Sons of Behemat
Bellowing, stomping and crushing all before them, the Sons of Behemat are all but impossible to stop. Though they owe allegiance to no man, many are mercenaries, and fight all across the Mortal Realms. On the charge, a group of gargants can flatten a battleline whilst suffering only flesh wounds and the odd broken toe in return.
This page contains all of the rules you need to field your Sons of Behemat miniatures on the battlefields of the Mortal Realms, from a host of exciting faction rules to a range of warscrolls. The rules are split into the following sections:Books
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Show History | ||||
| Book | Kind | Edition | Last update | |
 Sons of Behemat | ||||
| Sons of Behemat | Faction Pack | 4 | January 2025 | |
 Rules Updates | ||||
| Rules Updates | Rulebook | 4 | August 2026 | |
| Armies of Renown | ||||
| Armies of Renown | Warscroll | 4 | July 2026 | |
| Battle Profiles | ||||
| Battle Profiles | Rulebook | 4 | July 2026 | |
 Ogor Mawtribes | ||||
| Ogor Mawtribes | Battletome | 4 | July 2026 | |
 Scourge of Aqshy - Sons of Behemat | ||||
| Scourge of Aqshy - Sons of Behemat | Expansion | 4 | July 2026 | |
| Spearhead: Sons of Behemat - Wallsmasher Stomp | ||||
| Spearhead: Sons of Behemat - Wallsmasher Stomp | Expansion | 4 | March 2026 | |
 Ossiarch Bonereapers | ||||
| Ossiarch Bonereapers | Battletome | 4 | February 2026 | |
 Grotmas Advent: Regiments of Renown | ||||
| Grotmas Advent: Regiments of Renown | Warscroll | 4 | September 2025 | |
| Regiments of Renown | ||||
| Regiments of Renown | Warscroll | 4 | September 2025 | |
 Flesh-eater Courts | ||||
| Flesh-eater Courts | Battletome | 4 | August 2025 | |
 Kharadron Overlords | ||||
| Kharadron Overlords | Battletome | 4 | July 2025 | |
 Cities of Sigmar | ||||
| Cities of Sigmar | Battletome | 4 | July 2025 | |
 Scourge of Ghyran - Sons of Behemat | ||||
| Scourge of Ghyran - Sons of Behemat | Expansion | 4 | May 2025 | |
 Gloomspite Gitz | ||||
| Gloomspite Gitz | Battletome | 4 | March 2025 | |
 Orruk Warclans | ||||
| Orruk Warclans | Battletome | 4 | December 2024 | |
Designers’ Commentary
Faction Pack: Sons of Behemat
| Q: | If a Scourge of Ghyran Kraken-eater Mega-Gargant is in reserve beneath the waves at the start of battle round 4, is it destroyed or are 6 damage points allocated to it? |
| A: | It is destroyed. |
Faction Rules
Battle Traits
Sons of Behemat armies can use the following abilities:
 Passive |
TIMBERRRRR!: A dying gargant is a weapon of ruin in its own right, though it is anyone’s guess where their body will fall.
Effect: Each time a friendly MEGA-GARGANT or GARGANT model is slain, before removing it from play, the players must roll off. The winner picks a point on the battlefield within 3" of that model. Inflict D3 mortal damage on each unit (friendly and enemy) within 3" of that point that has a lower Health characteristic than that model.
| Any Charge Phase |
GARGANT CHARGE: A charging gargant will flatten anyone in their path.
Declare: Pick a friendly MEGA-GARGANT or GARGANT unit that charged this turn to use this ability, then pick an enemy unit that has not been picked as the target of this ability this turn and that is in combat with that unit to be the target.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on the target.
Designer’s Note: This ability can be used by any number of friendly MEGA-GARGANT and GARGANT units that charged in each turn.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on the target.
Designer’s Note: This ability can be used by any number of friendly MEGA-GARGANT and GARGANT units that charged in each turn.
 Once Per Turn (Army), Any Combat Phase |
EARTHSHAKING ROAR: A blast of this gargant’s hot, stinking breath delivered at volume bowls over those nearby.
Declare: Pick a friendly MEGA-GARGANT or GARGANT unit that has not used a RAMPAGE ability this turn to use this ability, then pick an enemy unit in combat with it to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, the target cannot use commands for the rest of the turn.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, the target cannot use commands for the rest of the turn.
| KEYWORDS | RAMPAGE |
| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Combat Phase |
COLOSSAL SLAM: The Mega-Gargant hoicks the foe over their shoulder and slams them full force into the ground.
Declare: Pick a friendly MEGA-GARGANT that has not used a RAMPAGE ability this turn to use this ability, then pick an enemy MONSTER or WAR MACHINE that has a unit size of 1 and is within 1" of it to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, remove the target from the battlefield and set it up again within 1" of the unit using this ability. Then, inflict D3 mortal damage on the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, remove the target from the battlefield and set it up again within 1" of the unit using this ability. Then, inflict D3 mortal damage on the target.
| KEYWORDS | RAMPAGE |
| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Combat Phase |
JUMP UP AND DOWN: A gargant’s massive, stomping feet are devastating against smaller opponents.
Declare: Pick a friendly MEGA-GARGANT or GARGANT unit that has not used a RAMPAGE ability this turn to use this ability, then pick an enemy INFANTRY unit in combat with it to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, roll a dice for each model in the target unit. If the unit using this ability is a GARGANT, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target for each 6. If it is a MEGA-GARGANT, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target for each 5+.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, roll a dice for each model in the target unit. If the unit using this ability is a GARGANT, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target for each 6. If it is a MEGA-GARGANT, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target for each 5+.
| KEYWORDS | RAMPAGE |
Battle Formations
You can pick 1 of the following battle formations for a Sons of Behemat army. Each battle formation grants a different ability you can use in the battle.
Taker Tribe
| Once Per Battle, Deployment Phase |
MORE STUFF FOR ME COLLECTION: These gargants are avaricious hoarders who love collecting all kinds of baubles and artefacts – even ones that are too small for them to use.
Declare: Pick a friendly non-UNIQUE SONS OF BEHEMAT HERO that does not have an artefact of power.
Effect: Give that HERO 1 artefact of power from ‘Titanic Trophies’.
Designer’s Note: This artefact of power is given to the unit during the deployment phase, not during army composition.
Effect: Give that HERO 1 artefact of power from ‘Titanic Trophies’.
Designer’s Note: This artefact of power is given to the unit during the deployment phase, not during army composition.
Breaker Tribe
 Passive |
BESIEGING BULK: When a group of Mega-Gargants take to battle together, they are able to use each other’s enormous bulk to shelter themselves from harm.
Effect: Friendly MEGA-GARGANTS have WARD (6+) while they are within the combat ranges of any other friendly MEGA-GARGANTS.
Boss Tribe
| Once Per Turn (Army), Reaction: You declared a FIGHT ability for a friendly MEGA-GARGANT |
BIG MOUTH: Mancrusher Gargants are used to being bossed around by the colossal Mega-Gargants. The orders they are given usually boil down to ‘hit that thing’ or ‘squish them ones there’.
Used By: MEGA-GARGANT using that FIGHT ability.
Effect: Pick a friendly GARGANT unit that has not used a FIGHT ability this turn and is wholly within 12" of this unit to be the target. The target can be picked to use a FIGHT ability immediately after the FIGHT ability used by this unit has been resolved.
Effect: Pick a friendly GARGANT unit that has not used a FIGHT ability this turn and is wholly within 12" of this unit to be the target. The target can be picked to use a FIGHT ability immediately after the FIGHT ability used by this unit has been resolved.
Stomper Tribe
| Passive |
REVEL IN WAR: These boisterous gargants launch themselves into enemy lines, revelling in crushing the puny pipsqueaks below their feet.
Effect: You can pick 2 friendly MEGA-GARGANTS or GARGANT units that have not used a RAMPAGE ability this turn to use the ‘Jump Up and Down’ ability instead of 1.
Manskittle Mob
 Once Per Turn (Army), Your Shooting Phase |
STRIKE! HUR HUR!: These gargants are particularly enthusiastic participants of the game of Manskittles: seeing how many pipsqueaks they can knock down or squish by hurling bits of the landscape... or its inhabitants.
Declare: Pick up to 2 friendly MEGA-GARGANT units within 3" of any terrain features and pick any friendly GARGANT units within 3" of any terrain features to be the targets.
Effect: Double the Attacks characteristic of each target’s ranged weapons for the rest of the turn. If the target has no ranged weapons, pick an enemy unit within 12" of the target instead and roll a D3. On a 2+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on that enemy unit equal to the roll.
Effect: Double the Attacks characteristic of each target’s ranged weapons for the rest of the turn. If the target has no ranged weapons, pick an enemy unit within 12" of the target instead and roll a D3. On a 2+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on that enemy unit equal to the roll.
Big Toes
| Once Per Battle, Deployment Phase |
LOFTY LOUTS: Whether because they insist that they are ‘just a bit taller’ or because they are simply insufferable bullies, these Mancrusher Gargants have an authority over the other Footsloggas that is close to absolute. So long as no one bigger is around, of course.
Declare: Pick a friendly Mancrusher Gargant unit to be the target.
Effect: For the rest of the battle, add 1 to hit rolls for combat attacks made by friendly GARGANT units while they are wholly within 12" of the target and not wholly within 12" of any friendly MEGA-GARGANT units.
Effect: For the rest of the battle, add 1 to hit rolls for combat attacks made by friendly GARGANT units while they are wholly within 12" of the target and not wholly within 12" of any friendly MEGA-GARGANT units.
Heroic Traits
Big Personalities
HERO only| Once Per Battle, Any Combat Phase |
FURIOUS TEMPER: Nothing can stop this Mega-Gargant when the rage of battle clouds their mind.
Effect: For the rest of the turn:
- Add 2 to the Attacks characteristic of this unit’s melee weapons.
- Subtract 1 from save rolls for this unit.
| Passive |
MONSTROUSLY TOUGH: This MegaGargant is incredibly hard to kill.
Effect: This unit has a Health characteristic of 40 instead of 35.
 Passive |
RABBLE ROUSER: This Mega-Gargant bellows at their kin to race forward and pummel the enemy into the dust.
Effect: Add 1 to charge rolls for friendly SONS OF BEHEMAT units while they are wholly within 12" of this unit.
Big Personalities
HERO only| Passive |
GRABBY: If you have something this gargant wants, you won’t have it for long.
Effect: Add 1 to hit rolls for this unit’s combat attacks that target an enemy unit contesting an objective you do not control.
| Once Per Turn, Reaction: Your opponent declared a CHARGE ability for a visible non-MONSTER enemy unit within 12" of this unit |
TERRIFYING HULK: As the enemy rushes forward, a raised eyebrow and an even bigger raised club causes them to seriously re-think the choices that brought them to confront this notably fierce-looking example of gargant kind.
Effect: If this unit is not in combat, roll a dice. On a 3+, you can change one of the dice in that charge roll to a 1.
| Passive |
MEGA-GRUMP: This gargant’s stubbornness and refusal to die in the face of adversity is the subject of local legend.
Effect: This unit has WARD (5+) while it has 25 or more damage points.
Artefacts of Power
Titanic Trophies
HERO onlyBATTLE PROFILE
| Name | Points |
| AMBERBONE TOTEM | 0 |
| GLOWY LANTERN | 0 |
| MANTLE OF TUSK AND HORNS | 10 |
| EXTRA-CALLOUSED FEET | 10 |
| GLOWY SHIELD OF PROTECTINESS | 0 |
| KINGSLAUGHTER COWL | 0 |
| Once Per Battle, Your Charge Phase |
AMBERBONE TOTEM: Somewhere along the way, this gargant has picked up a totem of Ghurish realmstone. No matter how long they run for, the urge to hunt burns within them.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, this unit can use CHARGE abilities even if it used a RUN ability in the same turn.
| Passive |
GLOWY LANTERN: Stolen from the aelves of Hysh after a botched alliance, this aetherquartz jar was at first carried around just because it was shiny; however, over time, it has granted this Mega-Gargant an innate power over malign sorceries.
Effect: This unit can use SUMMON abilities from the manifestation lore you picked during army composition as if it had WIZARD (1).
| Once Per Battle, Your Combat Phase |
MANTLE OF TUSK AND HORNS: Trophies taken from slain behemoths adorn the shoulders of this gargant, and through them they can channel the power of the Waaagh!.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 1 to hit rolls for combat attacks made by friendly SONS OF BEHEMAT units while they are wholly within 12" of this unit.
| Passive |
EXTRA-CALLOUSED FEET: This gargant has become so used to stomping on even the toughest enemies that their feet are legendary weapons in their own right.
Effect: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic, Rend characteristic and Damage characteristic of this unit’s Almighty Stomp or Almightier Stomp.
| Passive |
GLOWY SHIELD OF PROTECTINESS: While raiding a lair belonging to the ratty pipsqueaks, this gargant found a shield studded with sickly green rock – and promptly strapped it to their body. Enemies who get close sometimes have their heads explode, which is always good for a laugh.
Effect: Each time you make an unmodified save roll of 6 for a combat attack that targets this unit, inflict 1 mortal damage on the attacking unit after the FIGHT ability has been resolved.
| Passive |
KINGSLAUGHTER COWL: Those who wear this blood-encrusted leather hood make it their business to crush upstart monarchs and warlords across the realms.
Effect: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of this unit’s melee weapons while this unit is in combat with an enemy HERO.
Prayer Lore
Brodd’s Bellows
| Your Hero Phase | 3 |
ROCK BOTTOM: The priest dulls the gargants’ already monumentally low intelligence, turning them into primal beasts that cannot feel pain.
Declare: Pick a friendly SONS OF BEHEMAT PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a visible friendly SONS OF BEHEMAT unit wholly within 12" of them to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: If the chanting roll was 6+, you can pick another eligible unit to be a second target. Until the start of your next turn:
Effect: If the chanting roll was 6+, you can pick another eligible unit to be a second target. Until the start of your next turn:
- Ignore the effects of the ‘Battle Damaged’ ability on each target.
- Each target has WARD (6+).
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER, UNLIMITED |
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
THE TERRIBLE TOES: Yelling incomprehensibly, the priest jumps up and down. Nearby, enemies are squashed flat by invisible forces that leave massive footprints in the ground.
Declare: Pick a friendly SONS OF BEHEMAT PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a visible enemy unit within 18" of them to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Roll a dice for each model in the target unit. If the chanting roll was 8+, add 1 to the roll. For each 6+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target. Then, if any enemy models are slain by this ability, halve the target’s Move characteristic until the start of your next turn.
Effect: Roll a dice for each model in the target unit. If the chanting roll was 8+, add 1 to the roll. For each 6+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target. Then, if any enemy models are slain by this ability, halve the target’s Move characteristic until the start of your next turn.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
| Your Hero Phase | 5 |
VOCAL TECTONICS: As the priest hums a single, low note, the earth shakes and buckles around them, staggering nearby enemies.
Declare: Pick a friendly SONS OF BEHEMAT PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a visible enemy unit within 12" of them to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: If the chanting roll was 10+, you can pick another eligible unit to be a second target. Until the start of your next turn, each target has STRIKE-LAST.
Effect: If the chanting roll was 10+, you can pick another eligible unit to be a second target. Until the start of your next turn, each target has STRIKE-LAST.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
Cracked Heels
Cracked Heels are unique enhancements that can be given to Mancrusher Gargants.
A unit can only have 1 Cracked Heel.
| Your Hero Phase |
THAT BOY’S NOT RIGHT: This gargant is just plain barmy. They bellow at rocks, flap their arms like a bird and do weird little dances, all to the amusement of their bigger cousins. When the spirit of Behemat appears to answer such seemingly inane antics, that laughter is usually cut short.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 5+, this unit can use a PRAYER ability from the prayer lore you picked during army composition as if it had PRIEST (1). Instead of making a chanting roll for that prayer, the chanting roll is 5 and cannot be modified.
| Passive |
UP FOR IT: This gargant is loud, rowdy and absolutely ready to dish out some serious damage.
Effect: This unit’s melee weapons have Charge (+1 Damage).
| Passive |
ALWAYS ON GUARD: This gargant is especially wary around their biggers and betters, for they are always expecting a quick clip on the ear from their surly bosses.
Effect: This unit has WARD (5+) while it is wholly within 12" of and visible to a friendly MEGA-GARGANT.
Army of Renown
King Brodd’s Stomp
When you pick the Sons of Behemat faction for your army, you can choose for it to be a King Brodd’s Stomp Army of Renown. If you do so, use the faction rules on these pages instead of the Sons of Behemat faction rules. Every unit in your army must be drawn from the units listed in the roster options box below. All units in your army gain the BRODD’S STOMP keyword.
ROSTER OPTIONS
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Battle Traits
| Passive |
TIMBERRRRR!: A dying gargant is a weapon of ruin in its own right, though it is anyone’s guess where their body will fall.
Effect: Each time a friendly MEGA‐GARGANT or GARGANT model is slain, before removing it from play, the players must roll off. The winner picks a point on the battlefield within 3" of that model. Inflict D3 mortal damage on each unit (friendly and enemy) within 3" of that point that has a lower Health characteristic than that model.
| Passive |
THE WORLD TITAN’S PROPHET: Brodd is a living legend amongst his towering kin, the only being in existence they would risk themselves to protect.
Effect: While any other friendly BRODD’S STOMP units are within a friendly King Brodd's combat range:
- That friendly King Brodd has WARD (5+).
- Each time you make a successful ward roll for that friendly King Brodd, allocate 1 damage point to another friendly BRODD’S STOMP unit within its combat range after the damage sequence for that friendly King Brodd has been resolved (ward rolls cannot be made for those damage points).
| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Shooting Phase |
SMASH IT ALL TO BITS: As part of his crusade of vengeance against Sigmar, Brodd has charged his gargants with the complete destruction of any settlement, outpost or inhabited terrain that they come across on their march.
Declare: Pick a friendly MEGA-GARGANT that has not used a RAMPAGE ability this turn to use this ability, then pick a terrain feature within its combat range. Then, pick a visible enemy unit within 18" of that MEGA-GARGANT to be the target.
Effect: Roll a D3 for each friendly and enemy unit on the terrain feature that was picked. On a 2+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on that unit equal to the roll. After rolling for all those units, roll a dice. On a 3+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll.
Effect: Roll a D3 for each friendly and enemy unit on the terrain feature that was picked. On a 2+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on that unit equal to the roll. After rolling for all those units, roll a dice. On a 3+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll.
| KEYWORDS | RAMPAGE |
| Once Per Battle (Army), Your Charge Phase |
WRATH OF BRODD: When Brodd’s faithful stride into the fray, the mountains themselves tremble in terror.
Declare: Pick a friendly MEGA-GARGANT that has not used a RAMPAGE ability this turn to use this ability.
Effect: If the unit using this ability charged this turn, roll a dice. On a 3+, that unit can move 3D6" but must end that move in combat.
Effect: If the unit using this ability charged this turn, roll a dice. On a 3+, that unit can move 3D6" but must end that move in combat.
| KEYWORDS | RAMPAGE |
| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Combat Phase |
CRAFTY CREEPERS: These mischievous critters scrabble down the limbs of their massive host when the enemy is near, pilfering the valuables of the foe.
Declare: Pick a friendly MEGA-GARGANT that has not used a RAMPAGE ability this turn to use this ability. Then, pick an enemy HERO that has an artefact of power and is in combat with that MEGA-GARGANT to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, the target no longer has that artefact of power.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, the target no longer has that artefact of power.
| KEYWORDS | RAMPAGE |
| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Combat Phase |
DOUBLE STOMP: It is quite a sight to see a Mega-Gargant perform a precarious hop, bringing both enormous feet down with enough force to squash a Steam Tank flat.
Declare: Pick a friendly MEGA-GARGANT that has not used a RAMPAGE ability this turn to use this ability.
Effect: Roll a D6. On a 3+, for the rest of the turn, add the result to the Attacks characteristic of the Almighty Stomp or Almightier Stomp of the unit using this ability.
Effect: Roll a D6. On a 3+, for the rest of the turn, add the result to the Attacks characteristic of the Almighty Stomp or Almightier Stomp of the unit using this ability.
| KEYWORDS | RAMPAGE |
| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Combat Phase |
WATCH THIS!: Eager to prove themself the meanest titan around, this Mega-Gargant embarks on an ungainly – yet terrifyingly destructive – rampage.
Declare: Pick a friendly MEGA-GARGANT that has not used a RAMPAGE ability this turn to use this ability, then pick an enemy unit in combat with it to be the target.
Effect: If the target is a HERO, BEAST, MONSTER or WAR MACHINE, roll 6 dice. Otherwise, roll a dice for each model in the target unit. For each roll that is equal to or greater than the target’s Save characteristic, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target.
The MEGA-GARGANT using this RAMPAGE has STRIKE-LAST for the rest of the turn.
Effect: If the target is a HERO, BEAST, MONSTER or WAR MACHINE, roll 6 dice. Otherwise, roll a dice for each model in the target unit. For each roll that is equal to or greater than the target’s Save characteristic, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target.
The MEGA-GARGANT using this RAMPAGE has STRIKE-LAST for the rest of the turn.
| KEYWORDS | RAMPAGE |
Heroic Traits
HERO only| Once Per Battle (Army), Reaction: You declared the ‘Wrath of Brodd’ ability for a friendly unit |
I CAN DO THAT BETTER: King Brodd can outmatch and overpower even the most belligerent gargants in his Stomp, proving himself the biggest bully around.
Effect: This unit can use the ‘Wrath of Brodd’ ability immediately after the ‘Wrath of Brodd’ ability used by the other friendly unit has been resolved. This unit can do so even if it has used another RAMPAGE ability this turn.
Artefacts of Power
HERO only| Passive |
LUCKY SHINY HAT: Torn from the head of a defeated aelven lord – and barely large enough to be noticed – this tiny helmet somehow provides its bearer with mystical protection.
Effect: This unit has WARD (4+) against damage points inflicted by SPELL and PRAYER abilities and by abilities used by MANIFESTATIONS.
Prayer Lore
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
HIGH EXPECTATIONS: In an effort to sort the weak from the strong among his stomp, this Mega‑Gargant encourages his followers to match their strength by seeing how much destruction they can wreak with their bare hands.
Declare: Pick a friendly BRODD’S STOMP PRIEST to chant this prayer, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons used by friendly BRODD’S STOMP units while they are wholly within 12" of the chanter. If the chanting roll was 9+, add 2 to the Attacks characteristic instead.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons used by friendly BRODD’S STOMP units while they are wholly within 12" of the chanter. If the chanting roll was 9+, add 2 to the Attacks characteristic instead.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
SPEARHEAD
Wallsmasher Stomp
The towering progeny of the godbeast Behemat do not travel in great numbers. The more gargants, the less food, which is unacceptable to these lazy but highly destructive braggarts. Those who do roam with company form rough hierarchies known as ‘stomps’, bossed around by the biggest and strongest Mega-Gargant within their territory.
On occasion, tired of living under the heel of their boss, some Mancrusher Gargants will break away to claim their own territories. Accompanied by a couple of their best lackeys, they head off into the hills in search of food – or to find some humie settlement to smash into bits. Gargants fight with little finesse or strategy, but their large size means they can simply overpower their foes regardless. One swing of their mammoth clubs or leathery feet can knock down walls or crumple a line of pike-wielding ‘pipsqueaks’. If their tiny foes scurry around out of reach, the gargant needs only to scoop up a great boulder to hurl and splatter them like bugs. Most gargants bear some kind of sack for carrying such delicacies around, as well as souvenirs to brag of their battle prowess. As the Mancrushers are of similar stature, competitions often erupt as to who can crush the most enemies. Some smaller stomps change leadership regularly based on such rowdy contests.
On occasion, tired of living under the heel of their boss, some Mancrusher Gargants will break away to claim their own territories. Accompanied by a couple of their best lackeys, they head off into the hills in search of food – or to find some humie settlement to smash into bits. Gargants fight with little finesse or strategy, but their large size means they can simply overpower their foes regardless. One swing of their mammoth clubs or leathery feet can knock down walls or crumple a line of pike-wielding ‘pipsqueaks’. If their tiny foes scurry around out of reach, the gargant needs only to scoop up a great boulder to hurl and splatter them like bugs. Most gargants bear some kind of sack for carrying such delicacies around, as well as souvenirs to brag of their battle prowess. As the Mancrushers are of similar stature, competitions often erupt as to who can crush the most enemies. Some smaller stomps change leadership regularly based on such rowdy contests.
| This Spearhead army consists of the following units: General
Units
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Battle Traits
BULLSTOMPER
Mancrusher Mobs are led by fearsome gargants known as Bullstompers.
Your general has the HERO keyword (in addition to the MONSTER keyword) but does not have the REINFORCEMENTS keyword or icon.| Any Combat Phase |
BELLOWING ROAR: An ear-splitting bellow let loose by a Mancrusher can send the enemy battleline into disarray.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit to use this ability, pick an enemy unit in combat with it to be the target, then roll a dice.
Effect: On a 2+, subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks made by the target unit this phase.
Effect: On a 2+, subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks made by the target unit this phase.
| Your Hero Phase |
'GRAB THOSE ROCKS AND CHUCK 'EM!': Your general commands their fellow gargants to hurl as many rocks at the enemy as they can.
Declare: Pick your general to use this ability, then pick another friendly unit wholly within 12" of them.
Effect: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of that unit’s Throwin’ Rocks this turn.
Effect: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of that unit’s Throwin’ Rocks this turn.
Regiment Abilities
Pick 1 of the following regiment abilities.| Passive |
FOE-CHOMPERS: The Mancrushers hoist hapless enemies up into the air mid-battle, letting them tumble into their cavernous jaws before giving a mighty belch of satisfaction.
Effect: Each time an enemy model is slain by a friendly unit’s ‘Stuff ’Em In Me Bag’ ability, Heal (D3) that unit.
| Once Per Phase (Army), Any Charge Phase |
EARTH-SHAKING CHARGE: The ground shakes as the colossal gargants charge head-first into the fray.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that charged this phase to use this ability, then roll a dice for each enemy unit in combat with it.
Effect: On a 3+, that enemy unit has STRIKE-LAST this turn.
Effect: On a 3+, that enemy unit has STRIKE-LAST this turn.
Enhancements
Give your general 1 of the following enhancements.| Passive |
MONSTROUSLY TOUGH: This greedy gargant always takes the juiciest spoils of battle and has an impressive gut as a result.
Effect: Your general has a Health characteristic of 15 instead of 12.
| Passive |
LANKY GIT: This long-legged gargant strides across the battlefield at a frightening pace.
Effect: When you make a charge roll for your general, roll 3D6 instead of 2D6.
| Passive |
EXTRA-BIG BAG: Made from the tattered remains of enemy banners, even more screaming warriors can be stuffed into this large and garish bag.
Effect: When your general uses their ‘Stuff ’Em In Me Bag’ ability, you can pick 2 enemy units instead of 1 (roll for each).
| Passive |
FURIOUSLY TERRITORIAL: Nothing infuriates this gargant more than pipsqueaks laying claim to the lands around them.
Effect: Add 1 to hit rolls for attacks made by your general that target an enemy unit that is contesting an objective you do not control.
Warscrolls
8" 12 5+ 10 When the earth shakes to the thunder of gargant footfalls, the Mancrushers muster for war. No longer are they aimless nomads and indulgent drunkards; now they are war-hungry terrors inspired to violence. Driven by the promise of claiming their own territories and with dreams of growing to the size of their towering kin, the Mega-Gargants, they seek out fights of spectacular violence. Though they fight primarily with hurled boulders and tree-trunk sized clubs, they are not averse to grabbing up their enemies in great meaty fists and stuffing them into a bag for later consumption. Even in death they can be lethal – more than one hero of the realms has been crushed by the toppling corpse of the very gargant they slew moments before. | ||
| RANGED WEAPONS | Rng | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Throwin’ Rocks | ||||||||
| Throwin’ Rocks | 12" | 1 | 5+ | 2+ | 2 | D3 | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | |||
| Massive Club | ||||||||
| Massive Club | 4 | 4+ | 2+ | 1 | 2 | |||
| 'Eadbutt | ||||||||
| 'Eadbutt | 1 | 4+ | 2+ | 2 | 4 | |||
| Mighty Kick | ||||||||
| Mighty Kick | 1 | 4+ | 2+ | 2 | D3 | |||
| Any Combat Phase |
STUFF 'EM IN ME BAG: Gargants are known to grab hapless warriors and stuff them screaming into their bags ‘for later’…
Declare: Pick an enemy unit in combat with this unit to be the target, then roll a dice.
Effect: If the roll is at least double the target unit’s Health characteristic, 1 model in that unit is slain.
Effect: If the roll is at least double the target unit’s Health characteristic, 1 model in that unit is slain.
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TIMBER!: A dying gargant is a weapon of ruin in its own right, though it is anyone’s guess where – and on whom – their body will fall.
Effect: If this model is slain, before removing it from the battlefield, the players must roll off. The winner picks a point on the battlefield up to 3" from this model. Inflict D3 mortal damage on each enemy unit within 2" of that point. This model is then removed from the battlefield.
KEYWORDS | MONSTER, REINFORCEMENTS |
24.1 Reserve Units
Some abilities allow you to set up units in reserve. These units are placed to one side instead of being set up on the battlefield. At the start of the fourth battle round, units that were set up in reserve using a DEPLOY ability and that are still in reserve are destroyed.
12.0 Start of Battle Round
At the start of each battle round, follow these steps:1. Determine the Active Player: If it is the first battle round, the player who finished setting up their army first decides who will take the first turn (unless otherwise specified in the battlepack or battleplan).
If it is not the first battle round, the players make a roll-off called the priority roll and the winner decides who will take the first turn. If the roll-off is a tie, the player who took the first turn in the previous battle round decides who will take the first turn in the current battle round.
When it is a player’s turn, regardless of whether they take the first or second turn, they are referred to as the active player.
2. Determine the Underdog: Whichever player has the fewest victory points is the underdog for the battle round. If the players are tied (e.g. in the first battle round), then there is no underdog, unless otherwise specified.
3. Start of Battle Round Abilities: The active player can use any
Start of Battle Round
abilities first, then their opponent can do the same.The MEGA-GARGANT keyword is used in the following Sons of Behemat warscrolls:
The GARGANT keyword is used in the following Sons of Behemat warscrolls:
Roll-off
If you are instructed to roll off, each player should roll a dice. Whichever player has a higher roll wins the roll-off. If the result is a tie, each player should roll off again until there is a clear winner, unless otherwise specified.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).
The non-UNIQUE HERO keyword is used in the following Sons of Behemat 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.
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.
A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it’
A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it’
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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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| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Combat Phase |
JUMP UP AND DOWN: A gargant’s massive, stomping feet are devastating against smaller opponents.
Declare: Pick a friendly MEGA-GARGANT or GARGANT unit that has not used a RAMPAGE ability this turn to use this ability, then pick an enemy INFANTRY unit in combat with it to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, roll a dice for each model in the target unit. If the unit using this ability is a GARGANT, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target for each 6. If it is a MEGA-GARGANT, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target for each 5+.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, roll a dice for each model in the target unit. If the unit using this ability is a GARGANT, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target for each 6. If it is a MEGA-GARGANT, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target for each 5+.
| KEYWORDS | RAMPAGE |
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). | ||
Combat attacks
Combat attacks are made with melee weapons. The target unit(s) must be within the combat range of the attacking model and visible to it. The model must attack with all of the melee weapons it is armed with.The HERO keyword is used in the following Sons of Behemat warscrolls:
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.14.3 Charge Phase
| Your Charge Phase |
CHARGE: With a mighty battle cry, the warriors charge into combat with the enemy.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat and has not used a RUN or RETREAT ability this turn to use this ability. Then, make a charge roll of 2D6.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to the value of the charge roll. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units and must end that move within 1/2" of a visible enemy unit. If it does so, the unit using this ability has charged.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to the value of the charge roll. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units and must end that move within 1/2" of a visible enemy unit. If it does so, the unit using this ability has charged.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE, CHARGE |
The SONS OF BEHEMAT keyword is used in the following Sons of Behemat warscrolls:
Monster Hero
32.1 Contesting Objectives
Unless otherwise specified, if an objective is within a model’s combat range, that model is contesting that objective. If any models in a unit are contesting an objective, that unit is contesting that objective.Each unit can only count as contesting a single objective for the purposes of determining objective control (see 32.2). Before determining objective control, for each of their units contesting two or more objectives, the active player must pick one of those objectives for it to contest. Then, their opponent does the same.
Designer’s Note: For purposes other than determining objective control, a unit can contest more than one objective.
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.If a rule or ability requires a target to be both within a given range of and visible to the unit using that ability, or to a model in that unit, both conditions must be met by the same model in the target. You could not, for instance, target a unit where one model is within range but not visible and another model is not in range but is visible.
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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. | ||
1.1 Power Level
Each WIZARD and PRIEST has a power level shown after the keyword, e.g. WIZARD (2). A WIZARD’s casting power level determines how many Spell abilities they can use per phase. A PRIEST’s chanting power level determines how many PRAYER abilities they can use per phase.
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.
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.Otherwise, 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.
All PRIESTS know the following prayer:
| Your Hero Phase |
SACRED RITES: The priest focuses on safely setting their ritual into motion.
Declare: Pick a friendly PRIEST to use this ability, then make a chanting roll of D6. On an unmodified chanting roll of 1, remove 1 ritual point from that PRIEST instead of D3.
Effect: Give a number to ritual points to the PRIEST equal to the unmodified chanting roll and do not reset the PRIEST’s ritual points to 0.
Effect: Give a number to ritual points to the PRIEST equal to the unmodified chanting roll and do not reset the PRIEST’s ritual points to 0.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER, UNLIMITED |
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 |
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 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. | ||
Charge (+1 Damage)
Add 1 to this weapon’s Damage characteristic if the attacking unit charged this turn.3.2 The General
You must pick 1 HERO in your army that is leading a regiment to be your general. If any units in your army have the WARMASTER keyword, you must pick one of those units to be your general. Your general’s regiment can include up to 4 non-HERO units in addition to your general.
3.5 Regiments of Renown
In addition to creating your own regiments, you can also spend points to include 1 Regiment of Renown. Regiments of Renown are pre-built regiments, each with their own special abilities. The rules for each Regiment of Renown will specify which factions can include it. A unit in a Regiment of Renown cannot be your general even if it is a WARMASTER.- You cannot include more than one Regiment of Renown in your army unless otherwise specified in the notes column of that regiment’s battle profile.
- Units in a Regiment of Renown cannot use (but can be picked as the target of, if otherwise eligible) any faction rules from the faction they are allied into, including enhancements and lores.
- If an ability allows you to set up a replacement unit (Core Rules, 24.2) for a unit in a Regiment of Renown, that unit also counts as being part of that Regiment of Renown.
Universal Core Abilities - Charge Phase
| Your Charge Phase |
CHARGE: With a mighty battle cry, the warriors charge into combat with the enemy.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat and has not used a RUN or RETREAT ability this turn to use this ability. Then, make a charge roll of 2D6.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to the value of the charge roll. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units and must end that move within 1/2" of a visible enemy unit. If it does so, the unit using this ability has charged.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to the value of the charge roll. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units and must end that move within 1/2" of a visible enemy unit. If it does so, the unit using this ability has charged.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE, CHARGE |
The BRODD’S STOMP HERO keyword is used in the following Sons of Behemat warscrolls:
| Once Per Battle (Army), Your Charge Phase |
WRATH OF BRODD: When Brodd’s faithful stride into the fray, the mountains themselves tremble in terror.
Declare: Pick a friendly MEGA-GARGANT that has not used a RAMPAGE ability this turn to use this ability.
Effect: If the unit using this ability charged this turn, roll a dice. On a 3+, that unit can move 3D6" but must end that move in combat.
Effect: If the unit using this ability charged this turn, roll a dice. On a 3+, that unit can move 3D6" but must end that move in combat.
| KEYWORDS | RAMPAGE |
21.0 Healing
Some abilities allow you to heal a unit. To heal a unit, remove a number of damage points from the unit equal to the number in brackets after ‘Heal’, e.g. Heal (2).