Be it the epic clash of two mighty armies or the desperate struggles of smaller warbands, in narrative play each miniature becomes a character and every battle you fight tells their story.
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If you are the sort of player who names all of their heroes and units or makes decisions in battle based on how you think your general would behave - such as a heroic Stormcast Eternal sacrificing themselves to smite an agent of Chaos, or a cowardly skaven fleeing from danger - then narrative play is for you.
Narrative play thrusts you right into the exciting setting of the Mortal Realms and immerses you in its stories. It turns the heroes in your army into living and breathing warriors, each with their own ambitions and goals, and it puts you in the shoes of the general who leads them. Battles are no longer simply one-off games to be won or lost, but part of an ongoing narrative. The story of your army is told with each victory your army earns and every defeat they suffer. Before long, you will have forged a rich and detailed history for your army that you will remember for years to come.
Campaigns
For many players, the core of narrative play is to link your battles into an ongoing story. This is called a campaign, and across the various books and supplements available for Warhammer Age of Sigmar, you can find many different types of campaign to play through. What draws players into playing campaigns is the idea that every battle fought will impact the next. For example, a victory may secure you extra supplies that you can bring to bear in a later fight, or a battle might see one of your heroes slain and permanently removed from your army, forcing you to reconsider and adapt your strategies.
Campaigns don’t have to be complicated. The simplest form of campaign is for two players to fight a series of battles in which they discuss the outcome of each battle and then choose a narratively suitable battleplan to be the next chapter in the conflict. Other players like to let their imaginations run wild and come up with maps and house rules for sprawling campaigns with a dozen or so players taking part, and that feature bespoke rules which govern how the armies manoeuvre, conquer territories and secure supply lines.
Path to Glory
In this section of the book, you will find the
Path to Glory campaign system. A Path to Glory campaign focuses on telling the story of your army. You will start off with a small domain of
territories under your control that, as you fight battles, will grow into a mighty empire. You will be able to choose the
quests your army embarks upon and fill up
the vaults of your
stronghold with all manner of artefacts of power and other tools of war.
The Path to Glory campaign system is one that the player can take with them wherever they go. Some players will have a regular group of gaming friends that they play with every weekend, while others may frequent a local games store or club and challenge a new opponent every time. Path to Glory caters for both of these types of players, and can even be used when you are attending a
matched play tournament.
Path to Glory Battlepacks
The Path to Glory campaign system is expanded upon in a series of battlepacks. Each
Path to Glory battlepack is set in a specific location in the Mortal Realms that allows your army to establish an outpost there, bringing your campaign and the story of your army to life in new ways. In addition, they are packed with additional quests for your army to embark upon, new battleplans to fight and a whole host of other rules. The battlepack system for Path to Glory is modular, meaning your opponent does not need to have the same battlepack for you to use all the content within.
Other Ways to Explore Narrative Play
The battleplans based upon the stories you have read that are set in the Age of Sigmar are another facet of narrative play. The Broken Realms series of books, for example, features many such battleplans, each offering its own challenges to overcome. These books also include sets of campaign rules that link the battleplans, allowing you to play the battles in order, with the result of each battle subtly influencing the next. It is always interesting to see how your own army would have fared if it had taken part in the same realm-shaping events!
In Path to Glory you will forge an epic ongoing narrative for your army. As you fight battles you will be able to marshal new warriors to your cause, conquer new lands and seize powerful artefacts with which to strike fear into the hearts of your enemies!
Path to Glory centres around storytelling in the Age of Sigmar. Each battle you fight with your army is linked in an ongoing narrative called a
Path to Glory campaign. During the campaign, your warriors will gain
renown and
veteran abilities for acts of valour, and they will suffer
casualties and
injuries upon defeat. You’ll embark upon
quests to amass a
vault of artefacts of power and other treasures, and you’ll be able to conquer
territories and build a
stronghold.
All the rules to get started with your Path to Glory campaign can be found on this page.
The Path to Glory Roster
Here, you will find a blank Path to Glory roster. The Path to Glory roster is the record from which you will draw your army for each Path to Glory battle you fight.
The Path to Glory roster comprises two pages, each with various sections. The first page includes details about your faction, your
territory and
stronghold, and your
vault, where you can record the
bonus enhancements,
battalions and endless spells you earn during the campaign. The second page includes the order of battle, which is a record of all the units you can draw upon for each battle.
There are 5 steps to completing your Path to Glory roster, outlined below. Once you have a completed your Path to Glory roster, you can start challenging opponents to Path to Glory battles.
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| Once you have completed your Path to Glory roster, you will be able to fight Path to Glory battles against any opponent - even those who haven’t themselves completed a Path to Glory roster. Some players will choose to fight their Path to Glory battles against others in their gaming group, whereas other players might seek out a new opponent each week. You can find out more about fighting Path to Glory battles here. | |
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Path to Glory Overview
Below you will discover in more detail how to get your army ready to fight Path to Glory battles. For now, here is a handy summary of the steps involved.
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The second step is to choose your starting points limit for your Path to Glory army. Will you begin with a small force comprising just a hero and their retinue, or jump straight into the deep end with a large collection? Depending on your starting size, you will begin with a number of territories under your control, Each type of starting territory will allow you to include a different type of unit in your army, and as you wage war with your Path to Glory army, you will be able to bring more territories under your control and upgrade each of them to unlock powerful effects.
In this step, you will start adding units to your Path to Glory army, starting with your warlord.
Once you have added all your units, you can choose their core enhancements. These are the same enhancements that you would be able to give to your army in any other battle that uses allegiance abilities. As your campaign progresses, you will be able to earn bonus enhancements to give to your army.
The final step is to pick your first quest - the goal that your army is trying to achieve. During each battle you fight, you will be able to further your current quest. Upon its completion, you will gain a reward such as a bonus artefact of power or an endless spell. After you complete this step, your army will be ready to begin its Path to Glory campaign! | |
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Step 1 - Choose Faction and Realm
The first step is to pick 1
faction for your Path to Glory army and note it down on your Path to Glory roster. Each faction has its own battletome, as explained
here. If you have access to any
subfactions, you can choose 1 of these and write it down on your roster too. Once you start fighting Path to Glory battles, your faction (including your subfaction, if you chose one) cannot be changed, so choose wisely. Once you have chosen your faction, choose which Mortal Realm your army hails from - Azyr, Ghyran, Ghur, Chamon, Aqshy, Shyish, Ulgu or Hysh - and write this information on your
roster.
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| The realm you choose has no rules impact on your army but really adds to its character. You could take it one step further and choose a specific region or even a city within a realm (be it one you have read about or one of your own creation). Alternatively, your army might hail from somewhere beyond the Mortal Realms, such the Eightpoints, Blight City or the Realm of Chaos! | |
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Step 2 - Choose Starting Size and Starting Territories
There are four starting sizes to choose from: Vanguard, Warband, Brigade and Legion. Each of the starting sizes gives you a number of starting
territories and a
stronghold, a
points limit and unit limit to follow when first adding units to your order of battle, and a number of starting
glory points. Pick 1 of the starting sizes from the table below:
Starting Size | Starting Territories | Points Limit | Unit Limit | Starting Glory Points | Vanguard | 1 | 600 | 6 | 5 | Warband | 1 | 1000 | 8 | 8 | Brigade | 2 | 1500 | 12 | 10 | Legion | 3 | 2000 | 16 | 12 |
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Once you have chosen your starting size, you must pick your starting territories from the table below and add them to your Path to Glory roster.
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Starting Territory | Basic Effect | Old Keep: This lonely keep and the lands around it are ruled by a powerful vassal to your domain. | Increase the HEROES limit on your order of battle by 1. | Wild Lands: This desolate region is home to all manner of savage beasts. | Increase the MONSTERS limit on your order of battle by 1. | Forgotten Mine: The resources of this territory can be harnessed to construct machines of war. | Increase the WAR MACHINES limit on your order of battle by 1. | Arcane Waypoint: Ley lines of eldritch power coalesce here. | Increase the WIZARDS limit on your order of battle by 1. | Sacred Site: You feel the presence of the gods at this holy ground. | Increase the PRIESTS limit on your order of battle by 1. | Small Settlement: A modest settlement has been brought under your control. | Increase the Reinforced Units limit on your order of battle by 1. | Ancient Roads: Your allies can swiftly come to your aid with these roads under your control. | Increase the Allied Units limit on your order of battle by 1. |
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Stronghold
In addition to your starting territories, you begin your campaign with a
stronghold. Your stronghold gives you the following benefits:
STRONGHOLD
Territories: You can control up to 3 territories at once.
Barracks: Your stronghold can have up to 3 barracks.
Outposts: You can establish up to 1 outpost.
As your campaign progresses, you will have the chance to upgrade your stronghold to an
Imposing Stronghold and then a
Mighty Stronghold. In addition, if you are using the
Tiers of Battle rule for a Path to Glory battle, the type of stronghold that each player has will determine how many
bonus enhancements you can include in your army for that battle.
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| Once you begin fighting battles, you will have the chance to bring more territories under your control, including those not found on this list. In addition, you will be able to spend glory points to upgrade any of the territories you control. For a full list of territories and the bonuses of upgrading them, see the Territories table. | |
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| Your Path to Glory roster includes many spaces to give names to things, such as your army, your stronghold and each of your territories. While this serves no rules function, adding names can really help add to build immersion and tell the story of your army. Names can also be used to theme your domain to your army. For example, the ‘forgotten mine’ controlled by a Kharadron Overlords army could actually be a hidden stream of aethergold. You can find inspiration for names in your battletome and in the books published by Black Library. | |
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Glory Points
Glory points are the currency of Path to Glory, and during your campaign you will be able to both earn them and spend them. As you do so, you will need to keep a total of your current glory points on your Path to Glory roster. Each time you spend glory points, deduct the amount from your glory points total.
You will find out more about earning and spending glory points in
the aftermath sequence. For now, note down your starting glory points on your
roster.
Step 3 - Order of Battle
The next step is to populate the
order of battle on your roster with units. On the order of battle you will find a series of
order of battle limits. These limits will dictate what types of units and how many of them you can have on your order of battle at any time. The total units limit is decided by the
starting size you picked, and the other limits are shown on the table below. The starting territories you picked will also have increased 1 or more of these limits.
Starting Order of Battle Limits | Total Units | See Starting Sizes | HERO Units | 3 | MONSTER Units | 1 | WAR MACHINE Units | 1 | WIZARD Units | 1 | PRIEST Units | 1 | Reinforced Units | 1 | Allied Units | 1 |
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Warlord
You can now begin to add units to the order of battle. The first unit you must add is your
warlord. The warlord is the commander of your Path to Glory roster and must be picked to be your general each time they are included in your army for a Path to Glory battle. The unit you pick for your warlord must meet the following criteria:
- It must be a single model that is a HERO and a Leader.
- It must be from the faction of your Path to Glory army.
- It cannot be Unique.
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| Your warlord starts with 15 renown points. You’ll find out more about renown points later in this section, but for now, note down the 15 renown points on your roster. All other units start with 0. | |
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Starting Units
Once you have picked your warlord, you can add the rest of your starting units to your order of battle. You will need to refer to the
Pitched Battle profile of each unit you add. The total points cost of the units added cannot exceed the points limit of the
starting size you chose, and you cannot exceed any of your order of battle limits (this includes your warlord in both cases). The units must be from the faction of your Path to Glory army, with the exception of allies, which must be units that can
ally with that faction. The units can be
reinforced.
Battalions, Endless Spells and Invocations
To begin with, you can choose 1
core battalion or
warscroll battalion that your faction has access to, and 1
endless spells or
invocation that your faction has access to (their points cost counts against your
starting size points limit). Note these down in your
vault.
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| If you wish to add more battalions, endless spells or invocations to your army, you will need to complete the relevant quest. You can find out more about quests in step 5 section. | |
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Faction Terrain
You do not need to add
faction terrain features to your order of battle. If you are using a
Path to Glory battlepack, then the battleplan will stipulate which players can set up faction terrain in that battle.
Step 4 - Core Enhancements
In Path to Glory there are two types of enhancements:
core enhancements and
bonus enhancements. Core enhancements are enhancements normally granted by the core rules and your
allegiance abilities. Bonus enhancements, on the other hand, are additional enhancements you will earn during your Path to Glory campaign by
completing quests.
For now, you need to choose your core enhancements. To do so, follow the core rules for
enhancements. For each enhancement you give to a unit on your order of battle, note it down in the ‘Core Enhancements’ section of their entry. Note down your
triumph in your
vault. Core enhancements cannot be changed later, so choose wisely.
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Extra Enhancements
Certain
subfactions and other
allegiance abilities might grant you access to additional enhancements. For example, the
Greyfyrd subfaction of the Fyreslayers faction allows you to take two additional artefacts of power, whereas the
Boulderhead subfaction of the Ogor Mawtribes faction allows each
HERO with the
MONSTER keyword to have a mount trait. In cases like this, you receive these extra enhancements as normal, and they are treated as
core enhancements and not
bonus enhancements.
Step 5 - Pick Your First Quest
The last step is to pick a
quest for your
Path to Glory roster. A quest is the goal your warlord is currently trying to achieve, and you will be able to complete that quest by doing certain things in your Path to Glory battles. As you progress through your Path to Glory campaign you will be able to complete many different quests, so to begin with, choose a quest with a reward you are most keen to receive.
Once you have chosen your quest, write it down in the
quest log on your Path to Glory roster.
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| In addition to the 8 quests included here, you can find additional quests in Path to Glory battlepacks and more recent battletomes. | |
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Completing Quests
During
the aftermath sequence of each Path to Glory battle, you will check to see if you have completed your quest. Each quest will detail how and when it is completed. Some quests may take several battles to complete and some quests may direct you to record your progress in the quest log on your Path to Glory roster. Each time you complete a quest, remove all of the quest points in your quest log.
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Quest Rewards
Upon completing a quest you will earn a reward. The quest will detail what reward you earn. This can be anything from additional
glory points to a bonus enhancement.
The Vault
Many of the rewards you earn from completing quests are stored in your vault. The vault is found on your
Path to Glory roster and has space to record
bonus enhancements, endless spells or invocations, and battalions.
The entries in your vault are a capped resource, as indicated by the spaces for them on your Path to Glory Roster. You can only have 6 bonus artefacts of power at a time, 6 bonus spells at a time, and so on. If you ever wish to discard any of the rewards in your vault, you are allowed to do so.
When fighting a Path to Glory battle, whether your opponent is also using a Path to Glory army or not will determine how bonus enhancements can be included in your army. If both players are using a Path to Glory army, you’ll be able to include some bonus enhancements in your army in addition to your
core enhancements, whereas if your opponent is not using a Path to Glory army, you will only be able to replace some of your core enhancements with bonus enhancements (see
Fighting Path to Glory Battles).
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| If you are unsure of which quest to begin with, you can’t go far wrong with ‘Search for the Artefact’. Once you gain the bonus artefact of power, you will be able to use it straight away in battles fought against another Path to Glory army. | |
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Quests
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| QUEST You send your scouts far and wide in search of a powerful relic of war. Pick 1 artefact of power that your faction has access to and that is not already on your Path to Glory roster. Write it down in the Quest Reward section of your quest log.
At the end of each Path to Glory battle, add 1 quest point to the progress section of your quest log for each friendly unit wholly within your opponent’s territory.
In addition, at the end of each Path to Glory battle, you can spend 1 glory point to gain 1 additional quest point.
Once you have gained 3 or more quest points, you complete this quest. When you complete this quest, you can add the artefact of power that you picked to your vault. | |
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| QUEST Form Warriors into a BattalionYou have been rigorously training your warriors to fight as one, but the battlefield will be the true test of their mettle. Pick 1 warscroll battalion or core battalion and write it down in the Quest Reward section of your quest log.
At the end of a Path to Glory battle, if there are enough friendly units on the battlefield to fulfil the minimum requirement of the battalion organisation, then you complete this quest. If there aren’t, then in order to complete the quest, you can spend 1 glory point for each additional unit needed to fulfil the requirement.
When you complete this quest, you can add the battalion you picked to your vault. | |
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| QUEST A malign sorcerous entity stalks the barrens. If you can secure sites of arcane power, you should be able to bring it under your control. Pick 1 endless spell and write it down in the Quest Reward section of your quest log.
If both you and your opponent are using a Path to Glory army and the battleplan you are using requires you to roll on the Mysterious Terrain table, then after you roll on the table, you can spend 1 glory point to change the result to ‘Arcane’.
At the end of a Path to Glory battle, if a friendly WIZARD is within 1" of a terrain feature with the Arcane scenery rule, you complete this quest. When you complete this quest, you can add the endless spell you picked to your vault. | |
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| QUEST A wizard in your army seeks to master a mighty spell to aid you in battle. Pick 1 spell from a spell lore that your faction has access to and that is not already on your Path to Glory roster. Write it down in the Quest Reward section of your quest log.
In each Path to Glory battle, add 1 quest point to the progress section of your quest log each time the casting roll for a friendly WIZARD is 8+.
In addition, at the end of each Path to Glory battle, you can spend 1 glory point to gain 1 additional quest point.
Once you have gained 3 or more quest points, you complete this quest. When you complete this quest, you can add the spell that you picked to your vault. | |
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| QUEST You hear the call of your gods to seek out places that hold manifestations of their divine will within. Pick 1 invocation and write it down in the Quest Reward section of your quest log.
If both you and your opponent are using a Path to Glory army and the battleplan you are using instructs you to roll on the Mysterious Terrain table, then after you roll on the table, you can spend 1 glory point to change the result to ‘Mystical’.
At the end of a Path to Glory battle, if a friendly PRIEST is within 1" of a terrain feature with the Mystical scenery rule, you complete this quest. When you complete this quest, you can add the invocation that you picked to your vault. | |
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| QUEST You discover archaic texts relating to your deity that date back to the Age of Myth. Deciphering them will allow you to better enact their will in the Mortal Realms. Pick 1 prayer from a prayer scripture that your faction has access to and that is not already on your Path to Glory roster. Write it down in the Quest Reward section of your quest log.
In each Path to Glory battle, if the chanting roll for a friendly PRIEST is 4+, add 1 quest point to the progress section of your quest log.
In addition, at the end of each Path to Glory battle, you can spend 1 glory point to gain 1 additional quest point.
Once you have gained 3 or more quest points, you complete this quest. When you complete this quest, you can add the prayer you picked to your vault. | |
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| QUEST You seek to bolster your resources and protect your domain. At the end of each Path to Glory battle, add 1 quest point to the progress section of your quest log for each friendly unit wholly within your territory.
In addition, at the end of each Path to Glory battle, you can spend 1 glory point to gain 1 additional quest point.
Once you have gained 3 or more quest points, you complete this quest. When you complete this quest, you gain 10 glory points. | |
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| QUEST You send your warriors far and wide in search of lands that yield plentiful resources. At the end of a Path to Glory battle, you complete this quest if any friendly units are wholly within 4" of a battlefield edge and wholly outside of your territory.
Alternatively, at the end of a Path to Glory battle, you can spend 1 glory point to complete this quest.
When you complete this quest, make 2 exploration rolls in the aftermath sequence of that Path to Glory battle instead of 1. | |
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Fighting Path to Glory Battles
Once you have completed your
Path to Glory roster, you are ready to begin fighting Path to Glory battles. A Path to Glory battle is one where you draw your army from your Path to Glory roster and follow the rules in this section. To fight a Path to Glory battle, first pick a battlepack to use. The rules here are used in addition to the rules in that battlepack. Path to Glory battles can be fought using any battlepack (not necessarily a
Path to Glory battlepack) and against any opponent, even those using an army that is not on a Path to Glory campaign.
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| You can find the standard Path to Glory battlepack here, and additional Path to Glory battlepacks can be found in other publications.
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Tiers of Battle
If both you and your opponent are using a Path to Glory army, the first thing to determine is what
tier the battle will be. There are three tiers of battle:
lower,
middle and
higher. To be able to choose the middle or higher tiers of battle, both players will need to have upgraded their
stronghold to either an
imposing stronghold or a mighty stronghold. Consult the table below and agree with your opponent on the tier of battle.
Tier of Battle | Required Strongholds (both players) | Lower | Any | Middle | Imposing or Mighty | Higher | Mighty |
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Bonus Enhancements
The tier of battle determines how many
bonus enhancements from their
vault each player can include in their army in addition to their
core enhancements, as shown on the table below.
| Bonus Enhancements | Tier of Battle | Command Traits | Artefacts of Power | Spells | Prayers | Unique Enhancements | Lower | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Middle | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Higher | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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Command Traits
With regard to
command traits, the tier of battle determines how many friendly
HEROES can use their command trait in the battle in addition to your general.
Bonus Spells and Bonus Prayers
The tier of battle does not allow you to include bonus spell lore enhancements and bonus prayer scripture enhancements (
see 27.3). Instead, it allows you to include bonus spells and bonus prayers. For each bonus spell or bonus prayer you can include in your army, pick 1 spell or prayer from your
vault and 1
WIZARD or
PRIEST from your order of battle to know that spell or prayer, in addition to any others they know.
Picking Your Army
Regardless of the
battlepack being used, when you pick an army for a Path to Glory battle, these rules apply in addition to those in the battlepack:
1 | Your army’s faction, including any subfaction, is the faction noted on your Path to Glory roster. | 2 | All units included in your army must be from your order of battle. | 3 | Units that have been reinforced on your order of battle must be taken at full strength. | 4 | The enhancements given to your army must be core enhancements from your order of battle. | 5 | You can replace any of your core enhancements with a bonus enhancement from your vault unless the core enhancement is a requirement of your subfaction. | 6 | If your warlord is included in your army, they must be its general. | 7 | Only endless spells, invocations and battalions on your Path to Glory roster can be used. | 8 | Extra enhancements granted by core battalions with the Magnificent battalion ability are in addition to bonus enhancements granted by the tier of battle, but otherwise they follow the rules for bonus enhancements. |
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Fighting an Opponent not on a Path to Glory Campaign
If your opponent’s army is not on a Path to Glory campaign, the following amendments to the rules above apply:
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Fighting Path to Glory Battles Summary
The Aftermath Sequence
After each Path to Glory battle, there is a series of steps that must be resolved by the players commanding armies on Path to Glory campaigns. This is referred to as the aftermath sequence, and it goes as follows:
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Step 1 - Earn Glory Points
After each Path to Glory battle, you will receive a number of glory points based on how your army fared. To determine how many glory points you receive, consult the table below (the different criteria are cumulative). There is space on your roster to keep track of your glory points total.
| Points Limit | Criterion | 500-750 | 751-1250 | 1251-1750 | Over 1750 | Fought a Path to Glory battle | 5 glory points | 8 glory points | 10 glory points | 12 glory points | Won a major victory | 3 glory points | 4 glory points | 5 glory points | 6 glory points | Won a minor victory | 2 glory points | 2 glory points | 3 glory points | 3 glory points | Your warlord took part in the battle and was not slain | 1 glory point | 1 glory point | 2 glory points | 2 glory points |
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Step 2 - Resolve Injuries and Casualties
When one of your models is slain in a Path to Glory battle, the warrior is not immediately presumed to have been killed: they may instead have been seriously injured or perhaps gotten away with just a minor wound. This is represented by two types of roll:
injury rolls and
casualty rolls. During this step, you must make an injury roll or casualty roll for each unit from your army that had any models slain or was destroyed during the battle. The type of roll you must make is determined by the kind of unit that you are rolling for, as follows:
Injury Rolls: HEROES. In addition, units with a Wounds characteristic of 8 or more that are noted as being Single.
Casualty Rolls: All other units.
Unique Units
Do not make injury rolls or casualty rolls for units that are listed as
Unique on their Pitched Battle profile.
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Injury Rolls
To make an injury roll, roll on the table below. In each aftermath sequence, you can re-roll 1 injury roll by spending 1
glory point. You must choose whether to re-roll the injury roll before rolling for the next unit.
2D6 | Injury | 2-3 | Killed: Remove this unit from your order of battle. If this unit is your warlord, see Death of Your Warlord. | 4-5 | Critical Injury: At the start of your next battle, if this unit is included in your army, it begins the battle with D3 wounds allocated to it that cannot be negated or healed. | 6-7 | Major Injury: At the start of your next battle, if this unit is included in your army, it begins the battle with 1 wound allocated to it that cannot be negated or healed. | 8-11 | Minor Injury: No effect. | 12 | Forged in Battle: This unit gains 2D6 renown points. |
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| If you need to make an injury roll for your warlord, it is recommended that you roll for them first, as you can only re-roll one injury roll in each aftermath sequence! | |
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Killed Units and Enhancements
When a unit with any
enhancements is killed, the following rules apply:
Core Enhancements
If the unit that was killed had been given any
core enhancements, once it has been removed from your order of battle, you can choose for a different unit on your order of battle to be given a new core enhancement of the same type. For example, if the unit that was killed had been given an artefact of power, you can give a different Hero on your order of battle an artefact of power. Ihe new enhancement can be the same as or different to the previous one, and all other rules that dictate who can be given that enhancement still apply.
Bonus Enhancements
If the unit that was killed had been given any
bonus enhancements, these go back into your
vault.
Death of Your Warlord
If your warlord was killed, you must immediately pick 1
HERO on your order of battle to become your new warlord or add a new
HERO to your order of battle to be your new warlord. In both cases, your new warlord must adhere to the
warlord restrictions. Your new warlord gains 15
renown points and, if they do not have one, a
command trait.
If you add a new
HERO to your order of battle to be your new warlord, you must spend the required number of
glory points to do so.
If you have no
HEROES eligible to be your warlord on your order of battle and insufficient glory points to add a new
HERO, you can add 1 new
HERO to your order of battle to be your warlord without having to spend any glory points to do so - after all, your army is already in dire straits!
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| To have your warlord be killed is a truly earth-shattering moment for your army. It might teeter on the brink until another champion steps forward to take the lead. It can be fun to write an obituary for your warlord, detailing how they met their demise and against whom you must exact revenge! | |
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Casualty Rolls
To make a casualty roll for a unit, roll a number of dice equal to the number of models in the unit that were slain during the battle (not including models that were slain and then returned, unless they were slain again). For each roll of 1, increase the units
casualty score by 1. After making a casualty roll you can choose to spend 1
glory point to re-roll 1 of the dice in that casualty roll. No more than 1 dice can be re-rolled in each casualty roll.
In subsequent Path to Glory battles, after the unit is set up on the battlefield for the first time, remove a number of models from the unit equal to its casualty score. If the casualty score of a unit equals the number of models in the unit, remove the unit from your order of battle.
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| As casualties are removed immediately after the unit is set up, they do not affect whether the unit is able to take any weapon options on its warscroll and do not cause their unit to be an understrength unit. | |
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Step 3 - Gain Renown Points
Units in a Path to Glory army may gain 1 or more
renown points after taking part in a battle. Renown points represent the growing skills and status of your warriors as they survive from battle to battle. You can record each unit’s renown points on your order of battle. Units gain renown points in the following ways:
1. Surviving the Battle
Each unit that took part in the battle and was not destroyed gains 1 renown point.
2. Bonus Renown
If you used a battleplan from a
Path to Glory battlepack, the battleplan will detail additional ways for units that took part in the battle to gain renown. If you used a battleplan from another battlepack, the Bonus Renown rule below applies:
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3. Favoured Warriors
Pick 1 unit that took part in the battle to be your favoured warriors. That unit gains D6 renown points.
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Unique Units
Unique units do not gain renown points.
Ranks
Your units will earn ranks when they reach certain renown point thresholds. For units that are not
HEROES, use the table below:
Renown Points | Unit Rank | Veteran Abilities | 0-4 | Untested Warriors | 0 | 5-14 | Veteran Warriors* | 1 | 15-29 | Elite Veteran Warriors | 2 | 30+ | Legendary Veteran Warriors | 3 | *Unit becomes a veteran unit |
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Veteran Abilities
Each time a unit that is not a
HERO earns a new rank, it gains 1
veteran ability (to a maximum of 3). In addition, once a unit has gained its first veteran ability, it becomes a
veteran unit. You can choose the veteran ability the unit gains from the table below. The same unit cannot gain the same veteran ability more than once. Write down any veteran abilities a unit has on your order of battle.
Veteran Abilities | Exemplars of Valour: This unit can use this veteran ability once per battle at the start of the battleshock phase if it is within 3" of an enemy unit. If it does so, do not take battleshock tests for friendly units wholly within 9" of this unit until the end of that phase. | Disciplined Battle-drill: This unit can use this veteran ability once per battle when it is picked to fight in the combat phase. Add 1 to wound rolls for attacks made by that unit until the end of that phase. | Fleet of Foot: This unit can use this veteran ability once per battle at the start of your charge phase. If it does so, this unit can attempt a charge in that phase even if it ran in the same turn. | Deadly Volley: This unit can use this veteran ability once per battle when it is picked to shoot in your shooting phase. Add 1 to wound rolls for attacks made by that unit until the end of that phase. | Defensive Formation: This unit can use this veteran ability once per battle when it is picked as the target of an attack in the combat phase. Subtract 1 from wound rolls for attacks that target that unit until the end of that phase. | Devastating Charge: This unit can use this veteran ability once per battle after it makes a successful charge. If it does so, pick 1 enemy unit within 1" of this unit. That enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds. |
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Using Veteran Abilities
Veteran abilities can only be used in battles where all players are using Path to Glory armies. In addition, no more than 1 friendly unit can use a veteran ability per turn, and the same unit can only use each of its veteran abilities once per battle.
Heroes and Renown
HEROES earn different ranks to other units. In addition,
HEROES gain a
command trait instead of veteran abilities.
HEROES earn ranks as follows:
Renown Points | Hero Rank | 0-14 | Rising Hero | 15+ | Mighty Hero* | *Hero gains a command trait |
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When a
HERO earns the Mighty Hero rank, that
HERO gains a command trait. Record the command trait on your order of battle. The
tier of battle will determine how many
HEROES in addition to your general can use command traits during the battle. As your
warlord starts the Path to Glory campaign with 15
renown points, they have already earned the rank of Mighty Hero.
A
HERO can never have more than 1 command trait, and different
HEROES in the same army cannot have the same command trait.
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| The Tiers of Battle rule puts a limit on the number of command traits you can use in a battle, meaning that in some battles some HEROES will get to use their command traits and in others they will not. While this is done to balance battles between grizzled and fresher-faced Path to Glory armies, narratively we imagine that it is only when a clash of epic proportions looms that all the HEROES in your army will muster their every ounce of grit to rise to the occasion. | |
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Step 4 - Complete Quests
Check your current quest to see if you have completed the quest or if you need to record any progress made in your
quest log.
Each quest will state when it is completed. If you have completed your quest, you earn its reward. Anything written in your quest log is then removed and you can pick a new quest to begin. The same quest can be completed multiple times by the same army unless it states otherwise.
Giving Up on a Quest
During this step of the aftermath sequence, you can choose to give up on your quest. If you do so, remove anything written in your quest log and pick a new quest to begin.
Step 5 - Manage Your Stronghold
In this step you can choose to spend
glory points to upgrade your
stronghold to a different type and to add barracks to your stronghold.
IMPOSING STRONGHOLD
Prerequisite: StrongholdCost: 30
glory pointsTerritories: You can now control 6 areas of territory at once.
Barracks: Your stronghold can have up to 5 barracks.
Outposts: You can establish up to 2 outposts.
MIGHTY STRONGHOLD
Prerequisite: Imposing Stronghold
Cost: 60
glory pointsTerritories: You can now control 9 areas of territory at once.
Barracks: Your stronghold can have up to 12 barracks.
Outposts: You can establish up to 3 outposts.
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| When both armies in a Path to Glory battle are on a Path to Glory campaign, the Tiers of Battle rule used. This rule determines the number of bonus enhancements the commander of each army can take according to the type of stronghold they have. | |
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Upgrading Your Stronghold
You can upgrade your stronghold first to an
imposing stronghold and then to a
mighty stronghold. Upgrading your stronghold will grant you access to middle and higher tier Path to Glory battles. It will also increase the number of
territories you can control, the number of barracks your stronghold can have and the number of
outposts you can establish. Each upgrade has an associated cost in
glory points.
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| You can find rules for establishing outposts in the range of supplemental Path to Glory battlepacks available for Warhammer Age of Sigmar. | |
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Adding Barracks
You can spend 5
glory points in this step to add 1 barracks to your stronghold. Each time you add a
barracks to your stronghold you increase your unit limit by 2 to a maximum of 30. You can only add 1 barracks to your stronghold in each aftermath sequence. There is a maximum number of barracks that each type of stronghold can have. When you upgrade your stronghold to a different type, it retains any barracks that you have added to it.
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Step 6 - Manage Your Territories
To begin the next step, first roll on the
Territories table. This is referred to as the
exploration roll and represents a new area of territory your scouts have discovered. You maybe able to make multiple exploration rolls for reasons such as completing the
Scout Fertile Lands quest.
After making your exploration rolls, you must decide if you wish to bring any of these new territories under your control. To bring a new territory under your control, you must spend 10
glory points.
If you already have the maximum number of territories your stronghold allows, you can choose to remove one of the territories from your
roster and replace it with the new one. Removing a territory may reduce one of your order of battle limits. After replacing a territory, if you have more units of a certain type than your order of battle limits allow, you must remove units of that type from your order of battle until you no longer have more units of that type than your order of battle limits allow.
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| To make an exploration roll on the Territories table, you will need to roll a D66. To do so, roll a six-sided dice twice. The first roll determines the ten, the second roll determines the unit. For example, if you rolled a 3 followed by a 5, the roll would be 35.
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Three of a Kind
You can never have more than 3 territories of the same type.
Upgrading Territory
Lastly, you can choose to
upgrade any of your territories (including those that you brought under your control in this step). Each territory can be upgraded by spending
glory points to bolster its effects. Consult the Territories table to see the effect of upgrading a territory. The Territories table lists the upgrading cost in the format ‘[
Upgrade xGP]’, where x is the number of glory points you must spend to upgrade the territory. For example, if a territory has ‘[
Upgrade 5GP]’ in its description, you must spend 5 glory points in order to upgrade it. When you upgrade a territory, mark it as upgraded on your
Path to Glory roster.
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Territories
TERRITORIES (D66) | 11-16 BARREN WASTESYour scouts find nothing but inhospitable wasteland.
This territory cannot be controlled. 21-22 OLD KEEPThis lonely keep and the lands around it are ruled by a powerful vassal to your domain.
Increase your HEROES limit by 1. [ Upgrade 10GP] Fortified Keep: Increase the limit by 3 instead of 1. 23-24 WILD LANDSThis desolate region is home to all manner of savage beasts.
Increase your MONSTERS limit by 1. [ Upgrade 10GP] Watchtower: Increase the limit by 3 instead of 1. 25-26 FORGOTTEN MINEThe resources of this territory can be harnessed to construct machines of war.
Increase your WAR MACHINES limit by 1. [ Upgrade 10GP] Workshop: Increase the limit by 3 instead of 1. 31-32 ARCANE WAYPOINTLey lines of eldritch power coalesce here.
Increase your WIZARDS limit by 1. [ Upgrade 10GP] Wizard’s Tower: Increase the limit by 3 instead of 1 33-34 SACRED SITEYou feel the presence of the gods at this holy ground.
Increase your PRIESTS limit by 1. [ Upgrade 10GP] Temple: Increase the limit by 3 instead of 1 35-36 SMALL SETTLEMENTA modest settlement has been brought under your control.
Increase your Reinforced Units limit by 1. [ Upgrade 10GP] Guard House: Increase the limit by 3 instead of 1. 41-42 ANCIENT ROADSYour allies can swiftly come to your aid with these roads under your control.
Increase your Allied Units limit by 1. [ Upgrade 10GP] Trade Route: Increase the limit by 3 instead of 1. 43-44 BORDERLANDSAs this territory borders hostile lands, it is wise to keep it patrolled by your warriors.
In step 3 of the aftermath sequence, you can pick 1 unit on your order of battle that was not included in your army in that battle and roll a dice. On a 4+, that unit gains 1 renown point. [ Upgrade 15GP] Bastion : You can pick 2 such units instead of 1. 45-46 WELLSPRINGThe natural resources of this territory aid your warriors in healing from battle wounds.
You can pick 1 unit to benefit from this territory in each aftermath sequence. When making a recuperating roll for the unit you picked, it is treated as not having taken part in the battle. [ Upgrade 15GP] Divination Pool: You can pick 2 units instead of 1. 51-52 LARGE SETTLEMENTThis sprawling settlement provides you with ample warriors with which to wage war.
Reduce the glory points cost of adding a unit that is not a HERO to your order of battle by 2 (to a minimum of 1). [ Upgrade 15GP] City Wall: Reduce the glory points cost by 3 instead of 2. 53-54 REALMSTONE RESERVEThis area of land is rich in precious realmstone.
You receive D3 additional glory points in step 1 of the aftermath sequence. [ Upgrade 15GP] Realmstone Mine : You receive an additional D6 glory points instead of D3. 55-56 RUINS OF MYTHIt is said that a powerful treasure rests in this ancient and haunted place...
This territory has no effect until it is upgraded. [ Upgrade 15GP] Explored: Once in step 6 of each aftermath sequence, you can roll a dice for this territory. On a 1-5, nothing happens. On a 6, you gain 1 bonus artefact of power that your faction has access to and it is added to your vault. Once the artefact has been added to your vault, this territory is removed from your roster. 61-66 SPECIAL TERRITORYYour scouts return with invaluable news...
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Step 7 - Manage Your Order of Battle
During this step of
the aftermath sequence, you can spend
glory points to do any of the following:
- Add new units to your order of battle.
- Recuperate any of your units that have suffered casualties.
- Reinforce any of your units.
Adding New Units
You can
add new units to your order of battle in each aftermath sequence. The number of glory points you must spend in order to add a unit to your order of battle is determined by the
points value of the unit, as shown on the table below. When you add a new unit to your order of battle, you must follow the
order of battle restrictions. In addition, the unit is added at the minimum
unit size shown on its Pitched Battle profile.
Recuperating Units
You can spend
glory points to
recuperate a unit with a casualty score of 1 or more. The number of glory points you must spend in order to recuperate a unit is determined by the
points value of the unit, as shown on the table below.
To recuperate a unit, you must spend the required number of glory points and roll a number of dice equal to the unit’s casualty score. This is referred to as the
recuperating roll. For each 4+, reduce the unit’s casualty score by 1. If the unit did not take part in your last Path to Glory battle, reduce the unit’s casualty score by 1 for each 2+ instead. Each unit can only be recuperated once in each aftermath sequence.
Reinforcing Units
If the Pitched Battle profile for a unit allows it to be
reinforced, you can do so by spending the required number of
glory points according to the unit’s
points value, as shown on the table below. Each unit can only be reinforced once in each aftermath sequence.
| Glory Points Cost | Unit’s Points Value | Add | Recuperate | Reinforce | 0-100 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 101-150 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 151-200 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 201-250 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 251-300 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 301-350 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 351-400 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 401+ | 10 | 8 | 11 |
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Retiring Units
If you wish to remove any units from your order of battle, you can remove them in this step. If the unit had any
enhancements, follow the rules as if they were killed (see
Killed Units and Enhancements). In the same manner, if you retire your warlord, follow the rules as if they were killed (see
Death of Your Warlord).
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| Although rules-wise a retired unit is treated as one which was killed, narratively it need not be so. Perhaps the retired hero has been granted land to lord over for the rest of their days, or the retired unit becomes the household guard of a noble. | |
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The following battlepack allows you to fight Path to Glory battles. In order to use this battlepack, both you and your opponent must have a completed Path to Glory roster.
Points Limit
The players must first agree on a points limit for the battle. The points limit can be any number and determines the number of points you have available to spend on your army. No more than half of your points can be spent on a single unit. All units added to your army must be taken from your
Path to Glory roster. The points limit also determines the recommended minimum battlefield size and recommended minimum number of
terrain features for the battle, as shown in the table below.
PATH TO GLORY | Points Limit | 500-750 | 751-2250 | Over 2250 | Recommended Minimum Battlefield Size | 30" x 44" | 44"x 60" | 44" x 90" | Recommended Minimum Number of Terrain Features | 4 | 8 | 12 |
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Faction Terrain
Each battleplan in this battlepack will state if faction terrain can be set up and which players can do so.
Faction terrain features must be set up more than 3" from all other terrain features and more than 3" from all objectives. These restrictions are in addition to the set-up rules in the battletome in which they appear. If it is impossible for a faction terrain feature to be set up, then it is not used.
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| The battleplans in this battlepack each revolve around an exciting narrative. As such, you will only be able to include faction terrain when it is narratively appropriate to do so. For example, in Breakthrough, one player takes the role of the invader. As the player’s army is deep in enemy territory, they do not get to set up faction terrain in that battle but their opponent does. | |
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Battalions
You can include
warscroll battalions and
core battalions in your army.
Path to Glory Battleplans
One player rolls on the following table to determine which
battleplan is used for the game. Alternatively, the players can agree on which battleplan to use.
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| In the Conquest Unbound section, there are 3 additional battleplans that you can use with this battlepack. The Convergence of Fate battleplan even allows 3 to 4 players to duke it out! | |
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Special Rules
The following special rules apply to the battle:
Mysterious Terrain
The
Mysterious Terrain table is used as detailed in each battleplan.
Warrior of Renown
Once per battle, the player whose army includes the
HERO with the highest number of
renown points can use a
command ability to issue a command with that
HERO without a
command point being spent.
Withdrawing From Battle
You may wish to withdraw your army from the battle to lessen the impact of casualties. At the start of your
hero phase, if at least half of the units from your
starting army have been destroyed, you can choose to withdraw from the battle. If you do so, all units in your army are immediately removed from the battlefield but the battle is still played through to its conclusion.
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| One force sweeps into the domain of the enemy, seeking to crush any who oppose them.THE ARMIES Each player picks an army and then they roll off. The winner chooses which player is the invader and which is the custodian. THE BATTLEFIELD The players roll off. The winner sets up the battlefields terrain features and then the other player chooses which long edge of the battlefield is the northern edge. After the terrain features have been set up, starting with the player that won the roll-off, each player picks 1 terrain feature and rolls on the Mysterious Terrain table to determine which scenery rule applies to that terrain feature during the battle. FACTION TERRAIN The custodian can set up a faction terrain feature. DEPLOYMENT The invader sets up their army first, wholly within their territory and more than 9" away from the centre of the battlefield. Then, the custodian sets up their army wholly within their territory and more than 9" away from the centre of the battlefield. FIRST TURN The invader chooses which player takes the first turn in the first battle round. BATTLE LENGTH The battle lasts for 5 battle rounds. VICTORY POINTS The battlefield is divided into quarters as shown on the map. At the end of each battle round, each player scores 1 victory point for each quarter of the battlefield that has more friendly models wholly within it than enemy models. GLORIOUS VICTORY When the battle ends, the player with the most victory points wins a major victory. If the score is tied, the custodian wins a minor victory. | | | | BONUS RENOWN At the end of the battle, each friendly unit that is wholly within a quarter of the battlefield that has no enemy units wholly within it gains 1 renown point. | | | | |
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| Lured into the jaws of a deadly trap, one faction must fight to survive as they are suddenly beset from multiple sides.THE ARMIES Each player picks an army and then they roll off. The winner chooses which player is the invader and which is the ambusher. THE BATTLEFIELD The players roll off. The winner sets up the battlefields terrain features and then the other player chooses which long edge of the battlefield is the northern edge. After the terrain features have been set up, starting with the player that won the roll-off, each player picks 1 terrain feature and rolls on the Mysterious Terrain table to determine which scenery rule applies to that terrain feature during the battle. DEPLOYMENT The invader sets up their army first, wholly within their territory. The invader cannot set up units in reserve. Then, the ambusher sets up each unit in their army either wholly within their territory and more than 12" from all enemy units or wholly within their territory, wholly on a terrain feature and more than 3" from all enemy units. BATTLE LENGTH The battle lasts for 5 battle rounds. FIRST TURN The ambusher chooses which player takes the first turn in the first battle round. VICTORY POINTS At the end of each battle round, the invader scores a number of victory points equal to the number of units in their army that are wholly within enemy territory. Each time a unit in the invader’s army is destroyed, the ambusher scores 2 victory points. GLORIOUS VICTORY When the battle ends, the player with the most victory points wins a major victory. If the score is tied, the invader wins a minor victory. | | | | BONUS RENOWN Invader: Each friendly unit that is on the battlefield at the end of the third battle round gains 1 renown point.
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| One force is enacting a deadly ritual. The other must stop them before it is complete.THE ARMIES Each player picks an army and then they roll off. The winner chooses which player is the ritualist and which is the disruptor. THE BATTLEFIELD The players roll off. The winner sets up the battlefield’s terrain features and then the other player chooses which long edge of the battlefield is the northern edge. After the terrain features have been set up, starting with the player that won the roll-off, each player picks 1 terrain feature and rolls on the Mysterious Terrain table to determine which scenery rule applies to that terrain feature during the battle. DEPLOYMENT The disruptor sets up their army first, wholly within their territory and more than 9" away from their opponent’s territory. Then, the ritualist sets up their army wholly within their territory and more than 6" away from their opponent’s territory. OBJECTIVES Place 3 objectives as shown on the map. One objective is the ritual site; the other two objectives are arcane repositories. BATTLE LENGTH The battle lasts for 5 battle rounds. FIRST TURN The disruptor chooses which player takes the first turn in the first battle round. VICTORY POINTS At the end of each battle round, if the ritualist controls the ritual site, they score D6 victory points plus D3 victory points for each arcane repository they control. Then, the ritualist loses D3 victory points (this cannot reduce their victory point total to less than 1) for each objective controlled by the disruptor (roll for each objective). GLORIOUS VICTORY When the battle ends: - If the ritualist has 16 or more victory points, they win a major victory. - If the ritualist has 14-15 victory points, they win a minor victory. - If the ritualist has 12-13 victory points, the disruptor wins a minor victory. - If the ritualist has fewer than 12 victory points, the disruptor wins a major victory. | | | | BONUS RENOWN Each friendly unit within 6" of an objective at the end of the battle gains 1 renown point. | | | | |
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| The garrison of a besieged tower must endure until help arrives.THE ARMIES Each player picks an army and then they roll off. The winner chooses which player is the invader and which is the guardian. CONTINGENTS The guardian must split their army into a garrison contingent and a reinforcements contingent. Each contingent must have as close to the same number of units as possible. THE BATTIEFIELD If the guardian has a faction terrain feature that can be set up in the centre of the battlefield, they can choose to do so. Otherwise, one terrain feature must be set up at the centre of the battlefield. The terrain feature at the centre of the battlefield is the watchtower. Then, the players roll off. The winner sets up the battlefields terrain features and then the other player chooses which long edge of the battlefield is the northern edge. After the terrain features have been set up, starting with the player that won the roll-off, each player picks 1 terrain feature and rolls on the Mysterious Terrain table to determine which scenery rule applies to that terrain feature during the battle. FACTION TERRAIN If the watchtower is not a faction terrain feature, the guardian can set one up as normal. DEPLOYMENT The guardian sets up their garrison contingent first, wholly within their territory and wholly within 6" of the centre of the battlefield. Units in the garrison contingent cannot be set up in reserve. The reinforcements contingent starts the battle in reserve and will arrive as described below. Then, the invader sets up their army wholly within their territory and more than 9” from all enemy units. BATTLE LENGTH The battle lasts for 5 battle rounds. FIRST TURN The invader chooses which player takes the first turn in the first battle round. RANSACK If the invader controls the watchtower at the end of each of two consecutive turns, the watchtower is ransacked. REINFORCEMENTS At the end of the guardian’s movement phase, they can set up any of their reserve units wholly within 7" of their battlefield edge and more than 3" from all enemy units. GLORIOUS VICTORY When the battle ends: - If the invader controls the watchtower and it has been ransacked, they win a major victory. - If the invader controls the watchtower and it has not been ransacked, they win a minor victory. - If the guardian controls the watchtower and it has not been ransacked, they win a major victory. - If the guardian controls the watchtower and it has been ransacked, they win a minor victory. | | | | BONUS RENOWN Each friendly unit within 6" of the watchtower at the end of the battle gains 1 renown point. | | | | |
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| Severely outnumbered by the foe, one force must dig in their heels and hold on until reinforcements arrive.THE ARMIES Each player picks an army and then they roll off. The winner chooses which player is the invader and which is the custodian. CONTINGENTS The invader must split their army into a vanguard contingent and a reinforcements contingent. Each contingent must have as close to the same number of units as possible. THE BATTLEEIELD The players roll off. The winner sets up the battlefield’s terrain features and then the other player chooses which long edge of the battlefield is the northern edge. After the terrain features have been set up, starting with the player that won the roll-off, each player picks 1 terrain feature and rolls on the Mysterious Terrain table to determine which scenery rule applies to that terrain feature during the battle. FACTION TERRAIN The custodian can set up a faction terrain feature. DEPLOYMENT The invader sets up their vanguard contingent first, wholly within their territory and wholly within 6" of the centre of the battlefield. Units in the vanguard contingent cannot be set up in reserve. The reinforcements contingent starts the battle in reserve and will arrive as described below. Then, the custodian sets up their army wholly within their territory and more than 9" from all enemy units. BATTLE LENGTH The battle lasts for 5 battle rounds. FIRST TURN The invader chooses which player takes the first turn in the first battle round. REINFORCEMENTS At the end of the invader’s movement phase, they can set up any of their reserve units wholly within 7" of a battlefield edge and more than 3" away from all enemy units. GLORIOUS VICTORY When the battle ends: - If all of the units in the invader’s vanguard contingent have been destroyed, the custodian wins a major victory. - If less than half of the units in the invader’s vanguard contingent have been destroyed, the invader wins a major victory. - If at least half but not all of the units in the invader’s vanguard contingent have been destroyed, and the model picked to be the invader’s general has been slain, the custodian wins a minor victory. - If at least half but not all of the units in the invader’s vanguard contingent have been destroyed, and the model picked to be the invader’s general has not been slain, the invader wins a minor victory. | | | | BONUS RENOWN Custodian: Each friendly unit that destroys any enemy units in the invader’s vanguard contingent gains 1 renown point.
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| Deep in enemy territory, one force has to break through enemy lines.THE ARMIES Each player picks an army and then they roll off. The winner chooses which player is the invader and which is the custodian. THE BATTLEFIELD The players roll off. The winner sets up the battlefield’s terrain features and then the other player chooses which long edge of the battlefield is the northern edge. After the terrain features have been set up, starting with the player that won the roll-off, each player picks 1 terrain feature and rolls on the Mysterious Terrain table to determine which scenery rule applies to that terrain feature during the battle. FACTION TERRAIN The custodian can set up a faction terrain feature. DEPLOYMENT The invader sets up their army first, wholly within their territory and more than 12" away from their opponent’s territory. Then, the custodian sets up their army wholly within their territory. FIRST TURN The invader chooses which player takes the first turn in the first battle round. BATTLE LENGTH The battle lasts for 5 battle rounds. LEAVING THE BATTLEFIELD At the end of each battle round, any of the invader’s units that are wholly within 7" of the custodian’s battlefield edge and more than 3" from all enemy units can leave the battle. Remove the models in those units from play but do not count them as slain. GLORIOUS VICTORY When the battle ends: - If at least half of the invader’s units have left the battlefield, the invader wins a major victory. - If none of the invader’s units have left the battlefield, the custodian wins a major victory. - If at least one but less than half of the invader’s units have left the battlefield, and the model picked to be the invader’s general has been slain, the custodian wins a minor victory. - If at least one but less than half of the invader’s units have left the battlefield, and the model picked to be the invader’s general has not been slain, the invader wins a minor victory. | | | | BONUS RENOWN Custodian: At the end of the battle, each friendly unit within 3" of an enemy unit that is wholly within 6" of the custodian’s battlefield edge gains 1 renown point.
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Path to Glory campaigns centre around collecting and fighting battles with a warband in the Age of Sigmar. Champions fight each other and gather followers to join them in their quest for glory, taking advantage of this age of unending battle to win glory and renown.
In order to take part in a Path to Glory campaign, you will need two or more players. All players will need to have at least one HERO, who is their champion, and must then create a warband to follow and fight beside their champion during the campaign.
The players fight battles against each other using the warbands they have created. The results of these battles will gain their warband favour. The warband will swell in numbers as more warriors flock to their banner, while existing troops become more powerful.
After gaining enough favour or growing your warband enough to dominate all others through sheer weight of numbers, you will be granted a final test. Succeed, and your glory will be affirmed for all time, and you will be crowned as the victor of the campaign.
Creating a Warband
When creating a Path to Glory warband, do not select your army in the normal manner. Instead, your army consists of a mighty champion battling to earn the favour of the gods, and their entire band of loyal followers. As you wage war against other warbands, your own warband will grow, and existing units will become grizzled veterans.
Warband Roster
The details and progress of each warband need to be recorded on a warband roster, which you can download for free from
here.
To create a warband, simply follow these steps and record the results on your warband roster:
- First, pick an allegiance for your warband. Each allegiance has its own set of warband tables that are used to generate the units in the warband and the rewards they can receive for fighting battles. Warhammer Age of Sigmar publications include warband tables to let you collect warbands from the Grand Alliances of Order, Chaos, Death and Destruction.
- Next, choose your warband’s champion by selecting one of the options from your allegiance’s champion table. The champion you choose will determine the number of followers in your warband. Give your champion a suitably grand name, and write this down on your warband roster.
- Having picked your champion, the next step is to generate your starting followers. These can be chosen from the followers tables for your allegiance. If your allegiance has more than one followers table you can freely choose which ones you use, selecting all of your followers from a single table or from several. Instead of choosing, you can place your destiny in the hands of fate and roll on the followers tables instead. To make a followers roll, pick a column from one of the followers tables and then roll a dice.
- Your followers need to be organised into units. The follower table tells you how many models the unit has. Follower units cannot include additional models, but they can otherwise take any options listed on their warscroll. Record all of the information about your followers on your warband roster.
- Instead of generating 1 unit of followers, your champion can start the campaign with a Champion’s Reward, or 1 of your units can start with a Follower’s Reward. No champion or unit can start the Path to Glory campaign with more than one reward each.
- Finally, give your warband a name, one that will inspire respect and dread in your rivals. Your warband is now complete, and you can fight your first battle. Good luck!
To War!
Having created a warband, you can now fight battles with it against other warbands taking part in the campaign. You can fight battles as and when you wish, and can use any of the
battleplans available for Warhammer Age of Sigmar.
The units you use for a game must be those on your roster. Units can either be fielded at their full roster strength, or broken down into smaller units, as long as no unit is smaller than the minimum size shown on its warscroll.
Any casualties suffered by a warband are assumed to have been replaced in time for its next battle. If your champion is slain in a battle, it is assumed that they were merely injured, and they are back to full strength for your next game, thirsty for vengeance!
Gaining Glory
All of the players in the campaign are vying for glory. The amount of glory they have received is represented by the Glory Points that the warband has accumulated. Glory can be increased by fighting and winning battles, as described next. As a warband’s glory increases, it will also attract additional followers, and a warband’s champion may be granted rewards.
Warbands receive Glory Points after a battle is complete. If the warband drew or lost the battle, it receives 1 Glory Point. If it won the battle, it receives D3 Glory Points (re-roll a result of 1 if it won a major victory).
Add the Glory Points you scored to the total recorded on your roster. Once you have won 10 Glory Points, you will have a chance to win the campaign, as described below.
Rewards of Battle
Each allegiance has its own set of rewards tables. After each battle you can take one of the three following options. Alternatively, roll a D3 to determine which option to take:
D3 | Option | 1 | Additional Followers: More followers flock to your banner. Either select a new unit or roll for a random one from a follower table, then add it to your warband roster. You can choose from any of your own follower tables, or from any of the follower tables from an allied warband table i.e. a warband table whose allegiance is from the same Grand Alliance as your own. In either case, if you wish to add a unit from a follower table that requires more than ‘1 roll’, you must also reduce your Glory Points total by 1 (if you do not have enough Glory Points, you cannot choose a unit from such a table). Once 5 new units have joined your warband, you will have a chance to win the campaign, as described below. | 2 | Champion’s Reward: Your champion’s prowess grows. Roll on your allegiance’s champion rewards table. Note the result on your warband roster. If you roll a result the champion has already received, roll again until you get a different result. | 3 | Follower’s Reward: Your warriors become renowned for mighty deeds. Pick a unit of followers (not one from an allied warband table), then roll on your allegiance’s followers rewards table. Note the result on your warband roster. If you roll a result the unit has already received, roll again until you get a different result. |
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Eternal Glory
There are two ways to win a Path to Glory campaign; either by Blood or by Might. To win by Blood your warband must first have 10
Glory Points. To win by Might your warband must have at least 5 additional units of followers. In either case, you must then fight and win one more battle to win the campaign. If the next battle you fight is tied or lost, you do not receive any Glory Points – just keep on fighting battles until you either win the campaign… or another player wins first!
You can shorten or lengthen a campaign by lowering or raising the number of Glory Points needed to win by Blood, or the number of extra units that must join a warband to win by Might. For example, for a shorter campaign, you could say that a warband only needs 5 Glory Points before the final fight, or for a longer one, say that 15 are needed.