T’au Empire – Commander Farsight
| No | NAME | M | WS | BS | S | T | W | A | Ld | Sv | |
130 Commander Farsight |
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| 1 | 130 Commander Farsight |
8" | 2+ | 2+ | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 3+ | |
Commander Farsight is a single model equipped with a high-intensity plasma rifle and the Dawn Blade. Only one of this model can be included in your army.
WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D | ABILITIES |
| High-intensity plasma rifle | ||||||
| High-intensity plasma rifle | 30" | Rapid Fire 1 | 6 | -4 | 2 | - |
| Dawn Blade | ||||||
| Dawn Blade | Melee | Melee | +3 | -4 | D3 | - |
ABILITIES | |
ABILITIES |
For the Greater Good, Master of War Genius of Mont’ka: Once per battle, this model can declare Mont’ka even if Kauyon or Mont’ka has already been declared. Mont’ka and Kauyon cannot both be declared in the same turn. Way of the Short Blade: Re-roll hit rolls of 1 for attacks made with melee weapons by models in friendly FARSIGHT ENCLAVES units whilst their unit is within 6" of this model. Re-roll hit rolls of 1 for attacks made with ranged weapons by models in friendly FARSIGHT ENCLAVES units against an ORK unit whilst their unit is within 6" of this model. Manta Strike: During deployment, you can set up Commander Farsight in a Manta hold instead of placing him on the battlefield. At the end of any of your Movement phases he can use a Manta strike to enter the fray – set him up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" from any enemy models. Shield Generator: Commander Farsight has a 4+ invulnerable save. |
WARLORD TRAIT! | |
WARLORD TRAIT! |
Hero of the Enclaves: Your Warlord can perform a Heroic Intervention if they are within 6" of any enemy units after the enemy has completed all their charge moves. Your Warlord can move up to 6" when performing a Heroic Intervention, so long as they end the move closer to the nearest enemy model. In addition, if your Warlord charged, was charged or performed a Heroic Intervention, then until the end of the turn you can re-roll failed hit rolls made for them. |
| FACTION KEYWORDS: T’AU EMPIRE, FARSIGHT ENCLAVES | |
| KEYWORDS: BATTLESUIT, CHARACTER, COMMANDER, JET PACK, FLY, FARSIGHT | |
Datasheet-related Stratagems
1CP | ||
SWORN BODYGUARDS T’au Empire Stratagem Crisis Bodyguards rush to the aid of their charge, ready to fight hand-to-hand if necessary to protect them. Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase, when a <SEPT> XV8 CRISIS BODYGUARDS unit from your army is chosen to fight with. Until the end of that phase, when resolving an attack made with a melee weapon by a model in that unit whilst a friendly <SEPT> CHARACTER unit is within 3" of that model’s unit, you can re-roll the hit roll and you can re-roll the wound roll. | ||
1CP | ||
PROMISING PUPIL T’au Empire Stratagem The Fire caste academies imbue in all Fire Warriors the importance of raising up the particularly skilled of their number, for the Greater Good. Use this Stratagem before the battle, after nominating your Warlord. Select one <SEPT> CHARACTER model from your army that does not have a Warlord Trait and determine one Warlord Trait for it; it is regarded as your Warlord for the purposes of that Warlord Trait. Each Warlord Trait in your army must be unique (if randomly generated, re-roll duplicate results). | ||
1CP | ||
FURIOUS ASSAULT Farsight Enclaves Stratagem Using the powerful thrusters of their huge battlesuits, Farsight’s warriors slam into the fray. Use this Stratagem in your Charge phase, when a JET PACK unit from your army finishes a charge move. For each model in that unit, you can select one enemy unit within 1" of that model and roll one D6; on a 3+ that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound. | ||
1CP | ||
MULTI-SPECTRUM SENSOR SUITE T’au Empire Stratagem The battlesuit’s integrated sensor suite scans multiple ranges on the electromagnetic spectrum, analysing telemetric data and feeding optimised firing solutions to the pilot. Use this Stratagem before a BATTLESUIT unit from your army shoots. Enemy units cannot claim the benefit of cover against shots made by this unit this phase. | ||
1CP | ||
FAIL-SAFE DETONATOR T’au Empire Stratagem The battlesuits of high-value T’au operatives are equipped with a fail-safe self-destruct algorithm, ensuring that the pilot cannot be taken alive for interrogation. Use this Stratagem when a BATTLESUIT unit from your army is destroyed in the Fight phase, before removing the last model. Roll a dice for each unit (friend or foe) within 3" of that model. On a 4+ that unit suffers one mortal wound. | ||
2CP | ||
AUTOMATED REPAIR SYSTEM T’au Empire Stratagem Nanite repair drones swarm over the damaged battlesuit or vehicle, knitting together ruptured composite plating and repairing vital life-support systems. Use this Stratagem at the start of any turn. Pick a VEHICLE or BATTLESUIT model from your army. That model regains D3 lost wounds. You can only use this Stratagem once per turn. | ||
2CP | ||
NEUROWEB SYSTEM JAMMER T’au Empire Stratagem This device emits an intense electrostatic jamming field, causing the enemy’s weapons to malfunction. Use this Stratagem at the start of the enemy Shooting phase. Pick an enemy unit within 18" of a BATTLESUIT COMMANDER from your army. Your opponent must subtract 1 from hit rolls made for that unit this phase. | ||
1CP | ||
REPULSOR IMPACT FIELD T’au Empire Stratagem Detecting an incoming enemy assault, the pilot’s battlesuit unleashes a hammer-pulse of kinetic energy strong enough to shatter bone. Use this Stratagem after an enemy unit successfully charges a BATTLESUIT unit from your army. Roll a dice for each model in the enemy unit within 3" of your unit. On a 6 that model suffers a mortal wound. | ||
1CP | ||
COMMAND-AND-CONTROL NODE T’au Empire Stratagem The Commander’s AI-networked transition system generates firing arcs and enhanced strike-patterns, feeding this raw data to nearby battlesuit teams. Use this Stratagem at the start of your Shooting phase. Pick a <SEPT> COMMANDER from your army. That Commander may not shoot this phase, but one <SEPT> BATTLESUIT unit from your army that is within 6" of that Commander may re-roll failed wound rolls this phase. | ||
3CP | ||
ORBITAL ION BEAM T’au Empire Stratagem A kor’vattra cruiser in high orbit unleashes a pulse from an immense ion cannon, engulfing the target in white-hot energy. Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase if a T’AU EMPIRE COMMANDER from your army did not move or use their Manta Strike ability in the preceding Movement phase. Pick two points on the battlefield 2D6" apart. Draw an imaginary straight line 1mm wide between these two points and roll a dice for each unit (friend or foe) that has models under this line. Subtract 1 from the result if the unit being rolled for is a CHARACTER. On a 4+ the unit being rolled for suffers D3 mortal wounds. This Stratagem can only be used once per battle. | ||
1CP | ||
STIMULANT INJECTOR T’au Empire Stratagem Many battlesuits contain an emergency revivication system to bring their injured pilot back from the brink of death. Use this Stratagem at the start of any turn. Choose a BATTLESUIT model from your army with a Wounds characteristic of 10 or more. Until the end of this turn, use the top row of the model’s damage table, regardless of how many wounds it has left. This ends immediately if the model is reduced to 0 wounds. | ||
2CP | ||
DROP ZONE CLEAR Farsight Enclaves Stratagem O’Shovah’s warriors have mastered the art of the drop-zone assault. There are few more imposing sights than a cadre of battlesuits raining from low orbit, jump-jets blazing and cannons spitting death at the helpless foe. Use this Stratagem at the start of your Shooting phase. Choose a FARSIGHT ENCLAVES BATTLESUIT unit from your army that was set up on the battlefield using its Manta Strike ability this turn. Add 1 to hit rolls for that unit this phase. | ||
This datasheet has HQ Battlefield Role. Full list of T’au Empire units sharing same Battlefield Role follows:
High-intensity plasma rifle used in following datasheets:
Lords of War
RAPID FIRE
Rapid fire weapons are versatile armaments capable of aimed single shots at long range or controlled bursts of fire at close quarters.When a model shoots a Rapid Fire weapon, double the number of attacks it makes if its target is within half the weapon’s range.
- Double number of attacks made if target is within half range.
Dawn Blade used in following datasheets:
Lords of War
Select Weapon
When a model makes a close combat attack, it must do so using a melee weapon (i.e. a weapon that has the ‘Melee’ type). The weapons a model is equipped with are described on its datasheet. If a model is not equipped with any melee weapons, or if it cannot make an attack with any of the melee weapons it is equipped with, then that model makes its attacks using a close combat weapon, which has the following profile:
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If a model has more than one melee weapon, select which it will use before resolving any attacks. If a model has more than one melee weapon and can make several attacks, it can split them between these weapons however you wish – declare which attacks are being made with which weapons before any attacks are resolved. If the selected weapon has more than one profile that you must choose between, you must declare which profile is being used at the same time. Different attacks made with such a weapon can be made using different profiles if you wish.
If your unit is making attacks with more than one melee weapon against a unit, and those weapons have different characteristics profiles, then after you have resolved an attack with one of those weapons you must, if any other weapons with the same characteristics profile are also being used to make attacks against that unit, resolve those attacks before resolving any attacks against the target with a weapon that has a different characteristics profile. Note that all the attacks you have declared are always resolved against the target unit even if, when you come to resolve an individual attack, no models in the target unit remain in range (this can happen because of models being destroyed and removed from the battlefield as the result of resolving other attacks made by the attacking model’s unit first).
- Each close combat attack is made with a melee weapon.
- A model makes attacks using the close combat weapon profile if it has no other melee weapons.
- If a unit attacks with multiple weapons, all attacks made with weapons that have the same profile must be resolved before resolving attacks with the next.
For the Greater Good
The greatest proof of the superiority of the T’au’va is the sight of a hundred pulse rifles firing in unison.
- Each time an enemy unit declares a charge against this unit, this unit can fire Overwatch before the charge roll is made.
- While a friendly unit with this ability is within 6" of this unit, each time an enemy unit declares a charge against this unit, that friendly unit can fire Overwatch before the charge roll is made. If it does so, until the end of the phase, that friendly unit cannot fire Overwatch again.
The <SEPT> and COMMANDER keywords are used in following T’au Empire datasheets:
HQ
Lords of War
Master of War
The academies of the Fire caste produce peerless strategists, true masters of the battlefield.
Once per battle, at the start of your turn, a single <SEPT> COMMANDER unit from your army can declare either Kauyon or Mont’ka:Kauyon: In a turn in which a <SEPT> COMMANDER unit from your army declared Kauyon, at the start of your Movement phase you can select any friendly <SEPT> units within 6" of that unit. Until the end of that turn, the selected units cannot move for any reason, but when resolving an attack made by a model in any of those units you can re-roll the hit roll.
Mont’ka: In a turn in which a <SEPT> COMMANDER unit from your army declared Mont’ka, at the start of your Movement phase you can select any friendly <SEPT> units within 6" of that unit. Until the end of that turn, the selected units can shoot as if they did not move this turn.
Unless stated otherwise, you can only use the Master of War ability once per battle, irrespective of how many models in your army have this ability.
Hit Roll
When a model makes an attack, make one hit roll for that attack by rolling one D6. If the result of the hit roll is equal to or greater than the attacking model’s Ballistic Skill (BS) characteristic (if the attack is being made with a ranged weapon) or its Weapon Skill (WS) characteristic (if the attack is being made with a melee weapon), then that attack scores one hit against the target unit. If not, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends.If an attack is made with a weapon that has an ability that says it ‘automatically hits the target’, no hit roll is made – that attack simply scores one hit on the target unit. An unmodified hit roll of 6 always scores a hit, and an unmodified hit roll of 1 always fails. A hit roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1. This means that if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a hit roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be -2 or worse, it is changed to be -1. Similarly, if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a hit roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be +2 or better, it is changed to be +1.
The FARSIGHT ENCLAVES keyword is used in following T’au Empire datasheets:
HQ
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Fast Attack
Flyers
Heavy Support
Saving Throw
The player commanding the target unit then makes one saving throw by rolling one D6 and modifying the roll by the Armour Penetration (AP) characteristic of the weapon that the attack was made with. For example, if the weapon has an AP of -1, then 1 is subtracted from the saving throw roll. If the result is equal to, or greater than, the Save (Sv) characteristic of the model the attack was allocated to, then the saving throw is successful and the attack sequence ends. If the result is less than the model’s Save characteristic, then the saving throw fails and the model suffers damage. An unmodified roll of 1 always fails.
Invulnerable Saves
Some models have an invulnerable save. Each time an attack is allocated to a model with an invulnerable save, you can choose to use either its normal Save (Sv) characteristic or its invulnerable save, but not both. If a model has more than one invulnerable save, it can only use one of them – choose which it will use. If you use a model’s invulnerable save, it is never modified by a weapon’s Armour Penetration value.- Invulnerable save: Saving throw that is never modified by attacking weapon’s AP.
- A model with an invulnerable save can use it instead of its normal Sv.
The Warlord
While mustering your army, you can nominate one model (except a model with the FORTIFICATION keyword) to be your Warlord. That model gains the WARLORD keyword. If this model is a CHARACTER, you can also assign a Warlord Trait to it. Note, that more than one model in your army can have a Warlord Trait (e.g. by using Stratagems), but they are only considered your Warlord for the purpose of that trait.
Performing a Heroic Intervention
When a unit performs a Heroic Intervention, you can move each model in that unit up to 3" – this is a Heroic Intervention move. Each model in the unit must finish its Heroic Intervention move closer to the closest enemy model. Remember that a unit must finish any type of move in unit coherency.- Heroic Intervention: Move up to 3".
- Must end closer to the closest enemy model.
Engagement Range
Engagement Range represents the zone of threat that models present to their enemies. While a model is within 1" horizontally and 5" vertically of an enemy model, those models are within Engagement Range of each other. While two enemy models are within Engagement Range of each other, those models’ units are also within Engagement Range of each other. Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.- Engagement Range: 1" horizontally + 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.
Charging with a Unit
Once you have chosen an eligible unit to declare a charge with, you must select one or more enemy units within 12" of it as the targets of its charge. The target(s) of this charge do not need to be visible to the charging unit. You then make a charge roll for your unit by rolling 2D6. This is the maximum number of inches each model in the charging unit can now be moved if they can make the charge move. To make a charge move, the unit’s charge roll must be sufficient that it is able to end that move in unit coherency and within Engagement Range of every unit that was a target of its charge, without moving within Engagement Range of any enemy units that were not a target of its charge. If this is possible, then the charge is successful and the models in the unit make a charge move so as to fulfil the above conditions. If this is impossible, the charge fails and no models in the charging unit move this phase.- Declare targets of the charge (must be within 12").
- Charge roll = 2D6".
- If insufficient to move charging unit into Engagement Range of all targets, charge fails.
- If charge successful, models make their charge move.
- Cannot make a charge move within Engagement Range of any unit that was not the target of the charge.
The T’AU EMPIRE keyword is used in following T’au Empire datasheets:
HQ
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Fast Attack
Flyers
Heavy Support
The FARSIGHT ENCLAVES keyword is used in following T’au Empire datasheets:
HQ
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Fast Attack
Flyers
Heavy Support
The BATTLESUIT keyword is used in following T’au Empire datasheets:
HQ
Elites
Heavy Support
Lords of War
The CHARACTER keyword is used in following T’au Empire datasheets:
HQ
Lords of War
The COMMANDER keyword is used in following T’au Empire datasheets:
HQ
Lords of War
The JET PACK keyword is used in following T’au Empire datasheets:
HQ
Elites
Fast Attack
Lords of War
The FLY keyword is used in following T’au Empire datasheets:
HQ
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Fast Attack
Flyers
Heavy Support
The FARSIGHT keyword is used in following T’au Empire datasheets:
Lords of War
The <SEPT> and XV8 CRISIS BODYGUARDS keywords are used in following T’au Empire datasheets:
Elites
Wound Roll
Each time an attack scores a hit against a target unit, make a wound roll for that attack by rolling one D6 to see if that attack successfully wounds the target. The result required is determined by comparing the attacking weapon’s Strength (S) characteristic with the target’s Toughness (T) characteristic, as shown on the following table:
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If the result of the wound roll is less than the required number, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends. An unmodified wound roll of 6 always successfully wounds the target, and an unmodified wound roll of 1 always fails. A wound roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1. This means that if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a wound roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be -2 or worse, it is changed to be -1. Similarly, if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a wound roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be +2 or better, it is changed to be +1.
The Warlord
While mustering your army, you can nominate one model (except a model with the FORTIFICATION keyword) to be your Warlord. That model gains the WARLORD keyword. If this model is a CHARACTER, you can also assign a Warlord Trait to it. Note, that more than one model in your army can have a Warlord Trait (e.g. by using Stratagems), but they are only considered your Warlord for the purpose of that trait.
Warlord Traits
Warlord Trait is a bonus that your Warlord receives upon being nominated. Such Traits can be found in Codices, Supplements and another Games Workshop publications. Any Warlord can have the Inspiring Leader Warlord Trait. Normally, only one Warlord Trait can be given to the Warlord, but there are ways to bypass this restriction (e.g. by using Stratagems). You can choose a Warlord Trait randomly by rolling a dice, or simply pick one. Note, that named characters usually have predetermined Warlord Traits and receive them after being nominated as Warlord.
The JET PACK keyword is used in following T’au Empire datasheets:
HQ
Elites
Fast Attack
Lords of War
Engagement Range
Engagement Range represents the zone of threat that models present to their enemies. While a model is within 1" horizontally and 5" vertically of an enemy model, those models are within Engagement Range of each other. While two enemy models are within Engagement Range of each other, those models’ units are also within Engagement Range of each other. Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.- Engagement Range: 1" horizontally + 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.
Charging with a Unit
Once you have chosen an eligible unit to declare a charge with, you must select one or more enemy units within 12" of it as the targets of its charge. The target(s) of this charge do not need to be visible to the charging unit. You then make a charge roll for your unit by rolling 2D6. This is the maximum number of inches each model in the charging unit can now be moved if they can make the charge move. To make a charge move, the unit’s charge roll must be sufficient that it is able to end that move in unit coherency and within Engagement Range of every unit that was a target of its charge, without moving within Engagement Range of any enemy units that were not a target of its charge. If this is possible, then the charge is successful and the models in the unit make a charge move so as to fulfil the above conditions. If this is impossible, the charge fails and no models in the charging unit move this phase.- Declare targets of the charge (must be within 12").
- Charge roll = 2D6".
- If insufficient to move charging unit into Engagement Range of all targets, charge fails.
- If charge successful, models make their charge move.
- Cannot make a charge move within Engagement Range of any unit that was not the target of the charge.
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 1 point of damage on the target unit, and they are always applied one at a time. Do not make a wound roll or saving throw (including invulnerable saves) against a mortal wound – just allocate it as you would any other attack and inflict damage to a model in the target unit. Unlike damage inflicted by normal attacks, excess damage from 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.If an attack inflicts mortal wounds in addition to the normal damage, resolve the normal damage first. If an attack inflicts mortal wounds in addition to the normal damage, but the normal damage is subsequently saved, the target unit still suffers the mortal wounds, as described before. If an ability modifies the damage inflicted by a weapon, and that weapon can inflict mortal wounds in addition to the normal damage, the modifier does not apply to any mortal wounds that are inflicted (unless the rule specifically states otherwise).
- Each mortal wound inflicted on a unit causes one model in the unit to lose one wound.
- No saving throws can be made against mortal wounds.
- Mortal wounds inflicted by attacks in addition to normal damage always apply, even if normal damage saved.
The BATTLESUIT keyword is used in following T’au Empire datasheets:
HQ
Elites
Heavy Support
Lords of War
Terrain and Cover
Some pieces of terrain can provide certain bonuses to units in your army. Each bonus and how to acquire it is described in the Terrain Features section of the Core Rules. If a model has acquired such a bonus (to it's Save, Leadership or other characteristics), it is considered as receiving the benefit of cover. There are ways for some models to ignore such bonuses while making an attack, but it should be known what kind of benefit is ignored (see the Rare Rules for clarification).
The VEHICLE keyword is used in following T’au Empire datasheets:
Dedicated Transport
Flyers
The BATTLESUIT and COMMANDER keywords are used in following T’au Empire datasheets:
HQ
Lords of War
The T’AU EMPIRE and COMMANDER keywords are used in following T’au Empire datasheets:
HQ
Lords of War
Characters
Some models have the CHARACTER keyword. These models can make Heroic Interventions in Charge Phase and are not easy targets in the Shooting Phase (see Look out, Sir, rule). If your Warlord has the CHARACTER keyword he may be able to have a Warlord Trait (see Warlord Trait section on model’s faction page).Note that CHARACTERS cannot use their Aura Abilities while performing actions.
The FARSIGHT ENCLAVES and BATTLESUIT keywords are used in following T’au Empire datasheets:
HQ
Elites
Heavy Support
Lords of War
Army List
Datasheets collatedHQ
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Fast Attack
Heavy Support