Daughters of Khaine – Scourge of Aqshy Khainite Shadowstalkers
6" 1 5+ 1 6+ Bearing the mircath brand that allows them to access the shrouded realmgates of the Umbral Web, Morathi’s elite Shadowstalker assassins enter the Realm of Fire unseen, plunging murderous blades into hearts and necks before slipping away into the darkness. | ||
| RANGED WEAPONS | Rng | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Cursed Bolts and Missiles | ||||||||
| Cursed Bolts and Missiles | 10" | 2 | 3+ | 4+ | 1 | 1 | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | |||
| Blades of Murder | ||||||||
| Blades of Murder | 2 | 3+ | 4+ | 1 | 1 | |||
BATTLE PROFILE
Unit Size: 9 Points: 120
| MODEL | BASE SIZE |
| Shroud Queen | 40mm |
| 1x Slaughtershade, 2x Darkflame Warlocks, 5x Shroudblades | 28.5mm |
Can be reinforced: Yes
Notes: This unit is legal for Matched Play for battles fought using the General’s Handbook 2026-27 battlepack.
 Once Per Turn (Army), End of Any Turn |
SHADOW LARIAT: From the periphery of battle, the Shadowstalkers send tendrils of darkness wrapping around an enemy warlord, drawing the unwitting victim towards them into the gloom.
Declare: If this unit is not in combat, pick a visible enemy INFANTRY or CAVALRY HERO that has no more than 1 model and is within 12" of this unit to be the target.
Effect: If the target is more than 3" from all other enemy units, apply the effect below. Otherwise, roll a dice. On a 3+, apply the effect below.
Your opponent must remove the target from the battlefield and set it up again in combat with this unit.
Effect: If the target is more than 3" from all other enemy units, apply the effect below. Otherwise, roll a dice. On a 3+, apply the effect below.
Your opponent must remove the target from the battlefield and set it up again in combat with this unit.
KEYWORDS | INFANTRY, CHAMPION (1/9), WARD (6+) |
| ORDER, DAUGHTERS OF KHAINE, AELF |
Errata
Errata
If the target is more than 3" from all other enemy units, apply the effect below.
Daughters of Khaine, Khainite Shadowstalkers
Change the first sentence of the effect of the ‘Shadow Lariat’ ability to:
‘If the target is more than 3" from all other enemy units, apply the effect below.’
‘If the target is more than 3" from all other enemy units, apply the effect below.’
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. |
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.’
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). | ||
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Daughters of Khaine warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
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’).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. If this unit is a BEAST, this ability affects this unit’s Companion weapons.
Errata
Champion
Change the definition of Champion to:
‘Champion: Model’s weapons have +1 to Attacks characteristic. (Command Models, 1.0)’
‘Champion: Model’s weapons have +1 to Attacks characteristic. (Command Models, 1.0)’
The CHAMPION keyword is used in the following Daughters of Khaine warscrolls:
Cavalry
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.
The WARD keyword is used in the following Daughters of Khaine warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
Cavalry
Infantry
Faction Terrain
The ORDER keyword is used in the following Daughters of Khaine warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
Cavalry
Infantry
Faction Terrain
The DAUGHTERS OF KHAINE keyword is used in the following Daughters of Khaine warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
Cavalry
Infantry
Faction Terrain
The AELF keyword is used in the following Daughters of Khaine warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Cavalry
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.| 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.’