangerous terrain Chargingthroughdangerousterrainistreatedexactlylikemovingthroughdangerousterrain.

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Choose next unit to charge Onceyouhavecompletedthechargesubphasewithoneunit,moveontothenextunityouwishtochargewith.Onceyouhavenomoreunitsyouwishtochargewithmoveontothefightsubphase.

Fight Sub-phase Thefightsubphaseistheportionoftheassaultphasewhereunitsclashinhandtohandcombat.

Choose a combat Theplayerwhoseturnitisgetstochoosetheorderthatcombatsareresolvedin.Completingallthestepsofthefightsubphaseforthatcombatbeforeproceedingtothenextcombat.Itisrecommendedthatyouusesomekindoflogicwhentherearemanycombatstoresolvetomakesureyoufightthemall.

Fight close combat unliketheshootingphase,bothplayersmodelsfightintheassaultphase.Manyofthestepstoresolvingclosecombataresimilartoshooting,modelshavetohit,thenwound,thensavesaremade.

Initiative steps Inclosecombat,reactiontimesandspeedarekeybeingabletostrikeblowsbeforeyouropponentscanseetheirnumbersweakenedbeforetheyhavethechancetostrikeback.Allmodelswiththehighestinitiativeinthefightresolvetheirattackssimultaneously,thenthenexthighestinitiativemodelsandsoonuntilallmodelshavemadetheirattacks.Thismeansthattherecouldbeasmanyas10initiativestepsinonefight,thoughnormallythenumberislower.Notethatmodelsareremovedascasualtiesattheendoftheinitiativesteptheywerewoundedinsoiftheyhaventalreadyattackedthentheywontbeableto.

Initiative step pile in Atthestartofeachinitiativestepmodelsattackinginthatstepmakeapileinmoveof3in,attemptingtogetinbasecontactwithanenemymodel,orfailingthatatcloseaspossibletotheenemy.Dangerousterraintestswillbemadeasneeded.Ifbothplayershavemodelstomove,thentheplayerwhoseturnitiswillmovefirst.

Who can fight? modelsthatareinbasecontactwithanenemymodel,orwithin2inofafriendlymodelinbasecontactmustusetheirattacks.Othermodelswillnotfightthisfightsubphase,butwilllikelyfightinfuturesubphases.Modelsmaketheirattackswhentheirinitiativestepisreached.

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Number of attacks Eachmodelcapableoffightingmustfight.ThemodelmakesanumberofAttacks(A)baseonhowmanyattacksithaslistedonitscharacteristicprofileplusbonusattacksforanyofthefollowingitqualifiesfor:

+1Chargingifthemodelchargedthisplayerturnitgetsanextraattack. +1Twoweapons,ifthemodelhasatleast2onehandedweapons(oftenapistoland

meleeweapon,thoughitcouldbe2pistolsor2meleeweapons)thenitgetsabonusattack

Otherbonusesmaybegrantedbyspecialrulesorwargear.Example:Atacticalmarinehas1Attackbase,isequippedwith2onehandedweapons,aboltpistolandachainswordandcharged.Hewouldget3attacks.

Rolling to hit Unlikeballisticskillwhereyoualwayshavethesamenumberyouhavetorollontohitthetarget,weaponskillisbasedonacomparisonbetweentheweaponskilloftheattackerandthedefender.Thefollowingtableindicateswhatnumberorhigheryouneedtorolltohit.

Defendersweaponskill

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

A 1 4+ 4+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+

T 2 3+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+

T 3 3+ 3+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 5+ 5+ 5+ 5+

A 4 3+ 3+ 3+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 5+ 5+

C 5 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+

K 6 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+

E 7 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+

R 8 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 4+ 4+ 4+

W 9 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 4+ 4+

S 10 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 4+Thenumberrequiredisbasedofftheindividualmodelsweaponskillagainstthemajorityweaponskilloftheenemyunit.

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Rolling to wound Intheshootingphasethestrengthusedtodeterminehoweasilytheenemywaswoundedwasbasedoffthestrengthoftherangedweapon.Inthefightsubphasethisisdeterminedbythebasestrengthofthemodel,sometimesmodifiedbytheclosecombatweaponsthemodelhas.

Toughness

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

S 1 4+ 5+ 6 6

T 2 3+ 4+ 5+ 6 6

R 3 2+ 3+ 4+ 5+ 6 6

E 4 2+ 2+ 3+ 4+ 5+ 6 6

N 5 2+ 2+ 2+ 3+ 4+ 5+ 6 6

T 6 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 3+ 4+ 5+ 6 6

H 7 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 3+ 4+ 5+ 6 6

8 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 3+ 4+ 5+ 6

9 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 3+ 4+ 5+

10 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 3+ 4+

Multiple Toughness Values in a Unit Iftherearemultipletoughnessvaluesinaunitthemostcommontoughnessvaluewillbeused.

Allocation of wounds Onceyouhavedeterminedthetotalnumberofwoundscausedbyyourunitinthisinitiativestep,youropponentmustallocatewoundswithinhisunit.woundsareallocatedtopoolsbasedonsavevaluessoinmanycasesthereisonly1woundpool.Inothercases,suchasawolfguardterminatorattachedtoagreyhunterunittherecanbemorethanonepool.Woundsareallocatedasequallyaspossiblebetweenmodelsbutrolledforingroupsbasedonthesavebeingtaken.Theattackingplayerchoosestheorderthewoundsareallocatedin.Insomecasesthecontrollingplayerwillbeabletomakeasavingthrowvswoundscaused.Example:Atacticalsquadchargesa7mangreyhuntersquadwithanattachedwolfguardterminatorandinflicts9wounds.Thespacewolfplayermustallocate1woundtoeachofhis

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models,in2pools,oneforthe3+armourhisgreyhuntershave,thesecondforthewolfguardterminator.Hecanchoosetoallocatethefinalwoundtoeitherwoundpool(hewouldhavetosufferatotalof17woundsbeforehecouldallocateathirdtothewolfguard)

Saving Throws Inclosecombatonlyarmourandinvulnerablesavesmaybetaken.Themodelalwaysusesitsbestsavingthrowagainstwoundscausedtoit.Asavingthrowwillalwayshaveavaluefrom2+to6+assignedtoit,inordertopassthesavingthrowthenumberlistedorhighermustberolledonad6,arollofa1isalwaysafail.Thismeansthatalowersavevalueisbetterthanahighersavevalue.

Armour Saves Mostmodelshavesomekindofarmourprotectingthem,rangingfromthe2+saveofferedbyartificerarmourtothe6+savegivenbytyranidchitin.

Armour piercing (AP) manyweaponshaveanarmourpiercingorAPvalue.ThiscanrangefromtheAP1ofanecronwarscythetotheAPofachainsword.APvaluesignorearmoursavesoftheirnumberorhigher(soanAP2weaponignoresallarmoursaves,whileanAP6weapononlyignores6+saves)anAPweaponneverignoresarmour.

Invulnerable Saves Someunitshaveaninvulnerablesave.unlikeanarmoursave,aninvulnerablesavecanalwaysbetaken,theAPvalueoftheweaponhasnoeffectoninvulnerablesaves.Aninvulnerablesavecanneverbebetterthana3+.

Cover Saves Coverprovidesnoprotectionfromthehorrorsofclosecombat.

Remove casualties Foreachwoundthatyoueitherdonothaveasavingthrowagainstorthatyoufailasavingthrowagainstonemodelinthatsavepoolreducesitswoundcountby1,youmustcontinueremovingwoundsfromthatmodelunitithasrunoutofwounds.Ifoneofthemodelsinthatsavepoolwasalreadybelowitsmaximumwoundsthenthatmodelloseswoundsuntilitrunsout,ifforsomereasonthereismorethanonemodelwithlessthanitsmaximumwounds,startwiththemodelwiththefewestremainingwounds,thenmoveontothenextwoundedmodelbeforeallocatingwoundstoanunwoundedmodel.

Begin next Initiative step oncecasualtieshavebeenremoved,starttheprocessagainatthenexthighestinitiativestep.

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Determine Assault results Inmostcasesonesideortheotherwinscombat.Thisisdecidedbytotalingupalltheunsavedwoundseachsidehassuffered,thesidethatcausedmoreisthewinner.Theloserwillhavetomakeamoralecheckandfallbackifitfails.Woundscausedbyinstantdeathcounttowardsthistotal.

Check morale Thelosingunitmakesamoralecheckwithapenaltyequaltothedifferenceinunsavedwoundscaused.Ifthemoraletestispassedtheunitsremainlockedincombatawillcontinuetofightinthenextplayersassaultphase.Ifthemoraletestisfailed,thentheunitwillfallbackandthisclosecombatisover.

Useless weapons Ifthelosingsideofcombatisincombatwithaunitithasabsolutelynochanceofhurtingthentheplayercanchoosetoautomaticallyfailthemoralecheck,withallassociatedpenaltiesandrisks.

Sweeping Advance Fleeingfromcombatisdangerous,particularlyagainstafastopponent.Asweepingadvanceisattemptedwheneveraunitfailsitsmoralecheckinclosecombat.Bothsidesrollad6andaddtheirinitiative.Ifthewinneroftheclosecombatalsowinsthesweepingadvance,theunitfallingbackisdestroyedcompletely.Ifthefallingbackunitwins,itfallsbackasnormal.Ifthewinnersoftheclosecombatarealsoinclosecombatwithotherunitsthenitcannotsweepingadvance.

End of combat pile in Allmodelsnotinbasecontactmakeanadditionalpileinmoveattheendofcombat.

Consolidation Ifauniteitherdestroysormakesallenemyunitsinwasfightingflee,thentheunitmaymoved6inchesThismovementfollowsallnormalrulesformovement.

Multiple combats Sometimesmorethantwounitsareinvolvedinafight.Thesefightsfollowallnormalrulesforcombatunlessstatedotherwisehere.

Declaring a charge Theprimaryunitbeingchargedmustremaintheunitthatwasshotatintheshootingphase.Otherunitsbeingchargedareconsideredsecondarytargets.

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Disorganized charge Chargingmultipleunitsistheprimaryreasonadisorganizedchargehappensbutcanbecausedbyotherthingslikechargingthroughdifficultterrain.Disorganizedchargesdonotgrantabonusattackforcharging.

Roll Charge Range Chargerangeisrolledasnormal,thechargefailsifthenumberrolledisnotenoughtoreachtheprimarytarget.

Moving charging models Thefirstmodelmovedmustendinbasecontactwithamodelintheprimarytarget.Othermodelscanengageanyunitsolongastheyremainincoherencyanddontmovemorethenthechargedistancerolled.

Directing attacks Modelsinbasecontactwithonlyoneenemyunitmustdirecttheirattacksagainstthatunit,modelsinbasecontactwith2differentunitscanchoosehowitsplitsitsattacksbetweenthetwounits.Modelsthatarewithin2inofamodelinbasecontactcandirecttheirattackstoanyunitsthemodelincasecontactcanattack.

Assault results Thetotalunsavedwoundsinflictedoneachsideareusedtodeterminethewinnerofmultiplecombats,allunitsonthelosingsidemustmakeamoralecheck.

Shooting in Close combat Youcannotshootintooroutofclosecombat.Thusunitslockedincombatcannotactduringtheshootingphase.Ablastweaponcanscatterintoclosecombat,itwillhitallmodels,bothfriendlyandenemyunderitsfinalposition.Unitslockedincombatcannotgotogroundortakepinningtests.

Morale Moraleisarepresentationofyourmodelsabilitytokeepfightingdespitethedeathsoftheircomrades,andfearoftheunknown.

Morale Checks Moraleisstronglybasedonleadershipsomoraletestsareatypeofleadershiptests.Moralechecksaremadebyrolling2d6andcomparingtheresultwiththeunitsleadership.Ifthetestispassednothinghashappened,ifthetestisfailedthentheunitwillfallback.

Morale Check modifiers Theleadershipvalueamoraletestismadeonisfrequentlymodified.Whenthisisthecasetheruleswillstatehowthemoraletestismodified.

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Insane Heroism Nomatterwhatpenaltyisappliedtoaunitsleadershipitalwayspassesmoraletestsonarollofdouble1.

When to test Thefollowingarethemostcommonreasonstomakeamoraletest.

losing25%ormoreofaunitscurrentmodelsinoneshootingorpsychicphase. losinganassault,inthiscasethetesthasa1leadershippenaltyappliedforeach

woundtheassaultislostby.

Fall back Whenamoraletestisfailedtheunitimmediatelyfallsback2d6unlessitsfallbackdistanceisdifferent.Unitsfallingbackcontinuetofallbackdirectlytowardstheirtableedge,theyarenotslowedbydifficultterrainbuttakedangerousterraintestsasnormal.Unitsfallingbackwillmovearoundimpassableterrainbytheshortestroute.Ifatanypointanymodelmovesoffthetablethentheentireunitisdestroyed.Ifanarmyhasnospecifictableedgethenfallingbackunitsfleetowardstheclosesttableedge.

Falling back from close combat Modelsfallingbackfromlosingclosecombatcanmovethroughtheunittheywereinclosecombatwithifthatisthemostdirectroutetotheirtableedge.

Trapped Ifaunitcannotmakeitsfullfallbackmovewithoutdoublingbackthenitisdestroyed.

Falling back and shooting aunitfallingbackcandonothingbutfallbackandattempttoregroup.

Morale and falling back Aunitfallingbackfailsallmoralechecksexceptregroupchecks.

Regrouping Aunitfallingbackcanmakealeadershiptesttoregroupatthestartofitscontrollingplayersturn.Regroupingisaleadershiptest.Normallyaunitcanonlyregroupifitisabove25%ofitsoriginalstrength.Ifthetestispassedthentheunitmayconsolidate.Afterconsolidatingtheunitcannotmoveduringthisturn(soitcannotrunorcharge)butitmayshootorusepsychicpowers.Theunitcountsasmovingforthepurposesofshooting.Iftheleadershiptestisfailedortheunitcannotmakearegrouptestthentheunitcontinuestofallback.

Falling back and assaults Ifaunitthatisfallingbackischargeditcanmakeanotherleadershipchecktoregroup.Ifthetestisfailedtheunitisdestroyed,ifthetestispassedthentheclosecombatproceedsasnormal.

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Universal Special Rules Thefollowingisalistofspecialrulesthatarecommonbetweenseveralcodexes.Unlessspecificallystated,aunitdoesnothaveanyofthefollowingspecialrules.

Adamantium will Attemptstocastpyschicpowersonaunitwiththisruleisdonea2leadership

And they shall know no fear Modelswiththisruleautomaticallypassregrouptests.Inadditiontheyareimmunetofear.

Assault Vehicle Unitscanassaultoutofvehicleswiththisruleafteritmovesatcombatspeedwithoutpenalty.

Armourbane Modelswiththisruleroll2d6forarmourpenetrationinclosecombat.Rangedweaponswiththisruleroll2d6forarmourpenetrationwhenmakingashootingattackagainstvehicles.

Aura (x) ModelswiththeauraspecialruleapplywhateverspecialruleXislistedin()toallfriendlyunitswithin6inofthemodelwiththisrule.

Barrage Barrageweaponsareaspecialtypeofblastorlargeblastweapon.Firstlytheycanfireindirectly,whendoingsotheshotalwaysscatters2d6withnoreductionforballisticskill.Secondlycoversavesaredeterminedfromthecentreoftheblastmarker.

Multiple Barrage multiplebarrageweaponsfollowallrulesforbothbarrageweaponsandmultipleblastweapons.

Blast ABlastweaponusesthe3inblastmarker.Blastweaponsdonotneedtorolltohit,insteadyouchooseaspecificmodelinthetargetunitthatiswithintheweaponsrangetocentretheblastmarkerover.Theinitialplacementoftheblastmarkercannothavefriendlymodelsunderit.Thenrollforscatteryourollthescatterdieand2d6.Ifahitisrolledthentheblastweaponhashitexactlywhereyouwantitto,ifanarrowisrolledtheblastmarkerwillscatterinthedirectionofthearrowanumberofinchesequaltothenumberrolledonthe2d6thefirersballisticskill(toaminimumof0in).Itispossibleforblastweaponstoscatterbeyondaweaponsrangeoroutoflineofsight.Ahitisscoredforeachmodelundertheblastmarker.Woundsareallocatedasnormal.

Multiple blasts Eachblastweaponisresolvedseparatelyforscatterandcanchoosetotargetdifferentmodelsinthesamesquadifthecontrollingplayerwishes.

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Blast weapons and re-rolls Ifablastweaponhasarerollyoucanchoosetorerollboththe2d6andthescatterdie.Itisanallornothingdeal.

Large Blast Largeblastsworkexactlylikesmallblastsexceptthatyouusethe5inlargeblastmarker.

Blind Aunithitbyablindweaponimmediatelymakesaninitiativetest.IfthetestisfailedthenthemodelistreatedasbeingWSandBS1untilthestartofthecurrentplayersnextturn.

Brotherhood of psykers Aunitwiththisrulecountsasamasterylevel1psyker,theunitmustpurchaseatleastonepoweravailabletothem.Theunitusesitshighestleadershipforpsychictestsbutmaynotuseanindependentcharactersleadershipforthistest.Ifperilsofthewarpissufferedthenthemodelwiththehighestleadershiptakesthewound.Randomizeifmultiplemodelsaretiedforthehighestleadership.

Bulky Thismodelcountsas2fortransportcapacity

Very Bulky Thismodelcountsas3fortransportcapacity

Extremely Bulky Thismodelcountsas5fortransportcapacity

Concussive Amodelthatsuffersatleast1unsavedwoundfromthisweaponistreatedasInitiativeoneuntiltheendofthenextassaultphase.

Counter Attack Modelswiththisrulearealwaysconsideredtobecharginginthefirstroundofcombatunlessalreadyinclosecombat.

Crusader Modelswiththisrulemayrerollrundistance,sweepingadvanceandconsolidation.

Daemon Modelswiththisrulehavea5+saveandthefearspecialrule.

Eternal Warrior Amodelwiththisruleisimmunetoinstantdeath.

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Fear Atthestartofeachsubphaseaunitinbasecontactwithaunitwiththisrulemustmakealeadershiptest,failurecausestheunitinbasecontacttofightatWS1untiltheendofthecurrentfightsubphase.

Fearless Unitswiththefearlessruleautomaticallypasspinning,fear,regroupandmoraletestsorchecks.Fearlessunitscannevergotogroudorusetheourweaponsareuselessrule.

Feel no Pain Unitswithfeelnopaingettomakeaspecialrollafterfailingasavingthrow,ifthed6resultis5or6thenthewoundisignored.Sometimesunitshaveadifferentvaluefortheirfeelnopainroll,ifthatisthecasethenthenumberinbracketsistheminimumnumberneededonthed6roll.Ifforsomereasonaunithasfeelnopainfrommultiplesources,increasethevalueofthebestsourceoffeelnopainby1(soaironhandscommandsquadwithanapothecarywouldhavefeelnopainfromtheapothecaryandfeelnopain(6+)fromironhandschaptertactics,thereforetheunithasfeelnopain(4+)).

Fleet unitswithfleetcanchargeafterrunning.

Fleshbane unitswiththisspecialrulealwayswoundona2+inclosecombat.Rangedweaponsalwayswoundon2+forshootingattacks.Thisrulehasnoeffectagainstvehicles.Sometimesthevalueafleshbaneweaponwoundsonisdifferentthan2+,thisnumberwillbeinbracketsafterfleshbane.

Deep strike Inordertomakeuseofdeepstrikeallmodelsintheunitmusthavethisrule.Deepstrikeonlycomesintoplayifaunitisreserved.Aplayermustinformhisopponentthattheunitisgoingtodeepstrikewhenheplacesitinreserve.Someunitsmustarriveviadeepstrike,thiswillbeindicatedintheirunitprofile.

Arriving via deep strike Whenaunitarivesbydeepstrikeplaceonemodelwhereyouwanttheunittoarrive.Thenrollforscatter.Theunitarrivesinthelocationindicatedbythescatterdie.Modelsdeepstrikingtreatalldifficultterrainasdangerousterrain.Oncethefirstmodelisplaced,remainingmodelsmustbeplacedinbasecontactwiththeinitialdeepstriker.Oncethereisacompletecirclearoundtheinitialdeepstriker,furthermodelsmustbeplaceinbasecontactwiththefirstcircle,additionalcircleswillbeaddedoncethepreviouscirclefillsup.

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Arrivingviadeepstrikeisallthattheunitcandoduringthemovementphase(unitsinsideadeepstrikingtransportmaydisembark),itmayactnormallyduringtheshootingphase(thoughtheunitcountsasmoving).Deepstrikingmodelscannotchargeduringtheassaultphase.

Deep strike Mishaps Iftheentireentireunitcannotbedeployedafterthefinalpositionoftheinitialdeepstrikerisdetermined,whetherthisbebecausesomemodelswouldarriveoffthetable,ontopoffriendlymodels,within1inorontopofenemymodelsorarrivinginimpassibleterrain,theunitrollsonthedeepstrikemishaptable.

D6 Effect

1 theunitisdestroyed

2or3 youropponentmayplacetheunitinanylegallocationonthetable(noscatterisrolled)

4,5or6 theunitreturnstoreserve

Furious Charge Intheassaultphasewheremodelswiththisunitchargeintocombattheunitgainsthehammerofwrathspecialrule(ifthemodelalreadyhadthisruleithasasecondhammerofwrathattack)andfightsat+1strength(thisincludeshammerofwrath).

Gets hot weaponswiththegetshotrulecauseawoundtothewielderonatohitrollof1.armourorinvulnerablesavesmaybetakeasnormal.Vehiclesignorethisrule.

Gets hot and weapons that dont roll to hit ifaweapondoesnotrolltohitthenrollad6beforeusingtheweapon,onarollof1theweapondoesnotfirethatshotandthemodeltakesawoundasnormalforgetshot.

Gets hot an re-rolls ifthemodelcanrerollitstohitrollthentheinitialgetshotrollisignored.Getshotwillstilloccuronrollsof1.

Hammer of Wrath Ifamodelwiththisspecialrulechargesandendsitsmoveinbasecontactwithatleastoneenemymodel,itmakesoneadditionalattackthatautomaticallyhits.Thisattackisresolvedininitiativestep10andhasastrengthequaltothestrengthofthemodelwiththisrule,theattackisAP.Thisdoesnotgrantthemodelanadditionalpileinmove.

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Hatred Unitsthatcontainoneormoremodelswiththehatredrulererolltohitinthefirstroundofcombatagainsttheirhatedenemies.Unlessspecifiedamodelwiththisrulehateseverymodelintheopposingplayersarmy.Hatredcanbeveryspecific(suchashatredbigmeks)orverybroad(suchashatredspacemarines).

Haywire Whenaweaponwiththisspecialrulehitsavehicle,rollonthetablebelowinsteadofrollingarmourpenetration

D6 Effect

1 Noeffect

25 Glancinghit

6 Penetratinghit

Hit and Run Aunitwiththisrulecanattempttoleavecombat.Ifthecombatisnotamultiplecombattheneachplayerrollsad6andaddsthehighestinitiativeintheunitengagedincombat.Iftheplayerattemptingtohitandrunwinshepicksadirectionandmovesupto3d6thatway,ignoringunitshewasincombatwithbutotherwisefollowingallnormalmovementrules.Iftheotherplayerwinscombatthentheunitremainslockedincombat

Hit and run and multiple combat Iftheunitisattemptingtohitandrunfrommultipleenemyunits,thenitmusttestagainstandbeatallenemyunitstobesuccessful.Iftheunitthatisattemptingtopreventhitandrunisalsoincombatwithanotherunitthenitautomaticallylosestherolloff.

Ignores Cover Coversavesmaynotbetakenagainstweaponswiththisrule.

Infiltrate Unitsthatcontainatleastonemodelwiththisspecialruleisdeployedlast,afterallotherunits(bothfriendandfoe).Ifbothsideshaveinfiltratorsthentheyrolloftooseewhoplacestheirunitsfirst.Modelsdeployingviainfilitratecanbeplacedanywhereonthemapaslongastheyarefurtherthan18infromanyenemyunitorfurtherthan12iniftheyareoutoflineofsight.Independentcharacterscannotjoinaunitwiththisruleunlesstheyalsohavetherule.

Independent Character Independentcharactercanjoinotherunits,theycannotjoinavehiclesquadronorunitsthatarealwayscomposedofsinglemodels.Agroupofindependentcharacterscanformtheir

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ownunit.Whilepartofaunitandindependentcharactercountsaspartofthatunitforanytests.

Joining and leaving units Anindependentcharactercanstartthegameattachedtoanotherunitinyourarmy.Theymaystartembarkedondedicatedtransportsaslongasthereisenoughtransportcapacityforthemandtheentireunittheyjoin.Anindependentcharactercanjoinaunitbyenteringcoherencywiththatthatunit,notethatnomodelcanmovemorethanitsmovementcharacteristic.Independentcharactersleaveaunitbymovingoutofcoherencywiththeunit.

Special rules unlessstatedotherwiseboththeindependentcharacterandtheunitneedtohavethespecialruleinordertobothbeabletouseit.

Modifiers Ifanindependentcharacterispartofaunitaffectedbyamodifier(sayfromablessing)thenbothwillstillbenefitfromitaftertheindependentcharacterhasleft.Converselyifonlyoneoftheunitortheindependentcharacterwasaffectedbeforetheindependentcharacterjoinedthenonlythatpartofthenewunitwillbeaffected.

Shooting Independentcharactersareconsideredpartoftheunittheyareinforshooting,woundsmustbeallocatedtothem.Insomecasestheysharethesamearmourgroupaseveryoneelseandcanbeshielded,othertimestheyhaveaseperatewoundpool.

Close combat Independentcharacterswillalwaysattempttoreachthefrontofthelinesofclosecombat,theycanmoveafriendlymodeloutofthewaytoenterbasecontactwiththeenemy.Onlymodelsinbasecontactorwithin2inofafriendlymodelinbasecontactmaydirecttheirattacksatanindependentcharacter.Theyaretreatedastheirownminiunitforhitting,woundingandsavesinclosecombat.

Instant death Unsavedwoundsinflictedbyanattackwiththisspecialruleautomaticallyremoveallthewoundsfromonemodelinthetargetedunit.

It will not die Atthestartofyourplayerturn,anyfriendlymodelonthetablewiththisspecialrulethathaslesswoundsorhullpointsthenitstartedthegamewithregainsawoundonarollof5+.Ifitisavehiclethenona5+eitheraweapondestroyedorimmobilizedresultisrepaired.Determinewhatisrepairedrandomly.

Jet Aunitwhereallmodelshavethisrulecanmove2d6intheassaultphaseaslongastheunitdoesntchargeorislockedincombat.

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Jink Modelswiththisspecialrulealwayshaveacoversaveof5+aslongastheunitmovesatleast6in.Ifaunitwiththisruleturbobooststhenthecoversaveincreasesto4+.

Lance Weaponswiththelancespecialruletreatarmourvaluesgreaterthan12as12.

Master-crafted Mastercraftedweaponsallowthewieldertorerollafailedtohitrollwiththatweapononceperturn.

Melta Meltaweaponshavethearmourbaneruleunderhalfrange.

Monster Hunter Modelswiththisspecialrulererolltowoundmonstrouscreatures.

Move Through Cover Modelswiththemovethroughcoverruleroll3d6andtakethehighestwhenmovingthroughdifficultterrain.Modelswiththisruleadd+1totheirdangerousterraintests.

Night Vision Modelswiththisruleignoretheeffectsofnightfighting.

Outflank Whendeployingmodelsaplayermaystatethatanyunitwiththisspecialrulewillarrivefromreservesbyoutflank.Thechecktoseewhentheyarriveisthesameasregularreserves,butinsteadofcomingonfromyourtableedgetheycomeonfromasideedge.Ona12thesideedgetotheleftofyourtableedge,ona34theedgetotheright,ona56youpickwhichtableedgeleftorright.

Persistent weaponswiththisrulewillcontinuetoaffectthetargetlongafteritisinitiallywounded.Atthestartofyournextturnafterwoundingamodelwithapersistentattackrolltowoundagain,ifthemodelsuffersandunsavedwoundthentheattackwillpersistuntilnextturn.

Persistent Blast and template markers Ifaweaponhastheblastortemplatemarkerspecialruleandthepersistentspecialrulethenleavethemarkerinplaceafterdetermininghits.Atthestartofyournextplayerturnrollad6,ona4+themarkerremainsinplace,otherwisetheeffectdissipates.anymodelsthatstarttheirturnormoveoverapersistentmarkerarehitbytheweaponimmediately.

Pinning Ifanonvehicleunitsuffersoneormoreunsavedwoundsfromaweaponwiththisspecialrule,thentheunitmustmakealeadershiptest(witha1foreachadditionalunsavedwoundbeyondthefirst)ifthetestispassedtheunitisunaffected,ifthetestisfailedthentheunit

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immediatelygoestoground.Theunitdoesnotbenifitfromtheincreasedcoversavefortheattackthatcausedittogotogroundinthismanner.

Power of the Machine Spirit Modelswiththisspecialrulemayfireanadditionalweaponthanisnormallypermitted.Thisweaponcanfireatadifferenttarget,thoughallothershootingrulesmustbefollowed.

Preferred Enemy Modelswiththisspecialrulererollonestohitandtowoundagainsttheirpreferedenemies.

Psychic Pilot Vehicleswiththisrulearetreatedasbeingleadership10duringthepsychicphaseandhaveamasterylevelof1.

Rage Modelswiththisspecialrulegain+2attacksonthechargeinsteadof1.Iftheymakeadisorganisedchargeorcounterchargetheyonlyget+1attack.Modelswithragealwaysshootattheclosestenemyunitandmustalwaysattempttochargeifpossible.

Relentless Modelswiththisspecialrulearealwaystreatedasnotmovingforthepurposesofshooting,theymayalsoattempttochargenomatterwhatweaponstheyusedintheshootingphase.

Rending WeaponswiththisspecialruleareAP2iftheyrolla6towound,thetargetisautomaticallywoundedregardlessoftoughness.Ifcheckingforarmourpenarollof6grantsanadditionald3tothecheck.Modelswiththisrulearetreatedasiftheyhaveameleeweaponwiththisrule.

Scout Modelswiththisrulegainafreemovebeforethegamestarts.Infantry,Artillery,WalkersandMonstrousCreaturescanmoveupto6in,otherunittypescanmove12in.Thismoveignoresdifficultanddangerousterrain.Ifbothsideshaveunitswiththisrule,rollofftoseewhomovesfirst.

Shred weaponswiththeshredspecialrule,rerollsfailedtowoundrolls.Modelswiththisrulearetreatedashavingameleeweaponwiththisrule.

Skilled Rider Modelswiththisruleadd+1todifficultterrainchecksandtreatsitscoversavefromjinkasbeing1better.

Slow and purposeful Modelswiththisrulecannotrun,sweepingadvance,turboboostormoveflatout.

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Smash amodelwiththisrulecanhalfitsattackstogainX2strength,AP2andunwieldy(2)onitsremainingattacks.IfthemodelwasalreadyI2orI1thenitisunwieldy(1)instead.

Specialist weapon aspecialistweaponneverbenefitsfromthemodelhavingadditionalclosecombatweaponsunlesshehasasecondidenticalweapon.Example:2lightningclawswillgrantabonusattackfor2closecombatweapons.

Split Fire Asinglemodelfromaunitwiththisrulecanfireatadifferenttargetthentherestoftheunit.

Stealth Modelswiththisspecialruletreattheircoversavesasbeing1pointbetterthantheterraintheyareinwouldnormallygrant.Insomerarecasesmodelshavepowerfulmeansofconcealmentandgainmorethana1pointincreaseontheircoversaves,thisbettervaluewillbelistedinbracketsafterstealth.Othertimestheruleonlyappliesincertainterrain.

Stubborn modelswiththisspecialruleignoreallpenaltiestotheirleadershipformakingleadershiptests.

Swarm Swarmsdoubleallwoundsfromeachblast,largeblastandtemplateweapontheysuffer.Swarmsalsoignoredifficultterrain,butmakedangerousterrainchecksasnormal.

Tank Hunters Modelswiththisspecialrulererolledfailedarmourpenetrationchecks.Theymaychoosetorerollglancinghitsbutmustacceptthefinalresultevenifitisworse.

Torrent Whenfiringaweaponwiththisrule,thetemplatemustbeplacedsoitsnarrowendiswithin12inofthemodelwiththeweapon.Thelargeendcannotbeclosertothemodelthanthenarrowend.Otherwiseitfunctionslikeanyothertemplateweapon.

Twin-linked twinlinkedweaponsmayrerollallfailedtohitrolls.

Twin linked blast weapons Twinlinkedblastweaponscanrerollthescatterdiceand2d6.

Twin linked template weapons Twinlinkedtemplateweaponsrerolltowound.

Unwieldy (x) weaponswiththeunwieldyspecialrulealwaysmaketheirattacksinXinitiativestep.

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Unit Types Infantry Infantryunitsfollowallnormalrules.Therearenospecialrulesthatapplytoallinfantry.

Bikes Bikeunitsarenormallymodelsthatareonabikeorsomethingsimilartoabike.

Movement Bikescanmoveupto12induringthemovementphase.Theyarenotslowedbydifficultterrainbuttreatalldifficultterrainasdangerous.

Falling Back Bikesfallback3d6insteadof2d6.

Shooting Abikemodelmayshootoneweaponperrideronthebike.Bikescannotgotogroundorbepinned.

Assault Bikesdonotsufferdisorganizedchargeswhenassaultingthroughcover,buttheytreatalldifficultterrainasdangerousterrain.

Special Rules AllbikeshavetheHammerofwrath,Jinkandrelentlessspecialrules.

Turbo-boosting Insteadofrunningabikeunitcanturboboost.Turboboostingallowstheunittomoveupto12instraightforward.

Jetbikes Jetbikesfollowalltherulesforbikesexceptthattheycanmoveoverallmodelsandterrain.Theymustmakeadangerousterraintestiftheybeginorendmovementindifficultterrain.Jetbikesmayendtheirturnontopofimpassibleterrainifitispossibletoplacethemodelthere,theterrainisdangerous.Jetbikescanturboboostupto24in.

Artillery Artilleryunitsconsistof1ormoregunnersand1ormoreguns.Gunshavethefollowingprofile.

WS BS S T W I A Ld Sv

7 2 3+Ifallcrewmodelsarekilledthentheunitisautomaticallydestroyed.

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Independentcharacterscannotjoinanartilleryunit.

Moving with artillery youmusthaveatleast1crewperguntomovetheartilleryunit.

Shooting with artillery Agunnermayfireoneartillerypiecewithin2inofhim.Bothheandthegunmusthavelineofsighttothetarget,unlessthegunisabarrageweapon.Rangesaremeasuredfromthegun.Additionalgunnersmayfirewhateverweapontheyhave.

Shooting at artillery Artilleryunitsalwaysusethetoughnessofthegunsaslongasthereisatleastonegunleft.Woundsareallocatedasnormal.Iftheunitgoestogroundonlythegunnersbenefit.

Assault Phase Onlygunnersfightintheassaultphase.Artilleryunitsmaynevercharge.

Morale and Falling back Alwaysusethegunnersleadershipformoralechecks.Iftheunitfallsbackanygunsthatcannotbemovedareabandonedanddestroyed.Artilleryunitsautomaticallylosesweepingadvance.

Jump Units Jumpunitscanusetheirjumppackstomovefasterineitherthemovementphaseortheassaultphase.Iftheunitdoesnotuseitsjumppacksthenitmovesasanormalmodelofitstype.Whenusingtheirjumppacks,jumpmodelscanmoveoverothermodelsandterrain,ifthemodelstartsorendsitsmovementindifficultterrainitistreatedasdangerous.Jumpmodelscannotendtheirmovementinalocationwhereyoucannotplacetheirbase.Impassibleterrainisdangerous.

Movement phase Iftheyusethejumppackinthemovementphasethentheunitcanmove12in.

Assault phase Iftheyusethejumppackintheassaultphasetheunitcancharge6+d6inches.Theunitgainshammerofwrath.

Fall back moves Jumpmodelsalwaysfallback3d6.

Special Rules Jumppacksgrantthebulkyanddeepstrikespecialrules.

Monstrous Creatures Monstrouscreaturesmayfireupto2rangedweaponsintheshootingphase

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Special Rules MonstrousCreatureshavethefear,movethroughcoverandrelentlessspecialrules.

Beasts/ Cavalry Beastscanmoveupto12ininthemovementphase.

Assault phase Beastscharge6+d6in.

Falling back Beastsfallback3d6.

Vehicles Vehiclesareanymodelthatisclearlymadeofmetalandhastobecontrolledbyadriverorpilot.Somearesinglepersonvehicles,likedreadnoughtsandriptides,whileothersrequireseveralcrewtooperate,likeaLemanRuss.

Vehicle Characteristics Likeothermodelsvehicleshaveacharacteristicprofile.Thisprofilesharessomecharacteristicswithothermodelswhileothercharacteristicsarecompletelydifferent.

Ballistic skill Avehiclesballisticskillworksjustlikeanyothermodels.

Armour Value Thischaracteristiccovers3differentpartsofthevehicleandhowmuchprotectiontheyhave.Thehigherthenumberthebettertheprotectiononthatpart,armourvaluesrangefrom10to14.The3partsarefront,sidesandrear.

Type Similartounittype,vehicletypesmodifyhowcertainvehiclesworkcomparedtothenorm.

Vehicles and measuring distances Normallywhenmeasuringdistances,measuretoandfromthehullofavehicle.Whenfiringweaponsmeasureanddrawlineofsightfromthemuzzleoftheweapontofigureoutrange.

Vehicle Movement Vehiclesmoveatoneofthreespeeds:

Stationary:thevehicledoesntmoveduringthemovementphase CombatSpeed:thevehiclemovesupto6in. CruisingSpeed:thevehiclemovesupto12in.

Vehiclesturnbypivotingabouttheircentre,thisusesnomovementdistance.Avehiclethatonlyturnsisconsideredstationary.

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Difficult and Dangerous Terrain Vehiclestreatalldifficultterrainasdangerousandmustmakeimmobilizationcheckswhencrossingsuchobstacles.Tomakeanimmobilizationcheckrollad6onarollof1,thevehicleisimmobilizedatthepointitenteredtheterrain.

Shooting with a vehicle Howmanyweaponsavehiclecanfiredependsonhowfastitmoved:

Stationary:Allweaponsmaybefired. Combatspeed:vehiclemayfire1mainweaponandalldefensiveweapons Crusingspeed:vehiclemayfire1defensiveweapon.

Defensiveweaponsareanyweaponsmountedonavehiclethatarestr5orless.Ordnanceweapons:ifavehiclefiresandordnanceweaponthenthevehiclemaynotfireanyotherweapons.

Moving Flat Out Avehiclecanmove6ininsteadofshootingintheshootingphase.

Vehicle weapons and line of sight Vehicleweaponsdrawlineoflightalongtheweaponbarrel.Thevehiclecanblocklineofsightofitsownweapons.

Shooting At a vehicle Inordertoshootatavehiclethemodelmustbeabletodrawlineofsighttoeitherthehullorturretofavehicle.

Vehicle facing and armour value Whatfacingtheattacksagainstavehiclearemadecanmattergreatly.Todeterminethefacingtheshothitsdraw2imaginarylinesfromoppositecornersdividingoutsideofthemodelinto4sections,thefront,leftside,rightsideandrear.

Blast weapons Blastweaponsalwayshitthesideofthevehiclethatfacestheshooter.

Template weapons Templateweaponsalwayshitthesidethatfacestheshooter.

Armour Penetration rolls Tomakeanarmourpenetrationroll,addad6tothestrengthoftheattack.

IftheD6+strengthisgreaterthanthearmourvalueofthefacingbeinghittheattackisapenetratinghit

iftheD6+strengthtiesthearmourvalueofthefacingbeinghittheattackisaglancinghit

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IftheD6+strengthislessthanthearmourvalueofthefacingbeinghitthetargetisunaffected

Resolving Damage Foreachhitthatglancesorpenetratesrollonthechartbelowwiththefollowingmodifiers

2Glancinghit +1opentoppedvehicle +1AP1weapon

D6 Result

lessthan1 noeffect

12Crewshaken Thevehiclecannotshootnextturn

3Crewstunned thevehiclecannotmoveorshootnextturn

4Immobilized Thevehiclecannotmovefortherestofthegame

5weapondestroyed 1weapononthevehicleisdestroyed

6Explosion thevehicleiscompletelydestroyed,allmodelswithind6inchesaroundthevehicletakeastr3hit.Allembarkedmodelstakeastr4hit.

Ifyourollaresultbetween1and6onthetableandthatresultwouldhavenofurthereffectonthevehicleatthistimethenewresultisthenextdownthetable.(soifanimmobilizedresultisrolledforasecondtimethenaweaponisdestroyedinstead)

Wrecked vehicles Ifavehicleisimmobilizedandallitsweaponsaredestroyedthenvehicleiswrecked.Wreckedmodelsessentiallybecometerrainonthetableprovidingcoverandblockinglineofsight.Itisbothdifficultanddangerousterrain.

Vehicles and cover Vehiclescangainadvantageofcoversaveslikeanyothermodelexceptthatatleast25%ofthethefacingbeingfiredatmustbebehindcover.Acoversaveismadeforeachglancingandpenetratinghit,asuccessdiscardsthehit.Vehiclescannevergotoground.

Vehicles and Invul saves Inrarecasesavehiclemayhaveainvulnerablesave.Ainvulnerablesaveismadeforeachglancingandpenetratinghit,asuccessdiscardsthehit.

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Vehicles and assault Normalvehiclescannotcharge,walkersandchariotsaretheexceptiontothisrule.Modelscanonlyassaultavehiclethattheycandamage,theygainallnormalbonusesforcharging.Vehiclesthatareimmobilizedordidnotmoveinthecontrollingplayerslastmovementphaseareautomaticallyhit.Otherwiseavehicleishitona3+.Walkersfightwiththeirownweaponskill.

Armour penetration Inassaultallarmourpenetrationchecksaremadeagainstreararmour.

Combat resolution Forthepurposesofcombatresolutioneachglancingandpenetratinghitcountsas1wound.Vehiclesautomaticallypassallmoralechecks.Therearenosweepingadvances,pileinsorconsolidationmovesattheendofafightsubphasewithavehicle.Losingcombattoavehiclecausesmoralechecksasnormal.Vehiclesandunitsinbasetobasewiththemarenotlockedincombat.

Vehicle Squadrons AVehiclesquadronisessentiallyaunitmadeupofvehicles.

Moving a vehicle squadron Avehiclesquadronhasacoherencyof4ininsteadof2in.

Shooting with squadrons Allvehiclesinasquadronmustshootatthesametarget.

Shooting at squadrons Allshootingattacksusetheclosestvehicleinthesquadronfordetermininglineofsightandarmourfacing.

Assaulting squadrons Whenassaultingavehiclesquadronattacksaremadeagainsttheclosestvehicleinthesquadron.

Damaging a squadron whenavehiclesquadrontakesdamage,applyalldamagetotheclosestvehicleuntilitisdestroyedthenproceedtothenextone,rememberingthatifavehicleisunaffectedbyaresultthenmovethenexteffectdownonthelist.

Abandoning a vehicle Ifonevehicleinasquadronisimmobilizedtherestofthesquadroncanabandonit.Thisvehicleisnowtreatedasitsownunit.

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Vehicle Types forallvehicletypesnormalvehiclerulesapplyunlessthevehicletyperulessaydifferently.

Transports Transportsarevehiclesthatcancarrymodelsinsidethem.

Tansport Capacity Alltransportshaveamaximumtransportcapacity,atransportcanneverholdmoremodelsthanitslistedcapacity.OnlyoneunitandattachedIndependentCharacterscanbeinatransportatonetime.Normallyatransportcanonlycarryinfantry.

Unshakable Nerve Modelsinatransportnevermakeleadershipchecks.

Dedicated Transports Someunitsmaypurchaseadedicatedtransport,onlythatunitandanyattachedindependentcharacterscanstartthegameinsideadedicatedtransport.

Fire Ports Sometransportshavefireports.Onemodelmayshootoutofeachfireport.Ifthetransportmovedatcombatspeedthantheunitistreatedasmovingforthepurposesofshooting.Modelsmaynotfireifthetransportmovedatcruisingspeed.Likeanyunitallmodelsfiringoutoffireportsmustshootatthesameopposingunit.

Access points Atransportsprofilewillstatewhereavehiclehasaccesspoints,thesearethelocationswheremodelscanembarkanddisembarkthetransportfrom.

Embarking and Disembarking Onlyoneembarkationordisembarkationpertransportcantakeplaceeachturn.

Embarking Aunitcanembarkonatransportifithasenoughtransportcapacityfortheentireunitandallmodelsintheunitcanmovetowithin2inofanaccesspoint.Difficultanddangerousterraintestsaremadeasnormal.Ifthetransportmovesbeforetheunitembarksthenitcannotmoveaftertheunitembarks.Ifthetransporthasnotmovedbeforetheunitembarksitcanmovenormally.

Disembarking Aunitthatisdisembarkingcanmove6infromanyaccesspoints.Theunitmustfinishincoherency.Allnormalmovementrulesincludingdifficultanddangerousterrainmustbefollowed.Modelsobviouslycountasmovingafterdisembarking.Atransportcanmoveeitherbeforeorafteraunitinsidedisembarksbutnotboth.Modelscannotdisembarkfromatransportthathasmovedmorethan6in.

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Emergency Disembarkation Ifforanyreasonaunitcannotnormallydisembarkfromatransport(normallybecauseeitherenemyunitsorimpassibleterrainblocksallaccesspoints)theunitcanmakeanemergencydisembarkation.Theunitcanmove6infromanypartofthevehiclehullthatisnotblocked.Theunitcantakenootheractionsthisturn.

Independent Characters and Transports Anindependentcharactercanboardatransportonitsownbeforeorafteraunitoratthesametimeasaunit.Thetransportmusthaveenoughcapacityforallmodels.Anindependentcharacterdoesnothavetodisembarkatthesametimeastheunitinsideatransport.

Assaulting out of a transport Aunitmayonlychargeafterdisembarkingfromatransportifthetransportdidnotmovebeforetheunitdisembarked.Suchchargesarealwaysdisorganized.

Vehicle Damage and Passangers

VehicleDamage EffectonPassangers

CrewShaken Modelsinsidemaynotusefireportsthisturn

CrewStunned Modelsinsidemaynotusefireportsthisturn

WeaponDestroyed Noeffect

Immobilized Noeffect

Wrecked modelsmustdisembark,theyaretreatedasifindifficultterrain

Explosion EachmodelinsidetakesaStr4APhitModelsthathaveleftadestroyedtransportcanbefiredonbyotherunitsthisshootingphase.

Chariot ChariotsaredesignedforIndependentcharactersasamightysteedthattheycandirectthebattlefrom.Theyaretransportsthathaveatransportcapacityof1.

Sweep attack IfachariotisalsoaskimmerthenanembarkedIndependentCharactermayattackfromitasitmovesoverenemyunits.Foreachattackonhisprofilerollad6,ona4+theICscoresahitontheunitwithameleeweaponofhischoice.Anywoundscausesaretreatedasmeleeattacks.

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Shooting at a Chariot Shootingattacksareresolvednormallyagainstachariot.

Assault with a chariot Unlikeothervehiclesachariotcandeclareachargeassumingthechariotdidnotflatoutthisturn.

Fighting from a Chariot Amodelembarkedonachariotistreatedasbeinginbasetobasewithallmodelsinbasecontactwiththechariot.InclosecombatallattacksmustbedirectedattheICifoneisembarked.Chariotsareneverlockedincombat.ChariotsprovideincreasedprotectionfortheICembarkedonthem.Themodelembarkedonachariothas+1tohisarmoursavewhilefightinginclosecombatfromhischariot.

Special Rules ICsembarkedonchariotsnevermakealeadershiptest.AchariothasthehammerofwrathUSR.Itmakesd6str6hammerofwrathattacks.

Open-Topped Vehicles Vehicle Damage Opentoppedvehiclesadd+1toallrollsonthevehicledamagechart.

Open Topped Transports Theentirevehicleisconsideredanaccesspointonanopentoppedtransport.

Fire Points Anopentoppedvehicleistreatedashavinganumberoffirepointsequaltoitstransportcapacity.Modelsusingthefirepointsmeasurerangeandlineofsightfromthehullofthevehicle.

Special Rules AssaultVehicle

Heavy Aheavyvehiclemaynevermoveabovecombatspeedandisalwaystreatedasstationaryforthepurposesofshooting.

Fast Fastvehiclesmaymove12inwhenmovingflatout.Fastvehiclesthatmoveatcombatspeedmayfirealltheirweaponsasiftheywerestationary.Fastvehiclesthatmoveatcruisingspeedmyfireasfireasiftheyweremovingatcombatspeed.

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Skimmers Skimmers and Measuring Skimmershaveaflyingbasebutallmeasurementsarestilltakenfromthehull.

Skimmers and Movement Skimmersmovesimilarlytojumpinfantry.Theymoveoverdifficultanddangerousterrainandothermodelsbutmustmakeadangerousterraincheckiftheystartorfinishtheirmoveindifficultordangerousterrain.

Fast Skimmers Fastskimmersmoveupto18inwhenmovingfullout.

Skimmers and Damage Ifaskimmerisimmobilizeditmustrollagainonthevehicledamagechartinadditiontobeingimmobilized.

Special Rules Jink

Walkers Walkersareunusualforvehicles.Theyhaveseveralstatsthatvehiclesnormallydontbutothermodelsdo.WalkershaveaWeaponSkill,Strength,InitiativeandToughness.

Walkers and Measuring Ifthewalkerhasabase,doallmeasuringfromthatbase,otherwiseusethemodelshull.

Moving Walkers Walkersmovelikeinfantryunlessstatedotherwise.Theytreatdangerousterrainasdangerousanddifficultterrainasdifficultlikeinfantry.Ifawalkerfailsadangerousterraintestitisimmobilized.Unlikeinfantryawalkerhasarmourvaluessoitsfacingisimportant.

Walkers and Shooting Awalkermayfireallitsweaponsintheshootingphase.Awalkermustpivotintheshootingphasesothatitsweaponspointatthetarget.(weaponshavea90arc)Immobilizedwalkerscannotpivot.

Walkers and assault Walkerscanchargeandbelockedincombat.ModelsattackingawalkerrolltohitagainstthewalkersWSandalwaysattackthefrontarmourexceptagainstimmobilizedwalkerswhicharehitontheirreararmour.Likemostothermodelsawalkergainsabonusattackforchargingandhaving2closecombatweapons.Ifawalkerhasmorethan2closecombatweaponsitgainsanadditionalattackforeachextraweaponbeyondthefirst.Meleeweaponscanbedestroyedjustlikeshootingweapons.Walkersthatarestunnedorimmobilizedhaveonelessattackthannormal.

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Unlessawalkerisstunnedorimmobilizeditcanpilein,sweepingadvanceorconsolidate.

Ramming a walker Awalkercannotdeathorglory.

Tank Tank Shock Atankmustdeclareatankshock

Ram ATankmustdeclarearambeforemoving.Aslongasthevehiclecanreachtheenemyvehiclewithitsmovementitcanramtheenemyvehicle.Eachvehiclesuffersahitwiththefollowingstrengthmodifiers.

+1foreachpointofAVabove10onthefacingthatmakesimpact +1forreachfull3inofmovement +1forbeingatank

Ifthevehiclebeingrammedexplodesthenthetankcancontinuemovinguptoitsfullmovement

Vehicle Upgrades Dozer Blade thevehiclererollsfaileddifficultterraintests

Extra Armour Vehicleswithextraarmourtreatstunnedresultsasshaken.Notethatifthevehiclewasalreadyshakenitmustbestunnedbeforeweaponsgetdestroyed,soextraarmourdoesnotmakeiteasierforthevehicletoloseweapons.

Hunter Killer Missile

Name Range Strength AP Type Special

HunterKiller 48in 8 3 Heavy1 Oneuse

Smoke lauchers Oncepergameinsteadofshootingatankcanuseitssmokelaunchers.Thisgrantsitthestealth(+2)specialruleuntilthestartofthecontrollingplayersnextturn.

Searchlight Amodelcanuseasearchlightwhenitfires.Untilthestartofthenextcontrollingplayer'sturnboththemodelwiththesearchlightandthemodelitshotsatdonotgainanyofthebenifitsofnightfighting.

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Weapons Weapon Profiles Aweaponhas4keystats

Range Therangeofaweaponindicatesthemaximumrangeaweaponcanbeused.Aindicatesthatitisameleeweapon.Templateusesthetemplatemarker.

Strength Iftheweaponsstrengthislistedasuserthenitusesthebasemodelsstrength,a+orwithanumberaftermodifiestheusersstrengthforusingthisweapon.Iftheweaponhasafixedstrengthlisteusethatnumber.

Armour Piercing ArmourPiercingisanindicationofhowgoodtheweaponisatpenetratingarmour.

Weapon Type weapontypeindicateshowmanyshotsaweaponhasandvariousrulesabouthowtheyareused.Manyweapontypesfiremultipleshots,thiswillalwaysbeindicatedafterweapontype.ForExampleanAssault3weaponfires3shots.Ifamodelhasmorethanonerangedweaponitmaynormallyonlyuseonepershootingphase.

Melee Meleeweaponscanonlybeusedinhandtohandcombat.Unlessaweaponisaspecialistweapon,havingmultiplemeleeweaponsgrantsabonustoattacksinclosecombat.Ifamodelisequippedwithmultiplemeleeweaponsthecontrollingplayerchooseswhichweapontouseineachfightsubphase.

Assault Anassaultweaponcanalwaysfirethenumberofshotslistedinitsprofile.Amodelcanassaultafterfiringanassaultweapon.

Heavy Heavyweaponsaremoveorshoot.Modelscannotnormallyassaultafterfiringaheavyweapon.

Ordinance Ordinanceisasubsetofheavyweaponsthattakethebetterof2d6forarmourpenetrationandaffecthowmanyotherweaponsavehiclecanfire.

Pistol Pistolsareassault1weaponsthatarealsotreatedasmeleeweaponswithaprofileof

Range Strength AP Type

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Pistol User Melee

Gunslinger Amodelmayfire2pistolsintheshootingphase.

Rapid Fire Amodelmayfirearapidfireweapononcetomaximumrangeortwicetwoshotswithinhalfrange.Modelscannotnormallyassaultafterfiringarapidfireweapon.

Salvo weapons Salvoweaponsareprobablythemostcomplicatedweapontype.Theyhavetwonumberslistedfornumberofshots.Thenumberbeforethe/isthenumberthatarefiredifthemodelwiththeweaponhasmoved,whenthetargethasmoveditcanonlyshottohalfitsmaximumrange.Thenumberafterthe/isthenumberofshotsthattheweaponhasifithasifthemodelhasnotmovedthisturn.

Template weapons Alltemplateweaponsignorecover.Insteadofrollingtohit,placethetemplatemarkerwiththenarrowendtouchingthemodelwiththetemplateweapon.Itshouldbeplacedsoithitsasmanyenemymodelsaspossibleinthetargetunit.Atemplatehitsallmodelsunderneaththetemplatemarker.Thetemplatemarkercannotbeplacedsoithitsfriendlymodels.

Grenades Grenadesareacategoryofweaponswithendlessuses.Someareonlyeffectiveagainstvehicles,othersareusedtohinderenemiesinclosecombat.Amodelmayonlymakeoneattackwithagrenadeinclosecombat.

Assault/ Frag grenades Theunitignorespenaltiesforassaultingthroughterrain

Defensive grenades chargingamodelwithdefensivegrenadesprovidesnoextraattacks

Krak grenades akrakgrenadecanbeusedagainstavehicle.ItisS6,AP4.

Choosing An Army Anarmymustbechosenfromasinglecodexandasingleforceorganizationchart.

Codex ACodexisdocumentthatcontainsalltherulesnecessarytoplayasinglefactionorarmy.Itcontainsallthespecialrulesandunitsforthefaction.

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Points Value Everymodelandupgradehasapointsvalue.Thetotalpointsvalueofanarmyisthesumofthepointsvaluesofallthemodelsinanarmylist.Asageneralrulethemorepointsamodelisworththemoreusefulitis.

Size of a Game Bothsidesneedtoagreetothepointstotaleachsidecanspendonunitsfromtheircodexofchoice.Thispointlimitisthemaximumnumberofpointsthatcanbespentonyourarmy.

The Army List Eachsidemustchosetheirforcesbasedonanarmylist.Eachcodexhasatleastonearmylist,mosthaveseveralvariantsofthesamelist.Anarmylistisdividedinto5sections.

HQ Headquartersunitsaregenerallyindependentcharacters.IfthearmyhasawarlorditmustbeanICfromanHQchoice.

Troops Troopsarethebackboneofanyarmy.Theyarenormallythemostnumerousforcesinyourarmy.

Elites ChoicesfromtheelitessectionarenormallyexactlythatthebestandmostexpensiveunitsthatareavailabletoanarmyoutsideofIndependentCharactersfromHQ.

Fast attack Fastattackchoicestypicallymovequicklyandeitherpayapremiumforsuchspeedorlackfirepowerorstayingpower.

Heavy Support Choicesfromheavysupportareusuallyexpensivebutbringlotsoffirepowertothetable.

Force Organization Chart Theforceorganizationchartiswhatlimitshowmanyunitsofvarioussectionsofanarmylistyoucantakeinyourarmy.Therearebothminimumandmaximumstohowmanyunitscanbeselectedfromeachsectionofthearmylistasdetailedbelow.

HQ Anarmymusttakeatleast1HQchoicebutnomorethan2.

Troops Anarmymusthaveaminimumof1troopper500pointsinanarmy.Soifyouareplayinga2000pointgame,youneedaminimumof4troopchoices.Youcantakeamaximumof6troopsinanarmy.

Elites Yourarmycantakenomorethan3elitechoices.

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Fast Attack Yourarmycantakenomorethan3fastattackchoices.

Heavy Support Yourarmycantakenomorethan3heavysupportchoices.

Warlord Yourarmymaycontainawarlord.AwarlordcanbeanyHQchoicethatisalsoandIndependentCharacter.AwarlordmaytakeaWarlordtraitlistedbelowortakeawarlordtraitfromitscodex.

Trait Effect Cost

InspiringPresence Unitsfromthesamearmywithin12incanthewarlordsleadership

15points

IntimidatingPresence Enemyunitswithin12inmustusetheirlowestleadership

15points

MasteroftheVanguard Thewarlordandunitsfromthesamearmywithin12ingainfleet

20points

TargetPriority Thewarlordandtheunitheisattachedtorerollonestohitwhenshootingatunitsthatarewithin3inofanobjectivethatmattersforyourmission

10points

Coordinatedassault Thewarlordandallfriendlyunitswithin12incanrerolltheirchargedistance

15points

MasterofDefense ThewarlordgainsthecounterattackUSR 15points

MasteroftheOffense ThewarlordgainsthefuriouschargeUSR 15points

MasterofManoeuvre Thewarlordgainstheoutflankrule 15points

LegendaryFighter Thewarlordgains+1victorypointforeachIChekills

10points

Tenacity Thewarlordgainsfeelnopain 15points

ConquerorofCities Thewarlordgainsthemovethroughruinsandstealth(ruins)specialrules

10points

NightAssault TheNightfightingspecialruleisineffectforthefirstturn

20points

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MasteroftheAmbush Alloutflankingunitscanrerollwhichedgetheyenter

15points

StrategicGenius Whilethewarlordisaliveyoumayrerollallreserverolls

15points

Dividetoconquer Whileyourwarlordisaliveyourenemyisata1toallreserverolls

15points

Fighting A Battle Onceyouhaveselectedyourarmiesitistimetodeterminewhatmissionseacharmyhasbeenassignedandhowtheforcesaredeploying.

Deployment Thereare3differentdeploymenttypes.Youcaneitheragreeonadeploymenttypeorrollfordeploymenttype.Rollofftoseewhodeploysandgoesfirst.Unitsmustbedeployedsothattheystartthegameincoherencyandentirelywithinyourdeploymentzone.

1. Long Edges Theplayersdeployalongoppositelongtableedgesmorethan12infromthecentrelineofthetable.

2. Short Edges Theplayersdeployalongoppositeshorttableedgesmorethan12infromthecentrelineofthetable

3. Diagonals Theplayersdeployinoppositecornersmorethan12infromthediagonal.Theplayerwhogoesfirstchoseswhatcornerhewants.

Missions Youandyouropponentmustdecidetotogetherifyouwanttohavethesameordifferentmissions.Eitherwaythemissionwillberandomlyselected.Ifyouaredoingdifferentmissionsthenyoudonothavetotellyouropponentwhatthatmissionis,thoughyouneedtowriteitdownsomewheresoyoucanprovethatwasyourmissionwhenthegameends.Beforerolling5objectivesshouldbeplaced.Oneineachdeploymentzoneand3innomansland.

Placing objectives Objectivescanbeplacedanywhereonthetableaslongasthefollowingrulesarefollowed

Objectivescannotbeplacedwithin12inofanotherobjective Object