Cities of Sigmar – Dark Riders

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CITIES OF SIGMAR WARSCROLL
Dark Riders
12"
3
4+
1
Amongst the sinister ranks of the Shadowblades gallop the Dark Riders, aelven killers mounted upon swift steeds from Ulgu’s depths. Those unfortunates marked for death by this murderous cabal are first targeted by Assassins, but those who somehow escape their pursuers do not find a much better fate waiting for them out in the wilds of the realms. Fleeing targets are run down by the Dark Riders, who stop only long enough to secure their kills before riding hard back to their masters. For those marked by the Dark Riders, there is nowhere to flee. The red-eyed shadowmares ridden by these cloaked killers are unnaturally silent on the approach in spite of their speed, allowing their masters to level spears and repeater crossbows to deal a fatal blow to their quarry. On occasion, Dark Riders fight alongside the military forces of a city’s expedition. They terrorise enemy encampments and patrols, striking forth from unknown quarters in a succession of lightning-fast raids. Dark Riders wage a war of terror and confusion, attacking their enemy’s weakest points with merciless precision. They slaughter at will then melt back into the shadows before their foes have a chance to react.
CITIES OF SIGMAR WARSCROLL
Dark Riders
RANGED WEAPONS
RngAtkHitWndRndDmg
Repeater Crossbow [Crit (2 Hits)]
Repeater Crossbow
Crit (2 Hits)
12"24+4+-1
MELEE WEAPONS
AtkHitWndRndDmg
Barbed Spear [Charge (+1 Damage)]
Barbed Spear
Charge (+1 Damage)
23+4+11
Dark Steed’s Vicious Bite [Companion]
Dark Steed’s Vicious Bite
Companion
25+3+-1
BATTLE PROFILE

Unit Size: 5      Points: 150
Base size: 60 × 35mm
Can be reinforced: Yes

End of Any Turn
SOW HAVOC: The speed and discipline of the Dark Riders is unmatched, allowing them to charge the enemy’s weak points and retreat before the foe can react.

Declare: Pick an enemy unit in combat with this unit to be the target.

Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+:
  • Inflict D3 mortal damage on the target.
  • This unit can immediately use the ‘Retreat’ ability as if it were your movement phase without any mortal damage being inflicted on it.

KEYWORDS
CAVALRY, CHAMPION, MUSICIAN (1/5), STANDARD BEARER (1/5)
ORDER, CITIES OF SIGMAR, AELF
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).
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.
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 Champions
Units with the CHAMPION keyword have one or more champion models. If there is a number after the CHAMPION keyword, that number indicates the proportion of models in that unit that can be champions. In any other case, 1 model in the unit can be a champion. Units with the CHAMPION keyword have the following passive ability:

Passive
CHAMPION: A veteran fighter leads the charge.

Effect: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of weapons used by champions in 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).
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:
  • 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.
You can spend the rally points in any combination of the above. Unspent rally points are then lost.
2.0 Musicians
Units with the MUSICIAN keyword have one or more musician models. The number after the MUSICIAN keyword indicates the proportion of models in that unit that can be musicians. Units with the MUSICIAN keyword have the following passive ability:

Passive
MUSICIAN: The beat of a drum or the blast of a horn drives the soldiers ever onward.

Effect: While this unit contains any musicians, if it uses the ‘Rally’ command, you can make one additional rally roll of D6.

The MUSICIAN keyword is used in the following Cities of Sigmar warscrolls:

32.2 Objective Control
At the start of the first battle round and at the end of each turn, follow this sequence for each objective in an order chosen by the active player:
  1. 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.
  2. Each player adds up the control scores of all of their units contesting that objective. This is their army control score for that objective.
  3. 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.
3.0 Standard Bearers
Units with the STANDARD BEARER keyword have one or more standard bearer models. The number after the STANDARD BEARER keyword indicates the proportion of models in that unit that can be standard bearers. Units with the STANDARD BEARER keyword have the following passive ability:

Passive
STANDARD BEARER: The unit’s standard provides a rallying point in the chaos of battle.

Effect: While this unit contains any standard bearers, add 1 to this unit’s control score.

The STANDARD BEARER keyword is used in the following Cities of Sigmar warscrolls:

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Companion
Unless otherwise specified, this weapon is not affected by friendly abilities that affect weapon characteristics or the attack sequence, except for those that apply negative modifiers to it (e.g. ‘Covering Fire’).
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).
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 unit’s combat range extends 3" out from every model in that unit.
  • If any enemy models are within a unit’s combat range and visible to it, that unit is in combat.
Charge (+1 Damage)
Add 1 to this weapon’s Damage characteristic if the attacking unit charged this turn.
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.
KEYWORDSCORE, MOVE, RETREAT

The CAVALRY keyword is used in the following Cities of Sigmar warscrolls:

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