Nighthaunt – Kurdoss Valentian, the Craven King
8" 7 4+ 5 The Craven King sits upon a grand throne and wears an imposing crown of dark iron, but these are nothing more than worthless trinkets; Kurdoss Valentian will never know a moment of true glory, for his reign is nothing more than a farce and his gestured commands can be disobeyed without consequence. The twin heralds who hover at their monarch’s side – the souls of two brothers Valentian had murdered in his pursuit of power – do not regale him with tales of his triumphs but instead mock and denigrate him eternally. Endlessly tormented by their words yet unable to lash out because of the sorceries that bind him, Kurdoss seeks an outlet for his immortal anguish in battle.
In the press of combat, Valentian swings his enormous mace with skull-crushing force, finding some catharsis in every slain champion or butchered monster. Yet even this is tainted by the knowledge that he is little more than a crude implement to be wielded by his liege, Lady Olynder. He is unable even to speak without her permission, and nothing but grave-dust spills from his mouth when he tries to bellow an order or curse a foe. So powerful is Valentian’s aura of bitter silence that even enemy leaders find their commands dying on their lips. For if the Craven King cannot rule, then no mortal king may do so in his stead. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Sepulchral Sceptre [Crit (Auto-wound)] | |||||||
| Sepulchral Sceptre Crit (Auto-wound) | 4 | 3+ | 3+ | 2 | 3 | ||
| Wraith Heralds’ Spectral Claws [Companion, Crit (Auto-wound)] | |||||||
| Wraith Heralds’ Spectral Claws Companion, Crit (Auto-wound) | 6 | 4+ | 4+ | - | 1 | ||
BATTLE PROFILE
Unit Size: 1 Points: 200
Base size: 60mm
Can be reinforced: No
Regiment Options: 0-1 Cursed Soul, Any NIGHTHAUNT
 Once Per Turn, Reaction: Opponent declared a command for a unit within 12" of this unit |
IF I CANNOT RULE, NONE SHALL RULE!: In the presence of Kurdoss Valentian’s all-consuming bitterness and the cruel malice of his heralds, the commands of enemy generals turn to dust in their mouths even as they issue them.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, unless your opponent spends 1 additional command point to use that command, the command has no effect, it still counts as having been used and the command points spent to use the command are still lost.
KEYWORDS | UNIQUE, HERO, INFANTRY, FLY, WARD (6+) |
| DEATH, NIGHTHAUNT |
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). | ||
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.Crit (Auto-wound)
If an attack made with this weapon scores a critical hit, that attack automatically wounds the target. Make a save roll as normal.Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a Cursed Soul.
The NIGHTHAUNT keyword is used in the following Nighthaunt warscrolls:
The UNIQUE keyword is used in the following Nighthaunt warscrolls:
The HERO keyword is used in the following Nighthaunt 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.
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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 Nighthaunt warscrolls:
18.1 Ward Saves
Units with the WARD keyword have the ‘Ward Save’ passive ability. The number after the WARD keyword indicates the ward value for the ward save. If a unit had WARD (5+), for example, its ward value would be 5. If a unit has more than one ward save, only the ward save with the lowest value applies to it; the other has no effect. Passive |
WARD SAVE: Whether through their uncanny reflexes, unnatural toughness or a source of mystical protection, these warriors can avoid otherwise lethal attacks.
Effect: In step 1 of the damage sequence (see 18.0), make a ward roll of D6 for each damage point in this unit’s damage pool. If the roll equals or exceeds this unit’s ward value, remove that damage point from the damage pool.
The WARD keyword is used in the following Nighthaunt warscrolls:
The DEATH keyword is used in the following Nighthaunt warscrolls:
The NIGHTHAUNT keyword is used in the following Nighthaunt warscrolls:
Army List
Warscrolls collatedCavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
Cavalry
Infantry
War Machine
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Nighthaunt warscrolls:
Companion
Unless otherwise specified, this weapon is not affected by friendly abilities that affect weapon characteristics or the attack sequence, except for those that apply negative modifiers to it (e.g. ‘Covering Fire’).