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Astra Militarum – Ratlings
2

Ratlings

NAME M WS BS S T W A Ld Sv
7-
Ratling		 5" 5+ 3+ 2 2 1 1 5 6+
This unit contains 5 Ratlings. It may contain up to 5 additional Ratlings (Power Rating +1). Each model is armed with a sniper rifle.
WEAPON
RANGE
TYPE
S
AP
D
ABILITIES
2
Sniper rifle
36"
Heavy 1
4
0
1
A model firing a sniper weapon can target an enemy CHARACTER even if they are not the closest enemy unit. If you roll a wound roll of 6+ for this weapon, it inflicts a mortal wound in addition to its normal damage.
ABILITIES
Find the Best Spot: When you set up this unit during deployment, it can be set up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 18" away from the enemy deployment zone and any enemy models.

Shoot Sharp and Scarper: Immediately after making a Shooting attack (other than firing Overwatch), this unit can move as if it were the Movement phase (though it cannot Advance as part of this move).

Naturally Stealthy: Models in this unit receive a +2 bonus to their saving throw when they receive the benefits of cover instead of only +1.
FACTION KEYWORDS
IMPERIUM, ASTRA MILITARUM, MILITARUM AUXILLA
KEYWORDS
INFANTRY, RATLINGS

This datasheet has Elites Battlefield Role. Full list of Astra Militarum units sharing same Battlefield Role follows:

Does not include wargear

Sniper rifle used in following datasheets:

Troops
Elites
• Special Weapons Squad
Fast Attack
Characters
Some models are noted as being a Character on their datasheet. These heroes, officers, prophets and warlords are powerful individuals that can have a great impact on the course of a battle. The swirling maelstrom of the battlefield can make it difficult to pick out such individuals as targets, however.

An enemy CHARACTER with a Wounds characteristic of less than 10 can only be chosen as a target in the Shooting phase if it is both visible to the firing model and it is the closest enemy unit to the firing model. Ignore other enemy CHARACTERS with a Wounds characteristics of less than 10 when determining if the target is the closest enemy unit to the firing model.

This means that if any other enemy units (other than other CHARACTERS with a Wounds characteristics of less than 10) are closer, whether they are visible or not, then the enemy CHARACTER cannot be targeted.
Wound Roll
WOUND ROLL
ATTACK’S STRENGTH VS TARGET’S TOUGHNESSD6 ROLL REQUIRED
Is the Strength
TWICE (or more)
than the Toughness?		2+
Is the Strength
GREATER
than the Toughness?		3+
Is the Strength
EQUAL
to the Toughness?		4+
Is the Strength
LOWER
than the Toughness?		5+
Is the Strength
HALF (or less)
than the Toughness?		6+
If an attack scores a hit, you will then need to roll another dice to see if the attack successfully wounds the target. The roll required is determined by comparing the attacking weapon’s Strength characteristic with the target’s Toughness characteristic, as shown on the table to the right:

If the roll is less than the required number, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends. A roll of 1 always fails, irrespective of any modifiers that may apply.
Mortal Wounds
Some attacks inflict mortal wounds – these are so powerful that no armour or force field can withstand their fury. Each mortal wound inflicts one point of damage on the target unit. Do not make a wound roll or saving throw (including invulnerable saves) against a mortal wound – just allocate it as you would any other wound and inflict damage to a model in the target unit as described above. Unlike normal attacks, excess damage from attacks that inflict mortal wounds is not lost. Instead keep allocating damage to another model in the target unit until either all the damage has been allocated or the target unit is destroyed.
HEAVY

Heavy weapons are the biggest and deadliest guns on the battlefield, but require reloading, careful set-up or bracing to fire at full effect.

If a model with a Heavy weapon moved in its preceding Movement phase, you must subtract 1 from any hit rolls made when firing that weapon this turn.
Overwatch
Each time a charge is declared against a unit, the target unit can immediately fire Overwatch at the would-be attacker. A target unit can potentially fire Overwatch several times a turn, though it cannot fire if there are any enemy models within 1" of it. Overwatch is resolved like a normal shooting attack (albeit one resolved in the enemy’s Charge phase) and uses all the normal rules except that a 6 is always required for a successful hit roll, irrespective of the firing model’s Ballistic Skill or any modifiers.
Advancing
When you pick a unit to move in the Movement phase, you can declare that it will Advance. Roll a dice and add the result to the Move characteristics of all models in the unit for that Movement phase. A unit that Advances can’t shoot or charge later that turn.
Terrain and Cover
The battlefields of the far future are littered with terrain features such as ruins, craters and twisted copses. Models can take shelter within such terrain features to gain protection against incoming weapons’ fire.

If a unit is entirely on or within any terrain feature, add 1 to its models’ saving throws against shooting attacks to represent the cover received from the terrain (invulnerable saves are unaffected). Units gain no benefit from cover in the Fight phase.

The IMPERIUM keyword is used in following Astra Militarum datasheets:

The ASTRA MILITARUM keyword is used in following Astra Militarum datasheets:

The MILITARUM AUXILLA keyword is used in following Astra Militarum datasheets:

Elites
• Ogryns

The INFANTRY keyword is used in following Astra Militarum datasheets:

The RATLINGS keyword is used in following Astra Militarum datasheets:

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