Ossiarch Bonereapers – Bone-tithe Nexus
- 13 4+ - The process by which Ossiarch tithemasters gather their grisly bounty can differ greatly legion by legion, but it is common for them to demand that the offerings of the living be placed at a designated site of power. Known as a Bone-tithe Nexus, this location is thoroughly drenched in necrotic energies, functioning not only as a repository of corpse-matter but also as a grotesque infirmary where damaged Ossiarch warriors can be repaired in soul and bone.
At the centre of the Nexus looms a four-skulled tower that silently oversees the offered tribute of the Bonereapers’ mortal vassals. Should any shipment prove insufficient – or should any would-be rebels attempt to break their contract – the eyes of the statue will glow with deathly power, spitting devastating beams of energy that blast the life from those whom they strike. The Bone-tithe Nexus is capable of delivering a number of other punishments if it is deemed necessary, including curses of agony, mind-wiping enchantments and hexes that reduce the strongest warriors to withered, unmoving husks. | ||
The following universal terrain abilities apply to this terrain feature (Terrain, 1.2):
Cover, Unstable
Cover, Unstable
 Your Hero Phase |
DEADLY GAZE: The statue that towers above a Bone-tithe Nexus can unleash punishing beams of energy upon those who break an Ossiarch contract. Each of the statue’s four faces can deliver a different punishment.
Declare: Pick a visible enemy unit within 18" of this terrain feature to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 4+, pick 1 of the following effects to apply:
Punishment of Agony: Subtract 1 from hit rolls for the target until the start of your next turn.
Punishment of Ignorance: Subtract 1 from casting rolls and/or chanting rolls for the target until the start of your next turn.
Punishment of Lethargy: Halve the target’s Move characteristic until the start of your next turn.
Punishment of Death: Inflict D3 mortal damage on the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 4+, pick 1 of the following effects to apply:
Punishment of Agony: Subtract 1 from hit rolls for the target until the start of your next turn.
Punishment of Ignorance: Subtract 1 from casting rolls and/or chanting rolls for the target until the start of your next turn.
Punishment of Lethargy: Halve the target’s Move characteristic until the start of your next turn.
Punishment of Death: Inflict D3 mortal damage on the target.
KEYWORDS | FACTION TERRAIN |
| DEATH, OSSIARCH BONEREAPERS |
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). | ||
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).
18.1 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 DEATH keyword is used in the following Ossiarch Bonereapers warscrolls:
The OSSIARCH BONEREAPERS keyword is used in the following Ossiarch Bonereapers warscrolls:
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Faction Terrain
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. | ||
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 |
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.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.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.On an unmodified chanting roll of 2 or more, 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).
- 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.
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 |