Kharadron Overlords – Skywardens
12" 2 4+ 1 The Skywardens’ job is to destroy. They are the defenders of the skyfleets, closing in to protect the ships from those who would attack it at close range. Experts at controlling their one-pilot endrins, they can wheel and charge with impressive precision even in the midst of a howling maelstrom. They are stern and disciplined figures amongst their brethren, for when the fleet is under attack by the daemons and nightmarish terrors, it is they who are responsible for getting their vessel-bound comrades to safety.
Their weapons are many. Their skypikes contain inbuilt aether pistons, allowing them to send its harpoon-like tip shooting forward with such force that it can punch through the hull of a rival ship. Just behind the blade is a dynamo-style battery that can discharge a short burst of electricity into an impaled foe. In their free hand, each Skywarden carries a vulcaniser pistol, a weapon that can fire a super-heated beam that has the power to melt steel armour. Furthermore, should an engagement not be going in their favour, they can deploy clusters of skymines to wreak havoc among a tightly packed enemy formation, providing a crucial window for them to disengage and fall back. | ||
| RANGED WEAPONS | Rng | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Skywarden Heavy Weapon [Anti-MONSTER (+1 Rend)] | ||||||||
| Skywarden Heavy Weapon Anti-MONSTER (+1 Rend) | 15" | 1 | 4+ | 3+ | 1 | D3 | ||
| Aethermatic Volley Gun [Crit (2 Hits)] | ||||||||
| Aethermatic Volley Gun Crit (2 Hits) | 15" | 2D6 | 4+ | 4+ | - | 1 | ||
| Vulcaniser Pistol [Shoot in Combat] | ||||||||
| Vulcaniser Pistol Shoot in Combat | 10" | 3 | 3+ | 3+ | 1 | 1 | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | |||
| Skypike [Crit (Mortal)] | ||||||||
| Skypike Crit (Mortal) | 2 | 3+ | 3+ | 1 | 2 | |||
| Gun Butt | ||||||||
| Gun Butt | 1 | 4+ | 5+ | - | 1 | |||
Each model in this unit is armed with a Vulcaniser Pistol and Skypike.
- 1/3 models can replace their weapons with an Aethermatic Volley Gun and Gun Butt.
- 1/3 models can replace their weapons with a Skywarden Heavy Weapon (Grapnel Launcher, Skyhook or Drill Launcher) and a Gun Butt.
- The champion cannot replace their weapons.
 End of Any Turn |
TIMED CHARGES: Skywardens are practised at striking hard and then retreating quickly amidst timed explosions to cause massive damage.
Declare: Pick an enemy unit in combat with this unit to be the target.
Effect: Roll a D3. On a 2+:
Effect: Roll a D3. On a 2+:
- Inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll.
- This unit can immediately use the ‘Retreat’ ability as if it were your movement phase without any mortal damage being inflicted on it.
KEYWORDS | INFANTRY, CHAMPION, FLY |
| ORDER, KHARADRON OVERLORDS, DUARDIN, SKYFARER |
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.Hit Roll
Roll a dice. If the roll equals or exceeds the attacking weapon’s Hit characteristic, the attack scores a successful hit: move on to the next step. If not, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends. Unmodified hit rolls of 1 always fail. If an unmodified hit roll for an attack made with a weapon is a 6, that attack is a critical hit.| Critical hits have no effect on their own but often trigger additional effects (see 20.0 Weapon Abilities). | ||
Wound Roll
Roll a dice. If the roll equals or exceeds the attacking weapon’s Wound characteristic, the attack successfully wounds: move on to the next step. If not, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends. Unmodified wound rolls of 1 always fail.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.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).Shoot in Combat
This weapon can be used to make shooting attacks even if the attacking unit is in combat.Crit (Mortal)
If an attack made with this weapon scores a critical hit, that attack inflicts mortal damage on the target unit equal to the Damage characteristic of that weapon and the attack sequence ends.The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Kharadron Overlords warscrolls:
1.0 Champions
Units with the CHAMPION keyword have one or more champion models. If there is a number after the CHAMPION keyword, that number indicates the proportion of models in that unit that can be champions. In any other case, 1 model in the unit can be a champion. Units with the CHAMPION keyword have the following passive ability:| Passive |
CHAMPION: A veteran fighter leads the charge.
Effect: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of weapons used by champions in this unit.
The CHAMPION keyword is used in the following Kharadron Overlords warscrolls:
The ORDER keyword is used in the following Kharadron Overlords warscrolls:
The KHARADRON OVERLORDS keyword is used in the following Kharadron Overlords warscrolls:
The DUARDIN keyword is used in the following Kharadron Overlords warscrolls:
The SKYFARER keyword is used in the following Kharadron Overlords warscrolls:
Army List
Warscrolls collatedInfantry Hero
Regiment of Renown
7.0 Combat Range
Each model has a combat range that extends 3" horizontally from its base and any distance vertically from that circle to form a cylinder. The combat range of a unit extends 3" horizontally and any distance vertically from every model in that unit. Units from opposing armies that are within each other’s combat range and that are visible to each other are in combat with each other. When a unit that is not in combat enters the combat range of a visible enemy unit, it moves into combat.
A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it’
A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it’
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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).
15.4 Flying
Units with the FLY keyword have the following passive ability: 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.
| When moving flying units, move them horizontally in any direction, ignoring intervening models and terrain, and place them where you wish, so long as they are allowed to end their move on that spot. Note that some units have the FLY keyword even if that unit can’t really fly. This often represents units that bounce, bound or skitter across the battlefield so adeptly that they might as well be flying! | ||
The FLY keyword is used in the following Kharadron Overlords warscrolls:
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 |