Flesh-eater Courts
Hidden among the ruins of the Mortal Realms are the Flesh-eater Courts. Bound by the madness of their cursed monarchs, throngs of creatures known as mordants eke out a wretched existence, waging wars against kingdom after kingdom in order to feast on the flesh of their enemies.
This page contains all of the rules you need to field your Flesh-eater Courts 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:Contents | ||
Books
| Book | Kind | Edition | Last update | |
 Flesh-eater Courts | ||||
| Flesh-eater Courts | Battletome | 4 | August 2025 | |
 Scourge of Ghyran - Flesheater Courts | ||||
| Scourge of Ghyran - Flesheater Courts | Expansion | 4 | December 2025 | |
 Battle Profiles | ||||
| Battle Profiles | Rulebook | 4 | December 2025 | |
| Rules Updates | ||||
| Rules Updates | Rulebook | 4 | December 2025 | |
 Legends compendium | ||||
| Legends compendium | Warscroll | 4 | October 2025 | |
 Grotmas Advent: Regiments of Renown | ||||
| Grotmas Advent: Regiments of Renown | Warscroll | 4 | September 2025 | |
| Regiments of Renown | ||||
| Regiments of Renown | Warscroll | 4 | September 2025 | |
 Nighthaunt | ||||
| Nighthaunt | Battletome | 4 | August 2025 | |
 Soulblight Gravelords | ||||
| Soulblight Gravelords | Battletome | 4 | April 2025 | |
 Sons of Behemat | ||||
| Sons of Behemat | Faction Pack | 4 | January 2025 | |
Designers’ Commentary
Battletome: Flesh-eater Courts
| Q: | When the target of ‘Glimpse of Delusion’ makes combat attacks as a result of the effect of that spell, can the ‘All-out Attack’ command or the ‘All-out Defence’ command be used as reactions to those attacks? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | If a Maggotkin of Nurgle unit is picked as the target of Ushoran’s ‘Glimpse of Delusion’ ability and resolving that ability results in a model in that unit being slain, would that trigger the ‘Vectors of Contagion’ ability on that Maggotkin of Nurgle unit? |
| A: | No. |
Faction Rules
Battle Traits
Flesh-eater Courts armies can use the following abilities:
 Once Per Turn (Army), Start of Any Turn |
A KINGDOM DELUDED: The mass delusions suffered by these cannibals are volatile but intense.
Declare: You must use this ability at the start of each turn. If it is the first turn of the battle, pick a DELUSION from these battle traits or, unless otherwise specified, from the warscroll of a friendly unit on the battlefield. If it is not the first turn, make a delusion roll of D6.
Effect: On a delusion roll of 1-2, you must pick a different DELUSION to the one you picked last turn. On a 3-4, you must pick the same Delusion as the one you picked last turn, even if it is on the warscroll of a unit that has been destroyed. In such cases, the eect of that D applies as if the unit had not been destroyed. On a 5-6, you must pick a DELUSION like you did in the first turn. For the rest of the turn, you believe the DELUSION you picked.
Effect: On a delusion roll of 1-2, you must pick a different DELUSION to the one you picked last turn. On a 3-4, you must pick the same Delusion as the one you picked last turn, even if it is on the warscroll of a unit that has been destroyed. In such cases, the eect of that D applies as if the unit had not been destroyed. On a 5-6, you must pick a DELUSION like you did in the first turn. For the rest of the turn, you believe the DELUSION you picked.
| Passive |
A SPLENDID PAGEANT: Believing they follow some grand religious icon and its holy custodians, devoted ghouls surge across the field.
Effect: While you believe this DELUSION:
- Each time a friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS unit wholly within 12" of a friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS HERO uses a RUN ability, if you roll a 1-3 when determining the distance that unit can move, you can use a value of 4 instead.
- While a friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS INFANTRY HERO is within the combat range of a friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS INFANTRY unit that has 5 or more models, that HERO is not visible to enemy units more than 6" away.
| KEYWORDS | DELUSION |
 Passive |
A GLORIOUS BANQUET: As the court closes on its prey, the nobility signal for the feast to begin.
Effect: While you believe this DELUSION, add 1 to hit rolls for combat attacks made by friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS units that charged in the same turn while they are wholly within 12" of any friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS HEROES.
| KEYWORDS | DELUSION |
 Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase |
ROYAL BLOOD: The blood coursing through an abhorrant’s veins has restorative properties.
Declare: Pick any number of friendly ABHORRANTS to be the targets.
Effect: Heal (D3) each target.
Effect: Heal (D3) each target.
 Once Per Turn (Army), Your Movement Phase | 1 |
SUMMON LOYAL SUBJECTS: To the ghouls, an abhorrant’s howl is a call to defend their lands.
Declare: Pick a friendly ABHORRANT to use this ability, then pick a friendly SERFS or KNIGHTS unit that has been destroyed to be the target.
Effect: Set up a replacement unit with half the number of models from the target unit (rounding up) wholly within 6" of a battlefield edge and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Set up a replacement unit with half the number of models from the target unit (rounding up) wholly within 6" of a battlefield edge and more than 9" from all enemy units.
 Once Per Turn (Army), Your Movement Phase |
MUSTER GUARD: Cannibal nobles have the charisma to rally wavering troops.
Declare: Pick any number of friendly NOBLES to be the targets.
Effect: For each target, pick 1 of the following:
Effect: For each target, pick 1 of the following:
- Return up to 3 slain models to a friendly SERFS unit wholly within 12" of it.
- Return 1 slain model to a friendly KNIGHTS unit wholly within 12" of it.
| Once Per Battle (Army), Any Combat Phase |
FEEDING FRENZY: The presence of an abhorrant drives their followers into a furore
Declare: Pick a friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS HERO in combat to be the target.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons, including Companion weapons, used by friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS units while they are wholly within 12" of the target.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons, including Companion weapons, used by friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS units while they are wholly within 12" of the target.
Battle Formations
You can pick 1 of the following battle formations for a Flesh-eater Courts army. Each battle formation grants a different ability you can use in the battle.
BATTLE PROFILE
| Name | Points |
| Knightly Echelon | 0 |
| The Royal Hunt | 0 |
| Lords of the Manor | 0 |
| Royal Menagerie | 0 |
| Impassioned Serfs | 0 |
| Questing Courtiers | 0 |
Knightly Echelon
| Passive |
SOUND THE CHARGE: Those foolish enough to stand before the cannibal courts’ knights are inevitably trampled beneath claw and foot.
Effect: Add 1 to the Rend characteristic of melee weapons used by friendly KNIGHTS that charged in the same turn while they are wholly within 12" of any friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS HEROES.
The Royal Hunt
| Once Per Turn (Army), End of Any Turn |
LIKE SNAPPING HOUNDS: When a noble commences a hunt, packs of serfs are sent ahead of the royal houses to savage prey out of hiding.
Declare: Pick each friendly SERFS unit in combat to be the targets.
Effect: For each target:
Effect: For each target:
- Make a pile-in move.
- Then, pick an enemy unit in combat with the target and roll a D3. On a 2+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on that enemy unit equal to the roll.
Lords of the Manor
| Passive |
RAISE THE BANNERS: When an abhorrant royal family and their courtiers mass, many loyal knights and serfs inevitably follow.
Effect: Each time another ability returns at least 1 slain model to a friendly unit that is not in combat, after that ability has been resolved, if that unit is a SERFS unit, you can return 1 additional slain model to it, and if it is a KNIGHTS unit, roll a dice. On a 4+, you can return 1 additional slain model to it.
Royal Menagerie
| Passive |
INDULGE, MY PRETTIES: Abhorrants often toss their pet monstrosities choice cuts of flesh, resulting in a burst of strength and ferocity.
Effect: While a friendly non-HERO FLESH-EATER COURTS MONSTER or BEAST is wholly within 12" of any friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS HEROES:
- That non-HERO unit can use a RAMPAGE ability on its warscroll even if that ability has already been used by another friendly MONSTER in the same turn.
- If that non-HERO unit charged in the same turn and the unmodified charge roll was 9+, it has STRIKE-FIRST for the rest of the turn.
Impassioned Serfs
| Any Combat Phase | 1 |
OVERWHELMING HORDES: As masses of crazed ghouls drag their foes to the ground, the horror and anger of the victims’ allies shifts into a disorienting delusion that leaves them paralysed by indecision.
Declare: Pick a friendly SERFS unit that did not charge this turn and is in combat to use this ability, then pick an enemy unit in combat with that SERFS unit to be the target.
Effect: The target cannot make pile-in moves for the rest of the turn.
Effect: The target cannot make pile-in moves for the rest of the turn.
Heroic Traits
Regal Dispositions
HERO only| Passive |
STRONGER IN MADNESS: The Boon of Ushoran has rendered this warrior’s physical form near indestructible.
Effect: Ignore the first damage point that would be allocated to this unit each phase.
In addition, other than the Companion weapon ability, weapon abilities for combat attacks that target this unit have no effect.
In addition, other than the Companion weapon ability, weapon abilities for combat attacks that target this unit have no effect.
| Passive |
SAVAGE BEYOND REASON: The fury of battle drives this general into an intense rage.
Effect: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of this unit’s melee weapons, including Companion weapons, if it did not use a FIGHT ability in the previous turn. Add 2 to the Attacks characteristic of those weapons instead while this unit has no used a FIGHT ability this battle.
| Your Charge Phase |
CRUEL TASKMASTER: The warriors under this courtier’s command instantly obey their summons.
Declare: Pick a friendly non-HERO FLESH-EATER COURTS unit wholly within 12" of this unit to be the target.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, you can re-roll charge rolls for the target.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, you can re-roll charge rolls for the target.
Artefacts of Power
The Royal Treasury
HERO only| End of Your Turn |
THE SPLINTERED FEMUR: A venerated relic of the infamous Spell-eater Queen, this club can easily break not only limbs but also the arcane.
Declare: Pick an enemy unit in combat with this unit to be the target.
Effect: Roll a D3. On a 2+, pick 1 of the following:
Effect: Roll a D3. On a 2+, pick 1 of the following:
- Inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll.
- Subtract 1 from the target’s power level, to a minimum of 0, until the start of your next turn.
- If the target is a MANIFESTATION, it is banished and removed from play.
| Passive |
CHARNEL VESTMENTS: Strips of flayed skin and crudely stitched sinew form a gruesome parody of priestly robes.
Effect: If this unit is not a PRIEST, it has PRIEST (1). If this unit is already a PRIEST, add 1 to chanting rolls for this unit. If this unit is a WIZARD, it cannot use SPELL abilities and PRAYER abilities in the same phase.
| Any Combat Phase |
THE GRISLY PENNANT: This raggedy flag of flesh, recently torn from an unfortunate victim, is an icon of purity and nobility to the cannibal army but a terrifying spectacle to their enemies.
Declare: If this unit charged this turn, pick an enemy unit in combat with it to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. If the roll is greater than the target’s Control characteristic or is a 6, the following effects apply for the rest of the turn:
Effect: Roll a dice. If the roll is greater than the target’s Control characteristic or is a 6, the following effects apply for the rest of the turn:
- Subtract 1 from hit rolls for the target’s combat attacks.
- Add 1 to hit rolls for combat attacks made by friendly units that target that enemy unit.
Monstrous Traits
Monstrous Traits are enhancements that can only be given to MONSTERS.| Passive |
REVERED MONSTROSITY: This noble beast has long served the court and exerts a strange dominance
Effect: Add 1 to hit rolls for combat attacks made with Companion weapons by other friendly non-NON‐UNIQUE FLESH-EATER COURTS MONSTERS while they are wholly within 12" of this unit.
| Passive |
SAVAGE ABOMINATION: Any foe in reach of this beast’s snapping jaws and fearsome claws is unlikely to see another dawn.
Effect: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of this unit’s Companion melee weapons.
| End of Any Turn |
HORRIBLY RESILIENT: Grown strong on great lakes of death magic that coalesced around the remains of a butchered empire, the desiccated form of this monstrosity is nearly impossible to destroy.
Effect: Heal (D3) this unit. If this unit is not a HERO, Heal (2D3) this unit instead.
Spell Lore
Lore of Madness
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
CHARNEL FEAST: The caster draws out the life essence of nearby foes and uses it to heal the injured warriors of the court.
Declare: Pick a friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS WIZARD to cast this spell and pick a visible enemy unit within 18" of them to be the target. You can also pick a friendly SERFS unit within 6" of the target to be the raised ranks. Then, make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on the target. For each damage point allocated to the target by this ability, you can return 1 slain model to the raised ranks.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on the target. For each damage point allocated to the target by this ability, you can return 1 slain model to the raised ranks.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
DERANGED TRANSFORMATION: The spellcaster causes the limbs of a nearby pack to bulge and lengthen, allowing the creatures to charge forwards at a furious pace and imbuing them with greater strength.
Declare: Pick a friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS WIZARD to cast this spell, pick a visible friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS INFANTRY or CAVALRY unit wholly within 12" of them to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn:
Effect: Until the start of your next turn:
- Add 2" to the target’s Move characteristic.
- Add 1 to wound rolls for the target’s combat attacks.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, UNLIMITED |
| Your Hero Phase | 7 |
MIASMA OF MADNESS: The wizard calls forth a sanity-warping mist to engulf the foe.
Declare: Pick a friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS WIZARD to cast this spell, pick a visible enemy unit within 18" of them to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, for each unmodified hit roll of 1 for a combat attack made by the target, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target after the FIGHT ability has been resolved.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, for each unmodified hit roll of 1 for a combat attack made by the target, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target after the FIGHT ability has been resolved.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
Prayer Lore
Rites of Delusion
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
EXCOMMUNICATION!: Having espied unworthy warriors exiled from the Summerking’s court, the priest extends a finger and vociferously denounces them.
Declare: Pick a friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS 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, ignore positive modifiers to save rolls for the target. In addition, if the chanting roll was 10+, ward rolls cannot be made for the target until the start of your next turn.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, ignore positive modifiers to save rolls for the target. In addition, if the chanting roll was 10+, ward rolls cannot be made for the target until the start of your next turn.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER, UNLIMITED |
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
CHARNEL CONVICTION: Anointed with libations by their priest, ghouls believe themselves to be invincible warriors of faith.
Declare: Pick a friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a visible friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS 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 (5+). If the chanting roll was 10+, you can pick another eligible unit to be a second target.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, the target has WARD (5+). If the chanting roll was 10+, you can pick another eligible unit to be a second target.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
| Your Hero Phase | 5 |
THE SUMMERKING’S FAVOUR: The priest delivers a blistering sermon lionising the deeds of a courtly champion, marking them out as an Ushorite saint in their followers’ eyes.
Declare: Pick a friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a visible friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS HERO wholly within 12" of them to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6. You cannot pick Nagash to be the target of this prayer.
Effect: Resolve the effect of ‘Renowned Might’ below. If the chanting roll was 10+, resolve the effect of either ‘Renowned Might’ or ‘Righteous Tenacity’ instead.
Renowned Might: Add 1 to the Damage characteristic of the target’s melee weapons for the rest of the turn.
Righteous Tenacity: The target can use 2 FIGHT abilities this turn. After the first is used, however, the target has STRIKE-LAST for the rest of the turn.
Effect: Resolve the effect of ‘Renowned Might’ below. If the chanting roll was 10+, resolve the effect of either ‘Renowned Might’ or ‘Righteous Tenacity’ instead.
Renowned Might: Add 1 to the Damage characteristic of the target’s melee weapons for the rest of the turn.
Righteous Tenacity: The target can use 2 FIGHT abilities this turn. After the first is used, however, the target has STRIKE-LAST for the rest of the turn.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
Manifestation Lore
Manifested Insanity
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
SUMMON CADAVEROUS BARRICADE: With a word of command, the corpses of those who once served Ushoran rise up from the grave, dragging with them the detritus of a forgotten civilisation and clawing at the living.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Cadaverous Barricade on the battlefield, pick a friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS WIZARD to cast this spell, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Set up a Cadaverous Barricade wholly within 18" of the caster and visible to them.
Effect: Set up a Cadaverous Barricade wholly within 18" of the caster and visible to them.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, SUMMON |
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
SUMMON CORPSEMARE STAMPEDE: Imbued with grisly vigour, the undead beasts of a Corpsemare Stampede burst from the blood-soaked ground to trample across the battlefield.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Corpsemare Stampede on the battlefield, pick a friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS WIZARD to cast this spell, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Set up a Corpsemare Stampede wholly within 12" of the caster, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Set up a Corpsemare Stampede wholly within 12" of the caster, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, SUMMON |
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
SUMMON CHALICE OF USHORAN: The wizard conjures forth a manifestation of the sacred cup held by Ushoran. This bone-wrought goblet is filled with the blood of those slain in its presence.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Chalice of Ushoran on the battlefield, pick a friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS WIZARD to cast this spell, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Set up a Chalice of Ushoran wholly within 12" of the caster and visible to them.
Effect: Set up a Chalice of Ushoran wholly within 12" of the caster and visible to them.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, SUMMON |
Army of Renown
The Equinox Feast
When you pick the Flesh-eater Courts faction for your army, you can choose for it to be the Equinox Feast Army of Renown. If you do so, use the faction rules in this section instead of the Flesh-eater Courts 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 EQUINOX FEAST keyword.
ROSTER OPTIONS
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Battle Traits
| Passive |
THE EQUINOX PARADE: Clad in tatterdemalion garments of flayed flesh and swaying to the sound of shrieks and bone flutes, the serfs of the ghoul kingdoms skitter as a mad, jubilant procession.
Effect: In the first battle round:
- Add 1 to run rolls for friendly EQUINOX FEAST units for each other friendly EQUINOX FEAST unit that has used a RUN ability this phase.
- Add D6" to the distance friendly EQUINOX FEAST units can move when they use a RETREAT ability.
| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Charge Phase |
A DISPLAY OF FALCONRY: As the ‘foreign revellers’ approach, the shrieking beasts that follow the ghouls swoop down to greet them.
Declare: You can only use this ability in the second battle round. Pick each enemy unit that used a CHARGE ability this phase to be the targets.
Effect: Roll a D3. On a 2+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll.
Effect: Roll a D3. On a 2+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll.
| Passive |
THE RITUAL DANCE: To properly welcome high summer and its magnificent king, the peasantfolk cavort and caper around grand maypoles and idols – even those that are carried by rival revellers.
Effect: In the third battle round, while a friendly EQUINOX FEAST unit is in combat with an enemy unit that contains any champions, musicians or standard bearers, it can move 6" instead of 3" when it makes a pile-in move.
| Passive |
EAT YOUR FILL!: Now comes the most anticipated part of the celebrations: the great banquet.
Effect: In the fourth battle round, each time a friendly EQUINOX FEAST unit uses a FIGHT ability, after that ability has been resolved:
- If that unit is damaged, Heal (D3) that unit.
- If that unit is not damaged, return up to 3 slain models to it.
| Passive |
MAKE MERRY ’TIL THE MORN: Sated, the revellers toast, staggering about in cackling mobs as they quaff the finest ‘red wines’…
Effect: In the fifth battle round, friendly EQUINOX FEAST units have WARD (4+) while they are within 3" of 2 or more other visible friendly EQUINOX FEAST units.
Heroic Traits
HERO only| Passive |
LORD OF REVELRIES: This cackling creature is consumed by the feast’s joys and inured to pain.
Effect: Ignore the first damage point that would be allocated to this unit in each phase.
Artefacts of Power
HERO only| Once Per Battle, Your Movement Phase |
BROKEN SCEPTRE OF THE SOLSTICE: An image of the bone sunburst crown atop this staff burns in the ghouls’ minds, drawing more of them into the fray.
Declare: Pick a friendly EQUINOX FEAST unit that has been destroyed to be the target. This unit can use this ability if it has been destroyed, but if it does, this unit must be the target.
Effect: Set up a replacement unit identical to the target wholly within 6" of a friendly EQUINOX FEAST unit and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Set up a replacement unit identical to the target wholly within 6" of a friendly EQUINOX FEAST unit and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Spell Lore
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
SOLARITE FLARES: The caster conjures blasts of blinding, red-stained radiance to dizzy and disorient.
Declare: Pick a friendly EQUINOX FEAST WIZARD to cast this spell, pick a point on the battlefield that is visible to them, then pick each unit (friendly and enemy) within 3" of that point to be the targets. Then, make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Roll a dice for each target. On a 3+, subtract 1 from hit rolls for the target’s attacks until the start of your next turn.
Effect: Roll a dice for each target. On a 3+, subtract 1 from hit rolls for the target’s attacks until the start of your next turn.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, UNLIMITED |
Prayer Lore
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
A MIDSUMMER MANIA: The screeched canticles and gibberings of this Cardinal fill the ghouls with madness enough to shrug off fatal injury.
Declare: Pick a friendly EQUINOX FEAST PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a visible friendly unit wholly within 12" of them that has not been picked to be the target of this prayer this turn to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Return D3 slain models to the target unit. If the chanting roll was 8+, return D3+3 slain models to the target unit instead.
Effect: Return D3 slain models to the target unit. If the chanting roll was 8+, return D3+3 slain models to the target unit instead.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER, UNLIMITED |
Manifestation Lore
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
SUMMON CHALICE OF USHORAN: The wizard conjures forth a manifestation of the sacred cup held by Ushoran. This bone-wrought goblet is filled with the blood of those slain in its presence.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Chalice of Ushoran on the battlefield, pick a friendly EQUINOX FEAST WIZARD to cast this spell, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Set up a Chalice of Ushoran wholly within 12" of the caster and visible to them.
Effect: Set up a Chalice of Ushoran wholly within 12" of the caster and visible to them.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, SUMMON |
Army of Renown
The Knights of New Summercourt
When you pick the Flesh-eater Courts faction for your army, you can choose for it to be the Knights of New Summercourt Army of Renown. If you do so, use the faction rules in this section instead of the Flesh-eater Courts 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 NEW SUMMERCOURT keyword.
ROSTER OPTIONS
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Battle Traits
 Once Per Battle (Army), Deployment Phase |
THE SUMMERKING’S COLOURS: Ushoran’s flayed-flesh battle standards inspire his followers to dizzying heights of greatness – but should the colours fall, the ghouls would be left utterly bereft.
Declare: Pick a friendly NEW SUMMERCOURT unit that contains any standard bearers to be the target.
Effect: For the rest of the battle:
Effect: For the rest of the battle:
- While the target unit contains any standard bearers, add 10 to the control scores of friendly NEW SUMMERCOURT units while they are wholly within 24" of the target.
- Once all of the standard bearers in the target unit have been slain, subtract 5 from the control scores of friendly NEW SUMMERCOURT units.
| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Combat Phase |
A DUEL, GOOD SIR!: To refuse an honourable duel with Ushoran is always to one’s detriment.
Declare: You must use this ability if the friendly Ushoran is in combat with the enemy general. Pick the enemy general to be the target.
Effect: Your opponent must decide whether the target will accept or refuse Ushoran’s challenge.
Accept: For the rest of the turn, when the friendly Ushoran and the target are picked to use a FIGHT ability, all of their attacks must target each other.
Refuse: The target has STRIKE-LAST for the rest of the turn.
Effect: Your opponent must decide whether the target will accept or refuse Ushoran’s challenge.
Accept: For the rest of the turn, when the friendly Ushoran and the target are picked to use a FIGHT ability, all of their attacks must target each other.
Refuse: The target has STRIKE-LAST for the rest of the turn.
| Once Per Battle (Army), Any Charge Phase |
IN THEIR SIRE’S SHADOW: When Ushoran himself takes to the field, his knights are seized by an irrepressible mania to follow at his monstrous heels.
Declare: If the friendly Ushoran is not in combat and has not used any RUN or RETREAT abilities this turn, pick him to use this ability. Then, pick up to 2 friendly NEW SUMMERCOURT KNIGHTS units within his combat range that are not in combat and have not used a RUN or RETREAT ability this turn to be his royal retinue. Then, make a charge roll of 2D6.
Effect: The friendly Ushoran can move a distance up to the value of the charge roll. He can move through the combat ranges of enemy units and must end that move within ½" of a visible enemy unit. If he does so, he has charged. If he charged, then after this ability has been resolved, each unit in his royal retinue can immediately use the ‘Charge’ ability even if it is not your charge phase and you can use the charge roll from this ability instead of making a charge roll when it does so, but it must end the charge move within 3" of the friendly Ushoran.
Effect: The friendly Ushoran can move a distance up to the value of the charge roll. He can move through the combat ranges of enemy units and must end that move within ½" of a visible enemy unit. If he does so, he has charged. If he charged, then after this ability has been resolved, each unit in his royal retinue can immediately use the ‘Charge’ ability even if it is not your charge phase and you can use the charge roll from this ability instead of making a charge roll when it does so, but it must end the charge move within 3" of the friendly Ushoran.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE, CHARGE |
| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Combat Phase |
THE KNIGHT’S VOW: Ushoran’s chosen spawn are fanatical in defending what they deem to be his.
Declare: Pick each friendly NEW SUMMERCOURT unit that did not charge this turn to be the targets.
Effect: Start rolling dice, one at a time and one for each target, and stop when you roll a 6. The target you rolled a 6 for can use 2 FIGHT abilities this phase. After the first is used, however, the target has STRIKE-LAST for the rest of the turn. If you rolled for each target and did not roll a 6, this ability has no effect.
Effect: Start rolling dice, one at a time and one for each target, and stop when you roll a 6. The target you rolled a 6 for can use 2 FIGHT abilities this phase. After the first is used, however, the target has STRIKE-LAST for the rest of the turn. If you rolled for each target and did not roll a 6, this ability has no effect.
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NIGHTMARISH CHARGE: The sight of hulking ghoul-breeds crashing into the fray can stun any foe.
Effect: Subtract 1 from hit rolls for combat attacks that target friendly NEW SUMMERCOURT units that charged in the same turn.
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RED ERRANTRY HOSTS: Many banners of ‘knights’ jostle for a chance to fight at Ushoran’s side.
Declare: Pick a friendly KNIGHTS unit that has been destroyed to be the target.
Effect: Set up a replacement unit with half the number of models from the target unit (rounding up) wholly within friendly territory, wholly within 6" of a battlefield edge and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Set up a replacement unit with half the number of models from the target unit (rounding up) wholly within friendly territory, wholly within 6" of a battlefield edge and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Heroic Traits
HERO only| Any Combat Phase |
TIP OF THE KING’S LANCE: This champion’s bulk sees them smash through defensive formations.
Effect: If this unit charged this turn, it can move 2D6". It can pass through models in enemy units, but it must end that move in combat.
Artefacts of Power
HERO only| Passive |
FETED CORONET: This crown wards the wearer so long as all their warriors chant in adoration.
Effect: This unit has WARD (4+) until a friendly NEW SUMMERCOURT unit is destroyed.
Spell Lore
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
DERANGED TRANSFORMATION: The spellcaster causes the limbs of nearby ghouls to bulge and lengthen, allowing them to charge forwards at a furious pace and imbuing them with greater strength.
Declare: Pick a friendly NEW SUMMERCOURT WIZARD to cast this spell, pick a visible friendly NEW SUMMERCOURT INFANTRY or CAVALRY unit wholly within 12" of them to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn:
Effect: Until the start of your next turn:
- Add 2" to the target’s Move characteristic.
- Add 1 to wound rolls for the target’s combat attacks.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, UNLIMITED |
| Your Hero Phase | 7 |
MIASMA OF MADNESS: The wizard calls forth a sanity-warping mist to engulf the foe.
Declare: Pick a friendly NEW SUMMERCOURT WIZARD to cast this spell, pick a visible enemy unit within 18" of them to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, for each unmodified hit roll of 1 for a combat attack made by the target, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target after the FIGHT ability has been resolved.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, for each unmodified hit roll of 1 for a combat attack made by the target, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target after the FIGHT ability has been resolved.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
Prayer Lore
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
EXCOMMUNICATION!: Having espied exiled warriors, the priest vociferously denounces them.
Declare: Pick a friendly NEW SUMMERCOURT 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, ignore positive modifiers to save rolls for the target. In addition, if the chanting roll was 10+, ward rolls cannot be made for the target until the start of your next turn.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, ignore positive modifiers to save rolls for the target. In addition, if the chanting roll was 10+, ward rolls cannot be made for the target until the start of your next turn.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER, UNLIMITED |
Manifestation Lore
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
SUMMON CORPSEMARE STAMPEDE: Imbued with grisly vigour, the undead beasts of a Corpsemare Stampede burst from the blood-soaked ground to trample across the battlefield.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Corpsemare Stampede on the battlefield, pick a friendly NEW SUMMERCOURT WIZARD to cast this spell, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Set up a Corpsemare Stampede wholly within 12" of the caster, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Set up a Corpsemare Stampede wholly within 12" of the caster, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, SUMMON |
PATH TO GLORY
Here, you will find additional rules to use with a Flesh-eater Courts 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 Flesh-eater Courts 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. Choose an Archetype.
4. Pick your hero’s origin and/or flaw.
5. Choose 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. Choose an Archetype.
4. Pick your hero’s origin and/or flaw.
5. Choose a Battle Mount.
6. Pick any Battle Mount Upgrades.
7. Pick any other upgrades.
| Your Hero's Warscroll You 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 Flesh-eater Courts 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.
Landed Noble 0DP
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Ushorite Cleric -4DP
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Blooded Royalty -6DP
In addition, replace your hero’s melee weapon with the following weapon:
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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
FRENZIED BUTCHER: In the bloody thrill of melee, this ghoul lordling often forgets such trifling matters as 'tactics' and 'strategy'.
TILTING AT WINDMILLS: To this ghoul, every enemy - no matter how minor - is a dire threat that must be ridden down with haste.
COURT PARIAH: Dark rumours chase this cannibal, and though they are held in fear, they have little true authority amongst their fellows.
OLD VALOUR WOUND: This cannibal once took a grievous wound, either on the battlefield or tourney field, and it has never fully healed. | ||||||||||||||||||
Passive Battle Mount -5DP NIGHTSHRIEKER: This stooped, bat-like monster is drawn straight from the champion’s personal stables. In addition, make the following changes to your hero’s warscroll:Add the following weapon to your hero’s warscroll:
Battle Mount -20DP ROYAL WINGED ABOMINATION: Leather-winged and wicked, this behemoth screams with insatiable bloodlust. In addition, make the following changes to your hero’s warscroll:Add the following weapon and ability to your hero’s warscroll:
BATTLE DAMAGED Effect: While this unit has 10 or more damage points, the Attacks characteristic of its Winged Abomination’s Talons is 4.
Battle Mount -20DP ROYAL CORPSE-BEAST: Rotting wyrms, alpha preyton corpses, necro-gargants with crude howdahs: all may bear a ghoul lord to war. In addition, make the following changes to your hero’s warscroll:Add the following weapon and ability to your hero’s warscroll:
BATTLE DAMAGED Effect: While this unit has 10 or more damage points, the Attacks characteristic of its Corpse-beast’s Talons is 5.
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Winged Abomination's TalonsStep 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 Royalty(FLESH-EATER COURTS HERO only)ASPIRING: When a unit on this Path gains this rank, pick 1 of the following abilities for them:
SKILL-AT-ARMS: This creature retains some vestige of martial prowess.
UNNATURAL PARRY: Whipcord-fast and cunning, this creature bats away enemy blows.
UNNATURAL WARDS: No foul sorcery or spellcraft may harm this most 'saintly' of champions.
UNHOLY THIRST: Battle stokes this ghoul's fury.
LET US BREAK BREAD!: Something in this creature's gibbering howls still seizes enemies in a hypnotic bind.
GLORIOUS CHARGE: A true ruler knows that their place is at the tip of the lance.
REGAL AUTHORITY: A true royal may be approached only when they desire it ...
BELOVED OF THE KINGDOM: Serfs and champions of all kinds rise up at this ghoul's word. Effect: Set up a replacement unit identical to the target wholly within 6" of a battlefield edge and more than 9" from all enemy units. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Path of The Subjects(non-HERO FLESH-EATER COURTS unit only)ASPIRING: When a unit on this Path gains this rank, pick 1 of the following abilities for them:
ROVING PACK: Whether they see themselves as outlaws, mercenaries or travelling war-troubadours, these ghouls are used to crossing long distances fast.
SENTRIES-AT-ARMS: These ghouls vigilantly keep the borders of the kingdom, repelling trespassers. Effect: Roll a dice. On a 4+, for the rest of the turn, add 1 to hit rolls for this unit’s combat attacks that target that enemy unit.
CULINARY ARTISTES: A stint in the monarch's kitchens have made these ghouls expert flesh-slicers. Effect: Inflict 1 mortal damage on each target.
ONE WITH THE LAND: Royal gamekeepers and scouts, these ghouls are naturally talented at blending into the terrain.
GUARDS OF THE ROYAL MENAGERIE: These ghouls are skilled in dealing with savage beasts.
GLORY OR DEATH: Battle is all to these ghouls.
ROYAL ELITE: These ghouls stand amongst the finest warriors of the kingdom.
FAMED PILGRIMS: With each new night, more cannibals swarm to join these zealous champions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.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.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’).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.| Reaction: You declared an ATTACK ability | 1 |
ALL-OUT ATTACK: The warriors fight with a frenzied vigour.
Used By: The unit using that ATTACK ability.
Effect: Add 1 to hit rolls for attacks made as part of that ATTACK ability. This also affects weapons that have the Companion weapon ability. For the rest of the turn, subtract 1 from save rolls for the unit using this ability.
Effect: Add 1 to hit rolls for attacks made as part of that ATTACK ability. This also affects weapons that have the Companion weapon ability. For the rest of the turn, subtract 1 from save rolls for the unit using this ability.
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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 until that ATTACK ability has been resolved.
Effect: Add 1 to save rolls for that unit until that ATTACK ability has been resolved.
The ROTBRINGERS keyword is used in the following Maggotkin of Nurgle warscrolls:
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).
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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VECTORS OF CONTAGION: The bloated forms of these Nurglites are ever at bursting point, ready to shower attackers with contagious fluid.
Effect: Each time a model in a friendly ROTBRINGERS unit is slain by a combat attack and that model was in combat with the attacking unit, roll a number of dice equal to the slain model’s Health characteristic, to a maximum of 4. For each 5+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the attacking unit after the FIGHT ability has been resolved.
The FLESH-EATER COURTS and HERO keywords are used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
The HERO and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
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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The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
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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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 |
The HERO keyword is used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
The ABHORRANT keyword is used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
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).
The SERFS keyword is used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
The KNIGHTS keyword is used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
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.
| 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. | ||
The NOBLE keyword is used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
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.
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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The non-HERO MONSTER keyword is used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
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 |
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. | ||
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 HERO and FLESH-EATER COURTS keywords are used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
The non-HERO FLESH-EATER COURTS keyword is used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
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.MULTIPLE POWER LEVELS
- If an ability references a unit’s power level and that unit has more than one power level, use whichever power level is higher.
- If an ability modifies a unit’s power level and that unit has more than one power level, it modifies both.
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.
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).
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). 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 |
| 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 |
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.
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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.
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 |
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 WIZARD keyword is used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
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.
The MONSTER and FLESH-EATER COURTS keywords are used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
The non-UNIQUE MONSTER keyword is used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
The FLESH-EATER COURTS and WIZARD keywords are used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
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 |
3.1 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 EQUINOX FEAST.
Infantry Hero
Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a non-UNIQUE non-MONSTER HEROES.
Infantry Hero
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.
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 |
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.
| 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.
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.
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. | ||
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.
Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a HERO.
Infantry Hero
Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a EQUINOX FEAST WIZARD.
Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a NEW SUMMERCOURT.
Monster Hero
Cavalry
Infantry Hero
Beast
The UNIQUE and ABHORRANT keywords are used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
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. Your general’s regiment can include up to 4 non-HERO units in addition to your general.
The KNIGHT keyword is used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a NEW SUMMERCOURT WIZARD.
Monster Hero
Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a NEW SUMMERCOURT INFANTRY.
The HERO keyword is used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
The WARD keyword is used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
The DEATH keyword is used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
The FLESH-EATER COURTS keyword is used in the following Flesh-eater Courts 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.
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.
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.
| 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.
Shoot in Combat
This weapon can be used to make shooting attacks even if the attacking unit is in combat.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.Crit (Auto-wound)
If an attack made with this weapon scores a critical hit, that attack automatically wounds the target. Make a save roll as normal.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.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.Charge (+1 Damage)
Add 1 to this weapon’s Damage characteristic if the attacking unit charged this turn.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 |
Roll-off
If you are instructed to roll off, each player should roll a dice. Whichever player has a higher roll wins the roll-off. If the result is a tie, each player should roll off again until there is a clear winner, unless otherwise specified.The non-UNIQUE FLESH-EATER COURTS keyword is used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
32.0 Objectives
Many battleplans award victory points for controlling objectives, which are represented by objective markers. Unless otherwise specified, objective markers are round and 40mm wide. Models can move over and end their moves on objective markers. If an objective marker is on the border between territories, it is within all those territories but wholly within none of them. Objective markers don’t block visibility.
Army List
Warscrolls collatedInfantry Hero
Monster Hero
Beast
Cavalry
Infantry
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