Flesh-eater Courts – Scourge of Aqshy Royal Decapitator
6" 5 5+ 2 6+ The axes wielded by the headsmen of the courts hunger for slaughter, and the Royal Decapitators are quick to satiate them, cleaving worthy heads from their bodies as they traverse the Great Parch. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Headsman’s Axe | |||||||
| Headsman’s Axe | 3 | 4+ | 3+ | 2 | 3 | ||
BATTLE PROFILE
Unit Size: 1 Points: 100
Base size: 32mm
Can be reinforced: No
Regiment Options: 0-1 BEAST, Any SERFS
Notes: This HERO can join an eligible regiment as a Royal Attendant.
This unit is legal for Matched Play for battles fought using the General’s Handbook 2026-27 battlepack.
This unit is legal for Matched Play for battles fought using the General’s Handbook 2026-27 battlepack.
 Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase |
EXECUTIONER AND ENFORCER: The Royal Decapitator acts as a grim reminder to their fellow ghouls that cowardice is a high crime in Ushoran’s court.
Declare: Pick another friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS INFANTRY unit within this unit’s combat range to be the target.
Effect: 1 model in the target unit is automatically slain. Then, until the start of your next turn, ignore the first damage point that would be allocated to each visible friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS unit in each phase while it is wholly within 12" of this unit.
Effect: 1 model in the target unit is automatically slain. Then, until the start of your next turn, ignore the first damage point that would be allocated to each visible friendly FLESH-EATER COURTS unit in each phase while it is wholly within 12" of this unit.
 Once Per Turn (Army), End of Any Turn |
HEADS ON PIKES: The severed heads of leaders sentenced to death by the Decapitator are put on display as effective deterrents.
Declare: If any damage points were allocated to an enemy HERO by this unit’s combat attacks this turn and that enemy HERO has been destroyed, pick an objective or terrain feature within 6" of this unit to be the target.
Effect: Spend 1 rage dice. If your opponent’s fury level is lower than yours, they must increase their fury level by 1, to a maximum of 7. Then, for the rest of the turn, subtract 5 from the control scores of enemy units while they are contesting the target objective or terrain feature.
Effect: Spend 1 rage dice. If your opponent’s fury level is lower than yours, they must increase their fury level by 1, to a maximum of 7. Then, for the rest of the turn, subtract 5 from the control scores of enemy units while they are contesting the target objective or terrain feature.
KEYWORDS | HERO, INFANTRY, WARD (6+), NOBLE |
| DEATH, FLESH-EATER COURTS |
The SERFS keyword is used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
The BEAST keyword is used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
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 Royal Attendant.
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. | ||
The HERO keyword is used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
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 Flesh-eater Courts warscrolls:
The NOBLE 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:
Army List
Warscrolls collatedInfantry Hero
Monster Hero
Cavalry
Infantry
Monster
Faction Terrain
Regiment of Renown
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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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. | ||
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.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.
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.
18.2 Allocating Damage
After resolving the effect of any ability that inflicts damage points (whether via attacks, mortal damage or both), you must allocate the damage points.When allocating damage points to a unit, the damage points in its damage pool are allocated to it one at a time. Each time the number of damage points allocated to the unit equals the Health characteristic of that unit, 1 model in that unit is slain (and removed from play) and the number of damage points allocated to that unit is reset to 0. Keep allocating damage points until there are none left in the damage pool.
If the number of damage points allocated to a unit is not enough to slay a model, keep track of the number of damage points currently allocated to the unit (most players place a dice or markers next to the unit). While a unit has any damage points allocated to it, it is damaged.