Slaves to Darkness – Abraxia, Spear of the Everchosen
10" 14 3+ 5 5+ Once a whelp in the Varanspire’s fighting pits, Abraxia has risen to command the Swords of Chaos – the infamous First Circle of the Varanguard. She is a warrior of matchless willpower, convinced that there is no challenge she cannot best through bloody-minded grit. To Abraxia, Chaos represents a state of perpetual testing rather than being embodied in four insane gods. Such an anti-deific attitude pleases Archaon, who offers Abraxia that rarest of boons – a measure of his trust. In her conquest of the Sigmarite city of the Phoenicium, Abraxia consumed the sacred fire at the bastion’s heart. Cinder now flickers when she speaks, while in her eyes rages a tortured and captive flame. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Gorbolga [Anti-HERO (+1 Rend), Charge (+1 Damage)] | |||||||
| Gorbolga Anti-HERO (+1 Rend), Charge (+1 Damage) | 5 | 3+ | 3+ | 2 | 2 | ||
 The Thanatorg’s Claws and Fangs [Companion] | |||||||
| The Thanatorg’s Claws and Fangs Companion | 6 | 4+ | 3+ | 1 | 2 | ||
BATTLE PROFILE
Unit Size: 1 Points: 230
Base size: 100mm
Can be reinforced: No
Regiment Options: 0-1 Ruinous Champion, Any SLAVES TO DARKNESS
 Passive |
BATTLE DAMAGEDEffect: While this unit has 10 or more damage points, the Attacks characteristic of the Thanatorg’s Claws and Fangs is 4.
 Passive |
WARLORD OF THE FIRST CIRCLE: Abraxia commands the Swords of Chaos with relentless brutality.
Effect: If a friendly Varanguard unit uses the ‘Relentless Killers’ ability while it is wholly within 12" of this unit, that unit does not have STRIKE-LAST as a result of that ability.
 Once Per Turn (Army), Any Combat Phase |
ROAR OF DOMINATION: The Thanatorg is quick to put potential usurpers of Abraxia’s power in their place.
Declare: Pick an enemy HERO in combat with this unit to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, subtract 1 from the Attacks characteristic of the target’s melee weapons for the rest of the turn.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, subtract 1 from the Attacks characteristic of the target’s melee weapons for the rest of the turn.
| KEYWORDS | RAMPAGE |
| Any Combat Phase |
GORBOLGA THE ACCURS’D: A ‘gift’ from the Everchosen, Gorbolga is a varanite spear that carries a potent mutative curse – but should its wielder’s will slip, they too will learn of its hunger…
Effect: If this unit is in combat, roll a dice and apply the corresponding effect:
1 - Uncontrollable Power: Allocate 1 damage point to this unit.
2 - The Spear Slumbers: No effect.
3-5 - White-hot Varanite: Add 1 to the Damage characteristic of this unit’s Gorbolga for the rest of the turn.
6 - Rampant Mutation: The effect of ‘White-hot Varanite’ applies and this unit’s Gorbolga has Crit (Mortal) for the rest of the turn.
1 - Uncontrollable Power: Allocate 1 damage point to this unit.
2 - The Spear Slumbers: No effect.
3-5 - White-hot Varanite: Add 1 to the Damage characteristic of this unit’s Gorbolga for the rest of the turn.
6 - Rampant Mutation: The effect of ‘White-hot Varanite’ applies and this unit’s Gorbolga has Crit (Mortal) for the rest of the turn.
 Passive |
BLOOD OF MOLTEN VARANITE: Any who wound the Thanatorg risk being splashed by its highly mutative blood.
Effect: Roll a dice each time a damage point inflicted by a combat attack is allocated to this unit. On a 4+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the attacking unit after the FIGHT ability has been resolved.
KEYWORDS | UNIQUE, HERO, MONSTER, WARD (5+) |
| CHAOS, SLAVES TO DARKNESS, WARRIORS OF CHAOS |
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.
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).
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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13.1 Fight Abilities
Abilities with the FIGHT keyword follow a different sequence to other abilities. When the players are using Combat Phase
abilities as described in 13.0, they cannot use FIGHT abilities.After the players have finished using
Combat Phase
abilities that are not FIGHT abilities, they must alternate picking 1 eligible unit to use a FIGHT ability, starting with the active player. Each unit in combat must use a FIGHT ability if it is able to.Once a player has no more units that are eligible to use a FIGHT ability, the other player continues to pick units that are eligible to use a FIGHT ability, one after another, until there are no more units that are eligible to use a FIGHT ability.
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Errata
Addenda: fought
Add the following definition:
‘fought: A unit has fought if it used any FIGHT abilities in the same turn.’
‘fought: A unit has fought if it used any FIGHT abilities in the same turn.’
Companion
Unless otherwise specified, attacks made by this weapon are not affected by friendly abilities that modify hit rolls, wound rolls or weapon characteristics, except for those that apply negative modifiers (e.g. ‘Covering Fire’).The HERO keyword is used in the following Slaves to Darkness warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
The CHAOS keyword is used in the following Slaves to Darkness warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
Infantry
The SLAVES TO DARKNESS keyword is used in the following Slaves to Darkness warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
Infantry
Crit (Mortal)
If an attack made with this weapon scores a critical hit, that attack inflicts mortal damage on the target unit equal to the Damage characteristic of that weapon and the attack sequence ends.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.Charge (+1 Damage)
Add 1 to this weapon’s Damage characteristic if the attacking unit charged this turn.The WARRIORS OF CHAOS keyword is used in the following Slaves to Darkness warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a Ruinous Champion.
The MONSTER keyword is used in the following Slaves to Darkness warscrolls:
Monster Hero
The UNIQUE keyword is used in the following Slaves to Darkness warscrolls:
Monster Hero
The WARD keyword is used in the following Slaves to Darkness warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Monster Hero
Cavalry
Monster
War Machine
19.0 Strike-first and Strike-last
If there are any STRIKE-FIRST units in combat after any non-FIGHT combat phase abilities have been used, 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. | ||
FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | Can I use an ability that allows a friendly unit that does not have STRIKE-FIRST to fight immediately after a friendly unit that has STRIKE-FIRST if there are one or more enemy units with STRIKE-FIRST that have not yet been picked to fight? |
| A: | No. As mentioned in the sidebar next to 19.0, abilities that allow a unit to use a FIGHT ability immediately after another unit do not override the STRIKE-FIRST constraints, so you cannot pick a unit that does not have STRIKE-FIRST to fight until all other units that have STRIKE-FIRST have fought. |
| Q: | If a friendly unit is the only unit that has STRIKE-FIRST on the battlefield and it has an ability that allows a friendly unit to fight immediately after it, in what order would units be picked to fight? |
| A: | If you are the active player, the unit that has STRIKE-FIRST would fight first, then you could use the ability to allow another friendly unit to fight immediately after it, and then you would pick the next unit to fight (i.e. three friendly units would fight back to back). If your opponent is the active player, the unit that has STRIKE-FIRST would fight first, you could still use the ability to allow another friendly unit to fight, and then your opponent would pick the next unit to fight. |
| Q: | In the combat phase, if all eligible non-STRIKE‑LAST units have used a FIGHT ability, which player gets to pick the first STRIKE-LAST unit to fight? |
| A: | The alternating sequence of picking units to use a FIGHT ability would continue and so the player who did not pick the last non-STRIKE-LAST unit would get to pick the first eligible STRIKE-LAST unit in their army to use a FIGHT ability. |
Errata
19.0 STRIKE-FIRST and STRIKE-LAST
In the first sentence, replace ‘at the start of the phase’ with ‘after any non-FIGHT Combat Phase abilities have been used’.
STRIKE-LAST
Remove the following text from STRIKE-LAST:
‘If both players have units with STRIKE-LAST, they alternate fighting with those units after all other eligible units have fought, starting with the active player.’
‘If both players have units with STRIKE-LAST, they alternate fighting with those units after all other eligible units have fought, starting with the active player.’
STRIKE-LAST
In the glossary entry for STRIKE-LAST, remove ‘, starting with the active player’.