Blades of Khorne
Mighty embodiments of the darkest of mortal emotions and compulsions, the Chaos Gods reside outside of reality. They are eternal beings of near limitless power, abominations who seek to corrupt all they survey. Constantly warring with each other, these deities vie for mastery over the Mortal Realms. In these conflicts there is one who most often stands ascendant.
This page contains all of the rules you need to field your Blades of Khorne miniatures on the battlefields of the Mortal Realms, from a host of exciting faction rules to a range of warscrolls. The rules are split into the following sections:Books
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Show History | ||||
| Book | Kind | Edition | Last update | |
 Blades of Khorne | ||||
| Blades of Khorne | Battletome | 4 | July 2025 | |
 Sons of Behemat | ||||
| Sons of Behemat | Battletome | 4 | September 2026 | |
 Battle Profiles | ||||
| Battle Profiles | Rulebook | 4 | September 2026 | |
| Rules Updates | ||||
| Rules Updates | Rulebook | 4 | September 2026 | |
 Legends Warscrolls | ||||
| Legends Warscrolls | Warscroll | 4 | July 2026 | |
 Scourge of Aqshy - Blades of Khorne | ||||
| Scourge of Aqshy - Blades of Khorne | Expansion | 4 | July 2026 | |
| Spearhead: Blades of Khorne - Gore Pilgrims | ||||
| Spearhead: Blades of Khorne - Gore Pilgrims | Expansion | 4 | April 2026 | |
| Spearhead: Blades of Khorne - Fangs of the Blood God | ||||
| Spearhead: Blades of Khorne - Fangs of the Blood God | Expansion | 4 | April 2026 | |
 Maggotkin of Nurgle | ||||
| Maggotkin of Nurgle | Battletome | 4 | January 2026 | |
| Regiments of Renown | ||||
| Regiments of Renown | Warscroll | 4 | September 2025 | |
 Grotmas Advent: Regiments of Renown | ||||
| Grotmas Advent: Regiments of Renown | Warscroll | 4 | September 2025 | |
 Helsmiths of Hashut | ||||
| Helsmiths of Hashut | Battletome | 4 | September 2025 | |
| Battletome Supplement: Blades of Khorne | ||||
| Battletome Supplement: Blades of Khorne | Supplement | 4 | July 2025 | |
 Cities of Sigmar | ||||
| Cities of Sigmar | Battletome | 4 | July 2025 | |
 The Rise of Khul | ||||
| The Rise of Khul | White Dwarf | 4 | June 2025 | |
 Scourge of Ghyran - Blades of Khorne | ||||
| Scourge of Ghyran - Blades of Khorne | Expansion | 4 | May 2025 | |
 Slaves to Darkness | ||||
| Slaves to Darkness | Battletome | 4 | December 2024 | |
 Skaven | ||||
| Skaven | Battletome | 4 | September 2024 | |
Designers’ Commentary
FAQ
| Q: | If one of the WAR MACHINES in the Curse-Steel Battery has been destroyed, can the ‘Display of Total Power’ ability be used? |
| A: | Yes. |
Battletome: Slaves to Darkness
| Q: | Can a Daemon Prince from the Godmarked Ascendant Regiment of Renown be given enhancements? |
| A: | Yes. In Army Composition 3.5 it states that a unit cannot use faction rules (including enhancements) unless they have a keyword that matches up with the faction’s name. Since the Godmarked Ascendant Regiment of Renown adds such a keyword, that unit is eligible to be given enhancements. |
Battletome: Blades of Khorne
| Q: | Does the ‘Blood-drenched’ ability have any effect on Skarbrand in The Exiled One Regiment of Renown? |
| A: | No. That ability is a Blades of Khorne battle trait and so will have no effect on a unit in a Regiment of Renown. |
| Q: | Does Skarbrand’s ‘Skarbrand’s Rage’ ability mean that Skarbrand is affected by the ‘Blood-drenched’ ability in the first turn of a battle? |
| A: | No. |
Faction Rules
Battle Traits
Blades of Khorne armies can use the following abilities:
 Once Per Turn, Reaction: You declared the ‘Skulls for the Skull Throne’ ability |
BLOOD-DRENCHED: As blood gushes down blades, armour and teeth, the fervent warriors of the Blood God are driven into a divine frenzy.
Effect: After that ability has been resolved, if you unlocked a BLOOD TITHE ability this turn, pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE unit to be the target. The following effects apply to the target for the rest of the battle:
Wild-eyed Brutality: Ignore positive modifiers to save rolls for the target.
Blood Haze: If the target is BLOODBOUND, its Blood-hungry weapons have Crit (Mortal).
Weapons of Murder: If the target is a non-MONSTER DAEMON unit, add 1 to the Rend characteristic of its Blood-hungry weapons, including Blood-hungry Companion weapons.
Bloodlords Supreme: If the target is a MONSTER, add 1 to the Damage characteristic of its Blood-hungry weapons.
Wild-eyed Brutality: Ignore positive modifiers to save rolls for the target.
Blood Haze: If the target is BLOODBOUND, its Blood-hungry weapons have Crit (Mortal).
Weapons of Murder: If the target is a non-MONSTER DAEMON unit, add 1 to the Rend characteristic of its Blood-hungry weapons, including Blood-hungry Companion weapons.
Bloodlords Supreme: If the target is a MONSTER, add 1 to the Damage characteristic of its Blood-hungry weapons.
Errata
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Battle Traits
Change the timing of the ‘Blood-drenched’ ability to:
| Passive |
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD: Khorne cares not from where the blood flows...
Effect: Earn 1 blood tithe point each time a unit (friendly or enemy) is destroyed. Blood tithe points are spent to unlock BLOOD TITHE abilities. You can only use BLOOD TITHE abilities that are unlocked. Once a BLOOD TITHE ability is unlocked, you do not need to spend further blood tithe points to use it.
| Once Per Turn (Army), Start of Any Turn |
SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE: ...only that it flows.
Effect: Pick a BLOOD TITHE ability that you have not unlocked and spend the number of blood tithe points required to unlock that ability (shown in the top-right corner of the ability). That BLOOD TITHE ability is now unlocked for the rest of the battle.
Designer's Note: Unlocking a BLOOD TITHE ability does not lock you out of the other abilities on the same ‘tier’. For an ability to become available to unlock, an ability above it to which it is connected by an arrow needs to already be unlocked.
Blood Tithe Abilities
 Once Per Turn (Army), Reaction: You declared a CHARGE ability | 0 |
MURDERLUST: When worthy opponents are near, the impulse to kill becomes all-consuming.
You do not need to unlock this ability to use it. It is already unlocked.
Effect: Roll a dice. You can replace one of the dice in the charge roll with that value. If you do so, inflict D3 mortal damage on the unit using that CHARGE ability after that ability is resolved.
Effect: Roll a dice. You can replace one of the dice in the charge roll with that value. If you do so, inflict D3 mortal damage on the unit using that CHARGE ability after that ability is resolved.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Once per Turn, Start of Any Turn | 1 |
DIVINE SCORN: The battlefield is Khorne's temple, and Khorne's alone.
Declare: Pick up to 3 enemy WIZARDS or PRIESTS within 6" of any friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units to be the target(s).
Effect: Roll a dice for each target. On a 3+, subtract 1 from the target’s power level, to a minimum of 0, until the start of the next turn.
Effect: Roll a dice for each target. On a 3+, subtract 1 from the target’s power level, to a minimum of 0, until the start of the next turn.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
 Once Per Turn (Army), Your Combat Phase | 1 |
PUNISH THE PACIFIST: To shirk from combat is to sin against the War God.
Declare: Each unit (friendly and enemy) and enemy MANIFESTATION that is not in combat is a target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 1-2, inflict 1 mortal damage on each target. On a 3+, inflict 1 mortal damage on each enemy target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 1-2, inflict 1 mortal damage on each target. On a 3+, inflict 1 mortal damage on each enemy target.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase | 2 |
MURDER THE MYSTIC: Those who cower behind conjured spellcraft will be punished severely.
You can only unlock this ability if you have unlocked ‘Divine Scorn’.
Declare: Pick up to 4 enemy MANIFESTATIONS to be the target(s).
Effect: Make a banishment roll of 2D6 for each target. If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on that MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, inflict D3 mortal damage on each enemy unit within 3" of it and then it is banished and removed from play.
Declare: Pick up to 4 enemy MANIFESTATIONS to be the target(s).
Effect: Make a banishment roll of 2D6 for each target. If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on that MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, inflict D3 mortal damage on each enemy unit within 3" of it and then it is banished and removed from play.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
 Passive | 2 |
GLORIOUS COMBAT OR NAUGHT: The air boils, charring arrows and melting musket shot.
You can only unlock this ability if you have unlocked ‘Divine Scorn’ or ‘Punish the Pacifist’.
Effect: Subtract 1 from hit rolls for shooting attacks that target friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
Effect: Subtract 1 from hit rolls for shooting attacks that target friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Passive | 3 |
REVEL IN BATTLE: No tricks - no deceptions.
You can only unlock this ability if you have unlocked ‘Punish the Pacifist’.
Effect: Other than the Companion weapon ability, weapon abilities for combat attacks made by enemy units that charged this turn and that target a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE unit have no effect.
Effect: Other than the Companion weapon ability, weapon abilities for combat attacks made by enemy units that charged this turn and that target a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE unit have no effect.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Passive | 4 |
SLAUGHTER TRIUMPHANT: Khorne's fury floods the field, burning out all thought but to slay.
You can only unlock this ability if you have unlocked ‘Murder the Mystic’ or ‘Glorious Combat or Naught’.
Effect: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of weapons used by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units that charged in the same turn.
Effect: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of weapons used by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units that charged in the same turn.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Passive | 4 |
CLEAVE WIDE THE GRIN OF KHORNE: Gore begets gore, and death begets death.
You can only unlock this ability if you have already unlocked ‘Revel in Battle’ or ‘Glorious Combat or Naught’.
Effect: Add 1 to hit rolls for combat attacks made by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
Effect: Add 1 to hit rolls for combat attacks made by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
Errata
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Battle Traits
Change the timing of ‘Skulls for the Skull Throne’ to ‘Once Per Turn (Army), Start of Any Turn’.
Change the timing of ‘Punish the Pacifist’ to ‘Once Per Turn (Army), Your Combat Phase’.
Change the timing of ‘Murder the Mystic’ to ‘Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase’.
Change the timing of ‘Punish the Pacifist’ to ‘Once Per Turn (Army), Your Combat Phase’.
Change the timing of ‘Murder the Mystic’ to ‘Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase’.
Battle Traits
| Once Per Turn, Reaction: You declared the ‘Skulls for the Skull Throne’ ability |
BLOOD-DRENCHED: As blood gushes down blades, armour and teeth, the fervent warriors of the Blood God are driven into a divine frenzy.
Effect: After that ability has been resolved, if you unlocked a BLOOD TITHE ability this turn, pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE unit to be the target. The following effects apply to the target for the rest of the battle:
Wild-eyed Brutality: Ignore positive modifiers to save rolls for the target.
Blood Haze: If the target is BLOODBOUND, its Blood-hungry weapons have Crit (Mortal).
Weapons of Murder: If the target is a non-MONSTER DAEMON unit, add 1 to the Rend characteristic of its Blood-hungry weapons, including Blood-hungry Companion weapons.
Bloodlords Supreme: If the target is a MONSTER, add 1 to the Damage characteristic of its Blood-hungry weapons.
Wild-eyed Brutality: Ignore positive modifiers to save rolls for the target.
Blood Haze: If the target is BLOODBOUND, its Blood-hungry weapons have Crit (Mortal).
Weapons of Murder: If the target is a non-MONSTER DAEMON unit, add 1 to the Rend characteristic of its Blood-hungry weapons, including Blood-hungry Companion weapons.
Bloodlords Supreme: If the target is a MONSTER, add 1 to the Damage characteristic of its Blood-hungry weapons.
Battle Formations
You can pick 1 of the following battle formations for a Blades of Khorne army. Each battle formation grants a different ability you can use in the battle.
BATTLE PROFILE
| Name | Points |
| Khornate Legion | 0 |
| Bloodbound Warhorde | 0 |
| Brass Stampede | 0 |
| Murderhost | 0 |
| Tournament of Skulls | 0 |
| The Goretide | 0 |
Khornate Legion
| Once Per Turn (Army), Reaction: You declared a FIGHT ability for a BLADES OF KHORNE DAEMON unit |
BUTCHERS OF NATIONS: When the daemonic hosts of Khorne join their Bloodbound followers in battle, they crush all before them in a storm of gore-splattered carnage.
Used By: The unit using that FIGHT ability.
Effect: Pick a friendly BLOODBOUND unit that has not used a FIGHT ability this turn and is wholly within 12" of the unit using this ability to be the target. The target can be picked to use a FIGHT ability immediately after the FIGHT ability used by this unit has been resolved.
Effect: Pick a friendly BLOODBOUND unit that has not used a FIGHT ability this turn and is wholly within 12" of the unit using this ability to be the target. The target can be picked to use a FIGHT ability immediately after the FIGHT ability used by this unit has been resolved.
Bloodbound Warhorde
| Passive |
TIRELESS CONQUERORS: The Bloodbound surge across the battlefield with blades held high, salivating and baying as they rip the enemy from their strongholds.
Effect: Add 1 to hit rolls for combat attacks made by friendly BLOODBOUND units that target an enemy unit that is contesting an objective you do not control.
Brass Stampede
| Passive |
DRAWN TO CARNAGE: Nothing can stop the thunderous onset of a Brass Stampede once it has begun to gain momentum.
Effect: Add X to charge rolls for friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units, where X is the number of friendly BLADES OF KHORNE CAVALRY or MONSTER units that have already charged this phase and that are wholly within 12" of the unit being rolled for.
Murderhost
| End of Your Turn |
EAGER KILLERS: Khorne's daemons care only for violence; any moment spent not slaying is a moment wasted.
Effect: Each friendly BLADES OF KHORNE DAEMON unit that has used a FIGHT ability this turn and is not in combat can move D6". It cannot end that move in combat.
Tournament of Skulls
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase |
BLOODY COMPETITORS: Where the mortal followers and daemons of Khorne fight next to one another, they compete to reap the most skulls in the name of their grim deity.
Declare: Pick a friendly non-HERO BLOODBOUND unit and a friendly non-HERO BLADES OF KHORNE DAEMON unit to be the targets.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, while the targets are wholly within 12" of each other, add 1 to wound rolls for the targets’ combat attacks.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, while the targets are wholly within 12" of each other, add 1 to wound rolls for the targets’ combat attacks.
The Goretide
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Movement Phase |
TIDE OF SAVAGERY: Since Korghos Khul’s ascension to daemonhood, the Goretide are filled with renewed purpose, rushing into battle with ever greater vigour.
Declare: Pick a friendly BLOODBOUND HERO and up to 2 other friendly BLOODBOUND units that are wholly within 12" of that HERO to be the targets.
Effect: Add 2" to the targets’ Move characteristic for the rest of the turn.
Effect: Add 2" to the targets’ Move characteristic for the rest of the turn.
Heroic Traits
Slaughterers of Thousands
HERO only.| Passive |
MAGICAL SCORN: This warrior's loathing of the arcane and esoteric exudes from them in waves.
Effect: Subtract 1 from casting rolls for WIZARDS while they are within 12" of this unit.
Subtract 1 from chanting rolls for enemy PRIESTS while they are within 12" of this unit.
Subtract 1 from chanting rolls for enemy PRIESTS while they are within 12" of this unit.
| Your Movement Phase |
FRENZIED TASKMASTER: This champion does not allow their followers to shirk the slaughter.
Declare: Pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE INFANTRY or CAVALRY unit within this unit’s combat range that is not in combat to be the target.
Effect: The target can move D6" but cannot end that move in combat. If the target ends that move within this unit’s combat range, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll.
Effect: The target can move D6" but cannot end that move in combat. If the target ends that move within this unit’s combat range, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll.
| End of Any Turn |
SKULL COLLECTOR: Even other warriors of Khorne are in awe of this champion's fixation on decapitation.
Effect: If any damage points were allocated to an enemy HERO by this unit’s combat attacks this turn and that enemy HERO has been destroyed, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of this unit’s melee weapons for the rest of the battle.
This unit can be affected by this ability multiple times and the effects are cumulative.
This unit can be affected by this ability multiple times and the effects are cumulative.
Artefacts of Power
Murderous Artefacts
HERO only| Passive |
COLLAR OF CONTEMPT: This thrice-damned brass collar is the bane of magical power.
Effect: This unit can use UNBIND abilities as if it had WIZARD (1). Each time this unit successfully unbinds a spell, inflict D3 mortal damage on the caster.
| End of Your Turn |
BUTCHER’S BLADE: One cut from this blade can see a target brutally exsanguinated.
Declare: Pick each enemy unit that had any damage points allocated to it this turn by this unit’s combat attacks to be the targets.
Effect: Roll a D3 for each target. On a 2+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll.
Effect: Roll a D3 for each target. On a 2+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll.
| Passive |
AR’GATH, THE KING OF BLADES: This daemonic blade hungers for the flesh of champions and will not be denied by trickery or magic.
Effect: Ward rolls cannot be made for enemy HEROES while they are in combat with this unit.
Manifestation Lore
Judgements of Khorne
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
SUMMON HEXGORGER SKULLS: Hexgorger Skulls are the physical manifestation of Khorne's hatred of the arcane arts. They drift across the battlefield, seeking to feed upon eldritch energy and those conjurers who attempt to use it.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Hexgorger Skulls invocation on the battlefield, pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE PRIEST to chant this prayer, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Set up a Hexgorger Skulls invocation wholly within 12" of the chanter, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units. A Hexgorger Skulls invocation has 2 parts that must be set up within 8" of each other.
Effect: Set up a Hexgorger Skulls invocation wholly within 12" of the chanter, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units. A Hexgorger Skulls invocation has 2 parts that must be set up within 8" of each other.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER, SUMMON |
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
SUMMON WRATH-AXE: A Wrath-axe is a manifestation of Khorne's otherworldly anger, its razor-sharp edges glowing from the heat of the Blood God's rage. As a chanting priest carves the ground open, these eldritch axes appear to tear the air in twain, reality set ablaze at its passage.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Wrath-axe on the battlefield, pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE PRIEST to chant this prayer, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Set up a Wrath-axe wholly within 12" of the chanter, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Set up a Wrath-axe wholly within 12" of the chanter, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER, SUMMON |
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
SUMMON BLEEDING ICON: A common sight in the crimson skies above Khorne's domain, a Bleeding Icon can be summoned to the Mortal Realms to signal the attention - and the displeasure - of the Lord of Battles.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Bleeding Icon on the battlefield, pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE PRIEST to chant this prayer, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Set up a Bleeding Icon wholly within 18" of the chanter and visible to them.
Effect: Set up a Bleeding Icon wholly within 18" of the chanter and visible to them.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER, SUMMON |
Prayer Lore
Blood Blesssings of Khorne
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
UNCONTROLLABLE RAGE: Opening their own veins while chanting hateful catechisms of worship, the priest spreads their own depthless fury to their allies.
Declare: Pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a visible friendly unit wholly within 12" of them to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, the effects of the ’Blood-drenched’ ability apply to the target. In addition, if the chanting roll was 8+, ignore the effect of ’Wild-eyed Brutality’ on the target.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, the effects of the ’Blood-drenched’ ability apply to the target. In addition, if the chanting roll was 8+, ignore the effect of ’Wild-eyed Brutality’ on the target.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER, UNLIMITED |
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
BLOOD BOIL: Spitting ritualistic words of wrath into the air, the priest turns the blood coursing through the veins of the enemy red-hot, burning them from the inside out.
Declare: Pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a visible enemy unit within 18" of them to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Roll a number of dice equal to the number of models in the target unit. For each 5+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target. In addition, if the chanting roll was 8+, subtract 1 from wound rolls for the target’s attacks until the start of your next turn.
Effect: Roll a number of dice equal to the number of models in the target unit. For each 5+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target. In addition, if the chanting roll was 8+, subtract 1 from wound rolls for the target’s attacks until the start of your next turn.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
FINAL ACT OF VIOLENCE: The spat invectives of this priest inspire their faithful to slaughter to their last breath.
Declare: Pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a visible friendly BLADES OF KHORNE unit wholly within 12" of them to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, each time a model in the target unit is slain by a combat attack and that model was in combat with the attacking unit, roll a dice. If the chanting roll was 8+, roll 2 dice instead. For each 5+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the attacking unit after the FIGHT ability has been resolved.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, each time a model in the target unit is slain by a combat attack and that model was in combat with the attacking unit, roll a dice. If the chanting roll was 8+, roll 2 dice instead. For each 5+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the attacking unit after the FIGHT ability has been resolved.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
Gifts of the Blood God
| Your Hero Phase | 3 |
GOREFLESH: Glistening, steaming blood flows over the flesh of the priest’s followers before coagulating into a gruesome second skin that dulls the strikes of the foe.
Declare: Pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a visible friendly BLADES OF KHORNE unit wholly within 12" of them to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, ignore the first damage point allocated to the target in each phase. If the chanting roll was 8+, you can pick another eligible unit to be a second target.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, ignore the first damage point allocated to the target in each phase. If the chanting roll was 8+, you can pick another eligible unit to be a second target.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER, UNLIMITED |
| Your Hero Phase | 3 |
RUNES OF LOATHING: With a guttural curse, the priest carves runes into their flesh that are antithetical to hated sorcery, which sympathetically manifest upon the armour of nearby followers.
Declare: Pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE unit wholly within 12" of them to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, the target has WARD (3+) against damage inflicted by SPELL abilities, PRAYER abilities and abilities used by MANIFESTATIONS (including FIGHT abilities). If the chanting roll was 8+, you can pick another eligible unit to be a second target.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, the target has WARD (3+) against damage inflicted by SPELL abilities, PRAYER abilities and abilities used by MANIFESTATIONS (including FIGHT abilities). If the chanting roll was 8+, you can pick another eligible unit to be a second target.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
| Your Hero Phase | 3 |
GIFT OF APOPLEXY: Chanting words of carnage, the Slaughterpriest invokes a murderous rage in their enemies that will drive them to tear each other apart with hands and teeth should the opportunity to unleash violence on their foes not present itself.
Declare: Pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a visible enemy unit within 18" of them to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, each time the target uses an ability that is not a MOVE, CHARGE or FIGHT ability, after that ability is resolved, inflict D3 mortal damage on the target. If the chanting roll was 8+, inflict 3 mortal damage instead of D3.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, each time the target uses an ability that is not a MOVE, CHARGE or FIGHT ability, after that ability is resolved, inflict D3 mortal damage on the target. If the chanting roll was 8+, inflict 3 mortal damage instead of D3.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
Proclamations of Murder
| Your Hero Phase | 3 |
STOKE THE FLAMES: The priest calls for their followers to slay and be slain as they channel the ire of Khorne.
Declare: Pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a visible friendly Blades of Khorne unit wholly within 12" of them to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn:
Effect: Until the start of your next turn:
- When resolving the damage sequence for enemy units in combat with the target, your opponent cannot spend rage dice as part of the ‘Fight Through the Pain’ ability.
- If the target is destroyed, you gain 1 rage dice. If the chanting roll was 6+, you gain 2 rage dice instead.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER, UNLIMITED |
| Your Hero Phase | 3 |
GIFT OF APOPLEXY: The priest invokes a murderous rage in their enemies to which they must give vent... either against their foes or against each other.
Declare: Pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a visible enemy unit within 18" of them to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, each time the target uses an ability that is not a MOVE or FIGHT ability, after that ability has been resolved, inflict D3 mortal damage on the target. If the chanting roll was 8+, inflict 3 mortal damage instead of D3.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, each time the target uses an ability that is not a MOVE or FIGHT ability, after that ability has been resolved, inflict D3 mortal damage on the target. If the chanting roll was 8+, inflict 3 mortal damage instead of D3.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
FETTERS OF BLOOD: Erupting from the ground by the enemy’s feet, these chains ensnare those who would flee the wrath of Khorne.
Declare: Pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a visible enemy unit within 18" of them to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: If the chanting roll was 8+, you can pick another eligible unit to be a second target. Until the start of your next turn:
Effect: If the chanting roll was 8+, you can pick another eligible unit to be a second target. Until the start of your next turn:
- The targets cannot use RETREAT or RUN abilities.
- The targets cannot be removed from the battlefield by an ability that would allow them to be set up elsewhere on the battlefield or in reserve.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
Brazen Mutations
Brazen Mutations are unique enhancements that can be given to non-HERO BLADES OF KHORNE INFANTRY or CAVALRY units. A unit can only have 1 Brazen Mutation.
| Passive |
BRASS FLESH: Arrows and blades alike simply glance off the burnished, metallic skin of these warriors.
Effect: Unmodified save rolls of 5+ for this unit cannot fail.
| Passive |
FRENZIED TASKMASTER: Fashioned into living engines of destruction, these warriors have secondary limbs that end in razor-sharp blades.
Effect: Each time this unit is picked to use the ‘Eruption of Fury’ ability, for each unmodified hit roll of 6 for the attacks made as part of that ability, inflict an additional 3 mortal damage on each enemy unit in combat with this unit instead of D3.
| Any Combat Phase |
SCORPION TAILS: With their powerful arachnoid stingers, these warriors inject deadly venom into the enemy.
Declare: Pick an enemy unit in combat with this unit to be the target.
Effect:
Effect:
- Inflict D3 mortal damage on the target.
- If the target unit’s starting size was 1, subtract 1 from wound rolls for its combat attacks for the rest of the turn.
Army of Renown
Gorechosen Champions
Each warhorde is led by a lord who is not only a veteran killer but also able to direct the violence of their followers to serve their ambitions. Beneath them is their Gorechosen: a coterie of eight war-blessed lieutenants marked by the daemonic boons they have received for pleasing acts of carnage. A Gorechosen can be a truly eclectic mix of killers, each leading forces carved in their image. Rabid battle-priests, hulking smiths, fanatical head-hunters and former paladins consumed by bloodlust - all and more may serve a Lord of Khorne. When the Gorechosen march alongside their warlord, febrile energy fills the air, for their god's gaze follows them, and all know that they fight to determine who amongst them is worthiest to rule...
When you pick the Blades of Khorne faction for your army, you can choose for it to be a Gorechosen Champions Army of Renown. If you do so, use the faction rules in this section instead of the Blades of Khorne faction rules. Every unit in your army must be drawn from the units listed in the roster options box below. All units in your army gain the GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS keyword.ROSTER OPTIONS
REGIMENT OPTIONS
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Battle Traits
| Once Per Battle (Army), Deployment Phase |
MURDER-WON TROPHIES: The Gorechosen have ripped countless trophies from the carcasses of worthy foes.
Declare: Pick a friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS HERO to be the target.
Effect: Give the target 1 artefact of power from the ’Gorechosen Champions’ Army of Renown rules.
Designer’s Note: This artefact of power is given to the HERO during the deployment phase, not during army composition.
Effect: Give the target 1 artefact of power from the ’Gorechosen Champions’ Army of Renown rules.
Designer’s Note: This artefact of power is given to the HERO during the deployment phase, not during army composition.
| Passive |
BRUTAL LASHMASTER: A favoured Bloodstoker can drive even other champions to battle.
Effect: Each time a friendly Bloodstoker uses the ’Whipped to Fury’ ability, another friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS HERO within its combat range can be picked to be the target of that ability instead of a non-HERO BLOODBOUND unit.
| Passive |
LEGENDARY SLAYERS: To be Gorechosen is to have slain hundreds, if not thousands.
Effect: Blood-hungry weapons used by friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS units have Crit (Mortal).
| Passive |
THE RED GOD’S EYE: When the Gorechosen fight in unity, the Blood God's gaze is drawn. None would dare falter under such scrutiny.
Effect: Friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS units have WARD (6+).
| Passive |
HATE-FUELLED KILLERS: Anger, hate and violence run through the veins of the Gorechosen, allowing them to ignore otherwise fatal blows.
Effect: The first time each friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS unit would be destroyed, before removing it from play, roll a dice. On a 5+, that unit is not destroyed and any remaining damage points inflicted on it have no effect. Then, Heal (1) that unit.
Heroic Traits
HERO only Passive |
CROWNED IN BUTCHERY: To yoke the lords of the Gorechosen demands a champion of singular, terrifying will.
Effect: Add 20 to this unit’s control score while it is in combat.
Artefacts of Power
HERO only| Once Per Battle, Any Combat Phase |
WARMONGER’S ICON: The personal standard of a warhorde's master inspires a frenzied devotion.
Declare: Pick this unit and up to D3 friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS units within this unit’s combat range to be the targets.
Effect: The targets have STRIKE-FIRST for the rest of the turn.
Effect: The targets have STRIKE-FIRST for the rest of the turn.
| Any Combat Phase |
THE SCARRING BLADE: It is said that wounds caused by this dagger never cease leaking blood - and that one who turns it upon themselves in bleak reverence will earn great favour.
Effect: Allocate D3 damage points to this unit (ward rolls cannot be made for those damage points). For the rest of the turn, add X to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons used by friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS units for the rest of the turn, where X is equal to the number of damage points allocated to this unit this turn by this ability.
For the rest of the battle, this unit cannot use the ‘Hate-fuelled Killers’ ability and cannot be healed.
For the rest of the battle, this unit cannot use the ‘Hate-fuelled Killers’ ability and cannot be healed.
| Passive |
BLOODMIST SKULL: A thick sanguine pall spills from the mouth of this rune-carved skull, burning enemy projectiles to ash mid-flight.
Effect: This unit has WARD (3+) against damage inflicted by shooting attacks.
Manifestation Lore
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
SUMMON WRATH-AXE: A Wrath-axe is a manifestation of Khorne's otherworldly anger, its razor-sharp edges glowing red-hot from the Blood God's rage. At signs of weakness or wizardry, such a blazing axe appears in the air, splitting reality with its downwards stroke.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Wrath-axe on the battlefield, pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE PRIEST to chant this prayer, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Set up a Wrath-axe wholly within 12" of the chanter, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Set up a Wrath-axe wholly within 12" of the chanter, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER, SUMMON |
Prayer Lore
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
SKIN OF BRASS: A shimmering skull manifests over a chosen champion, spilling gore upon them and granting their skin the hue and toughness of freshly forged brass.
Declare: Pick a friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a visible friendly unit wholly within 12" of them to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, subtract 1 from the Rend characteristic of weapons used for attacks that target that friendly unit. If the chanting roll was 8+, you can pick another eligible unit to be a second target.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, subtract 1 from the Rend characteristic of weapons used for attacks that target that friendly unit. If the chanting roll was 8+, you can pick another eligible unit to be a second target.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER, UNLIMITED |
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
COWED AND BROKEN: The priest channels Khorne's seething hatred through a Gorechosen, causing the bones of foes who stand in the way of worthier targets to agonisingly twist and snap.
Declare: Pick a friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a visible enemy unit within 12" of them that is in combat with a friendly unit to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Roll 8 dice. If the chanting roll was 8+, add 1 to each roll. For each 4+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target.
Effect: Roll 8 dice. If the chanting roll was 8+, add 1 to each roll. For each 4+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
ERUPTION OF APOPLEXY: The priest focuses the rage of all the battle's combatants into a single warrior, whose organs rupture under the strain - or whose entire body violently explodes in a magnificent shower of boiling gore and bone shrapnel.
Declare: Pick a friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a visible enemy unit within 12" of them that is in combat with a friendly unit to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Inflict D6 mortal damage on the target. If the target is destroyed, before removing the last model in that unit from play, inflict D3 mortal damage on every unit (friendly and enemy) within 6" of that model, or D6 mortal damage instead if the chanting roll was 8+.
Effect: Inflict D6 mortal damage on the target. If the target is destroyed, before removing the last model in that unit from play, inflict D3 mortal damage on every unit (friendly and enemy) within 6" of that model, or D6 mortal damage instead if the chanting roll was 8+.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
Errata
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Army of Renown, Gorechosen Champion
Change the effect of ‘The Scarring Blade’ to:
‘Effect: Allocate D3 damage points to this unit (ward rolls cannot be made for those damage points). For the rest of the turn, add X to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons used by friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS units for the rest of the turn, where X is equal to the number of damage points allocated to this unit this turn by this ability.
For the rest of the battle, this unit cannot use the ‘Hate-fuelled Killers’ ability and cannot be healed.’
‘Effect: Allocate D3 damage points to this unit (ward rolls cannot be made for those damage points). For the rest of the turn, add X to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons used by friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS units for the rest of the turn, where X is equal to the number of damage points allocated to this unit this turn by this ability.
For the rest of the battle, this unit cannot use the ‘Hate-fuelled Killers’ ability and cannot be healed.’
Army of Renown, Gorechosen Champion
Change the effect of ‘The Red God’s Eye’ to:
‘Friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS units have WARD (6+).’
‘Friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS units have WARD (6+).’
Army of Renown, Gorechosen Champion
Change the effect of ‘Hate-fuelled Killers’ to:
‘Effect: The first time each friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS unit would be destroyed, before removing it from play, roll a dice. On a 5+, that unit is not destroyed and any remaining damage points inflicted on it have no effect. Then, Heal (1) that unit.’
‘Effect: The first time each friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS unit would be destroyed, before removing it from play, roll a dice. On a 5+, that unit is not destroyed and any remaining damage points inflicted on it have no effect. Then, Heal (1) that unit.’
Army of Renown
The Baleful Lords
The Baleful Lords are a legion of Bloodthirsters, an army entirely composed ofKhorne's murderous greater daemons. Time and again, in the maddening conflicts of the Great Game, they have proved the decisive force that has broken the numberless legions of his brother gods and claimed victory for the Lord of Skulls. When such triumphs are won, a great reward is granted: the chance to take to the Mortal Realms and further the cause of Khorne by annihilating all that stands before them. Truth be told, little can resist such an assemblage of apocalyptic might for long. As the battlefield is darkened by the shadow of bat-like wings, enemies look up to see a nightmare descending. The wise simply flee before they are forced to endure the blood-soaked horror that inevitably follows.
When you pick the Blades of Khorne faction for your army, you can choose for it to be a Baleful Lords Army of Renown. If you do so, use the faction rules in this section instead of the Blades of Khorne faction rules. Every unit in your army must be drawn from the units listed in the roster options box below. All units in your army gain the BALEFUL LORDS keyword.ROSTER OPTIONS
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Battle Traits
 Once Per Turn, Your Movement Phase |
BORN OF BUTCHERY: So long as gore flows in rivers and hate chokes mortal souls, the Baleful Lords shall rise again and anew.
Declare: Pick a friendly non-UNIQUE BALEFUL LORDS unit that has been destroyed to be the target.
Effect: Roll a number of dice equal to the current battle round number plus the number of units (friendly and enemy) that have been destroyed this battle. If the roll contains 8 or more results of 3+, set up a replacement unit identical to the target on the battlefield, wholly within 7" of the battlefield edge and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Roll a number of dice equal to the current battle round number plus the number of units (friendly and enemy) that have been destroyed this battle. If the roll contains 8 or more results of 3+, set up a replacement unit identical to the target on the battlefield, wholly within 7" of the battlefield edge and more than 9" from all enemy units.
| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Combat Phase |
BELLOW OF HATRED: The enmity released by this blood-curdling scream stuns nearby enemies.
Declare: Pick a friendly BALEFUL LORDS unit that has not used a RAMPAGE ability this turn to be the target.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, enemy units cannot use commands while they are in combat with the target. The target cannot use RAMPAGE abilities for the rest of the turn.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, enemy units cannot use commands while they are in combat with the target. The target cannot use RAMPAGE abilities for the rest of the turn.
| KEYWORDS | RAMPAGE |
| Once Per Turn (Army), Reaction: Opponent declared a SPELL ability |
MAGE-EATERS: Those who dare wield spells in the presence of these daemons are soon punished.
Used By: A friendly BALEFUL LORDS unit targeted by that Spell ability.
Effect: Make a magic-eater roll of D6. On a 3+, that spell is unbound. If the spell was unbound and the magic-eater roll was 5+, inflict D3 mortal damage on the caster.
Effect: Make a magic-eater roll of D6. On a 3+, that spell is unbound. If the spell was unbound and the magic-eater roll was 5+, inflict D3 mortal damage on the caster.
| Once Per Turn (Army), End of Enemy Turn |
FIRST IN HIS SIGHT: Of all Khorne's daemon legions the Baleful Lords are highest in his favour, and the inferno of his rage burns hot in their immortal veins.
Effect: Heal (D3) each friendly BALEFUL LORDS HERO that is in combat.
| Once Per Turn (Army), End of Your Turn |
DRAWN BY BLOOD: For the Baleful Lords, nothing is more pressing than to commit atrocity.
Declare: Pick a friendly BALEFUL LORDS unit that has not used a RAMPAGE ability this turn to use this ability.
Effect: That unit can move D6". It can end that move in combat but only with units it was in combat with at the start of the phase.
If that unit destroyed any enemy units this turn, then instead:
That unit can move 2D6". It can end that move in combat with any units that had any damage points allocated to them this turn.
Effect: That unit can move D6". It can end that move in combat but only with units it was in combat with at the start of the phase.
If that unit destroyed any enemy units this turn, then instead:
That unit can move 2D6". It can end that move in combat with any units that had any damage points allocated to them this turn.
| KEYWORDS | RAMPAGE |
 Once Per Turn (Army), End of Your Turn |
THE PRICE OF MERCY: Inaction is hateful to all Khorne's daemons, but to the Baleful Lords, it is utterly anathemic.
Declare: You must use this ability. Pick each friendly BALEFUL LORDS unit that did not charge or use a FIGHT ability this turn to be a target.
Effect: Roll a D3 for each target. On a 2+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target.
Effect: Roll a D3 for each target. On a 2+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target.
| Once Per Turn (Army), End of Any Turn |
SUNDER THE SORCEROUS: The Baleful Lords are veterans of impossible battles across the mind-bending vistas of the Realm of Chaos. No mere spell, nor its caster, can oppose them.
Declare: Pick each enemy MANIFESTATION within 3" of a friendly BALEFUL LORDS unit to be a target.
Effect: Roll 2D6 for each target. If the roll equals or exceeds the banishment value of the target:
Effect: Roll 2D6 for each target. If the roll equals or exceeds the banishment value of the target:
- That target is banished and removed from play.
- Inflict D3 mortal damage on the enemy unit that summoned the target.
Heroic Traits
HERO only| Once Per Battle (Army), Any Combat Phase |
UNRIVALLED BATTLELUST: With a terrifying roar, this marshal amongst Bloodthirsters goads their kin to even greater heights of carnage.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of friendly BALEFUL LORDS units while they are wholly within 12" of this unit.
Artefacts of Power
HERO only| Passive |
CROWN OF THE SLAUGHTERBORN: A prize won on the battlefields of the Great Game, this spiked circlet of brass and iron torments stirring souls and ensures bloody wounds shall not heal.
Effect: Enemy units within 12" of this unit cannot be healed and cannot have slain models returned to them.
Errata
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Army of Renown, The Baleful Lords
Change the first line of the Roster Options to: ‘Any BLADES OF KHORNE MONSTER HERO DAEMON unit'
Army of Renown, The Baleful Lords
Change the timing of ‘Mage-eaters’ to: ‘Once Per Turn (Army), Reaction: Opponent declared a SPELL ability.'
Army of Renown, The Baleful Lords
Change ‘Born of Butchery’ to:
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BORN OF BUTCHERYDeclare: Pick a friendly non-UNIQUE BALEFUL LORDS unit that has been destroyed to be the target.
Effect: Roll a number of dice equal to the current battle round number plus the number of units (friendly and enemy) that have been destroyed this battle. If the roll contains 8 or more results of 3+, set up a replacement unit identical to the target on the battlefield, wholly within 7" of the battlefield edge and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Roll a number of dice equal to the current battle round number plus the number of units (friendly and enemy) that have been destroyed this battle. If the roll contains 8 or more results of 3+, set up a replacement unit identical to the target on the battlefield, wholly within 7" of the battlefield edge and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Army of Renown, The Baleful Lords
Change the timing of ‘Drawn by Blood’ to:
‘Once Per Turn (Army), End of Your Turn’
‘Once Per Turn (Army), End of Your Turn’
PATH TO GLORY
Here, you will find additional rules to use with a Blades of Khorne army while playing through a Path to Glory campaign. The Path to Glory content in this book is divided into two parts: the Anvil of Apotheosis and Paths for Blades ofKhorne units.
The Anvil of Apotheosis
You can have 1 Anvil of Apotheosis hero on your Order of Battle and/ or army roster, unless otherwise specified in the battlepack you are using. They can be your warlord.
There are 7 steps to follow to create your hero:
1. Set a destiny point limit.
2. Fill out the starting warscroll.
3. Pick an archetype.
4. Pick an origin and/or flaw.
5. Pick a Battle Mount.
6. Pick any Battle Mount Upgrades.
7. Pick any other upgrades.
There are 7 steps to follow to create your hero:
1. Set a destiny point limit.
2. Fill out the starting warscroll.
3. Pick an archetype.
4. Pick an origin and/or flaw.
5. Pick a Battle Mount.
6. Pick any Battle Mount Upgrades.
7. Pick any other upgrades.
Your Hero's WarscrollYou can download a blank warscroll from warhammer-community.com on which to record all of your hero’s details. | ||
| The Anvil of Apotheosis is a hero creator. Using the rules in this section, you can create a custom warscroll for a HERO to use in your Path to Glory campaign. This can represent any miniature of your choosing, including one you have lovingly kitbashed or converted. After the Anvil of Apotheosis, you will find 2 Paths for Blades of Khorne units. These follow the rules outlined for Paths in the Path to Glory battlepack you are using (e.g. Path to Glory: Ascension in the Core Book). | ||
Step 1 - Set a Destiny Point Limit
The Anvil of Apotheosis uses a currency called destiny points. First, you need to set a destiny point limit. This will determine how many destiny points you have to spend on your hero, what type of hero they will be and what their battle profile points cost will be.Pick 1 of the following:
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Over the next few steps, you will pick options for your hero. Each option has a destiny point cost, abbreviated as DP. Keep a record of the number of destiny points you have spent. You cannot exceed the limit you have set.
Khornate Warlord -2DP
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Daemon of Violence -2DP
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Priest of Khorne -4DP
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Locus of Battle -2DP
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Scorched Acolyte -4DP
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Step 4 - Pick Your Hero's Origin And/Or Flaw
You can pick up to 1 origin and up to 1 flaw for your hero. Each adds an ability to your hero’s warscroll. However, instead of costing destiny points, flaws give you extra destiny points to spend elsewhere.Flaws
A TRUE BERSERKER: Driven mad by their service to Khorne, this champion cares nothing for strategy nor holding ground; only battle, only war.
WILLING SACRIFICE: This champion refuses any attempt to stem or heal their wounds, for they welcome death and know that any blood - their own included - is sacred to the War God.
KHORNE'S RETRIBUTION: This warrior pledged themselves to battle and by their actions, they are judged. Effect: If an enemy unit has not been destroyed by this unit this battle, inflict 1 mortal damage on this unit.
KIN-KILLER: This warrior is infamous for sacrificing their own brethren on Khorne's altar. Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on every other friendly unit within 3" of this unit. | ||||||||||||||||||
Battle Mount -5DP BLOOD THRONE: Roaring, howling daemon engines with a taste for flesh, the Blood Thrones make for a fearsome sight. In addition, make the following changes to your hero's warscroll:Add the following weapon to your hero's warscroll:
Battle Mount -5DP JUGGERNAUT: A clanking, daemonic beast of brass and iron, a Juggernaut must be coaxed from the depths of the Brass Citadel. To force one into servitude is a true test of will. In addition, make the following changes to your hero's warscroll:Add the following weapon to your hero's warscroll:
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Step 6 - Pick any Battle Mount Upgrades
If your hero has a Battle Mount, you can pick any number of Battle Mount Upgrades for them. The same upgrade cannot be picked more than once.
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Step 7 - Pick any Other Upgrades
Pick any number of other upgrades for your hero. The same upgrade cannot be picked more than once.
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Path of The Slaughterer(BLADES OF KHORNE HERO only)ASPIRING: When a unit on this Path gains this rank, pick 1 of the following abilities for them:
INVIGORATED BY WRATH: The spray of blood over flesh sees this champion filled with new purpose.
BLOOD-BLIND: Those who attack this champion momentarily lose sight of who is friend and who is foe.
BRUTAL ONSLAUGHT: Charging into the fray with a howl fills this champion with a wild, bloodthirsty energy.
DOMINATING POWERHOUSE: This champion is always at the front, always seeking to kill.
BREAKER OF THE ARCANE: This champion has hardened their soul against craven magic. An enemy WIZARD can be affected by this ability multiple times and the effects are cumulative.
LOCUS OF RED DEVOTION: This champion has become a prophet of war, their prayers to the War God drowning out those of any others beseeching divine aid.
VESSEL OF MURDER: Khorne's elemental fury seethes through this champion, obliterating all. Effect: Roll 8 dice. For each roll of 3-5, inflict 1 mortal damage on each target. For each 6, inflict D3 mortal damage on each target.
WHIRLWIND OF ANNIHILATION: Dread legends are told of this champion's murderous nature: how they kill and kill, without relent, without pity, without regard for mortal limitation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Path of Brazen Butchery(non-HERO BLADES OF KHORNE unit only)ASPIRING: When a unit on this Path gains this rank, pick 1 of the following abilities for them:
SHIELD-BREAKERS: These warriors have a name for themselves by shattering the most determined defences.
PACK OF MURDERERS: These warriors excel at surrounding and tearing apart their prey. Effect: Roll a dice. On a 4+, the target cannot use RETREAT abilities until the start of your next turn.
SAVAGE CONQUERORS: This warband is obsessed with expanding the domain of their master.
SOUL-EATING RAGE: Infernal power has seized these warriors, rapidly stealing their individuality while melting through nearby magical wards.
SPELL-KILLERS: These warriors revel - and are well practised - in annihilating constructs of magic.
LOPING PURSUIT: Whether by dark blessing or sheer grit, these warriors have run down many foes.
INFAMOUS WARCRY: The murder-howl of these warriors sets the blood of Khorne's followers aflame. Effect: Roll a dice for each target. If the result exceeds the target’s Control characteristic, for the rest of the turn, add 1 to the Rend characteristic of the target’s melee weapons.
REVENANTS IN RED: Many times have these warriors cheated death, and many times ought they to have fallen; they neither eat nor drink now, for blood and massacre alone sustains them. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fangs of the Blood God
Woe unto those who draw the Blood God's deepest ire. From the depths of the Brass Citadel, a monstrous daemonic hunter is unleashed to drag their souls back to his master's throne: Karanak, the Hound of Vengeance. Each of his three heads are ever salivating for the taste of fresh prey, and his pursuit takes him through the realms of mortals without breaking stride. The conventions of military strategy find no purchase upon his animalistic mind; nothing does, save the need to run his quarry to the ground.
While Karanak does not care to lead in a recognisable sense, there are always those who follow in his wake. Packs of Flesh Hounds driven mad by the coming of their alpha spill from the Realm of Chaos, whilst amongst the desolate wilderlands, warbands of mortal cultists howl as the red moons rise and seek to earn their place in the divine pursuit. These Fangs of the Blood God, as myth knows such hellish hunters, make for a murderous nemesis. It matters not to Karanak how many of his followers fall so long as his jaws can clamp around his target in a bloody spray.
While Karanak does not care to lead in a recognisable sense, there are always those who follow in his wake. Packs of Flesh Hounds driven mad by the coming of their alpha spill from the Realm of Chaos, whilst amongst the desolate wilderlands, warbands of mortal cultists howl as the red moons rise and seek to earn their place in the divine pursuit. These Fangs of the Blood God, as myth knows such hellish hunters, make for a murderous nemesis. It matters not to Karanak how many of his followers fall so long as his jaws can clamp around his target in a bloody spray.
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Spearhead Army, Fangs of the Blood God
Change the effect of ‘The Quarry’ to: ‘If no enemy units are the quarry, pick an enemy unit to be the quarry (you can pick an enemy unit in reserve).'
Spearhead Army, Fangs of the Blood God
Change the Declare step of ‘Savagery Upon Savagery’ to: ‘Pick a friendly unit in combat to be the target.’
Spearhead Army, Fangs of the Blood God
Change the effect of ‘The Scent of Blood’ to: ‘Add 1 to hit rolls and add 1 to wound rolls for combat attacks that target an enemy unit that had any damage points allocated to it this turn.'
Spearhead Army, Fangs of the Blood God
Change the effect of ‘Sustained by Gore’ to: ‘Heal (D3) your general.'
| This Spearhead army consists of the following units: General
Units
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Battle Traits
| Start of Battle Round |
THE QUARRY: Karanak's hunt is eternal, for there is no end to those who offend Khorne's creed.
Effect: If no enemy units are the quarry, pick an enemy unit to be the quarry (you can pick an enemy unit in reserve).
| Once Per Turn, End of Any Turn |
BLOOD-DRENCHED: As blood gushes down blades, armour and teeth, the fervent warriors of the Blood God are driven into a divine frenzy.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that slew any enemy models using a FIGHT ability this turn to be the target.
Effect: For the rest of the battle, the target’s melee weapons have Crit (Mortal).
Effect: For the rest of the battle, the target’s melee weapons have Crit (Mortal).
Regiment Abilities
Pick 1 of the following regiment abilities.| Passive |
THE SCENT OF BLOOD: The iron stink of gore sends Karanak's pack into a feral frenzy.
Effect: Add 1 to hit rolls and add 1 to wound rolls for combat attacks that target an enemy unit that had any damage points allocated to it this turn.
| Once Per Battle, Any Combat Phase |
SAVAGERY UPON SAVAGERY: The harder one resists Karanak, the more furious the daemon grows.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit in combat to be the target.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of the target’s melee weapons. If the target is a HERO, add D3 to the Attacks characteristic of its melee weapons instead.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of the target’s melee weapons. If the target is a HERO, add D3 to the Attacks characteristic of its melee weapons instead.
Enhancements
Give your general 1 of the following enhancements.| End of Any Turn |
SUSTAINED BY GORE: Karanak can pursue a target endlessly, provided the blood keeps flowing.
Effect: Heal (D3) your general.
| Once Per Battle, Any Charge Phase |
KILLING POUNCE: When the moment to strike comes, Karanak leaps with unbridled force.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, when making charge rolls for your general, you can roll an additional dice, to a maximum of 3, but if you do, they must finish that charge in combat with the quarry.
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EVASIVE HUNTER: Karanak's natural speed and the bloody aura that surrounds him, makes him difficult to target from afar.
Effect: Subtract 1 from hit rolls and wound rolls for shooting attacks that target your general.
| End of Any Turn |
FURIOUS BITES: All three of Karanak's monstrous heads hunger to tear apart flesh and soul.
Effect: If your general is in combat with the quarry, inflict D3 mortal damage on the quarry.
Warscrolls
8" 7 5+ 2 6+ Ever watchful, ever hungry, Karanak is the physical manifestation of the Blood God’s wrathful vengeance. Once he has the scent of his quarry, this tireless hunter will not cease in his hunt until he tastes their torn flesh between his fangs. Each of Karanak’s three heads tracks the enemy through a different means – through space, through time and, most sinister of all, through the echo of their own thoughts and terrors. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Savage Maws and Goreslick Claws [Anti-HERO (+1 Rend)] | |||||||
| Savage Maws and Goreslick Claws Anti-HERO (+1 Rend) | 6 | 4+ | 3+ | 1 | 2 | ||
| Any Hero Phase |
STALK THE PREY: Karanak's quarry is relentlessly and mercilessly run to the ground.
Effect: This unit can move D6". It cannot end that move in combat unless it was in combat at the start of that move and, if there is an enemy quarry on the battlefield, it must end that move closer to the quarry.
KEYWORDS | HERO, BEAST, WARD (6+) |
8" 2 6+ 1 6+ Swift, strong, and tenacious beyond mortal reason, Flesh Hounds run their prey to the ground without mercy. They are roused from within the Brass Citadel by the blaring of great horns, and pursue their prey through the Mortal Realms as readily as they do the domain of the gods. Those who seek to outrun or destroy these daemonic beasts find their tricks coming to nothing and their blades turned aside, extinguished by the wrath of Khorne – in the moments before they are ripped apart. | ||
6" 1 5+ 1 The Claws of Karanak venerate the Flesh Hounds of Khorne, taking on an aspect of the daemons’ bloodthirsty nature as they hunt the enemies of the Blood God and hack them to shreds in horrific displays of brutality. They dwell in the harsh and desolate lands created by the passage of Khorne’s armies, amongst caves filled with the stripped bones of their enemies. The fiercest of their chieftains and champions have something of the daemon within their souls, an unholy union that drives out human reason for elemental savagery. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Weapons of the Hunt [Crit (2 Hits)] | |||||||
| Weapons of the Hunt Crit (2 Hits) | 3 | 4+ | 3+ | - | 1 | ||
| Passive |
PACK HUNTERS: The howls of the Flesh Hounds sends these killers into a blood-mad frenzy.
Declare: Pick an enemy unit in combat with both this unit and a friendly Flesh Hounds unit to be the target.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, this unit’s combat attacks that target that enemy unit score critical hits on unmodified hit rolls of 5+.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, this unit’s combat attacks that target that enemy unit score critical hits on unmodified hit rolls of 5+.
KEYWORDS | INFANTRY, REINFORCEMENTS |
Bloodbound Gore Pilgrims
The Bloodbound are Khorne’s sacred destroyers. These mortals have not only earned the War God’s mark but also his favour, and they channel it through acts of harrowing close-quarters brutality. Khorne’s warriors claim that his only true temple is the battlefield, his only prayers the screams of the dying, and his only libations the blood of the slain. Some, however, become especially ritualistic in their killing, believing that each life extinguished allows their god to project more of his essence into reality. These warbands are known as Gore Pilgrims and form honour guards for the raving warrior priests of the Blood God.
Following the bellowed commands of their Slaughterpriest master, throngs of Bloodreavers charge forwards, heedless of their own lives – for Khorne demands only slaughter as a price for his boons. Blood Warriors drive the foe from their places of security, reconsecrating lands to their raging patron with each enemy they cut down. Amongst many Bloodbound hordes, packs of Mighty Skullcrushers are outsiders, realm-roaming warriors who join a tribe only for immediate carnage. Those who fight with the Gore Pilgrims, however, are the most rabid of true believers – a brass stampede that is first into the fray and the last ones standing when Khorne’s holy work is done.
Following the bellowed commands of their Slaughterpriest master, throngs of Bloodreavers charge forwards, heedless of their own lives – for Khorne demands only slaughter as a price for his boons. Blood Warriors drive the foe from their places of security, reconsecrating lands to their raging patron with each enemy they cut down. Amongst many Bloodbound hordes, packs of Mighty Skullcrushers are outsiders, realm-roaming warriors who join a tribe only for immediate carnage. Those who fight with the Gore Pilgrims, however, are the most rabid of true believers – a brass stampede that is first into the fray and the last ones standing when Khorne’s holy work is done.
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Battle Traits
| Passive |
THE BLOOD TITHE: Khorne’s warriors receive divine rewards when blood is shed; whether the sacrifice is theirs or that of their foes matters not.
Effect: Each time a unit is destroyed during the battle, you receive 1 blood tithe point.
| Once Per Turn, Any Hero Phase |
HEADS MUST ROLL: A terrible hunger is awoken in the gore-slick weapons of the Bloodbound.
Declare: Spend 3 blood tithe points and pick up to 3 friendly units.
Effect: Add 1 to the Rend characteristic of those units’ melee weapons until the start of your next turn.
Effect: Add 1 to the Rend characteristic of those units’ melee weapons until the start of your next turn.
| Once Per Turn, Any Hero Phase |
MURDERLUST: All servants of Khorne feel the urge to kill, but when prey is near, the impulse becomes all-consuming.
Declare: Spend 1 blood tithe point and pick up to D3 friendly units.
Effect: Each of those units can move D6" (roll for each).
Effect: Each of those units can move D6" (roll for each).
Regiment Abilities
Pick 1 of the following regiment abilities.| Once Per Turn, Start of Your Turn |
FAVOURED OF KHORNE: These blood-marked warriors are the victors of many battles and court the favour of their patron.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 2+, you receive 1 blood tithe point.
| Passive |
BLOOD-WOKEN RUNES: Fell runes of resilience are carved into the armour of these warriors, needing only the touch of a foe’s blood to be empowered.
Effect: Friendly units have WARD (5+) if they have used a FIGHT ability in the same phase.
Enhancements
Give your general 1 of the following enhancements.| Your Hero Phase |
RESANGUINATION: The Slaughterpriest calls upon Khorne’s favour to sear the wounds of an ally so that they can continue to shed the blood of the enemy.
Declare: Pick a visible friendly unit wholly within 16" of your general, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: On a 3+, Heal (D3) that unit.
Effect: On a 3+, Heal (D3) that unit.
| Any Combat Phase |
HEADHUNTER: Even Khorne’s priests will seek out the worthiest of foes against which to test their martial prowess.
Declare: Pick an enemy HERO in combat with your general.
Effect: Your general has STRIKE-FIRST this phase, but all attacks made by them this phase must target that enemy HERO.
Effect: Your general has STRIKE-FIRST this phase, but all attacks made by them this phase must target that enemy HERO.
| Passive |
THE CRIMSON PLATE: This ancient armour bestows Khorne’s protection upon its wearer, provided it is burnished daily with the blood of champions.
Effect: Your general has WARD (5+).
| Your Hero Phase |
UNHOLY FLAMES: The priest imbues the blades of their allies with daemonic fire, so that they may claim skulls with horrific ease.
Declare: Pick a visible friendly unit wholly within 16" of your general, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: On a 4+, add 1 to the Rend characteristic of that unit’s melee weapons until the start of your next turn.
Effect: On a 4+, add 1 to the Rend characteristic of that unit’s melee weapons until the start of your next turn.
Warscrolls
5" 6 5+ 2 Slaughterpriests are the holiest of Khorne’s mortal champions, possessed of a spiritual connection with the Lord of the Skull Throne. Where the priests of another deity might channel their essence through sorcery or simpering prayer, these brutal demagogues gain power through ritually drinking the blood of butchered foes and allies alike whilst bellowing their invectives to the raging skies. As well as being formidable warriors in their own right, a Slaughterpriest can command blood in the name of its rightful master – compelling it to boil within an enemy’s veins before bursting forth in gruesome sanguinary sprays. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Hackblade and Wrath-hammer | |||||||
| Hackblade and Wrath-hammer | 4 | 3+ | 3+ | 1 | 2 | ||
| Your Hero Phase |
BLOOD BOIL: Spitting ritualistic words of wrath into the air, the Slaughterpriest turns the blood coursing through the veins of the enemy red-hot, burning them from the inside out.
Declare: Pick a visible enemy unit within 16" of this unit to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: On a 4+, inflict D3 mortal damage on the target.
Effect: On a 4+, inflict D3 mortal damage on the target.
| Your Hero Phase |
BLOOD SACRIFICE: The Slaughterpriest answers their god’s call for blood by sacrificing one of their own.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit within this unit’s combat range to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 2+, inflict D3 mortal damage on the target and you gain 1 blood tithe point.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 2+, inflict D3 mortal damage on the target and you gain 1 blood tithe point.
KEYWORDS | HERO, PRIEST, INFANTRY |
5" 2 3+ 1 Blood Warriors are those who have drawn the War God’s gaze through acts of great carnage. Each has undergone the dreaded Red Baptism – a grisly process in which their skin agonisingly scabs over with thick layers of blood, before hardening into formidable armour. Armed with cleaving blades and spiked gauntlets, the Blood Warriors revel in the battle-strength their divine favour affords. All know, however, that their wrathful god might rescind his boons as swiftly as he provided them. So do the Blood Warriors never rest in their murdermaking, fighting even at the point of death to drag down one last enemy in the name of the Blood God. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Goreaxe and Gorefist | |||||||
| Goreaxe and Gorefist | 3 | 4+ | 3+ | 1 | 1 | ||
| Passive |
NO RESPITE: Dying as they lived, Blood Warriors devote even their final moments to killing.
Effect: Each time a model in this unit is slain, you can pick an enemy unit in combat with this unit and roll a dice. On a 4+, inflict 1 mortal damage on that enemy unit.
KEYWORDS | INFANTRY |
5" 1 6+ 1 Bloodreavers form the howling masses of the Bloodbound warhordes. Though rightly feared by their enemies for their murderous fury, they are themselves cursed. To earn a place amongst the Brazen One’s armies, each has endured gruelling trials, the last of which is to consume the flesh of their own fallen. Such a monstrous desecration ensures there can be no turning back from the path of skulls. Bloodreavers congregate around the Slaughterpriests in frothing packs, fighting beyond sanity and surging back to their feet when struck down in battle rather than disgracing themselves before the prophets of their deity. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Reaver Blades | |||||||
| Reaver Blades | 2 | 4+ | 3+ | - | 1 | ||
| End of Any Turn |
FRENZIED DEVOTION: When fighting in the presence of their leaders, these warriors fight until the bitter end.
Effect: If this unit is within 8" of your general, you can return D3 slain models to this unit.
KEYWORDS | INFANTRY |
8" 5 2+ 2 The ground shakes as the Mighty Skullcrushers ride into battle. These are the chosen mortal knights of Khorne, forming a stampede of cursed lances and hellforged metal that can shatter any shieldwall with the force of its charge. Each Skullcrusher has drawn the attention of a Juggernaut, goading it to burst from its prison within Khorne’s domain and chase them down, before breaking the daemon through their brutality and force of will. Together, armoured champion and brass-skinned daemon are nigh impossible to slay. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Bloodglaive [Charge (+1 Damage)] | |||||||
| Bloodglaive Charge (+1 Damage) | 3 | 3+ | 3+ | 1 | 1 | ||
| Juggernaut’s Brazen Hooves [Companion] | |||||||
| Juggernaut’s Brazen Hooves Companion | 2 | 4+ | 3+ | 1 | D3 | ||
| Your Charge Phase |
BRASS STAMPEDE: Nothing can stop the thunderous onset of Khorne’s Juggernauts once they have scented the blood of the foe.
Declare: If this unit charged this phase, pick an enemy unit within 1" of it to be the target, then roll a dice.
Effect: On a 2+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target.
Effect: On a 2+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target.
KEYWORDS | CAVALRY |
4.1 Enhancements
Each set of faction rules include a number of enhancements that can be given to units, e.g. heroic traits and artefacts of power. You can take 1 enhancement from each enhancement table in your faction rules. Each enhancement table lists which units are eligible to be given that enhancement. UNIQUE units cannot be given enhancements.While some abilities allow you to take extra enhancements, the same unit can never have more than 1 enhancement of the same type, and you can never include the same enhancement in your army more than once. Enhancements cannot be given to Regiment of Renown units, unless they have a keyword that matches that faction’s name.
3.5 Regiments of Renown
In addition to creating your own regiments, you can also spend points to include 1 Regiment of Renown. Regiments of Renown are pre-built regiments, each with their own special abilities. The rules for each Regiment of Renown will specify which factions can include it. A unit in a Regiment of Renown cannot be your general even if it is a WARMASTER.- You cannot include more than one Regiment of Renown in your army unless otherwise specified in the notes column of that regiment’s battle profile.
- Units in a Regiment of Renown cannot use (but can be picked as the target of, if otherwise eligible) any faction rules from the faction they are allied into, including enhancements and lores.
- If an ability allows you to set up a replacement unit (Core Rules, 24.2) for a unit in a Regiment of Renown, that unit also counts as being part of that Regiment of Renown.
| Once Per Turn (Army), Start of Any Turn |
SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE: ...only that it flows.
Effect: Pick a BLOOD TITHE ability that you have not unlocked and spend the number of blood tithe points required to unlock that ability (shown in the top-right corner of the ability). That BLOOD TITHE ability is now unlocked for the rest of the battle.
| Your Charge Phase |
CHARGE: With a mighty battle cry, the warriors charge into combat with the enemy.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat and has not used a RUN or RETREAT ability this turn to use this ability. Then, make a charge roll of 2D6.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to the value of the charge roll. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units and must end that move within 1/2" of a visible enemy unit. If it does so, the unit using this ability has charged.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to the value of the charge roll. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units and must end that move within 1/2" of a visible enemy unit. If it does so, the unit using this ability has charged.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE, CHARGE |
Hit Roll
Roll a dice. If the roll equals or exceeds the attacking weapon’s Hit characteristic, the attack scores a successful hit: move on to the next step. If not, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends. Unmodified hit rolls of 1 always fail. If an unmodified hit roll for an attack made with a weapon is a 6, that attack is a critical hit.| Critical hits have no effect on their own but often trigger additional effects (see 20.0 Weapon Abilities). | ||
Cover
Subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks that target a unit that is behind or wholly on this terrain feature, unless that unit charged this turn or has the FLY keyword.17.2 Mortal Damage
Some abilities inflict mortal damage. If an ability inflicts mortal damage on a unit, add that number of damage points to the unit’s damage pool for that ability (see 18.2 Allocating Damage).
| Your Movement Phase |
RETREAT: The fighters disengage from combat, though at the cost of lowering their defences.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is in combat to use this ability.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on that unit. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units but cannot end that move within an enemy unit’s combat range.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on that unit. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units but cannot end that move within an enemy unit’s combat range.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE, RETREAT |
7.0 Combat Range
Each model has a combat range that extends 3" horizontally from its base and any distance vertically from that circle to form a cylinder. The combat range of a unit extends 3" horizontally and any distance vertically from every model in that unit. Units from opposing armies that are within each other’s combat range and that are visible to each other are in combat with each other. When a unit that is not in combat enters the combat range of a visible enemy unit, it moves into combat.
A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it’
A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it’
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FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | If a model in base-to-base contact with an enemy model retreats 3" directly away from the enemy model, is it still in combat with that enemy model? |
| A: | No. |
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Addenda: 7.0 Combat Range
Add the following:
‘A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it.’
‘A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it.’
| Passive |
FLY: Soaring above the battlefield, this unit can reach destinations that are inaccessible to other troops.
Effect: As this unit moves, it ignores other models, terrain features and the combat ranges of enemy units. It cannot end its move in combat unless specified in the ability that allowed it to move. Ignore any vertical distance moved for this unit.
Obscuring
While every model in a non-MONSTER non‐WAR MACHINE unit that does not have the FLY keyword is within 1" of this terrain feature, the following apply:- That unit is only visible to enemy units that are within its combat range.
- The Range characteristic of that unit’s ranged weapons is halved (rounding down to the nearest inch).
Unstable
Models can move across but cannot be set up on or end any type of move on any part of this terrain feature that is more than 1" tall.1.4.2 Obscuring Terrain
Examples: Wyldwood, fortress wallTerrain Abilities: Cover, Obscuring, Unstable
6.0 Visibility
A target model is visible to another model (which we’ll call the ‘observing model’) if you can draw a straight line through the air (whether horizontal, diagonal or vertical) from any point on the observing model to any point on the target model that does not intersect any objects except for other models in the observing model’s unit. A target unit is visible to an observing unit if at least 1 model in the target unit is visible to at least 1 model in the observing unit. A model is always considered to be visible to itself.If a rule or ability requires a target to be both within a given range of and visible to the unit using that ability, or to a model in that unit, both conditions must be met by the same model in the target. You could not, for instance, target a unit where one model is within range but not visible and another model is not in range but is visible.
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| In some cases, it might not be immediately clear whether a model is visible. If so, stoop down to get a look from behind the observing model. If any part of the other model is visible, even if it is just the tip of a spear, then that model is visible for rules purposes. | ||
FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | If a non-FLY INFANTRY HERO (e.g. a Scinari Cathallar) is a Shrine Guardian of a Shrine Luminor, and that Shrine Guardian is within 1" of an obscuring terrain feature, is the Shrine Guardian visible to enemy abilities that target the Shrine Guardian? |
| A: | Yes. |
Errata
6.0 Visibility
Add the following:
‘If a rule or ability requires a target to be both within a given range of and visible to the unit using that ability, or to a model in that unit, both conditions must be met by the same model in the target. You could not, for instance, target a unit where one model is within range but not visible and another model is not in range but is visible.’
‘If a rule or ability requires a target to be both within a given range of and visible to the unit using that ability, or to a model in that unit, both conditions must be met by the same model in the target. You could not, for instance, target a unit where one model is within range but not visible and another model is not in range but is visible.’
Universal Core Abilities - Charge Phase
| Your Charge Phase |
CHARGE: With a mighty battle cry, the warriors charge into combat with the enemy.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat and has not used a RUN or RETREAT ability this turn to use this ability. Then, make a charge roll of 2D6.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to the value of the charge roll. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units and must end that move within 1/2" of a visible enemy unit. If it does so, the unit using this ability has charged.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to the value of the charge roll. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units and must end that move within 1/2" of a visible enemy unit. If it does so, the unit using this ability has charged.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE, CHARGE |
14.3 Charge Phase
| Your Charge Phase |
CHARGE: With a mighty battle cry, the warriors charge into combat with the enemy.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat and has not used a RUN or RETREAT ability this turn to use this ability. Then, make a charge roll of 2D6.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to the value of the charge roll. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units and must end that move within 1/2" of a visible enemy unit. If it does so, the unit using this ability has charged.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to the value of the charge roll. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units and must end that move within 1/2" of a visible enemy unit. If it does so, the unit using this ability has charged.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE, CHARGE |
FAQ
| Q: | When using the ‘Charge’ ability, does my unit need to end the charge move within 1⁄2" of an enemy unit that was visible to the charging unit at the start of that charge move? |
| A: | No. It must end the charge move within 1⁄2" of an enemy unit that is visible to the charging unit when it finishes that charge move. |
| Q: | If an ability adds to or subtracts from the number of dice that make up a charge roll, is that a modifier to the charge roll? |
| A: | No. |
18.4 Destroyed Units
When the last model in a unit is slain, the unit is destroyed and all remaining damage points inflicted on that unit have no effect. Similarly, if something causes a unit to be destroyed, all models in the unit are slain and removed from play.
Shooting attacks
Shooting attacks are made with ranged weapons. The target unit(s) must be within a distance equal to the Range characteristic of the weapon being used and visible to the attacking model. Models cannot make shooting attacks if their unit is in combat, unless otherwise specified (see 20.0 Weapon Abilities).16.0 Picking Targets
When declaring an ATTACK ability for a unit, you must pick the target unit(s) for its attacks. The number of attacks each model can make is equal to the Attacks characteristic of the weapons it is using. In most cases, models attack with every weapon on their warscroll (melee weapons for combat attacks, ranged weapons for shooting attacks), though some warscrolls specify that certain models in the unit are armed with special weapons or that the unit must pick between multiple weapons when it attacks.If the unit is in combat, it can only target units that are in combat with it. If a model has more than one attack, you can split the attacks between eligible targets as you wish.
- Combat attacks are made with melee weapons. The target unit(s) must be within the combat range of the attacking model and visible to it. The model must attack with all of the melee weapons it is armed with.
- Shooting attacks are made with ranged weapons. The target unit(s) must be within a distance equal to the Range characteristic of the weapon being used and visible to the attacking model. Models cannot make shooting attacks if their unit is in combat, unless otherwise specified (see 20.0 Weapon Abilities).
FAQ
| Q: | When making shooting attacks, can all models in the attacking unit shoot even if the target unit is not visible to some of those models? |
| A: | No, the only models in the attacking unit that can make shooting attacks are those that the target unit is visible to. |
| Q: | When a unit uses a SHOOT ability, does it have to shoot with all of the ranged weapons that it is armed with? |
| A: | Yes. |
 Your Shooting Phase |
SHOOT: The warriors take aim and unleash a deadly volley.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that has not used a RUN or RETREAT ability this turn to use this ability. Then, pick one or more enemy units as the target(s) of that unit’s attacks (see 16.0).
Effect: Resolve shooting attacks against the target unit(s).
Effect: Resolve shooting attacks against the target unit(s).
| KEYWORDS | CORE, ATTACK, SHOOT |
Combat attacks
Combat attacks are made with melee weapons. The target unit(s) must be within the combat range of the attacking model and visible to it. The model must attack with all of the melee weapons it is armed with.| Any Combat Phase |
FIGHT: Locked in a deadly melee, the fighters strike out at their foes.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is in combat or that charged this turn to use this ability. That unit can make a pile-in move. Then, if that unit is in combat, you must pick one or more enemy units as the target(s) of that unit’s attacks.
Effect: Resolve combat attacks against the target unit(s).
Effect: Resolve combat attacks against the target unit(s).
| KEYWORDS | CORE, ATTACK, FIGHT |
Shoot in Combat
This weapon can be used to make shooting attacks even if the attacking unit is in combat.7.0 Manifestations
There are two types of manifestation: endless spells, which can be summoned by WIZARDS, and invocations, which can be summoned by PRIESTS. Each manifestation has its own warscroll, and the spell or prayer that allows that manifestation to be summoned will be found in the appropriate manifestation lore. No more than 1 friendly WIZARD or PRIEST can attempt to summon the same manifestation per turn, and a friendly WIZARD or PRIEST cannot attempt to summon a friendly manifestation that was removed from play in the same turn. Manifestations are not units but can be interacted with in similar ways, as explained next:
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1.0 Wizards and Priests
WIZARDS are special units that can cast spells, and PRIESTS are special units that can chant prayers. Spells and prayers are powerful abilities that can have a dramatic impact on the battle.
Banish Manifestation
| Your Hero Phase |
BANISH MANIFESTATION: The wizard or priest disrupts the arcane forces sustaining a manifestation, wiping it from existence.
Declare: Pick a friendly WIZARD or PRIEST to use this ability, pick a MANIFESTATION within 30" of them that was not summoned this turn to be the target, then make a banishment roll of 2D6. Add 1 to the banishment roll for each additional enemy MANIFESTATION on the battlefield after the first. You cannot pick the same MANIFESTATION to be the target of this ability more than once per turn.
Effect: If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on the MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, it is banished and removed from play.
Effect: If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on the MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, it is banished and removed from play.
| KEYWORDS | BANISH |
| Enemy Hero Phase | 1 |
MAGICAL INTERVENTION: A warrior learned in the mystic arts utters a rapid incantation to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
Declare: Pick a friendly WIZARD or PRIEST to use this ability.
Effect: That friendly unit can use a SPELL, PRAYER or BANISH ability (as appropriate) as if it were your hero phase. If you do so, subtract 1 from casting rolls or chanting rolls made as part of that ability.
Effect: That friendly unit can use a SPELL, PRAYER or BANISH ability (as appropriate) as if it were your hero phase. If you do so, subtract 1 from casting rolls or chanting rolls made as part of that ability.
7.2 Banishing Manifestations
Instead of using a SPELL or PRAYER ability (including when using the ‘Magical Intervention’ ability), each WIZARD and PRIEST can use the ‘Banish Manifestation’ ability:| Your Hero Phase |
BANISH MANIFESTATION: The wizard or priest disrupts the arcane forces sustaining a manifestation, wiping it from existence.
Declare: Pick a friendly WIZARD or PRIEST to use this ability, pick a MANIFESTATION within 30" of them that was not summoned this turn to be the target, then make a banishment roll of 2D6. Add 1 to the banishment roll for each additional enemy MANIFESTATION on the battlefield after the first. You cannot pick the same MANIFESTATION to be the target of this ability more than once per turn.
Effect: If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on the MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, it is banished and removed from play.
Effect: If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on the MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, it is banished and removed from play.
| KEYWORDS | BANISH |
Wound Roll
Roll a dice. If the roll equals or exceeds the attacking weapon’s Wound characteristic, the attack successfully wounds: move on to the next step. If not, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends. Unmodified wound rolls of 1 always fail.15.3 Pile-in Moves
Some abilities, such as FIGHT abilities, allow a unit to make a short move called a pile-in move to get into a better position for combat. To do so:If your unit is in combat: Pick an enemy unit your unit is in combat with to be the target of the pile-in move. Each model in your unit can move up to 3". That move can pass through the combat ranges of any enemy units, but each model must end that move no further from the target unit. At the end of the move, your unit must still be in combat with all units that it was in combat with at the start of the move.
If your unit is not in combat: Each model in your unit can move 3" in any direction. That move can pass through and end within the combat ranges of any enemy units.
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| Any Combat Phase |
FIGHT: Locked in a deadly melee, the fighters strike out at their foes.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is in combat or that charged this turn to use this ability. That unit can make a pile-in move (see 15.3). Then, if that unit is in combat, you must pick one or more enemy units as the target(s) of that unit’s attacks (see 16.0).
Effect: Resolve combat attacks against the target unit(s).
Effect: Resolve combat attacks against the target unit(s).
| KEYWORDS | CORE, ATTACK, FIGHT |
1.5 Faction Terrain
Some factions have special terrain features called faction terrain features. Faction terrain features have their own warscrolls. They are not considered to be units, with the following exceptions:- In the combat phase, they are treated as if they were units for the purposes of movement, combat range and being in combat.
- They are affected by all enemy abilities as if they were units.
- They can be damaged in the same manner as units. However, when they are removed from play, they count as being demolished instead of slain or destroyed (this means that they do not count as destroyed units for the purposes of abilities, scoring battle tactics, etc.).
- Enemy units can finish a charge move within ½" of a terrain feature that is garrisoned (see 1.5.1). Faction terrain features cannot contest objectives even while they are garrisoned.
- If a terrain feature has any melee or ranged weapons, it can use the 'Fight' and 'Shoot' CORE abilities as if it were a unit.
- Terrain features that have a Move characteristic of 0" ('-') cannot move (note that pile-in moves are a type of move).
- Faction terrain features with a Move characteristic greater than '-' are treated as if they were units in all phases for the purposes of movement, combat range, being in combat and setting up terrain features, other manifestations and other units.
Some faction terrain features allow you to place a unit on them (this will be clearly specified in that terrain feature’s rules). When doing so, instead of measuring range or visibility to and from the unit that is on that terrain feature, measure to and from the terrain feature instead. Unless otherwise specified, units on a faction terrain feature cannot use FIGHT abilities.
If a unit placed on a terrain feature is removed from it (e.g. if an ability removes them from the battlefield), that unit counts as having left that terrain feature and loses any special role or benefits it had as a result of being placed on it.
| The Citadel Terrain List shows the number of scenery pieces each terrain feature can consist of. If you are using terrain features that are not included on that list, agree with your opponent before setting up the battlefield how many scenery pieces make up each terrain feature. | ||
| Enemy Shooting Phase | 1 |
COVERING FIRE: The warriors unleash a quick volley at a nearby enemy unit before it charges into combat.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that did not use a RUN ability this turn and that is not in combat to use this ability, then pick the closest enemy unit (to that unit) that can be picked as the target of shooting attacks to be the target. You cannot pick MANIFESTATIONS or faction terrain features as the target of this ability.
Effect: Resolve shooting attacks for the unit using this ability against the target. You must subtract 1 from the hit rolls for those attacks.
Effect: Resolve shooting attacks for the unit using this ability against the target. You must subtract 1 from the hit rolls for those attacks.
| KEYWORDS | SHOOT, ATTACK |
Companion
Unless otherwise specified, attacks made by this weapon are not affected by friendly abilities that modify hit rolls, wound rolls or weapon characteristics, except for those that apply negative modifiers (e.g. ‘Covering Fire’).Blood Tithe Abilities
| Once Per Turn (Army), Reaction: You declared a CHARGE ability | 0 |
MURDERLUST: When worthy opponents are near, the impulse to kill becomes all-consuming.
You do not need to unlock this ability to use it. It is already unlocked.
Effect: Roll a dice. You can replace one of the dice in the charge roll with that value. If you do so, inflict D3 mortal damage on the unit using that CHARGE ability after that ability is resolved.
Effect: Roll a dice. You can replace one of the dice in the charge roll with that value. If you do so, inflict D3 mortal damage on the unit using that CHARGE ability after that ability is resolved.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Once per Turn, Start of Any Turn | 1 |
DIVINE SCORN: The battlefield is Khorne's temple, and Khorne's alone.
Declare: Pick up to 3 enemy WIZARDS or PRIESTS within 6" of any friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units to be the target(s).
Effect: Roll a dice for each target. On a 3+, subtract 1 from the target’s power level, to a minimum of 0, until the start of the next turn.
Effect: Roll a dice for each target. On a 3+, subtract 1 from the target’s power level, to a minimum of 0, until the start of the next turn.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Combat Phase | 1 |
PUNISH THE PACIFIST: To shirk from combat is to sin against the War God.
Declare: Each unit (friendly and enemy) and enemy MANIFESTATION that is not in combat is a target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 1-2, inflict 1 mortal damage on each target. On a 3+, inflict 1 mortal damage on each enemy target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 1-2, inflict 1 mortal damage on each target. On a 3+, inflict 1 mortal damage on each enemy target.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase | 2 |
MURDER THE MYSTIC: Those who cower behind conjured spellcraft will be punished severely.
You can only unlock this ability if you have unlocked ‘Divine Scorn’.
Declare: Pick up to 4 enemy MANIFESTATIONS to be the target(s).
Effect: Make a banishment roll of 2D6 for each target. If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on that MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, inflict D3 mortal damage on each enemy unit within 3" of it and then it is banished and removed from play.
Declare: Pick up to 4 enemy MANIFESTATIONS to be the target(s).
Effect: Make a banishment roll of 2D6 for each target. If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on that MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, inflict D3 mortal damage on each enemy unit within 3" of it and then it is banished and removed from play.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Passive | 2 |
GLORIOUS COMBAT OR NAUGHT: The air boils, charring arrows and melting musket shot.
You can only unlock this ability if you have unlocked ‘Divine Scorn’ or ‘Punish the Pacifist’.
Effect: Subtract 1 from hit rolls for shooting attacks that target friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
Effect: Subtract 1 from hit rolls for shooting attacks that target friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Passive | 3 |
REVEL IN BATTLE: No tricks - no deceptions.
You can only unlock this ability if you have unlocked ‘Punish the Pacifist’.
Effect: Other than the Companion weapon ability, weapon abilities for combat attacks made by enemy units that charged this turn and that target a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE unit have no effect.
Effect: Other than the Companion weapon ability, weapon abilities for combat attacks made by enemy units that charged this turn and that target a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE unit have no effect.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Passive | 4 |
SLAUGHTER TRIUMPHANT: Khorne's fury floods the field, burning out all thought but to slay.
You can only unlock this ability if you have unlocked ‘Murder the Mystic’ or ‘Glorious Combat or Naught’.
Effect: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of weapons used by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units that charged in the same turn.
Effect: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of weapons used by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units that charged in the same turn.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Passive | 4 |
CLEAVE WIDE THE GRIN OF KHORNE: Gore begets gore, and death begets death.
You can only unlock this ability if you have already unlocked ‘Revel in Battle’ or ‘Glorious Combat or Naught’.
Effect: Add 1 to hit rolls for combat attacks made by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
Effect: Add 1 to hit rolls for combat attacks made by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
Save Roll
The commander of the target unit rolls a dice, subtracting the attacking weapon’s Rend characteristic from the roll. Unmodified save rolls of 1 always fail. If the roll equals or exceeds the Save characteristic of the target unit, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends. If not, it is a successful attack: move on to the next step.The BLOODBOUND keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
Beast Hero
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Cavalry
Infantry
Monster
Crit (Mortal)
If an attack made with this weapon scores a critical hit, that attack inflicts mortal damage on the target unit equal to the Damage characteristic of that weapon and the attack sequence ends.The non-MONSTER DAEMON keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
The MONSTER keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
Monster Hero
Monster
Battle Traits
| Once Per Turn, Reaction: You declared the ‘Skulls for the Skull Throne’ ability |
BLOOD-DRENCHED: As blood gushes down blades, armour and teeth, the fervent warriors of the Blood God are driven into a divine frenzy.
Effect: After that ability has been resolved, if you unlocked a BLOOD TITHE ability this turn, pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE unit to be the target. The following effects apply to the target for the rest of the battle:
Wild-eyed Brutality: Ignore positive modifiers to save rolls for the target.
Blood Haze: If the target is BLOODBOUND, its Blood-hungry weapons have Crit (Mortal).
Weapons of Murder: If the target is a non-MONSTER DAEMON unit, add 1 to the Rend characteristic of its Blood-hungry weapons, including Blood-hungry Companion weapons.
Bloodlords Supreme: If the target is a MONSTER, add 1 to the Damage characteristic of its Blood-hungry weapons.
Wild-eyed Brutality: Ignore positive modifiers to save rolls for the target.
Blood Haze: If the target is BLOODBOUND, its Blood-hungry weapons have Crit (Mortal).
Weapons of Murder: If the target is a non-MONSTER DAEMON unit, add 1 to the Rend characteristic of its Blood-hungry weapons, including Blood-hungry Companion weapons.
Bloodlords Supreme: If the target is a MONSTER, add 1 to the Damage characteristic of its Blood-hungry weapons.
Errata
Battle Traits
Change the timing of the ‘Blood-drenched’ ability to:
Shoot in Combat
This weapon can be used to make shooting attacks even if the attacking unit is in combat.7.0 Manifestations
There are two types of manifestation: endless spells, which can be summoned by WIZARDS, and invocations, which can be summoned by PRIESTS. Each manifestation has its own warscroll, and the spell or prayer that allows that manifestation to be summoned will be found in the appropriate manifestation lore. No more than 1 friendly WIZARD or PRIEST can attempt to summon the same manifestation per turn, and a friendly WIZARD or PRIEST cannot attempt to summon a friendly manifestation that was removed from play in the same turn. Manifestations are not units but can be interacted with in similar ways, as explained next:
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7.2 Banishing Manifestations
Instead of using a SPELL or PRAYER ability (including when using the ‘Magical Intervention’ ability), each WIZARD and PRIEST can use the ‘Banish Manifestation’ ability:| Your Hero Phase |
BANISH MANIFESTATION: The wizard or priest disrupts the arcane forces sustaining a manifestation, wiping it from existence.
Declare: Pick a friendly WIZARD or PRIEST to use this ability, pick a MANIFESTATION within 30" of them that was not summoned this turn to be the target, then make a banishment roll of 2D6. Add 1 to the banishment roll for each additional enemy MANIFESTATION on the battlefield after the first. You cannot pick the same MANIFESTATION to be the target of this ability more than once per turn.
Effect: If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on the MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, it is banished and removed from play.
Effect: If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on the MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, it is banished and removed from play.
| KEYWORDS | BANISH |
Companion
Unless otherwise specified, attacks made by this weapon are not affected by friendly abilities that modify hit rolls, wound rolls or weapon characteristics, except for those that apply negative modifiers (e.g. ‘Covering Fire’).Blood Tithe Abilities
| Once Per Turn (Army), Reaction: You declared a CHARGE ability | 0 |
MURDERLUST: When worthy opponents are near, the impulse to kill becomes all-consuming.
You do not need to unlock this ability to use it. It is already unlocked.
Effect: Roll a dice. You can replace one of the dice in the charge roll with that value. If you do so, inflict D3 mortal damage on the unit using that CHARGE ability after that ability is resolved.
Effect: Roll a dice. You can replace one of the dice in the charge roll with that value. If you do so, inflict D3 mortal damage on the unit using that CHARGE ability after that ability is resolved.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Once per Turn, Start of Any Turn | 1 |
DIVINE SCORN: The battlefield is Khorne's temple, and Khorne's alone.
Declare: Pick up to 3 enemy WIZARDS or PRIESTS within 6" of any friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units to be the target(s).
Effect: Roll a dice for each target. On a 3+, subtract 1 from the target’s power level, to a minimum of 0, until the start of the next turn.
Effect: Roll a dice for each target. On a 3+, subtract 1 from the target’s power level, to a minimum of 0, until the start of the next turn.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Combat Phase | 1 |
PUNISH THE PACIFIST: To shirk from combat is to sin against the War God.
Declare: Each unit (friendly and enemy) and enemy MANIFESTATION that is not in combat is a target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 1-2, inflict 1 mortal damage on each target. On a 3+, inflict 1 mortal damage on each enemy target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 1-2, inflict 1 mortal damage on each target. On a 3+, inflict 1 mortal damage on each enemy target.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase | 2 |
MURDER THE MYSTIC: Those who cower behind conjured spellcraft will be punished severely.
You can only unlock this ability if you have unlocked ‘Divine Scorn’.
Declare: Pick up to 4 enemy MANIFESTATIONS to be the target(s).
Effect: Make a banishment roll of 2D6 for each target. If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on that MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, inflict D3 mortal damage on each enemy unit within 3" of it and then it is banished and removed from play.
Declare: Pick up to 4 enemy MANIFESTATIONS to be the target(s).
Effect: Make a banishment roll of 2D6 for each target. If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on that MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, inflict D3 mortal damage on each enemy unit within 3" of it and then it is banished and removed from play.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Passive | 2 |
GLORIOUS COMBAT OR NAUGHT: The air boils, charring arrows and melting musket shot.
You can only unlock this ability if you have unlocked ‘Divine Scorn’ or ‘Punish the Pacifist’.
Effect: Subtract 1 from hit rolls for shooting attacks that target friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
Effect: Subtract 1 from hit rolls for shooting attacks that target friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Passive | 3 |
REVEL IN BATTLE: No tricks - no deceptions.
You can only unlock this ability if you have unlocked ‘Punish the Pacifist’.
Effect: Other than the Companion weapon ability, weapon abilities for combat attacks made by enemy units that charged this turn and that target a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE unit have no effect.
Effect: Other than the Companion weapon ability, weapon abilities for combat attacks made by enemy units that charged this turn and that target a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE unit have no effect.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Passive | 4 |
SLAUGHTER TRIUMPHANT: Khorne's fury floods the field, burning out all thought but to slay.
You can only unlock this ability if you have unlocked ‘Murder the Mystic’ or ‘Glorious Combat or Naught’.
Effect: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of weapons used by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units that charged in the same turn.
Effect: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of weapons used by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units that charged in the same turn.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Passive | 4 |
CLEAVE WIDE THE GRIN OF KHORNE: Gore begets gore, and death begets death.
You can only unlock this ability if you have already unlocked ‘Revel in Battle’ or ‘Glorious Combat or Naught’.
Effect: Add 1 to hit rolls for combat attacks made by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
Effect: Add 1 to hit rolls for combat attacks made by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
Crit (Mortal)
If an attack made with this weapon scores a critical hit, that attack inflicts mortal damage on the target unit equal to the Damage characteristic of that weapon and the attack sequence ends.13.1 Fight Abilities
Abilities with the FIGHT keyword follow a different sequence to other abilities. When the players are using Combat Phase
abilities as described in 13.0, they cannot use FIGHT abilities.After the players have finished using
Combat Phase
abilities that are not FIGHT abilities, they must alternate picking 1 eligible unit to use a FIGHT ability, starting with the active player. Each unit in combat must use a FIGHT ability if it is able to.Once a player has no more units that are eligible to use a FIGHT ability, the other player continues to pick units that are eligible to use a FIGHT ability, one after another, until there are no more units that are eligible to use a FIGHT ability.
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Errata
Addenda: fought
Add the following definition:
‘fought: A unit has fought if it used any FIGHT abilities in the same turn.’
‘fought: A unit has fought if it used any FIGHT abilities in the same turn.’
The BLADES OF KHORNE and DAEMON keywords are used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
32.1 Contesting Objectives
Unless otherwise specified, if an objective is within a model’s combat range, that model is contesting that objective. If any models in a unit are contesting an objective, that unit is contesting that objective.Each unit can only count as contesting a single objective for the purposes of determining objective control (see 32.2). Before determining objective control, for each of their units contesting two or more objectives, the active player must pick one of those objectives for it to contest. Then, their opponent does the same.
Designer’s Note: For purposes other than determining objective control, a unit can contest more than one objective.
Errata
32.1 Contesting Objectives
Change the second paragraph to:
‘Each unit can only count as contesting a single objective for the purposes of determining objective control (see 32.2). Before determining objective control, for each of their units contesting two or more objectives, the active player must pick one of those objectives for it to contest. Then, their opponent does the same.
Designer’s Note: For purposes other than determining objective control, a unit can contest more than one objective.’
‘Each unit can only count as contesting a single objective for the purposes of determining objective control (see 32.2). Before determining objective control, for each of their units contesting two or more objectives, the active player must pick one of those objectives for it to contest. Then, their opponent does the same.
Designer’s Note: For purposes other than determining objective control, a unit can contest more than one objective.’
Contesting
Change the definition of contesting to:
‘contesting: Models contest objectives within their combat range (3"). When determining objective control, the same unit cannot contest more than 1 objective at the same time; the player must pick 1 if more than 1 is within range. (Core Rules, 32.1)’
‘contesting: Models contest objectives within their combat range (3"). When determining objective control, the same unit cannot contest more than 1 objective at the same time; the player must pick 1 if more than 1 is within range. (Core Rules, 32.1)’
The CAVALRY keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
The non-HERO BLOODBOUND keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
Cavalry
Infantry
Monster
The non-HERO BLADES OF KHORNE and DAEMON keywords are used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
Beast
War Machine
The BLOODBOUND and HERO keywords are used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
Beast Hero
Cavalry Hero
The HERO and BLADES OF KHORNE keywords are used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
18.1 Ward Saves
Units with the WARD keyword have the ‘Ward Save’ passive ability. The number after the WARD keyword indicates the ward value for the ward save. If a unit had WARD (5+), for example, its ward value would be 5. If a unit has more than one ward save, only the ward save with the lowest value applies to it; the other has no effect.| Passive |
WARD SAVE: Whether through their uncanny reflexes, unnatural toughness or a source of mystical protection, these warriors can avoid otherwise lethal attacks.
Effect: In step 1 of the damage sequence (see 18.0), make a ward roll of D6 for each damage point in this unit’s damage pool. If the roll equals or exceeds this unit’s ward value, remove that damage point from the damage pool.
2.0 Spells
The declare step of each spell will tell you to make a casting roll of 2D6. If the roll does not equal or exceed the spell’s casting value (at the top-right corner of the spell), the spell fails and its effect is not resolved.If the unmodified casting roll includes 2 or more rolls of 1, the spell is miscast: the spell fails, its effect is not resolved, D3 mortal damage is inflicted on the WIZARD that used it, and that WIZARD cannot use any more spells in that phase.
Enemy reactions can only be used if the casting roll equals or exceeds the spell’s casting value. So long as the spell is not unbound (see 4.0), then it is successfully cast: resolve its effect.
EXAMPLE SPELL
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
MYSTIC SHIELD: The caster's allies are bathed in an unearthly glow that protects them from harm.
Declare: Pick a visible friendly unit wholly within 12" of this WIZARD to be the target. Then, make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: The target has WARD (6+) this turn.
Effect: The target has WARD (6+) this turn.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
3.0 Prayers
The declare step of each prayer will tell you to make a chanting roll of D6. On an unmodified chanting roll of 1, the prayer fails, its effect is not resolved and you must remove D3 ritual points from the PRIEST using the prayer.Otherwise, pick one of the following:
- Give a number of ritual points to the PRIEST equal to the chanting roll (ritual points can be accumulated over multiple turns).
- You can add the PRIEST’s ritual points to the chanting roll. If the chanting roll equals or exceeds the prayer’s chanting value (at the top-right corner of the prayer), it is answered: resolve the effect of the prayer, then reset the PRIEST’s ritual points total to 0.
All PRIESTS know the following prayer:
| Your Hero Phase |
SACRED RITES: The priest focuses on safely setting their ritual into motion.
Declare: Pick a friendly PRIEST to use this ability, then make a chanting roll of D6. On an unmodified chanting roll of 1, remove 1 ritual point from that PRIEST instead of D3.
Effect: Give a number to ritual points to the PRIEST equal to the unmodified chanting roll and do not reset the PRIEST’s ritual points to 0.
Effect: Give a number to ritual points to the PRIEST equal to the unmodified chanting roll and do not reset the PRIEST’s ritual points to 0.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER, UNLIMITED |
EXAMPLE PRAYER
| Once Per Battle, Your Hero Phase | 7 |
RESURRECTION: A fallen hero is brought back from death, their vitality fully restored.
Declare: Make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Pick a friendly INFANTRY HERO that has been slain and return them to the battlefield. Set up that HERO wholly within 3" of this PRIEST.
Effect: Pick a friendly INFANTRY HERO that has been slain and return them to the battlefield. Set up that HERO wholly within 3" of this PRIEST.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
1.1 Power Level
Each WIZARD and PRIEST has a power level shown after the keyword, e.g. WIZARD (2). A WIZARD’s casting power level determines how many Spell abilities they can use per phase. A PRIEST’s chanting power level determines how many PRAYER abilities they can use per phase.
4.0 Unbinding Spells
Each WIZARD can use the ‘Unbind’ reaction a number of times per phase equal to their power level. This is an exception to The Rules of One (Core Rules, 5.3).| Reaction: Opponent declared a SPELL ability |
UNBIND: The wizard saps the energy from an enemy’s spell, nullifying its effects.
Used By: A friendly WIZARD within 30" of the enemy WIZARD casting the spell.
Effect: Make an unbinding roll of 2D6. If the roll exceeds the casting roll for the spell, then the spell is unbound and its effect is not resolved. This reaction cannot be used more than once per casting roll.
Effect: Make an unbinding roll of 2D6. If the roll exceeds the casting roll for the spell, then the spell is unbound and its effect is not resolved. This reaction cannot be used more than once per casting roll.
| KEYWORDS | UNBIND |
The BLADES OF KHORNE and PRIEST keywords are used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
War Machine Hero
Battle Traits
| Once Per Turn, Reaction: You declared the ‘Skulls for the Skull Throne’ ability |
BLOOD-DRENCHED: As blood gushes down blades, armour and teeth, the fervent warriors of the Blood God are driven into a divine frenzy.
Effect: After that ability has been resolved, if you unlocked a BLOOD TITHE ability this turn, pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE unit to be the target. The following effects apply to the target for the rest of the battle:
Wild-eyed Brutality: Ignore positive modifiers to save rolls for the target.
Blood Haze: If the target is BLOODBOUND, its Blood-hungry weapons have Crit (Mortal).
Weapons of Murder: If the target is a non-MONSTER DAEMON unit, add 1 to the Rend characteristic of its Blood-hungry weapons, including Blood-hungry Companion weapons.
Bloodlords Supreme: If the target is a MONSTER, add 1 to the Damage characteristic of its Blood-hungry weapons.
Wild-eyed Brutality: Ignore positive modifiers to save rolls for the target.
Blood Haze: If the target is BLOODBOUND, its Blood-hungry weapons have Crit (Mortal).
Weapons of Murder: If the target is a non-MONSTER DAEMON unit, add 1 to the Rend characteristic of its Blood-hungry weapons, including Blood-hungry Companion weapons.
Bloodlords Supreme: If the target is a MONSTER, add 1 to the Damage characteristic of its Blood-hungry weapons.
Errata
Battle Traits
Change the timing of the ‘Blood-drenched’ ability to:
18.2 Allocating Damage
After resolving the effect of any ability that inflicts damage points (whether via attacks, mortal damage or both), you must allocate the damage points.When allocating damage points to a unit, the damage points in its damage pool are allocated to it one at a time. Each time the number of damage points allocated to the unit equals the Health characteristic of that unit, 1 model in that unit is slain (and removed from play) and the number of damage points allocated to that unit is reset to 0. Keep allocating damage points until there are none left in the damage pool.
If the number of damage points allocated to a unit is not enough to slay a model, keep track of the number of damage points currently allocated to the unit (most players place a dice or markers next to the unit). While a unit has any damage points allocated to it, it is damaged.
FIGHT THROUGH THE PAIN
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FIGHT THROUGH THE PAIN: Anger can grant one the resilience to shrug off grievous wounds – if the promise of vengeance is close at hand.
Effect: Before allocating damage to a friendly unit, you can spend any number of rage dice. For each rage dice spent, reduce your fury level by 1, to a minimum of 0, then roll a dice. On a 3+, remove 1 damage point from that unit’s damage pool.
FAQ
| Q: | When applying the effect of ‘Fight Through the Pain’, are rage dice spent one at a time or all at once? |
| A: | All at once. |
24.1 Reserve Units
Some abilities allow you to set up units in reserve. These units are placed to one side instead of being set up on the battlefield. At the start of the fourth battle round, units that were set up in reserve using a DEPLOY ability and that are still in reserve are destroyed.
The non-Hero Blades of Khorne Infantry or Cavalry keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls
ERUPTION OF FURY
| Once Per Turn (Army), End of Any Turn |
ERUPTION OF FURY: Stoked by the ongoing battle, this warrior’s wrath erupts in a display of bone-splintering violence.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit to use this ability, then pick an enemy unit in combat with that friendly unit to be the target.
Effect: Pick 1 of the melee weapons that the unit using this ability is armed with. Then, spend up to 3 rage dice.
Resolve a number of combat attacks against the target using the melee weapon you picked equal to the number of rage dice you spent.
Those attacks cannot score critical hits. Instead, for each unmodified hit roll of 6 for those attacks:
For each unmodified hit roll of 1 for those attacks, allocate D3 mortal damage to this unit after the damage sequence has been resolved (ward rolls cannot be made for those damage points).
Designer’s Note: Rage dice do not add to the Attacks characteristic of the weapon you pick; if you spend 3 rage dice to use this ability, you only make 3 combat attacks.
Effect: Pick 1 of the melee weapons that the unit using this ability is armed with. Then, spend up to 3 rage dice.
Resolve a number of combat attacks against the target using the melee weapon you picked equal to the number of rage dice you spent.
Those attacks cannot score critical hits. Instead, for each unmodified hit roll of 6 for those attacks:
- Inflict an additional D3 mortal damage on each enemy unit in combat with the unit using this ability.
- Your opponent must increase their fury level by 1, to a maximum of 7.
For each unmodified hit roll of 1 for those attacks, allocate D3 mortal damage to this unit after the damage sequence has been resolved (ward rolls cannot be made for those damage points).
Designer’s Note: Rage dice do not add to the Attacks characteristic of the weapon you pick; if you spend 3 rage dice to use this ability, you only make 3 combat attacks.
| KEYWORDS | ATTACK, FIGHT |
FAQ
| Q: | When using ‘Eruption of Fury’, can I use a reaction to pick another unit to use a FIGHT ability immediately after? |
| A: | No – while you can use reactions to ‘Eruption of Fury’, abilities that let you pick a unit to immediately use a FIGHT ability do not override the restrictions of the FIGHT ability. As a result, you cannot use them to have a unit fight outside the combat phase. |
| Q: | Do STRIKE-FIRST or STRIKE-LAST have any effect when using ‘Eruption of Fury’? |
| A: | No. |
3.1 Regiments
Armies are made up of one or more regiments, each of which is led by a Hero. You must have at least 1 regiment in your army, and you can include a maximum of 5 regiments. To add a regiment, pick 1 HERO from your faction, then pick up to 3 non‑HERO units to accompany them.Each HERO’s battle profile lists which units can be added to their regiment, and each non-HERO unit’s battle profile lists any relevant keywords it has. The battle profiles of some HEROES may say that they can be added to the regiment of another HERO in place of a non-HERO unit in that regiment.
Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS.
Infantry Hero
3.2 The General
You must pick 1 HERO in your army that is leading a regiment to be your general. If any units in your army have the WARMASTER keyword, you must pick one of those units to be your general and they must lead a regiment. Your general’s regiment can include up to 4 non-HERO units in addition to your general.
Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a Bloodbound Warmonger.
Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS HERO.
Infantry Hero
| Passive |
SEED OF REBIRTH: Should the bearer of this seed ever fall, its rejuvenating energies will grant them new life.
Effect: The first time this unit would be destroyed, before removing it from play, roll a dice. On a 3+, this unit is not destroyed and any remaining damage points inflicted on it have no effect. Then, Heal (D3) this unit.
21.0 Healing
Some abilities allow you to heal a unit. To heal a unit, remove a number of damage points from the unit equal to the number in brackets after ‘Heal’, e.g. Heal (2).FAQ
| Q: | If an ability (e.g. ‘Seed of Rebirth’) would allow a unit that would be destroyed to negate all remaining damage points then heal to prevent that unit from being destroyed, and another ability (e.g. ‘Quenching the Flames’) prevents that unit from healing, would that unit still be destroyed? |
| A: | Yes. |
32.2 Objective Control
In the deployment phase after all Deployment Phase abilities have been used and at the end of each turn, follow this sequence for each objective in an order chosen by the active player:- Starting with the active player, each player determines the control score of each of their units that is contesting that objective. A unit’s control score is the combined Control characteristics of all the models in that unit that are contesting the objective. Some abilities modify a unit’s control score, but it cannot be reduced to less than 1.
- Each player adds up the control scores of all of their units contesting that objective. This is their army control score for that objective.
- The players compare their army control scores for that objective. If one player’s score is higher, that player gains control of that objective. Once a player gains control of an objective, it remains under their control until their opponent gains control of it.
| Sometimes objective markers get accidentally nudged while you are moving models around. This is perfectly fine - just remember to put them back in their proper positions when determining objective control. | ||
Errata
32.2 Objective Control
Change the first sentence to:
‘In the deployment phase after all Deployment Phase abilities have been used and at the end of each turn, follow this sequence for each objective in an order chosen by the active player:’
‘In the deployment phase after all Deployment Phase abilities have been used and at the end of each turn, follow this sequence for each objective in an order chosen by the active player:’
19.0 Strike-first and Strike-last
If there are any STRIKE-FIRST units in combat after any non-FIGHT combat phase abilities have been used, other units cannot be picked to use a FIGHT ability until those units have been picked to use a FIGHT ability. After all those STRIKE-FIRST units have fought, the active player picks the next unit to fight.If there are any STRIKE-LAST units in combat, they cannot be picked to use a FIGHT ability if there are any units in combat that do not have STRIKE-LAST and have not yet used a FIGHT ability.
If a unit has STRIKE-FIRST and STRIKE-LAST, treat it as if it had neither.
| There may be situations when a unit that has STRIKE-FIRST is not in combat at the start of the phase, but because of moves such as pile-in moves, it is ‘pulled into combat’ later in the phase. In such cases, STRIKE-FIRST has no effect on that unit because it was not in combat at the start of the phase. Abilities that allow a unit to use a FIGHT ability immediately after another unit do not override the STRIKE-FIRST or STRIKE-LAST constraints, so you could not pick a unit with STRIKE-LAST to fight immediately after a unit with STRIKE-FIRST. | ||
FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | Can I use an ability that allows a friendly unit that does not have STRIKE-FIRST to fight immediately after a friendly unit that has STRIKE-FIRST if there are one or more enemy units with STRIKE-FIRST that have not yet been picked to fight? |
| A: | No. As mentioned in the sidebar next to 19.0, abilities that allow a unit to use a FIGHT ability immediately after another unit do not override the STRIKE-FIRST constraints, so you cannot pick a unit that does not have STRIKE-FIRST to fight until all other units that have STRIKE-FIRST have fought. |
| Q: | If a friendly unit is the only unit that has STRIKE-FIRST on the battlefield and it has an ability that allows a friendly unit to fight immediately after it, in what order would units be picked to fight? |
| A: | If you are the active player, the unit that has STRIKE-FIRST would fight first, then you could use the ability to allow another friendly unit to fight immediately after it, and then you would pick the next unit to fight (i.e. three friendly units would fight back to back). If your opponent is the active player, the unit that has STRIKE-FIRST would fight first, you could still use the ability to allow another friendly unit to fight, and then your opponent would pick the next unit to fight. |
| Q: | In the combat phase, if all eligible non-STRIKE‑LAST units have used a FIGHT ability, which player gets to pick the first STRIKE-LAST unit to fight? |
| A: | The alternating sequence of picking units to use a FIGHT ability would continue and so the player who did not pick the last non-STRIKE-LAST unit would get to pick the first eligible STRIKE-LAST unit in their army to use a FIGHT ability. |
Errata
19.0 STRIKE-FIRST and STRIKE-LAST
In the first sentence, replace ‘at the start of the phase’ with ‘after any non-FIGHT Combat Phase abilities have been used’.
STRIKE-LAST
Remove the following text from STRIKE-LAST:
‘If both players have units with STRIKE-LAST, they alternate fighting with those units after all other eligible units have fought, starting with the active player.’
‘If both players have units with STRIKE-LAST, they alternate fighting with those units after all other eligible units have fought, starting with the active player.’
STRIKE-LAST
In the glossary entry for STRIKE-LAST, remove ‘, starting with the active player’.
| Passive |
HATE-FUELLED KILLERS: Anger, hate and violence run through the veins of the Gorechosen, allowing them to ignore otherwise fatal blows.
Effect: The first time each friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS unit would be destroyed, before removing it from play, roll a dice. On a 5+, that unit is not destroyed and any remaining damage points inflicted on it have no effect. Then, Heal (1) that unit.
Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS PRIEST.
The BALEFUL LORDS keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
Monster Hero
Faction Terrain
The HERO, DAEMON and MONSTER keywords are used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
The non-UNIQUE BALEFUL LORDS keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
Monster Hero
Faction Terrain
| Any Hero Phase | 1 |
RALLY: With an inspiring call to action, wounded soldiers get a second wind and fresh troops take the field to replace their fallen comrades.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat to use this ability.
Effect: Make 6 rally rolls of D6. For each 4+, you receive 1 rally point. Rally points can be spent in the following ways:
Effect: Make 6 rally rolls of D6. For each 4+, you receive 1 rally point. Rally points can be spent in the following ways:
- For each rally point spent, Heal (1) that unit.
- You can spend a number of rally points equal to the Health characteristic of that unit to return a slain model to that unit.
24.2 Replacement Units
Some abilities allow you to set up a replacement unit. When setting up that unit, it should have the same warscroll type, weapon options and number of models as the original unit, unless otherwise specified in the ability. Many of these abilities specify the proportion of models in the replacement unit (e.g. half the number of models from the original unit). In these cases, you can pick which models from the original unit are set up.The replacement unit is otherwise treated as a new unit; any keywords or abilities the original unit gained during the battle, and any persisting effects that applied to it, do not apply to the replacement unit. Each unit can only be replaced once, and you cannot replace replacement units.
If the original unit was reinforced and the replacement unit has more than half the number of models from the original unit, the replacement unit is considered to be reinforced.
| Because a replacement unit is treated as a completely new unit, it could, for instance, use a Once Per Battle ability on its warscroll even if the unit it replaced used that ability earlier in the battle. | ||
FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | If a destroyed unit had an enhancement, and an ability allows me to set up a replacement of that unit, would the replacement unit also have that enhancement? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | If an ability allows a replacement unit to be set up with half the models from the original unit, and the original unit has to have a certain proportion of models equipped with specific weapons, does the new unit also need to adhere to the same restrictions? |
| A: | No. As stated in 24.2, you can pick any models from the original unit to be set up in the replacement unit. |
| Q: | If an ability allows a replacement unit to be set up with half the models from the original unit, could I then use an ability such as ‘Rally’ to return models to that unit until it reached the unit size of the original unit? |
| A: | No. A replacement unit is treated as a new unit with a new unit size. |
Errata
Addenda: 24.2 Replacement Units
Add the following:
‘If the original unit was reinforced and the replacement unit has more than half the number of models from the original unit, the replacement unit is considered to be reinforced.'
‘If the original unit was reinforced and the replacement unit has more than half the number of models from the original unit, the replacement unit is considered to be reinforced.'
Unbind
| Reaction: Opponent declared a SPELL ability |
UNBIND: The wizard saps the energy from an enemy’s spell, nullifying its effects.
Used By: A friendly WIZARD within 30" of the enemy WIZARD casting the spell.
Effect: Make an unbinding roll of 2D6. If the roll exceeds the casting roll for the spell, then the spell is unbound and its effect is not resolved. This reaction cannot be used more than once per casting roll.
Effect: Make an unbinding roll of 2D6. If the roll exceeds the casting roll for the spell, then the spell is unbound and its effect is not resolved. This reaction cannot be used more than once per casting roll.
| KEYWORDS | UNBIND |
The BALEFUL LORDS and HERO keywords are used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
15.1 Coherency
Any time a unit is set up or ends a move, it must be in a single group. A unit is considered to be in a coherent group if each model in that unit is within coherency range, measured horizontally, of at least 1 other model in that unit (ignore differences in height between the two models).For the majority of units, coherency range is 1/2", though some units (particularly those with large models with overhanging parts) have a longer coherency range noted on their warscroll for ease of play. While there are 7 or more models in a unit, that unit is considered to be in a coherent group if each model in that unit is within coherency range of at least 2 other models in that unit.
If it is not possible for a unit to end a move in a single coherent group, that move cannot be made.
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18.3 Slain Models
The commander of a unit must pick which model(s) in the unit are slain. However, after each slain model is removed, the unit must be in a single coherent group (see 15.1). If this is not possible, continue to remove models, one at a time, until the unit is in a single coherent group. You must remove the fewest models possible to make the unit a single coherent group.FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | Do models removed as a result of a unit being out of coherency count as having been slain? |
| A: | Yes. |
Errata
Addenda: 18.3 Slain models
Add the following:
‘You must remove the fewest models possible to make the unit a single coherent group.’
‘You must remove the fewest models possible to make the unit a single coherent group.’
Addenda: removed from play/removed from the battlefield
Add the following definition:
‘removed from play/removed from the battlefield: When a model or unit is removed from the battlefield, it no longer has any effect on the battle, though it can still be relevant for abilities that allow you to return models or replace units.’
‘removed from play/removed from the battlefield: When a model or unit is removed from the battlefield, it no longer has any effect on the battle, though it can still be relevant for abilities that allow you to return models or replace units.’
The HERO keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
The CHAOS keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
Beast
Infantry
Monster
War Machine
Faction Terrain
The BLADES OF KHORNE keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
Beast
Infantry
Monster
War Machine
Faction Terrain
Crit (2 Hits)
If an attack made with this weapon scores a critical hit, that attack scores 2 hits on the target unit instead of 1. Make a wound roll for each hit.1.0 Wizards and Priests
WIZARDS are special units that can cast spells, and PRIESTS are special units that can chant prayers. Spells and prayers are powerful abilities that can have a dramatic impact on the battle.
7.0 Combat Range
Each model has a combat range that extends 3" horizontally from its base and any distance vertically from that circle to form a cylinder. The combat range of a unit extends 3" horizontally and any distance vertically from every model in that unit. Units from opposing armies that are within each other’s combat range and that are visible to each other are in combat with each other. When a unit that is not in combat enters the combat range of a visible enemy unit, it moves into combat.
A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it’
A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it’
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FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | If a model in base-to-base contact with an enemy model retreats 3" directly away from the enemy model, is it still in combat with that enemy model? |
| A: | No. |
Errata
Addenda: 7.0 Combat Range
Add the following:
‘A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it.’
‘A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it.’
Universal Core Abilities - Movement Phase
| Your Movement Phase |
NORMAL MOVE: The warriors advance across the battlefield.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat to use this ability.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit cannot move into combat during any part of that move.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit cannot move into combat during any part of that move.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE |
| Your Movement Phase |
RUN: The unit rushes into position.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat to use this ability.
Effect: Make a run roll of D6. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic added to the run roll. That unit cannot move into combat during any part of that move.
Effect: Make a run roll of D6. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic added to the run roll. That unit cannot move into combat during any part of that move.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE, RUN |
| Your Movement Phase |
RETREAT: The fighters disengage from combat, though at the cost of lowering their defences.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is in combat to use this ability.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on that unit. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units but cannot end that move within an enemy unit’s combat range.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on that unit. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units but cannot end that move within an enemy unit’s combat range.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE, RETREAT |
The non-HERO BLADES OF KHORNE keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
Beast
Infantry
Monster
War Machine
Faction Terrain
Anti-X (+1 Rend)
Add 1 to this weapon’s Rend characteristic if the target has the keyword after ‘Anti-’ or fulfils the condition after ‘Anti-’. Multiples of this ability are cumulative. For example, if a weapon has both Anti-charge (+1 Rend) and Anti-HERO (+1 Rend), then add 2 to the Rend characteristic of the weapon for attacks that target a HERO that charged in the same turn.1.1 Power Level
Each WIZARD and PRIEST has a power level, shown in brackets after the keyword, e.g. WIZARD (2). A WIZARD or PRIEST’s power level determines the number of SPELL, PRAYER or BANISH abilities they can use per phase, in any combination. For example, a WIZARD (2) unit could use 1 SPELL and 1 BANISH ability in their commander’s hero phase.
FAQ
| Q: | If a unit has multiple power levels (e.g. a HERO that is both a WIZARD and a PRIEST), and another ability modifies that unit’s power level (e.g. the ‘Witchbane Curse’ prayer), which power level does it modify? |
| A: | If that ability only targets WIZARDS or only targets PRIESTS, it modifies the corresponding power level. If it could target either or does not specify the target, it modifies both. |
| Reaction: Opponent declared an ATTACK ability | 1 |
ALL-OUT DEFENCE: The soldiers close ranks to hold off an incoming attack.
Used By: A unit targeted by that ATTACK ability.
Effect: Add 1 to save rolls for that unit in this phase.
Effect: Add 1 to save rolls for that unit in this phase.
| Start of Battle Round |
THE QUARRY: Karanak's hunt is eternal, for there is no end to those who offend Khorne's creed.
Effect: If no enemy units are the quarry, pick an enemy unit to be the quarry (you can pick an enemy unit in reserve).
| Start of Battle Round |
THE QUARRY: Karanak's hunt is eternal, for there is no end to those who offend Khorne's creed.
Effect: If no enemy units are the quarry, pick an enemy unit to be the quarry (you can pick an enemy unit in reserve).
Charge (+1 Damage)
Add 1 to this weapon’s Damage characteristic if the attacking unit charged this turn.