Cities of Sigmar – Pontifex Zenestra, Matriarch of the Great Wheel
5" 9 5+ 2 4+ The Great Wheel turns, and the driving force is faith. As she gives her inspiring battlefield sermons, the raw celestial power of the God-King crackles out from Pontifex Zenestra’s sacred palanquin to incinerate enemy mages and heathens, whilst her acolytes bludgeon and hew any foolish enough to approach her without permission. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Sceptre of the Wheel | |||||||
| Sceptre of the Wheel | 3 | 4+ | 4+ | 1 | D3 | ||
| Acolytes’ Club and Axe | |||||||
| Acolytes’ Club and Axe | 4 | 4+ | 4+ | - | 1 | ||
BATTLE PROFILE
Unit Size: 1 Points: 190
Base size: 90 × 52mm
Can be reinforced: No
Regiment Options: 0-1 Freeguild Veteran, Any SIGMARITE
 Passive |
THE GREAT WHEEL TURNS: Zenestra’s followers defend her with a strength that can cow even a follower of the Dark Gods. Even those who profess no membership of the Cult of the Wheel inevitably find themselves caught up in a frenzy of zealotry that borders on madness.
Effect: Each time a model in a visible friendly SIGMARITE unit wholly within 12" of this unit is slain by a combat attack and that model was in combat with the attacking unit, make a number of zealotry rolls of D6 equal to that model’s Health characteristic. For each 6+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the attacking unit after the FIGHT ability has been resolved.
 Your Hero Phase | 5 |
VESSEL OF SIGMAR: Channelling the divine might of the God-King, Pontifex Zenestra is a powerful beacon of faith, blasting the enemy and granting those that battle within her blazing aura protection and might in equal measure.
Declare: Make a chanting roll of D6. If the roll is an unmodified 1, you can re-roll the dice.
Effect: Pick 1 of the following effects. Pick up to 2 different effects instead if the chanting roll was 10+.
Sanctified Ground: Until the start of your next turn, visible enemy units that use a CHARGE ability while they are within 9" of this unit have STRIKE-LAST for the rest of the turn.
Ardent Prayers: Add 1 to zealotry rolls for friendly SIGMARITE units until the start of your next turn.
Cast Out Evil: Roll a D3 for each visible enemy WIZARD and PRIEST on the battlefield. On a 2+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on that unit equal to the roll.
Effect: Pick 1 of the following effects. Pick up to 2 different effects instead if the chanting roll was 10+.
Sanctified Ground: Until the start of your next turn, visible enemy units that use a CHARGE ability while they are within 9" of this unit have STRIKE-LAST for the rest of the turn.
Ardent Prayers: Add 1 to zealotry rolls for friendly SIGMARITE units until the start of your next turn.
Cast Out Evil: Roll a D3 for each visible enemy WIZARD and PRIEST on the battlefield. On a 2+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on that unit equal to the roll.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
KEYWORDS | UNIQUE, HERO, PRIEST (2), INFANTRY, WARD (4+) |
| ORDER, CITIES OF SIGMAR, SIGMARITE |
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Cities of Sigmar warscrolls:
The ORDER keyword is used in the following Cities of Sigmar warscrolls:
and others...
The CITIES OF SIGMAR keyword is used in the following Cities of Sigmar warscrolls:
and others...
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Endless Spell
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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. | ||
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 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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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.
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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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. | ||
The HERO keyword is used in the following Cities of Sigmar warscrolls:
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.
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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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).
- 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 PRIEST keyword is used in the following Cities of Sigmar warscrolls:
The SIGMARITE keyword is used in the following Cities of Sigmar warscrolls:
The UNIQUE keyword is used in the following Cities of Sigmar warscrolls:
The WARD keyword is used in the following Cities of Sigmar warscrolls:
Endless Spell
Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a Freeguild Veteran.
Cavalry Hero