Ossiarch Bonereapers – Mortisan Soulmason
5" 6 4+ 2 Soulmasons stand paramount amongst the Mortisans. Lords of soul alchemy, they process the vast reserves of spiritual energy hoarded by the legions. One may liken them to quartermasters in some manner, apportioning soul-matter to their minions and keeping the rest for Nagash’s vaults – though they are permitted to siphon off a small degree for personal experimentation. A Soulmason possesses encyclopaedic knowledge of the spiritual reserves available to them and knows precisely how much to call upon to energise or repair damaged warriors. They are famous for their trance-like focus, able to split their blended consciousness and perform a dizzying array of calculations at once.
While Soulmasons are adept at aggressive spellcraft, their true value lies in bolstering the spirits of fellow Ossiarchs. Through their soul alchemy, these Mortisans provide aetheric nourishment to the Bonereapers, heightening their ferocity and focus. Such complex forms of sorcery beyond any Necromancer, and the Soulmasons must retain total concentration when wielding them, otherwise the welling gheist-energies may burst free in a shrieking mass. To avoid having to distract themselves with combat, Soulmasons take to battle atop elaborate bipedal thrones, whose raking claws can keep foes at a safe distance. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Soulmason’s Staff [Crit (2 Hits)] | |||||||
| Soulmason’s Staff Crit (2 Hits) | 3 | 4+ | 4+ | 1 | D3 | ||
| Mortek Throne’s Ossified Claws [Companion] | |||||||
| Mortek Throne’s Ossified Claws Companion | 2 | 5+ | 4+ | 1 | 1 | ||
BATTLE PROFILE
Unit Size: 1 Points: 160
Base size: 40mm
Can be reinforced: No
Regiment Options: 0-1 Gothizzar Harvester, Any INFANTRY
 Your Hero Phase | 7 |
SOUL-GUIDE: The Soulmason empowers and focuses the souls that animate a nearby regiment of Ossiarch warriors.
Declare: Pick a visible friendly OSSIARCH BONEREAPERS unit wholly within 12" of the caster to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: The target has STRIKE-FIRST for the rest of the turn.
Effect: The target has STRIKE-FIRST for the rest of the turn.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
KEYWORDS | HERO, WIZARD (2), INFANTRY, WARD (6+) |
| DEATH, OSSIARCH BONEREAPERS, MORTISAN |
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.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’).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 Ossiarch Bonereapers warscrolls:
The DEATH keyword is used in the following Ossiarch Bonereapers warscrolls:
The OSSIARCH BONEREAPERS keyword is used in the following Ossiarch Bonereapers warscrolls:
Army List
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Faction Terrain
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Ossiarch Bonereapers warscrolls:
15.3 Pile-in Moves
Some abilities, such as FIGHT abilities, allow a unit to make a short move called a pile-in move to get into a better position for combat. To do so:If your unit is in combat: Pick an enemy unit your unit is in combat with to be the target of the pile-in move. Each model in your unit can move up to 3". That move can pass through the combat ranges of any enemy units, but each model must end that move no further from the target unit. At the end of the move, your unit must still be in combat with all units that it was in combat with at the start of the move.
If your unit is not in combat: Each model in your unit can move 3" in any direction. That move can pass through and end within the combat ranges of any enemy units.
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19.0 Strike-first and Strike-last
If there are any STRIKE-FIRST units in combat at the start of the phase, other units cannot be picked to use a FIGHT ability until those units have been picked to use a FIGHT ability. After all those STRIKE-FIRST units have fought, the active player picks the next unit to fight.If there are any STRIKE-LAST units in combat, they cannot be picked to use a FIGHT ability if there are any units in combat that do not have STRIKE-LAST and have not yet used a FIGHT ability.
If a unit has STRIKE-FIRST and STRIKE-LAST, treat it as if it had neither.
| There may be situations when a unit that has STRIKE-FIRST is not in combat at the start of the phase, but because of moves such as pile-in moves, it is ‘pulled into combat’ later in the phase. In such cases, STRIKE-FIRST has no effect on that unit because it was not in combat at the start of the phase. Abilities that allow a unit to use a FIGHT ability immediately after another unit do not override the STRIKE-FIRST or STRIKE-LAST constraints, so you could not pick a unit with STRIKE-LAST to fight immediately after a unit with STRIKE-FIRST. | ||
The HERO keyword is used in the following Ossiarch Bonereapers warscrolls:
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 Ossiarch Bonereapers warscrolls:
The MORTISAN keyword is used in the following Ossiarch Bonereapers 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. | ||
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 |