Beasts of Chaos

In the wildest corners of every realm, the Beasts of Chaos gather for war. They are anarchy given form, monstrous amalgams of animal and man intent on tearing down the wonders of civilisation and reducing the Mortal Realms to ruin. Birthed from the warping taint of Chaos and imbued with bestial fury, they stampede towards their foes in vast herds, leaving only horror and devastation in their wake.

This page contains all of the rules you need to field your Beasts of Chaos miniatures on the battlefields of the Mortal Realms, from a host of exciting allegiance abilities to a range of warscrolls and warscroll battalions. The rules are split into the following sections.


	Contents Books Designers’ Commentary • Battletome: Beasts of Chaos Allies Battle Traits • Primordial Call • Brayherd Ambush • Creatures of the Storm • Bloodgorge • Greatfrays • The Creatures of Chaos Primal Instincts Battle Traits • Gor Battle Fury • Warherd Charge • Raging Storm Command Traits • Brayherd Alphabeast Traits • Warherd Alphabeast Traits • Thunderscorn Alphabeast Traits Artefacts of Power • Spoils of the Brayherds • Spoils of the Warherds • Spoils of the Thunderscorn Spell Lores • Lore of the Twisted Wilds • Lore of Dark Storms Greatfrays • Allherd • Darkwalkers • Gavespawn Battleplans Blood Swamp Classic Path to Glory • Beasts of Chaos Warband Tables • Followers Rewards Table • Champion Rewards Table PATH TO GLORY • Veteran • Beasts of Chaos Quests • Territories MATCHED PLAY • Grand Strategies • Battle Tactics OPEN PLAY • Beasts of Chaos Twist • Beasts of Chaos Ruse

Books

Book	Kind	Edition	Last update
Beasts of Chaos
Beasts of Chaos	Battletome	2	October 2022
Season of War: Thondia
Season of War: Thondia	Expansion	3	January 2023
Battlescroll: Galletian Champions
Battlescroll: Galletian Champions	Rulebook	3	January 2023
Battletome: Beasts of Chaos Update
Battletome: Beasts of Chaos Update	White Dwarf	3	February 2022
Broken Realms: Kragnos
Broken Realms: Kragnos	Expansion	2	August 2021
Warhammer Legends: Grand Alliance Chaos
Warhammer Legends: Grand Alliance Chaos	Index	3	August 2021
Warhammer Legends: Monstrous Arcanum
Warhammer Legends: Monstrous Arcanum	Expansion	3	August 2021
Warhammer Underworlds: Beastgrave
Warhammer Underworlds: Beastgrave	Warscroll	2	September 2019

Designers’ Commentary

Battletome: Beasts of Chaos

Q:	Does the Herdstone Shard affect the Ghorgon’s Ravenous Bloodgreed ability?
A:	No.

Q:	With the Great Bray-Shaman’s Devolve spell, does the opponent have to move all of the models in the unit?
A:	Yes. Note that the models are moved one at a time.

Allies

FACTION	ALLIES
Beasts of Chaos	Slaves to Darkness

Battle Traits

Primordial Call

The din of battle and scent of gore call to all Beasts of Chaos, beckoning them to join the hunt.

You can summon units of BEASTS OF CHAOS to the battlefield if you collect enough Primordial Call points. At the start of your hero phase, you receive 1 Primordial Call point. In addition, in your hero phase you can choose one friendly BEASTS OF CHAOS HERO within 3" of the Herdstone you set up at the start of the battle and say that they will enact a savage blood ritual.

If you do so, pick a friendly BEASTS OF CHAOS unit within 3" of the Herdstone. That unit suffers D3 mortal wounds. For each mortal wound inflicted on that unit, you receive 1 Primordial Call point.

If you have 3 or more Primordial Call points at the end of your movement phase, you can summon one or more units from the following list onto the battlefield, and add them to your army. Each unit you summon costs a number of Primordial Call points, as shown on the list, and you can only summon a unit if you have enough Primordial Call points remaining to pay its cost. Summoned units must be set up wholly within 6" of the edge of the battlefield and more than 9" from any enemy units. Subtract the cost of the summoned unit from the number of Primordial Call points you have available immediately after it has been set up.

Unit	Cost
1 Chimera	10
1 Ghorgon	10
3 Tzaangor Skyfires	10
1 Chaos Gargant	9
1 Cygor	9
10 Tzaangors	9
3 Bullgors	8
1 Jabberslythe	8
3 Dragon Ogors	7
3 Tzaangor Enlightened on Discs of Tzeentch	7
10 Bestigors	6
1 Cockatrice	5
3 Tzaangor Enlightened	5
5 Centigors	4
10 Chaos Warhounds	4
10 Gors	4
10 Ungor Raiders	4
1 Chaos Spawn	3
1 Tuskgor Chariot	3
1 Razorgor	3
10 Ungors	3

Brayherd Ambush

The Brayherds use savage cunning to encircle their prey before launching an attack.

Instead of setting up a BRAYHERD unit on the battlefield, you can place it to one side and say that it is set up in ambush as a reserve unit. You can set up one reserve unit in ambush for each BEASTS OF CHAOS unit you have set up on the battlefield. At the end of your first movement phase, you must set up all friendly reserve units that are in ambush on the battlefield, wholly within 6" of the edge of the battlefield and more than 9" from any enemy units. Any reserve units that cannot be set up are slain.

Creatures of the Storm

As the skies twist and darken, the Thunderscorn sweep across the battlefield with primal force.

At the start of your hero phase, roll a dice. Each friendly THUNDERSCORN unit more than 3" from any enemy units can move a distance in inches equal to the roll, but cannot move within 3" of any enemy units.

Bloodgorge

The creatures of the Warherds guzzle down the blood of their enemies and feast on their flesh.

At the end of the combat phase, if any attacks made by a WARHERD unit in that combat phase destroyed any enemy units, heal D3 wounds allocated to that WARHERD unit.

Greatfrays

Each of the Greatfrays wages war in its own uniquely savage way.

If your army is a Beasts of Chaos army, you can give it a Greatfray keyword. All BEASTS OF CHAOS units in your army gain that keyword. You can either choose one of the Greatfrays listed below, or choose another Greatfray you have read about or created yourself. If you choose one from the list below, all units with that keyword benefit from the extra abilities listed for that Greatfray on the page indicated. If you choose a different Greatfray, simply pick the Greatfray that most closely matches the nature of your own.

• ALLHERD
• DARKWALKERS
• GAVESPAWN

If a unit already has a GREATFRAY keyword on its warscroll, it cannot gain another one. This does not preclude you from including the unit in your army, but you cannot use the allegiance abilities for its Greatfray.

The Creatures of Chaos

From the untamed regions of the Mortal Realms spill forth hideous monstrosities born from the touch of Chaos. These titanic aberrations are nightmarish to behold, and they follow the call of the Greatfrays to war so they might feast upon the remains of the fallen.

When you carry out a monstrous rampage (core rules, 21.1) with a BEASTS OF CHAOS MONSTER, you can carry out 1 of the monstrous rampages that follow instead of any other monstrous rampage you can carry out with that MONSTER.

MONSTROUS RAMPAGES
	Primal Roar: Roll a dice. On a 3+, you receive 1 primordial call point.
	Feast on Flesh: Only a GHORGON can be picked to carry out this monstrous rampage, and the same unit can only carry out this monstrous rampage once per battle. Improve the Rend characteristic of this model’s melee weapons by 1 until the end of the following combat phase. In addition, until the end of the following combat phase, each time an enemy model is slain by an attack made by this model, this model heals a number of wounds equal to the Wounds characteristic of that slain model.
	Devour Spell: Only a CYGOR can be picked to carry out this monstrous rampage. Pick 1 endless spell within 6" of this model and roll 2D6. If the roll exceeds the casting value of the spell that summoned that endless spell, that endless spell is dispelled and this model heals a number of wounds equal to the 2D6 roll.
	Entropic Miasma: Only a JABBERSLYTHE can be picked to carry out this monstrous rampage. Pick 1 enemy HERO within 3" of this model and roll a dice. On a 1, nothing happens. On a 2-5, worsen the Save characteristic of that HERO by 1 (to a minimum of 6+) until the end of the following combat phase. On a 6, worsen the Save characteristic of that HERO by 2 (to a minimum of 6+) until the end of the following combat phase.
	Thricefold Savagery: Only a Chimera can be picked to carry out this monstrous rampage. Until the end of the following combat phase, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of this model’s melee weapons, but all attacks made with this model’s melee weapons must target the same enemy unit.

Primal Instincts Battle Traits

If your army is a Beasts of Chaos army, you can use the new Primal Instincts battle traits below in addition to any other Primal Instincts battle traits you can use.

Gor Battle Fury

Gors are always eager for battle – never more so than when they ambush an unwary foe.

You can re-roll charge rolls for friendly Gors units if they were reserve units in ambush and have been set up on the battlefield in the same turn.

Designer’s Note: This ability only applies to units that have the Gors warscroll. It does not apply to other units that have the GOR keyword.

Warherd Charge

When a Warherd charges into the foe, the enemy are sent flying through the air by the force of the impact.

After a friendly WARHERD unit makes a charge move, pick 1 enemy unit within 1" of that unit and roll a dice. Add 2 to the roll if that WARHERD unit is a HERO or has more than 3 models. On a 4+, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds at the end of the charge phase.

Raging Storm

As lightning arcs down to the battlefield, the Thunderscorn are imbued with renewed vigour while their enemies are riven by lethal crackling energy.

At the end of the combat phase, you can roll a dice for each friendly THUNDERSCORN unit that is on the battlefield. Add 2 to the roll if the THUNDERSCORN unit is a HERO or has more than 3 models. On a 4+, you can heal 1 wound allocated to that unit.

Then, roll a dice for each enemy unit within 1" of any friendly THUNDERSCORN units. Add 2 to the roll if any of those THUNDERSCORN units are HEROES or if there are more than 3 THUNDERSCORN models within 1" of that unit. On a 4+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound.

Designer’s Note: If you take a Thunderscorn Stormherd warscroll battalion in your army, do not use the Raging Storm ability on its warscroll. Instead, when using the Raging Storm ability above, you can re-roll the dice roll when determining if any wounds allocated to units from that battalion are healed, then you can re-roll the dice roll when determining if any enemy units within 1" of any units from that battalion suffer 1 mortal wound.

Command Traits

Brayherd Alphabeast Traits

BRAYHERD HERO only.

COMMAND TRAIT

Bestial Cunning

Guided by predatory instincts, this general moves its herds to surround and outflank the enemy army.

Up to half (rounding down) of the friendly reserve units set up in ambush (see Brayherd Ambush) can arrive in your second movement phase instead of your first.

2	Indomitable Beast This beastman towers above others of its kin. Add 1 to this general’s Wounds characteristic.

3	Apex Predator This creature is a master of the swift kill, sensing the prey’s weakness with ease. Re-roll wound rolls of 1 for attacks made by this general.

4	Malevolent Despoiler To this spiteful creature, civilisation exists only to be torn down. Enemy units cannot receive the benefit of cover while they are within 12" of this general.

5	Oracle of the Dark Tongue Dark omens are spat from the maw of this alphabeast. Subtract 1 from the Bravery characteristic of enemy units while they are within 12" of this general.

6	Shadowpelt This beast’s onyx-black hide devours light, blinding those that attack him. Subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks that target this general made by models more than 3" away from the general.

Warherd Alphabeast Traits

WARHERD HERO only.

COMMAND TRAIT

Eater of Heroes

This beast has developed a taste for the most powerful of foes.

You can re-roll failed hit rolls for attacks made by this general that target an enemy HERO.

2	Rampant Juggernaut This ferocious alphabeast is all but unstoppable on the charge. You can re-roll charge rolls made for friendly WARHERD units wholly within 12" of this general.

Gorger

This gluttonous beast and his bullgor kin delight in feasting upon the flesh of the slain.

Do not roll a D3 to determine the number of wounds healed by the Bloodgorge battle trait for friendly WARHERD units that are wholly within 12" of this general. Instead, the battle trait heals 3 wounds allocated to that unit.

4	Gouge-tusks Caked in layers of gore, this beast’s tusks have slain many great warriors. At the end of the combat phase, pick an enemy unit within 3" of this general and roll a dice. On a 1, nothing happens. On a 2-5, that unit suffers 1 mortal wound. On a 6 that unit suffers D3 mortal wounds.

5	Roaring Brute The deep bellows loosed by this monster evoke a primal terror in its prey. Subtract 1 from the Bravery characteristic of enemy units while they are within 12" of this general.

6	Rugged Hide The thick, leathery skin of this beast can withstand substantial damage. Worsen the Rend characteristic of attacks that target this general by 1 (to a minimum of ‘-’).

Thunderscorn Alphabeast Traits

THUNDERSCORN HERO only.

COMMAND TRAIT

Tempestuous Tyrant

This alphabeast has slain many a behemoth that has strayed into his domain.

You can re-roll failed wound rolls for attacks made by this general that target a MONSTER.

2	Magnetic Monstrosity Writhing rivulets of lightning bind this beast’s enemies to him. Enemy units cannot retreat while they are within 3" of this general.

3	Father of the Storm This beast can imbue those around him with the power of tempests. When you use the Creatures of the Storm battle trait, you can re-roll the dice that determines how far units can move if this general is on the battlefield.

4	Lightning-fast Monstrosity Despite his great size, this alphabeast is capable of devastatingly fast attacks. This general fights at the start of the combat phase if it made a charge move in the same turn, before the players start picking any other units to fight in that combat phase.

5	Adamantine Scales The scales that cover this beast’s body are thicker than plate armour. Add 1 to the Save characteristic of this general.

6	Ancient Beyond Knowing This alphabeast has waged war across the Mortal Realms since aeons long past. At the start of the first battle round, you receive D3 additional command points.

Artefacts of Power

Spoils of the Brayherds

BRAYHERD HERO only.

ARTEFACT OF POWER

Ramhorn Helm

The curving horns of this headdress spiral around the wearer’s own, allowing them to savagely gore the target of their charge.

After the bearer completes a charge move, pick an enemy unit within 1" of them. That unit suffers D3 mortal wounds.

Brayblast Trumpet

Carved from the bone of a Shaggoth, this horn sends thunderous blasts across the Mortal Realms, drawing towards it the most savage of the true children of Chaos.

Add 1 to hit rolls for attacks made by friendly BRAYHERD units while they are wholly within 18" of the bearer if those units used the Brayherd Ambush battle trait to set up on the battlefield in that turn.

The Knowing Eye

This misshapen lump of flesh has an all-seeing eye at its centre that forever gazes in the direction of its quarry. The bearer knows not where the eye guides them, but soon learns to trust its divinations.

At the start of your hero phase, roll a dice if the bearer is on the battlefield. On a 4+ you receive 1 additional command point.

Volcanic Axe

This axe, originally belonging to the Scorchpelt Greatfray, was bathed in Aqshian lava during the Time of Tribulations. Its blade burns the flesh of all it touches and, when it strikes true, can release a pyroclastic shock wave that turns enemies to cinders.

Pick one of the bearer’s melee weapons. Add 1 to that weapon’s Damage characteristic. In addition, each time you make an unmodified hit roll of 6 for an attack made with that weapon, the target suffers 1 mortal wound after all of the bearer’s attacks have been resolved.

Bleating Gnarlstaff

Infused with the warping taint of Chaos, the bestial sounds emitted by this twisted branch cause stones and plants to awaken with animal fury.

If the bearer is within 1" of a terrain feature at the end of your movement phase, roll a dice. On a 3+ each enemy unit within 1" of that terrain feature suffers 1 mortal wound.

6	Troggoth-hide Cloak This cloak of tanned hide retains the regenerative properties of the creature it once covered. At the start of your hero phase, you can heal 1 wound that has been allocated to the bearer.

Spoils of the Warherds

WARHERD HERO only.

ARTEFACT OF POWER

Cleaver of the Brass Bull

This giant blade is splattered in the blood of slain foes.

Pick one of the bearer’s melee weapons. Improve that weapon’s Rend characteristic by 1. In addition, if the unmodified hit roll for an attack made with that weapon is 6, add 1 to the Damage characteristic of that weapon for that attack.

Gilded Horns

Fitted brass banding makes a charge from these horns all the more deadly.

After the bearer has made a charge move, pick an enemy unit within 1" of the bearer and roll a number of dice equal to the charge roll for that charge move. For each roll of 5+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound.

3	Glyph-etched Talisman This crudely carved talisman holds chaotic magic within. The bearer can attempt to unbind one spell in the enemy hero phase in the same manner as a WIZARD.

4	Blackened Armour of Chaos Forged in balefire, this armour carries a dark blessing. Roll a dice each time you allocate a mortal wound to the bearer. On a 4+ that mortal wound is negated.

5	Champion’s Doomcloak Shorn from rival Doombulls, the severed horns adorning this cloak stoke the wearer’s bloodlust. Add 2 to charge rolls made for the bearer.

6	Herdstone Shard The very sight of this jagged shard amplifies the bloodgreed of the Warherd. When BULLGOR units wholly within 6" of the bearer use their Bloodgreed ability, it activates on an unmodified roll of 5 or 6.

Spoils of the Thunderscorn

THUNDERSCORN HERO only.

ARTEFACT OF POWER

Ancestral Azyrite Blade

This blade has not dulled since its forging in the Age of Myth.

Pick one of the bearer’s melee weapons. Improve that weapon’s Rend characteristic by 2.

2	Lightning-chained Bracers Crackling with energy, these bracers fill their wearer with speed. You can re-roll failed hit rolls for attacks made by the bearer.

Thunderstrike Lodestone

This primordial stone can be used to call down lightning.

Once per battle, if the bearer is on the battlefield, they can call down a bolt of lightning. If they do so, you can heal D3 wounds allocated to the bearer. In addition, roll a dice for each enemy unit within 1" of the bearer. On a 2+ that unit suffers 1 mortal wound.

4	Horn of the Tempest A blast from this horn heralds the apocalyptic storm to come. Friendly THUNDERSCORN units wholly within 18" of the bearer at the start of your charge phase can make a charge move in that phase even if they ran in the same turn.

5	Tanglehorn Familiars Through these impish creatures, the Shaggoth channels his spite to sunder enemy magics. Once per battle, at the start of the enemy hero phase, you can pick an enemy WIZARD within 12" of the bearer. That WIZARD cannot cast any spells that hero phase.

6	Ruinous Icon This artefact is anathema to sorcery, warding the bearer from spells. Each time the bearer is affected by a spell or endless spell, roll a dice. On a 4+ ignore the effects of that spell on the bearer.

Spell Lores

Lore of the Twisted Wilds

BRAYHERD WIZARD (including Unique units) only.

SPELL

Viletide

A seemingly ceaseless wave of bile, gore and writhing insects crashes into the enemy.

Viletide has a casting value of 6. If successfully cast, pick an enemy unit within 12" of the caster that is visible to them. That unit suffers D3 mortal wounds. If the unit is within 6" of the caster, it suffers D6 mortal wounds instead.

Vicious Stranglethorns

Twisting, razor-sharp brackens and thorns erupt from the undergrowth to ensnare the foe.

Vicious Stranglethorns has a casting value of 7. If successfully cast, pick a terrain feature wholly within 24" of the caster that is visible to them. Each enemy unit within 3" of that terrain feature suffers D3 mortal wounds.

Savage Dominion

The shaman attempts to exert their will upon a creature so as to bring it under their control.

Savage Dominion is a spell that has a casting value of 5 and a range of 18". If successfully cast, pick 1 enemy MONSTER that is within range and visible to the caster, and roll 2D6. If the roll is equal to or greater than that MONSTER’s Bravery characteristic, pick 1 other enemy unit within 3" of that MONSTER and roll a number of dice equal to that MONSTER’s Wounds characteristic. For each 4+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound.

Tendrils of Atrophy

Deadly coils of untamed Chaos energy wrap around the caster’s enemies, rotting flesh and corroding armour.

Tendrils of Atrophy has a casting value of 6. If successfully cast, pick an enemy unit within 12" of the caster that is visible to them. Until your next hero phase, subtract 1 from save rolls for attacks that target that unit.

Wild Rampage

The scent of violence and bloodshed spreads, sending warriors into a chaotic frenzy.

Wild Rampage has a casting value of 6. If successfully cast, pick a friendly unit within 12" of the caster that is visible to them. Until your next hero phase, you can re-roll failed wound rolls for attacks with melee weapons made by this unit. However, subtract 1 from save rolls for attacks that target this unit.

Titanic Fury

The shaman draws upon the chaotic nature of a nearby creature to imbue it with strength.

Titanic Fury has a casting value of 7. If successfully cast, pick a friendly BEASTS OF CHAOS MONSTER within 12" of the caster that is visible to them. Until your next hero phase, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of that MONSTER’s melee weapons.

Lore of Dark Storms

THUNDERSCORN WIZARD only.

SPELL

Thunderwave

A blast of raw chaotic energy is released in all directions.

Thunderwave has a casting value of 7. If successfully cast, each unit within 3" of the caster suffers D3 mortal wounds. THUNDERSCORN units are not affected by this spell.

Hailstorm

The Shaggoth utters an ancient incantation, and the skies respond by unleashing a debilitating hailstorm.

Hailstorm has a casting value of 6. If successfully cast, pick an enemy unit within 21" of the caster that is visible to them. Until your next hero phase, halve the Move characteristic of, and run and charge rolls for, that unit.

Sundering Blades

Lightning crackles across the blades of those near to the caster.

Sundering Blades has a casting value of 7. If successfully cast, pick a friendly unit wholly within 18" of the caster that is visible to them. Until your next hero phase, improve the Rend characteristic of that unit’s melee weapons by 1.

Greatfrays

These rules can be used by units in a Beasts of Chaos army that have been given the appropriate keyword (see the Greatfrays Battle Trait).

Allherd

Ferocious and formidable, the Allherd are the most numerous of all the Greatfrays. Their teeming beastherds have spread throughout the Mortal Realms, and by enfolding the most wily and powerful Chaos creatures into their ranks, the Allherd ensures that its raging stampedes continue to grow.

ABILITIES

Bestial Might: The hordes of the Allherd thrive in the thick of battle, where they rampage through enemy lines uncowed and unstopped.

Subtract 1 from battleshock rolls made for ALLHERD units in the battleshock phase if they were picked to fight in the combat phase of the same turn.

COMMAND ABILITY

Booming Roar: A ferocious bellow resonates out into the wilderness, beckoning all to join the great Allherd in their slaughter.

You can use this command ability at the start of your hero phase if your general is on the battlefield. If you do so, you receive 1 Primordial Call point.

COMMAND TRAIT

An ALLHERD general must have this command trait instead of one listed in Command Traits section.

Dominator: This beast leads from the fore, hacking into the foe to spur on his savage warriors.

You can re-roll charge rolls made for friendly ALLHERD units wholly within 18" of this general if this general is within 3" of any enemy units.

ARTEFACT OF POWER

The first ALLHERD HERO to receive an artefact of power must be given the Blade of the Desecrator.

Blade of the Desecrator: Said to be Chaos incarnate, this weapon’s etched runes glow as it tears foes asunder.

Pick one of the bearer’s melee weapons. Improve the Rend characteristic of that weapon by 1 for attacks that target a unit of 10 or more models. Improve the Rend characteristic of that weapon by 2 instead for attacks that target a unit of 20 or more models. Attacks made by this weapon cannot have a Rend characteristic greater than -3.

Darkwalkers

The Darkwalkers are apex ambushers who rule over the most remote places in each realm. Spiteful and wily, they hunt by luring their prey deep into ancient forests and desolate wastelands, encircling enemy armies and cutting off routes of escape before pouncing from the shadows to butcher the terrified enemy.

ABILITIES

Shadowbeasts: The Darkwalkers are apex ambushers, luring their foes into the shadows before pouncing upon them.

WARHERD and THUNDERSCORN units in a DARKWALKERS army are considered to have the BRAYHERD keyword for the purposes of the Brayherd Ambush battle trait. In addition, up to half (rounding up) of the reserve units that are set up in ambush can arrive in your second movement phase instead of your first movement phase.

ARTEFACT OF POWER

The first DARKWALKERS HERO to receive an artefact of power must be given the Desolate Shard.

Desolate Shard: Roughly hewn and black as night, this stone shard exudes the corruption of the Chaos wilds.

Once per battle, at the start of your hero phase, the bearer can use the Desolate Shard if they are within 3" of a terrain feature. If they do so, roll a dice for each enemy unit within 1" of that terrain feature. On a 4+ that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds.

COMMAND TRAIT

A DARKWALKERS general must have this command trait instead of one listed in Command Traits section.

Nomadic Leader: This swift and deadly alphabeast drives his bestial kin to spread terror far and wide.

Add 1 to run rolls for friendly DARKWALKERS units while they are wholly within 12" of this general.

COMMAND ABILITY

Savage Encirclement: Barking orders in an animal tongue, the Darkwalkers alphabeast orders their warriors back into the shadows, enabling them to prowl unseen while they outflank the enemy.

You can use this command ability at the end of your movement phase. If you do so, pick a friendly DARKWALKERS unit that is more than 9" from any enemy units and wholly within 18" of a friendly DARKWALKERS HERO. Remove that unit from the battlefield and place it to one side. At the end of your next movement phase, set that unit up again anywhere on the battlefield more than 9" from any enemy units.

Gavespawn

The Gavespawn are worshippers of the Chaos entity known as Morghur, and in his name they seek to reduce all of existence to a writhing whirl of pure anarchy. Grotesquely twisted, even by the standards of the Beasts of Chaos, the creatures of the Gavespawn launch stampedes to spread their devolvement throughout the civilised lands.

ABILITIES

Gift of Morghur: The Gavespawn see spawndom not as a curse, but as an ascension into devolution.

If a friendly GAVESPAWN HERO is slain, roll a dice before removing the model. On a 2+ one CHAOS SPAWN is added to your army. Set up the CHAOS SPAWN anywhere on the battlefield within 6" of the slain HERO. If the HERO had the KHORNE, NURGLE, SLAANESH or TZEENTCH keyword, the same keyword must be chosen for the CHAOS SPAWN. If they did not, you cannot use the Curse of the Dark Gods ability to choose a keyword for that CHAOS SPAWN.

COMMAND ABILITY

Propagator of Devolution: The Gavespawn view Chaos Spawn as holy creations of Morghur, and are driven to emulate their frenetic savagery.

You can use this command ability at the start of the combat phase. If you do so, pick a friendly GAVESPAWN unit wholly within 12" of a friendly GAVESPAWN CHAOS SPAWN. Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of that unit’s melee weapons until the end of that phase.

COMMAND TRAIT

A GAVESPAWN general must have this command trait instead of one listed in Command Traits section.

Unravelling Aura: In the presence of this alphabeast, magic devolves into anarchic Chaos energy.

This general can attempt to unbind one spell in the enemy hero phase in the same manner as a WIZARD. If this general is already a WIZARD, they can attempt to unbind 1 additional spell in the enemy hero phase.

ARTEFACT OF POWER

The first GAVESPAWN HERO to receive an artefact of power must be given the Mutating Gnarlblade.

Mutating Gnarlblade: This weapon writhes with coiled tentacles and fanged maws.

Pick one of the bearer’s melee weapons. Add 2 to the Damage characteristic of that weapon. However, each unmodified hit roll of 1 for attacks made with that weapon inflicts 1 mortal wound upon the bearer after all of the bearer’s attacks have been made.

Battleplans


	Battleplan Blood Swamp When a beastherd encroaches on civilised lands and begins to carve a path of bloody slaughter, the inhabitants will often despatch a force into the wilds to locate and destroy the heart of their attackers’ malign power – the Herdstone. Harried on every flank and led astray at every twist and turn, the desperate warriors pay in blood for each step they make. When at last they come before the Herdstone, most of their number scattered and lost, the survivors are ensnared by the Beasts of Chaos on all sides. This battleplan tells one such tale. Those invading the beastherd’s domain have ventured deep into the forsaken swamp that is the creatures’ stamping ground. Now is their last chance to destroy the Herdstone, else all is lost. THE ARMIES Each player picks an army as described in the core rules. One player is the Beasts of Chaos player and their opponent is the Invader player. The Beasts of Chaos player must use a Beasts of Chaos army. Each army has a unique command ability, described below. BEASTS OF CHAOS COMMAND ABILITY Guard the Herdstone: The Herdstone is the symbol of your beastherd’s strength – rally around it, and show these invaders the folly of attempting to cast it down! You can use this command ability once per battle at the start of your movement phase. If you do so, add 3" to the Move characteristic of friendly BEASTS OF CHAOS units until the end of that phase. In addition, friendly BEASTS OF CHAOS models must finish any move in this phase closer to the Herdstone than it was at the start of the move. INVADER COMMAND ABILITY The Final Charge: At last, your quarry stands before you. Although your army is downtrodden and weary, one final push can see this foul megalith toppled. You can use this command ability once per battle, at the start of your charge phase. If you do so, pick a friendly HERO. You can re-roll charge rolls for friendly units that start the phase wholly within 12" of that HERO. In addition, all friendly units wholly within 12" of that HERO at the start of the following combat phase fight before any other units. Fight with all eligible units one after the other, and then resolve any fights with any other units. THE BATTLEFIELD The battlefield represents the malevolent swamp in which the Beasts of Chaos have erected their Herdstone. The Beasts of Chaos player sets up any terrain as they see fit. Place a Herdstone within the Beasts of Chaos territory, as shown on the map below. SET-UP The Invader sets up their army first. The Invader’s units must be set up wholly within their territory. Before each Invader unit is set up on the battlefield, the Invader rolls a dice. On a 1, 2 or 3 the unit is lost in the swamp, and is not placed on the battlefield. Instead, the unit is set up in reserve. If the Invader has any other abilities that allow models to be set up as reserve units, these abilities cannot be used. The Beasts of Chaos player then sets up their army. They must set up as many units in ambush as possible (see Brayherd Ambush). LOST IN THE SWAMP The twisting paths through the swamp have led the invaders astray at every turn. Scattered and lost, they desperately need to rally together. At the end the Invader’s movement phase, they can roll a dice for each of their reserve units. On a 4 or 5, the unit can be set up on the battlefield anywhere that is wholly within 6" of the Invader’s short table edge and more than 9" from any enemy units. On a 6, the unit can be set up on the battlefield anywhere that is wholly within 6" of the Invader’s long table edge and more than 9" from any enemy units. Any reserve units lost in the swamp that have not been set up on the battlefield before the start of the fourth battle round are slain. BRAYHERD AMBUSH The Beasts of Chaos player cannot set up any of their reserve units within 6" of either of the Invader’s table edges. CLOYING MISTS Tendrils of thick fog hang above the swamp’s waters, obscuring from sight everything further than a few paces away. The range of missile weapons and spells is limited to 12". In addition, units can only attempt to make a charge move if they are within 12" of any enemy units. Starting from the second battle round, roll a dice at the start of each battle round. If the roll is less than the number of the current battle round (for example, a roll of 1 or 2 in the third battle round), the fog clears and this ability is no longer in effect. SUNDERING THE HERDSTONE The beastherd’s malign obelisk is saturated with chaotic power, but weapons can still be brought against it to smash it asunder. The Beasts of Chaos player’s Herdstone is treated as an enemy unit by the Invader’s army. Resolve any attacks against it as normal. It does not have a Save characteristic and has a Wounds characteristic of 20. If the wounds allocated to that Herdstone equal 20, it is said to be sundered and the battle immediately ends. GLORIOUS VICTORY The Invader wins a major victory if the Herdstone is sundered. If all units in the Invader’s army are destroyed, the Beasts of Chaos player wins a major victory. If neither player has won by the end of the fifth battle round, the Beasts of Chaos player wins a minor victory.

Classic Path to Glory

Path to Glory campaigns centre around collecting and fighting battles with a warband in the Age of Sigmar. Champions fight each other and gather followers to join them in their quest for glory, taking advantage of this age of unending battle to win glory and renown.

In order to play Path to Glory campaigns you have to follow rules described here.


	These Path to Glory campaign rules are not compatible with the latest version of the Path to Glory rules from the Core Book. You can still use them to run a ‘classic’ Path to Glory campaign, or you can use the rules from the Core Book to run a ‘modern’ Path to Glory campaign.

Beasts of Chaos Warband Tables

Use the following tables to determine the champion that leads your warband, the followers that make up the units which fight at their side, and the rewards they can receive after battle.

CHAMPION TABLE
Champion	Followers
Tzaangor Shaman	3 units
Dragon Ogor Shaggoth	3 units
Doombull	4 units
Great Bray-Shaman	5 units
Beastlord	5 units

HERO FOLLOWERS TABLE
D6	Followers
1-3	Beastlord
4-6	Great Bray-Shaman

RETINUE FOLLOWERS TABLE
D6	Brayherds	Monstrous Beastherds
1	20 Ungors	Razorgor
2	5 Centigors	10 Chaos Warhounds
3	10 Ungor Raiders	10 Chaos Warhounds
4	10 Gors	2 Chaos Spawn
5	10 Gors	Cockatrice
6	Tuskgor Chariot	Jabberslythe

ELITE RETINUE FOLLOWERS TABLE (uses 2 rolls, or 1 roll and 1 Glory Point)
D6	Brayherds	Warherds	Monstrous Beastherds
1-2	20 Gors	3 Bullgors	3 Dragon Ogors
3	10 Bestigors	3 Bullgors	3 Dragon Ogors
4	10 Bestigors	3 Bullgors	3 Dragon Ogors
5	3 Tzaangor Enlightened	Cygor	Chaos Gargant
6	3 Tzaangor Skyfires	Ghorgon	Chimera

Followers Rewards Table

REWARD

Favoured of the Dark Gods

These warriors have caught the interest of the Ruinous Powers.

Once per battle, in any phase, you can re-roll failed save rolls for attacks that target this unit until the end of that phase.

2	Hungry for Battle These warriors thirst for slaughter. Add 2 to this unit’s Move characteristic.

3	Renders of Flesh These warriors have a dark reputation for butchery and violence. Once per battle, in the combat phase, you can re-roll failed hit rolls for attacks made by this unit until the end of that phase.

4	Bestial Resilience The endurance of these beasts is legendary. Add 1 to save rolls for attacks that target this unit.

5	Enraged These warriors rampage across the battlefield. When you make a charge move with this unit, add 2 to the charge roll.

Rip, Gore, Tear

Feared by their foes, these warriors unleash savage fury upon the battlefield.

Once per battle, at the start of the combat phase, you can declare this unit will rip, gore and tear its foes apart. If you do so, until the end of the phase, each unmodified hit roll of 6 for attacks made by this unit inflicts 2 hits on that target instead of 1. Make a wound and save roll for each hit.

Champion Rewards Table

2D6

REWARD

Shamed and Beaten

Your champion has been grievously wounded during a challenge to his position as alphabeast.

You lose 1 Glory Point. In addition, subtract 1 from your champion’s Wounds characteristic for the remainder of the campaign.

Ghastly Mutation

Your champion has been cursed with a transmutative flux. Though it sometimes results in debilitating spasms, its mutations make the warrior a formidable foe.

Roll a dice at the start of your hero phase. On a 1, your champion cannot move, attack, cast spells or use any abilities until your next hero phase. On a 4+ you can re-roll hit and wound rolls of 1 for attacks made by your champion until your next hero phase.

4	Battle Roar The savage bellows issued from your champion dispel all fear from those beasts that follow him. Add 2 to the Bravery characteristic of friendly units in the battleshock phase while they are wholly within 12" of your champion.

5	Frothing Hatred Your champion bears scars from, and a grudge against, a particular enemy. Note down the name of the warband you fought the last battle against. Add 1 to hit and wound rolls for attacks made by your champion that target units from that warband for the rest of the campaign.

6	Gorge on Flesh The flesh of his enemies fills your champion with strength as he devours their warm carcasses. At the end of the combat phase, if any attacks made by your champion that phase resulted in an enemy model being slain, you can heal 1 wound allocated to your champion.

7	Dark Despoiler This champion seeks to prove themselves superior to the most renowned of enemy warriors. You can re-roll failed hit rolls for attacks made by your champion that target an enemy HERO.

8	Goaded Fury Your champion’s hatred for the enemy prevents them from giving any quarter. Once per battle, at the end of the combat phase, you can pick your champion to pile in and attack with its melee weapons again.

9	Baneful Weapon Pulsing with sickly green light, your champion’s blade has been afflicted with a strange, malevolent malady. Pick one of your champion’s melee weapons and note it down on your warband roster as being diseased. Add 1 to that weapon’s Damage characteristic.

10	Rampager The wild destruction wrought by your champion inspires fear in the enemy. Add 1 to the Glory Points you earn when you win a battle.

11	Heedless of Injury Attacks that would kill a lesser warrior are shrugged off by your champion. Roll a dice each time you allocate a wound or mortal wound to your champion. On a 5+ the wound is negated.

Savage Blow

Your champion has become practised at waiting for the perfect moment to deliver a brutal killing strike.

Once per battle, at the start of the combat phase, you can say your champion is attempting a savage blow instead of attacking normally. If you do so, pick an enemy model within 1" of your champion and roll a dice. On a 4 or 5, the target model suffers D3 mortal wounds. On a 6, the target model is slain.

PATH TO GLORY

This section contains rules for using a Beasts of Chaos army in a Path to Glory campaign. It includes additional rules, quests, veteran abilities and unique territories that can only be used by a Beasts of Chaos army.

Veteran

Each time a BEASTS OF CHAOS unit on your Path to Glory roster gains a veteran ability, you pick 1 of the veteran abilities from the table below instead of the table found in the Core Book.

Beasts of Chaos Veteran Abilities

Leaders of the Ambush: As your Brayherd hunts down its enemies and prowls the hidden beastpaths, it is these warriors who lead the way.

BRAYHERD unit only. This unit can use this veteran ability once per battle in the combat phase of your first turn if it was set up in ambush this battle. Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of this unit’s melee weapons until the end of the phase.

Blood-hungry: As these brutes gulp down the remains of the enemy, the aura of monstrous hunger that clings to them draws more Bullgors out from the long shadows of the wilderness.

WARHERD unit only. This unit can use this veteran ability once per battle at the end of the combat phase if it destroyed any enemy units in that phase. You can return D3 slain models to this unit.

Storm-heralds: Empowered by bolts of dark lightning, these Dragon Ogors race into the fray at the crest of the oncoming storm.

THUNDERSCORN unit only. This unit can use this veteran ability once per battle at the start of your hero phase if it is more than 3" from all enemy units. If this unit makes a normal move as a result of the Creatures of the Storm battle trait, it can make a normal move of 6" instead of a number of inches equal to the roll.

Beasts of Chaos Quests

If your army is a Beasts of Chaos army, you can pick the following quest for your Path to Glory roster.


	QUEST Anarchy Unleashed With gathering momentum, your bestial warband rampages through the so-called civilised lands. Each victory sees more savage creatures drawn to your banner, until at last nothing will be able to stop your horde from sacking the domains of your foes. At the end of each Path to Glory battle, add 1 quest point to the progress section of your quest log if you earned a major victory or minor victory. In addition, while this quest is on your Path to Glory roster, at the start of each Path to Glory battle against another Path to Glory army, you receive a number of primordial call points equal to the number of quest points in your quest log. Once you have gained 5 quest points, you complete this quest. When you complete this quest, you gain 10 glory points. In addition, when making the first exploration roll in the aftermath sequence of the battle in which you completed this quest, do not roll a D66. Instead, roll a D6 and add 60 to the roll (giving a score of 61-66).

Territories

When making an exploration roll, if the roll is 61-66, that roll will correspond to a territory on the table below. Alternatively, you can pick 1 result from the Territories table in the Core Book that corresponds to a roll of 21-42.

BEASTS OF CHAOS FACTION TERRITORIES (D66)

61-62 TAINTED DEEP WOODS
Within the twisted shadows of this ancient forest stalk tribes of the gor kin who can be rallied to your cause and used to bolster your raids upon the forces of civilisation.

When fighting a Path to Glory battle against another Path to Glory army, at the end of the battleshock phase, you can pick 1 friendly BRAYHERD unit that is set up in ambush. You can return D6 slain models to that unit.
[Upgrade 10GP] Twisting Pathways: You can pick 2 such units instead of 1.

63-64 WILD MOUNTAINS
Chaos magic swirls around the peaks of these mountains, drawing all manner of monstrosities to bathe in its power. Stamping your dominion upon the region would allow you to bolster your growing beastherd with these powerful creatures.

Increase the MONSTERS limit on your order of battle by 2. In addition, in Step 7 of each aftermath sequence, roll a dice. On a 1-5, nothing happens. On a 6, a MONSTER is beckoned to join your beastherd. If so, you can add 1 BEASTS OF CHAOS MONSTER to your order of battle without spending any glory to do so.
[Upgrade 10GP] Raised Herdstone Upon the Mountain: Increase the limit by 4 instead of 2.

65-66 WARP-NEXUS
This ley line convergence has been blessed by Chaos in its purest form and now seethes with the raw stuff of anarchy. To erect a Herdstone over this font of dark power will assert your dominance for miles in all directions.

You can never have more than 1 territory of this type. This territory has no effect until it is upgraded.
[Upgrade 30GP] Warp-infused Herdstone: When fighting a Path to Glory battle against another Path to Glory army, the range of your Herdstone’s Locus of Dark Savagery ability is 18" at the start of the battle.

MATCHED PLAY

If the battlepack you are using says that you must pick grand strategies and battle tactics for your army, you can pick from the following lists as well as those found in the battlepack you are using.

Grand Strategies

After you have picked your army, you can pick the grand strategy below and record it on your army roster.

THE WAY OF THE BEAST

Beasts of Chaos army only.

Protect the Herdstone: At the heart of every beastman encampment stands a Herdstone, a nexus of dark, atavistic power that the gor-kin will lay down their lives to defend.

When the battle ends, you complete this grand strategy if there are no enemy units within 9" of your Herdstone and it has not been picked by a successful Smash To Rubble monstrous rampage.

Battle Tactics

At the start of your hero phase, you can pick 1 battle tactic from the list below. You must reveal your choice to your opponent, and if your battle tactic instructs you to pick something, you must tell your opponent what you pick. You have until the end of that turn to complete the battle tactic. You cannot pick the same battle tactic more than once per battle.

HUNTERS OF THE WARPING WILDS

Beasts of Chaos army only.

In the Shadow of the Herdstone: To sacrifice enemies beneath the horned shadow of the Herdstone is to appease the primal force of ruin and draw its anarchic energies to the battlefield.

Pick 1 enemy unit within 9" of your Herdstone. You complete this battle tactic if that unit is destroyed during this turn.

Fury of the Wild: Before the enemy have time to react, the cunning warriors of the beastherd are all around them, hacking them down without hesitation.

You can pick this tactic only in your first turn. You complete this battle tactic if the model picked to be your general and two or more other friendly BEASTS OF CHAOS units are within 3" of an enemy unit at the end of this turn.

Wrath of the Warped Wilds: Out in the twisted wilderness roam entire packs of furious beast kin, eager to join the hunts of the Greatfrays and tear apart their hated prey at but a single beckoning call.

Pick 1 objective controlled by your opponent. You complete this battle tactic at the end of the turn if you control that objective and it is contested by any models in your army that were summoned with the Primordial Call battle trait.

OPEN PLAY

If the players are using the Open War battlepack from the Warhammer Age of Sigmar Core Book, players using a Beasts of Chaos army can use the following rules as well as those found in the battlepack.

Beasts of Chaos Twist

If the roll on the Twist table is a 1, you can ignore the No Twist result and roll on the following table instead. If both players can roll on a Twist table in this way, so long as those Twist tables are different, each player can roll on their Twist table and both twists are used for the battle (each twist applies to each player, as normal). Both twists are used for the battle.

BEASTS OF CHAOS TWIST TABLE
D6	Twist
1-3	Murder of Crows: A flock of carrion birds circles above the battlefield, waiting to descend upon the fallen. It is a fell omen for either side, and their commanders will be hard-pressed to maintain discipline. During this battle, unit champions cannot issue the Inspiring Presence command.
4-6	Ruinous Rampage: Twisting tendrils of Chaotic energy have sunk deep into the earth here, sending the monstrous creatures of the land into an unstoppable frenzy. During this battle, players can carry out the same monstrous rampage with different MONSTERS in the same phase.

Beasts of Chaos Ruse

When you generate your ruse, you can use the following ruse instead of the one you generate on the Ruse table (choose which to use after you have made your roll on the Ruse table).

Summon the Gor-kin: When the moment is right, the champions of the Greatfrays let loose primal horn-blasts and furious howls, calling upon their fellow beasts to descend upon the battlefield and join the slaughter.

Once per battle, at the end of your movement phase, you can choose to call the wild. If you do so, you receive 2D6 primordial call points. However, after that, you can receive no further primordial call points for the rest of the battle.


	Reserve units are picked as part of your army before the battle begins, while summoned units are units added to your army once the battle is underway. Models that have been removed from play can be used as part of a summoned unit.


	You do not have to pick a target for a charge attempt before making the charge roll.


	If a slain model is returned to its unit in the same turn that it is slain, it still counts as having been slain in that battle round for the purposes of battleshock tests.

Books

Designers’ Commentary

Battletome: Beasts of Chaos

Allies

Battle Traits

Primordial Call

Brayherd Ambush

Creatures of the Storm

Bloodgorge

Greatfrays

The Creatures of Chaos

Primal Instincts Battle Traits

Gor Battle Fury

Warherd Charge

Raging Storm

Command Traits

Brayherd Alphabeast Traits

Warherd Alphabeast Traits

Thunderscorn Alphabeast Traits

Artefacts of Power

Spoils of the Brayherds

Spoils of the Warherds

Spoils of the Thunderscorn

Spell Lores

Lore of the Twisted Wilds

Lore of Dark Storms

Greatfrays

Allherd

Darkwalkers

Gavespawn

Battleplans

Blood Swamp

Classic Path to Glory

Beasts of Chaos Warband Tables

Followers Rewards Table

Champion Rewards Table

PATH TO GLORY

Veteran

Beasts of Chaos Quests

Anarchy Unleashed

Territories

MATCHED PLAY

Grand Strategies

Battle Tactics

OPEN PLAY

Beasts of Chaos Twist

Beasts of Chaos Ruse

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