Nighthaunt – Lord Executioner
8" 5 4+ 2 Bearing the headsman’s axe of their former trade, a Lord Executioner is a macabre killer. Sent to claim the lives of those who have escaped the cold justice of Shyish, the spirits of the wrongfully executed drift around them, crying out their anguish into the night even as they intercept blows meant to harm their slayer. Unusually amongst the ranks of the Nighthaunt, the Lord Executioner was once a deliverer of justice rather than a criminal who defied it. These figures were held in fear in life, for their calling was that of the headsman, their duty to decapitate or hang those who flouted the law. Theirs was a task attended to with diligent dedication, even relish.
Some such executioners become enamoured with their craft. Towards the end of their tenures, they did not look too closely at the circumstances surrounding each kill, though they told themselves they were always acting in the name of civil stricture and order. Nagash has stripped away that pretence, and now they take head from neck without such mortal qualms. To look upon them is to know that one’s crimes have been judged by a pitiless arbiter, and all that awaits is the bitter embrace of the grave. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Decapitating Greataxe [Anti-HERO (+1 Rend), Crit (Auto-wound)] | |||||||
| Decapitating Greataxe Anti-HERO (+1 Rend), Crit (Auto-wound) | 5 | 3+ | 3+ | 2 | 2 | ||
BATTLE PROFILE
Unit Size: 1 Points: 150
Base size: 40mm
Can be reinforced: No
Regiment Options: 0-1 Black Coach, Any INFANTRY
Notes: This HERO can join an eligible regiment as a Cursed Soul.
 Once Per Turn, Any Combat Phase |
STARING DEATH IN THE FACE: The unwavering stare of a Lord Executioner seems to penetrate the victim’s very soul.
Declare: Pick an enemy unit in combat with this unit to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 2+, subtract 1 from the Attacks characteristic of the target’s melee weapons for the rest of the turn. In addition, if the target is a HERO, subtract 5 from the target’s control score for the rest of the turn.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 2+, subtract 1 from the Attacks characteristic of the target’s melee weapons for the rest of the turn. In addition, if the target is a HERO, subtract 5 from the target’s control score for the rest of the turn.
KEYWORDS | HERO, INFANTRY, FLY, WARD (5+) |
| 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.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 (such as named characters) may say that they can be added to the regiment of another HERO.
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.
| ||
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:
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Nighthaunt warscrolls:
32.2 Objective Control
At the start of the first battle round 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. | ||
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.