Hedonites of Slaanesh
The followers of Slaanesh take many forms, but every one of them is consumed with the thrill of excess. In times of war their obsessions reach lethal intensity, all semblance of sanity discarded as they plumb the depths of indulgent violence. They may appear ecstatic, but the Hedonites of Slaanesh are cursed beyond all measure.
This page contains all of the rules you need to field your Hedonites of Slaanesh 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:Books
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Show History | ||||
| Book | Kind | Edition | Last update | |
 Hedonites of Slaanesh | ||||
| Hedonites of Slaanesh | Battletome | 4 | June 2026 | |
 Legends Warscrolls | ||||
| Legends Warscrolls | Warscroll | 4 | October 2026 | |
 Battle Profiles | ||||
| Battle Profiles | Rulebook | 4 | October 2026 | |
| Rules Updates | ||||
| Rules Updates | Rulebook | 4 | October 2026 | |
| Regiments of Renown | ||||
| Regiments of Renown | Warscroll | 4 | October 2026 | |
 Sons of Behemat | ||||
| Sons of Behemat | Battletome | 4 | September 2026 | |
 Scourge of Aqshy - Hedonites of Slaanesh | ||||
| Scourge of Aqshy - Hedonites of Slaanesh | Expansion | 4 | August 2026 | |
| Spearhead: Hedonites of Slaanesh - Blades of The Lurid Dream | ||||
| Spearhead: Hedonites of Slaanesh - Blades of The Lurid Dream | Expansion | 4 | June 2026 | |
| Battletome Supplement: Hedonites of Slaanesh | ||||
| Battletome Supplement: Hedonites of Slaanesh | Supplement | 4 | June 2026 | |
| Spearhead: Epicurean Revellers | ||||
| Spearhead: Epicurean Revellers | Expansion | 4 | June 2026 | |
 Disciples of Tzeentch | ||||
| Disciples of Tzeentch | Battletome | 4 | February 2026 | |
 Maggotkin of Nurgle | ||||
| Maggotkin of Nurgle | Battletome | 4 | January 2026 | |
 Grotmas Advent: Regiments of Renown | ||||
| Grotmas Advent: Regiments of Renown | Warscroll | 4 | September 2025 | |
 Helsmiths of Hashut | ||||
| Helsmiths of Hashut | Battletome | 4 | September 2025 | |
 Cities of Sigmar | ||||
| Cities of Sigmar | Battletome | 4 | July 2025 | |
 Blades of Khorne | ||||
| Blades of Khorne | Battletome | 4 | July 2025 | |
 Scourge of Ghyran - Hedonites of Slaanesh | ||||
| Scourge of Ghyran - Hedonites of Slaanesh | Expansion | 4 | May 2025 | |
 Slaves to Darkness | ||||
| Slaves to Darkness | Battletome | 4 | December 2024 | |
 Skaven | ||||
| Skaven | Battletome | 4 | September 2024 | |
Designers’ Commentary
FAQ
| Q: | If one of the WAR MACHINES in the Curse-Steel Battery has been destroyed, can the ‘Display of Total Power’ ability be used? |
| A: | Yes. |
Battletome: Slaves to Darkness
| Q: | Can a Daemon Prince from the Godmarked Ascendant Regiment of Renown be given enhancements? |
| A: | Yes. In Army Composition 3.5 it states that a unit cannot use faction rules (including enhancements) unless they have a keyword that matches up with the faction’s name. Since the Godmarked Ascendant Regiment of Renown adds such a keyword, that unit is eligible to be given enhancements. |
Battletome: Blades of Khorne
| Q: | Does the ‘Blood-drenched’ ability have any effect on Skarbrand in The Exiled One Regiment of Renown? |
| A: | No. That ability is a Blades of Khorne battle trait and so will have no effect on a unit in a Regiment of Renown. |
Battletome: Hedonites of Slaanesh
| Q: | When using the ‘Joyous Battle Fury’ ability, does Dexcessa need to have slain any models in a turn in order to add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of their Impaling Talons for each battle fury token they have? |
| A: | No. Battle fury tokens are gained (and Dexcessa can heal) on any turn in which Dexcessa slew any enemy models, but can gain the additional attacks on any turn that they have any battle fury tokens. |
| Q: | When using the Keeper of Secrets’ ‘Dark Temptations’ ability, can I pick the ‘If the target is damaged, Heal (D3) the target’ option if the target is not damaged? |
| A: | No. |
Expansion: Scourge of Ghyran - Hedonites of Slaanesh
| Q: | The effect of the Scourge of Ghyran ‘Master of Temptation’ heroic trait states that units can only use CORE abilities. How does this affect passive abilities? |
| A: | It doesn’t. Passive abilities are not ‘used’, so this ability doesn’t have any effect on them. |
Faction Rules
Battle Traits
Hedonites of Slaanesh armies can use the following abilities:
 Start of Your Turn |
PARAGONS OF SLAANESH: Those who serve their own dark desires earn Slaanesh’s favour.
Declare: If there are fewer than 3 friendly PARAGONS on the battlefield, pick a friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH unit that does not have the PARAGON keyword and has not had the PARAGON keyword this battle to be the target.
Effect: The target gains the PARAGON keyword.
Designer’s Note: Friendly units with the PARAGON keyword on their warscroll count towards the number of friendly PARAGONS on the battlefield. If there are more than 3 friendly PARAGONS on the battlefield at the same time, you must immediately remove those units from the battlefield one at a time until there are only 3 friendly PARAGONS left on the battlefield.
Effect: The target gains the PARAGON keyword.
Designer’s Note: Friendly units with the PARAGON keyword on their warscroll count towards the number of friendly PARAGONS on the battlefield. If there are more than 3 friendly PARAGONS on the battlefield at the same time, you must immediately remove those units from the battlefield one at a time until there are only 3 friendly PARAGONS left on the battlefield.
| Passive |
FALL FROM GRACE: Slaanesh is a capricious patron, and he can quickly lose interest…
Effect: A friendly non-UNIQUE PARAGON immediately loses the PARAGON keyword when any of the following happen:
- That PARAGON has 3 or more damage points allocated to it by the same use of a non-ATTACK ability.
- That PARAGON uses a CHARGE ability and the unmodified charge roll is 5 or less (after any re-rolls).
- A spell cast by that PARAGON is miscast (after any re-rolls).
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase |
SENSUOUS ARCANA: Those who please Slaanesh are granted mystical secrets of excess.
Declare: Pick a friendly non-UNIQUE PARAGON that has successfully cast a spell this turn and has not used a TEMPTATION ability this turn to use this ability.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, while the unit using this ability is a PARAGON, add 1 to casting rolls for visible friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH units while they are wholly within 12" of the unit using this ability.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, while the unit using this ability is a PARAGON, add 1 to casting rolls for visible friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH units while they are wholly within 12" of the unit using this ability.
| KEYWORDS | TEMPTATION |
| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Movement Phase |
CUTTING BARBS: This champion releases a wave of snide vitriol that pierces to their foe’s core.
Declare: Pick a friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH HERO that has not used a TEMPTATION ability this turn to use this ability. Then, pick an enemy unit in combat with that HERO to be the target.
Effect: If the unit using this ability is a PARAGON, pick 1 of the effects below. Otherwise, your opponent must pick 1 of the effects below.
Rise to the Insults: For the rest of the turn, the target has a maximum control score of 1.
Turn Aside from the Insults: For the rest of the turn, add 1 to hit rolls for attacks made by friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH units that target that enemy unit.
Effect: If the unit using this ability is a PARAGON, pick 1 of the effects below. Otherwise, your opponent must pick 1 of the effects below.
Rise to the Insults: For the rest of the turn, the target has a maximum control score of 1.
Turn Aside from the Insults: For the rest of the turn, add 1 to hit rolls for attacks made by friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH units that target that enemy unit.
| KEYWORDS | TEMPTATION |
 Once Per Turn (Army), Any Shooting Phase |
BEGUILING GLANCE: One glance from Slaanesh’s chosen can ensnare a wayward soul.
Declare: Pick a friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH HERO unit that has not used a TEMPTATION ability this turn to use this ability. Then, pick a visible enemy unit within 12" of that HERO to be the target.
Effect: If the unit using this ability is a PARAGON, pick 1 of the effects below. Otherwise, your opponent must pick 1 of the effects below.
Succumb: For the rest of the turn, when the target is using a CHARGE ability, it must end that charge move no further from the HERO using this ability.
Resist: For the rest of the turn, subtract 2 from charge rolls for the target.
Effect: If the unit using this ability is a PARAGON, pick 1 of the effects below. Otherwise, your opponent must pick 1 of the effects below.
Succumb: For the rest of the turn, when the target is using a CHARGE ability, it must end that charge move no further from the HERO using this ability.
Resist: For the rest of the turn, subtract 2 from charge rolls for the target.
| KEYWORDS | TEMPTATION |
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Charge Phase |
CHIEF OF REVELS: Slaanesh’s champions earn favour through locating and embracing new debaucheries at a voracious pace.
Declare: Pick a friendly non-UNIQUE PARAGON that charged this turn and has not used a TEMPTATION ability this turn to use this ability.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, while the unit using this ability is a PARAGON, add 2 to charge rolls for friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH units while they are wholly within 12" of the unit using this ability.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, while the unit using this ability is a PARAGON, add 2 to charge rolls for friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH units while they are wholly within 12" of the unit using this ability.
| KEYWORDS | TEMPTATION |
| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Combat Phase |
ENTHRALLING VANITY: When a Hedonite champion calls for adoration, it is difficult to resist.
Declare: Pick a friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH HERO unit that has not used a TEMPTATION ability this turn to use this ability. Then, pick a visible enemy unit within 12" of that HERO to be the target.
Effect: If the unit using this ability is a PARAGON, pick 1 of the effects below. Otherwise, your opponent must pick 1 of the effects below.
Mesmerised: For the rest of the turn, weapons used by friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH units for attacks that target that unit, including Companion weapons, have Crit (2 Hits).
Break their Gaze: For the rest of the turn, other than the Companion ability, weapon abilities for combat attacks made by the target have no effect.
Effect: If the unit using this ability is a PARAGON, pick 1 of the effects below. Otherwise, your opponent must pick 1 of the effects below.
Mesmerised: For the rest of the turn, weapons used by friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH units for attacks that target that unit, including Companion weapons, have Crit (2 Hits).
Break their Gaze: For the rest of the turn, other than the Companion ability, weapon abilities for combat attacks made by the target have no effect.
| KEYWORDS | TEMPTATION |
 Once Per Turn (Army), Any Combat Phase |
EXCESS OF AGILITY: When truly ‘inspired’, the servants of Slaanesh are almost impossible to strike, twisting around blows with mocking laughter.
Declare: Pick a friendly non-UNIQUE PARAGON that has not used a TEMPTATION ability this turn to use this ability.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, while the unit using this ability is a PARAGON and is in combat, subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks that target visible friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH units while they are wholly within 12" of the unit using this ability.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, while the unit using this ability is a PARAGON and is in combat, subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks that target visible friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH units while they are wholly within 12" of the unit using this ability.
| KEYWORDS | TEMPTATION |
Battle Formations
You can pick 1 of the following battle formations for a Hedonites of Slaanesh army. Each battle formation grants a different ability you can use in the battle.
BATTLE PROFILE
| Name | Points |
| Depraved Carnival | 0 |
| Artisans of Torment | 0 |
| Godseeker Cavalcade | 0 |
| Lurid Dreamers | 0 |
| Pretenders | 0 |
| Invaders | 10 |
Depraved Carnival
| Once Per Turn (Army), End of Any Turn |
IN SEARCH OF SIN: Numbness dogging their heels, these Hedonites are always seeking new thrills.
Declare: Pick up to 3 friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH INFANTRY units to be the targets.
Effect: Each target can move D6". It can only end that move in combat with units it was in combat with at the start of that move.
Effect: Each target can move D6". It can only end that move in combat with units it was in combat with at the start of that move.
Artisans of Torment
 Your Combat Phase | 1 |
SADISTIC TENDENCIES: These Hedonites have given themselves to pleasures of the flesh – or rather, of torturing said flesh without limit.
Declare: Pick a friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH unit to use this ability, then pick an enemy unit in combat with that unit and that had any damage points allocated to it this turn to be the target.
Effect: For the rest of the turn:
Effect: For the rest of the turn:
- All of the combat attacks made by that friendly unit must target that enemy unit.
- Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of that friendly unit’s melee weapons.
Godseeker Cavalcade
| Passive |
GODLY SPOOR: The merest trace of Slaanesh’s divine power sees these Hedonites hurtling along at pace.
Effect: While they are wholly within 9" of a battlefield edge, friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH units can use CHARGE abilities even if they used a RUN ability in the same turn.
Lurid Dreamers
| Once Per Turn (Army), Enemy Shooting Phase |
AMIDST THE PHANTASMAGORIA: Where these revellers travel, their divine ecstasy breaks down the nature of reality; everything becomes as a twisted dream, through which the devotees of pain dance without warning.
Declare: Pick a friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH unit that had any damage points allocated to it this turn by an enemy ability to be the target.
Effect: Remove the target from the battlefield, then set it up again on the battlefield more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Remove the target from the battlefield, then set it up again on the battlefield more than 9" from all enemy units.
Pretenders
| Once Per Battle (Army), Deployment Phase |
PRODIGY OF EXCESS: A narcissistic monstrosity, this follower of the Dark Prince possesses a grotesque surfeit of hedonistic qualities that inspire craven envy in their followers.
Declare: Pick a friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH HERO that has an artefact of power to be the target.
Effect: Give the target a heroic trait from the ‘Figureheads of the Dark Prince’ or ‘Hedonistic Obsessions’ tables.
Designer’s Note: This heroic trait is given to the target during the deployment phase, not during army composition.
Effect: Give the target a heroic trait from the ‘Figureheads of the Dark Prince’ or ‘Hedonistic Obsessions’ tables.
Designer’s Note: This heroic trait is given to the target during the deployment phase, not during army composition.
Invaders
| Passive |
ECSTATIC REVELLERS: The thrill of piercing the lands of their enemies like a hot needle through flesh gives strength to these avaricious revellers.
Effect: Add 1 to the Rend characteristic of melee weapons used by friendly SYBARITE INFANTRY units while they are wholly outside friendly territory.
Heroic Traits
The Dark Prince’s Beloved
HERO Only| Any Hero Phase |
CENTRE OF ATTENTION: Such is the dazzling self-possession of this champion that many enemies cannot help but be stupefied around them.
Declare: Pick a visible enemy unit within 12" of this unit to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, for the rest of the turn, while this unit is wholly within 12" of the centre of the battlefield and visible to the target:
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, for the rest of the turn, while this unit is wholly within 12" of the centre of the battlefield and visible to the target:
- Subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks made by that enemy unit that target other friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH units.
- Add 1 to hit rolls for combat attacks made by other friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH units that target that enemy unit.
| Once Per Battle, Your Movement Phase |
DILETTANTE: This champion is always flitting to and fro, forever hungry to sample new horrors.
Effect: Remove this unit from the battlefield and set it up again on the battlefield more than 9" from all enemy units.
| End of Any Turn |
UNSEEMLY VITALITY: No wound or exertion seems able to slow this libertine for long.
Effect: Heal (D3) this unit.
Hedonistic Obsessions
HERO only Once Per Battle, Your Movement Phase | 1 |
CELEBRITY WARLORD: This hero has gained a cult following that seeks them out on the battlefield.
Declare: Pick a friendly non-HERO SYBARITE 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 12" of this unit 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 12" of this unit and more than 9" from all enemy units.
| Enemy Hero Phase |
MASTER OF TEMPTATION: Twisting the old adage, this hero demonstrates that good things do not come to those who wait.
Declare: You can only use this ability if your opponent has any temptation dice. Pick a visible enemy unit within 18" of this unit to be the target.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, while your opponent has not used any of their temptation dice to replace a roll for the target this turn, the target can only use CORE abilities.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, while your opponent has not used any of their temptation dice to replace a roll for the target this turn, the target can only use CORE abilities.
| Passive |
THE NEED FOR PERFECTION: This hero inspires a compulsive, self‐destructive desire in their allies to push themselves ever further, all thoughts of temperance and restraint dismissed from their minds.
Effect: The first time each turn that an unmodified charge roll, casting roll, unbinding roll or banishment roll for a friendly non-EUPHORIC unit wholly within 12" of this unit is 5 or less, that unit has the EUPHORIC keyword for the rest of the turn.
FAQ
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| Q: | The effect of the Scourge of Ghyran ‘Master of Temptation’ heroic trait states that units can only use CORE abilities. How does this affect passive abilities? |
| A: | It doesn’t. Passive abilities are not ‘used’, so this ability doesn’t have any effect on them. |
The Dark Prince’s Beloved
HERO only| Any Movement Phase |
AGONISINGLY ELUSIVE: Sinuous and graceful, this Hedonite leaps and twirls around their opponents, inflicting delicious pain before nimbly springing out of reach.
Declare: Pick an enemy unit in combat with this unit to be the target.
Effect: If it is your turn, apply the effect below. If it is your opponent’s turn, roll a dice. On a 3+, apply the effect below:
Inflict D3 mortal damage on the target. Then, this unit must move a distance up to its Move characteristic. It can move through the combat ranges of enemy units but cannot end that move in combat.
Effect: If it is your turn, apply the effect below. If it is your opponent’s turn, roll a dice. On a 3+, apply the effect below:
Inflict D3 mortal damage on the target. Then, this unit must move a distance up to its Move characteristic. It can move through the combat ranges of enemy units but cannot end that move in combat.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE |
| Your Hero Phase | 1 |
INCENSED: By burning a mixture of tree resin and aromatic leaves, this champion envelops a key location in an eye‐stingingly pungent cloud of smoke.
Declare: Pick an objective within 6" of this unit to be the target.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH units are not visible to enemy units more than 9" from them while all models in those friendly units are contesting the target objective.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH units are not visible to enemy units more than 9" from them while all models in those friendly units are contesting the target objective.
| Any Combat Phase |
ARCANE MAGNETISM: Though they are no natural mage, something about this hero’s blood attracts errant motes of magic and renders them ripe for exploitation.
Effect: If this unit has 3 or more damage points, it can use a SPELL ability as if it were your hero phase, as if that ability had the UNLIMITED keyword and as if this unit had WIZARD (1).
Artefacts of Power
Coveted Treasures
HERO only| Passive |
BASHFUL VISAGE: Those who meet the gaze of this delicate mask are compelled to turn away in shame as they are confronted with sudden awareness of their own basest desires.
Effect: While they are wholly within 6" of this unit, friendly non-MONSTER non-WAR MACHINE HEDONITES OF SLAANESH units are not visible to enemy units more than 12" from them.
| Once Per Battle, Your Movement Phase | 1 |
CROWN OF THE UR-SLAANESH: Once worn by Luxcious, the first Pretender, this majestic crown draws in devoted followers by the score.
Declare: Pick a friendly non-HERO INFANTRY HEDONITES OF SLAANESH 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 12" of this unit 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 12" of this unit and more than 9" from all enemy units.
| End of Any Turn |
THE ROD OF MISRULE: This bejewelled staff bestows a lunatic charisma, with which champions bid their warriors achieve the impossible.
Declare: Pick another visible friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH unit wholly within 12" of this unit to be the target.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, when the target uses the ‘Power Through’ command, you can pick an enemy target for that command that does not have a lower Health characteristic than the unit using that command.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, when the target uses the ‘Power Through’ command, you can pick an enemy target for that command that does not have a lower Health characteristic than the unit using that command.
Spell Lore
Lore of Extravagance
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
HYSTERICAL FRENZY: The wizard fires a sudden surge of ecstasy through nearby flesh, inspiring their minions into a maddened and cackling assault.
Declare: Pick a friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH WIZARD to cast this spell, pick a visible friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH unit wholly within 12" of them to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Add 1 to wound rolls for the target’s combat attacks until the start of your next turn.
Effect: Add 1 to wound rolls for the target’s combat attacks until the start of your next turn.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, UNLIMITED |
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
LAST ECSTASY: The caster induces such a state of mania that even death cannot stop a final revel.
Declare: Pick a friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH WIZARD to cast this spell, pick a visible friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH 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, each time a model in the target unit is slain by a combat attack and that model was in combat with the attacking unit, roll a dice. If the target unit is a MONSTER, roll 10 dice instead. For each 4+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the attacking unit after the FIGHT ability has been resolved.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, each time a model in the target unit is slain by a combat attack and that model was in combat with the attacking unit, roll a dice. If the target unit is a MONSTER, roll 10 dice instead. For each 4+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the attacking unit after the FIGHT ability has been resolved.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
| Your Hero Phase | 7 |
OVERWHELMING ACQUIESCENCE: The wizard engulfs the foe in an arcane haze of dreams and unattainable desires.
Declare: Pick a friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH WIZARD to cast this spell, pick a visible enemy unit within 18" of the caster to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, weapons used by friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH units for attacks that target that enemy unit, including Companion weapons, have Crit (2 Hits).
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, weapons used by friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH units for attacks that target that enemy unit, including Companion weapons, have Crit (2 Hits).
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
Manifestation Lore
Manifestations of Depravity
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
SUMMON DREADFUL VISAGE: Inhaling draughts of hallucinogenic incense, the caster externalises their most unnatural desires in the form of a screaming daemonic visage.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Dreadful Visage on the battlefield, pick a friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH WIZARD to cast this spell, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Set up a Dreadful Visage wholly within 12" of the caster, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Set up a Dreadful Visage 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 MESMERISING MIRROR: Smashing a small glass mirror to the ground, the wizard uses magical energy to cause it to reform and grow in size.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Mesmerising Mirror on the battlefield, pick a friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH WIZARD to cast this spell, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Set up a Mesmerising Mirror wholly within 12" of the caster and visible to them.
Effect: Set up a Mesmerising Mirror wholly within 12" of the caster and visible to them.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, SUMMON |
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
SUMMON WHEELS OF EXCRUCIATION: Throwing a small multi-bladed knife into the air and channelling magical energy into it, the caster summons forth a storm of swiftly moving razor-sharp blades.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Wheels of Excruciation on the battlefield, pick a friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH WIZARD to cast this spell, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Set up a Wheels of Excruciation wholly within 12" of the caster, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Set up a Wheels of Excruciation wholly within 12" of the caster, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, SUMMON |
All-Consuming Obsessions
All-consuming Obsessions are unique enhancements that can be given to NON-HERO HEDONITES OF SLAANESH INFANTRY or CAVALRY units. A unit can only have 1 All-consuming Obsession.
| Deployment Phase |
OBSESSION WITH CONTROL: Once these Hedonites have acquired the object of their desire, they simply will not relinquish it.
Declare: Pick an objective to be the target.
Effect: For the rest of the battle, while this unit is contesting the target objective:
Effect: For the rest of the battle, while this unit is contesting the target objective:
- This unit has WARD (5+).
- Add 5 to this unit’s control score.
| Reaction: You declared the ‘Run’ ability for this unit |
OBSESSION WITH FORM: Instead of sprinting, these warriors skip and spin their way across the battlefield with acrobatic grace.
Effect: Subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks that target this unit for the rest of the turn.
| Any Combat Phase |
OBSESSION WITH PAIN: The throbbing of a fresh wound coupled with the feeling of blood trickling over their skin sends these warriors into apoplexy.
Effect: If this unit is damaged, 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, add 1 to the Rend characteristic of this unit’s non-Companion melee weapons for the rest of the turn.
Army of Renown
Court of the Godlings
Dexcessa is an arrogant force of nature who cannot abide taking orders from another. They see themselves as Slaanesh’s chief warlord, often overthrowing lesser champions and ordering their warhosts to abandon long-fought campaigns and focus on new, bizarre objectives more pleasing to the Talon. Only Synessa’s wicked tongue can convince Dexcessa to listen – and even then the daemon rails at the patience advised by their despised sibling, ever liable to suddenly act.
When you pick the Hedonites of Slaanesh faction for your army, you can choose for it to be a Court of the Godlings Army of Renown. If you do so, use the faction rules on these pages instead of the Hedonites of Slaanesh faction rules. Every unit in your army must be drawn from the units listed in the roster options below. All units in your army gain the COURT OF THE GODLINGS keyword.ROSTER OPTIONS
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Battle Traits
| Once Per Turn, Start of Any Turn |
THE MORE GLORIOUS SLAUGHTER: In a flush of vainglory, one of the Twins boasts extravagantly of their superior acts of death-dealing, goading their sibling and their entourage to new heights of lethality in their efforts not to be overshadowed.
Declare: If a friendly TWIN destroyed an enemy unit in the previous turn and the other did not, pick the one that did not to use this ability.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 1 to hit rolls for combat attacks made by units in the regiment of the unit using this ability.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 1 to hit rolls for combat attacks made by units in the regiment of the unit using this ability.
 Your Hero Phase |
THE LONGER SHADOW: Both Synessa and Dexcessa are forever competing to prove themselves the more domineering of their god-father’s spawn.
Declare: If a friendly TWIN is contesting an objective you control and the other is not, pick the one that is not to use this ability.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, while the unit using this ability is contesting an objective you control, add 5 to the control scores of units in its regiment.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, while the unit using this ability is contesting an objective you control, add 5 to the control scores of units in its regiment.
| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Hero Phase |
THE GRANDER VISAGE: Should one of the Twins show a sign of weakening, the other will seize the chance to better display their own immaculacy.
Declare: If either friendly TWIN is damaged, pick the one with fewer or no damage points to use this ability.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, the unit using this ability has WARD (4+).
Effect: For the rest of the turn, the unit using this ability has WARD (4+).
| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Charge Phase |
THE SWIFTER SURGE: To be the first into the fray is a mark of honour between the vindictive Twins. Should one of them fall behind for even a moment, they will act swiftly lest they leave themselves open to their sibling’s ridicule.
Declare: If a friendly TWIN charged in the previous turn and the other did not, pick the one that did not to use this ability.
Effect: For the rest of the phase, when making charge rolls for units in the regiment of the unit using this ability, add 1 to the number of dice rolled, to a maximum of 3, then remove 1 dice of your choice and use the remaining dice as the charge roll.
Effect: For the rest of the phase, when making charge rolls for units in the regiment of the unit using this ability, add 1 to the number of dice rolled, to a maximum of 3, then remove 1 dice of your choice and use the remaining dice as the charge roll.
| Once Per Turn (Army), End of Any Turn |
THE MORE CUNNING RUSE: Strategic intellect is another arena of mastery – one that both Twins are eager to prove the superior in.
Declare: If both friendly TWINS are within 12" of and visible to each other, pick one of them to use this ability.
Effect: Remove the unit using this ability from the battlefield and set it up on the battlefield more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Remove the unit using this ability from the battlefield and set it up on the battlefield more than 9" from all enemy units.
Heroic Traits
HERO only| Once Per Battle, Your Hero Phase |
TETHERED TO THE TWINS: This daemon is a vassal of Synessa or Dexcessa – or both. So long as they persist, so will the accursed Twins.
Declare: Pick a friendly TWIN that has been destroyed to be the target.
Effect: Set up a replacement unit identical to the target within 12" of this unit and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Set up a replacement unit identical to the target within 12" of this unit and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Artefacts of Power
HERO only| Passive |
THE TRIPLET TRINKET: This bipartite charm is given to the Twins’ latest plaything – a supposed mark of favour that protects the godlings also.
Effect: While a friendly TWIN is within 3" of and visible to this unit, subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks that target that TWIN and this unit.
While 2 friendly TWINS are within 3" of and visible to this unit, subtract 1 from hit rolls and wound rolls for attacks that target those TWINS and this unit instead.
While 2 friendly TWINS are within 3" of and visible to this unit, subtract 1 from hit rolls and wound rolls for attacks that target those TWINS and this unit instead.
Spell Lore
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
ESSENCE TRANSFUSION: Though bitter rivals, the Twins are ultimately born of the same godly stuff and can share strength between them if necessary.
Declare: Pick a friendly COURT OF THE GODLINGS WIZARD to cast this spell, pick a visible friendly TWIN to be the donor, pick another visible friendly TWIN to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Allocate any number of damage points to the donor (ward rolls cannot be made for those damage points). Then, Heal (X) the target, where X is double the number of damage points allocated to the donor by this use of this ability.
Effect: Allocate any number of damage points to the donor (ward rolls cannot be made for those damage points). Then, Heal (X) the target, where X is double the number of damage points allocated to the donor by this use of this ability.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, UNLIMITED |
| Your Hero Phase | 7 |
SIBILANT WHISPERS: The commands of the Twins are cast into the enemies’ minds, leaving them stumbling, uncertain and vulnerable.
Declare: Pick a friendly COURT OF THE GODLINGS 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, while a friendly TWIN is visible to the target, halve the target’s Move characteristic. In addition, while 2 friendly TWINS are visible to the target, your opponent must roll 1 fewer dice, to a minimum of 1, when making charge rolls for it.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, while a friendly TWIN is visible to the target, halve the target’s Move characteristic. In addition, while 2 friendly TWINS are visible to the target, your opponent must roll 1 fewer dice, to a minimum of 1, when making charge rolls for it.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
| Your Hero Phase | 7 |
ECSTATIC FURORE: The baser, bloodier aspects of Slaanesh’s nature are channelled through one of the Twins, filling their sycophants with rapturous murder‑lust.
Declare: Pick a friendly COURT OF THE GODLINGS WIZARD to cast this spell, pick a visible friendly TWIN wholly within 12" of them to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, add 1 to wound rolls for combat attacks made by friendly COURT OF THE GODLINGS units while they are wholly within 12" of and visible to the target.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, add 1 to wound rolls for combat attacks made by friendly COURT OF THE GODLINGS units while they are wholly within 12" of and visible to the target.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
Manifestation Lore
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
SUMMON MANIFESTATION OF DEPRAVITY: The god-spawn of Slaanesh and their chosen retainers are masters of the most extreme and decadent forms of magical conjuration.
Declare: Pick a friendly COURT OF THE GODLINGS WIZARD to cast this spell, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Pick a friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH MANIFESTATION that is not on the battlefield and that was not removed from play earlier in the same turn.
If you picked a Dreadful Visage or Wheels of Excruciation, set it up wholly within 12" of the caster, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units. If you picked a Mesmerising Mirror, set it up wholly within 12" of the caster and visible to them.
Effect: Pick a friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH MANIFESTATION that is not on the battlefield and that was not removed from play earlier in the same turn.
If you picked a Dreadful Visage or Wheels of Excruciation, set it up wholly within 12" of the caster, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units. If you picked a Mesmerising Mirror, set it up wholly within 12" of the caster and visible to them.
| KEYWORDS | SUMMON, SPELL |
Army of Renown
The Decadent Host
Sigvald’s sheer self-obsession is an elemental force that fills his followers with a need to offer him conquered lands as tribute. He delights in the adoration of ‘lesser’ mortals, and his volatile whim has spurred rampages across Ghur, the Ossiarch Empire and ravaged Hysh. Countless tales of atrocity surround the Decadent Host, and the Everchosen himself has called on them specifically to do his bidding. Sometimes, Sigvald even deigns to listen.
When you pick the Hedonites of Slaanesh faction for your army, you can choose for it to be the Decadent Host Army of Renown. If you do so, use the faction rules on these pages instead of the Hedonites of Slaanesh faction rules. Every unit in your army must be drawn from the units listed in the roster options below. All units in your army gain the DECADENT HOST keyword.ROSTER OPTIONS
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Battle Traits
| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Hero Phase |
PERFECTION MADE MANIFEST: To witness Sigvald at war is to witness a martial skill so magnificent that onlookers are entranced even as they are cut down.
Declare: Pick the friendly Sigvald to use this ability then pick a visible unit (friendly or enemy) within 3" of him to be the target.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on the target. For each model slain by this ability this turn, add 2 to the Attacks characteristic of the friendly Sigvald’s melee weapons for the rest of the turn.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on the target. For each model slain by this ability this turn, add 2 to the Attacks characteristic of the friendly Sigvald’s melee weapons for the rest of the turn.
| Your Movement Phase |
THE PRINCE IN THE MIRROR: It is said that all mirrors are enthralled by Sigvald’s beauty. Should he fall, they readily allow his soul back to the field.
Declare: If the friendly Sigvald has been destroyed, pick him to be the target. He can be replaced even if he is a replacement unit.
Effect: Set up a replacement unit identical to the target wholly within 6" of a friendly Contorted Epitome and not in combat.
Effect: Set up a replacement unit identical to the target wholly within 6" of a friendly Contorted Epitome and not in combat.
| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Combat Phase |
PETULANT WRATH: Woe betide the hapless Hedonite who looks liable to upstage Sigvald in their eagerness to reach combat…
Declare: If the friendly Sigvald is not in combat and did not charge this turn, pick him to use this ability, then pick another friendly DECADENT HOST unit within 1" of him to be the target.
Effect: Inflict D6 mortal damage on the target. Before removing any slain models from play, remove the friendly Sigvald from the battlefield then set him up again within 1" of the target.
Effect: Inflict D6 mortal damage on the target. Before removing any slain models from play, remove the friendly Sigvald from the battlefield then set him up again within 1" of the target.
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INFERNAL HANDMAIDENS: Sigvald is often accompanied by throngs of adulating daemons who delight in the Prince’s utter unrighteous conviction.
Effect: While the friendly Sigvald is within 3" of and visible to any friendly DECADENT HOST DAEMON units, add 1 to wound rolls for combat attacks made by those DAEMON units.
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ALL FOR THE PRINCE: Sigvald is the centre of his libertine followers’ world – they would rather be rent limb from limb than allow a single blade to mar his immaculate flesh.
Effect: While the friendly Sigvald is within the combat range of another friendly DECADENT HOST SYBARITE unit:
- He has WARD (2+).
- Each time you make a successful ward roll for him, allocate 1 damage point to another friendly DECADENT HOST unit within his combat range after the damage sequence for him has been resolved (ward rolls cannot be made for those damage points).
| Once Per Turn (Army), End of Any Turn |
IMPORTANT PEOPLE HAVE IMPORTANT PLACES TO BE: Sigvald is easily bored and easily distracted – but when something does catch his eye, he moves with incredible haste.
Effect: If the friendly Sigvald is not contesting an objective, he can move 2D6" but must end that move contesting an objective. He can move through the combat ranges of enemy units but cannot end that move in combat.
Heroic Traits
HERO only| Once Per Battle (Army), Reaction: You declared the ’The Prince in the Mirror’ ability |
PROTÉGÉ: Sigvald took a liking to this champion, to the point of binding their souls in a one-sided ritual of great power. Of course, the Prince has ways of using this bond…
Effect: You can set up a replacement Sigvald within 1" of this unit instead of within 6" of a friendly Contorted Epitome. If you do so, after setting up that replacement unit, this unit is automatically destroyed.
Artefacts of Power
HERO only| Passive |
MIRROR-PLATE: One who wears this polished armour is a member of the vaunted Mirror Guard. Their duty is not to fight but to ensure the Prince can always admire his favourite sight: himself.
Effect: Weapons used by this unit have a maximum Attacks characteristic of 1.
While this unit is within 3" of and visible to the friendly Sigvald, add 20 to the friendly Sigvald’s control score.
While this unit is within 3" of and visible to the friendly Sigvald, add 20 to the friendly Sigvald’s control score.
Spell Lore
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
DIVERTING EXCRUCIATION: Sigvald’s pet mages know all sorts of magical means to enthuse, empower and revive their beloved lord.
Declare: Pick a friendly DECADENT HOST WIZARD to cast this spell, pick a visible friendly Sigvald wholly within 12" of them to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Heal (D3) the target.
Effect: Heal (D3) the target.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, UNLIMITED |
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
VISIONS OF ETERNAL BLISS: One of the chief duties of Sigvald’s sorcerers is to stoke his eager sword-arm with mystic visions of his master’s sinful domain.
Declare: Pick a friendly DECADENT HOST WIZARD to cast this spell, pick a visible friendly Sigvald wholly within 12" of them to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, the target scores critical hits on unmodified hit rolls of 5+.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, the target scores critical hits on unmodified hit rolls of 5+.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
Manifestation Lore
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
SUMMON MANIFESTATIONS OF DEPRAVITY: There is no sort of spellcraft that Sigvald will not encourage his lackeys to pursue – no matter how vile.
Declare: Pick a friendly DECADENT HOST WIZARD to cast this spell, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Pick a friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH MANIFESTATION that is not on the battlefield and that was not removed from play earlier in the same turn.
If you picked a Dreadful Visage or Wheels of Excruciation, set it up wholly within 12" of the caster, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units. If you picked a Mesmerising Mirror, set it up wholly within 12" of the caster and visible to them.
Effect: Pick a friendly HEDONITES OF SLAANESH MANIFESTATION that is not on the battlefield and that was not removed from play earlier in the same turn.
If you picked a Dreadful Visage or Wheels of Excruciation, set it up wholly within 12" of the caster, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units. If you picked a Mesmerising Mirror, set it up wholly within 12" of the caster and visible to them.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, SUMMON |
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Army of Renown, The Decadent Host
In the effect of ‘The Prince in the Mirror’, replace ‘He can be replaced any number of times’ with ‘He can be replaced even if he is a replacement unit.’
PATH TO GLORY
Here, you will find additional rules to use with a Hedonites of Slaanesh 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 Hedonites of Slaanesh 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. Pick an Archetype.
4. Pick your hero’s origin and/or flaw.
5. Pick 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. Pick an Archetype.
4. Pick your hero’s origin and/or flaw.
5. Pick a Battle Mount.
6. Pick any Battle Mount Upgrades.
7. Pick any other upgrades.
Your Hero's WarscrollYou 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 Hedonites of Slaanesh units. These follow the rules outlined for Paths in the Path to Glory battlepack you are using (e.g. Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds). | ||
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.
SYBARITE LORD 0DP
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HERALD OF THE DARK PRINCE -2DP
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SYBARITE SORCERER -4DP
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MASTER OF SEDUCTION -5DP
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SINFUL EXEMPLAR -5DP
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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
MELODRAMATIC MASOCHIST: This hero wails and swoons theatrically when injured, wrapped up in thoughts of their poetic doom.
FOREMOST AN ARTIST: Though high in Slaanesh’sfavour, this champion prefers to craft deviant works of art than engage in swordplay.
JEALOUS PATRON: This champion has made a pact with a daemon in the Court of Pleasure who subtly undermines rivals out of spiteful jealousy.
CREEPING ENNUI: This hero has tasted atrocities of such delectable horror that they have become jaded in the extreme. | ||||||||||||||||||
Passive Battle Mount -5DP STEED OF SLAANESH: These daemons are gifted to Slaanesh’s favoured; they move in a blur, while their tongues drip venom. In addition, make the following changes to your hero’s warscroll:Add the following weapon to your hero’s warscroll:
Battle Mount -7DP EXALTED STEED: An Exalted Steed is an especially large and majestic daemon-mount - difficult to master, but even more potent. In addition, make the following changes to your hero’s warscroll:Add the following weapon to your hero’s warscroll:
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Step 6 - Battle 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 The Princeling(HEDONITES OF SLAANESH HERO only)ASPIRING: When a unit on this Path gains this rank, pick 1 of the following abilities for them:
TANTALISING LORE: This champion has managed to wrest arcane secrets from some daemonic adulant.
ARROGANT DISREGARD: This champion simply ignores all they deem to be 'little people’.
SUPREME MASOCHIST: How can one fight this champion when they not only endure pain but embrace it?
MIST-WREATHED: Clouds of incense and perfume hide this triumphant champion from sight.
SEDUCTIVE WORDS: This champion’s whispers promise the realisation of secret cravings, if only one will take up arms against their crude fellows... Effect: Inflict D6 mortal damage on the target.
BLISSFUL PRESENCE: Simply being in the presence of this champion drives other Hedonites into a dreamy stupor where all wounds seem distant.
VESSEL OF THE LORDS: This champion has drawn the gaze of greater daemons, who may empower their flesh. But all flesh has its limits...
ARCH-LIBERTINE: There is not a form of slothful depravity that this champion is not intimately acquainted with. Such is their aura oflanguidity that the enemy find their limbs become heavy and their strikes lack finesse. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Path of The Hedonist(non-HERO HEDONITES OF SLAANESH unit only)ASPIRING: When a unit on this Path gains this rank, pick 1 of the following abilities for them:
PROVOCATEURS: The heinous displays of these Hedonites inevitably draw attention onto them. Effect: Roll a dice. On a 4+, for the rest of the turn, while the target is in combat with this unit, when the target uses an ATTACK ability, models in the target unit that are in combat with this unit must pick this unit to be the target of their attacks.
AN ENDLESS FESTIVAL: The sight of enemies regaining their vigour delights these warriors - the revels need not end so soon!
FRANTIC OFFENSIVE: Constant enthusiasm demands these warriors get to grips with the enemy.
FRESH PLEASURES: The attention of these wild-eyed warriors is ever shifting hither and thither.
ETERNAL DANCE: These laughing Hedonites leap and twirl gracefully in pursuit offleeing foes.
MOCKING DODGE: Evading every blow is a grand game to these cruel and nimble warriors.
KNIGHTS OF EXCESS: These warriors have obsessively honed their battle-craft to perfection.
DAEMONIC VISAGES: The infernal allure of these warriors can stop an enemy in their tracks. Effect: For the rest of the turn, the target cannot use a CORE ability unless your opponent spends 1 command point to use it as if it were a command. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blades of the Lurid Dream
Slaanesh, the loathsome yet beguiling Dark Prince of the Ruinous Powers, excels in ensnaring mortals. He whispers that they might slake their most salacious desires, if only they should enter into his service. For many who endure existences of privation and drudgery, it is an offer too tempting to resist. Reality becomes a phantasmagoric paradise of revelry to these Sybarites, every torment theirs to inflict and have inflicted upon them. Many form warbands who seek to inhabit this blissful dream-state for eternity – and drag more noble souls down into the depths of their depravity.
It is the Shardspeakers who direct these packs of murderous libertines and who channel the power of the Dark Prince like a powerful intoxicant. Through clouds of incense dart Blissbarb Archers, whose arrows are smeared with poisons that distort the senses. Only then do the elite of the Sybarites move in for the kill. Disdainful laughter echoes as Slickblade Seekers sprint forwards to slice off heads, herding surviving prey towards their doom. That doom is delivered by the Slaangor Fiendbloods. The arrival of these trilling beast-kin is the breaking point for the foe; some weep in terror, some cry out in joy and try desperately to embrace them. All are ripped asunder, their dream turning to a gruesome nightmare in their agonised final moments.
It is the Shardspeakers who direct these packs of murderous libertines and who channel the power of the Dark Prince like a powerful intoxicant. Through clouds of incense dart Blissbarb Archers, whose arrows are smeared with poisons that distort the senses. Only then do the elite of the Sybarites move in for the kill. Disdainful laughter echoes as Slickblade Seekers sprint forwards to slice off heads, herding surviving prey towards their doom. That doom is delivered by the Slaangor Fiendbloods. The arrival of these trilling beast-kin is the breaking point for the foe; some weep in terror, some cry out in joy and try desperately to embrace them. All are ripped asunder, their dream turning to a gruesome nightmare in their agonised final moments.
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Hedonites of Slaanesh, Blades of the Lurid Dream
Add the REINFORCEMENTS keyword (and icon) to the Slaangor Fiendbloods warscroll.
In ‘Temptations of Slaanesh’, lower the number of depravity points needed for the ‘Sadistic Spite’ effect to 18+ and for the ‘Oblivious Indulgence’ effect to 24+.
In ‘Temptations of Slaanesh’, lower the number of depravity points needed for the ‘Sadistic Spite’ effect to 18+ and for the ‘Oblivious Indulgence’ effect to 24+.
Hedonites of Slaanesh, Blades of the Lurid Dream
Add the REINFORCEMENTS keyword to the Slickblade Seekers warscroll.
Hedonites of Slaanesh, Blades of the Lurid Dream
Remove ‘Once Per Turn’ from the timing bar of ‘Locus of Diversion’.
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Battle Traits
TEMPTATIONS OF SLAANESH
Wherever the Hedonites of Slaanesh roam, reality is unmade. Those who stand against them are assailed by titillating phantasms and mind-bending illusions until they become slaves to their own base urges.
You receive 6 temptation dice at the start of the battle round. Each time your opponent makes a failed hit roll, a failed wound roll or a failed save roll, you can offer them a temptation dice. If they accept your offer, that roll is replaced with a 6. Rolls replaced in this way cannot be re-rolled or modified.Each time your opponent accepts your offer of a temptation dice, you gain D6 depravity points. Each time your opponent rejects your offer of a temptation dice, inflict D3 mortal damage on the unit for which the roll was made.
You cannot offer your opponent a temptation dice for the same enemy unit more than once per phase. At the end of the battle round, all remaining temptation dice are lost.
All friendly units gain passive abilities from the table below based on the number of depravity points you have. These abilities are cumulative.
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Regiment Abilities
Pick 1 of the following regiment abilities.| Once Per Battle, Any Combat Phase |
UNPARALLELED SPEED: They say the first blow struck is the sweetest…
Declare: Pick a friendly unit to use this ability.
Effect: That unit has STRIKE-FIRST this phase.
Effect: That unit has STRIKE-FIRST this phase.
| Your Movement Phase |
LOCUS OF DIVERSION: These warriors release perfumed mists that fill the foes’ minds with everything but the matter at hand.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit to use this ability.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, that unit can use a RETREAT ability and still use SHOOT and/or CHARGE abilities later in the turn.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, that unit can use a RETREAT ability and still use SHOOT and/or CHARGE abilities later in the turn.
Enhancements
Give your general 1 of the following enhancements.| Any Combat Phase |
SCEPTRE OF DOMINATION: The staff carried by this Shardspeaker contains magic that can seduce the minds of their foes.
Declare: Roll a dice for each enemy unit in combat with your general.
Effect: On a 5+, the unit being rolled for has STRIKE-LAST this phase.
Effect: On a 5+, the unit being rolled for has STRIKE-LAST this phase.
| Your Hero Phase |
CACOPHONIC CHOIR: The Shardspeaker summons a sanity‑shattering symphony of sound.
Declare: Make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: On a 6+, make a cacophony roll of D6. Inflict D3 mortal damage on each enemy unit (roll for each) within 6" of your general that has a Control characteristic less than the cacophony roll.
Effect: On a 6+, make a cacophony roll of D6. Inflict D3 mortal damage on each enemy unit (roll for each) within 6" of your general that has a Control characteristic less than the cacophony roll.
| Once Per Turn, Your Shooting Phase |
TWISTED MIRROR: A Twisted Mirror tests the spirit of any who gaze into it, immobilising those who fall victim to its illusions.
Declare: Pick an enemy unit within 9" of your general and roll a dice.
Effect: On a 4+, subtract 1 from save rolls for that unit until the start of your next turn.
Effect: On a 4+, subtract 1 from save rolls for that unit until the start of your next turn.
| Your Hero Phase |
PENDANT OF SLAANESH: This pendant burrows through the Shardspeaker’s rich fabrics and scarred chest before nestling next to their heart, invigorating them with sublime energy whenever they feel pain.
Effect: Heal (D3) your general.
Warscrolls
6" 5 5+ 2 The Shardspeakers are sorcerers and seers amongst the Hedonite hosts, inducted into the higher mysteries of their decadent god. Wrapped in sumptuous fabrics and surrounded by swirling, sighing mist-daemons, they cut enigmatic figures amongst the hordes of revellers. Each Shardspeaker bears a Twisted Mirror, a fragment of ensorcelled glass said to be taken from Slaanesh’s own palace. By channelling their will through these relics, a Shardspeaker can display to their foe a vision of utmost perfection or abject personal horror, enrapturing them with the unhallowed majesty of Slaanesh. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Haze Staff | |||||||
| Haze Staff | 3 | 3+ | 4+ | 1 | D3 | ||
| Your Hero Phase |
VISION OF DAMNATION: The sorcerer conjures a vision of excess so intense that reality itself shimmers and distorts.
Declare: Make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: On a 6+, roll 6 dice. For each 4+, you receive 1 depravity point.
Effect: On a 6+, roll 6 dice. For each 4+, you receive 1 depravity point.
KEYWORDS | HERO, WIZARD, INFANTRY |
12" 4 5+ 1 Whooping and screaming in unearthly glee, Slickblade Seekers ride at the fore of the Sybarite carnivals. They make war at a blistering pace, carried atop their daemonic steeds – creatures able to exist in the Mortal Realms due to a blooddeep connection with their rider. For a Slickblade Seeker, no sensation is finer than to slay an enemy without breaking stride. As they charge into melee they spin and twirl their glaives so fast the air itself seems to shriek, before the Sybarites lash out to neatly sever heads from necks. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Slickblade Glaive [Charge (+1 Damage)] | |||||||
| Slickblade Glaive Charge (+1 Damage) | 3 | 3+ | 4+ | 1 | 1 | ||
| Exalted Steed’s Poisoned Tongue [Companion] | |||||||
| Exalted Steed’s Poisoned Tongue Companion | 3 | 3+ | 4+ | - | 1 | ||
| Passive |
UNRIVALLED VELOCITY: Slickblade Seekers are obsessed with high-speed kills, tearing towards the foe with relentless haste.
Effect: You can re-roll charge rolls for this unit.
KEYWORDS | CAVALRY, REINFORCEMENTS |
6" 3 5+ 1 The Slaangor Fiendbloods are towering beastmen utterly in thrall to the Lord of Dark Delights. With an animalistic lack of restraint, they have over-indulged until only the most visceral and torturous of sensations can now rouse them. Slaangors roam Slaaneshi camps in a glassy-eyed stupor, allowing fellow Sybarites to drape them in fine gems and silks. When battle beckons, a transformation seizes them; they become arrow-swift instruments of manic violence, barrelling forwards without a hint of self preservation in their maddened desire to feel anything at all. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Razor-sharp Claw and Gilded Weapon | |||||||
| Razor-sharp Claw and Gilded Weapon | 5 | 4+ | 3+ | 1 | 2 | ||
| Razor-sharp Claws | |||||||
| Razor-sharp Claws | 4 | 4+ | 3+ | 1 | 2 | ||
This unit has 2 Slaangor Fiendbloods armed with Razorsharp Claws, and 1 Slaangor Fiendblood armed with a Razor-sharp Claw and Gilded Weapon.
| Enemy Shooting Phase |
SLAUGHTER AT ANY COST: When stirred by the excesses of battle, Fiendbloods waste no time in hunting down their victims.
Declare: This unit can use this ability if any damage points were allocated to it this turn.
Effect: This unit can use the ‘Normal Move’ ability as if it were your movement phase.
Effect: This unit can use the ‘Normal Move’ ability as if it were your movement phase.
KEYWORDS | INFANTRY, REINFORCEMENTS |
6" 1 6+ 1 Blissbarb Archers are the footsoldiers of Slaanesh’s mortal hosts, the sinful masses who partake in the bacchanals and the carnivals of agony. Having abandoned their past lives, these fleet-footed Sybarites are single-minded in their pursuit of decadence. Though forbidden from engaging in the glorious sensations of melee by their cruel overlords – though many cannot help but seek to wet their daggers when opportunity arises – they instead assail the foe with barbed arrows, laced with hallucinogenic toxins that open the mind to new vistas of dark possibility. | ||
| RANGED WEAPONS | Rng | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Blissbarb Bow | ||||||||
| Blissbarb Bow | 18" | 2 | 3+ | 4+ | 1 | 1 | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | |||
| Sybarite Blade | ||||||||
| Sybarite Blade | 1 | 3+ | 4+ | - | 1 | |||
One unit has 5 Blissbarb Archers and 1 Blissbrew Homonculus. The other unit has 5 Blissbarb Archers.
The Blissbarb Archers are each armed with a Blissbarb Bow and Sybarite Blade. The Blissbrew Homonculus is armed with a Sybarite Blade.
The Blissbarb Archers are each armed with a Blissbarb Bow and Sybarite Blade. The Blissbrew Homonculus is armed with a Sybarite Blade.
 Passive |
LIGHT-FOOTED KILLERS: Blissbarb Archers can deliver pinpoint shots even while cavorting wildly across the battlefield.
Effect: This unit can use SHOOT abilities even if it used a RUN ability in the same turn.
KEYWORDS | INFANTRY, REINFORCEMENTS |
Epicurean Revellers
Slaanesh’s daemons must typically be summoned to the Mortal Realms through painstaking (and inevitably painful) rites of invoking. Yet sometimes, the acts of atrocity and vice carried out by a marauding horde or ascendant cult will reach such a delectable climax that warhosts of the Dark Prince’s own children can tear the veil of their own accord. These Epicurean Revellers rarely have any grand strategy in mind; their only urge is to slake those desires that only conventional reality may facilitate, engaging in orgies of blood and slaughter before returning to Slaanesh’s realm.
Greater daemons of Slaanesh rarely lower themselves to lead such warbands; rather, it is discordant courtiers from the Palace of Pleasure who seize these opportunities, eager to prove the worth of their own dark fascinations to one another. They bring with them not only Daemonette handmaidens but also the stranger daemonic beasts of Slaanesh’s domain – hooting, warbling entities whose senses are inflamed by the stench of mortal souls…
Greater daemons of Slaanesh rarely lower themselves to lead such warbands; rather, it is discordant courtiers from the Palace of Pleasure who seize these opportunities, eager to prove the worth of their own dark fascinations to one another. They bring with them not only Daemonette handmaidens but also the stranger daemonic beasts of Slaanesh’s domain – hooting, warbling entities whose senses are inflamed by the stench of mortal souls…
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Battle Traits
| Passive |
FAVOUR MOST FICKLE: The Dark Prince smiles only on those who perform for his twisted amusement.
Effect: The following effects apply based on the number of friendly units on the battlefield. These effects are not cumulative:
• 5 or more units: Add 2 to the Control characteristic of friendly units.
• 4 units: Add 1 to hit rolls and wound rolls for friendly units’ combat attacks, including attacks made with Companion weapons.
• 3 units: Add 1 to run rolls and charge rolls for friendly units.
• 2 units: Friendly units have WARD (5+).
• 1 unit: Add 2 to the Attacks characteristic of friendly units’ melee weapons, including Companion weapons.
• 5 or more units: Add 2 to the Control characteristic of friendly units.
• 4 units: Add 1 to hit rolls and wound rolls for friendly units’ combat attacks, including attacks made with Companion weapons.
• 3 units: Add 1 to run rolls and charge rolls for friendly units.
• 2 units: Friendly units have WARD (5+).
• 1 unit: Add 2 to the Attacks characteristic of friendly units’ melee weapons, including Companion weapons.
Regiment Abilities
Pick 1 of the following regiment abilities.| Passive |
BRINGERS OF DEGRADATION: Daemonettes are always competing to inflict the most inventive ends.
Effect: When players are alternating picking units to use a FIGHT ability, when it is your turn to pick a unit, you can pick 2 friendly Daemonettes units instead of 1 unit. Resolve the second FIGHT ability immediately after the first.
| Once Per Battle, Deployment Phase |
DAEMONIC ONSLAUGHT: Utterly in thrall to their base urges, Slaanesh’s most bestial daemons move with impossible haste.
Declare: Pick a friendly Seekers or Fiends unit wholly within 12" of your general to be the target.
Effect: The target can use the ‘Normal Move’ ability as if it were your movement phase.
Effect: The target can use the ‘Normal Move’ ability as if it were your movement phase.
Enhancements
Give your general 1 of the following enhancements| Passive |
TWISTED GRACE: The favoured daemonic servants of Slaanesh move with a loathsome but hypnotic precision.
Effect: When your general makes a pile-in move, if they charged in the same turn, add D6" to the distance they can move.
| Once Per Battle, Any Combat Phase |
EXCESS OF VIOLENCE: The Heralds that lead this daemonic warband are well practised in inspiring killing frenzies. Not that it takes much inspiring…
Declare: Pick a visible friendly unit wholly within 12" of your general to be the target.
Effect: The target’s melee weapons, including Companion weapons, have Crit (2 Hits) until the start of your next turn.
Effect: The target’s melee weapons, including Companion weapons, have Crit (2 Hits) until the start of your next turn.
| Passive |
HIGH COURTIERS: The leaders of this warband are exalted in the Court of Pleasure, and their followers inherit this favour.
Effect: While your general is wholly within the combat range of a friendly Daemonettes unit, both units have WARD (5+).
| Once Per Battle, Your Movement Phase |
IRRESISTIBLE SOUL-MUSK: The scent of vice and agony that surrounds these chosen daemons draws wilder underlings to their side.
Declare: Pick a visible friendly Seekers or Fiends unit wholly within 12" of your general to be the target.
Effect: Remove the target from the battlefield and set it up again on the battlefield more than 6" from all enemy units.
Effect: Remove the target from the battlefield and set it up again on the battlefield more than 6" from all enemy units.
Warscrolls
6" 3 5+ 2 5+ The courts of the Palace of Pleasure are filled with wicked daemons known as Slaanesh’s Heralds. The choicest vices and most appalling perversions are theirs to command, and they are always eager to bring such delights to the realms. Heralds take to the battlefield in trios known as Thricefold Discords – an apt name, as for all their sorcerous and martial prowess, the real source of their power is their seething need to one-up their rivals. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Thricefold Arsenal | |||||||
| Thricefold Arsenal | 3 | 3+ | 3+ | 1 | 2 | ||
ABILITIES
| Passive |
THRICEFOLD COURT: Though bound by pact and sin, the daemons of a Thricefold Discord are all potent in their own right.
Effect: Each model in this unit is treated as an individual unit when determining the effect of the ‘Favour Most Fickle’ battle trait.
| Your Hero Phase |
DISPENSERS OF FAVOUR: Heralds of Slaanesh may hand out boons to servants who please or amuse them.
Declare: Pick up to X different friendly units wholly within 12" of this unit to be the targets, where X is the number of models in this unit. Then, make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: On a 6+, apply the relevant effect to each target:
Effect: On a 6+, apply the relevant effect to each target:
- Daemonettes: The target’s weapons have Anti‑charge (+1 Rend) until the start of your next turn.
- Seekers: Add 2" to the target’s Move characteristic until the start of your next turn.
- Fiends: Add 1 to hit rolls for the target’s combat attacks until the start of your next turn.
KEYWORDS | WARD (5+), WIZARD, INFANTRY, HERO |
10" 4 5+ 1 6+ Horrific nightmares given bestial shape, Fiends of Slaanesh emit a harsh, trilling call as they race towards their prey. A dream-inducing scent hangs thick around the Fiends, reducing their foes to a stupor and sapping them of their will to fight. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Deadly Pincers and Barbed Stinger | |||||||
| Deadly Pincers and Barbed Stinger | 4 | 4+ | 3+ | 1 | D3 | ||
ABILITIES
| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Charge Phase |
SOPORIFIC MUSK: A Fiend exudes a pervasive and oily musk that numbs a foe to all but the most extreme of stimuli.
Declare: If this unit is not in combat, pick a visible enemy unit within 9" of it to be the target.
If this unit is in combat, pick an enemy unit in combat with it to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 4+, the target has STRIKE-LAST for the rest of the turn.
If this unit is in combat, pick an enemy unit in combat with it to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 4+, the target has STRIKE-LAST for the rest of the turn.
KEYWORDS | BEAST, WARD (6+) |
6" 1 6+ 1 6+ Possessed of impossible grace and grotesque beauty, Daemonettes of Slaanesh bound across the battlefield with sadistic glee. They are in constant competition with one another to see who can inflict the most pain on the enemies of the Dark Prince. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Piercing Claws | |||||||
| Piercing Claws | 2 | 3+ | 4+ | 1 | 1 | ||
ABILITIES
| Passive |
LITHE AND SWIFT: Charging Daemonettes can riddle an enemy with a quicksilver flurry of claw‑strikes.
Effect: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of this unit’s Piercing Claws if it charged in the same turn.
KEYWORDS | INFANTRY, WARD (6+), REINFORCEMENTS |
14" 3 6+ 1 6+ Seekers of Slaanesh are the vanguard of the Dark Prince’s daemon armies, insatiable outriders who track their foes with unrelenting swiftness, feeding on the growing terror of their prey. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Agonising Claws [Anti-CAVALRY (+1 Rend)] | |||||||
| Agonising Claws Anti-CAVALRY (+1 Rend) | 3 | 3+ | 4+ | 1 | 1 | ||
| Steed’s Poisoned Tongue [Companion] | |||||||
| Steed’s Poisoned Tongue Companion | 2 | 3+ | 4+ | - | 1 | ||
ABILITIES
| Passive |
QUICKSILVER SPEED: Seekers of Slaanesh are daemonic hunters who are swift beyond belief.
Effect: When making run rolls for this unit, if you roll a 1-3, you can use a value of 4 instead.
KEYWORDS | WARD (6+), CAVALRY |
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.
FAQ
| Q: | If an ability allows a unit to gain an enhancement during a battle (for example, the Kharadron Overlords ‘Special Procurement’ ability) and I pick an enhancement that costs points, do I need to have sufficient spare points in my army roster in order to pay for that enhancement? |
| A: | No. Enhancements added to your army during a battle do not cost any points. |
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, unless they have a keyword that matches that faction’s name.
- 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.
| Once Per Turn (Army), Start of Any Turn |
SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE: ...only that it flows.
Effect: Pick a BLOOD TITHE ability that you have not unlocked and spend the number of blood tithe points required to unlock that ability (shown in the top-right corner of the ability). That BLOOD TITHE ability is now unlocked for the rest of the battle.
| 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 |
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). | ||
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.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.’
| 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.’
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 |
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 |
FAQ
| Q: | When using the ‘Charge’ ability, does my unit need to end the charge move within 1⁄2" of an enemy unit that was visible to the charging unit at the start of that charge move? |
| A: | No. It must end the charge move within 1⁄2" of an enemy unit that is visible to the charging unit when it finishes that charge move. |
| Q: | If an ability adds to or subtracts from the number of dice that make up a charge roll, is that a modifier to the charge roll? |
| A: | No. |
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.
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).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).
FAQ
| Q: | When making shooting attacks, can all models in the attacking unit shoot even if the target unit is not visible to some of those models? |
| A: | No, the only models in the attacking unit that can make shooting attacks are those that the target unit is visible to. |
| Q: | When a unit uses a SHOOT ability, does it have to shoot with all of the ranged weapons that it is armed with? |
| A: | Yes. |
| 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 |
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.| 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 |
Shoot in Combat
This weapon can be used to make shooting attacks even if the attacking unit is in combat.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. Manifestations are not units but can be interacted with in similar ways, as explained next:
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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.
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 |
| Enemy Hero Phase | 1 |
MAGICAL INTERVENTION: A warrior learned in the mystic arts utters a rapid incantation to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
Declare: Pick a friendly WIZARD or PRIEST to use this ability.
Effect: That friendly unit can use a SPELL, PRAYER or BANISH ability (as appropriate) as if it were your hero phase. If you do so, subtract 1 from casting rolls or chanting rolls made as part of that ability.
Effect: That friendly unit can use a SPELL, PRAYER or BANISH ability (as appropriate) as if it were your hero phase. If you do so, subtract 1 from casting rolls or chanting rolls made as part of that ability.
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 |
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.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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| 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 (see 15.3). Then, if that unit is in combat, you must pick one or more enemy units as the target(s) of that unit’s attacks (see 16.0).
Effect: Resolve combat attacks against the target unit(s).
Effect: Resolve combat attacks against the target unit(s).
| KEYWORDS | CORE, ATTACK, FIGHT |
1.5 Faction Terrain
Some factions have special terrain features called faction terrain features. Faction terrain features have their own warscrolls. They are not considered to be units, with the following exceptions:- In the combat phase, they are treated as if they were units for the purposes of movement, combat range and being in combat.
- They are affected by all enemy abilities as if they were units.
- They can be damaged in the same manner as units. However, when they are removed from play, they count as being demolished instead of slain or destroyed (this means that they do not count as destroyed units for the purposes of abilities, scoring battle tactics, etc.).
- Enemy units can finish a charge move within ½" of a terrain feature that is garrisoned (see 1.5.1). Faction terrain features cannot contest objectives even while they are garrisoned.
- If a terrain feature has any melee or ranged weapons, it can use the 'Fight' and 'Shoot' CORE abilities as if it were a unit.
- Terrain features that have a Move characteristic of 0" ('-') cannot move (note that pile-in moves are a type of move).
- Faction terrain features with a Move characteristic greater than '-' are treated as if they were units in all phases for the purposes of movement, combat range, being in combat and setting up terrain features, other manifestations and other units.
Some faction terrain features allow you to place a unit on them (this will be clearly specified in that terrain feature’s rules). When doing so, instead of measuring range or visibility to and from the unit that is on that terrain feature, measure to and from the terrain feature instead. Unless otherwise specified, units on a faction terrain feature cannot use FIGHT abilities.
If a unit placed on a terrain feature is removed from it (e.g. if an ability removes them from the battlefield), that unit counts as having left that terrain feature and loses any special role or benefits it had as a result of being placed on it.
| The Citadel Terrain List shows the number of scenery pieces each terrain feature can consist of. If you are using terrain features that are not included on that list, agree with your opponent before setting up the battlefield how many scenery pieces make up each terrain feature. | ||
| Enemy Shooting Phase | 1 |
COVERING FIRE: The warriors unleash a quick volley at a nearby enemy unit before it charges into combat.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that did not use a RUN ability this turn and that is not in combat to use this ability, then pick the closest enemy unit (to that unit) that can be picked as the target of shooting attacks to be the target. You cannot pick MANIFESTATIONS or faction terrain features as the target of this ability.
Effect: Resolve shooting attacks for the unit using this ability against the target. You must subtract 1 from the hit rolls for those attacks.
Effect: Resolve shooting attacks for the unit using this ability against the target. You must subtract 1 from the hit rolls for those attacks.
| KEYWORDS | SHOOT, ATTACK |
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’).Blood Tithe Abilities
| Once Per Turn (Army), Reaction: You declared a CHARGE ability | 0 |
MURDERLUST: When worthy opponents are near, the impulse to kill becomes all-consuming.
You do not need to unlock this ability to use it. It is already unlocked.
Effect: Roll a dice. You can replace one of the dice in the charge roll with that value. If you do so, inflict D3 mortal damage on the unit using that CHARGE ability after that ability is resolved.
Effect: Roll a dice. You can replace one of the dice in the charge roll with that value. If you do so, inflict D3 mortal damage on the unit using that CHARGE ability after that ability is resolved.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Once per Turn, Start of Any Turn | 1 |
DIVINE SCORN: The battlefield is Khorne's temple, and Khorne's alone.
Declare: Pick up to 3 enemy WIZARDS or PRIESTS within 6" of any friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units to be the target(s).
Effect: Roll a dice for each target. On a 3+, subtract 1 from the target’s power level, to a minimum of 0, until the start of the next turn.
Effect: Roll a dice for each target. On a 3+, subtract 1 from the target’s power level, to a minimum of 0, until the start of the next turn.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Combat Phase | 1 |
PUNISH THE PACIFIST: To shirk from combat is to sin against the War God.
Declare: Each unit (friendly and enemy) and enemy MANIFESTATION that is not in combat is a target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 1-2, inflict 1 mortal damage on each target. On a 3+, inflict 1 mortal damage on each enemy target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 1-2, inflict 1 mortal damage on each target. On a 3+, inflict 1 mortal damage on each enemy target.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase | 2 |
MURDER THE MYSTIC: Those who cower behind conjured spellcraft will be punished severely.
You can only unlock this ability if you have unlocked ‘Divine Scorn’.
Declare: Pick up to 4 enemy MANIFESTATIONS to be the target(s).
Effect: Make a banishment roll of 2D6 for each target. If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on that MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, inflict D3 mortal damage on each enemy unit within 3" of it and then it is banished and removed from play.
Declare: Pick up to 4 enemy MANIFESTATIONS to be the target(s).
Effect: Make a banishment roll of 2D6 for each target. If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on that MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, inflict D3 mortal damage on each enemy unit within 3" of it and then it is banished and removed from play.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Passive | 2 |
GLORIOUS COMBAT OR NAUGHT: The air boils, charring arrows and melting musket shot.
You can only unlock this ability if you have unlocked ‘Divine Scorn’ or ‘Punish the Pacifist’.
Effect: Subtract 1 from hit rolls for shooting attacks that target friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
Effect: Subtract 1 from hit rolls for shooting attacks that target friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Passive | 3 |
REVEL IN BATTLE: No tricks - no deceptions.
You can only unlock this ability if you have unlocked ‘Punish the Pacifist’.
Effect: Other than the Companion weapon ability, weapon abilities for combat attacks made by enemy units that charged this turn and that target a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE unit have no effect.
Effect: Other than the Companion weapon ability, weapon abilities for combat attacks made by enemy units that charged this turn and that target a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE unit have no effect.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Passive | 4 |
SLAUGHTER TRIUMPHANT: Khorne's fury floods the field, burning out all thought but to slay.
You can only unlock this ability if you have unlocked ‘Murder the Mystic’ or ‘Glorious Combat or Naught’.
Effect: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of weapons used by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units that charged in the same turn.
Effect: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of weapons used by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units that charged in the same turn.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Passive | 4 |
CLEAVE WIDE THE GRIN OF KHORNE: Gore begets gore, and death begets death.
You can only unlock this ability if you have already unlocked ‘Revel in Battle’ or ‘Glorious Combat or Naught’.
Effect: Add 1 to hit rolls for combat attacks made by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
Effect: Add 1 to hit rolls for combat attacks made by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
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.The BLOODBOUND keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
Beast Hero
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Cavalry
Infantry
Monster
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.The non-MONSTER DAEMON keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
The MONSTER keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
Monster Hero
Monster
Battle Traits
| Once Per Turn, Reaction: You declared the ‘Skulls for the Skull Throne’ ability |
BLOOD-DRENCHED: As blood gushes down blades, armour and teeth, the fervent warriors of the Blood God are driven into a divine frenzy.
Effect: After that ability has been resolved, if you unlocked a BLOOD TITHE ability this turn, pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE unit to be the target. The following effects apply to the target for the rest of the battle:
Wild-eyed Brutality: Ignore positive modifiers to save rolls for the target.
Blood Haze: If the target is BLOODBOUND, its Blood-hungry weapons have Crit (Mortal).
Weapons of Murder: If the target is a non-MONSTER DAEMON unit, add 1 to the Rend characteristic of its Blood-hungry weapons, including Blood-hungry Companion weapons.
Bloodlords Supreme: If the target is a MONSTER, add 1 to the Damage characteristic of its Blood-hungry weapons.
Wild-eyed Brutality: Ignore positive modifiers to save rolls for the target.
Blood Haze: If the target is BLOODBOUND, its Blood-hungry weapons have Crit (Mortal).
Weapons of Murder: If the target is a non-MONSTER DAEMON unit, add 1 to the Rend characteristic of its Blood-hungry weapons, including Blood-hungry Companion weapons.
Bloodlords Supreme: If the target is a MONSTER, add 1 to the Damage characteristic of its Blood-hungry weapons.
Errata
Battle Traits
Change the timing of the ‘Blood-drenched’ ability to:
| Passive |
SEED OF REBIRTH: Should the bearer of this seed ever fall, its rejuvenating energies will grant them new life.
Effect: The first time this unit would be destroyed, before removing it from play, roll a dice. On a 3+, this unit is not destroyed and any remaining damage points inflicted on it have no effect. Then, Heal (D3) this unit.
21.0 Healing
Some abilities allow you to heal a unit. To heal a unit, remove a number of damage points from the unit equal to the number in brackets after ‘Heal’, e.g. Heal (2).FAQ
| Q: | If an ability (e.g. ‘Seed of Rebirth’) would allow a unit that would be destroyed to negate all remaining damage points then heal to prevent that unit from being destroyed, and another ability (e.g. ‘Quenching the Flames’) prevents that unit from healing, would that unit still be destroyed? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Enemy Hero Phase |
MASTER OF TEMPTATION: Twisting the old adage, this hero demonstrates that good things do not come to those who wait.
Declare: You can only use this ability if your opponent has any temptation dice. Pick a visible enemy unit within 18" of this unit to be the target.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, while your opponent has not used any of their temptation dice to replace a roll for the target this turn, the target can only use CORE abilities.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, while your opponent has not used any of their temptation dice to replace a roll for the target this turn, the target can only use CORE abilities.
5.4 Passive Abilities
Abilities that have the Passive timing are called passive abilities. Passive abilities are not declared. The effects of passive abilities always apply if the conditions of the ability are met, and they must be applied if it is possible to do so.
The HEDONITES OF SLAANESH keyword is used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
The PARAGON keyword is used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
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.
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.
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 |
FAQ
| Q: | Is mortal damage inflicted by a miscast considered to be ‘mortal damage inflicted by a SPELL ability’ for the purposes of abilities like a Morghast Archai unit’s ‘Ebon-wrought Armour’ ability? |
| A: | No. |
The HEDONITES OF SLAANESH and HERO keywords are used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
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. | ||
Errata
32.2 Objective Control
Change the first sentence to:
‘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:’
‘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:’
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’).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.The HEDONITES OF SLAANESH and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
The SYBARITE and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
The non-unique HERO keyword is used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
War Machine Hero
Monster Hero
The non-HERO SYBARITE keyword is used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
| 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.
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.
If the original unit was reinforced and the replacement unit has more than half the number of models from the original unit, the replacement unit is considered to be reinforced.
| 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. | ||
FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | If a destroyed unit had an enhancement, and an ability allows me to set up a replacement of that unit, would the replacement unit also have that enhancement? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | If an ability allows a replacement unit to be set up with half the models from the original unit, and the original unit has to have a certain proportion of models equipped with specific weapons, does the new unit also need to adhere to the same restrictions? |
| A: | No. As stated in 24.2, you can pick any models from the original unit to be set up in the replacement unit. |
| Q: | If an ability allows a replacement unit to be set up with half the models from the original unit, could I then use an ability such as ‘Rally’ to return models to that unit until it reached the unit size of the original unit? |
| A: | No. A replacement unit is treated as a new unit with a new unit size. |
Errata
Addenda: 24.2 Replacement Units
Add the following:
‘If the original unit was reinforced and the replacement unit has more than half the number of models from the original unit, the replacement unit is considered to be reinforced.'
‘If the original unit was reinforced and the replacement unit has more than half the number of models from the original unit, the replacement unit is considered to be reinforced.'
Unbind
| Reaction: Opponent declared a SPELL ability |
UNBIND: The wizard saps the energy from an enemy’s spell, nullifying its effects.
Used By: A friendly WIZARD within 30" of the enemy WIZARD casting the spell.
Effect: Make an unbinding roll of 2D6. If the roll exceeds the casting roll for the spell, then the spell is unbound and its effect is not resolved. This reaction cannot be used more than once per casting roll.
Effect: Make an unbinding roll of 2D6. If the roll exceeds the casting roll for the spell, then the spell is unbound and its effect is not resolved. This reaction cannot be used more than once per casting roll.
| KEYWORDS | UNBIND |
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.
Errata
32.1 Contesting Objectives
Change the second paragraph to:
‘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.’
‘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.’
Contesting
Change the definition of contesting to:
‘contesting: Models contest objectives within their combat range (3"). When determining objective control, the same unit cannot contest more than 1 objective at the same time; the player must pick 1 if more than 1 is within range. (Core Rules, 32.1)’
‘contesting: Models contest objectives within their combat range (3"). When determining objective control, the same unit cannot contest more than 1 objective at the same time; the player must pick 1 if more than 1 is within range. (Core Rules, 32.1)’
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.
The non-MONSTER non-WAR MACHINE HEDONITES OF SLAANESH keyword is used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
The non-HERO HEDONITES OF SLAANESH and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
| End of Any Turn | 1 |
POWER THROUGH: The warriors use their sheer mass or resilience to drive through a group of weaker foes, leaving broken bodies in their wake.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that charged this turn to use this ability, then you must pick an enemy unit in combat with it to be the target. The target must have a lower Health characteristic than the unit using this ability.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on the target. Then, the unit using this ability can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. It can pass through and end that move within the combat ranges of enemy units that were in combat with it at the start of the move, but not those of other enemy units. It does not have to end the move in combat.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on the target. Then, the unit using this ability can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. It can pass through and end that move within the combat ranges of enemy units that were in combat with it at the start of the move, but not those of other enemy units. It does not have to end the move in combat.
| KEYWORDS | MOVE |
The WIZARD keyword is used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
The MONSTER keyword is used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
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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Errata
Addenda: fought
Add the following definition:
‘fought: A unit has fought if it used any FIGHT abilities in the same turn.’
‘fought: A unit has fought if it used any FIGHT abilities in the same turn.’
The non-Hero Hedonites of Slaanesh Infantry keyword is used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
The non-Hero Hedonites of Slaanesh Cavalry keyword is used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh 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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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.’
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 |
The COURT OF THE GODLINGS keywords are used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
The non-UNIQUE HEDONITES OF SLAANESH and DAEMON keywords are used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh 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.
FAQ
| Q: | If a HERO is able to join another HERO's regiment (e.g. The Shadow Queen joining Morathi-Khaine, do they take the place of a non-HERO unit in that regiment? |
| A: | Yes. |
The TWIN keyword is used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
The non-UNIQUE COURT OF THE GODLINGS HERO keywords are used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
War Machine Hero
Monster Hero
The COURT OF THE GODLINGS WIZARD keywords are used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
War Machine Hero
The HEDONITES OF SLAANESH and MANIFESTATION keywords are used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
The DECADENT HOST keyword is used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Infantry
Faction Terrain
The non-WAR MACHINE SYBARITE keyword is used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
15.1 Coherency
Any time a unit is set up or ends a move, it must be in a single group. A unit is considered to be in a coherent group if each model in that unit is within coherency range, measured horizontally, of at least 1 other model in that unit (ignore differences in height between the two models).For the majority of units, coherency range is 1/2", though some units (particularly those with large models with overhanging parts) have a longer coherency range noted on their warscroll for ease of play. While there are 7 or more models in a unit, that unit is considered to be in a coherent group if each model in that unit is within coherency range of at least 2 other models in that unit.
If it is not possible for a unit to end a move in a single coherent group, that move cannot be made.
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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.FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | Do models removed as a result of a unit being out of coherency count as having been slain? |
| A: | Yes. |
Errata
Addenda: 18.3 Slain models
Add the following:
‘You must remove the fewest models possible to make the unit a single coherent group.’
‘You must remove the fewest models possible to make the unit a single coherent group.’
Addenda: removed from play/removed from the battlefield
Add the following definition:
‘removed from play/removed from the battlefield: When a model or unit is removed from the battlefield, it no longer has any effect on the battle, though it can still be relevant for abilities that allow you to return models or replace units.’
‘removed from play/removed from the battlefield: When a model or unit is removed from the battlefield, it no longer has any effect on the battle, though it can still be relevant for abilities that allow you to return models or replace units.’
The DECADENT HOST DAEMON keyword is used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
Infantry
The DECADENT HOST SYBARITE keyword is used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Infantry
The non-unique DECADENT HOST HERO keyword is used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
| Your Movement Phase |
THE PRINCE IN THE MIRROR: It is said that all mirrors are enthralled by Sigvald’s beauty. Should he fall, they readily allow his soul back to the field.
Declare: If the friendly Sigvald has been destroyed, pick him to be the target. He can be replaced even if he is a replacement unit.
Effect: Set up a replacement unit identical to the target wholly within 6" of a friendly Contorted Epitome and not in combat.
Effect: Set up a replacement unit identical to the target wholly within 6" of a friendly Contorted Epitome and not in combat.
The DECADENT HOST WIZARD keyword is used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
The HERO keyword is used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
The CHAOS keyword is used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
The HEDONITES OF SLAANESH keyword is used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
The SYBARITE keyword is used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
War Machine Hero
The HEDONITES OF SLAANESH and DAEMON keywords are used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
| Reaction: Opponent declared an ATTACK ability | 1 |
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.
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.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. | ||
FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | Can I use an ability that allows a friendly unit that does not have STRIKE-FIRST to fight immediately after a friendly unit that has STRIKE-FIRST if there are one or more enemy units with STRIKE-FIRST that have not yet been picked to fight? |
| A: | No. As mentioned in the sidebar next to 19.0, abilities that allow a unit to use a FIGHT ability immediately after another unit do not override the STRIKE-FIRST constraints, so you cannot pick a unit that does not have STRIKE-FIRST to fight until all other units that have STRIKE-FIRST have fought. |
| Q: | If a friendly unit is the only unit that has STRIKE-FIRST on the battlefield and it has an ability that allows a friendly unit to fight immediately after it, in what order would units be picked to fight? |
| A: | If you are the active player, the unit that has STRIKE-FIRST would fight first, then you could use the ability to allow another friendly unit to fight immediately after it, and then you would pick the next unit to fight (i.e. three friendly units would fight back to back). If your opponent is the active player, the unit that has STRIKE-FIRST would fight first, you could still use the ability to allow another friendly unit to fight, and then your opponent would pick the next unit to fight. |
| Q: | In the combat phase, if all eligible non-STRIKE‑LAST units have used a FIGHT ability, which player gets to pick the first STRIKE-LAST unit to fight? |
| A: | The alternating sequence of picking units to use a FIGHT ability would continue and so the player who did not pick the last non-STRIKE-LAST unit would get to pick the first eligible STRIKE-LAST unit in their army to use a FIGHT ability. |
Errata
19.0 STRIKE-FIRST and STRIKE-LAST
In the first sentence, replace ‘at the start of the phase’ with ‘after any non-FIGHT Combat Phase abilities have been used’.
STRIKE-LAST
Remove the following text from STRIKE-LAST:
‘If both players have units with STRIKE-LAST, they alternate fighting with those units after all other eligible units have fought, starting with the active player.’
‘If both players have units with STRIKE-LAST, they alternate fighting with those units after all other eligible units have fought, starting with the active player.’
STRIKE-LAST
In the glossary entry for STRIKE-LAST, remove ‘, starting with the active player’.
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).
- You can 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 non-HERO HEDONITES OF SLAANESH keyword is used in the following Hedonites of Slaanesh warscrolls:
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.Charge (+1 Damage)
Add 1 to this weapon’s Damage characteristic if the attacking unit charged this turn.| Passive |
FAVOUR MOST FICKLE: The Dark Prince smiles only on those who perform for his twisted amusement.
Effect: The following effects apply based on the number of friendly units on the battlefield. These effects are not cumulative:
• 5 or more units: Add 2 to the Control characteristic of friendly units.
• 4 units: Add 1 to hit rolls and wound rolls for friendly units’ combat attacks, including attacks made with Companion weapons.
• 3 units: Add 1 to run rolls and charge rolls for friendly units.
• 2 units: Friendly units have WARD (5+).
• 1 unit: Add 2 to the Attacks characteristic of friendly units’ melee weapons, including Companion weapons.
• 5 or more units: Add 2 to the Control characteristic of friendly units.
• 4 units: Add 1 to hit rolls and wound rolls for friendly units’ combat attacks, including attacks made with Companion weapons.
• 3 units: Add 1 to run rolls and charge rolls for friendly units.
• 2 units: Friendly units have WARD (5+).
• 1 unit: Add 2 to the Attacks characteristic of friendly units’ melee weapons, including Companion weapons.
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. | ||
FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | Can I use an ability that allows a friendly unit that does not have STRIKE-FIRST to fight immediately after a friendly unit that has STRIKE-FIRST if there are one or more enemy units with STRIKE-FIRST that have not yet been picked to fight? |
| A: | No. As mentioned in the sidebar next to 19.0, abilities that allow a unit to use a FIGHT ability immediately after another unit do not override the STRIKE-FIRST constraints, so you cannot pick a unit that does not have STRIKE-FIRST to fight until all other units that have STRIKE-FIRST have fought. |
| Q: | If a friendly unit is the only unit that has STRIKE-FIRST on the battlefield and it has an ability that allows a friendly unit to fight immediately after it, in what order would units be picked to fight? |
| A: | If you are the active player, the unit that has STRIKE-FIRST would fight first, then you could use the ability to allow another friendly unit to fight immediately after it, and then you would pick the next unit to fight (i.e. three friendly units would fight back to back). If your opponent is the active player, the unit that has STRIKE-FIRST would fight first, you could still use the ability to allow another friendly unit to fight, and then your opponent would pick the next unit to fight. |
| Q: | In the combat phase, if all eligible non-STRIKE‑LAST units have used a FIGHT ability, which player gets to pick the first STRIKE-LAST unit to fight? |
| A: | The alternating sequence of picking units to use a FIGHT ability would continue and so the player who did not pick the last non-STRIKE-LAST unit would get to pick the first eligible STRIKE-LAST unit in their army to use a FIGHT ability. |
Errata
19.0 STRIKE-FIRST and STRIKE-LAST
In the first sentence, replace ‘at the start of the phase’ with ‘after any non-FIGHT Combat Phase abilities have been used’.
STRIKE-LAST
Remove the following text from STRIKE-LAST:
‘If both players have units with STRIKE-LAST, they alternate fighting with those units after all other eligible units have fought, starting with the active player.’
‘If both players have units with STRIKE-LAST, they alternate fighting with those units after all other eligible units have fought, starting with the active player.’
STRIKE-LAST
In the glossary entry for STRIKE-LAST, remove ‘, starting with the active player’.