Nighthaunt – Nagash, Supreme Lord of the Undead
10" 18 3+ 10 All living beings dread the name of Nagash, the God of Undeath. Cruel and tyrannical, the overlord of Shyish intends to conquer the Mortal Realms and transform them into a lifeless Necrotopia, in which not a speck of dust moves unless it is by his will. Wielding Alakanash, the Staff of Power, the cursed blade Zefet-nebtar, and surrounded by the Nine Books of Nagash, the Great Necromancer commands the full, terrible power of Shyishan magic. With a contemptuous gesture, he tears the souls from the living, their last moments of agonising horror providing the fuel for his next arcane onslaught.
When the Great Necromancer accompanies the Nighthaunt processions to war, the terror they bring to mortal lands is beyond comprehension. Gheists sweep forth in boiling tides, stirred to a frenzy of bitter rage by the presence of their master, while Nagash fills the skies with surging, crackling storms of amethyst arcana. Rare indeed are the mortals who would not flee in mindless panic at such a sight, throwing down their weapons and abandoning their vows – but this does not save their lives, for the living can never outrun death. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Alakanash | |||||||
| Alakanash | 4 | 3+ | 3+ | 2 | D6 | ||
| Zefet-nebtar | |||||||
| Zefet-nebtar | 4 | 3+ | 3+ | 2 | 3 | ||
BATTLE PROFILE
Unit Size: 1 Points: 880
Base size: 130mm
Can be reinforced: No
Regiment Options: 0-1 Cursed Soul, Any NIGHTHAUNT
 Passive |
BATTLE DAMAGED
Effect: While this unit has 10 or more damage points, subtract 3 from its power level.
Effect: While this unit has 10 or more damage points, subtract 3 from its power level.
 Passive |
THE STAFF OF POWER: Alakanash is capped with gems of purest grave-sand.
Effect: Add 2 to casting rolls for this unit while it has not miscast any spells this turn. If this unit miscasts a spell, ignore the restriction that would stop this unit from casting any more spells this turn.
 Once Per Turn (Army), End of Any Turn |
HAND OF DUST: Nagash’s touch can turn a foe to a pile of dusty bones in moments.
Declare: Pick a visible enemy HERO or MONSTER in combat with this unit to be the target.
Effect: Hide a dice in one of your hands or under one of two appropriate containers. Your opponent must pick one of your hands or containers. If they pick the one hiding the dice, this ability has no effect. If they pick the empty one, the target is automatically destroyed.
Effect: Hide a dice in one of your hands or under one of two appropriate containers. Your opponent must pick one of your hands or containers. If they pick the one hiding the dice, this ability has no effect. If they pick the empty one, the target is automatically destroyed.
| KEYWORDS | RAMPAGE |
 Once Per Battle, Your Hero Phase |
SUPREME LORD OF THE UNDEAD
Declare: Pick a friendly non-HERO non-UNIQUE DEATH unit that has been destroyed to be the target.
Effect: Set up a replacement unit identical to the target wholly within 12" of this unit and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Declare: Pick a friendly non-HERO non-UNIQUE DEATH unit that has been destroyed to be the target.
Effect: Set up a replacement unit identical to the target wholly within 12" of this unit and more than 9" from all enemy units.
| Your Hero Phase | 7 |
INVOCATION OF NAGASH: In a storm of morbid sorcery, Nagash blasts his foes’ souls or re-knits his minions’ bodies.
Declare: This unit can cast this spell more than once per phase. Pick a visible unit wholly within 18" of this unit that has not been picked to be the target of this spell this turn to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: If the target is an enemy unit, inflict D3 mortal damage on it. If the target is a friendly DEATH unit, pick 1 of the following effects:
Effect: If the target is an enemy unit, inflict D3 mortal damage on it. If the target is a friendly DEATH unit, pick 1 of the following effects:
- Return a number of slain models to the target unit with a combined Health characteristic of up to 3.
- The target has WARD (5+) until the start of your next turn.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
KEYWORDS | WARMASTER, UNIQUE, HERO, MONSTER, WIZARD (9), FLY, WARD (5+) |
| DEATH, NIGHTHAUNT |
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
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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.
The WIZARD keyword is used in the following Nighthaunt warscrolls:
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.
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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. | ||
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).
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.
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 |
The WARMASTER keyword is used in the following Nighthaunt warscrolls:
1.1 Power Level
Each WIZARD and PRIEST has a power level, shown in brackets after the keyword, e.g. WIZARD (2). A WIZARD or PRIEST’s power level determines the number of SPELL, PRAYER or BANISH abilities they can use per phase, in any combination. For example, a WIZARD (2) unit could use 1 SPELL and 1 BANISH ability in their commander’s hero phase.