Quick Start Guide

This guide will help you get started with games of Warhammer Age of Sigmar. For more information, see the Core Rules. Warhammer Age of Sigmar battles are played in a series of battle rounds. In each of these, both players have a turn, broken into different phases that must be completed in order.

Rules Reference

USING ABILITIES
  1. Declare the ability
  2. Use Reactions: alternate, starting with the active player
  3. Resolve the effect
A unit cannot use more than 1 CORE ability per phase.

Passive abilities are not declared. The effects of passive abilities always apply if the conditions of the ability are met, and they must be applied if it is possible to do so.

A unit cannot be affected by the same passive ability more than once at the same time.

Commands are abilities that cost command points (). You must spend the number of command points specified on a command to use it.

Each unit can only use 1 command in each phase, and each command can only be used 1 time by each army in each phase.
DEPLOYMENT PHASE
In each step, the player who begins deployment uses their abilities first, then their opponent does the same.

  1. Deploy faction terrain features using DEPLOY TERRAIN abilities
  2. Deploy units using DEPLOY abilities
  3. Use
    Deployment Phase
    abilities that are not DEPLOY or DEPLOY TERRAIN abilities.

Make sure you follow the instructions in the battleplan you are playing when deploying your armies and faction terrain.

Reaction: Deployment Phase
DEPLOY UNIT: Additional forces take to the field.

Declare: Pick a unit from your army roster that has not been deployed to be the target.

Effect: Set up the target unit wholly within friendly territory and more than 9" from enemy territory. After you have done so, it has been deployed.
KEYWORDSDEPLOY

Reaction: Deployment Phase
DEPLOY FACTION TERRAIN: The army has taken to the field surrounding an important and powerful landmark.

Declare: Pick a friendly faction terrain feature that has not been deployed to be the target.

Effect: Set up the target faction terrain feature wholly within friendly territory, more than 3" from all objectives and other terrain features. After you have done so, it has been deployed.
KEYWORDSDEPLOY TERRAIN

Reaction: Deployment Phase
DEPLOY REGIMENT: A mighty hero leads their retinue into battle.

Declare: Pick a regiment from your army roster to be the target. No units in that regiment can have already been deployed.

Effect: Keep using DEPLOY abilities without alternating until all units in that regiment have been deployed. You cannot pick units that are not in that regiment as the target of any of those DEPLOY abilities.
KEYWORDSDEPLOY


A regiment is a collection of units. It is one of the main building blocks of an army (see ‘Army Composition’ in the Advanced Rules).

Some factions have special DEPLOY abilities, such as the ‘Scions of the Storm’ ability of the Stormcast Eternals.

DEPLOYMENT PHASE
(ONE PER BATTLE)
BATTLE ROUNDS 1-5
END OF BATTLE

Start of Turn Abilities

Once Per Battle Round, Start of Your Turn
TACTICAL GAMBIT: You order your troops to seize an opportunity that has arisen amidst the flow of battle.

You cannot use this ability if you went second in the previous battle round and chose to go first in the current battle round.

Effect: Pick 1 battle tactic that you have not yet attempted. You can attempt to complete that battle tactic this turn.

Start of Any Turn
ACTIVATE PLACE OF POWER: The hero draws on the power of a nearby mythical landmark.

Declare: Pick a friendly HERO within 3" of any Places of Power to use this ability.

Effect: Roll a dice. On a 1, inflict D3 mortal damage on that HERO. On a 2+:
  • If that HERO is a WIZARD or PRIEST, add 1 to casting rolls or chanting rolls for that HERO this turn.
  • If that HERO is not a WIZARD or PRIEST, they can use the ‘Unbind’ or ‘Banish Manifestation’ ability this turn as if they had WIZARD (1).
KEYWORDSCORE


Hero Phase Abilities

Any Hero Phase
1
RALLY: With an inspiring call to action, wounded soldiers get a second wind and fresh troops take the field to replace their fallen comrades.

Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat to use this ability.

Effect: Make 6 rally rolls of D6. For each 4+, you receive 1 rally point. Rally points can be spent in the following ways:
  • For each rally point spent, Heal (1) that unit.
  • You can spend a number of rally points equal to the Health characteristic of that unit to return a slain model to that unit.
You can spend the rally points in any combination of the above. Unspent rally points are then lost.

Enemy Hero Phase
1
MAGICAL INTERVENTION: A warrior learned in the mystic arts utters a rapid incantation to disrupt the enemy’s plans.

Declare: Pick a friendly WIZARD or PRIEST to use this ability.

Effect: That friendly unit can use a SPELL or PRAYER ability (as appropriate) as if it were your hero phase. If you do so, subtract 1 from casting rolls or chanting rolls made as part of that ability.

Passive
MUSICIAN: The beat of a drum or the blast of a horn drives the soldiers ever onward.

Effect: While this unit contains any musicians, if it uses the ‘Rally’ command, you can make one additional rally roll of D6.

Your Hero Phase
BANISH MANIFESTATION: The wizard or priest disrupts the arcane forces sustaining a manifestation, wiping it from existence.

Declare: Pick a friendly WIZARD or PRIEST to use this ability, pick a manifestation within 30" of them to be the target, then make a banishment roll of 2D6. Add 1 to the banishment roll for each additional enemy manifestation on the battlefield after the first.

Effect: If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on the manifestation’s warscroll, it is banished and removed from play. You cannot pick the same manifestation as the target of this ability more than once per turn.
KEYWORDSBANISH

Reaction: Opponent declared a SPELL ability
UNBIND: The wizard saps the energy from an enemy’s spell, nullifying its effects.

Used By: A friendly WIZARD within 30" of the enemy WIZARD casting the spell.

Effect: Make an unbinding roll of 2D6. If the roll exceeds the casting roll tor the spell, then the spell is unbound and its effect is not resolved. This reaction cannot be used more than once per casting roll.
KEYWORDSUNBIND

Movement Phase Abilities

Your Movement Phase
NORMAL MOVE: The warriors advance across the battlefield.

Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat to use this ability.

Effect: That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit cannot move into combat during any part of that move.
KEYWORDSCORE, MOVE

Your Movement Phase
RUN: The unit rushes into position.

Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat to use this ability.

Effect: Make a run roll of D6. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic added to the run roll. That unit cannot move into combat during any part of that move.
KEYWORDSCORE, MOVE, RUN

Your Movement Phase
RETREAT: The fighters disengage from combat, though at the cost of lowering their defences.

Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is in combat to use this ability.

Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on that unit. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units but cannot end that move within an enemy unit’s combat range.
KEYWORDSCORE, MOVE, RETREAT

Enemy Movement Phase
1
REDEPLOY: Taking initiative, the warriors hastily reposition to respond to enemy movements.

Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat to use this ability.

Effect: Each model in that unit can move up to D6". That move cannot pass through or end within the combat range of an enemy unit.
KEYWORDSMOVE, RUN

Reaction: You declared a RUN ability
1
AT THE DOUBLE: At a command from their general, the warriors sprint to a key position on the battlefield.

Used By: The unit using that RUN ability.

Effect: Do not make a run roll as part of that RUN ability. Instead, add 6" to that unit’s Move characteristic to determine the distance each model in that unit can move as part of that RUN ability.

Passive
FLY: Soaring above the battlefield, this unit can reach destinations that are inaccessible to other troops.

Effect: As this unit moves, it ignores other models, terrain features and the combat ranges of enemy units. It cannot end its move in combat unless specified in the ability that allowed it to move. Ignore any vertical distance moved for this unit.


Shooting Phase Abilities

Your Shooting Phase
SHOOT: The warriors take aim and unleash a deadly volley.

Declare: Pick a friendly unit that has not used a RUN or RETREAT ability this turn to use this ability. Then, pick one or more enemy units as the target(s) of that unit’s attacks (see 16.0).

Effect: Resolve shooting attacks against the target unit(s).
KEYWORDSCORE, ATTACK, SHOOT

Enemy Shooting Phase
1
COVERING FIRE: The warriors unleash a quick volley at a nearby enemy unit before it charges into combat.

Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat to use this ability, then pick the closest enemy unit (to that unit) that can be picked as the target of shooting attacks to be the target.

Effect: Resolve shooting attacks for the unit using this ability against the target. You must subtract 1 from the hit rolls for those attacks.

Designer’s Note: This change allows reactions such as ‘All-out Defence’ to be used in response to ‘Covering Fire’.
KEYWORDSSHOOT, ATTACK


Charge Phase Abilities

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.
KEYWORDSCORE, MOVE, CHARGE

Enemy Charge Phase
2
COUNTER-CHARGE: Seeing the need for decisive action, the warriors charge forth to stall the enemy’s advance or enact a bold interception.

Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat to use this ability.

Effect: That unit can use a CHARGE ability as if it were your charge phase.

Reaction: You declared a CHARGE ability
1
FORWARD TO VICTORY: With their charge faltering, a rousing command gives the unit renewed energy to reach their foes.

Used By: The unit using that CHARGE ability.

Effect: You can re-roll the charge roll.

Combat Phase Abilities

Any Combat Phase
FIGHT: Locked in a deadly melee, the fighters strike out at their foes.

Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is in combat or that charged this turn to use this ability. That unit can make a pile-in move (see 15.3). Then, if that unit is in combat, you must pick one or more enemy units as the target(s) of that unit’s attacks (see 16.0).

Effect: Resolve combat attacks against the target unit(s).
KEYWORDSCORE, ATTACK, FIGHT

Passive
CHAMPION: A veteran fighter leads the charge.

Effect: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of weapons used by champions in this unit.


End of Turn Abilities

Passive
STANDARD BEARER: The unit’s standard provides a rallying point in the chaos of battle.

Effect: While this unit contains any standard bearers, add 1 to this unit’s control score.

End of Any Turn
1
POWER THROUGH: The warriors use their sheer mass or resilience to drive through a group of weaker foes, leaving broken bodies in their wake.

Declare: Pick a friendly unit that charged this turn to use this ability, then you must pick an enemy unit in combat with it to be the target. The target must have a lower Health characteristic than the unit using this ability.

Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on the target. Then, the unit using this ability can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. It can pass through and end that move within the combat ranges of enemy units that were in combat with it at the start of the move, but not those of other enemy units. It does not have to end the move in combat.
KEYWORDSMOVE


Attacking Abilities

Reaction: You declared an ATTACK ability
1
ALL-OUT ATTACK: The warriors fight with a frenzied vigour.

Used By: The unit using that ATTACK ability.

Effect: Add 1 to hit rolls for attacks made as part of that ATTACK ability. This also affects weapons that have the Companion weapon ability.


Defensive Abilities

Reaction: Opponent declared an ATTACK ability
1
ALL-OUT DEFENCE: The soldiers close ranks to hold off an incoming attack.

Used By: A unit targeted by that ATTACK ability.

Effect: Add 1 to save rolls for that unit in this phase.

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.

Passive
GUARDED HERO: The leader is shielded by their warriors, who close ranks around them to protect them from harm.

Effect: If this HERO is within the combat range of a friendly unit that is not a HERO:
  • Subtract 1 from hit rolls for shooting attacks that target this HERO.
  • If this HERO is INFANTRY, they cannot be picked as the target of shooting attacks made by units more than 12" from them.

Rules Reference

START OF BATTLE ROUND
  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).

    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 tied, there is no underdog, unless otherwise specified.

  3. Earn Command Points (see Commands 1.1): At the start of each battle round, after determining the underdog, each player gains 4 command points. If there is an underdog, they gain 1 extra command point. At the end of the battle round, the players’ command points are reset to 0 (any that have not been used are lost).

  4. Start of Battle Round Abilities: The active player can use any
    Start of Battle Round
    abilities, then their opponent can do the same.
UNIVERSAL WEAPON ABILITIES
Anti-X (+1 Rend): Add 1 to this weapon’s Rend characteristic if the target has the keyword after ‘Anti-’ or fulfils the condition after ‘Anti-’. Multiples of this ability are cumulative. For example, if a weapon has both Anti-charge (+1 Rend) and Anti-HERO (+1 Rend), then add 2 to the Rend characteristic of the weapon for attacks that target a HERO that charged in the same turn.
Charge (+1 Damage): Add 1 to this weapon’s Damage characteristic if the attacking unit charged this turn.
Companion: Unless otherwise specified, this weapon is not affected by friendly abilities that affect weapon characteristics or the attack sequence, except for those that apply negative modifiers to it (e.g. ‘Covering Fire’).
Crit (2 Hits): If an attack made with this weapon scores a critical hit, that attack scores 2 hits on the target unit instead of 1. Make a wound roll for each hit.
Crit (Auto-wound): If an attack made with this weapon scores a critical hit, that attack automatically wounds the target. Make a save roll as normal.
Crit (Mortal): If an attack made with this weapon scores a critical hit, that attack inflicts mortal damage on the target unit equal to the Damage characteristic of that weapon and the attack sequence ends.
Shoot in Combat: This weapon can be used to make shooting attacks even if the attacking unit is in combat.
UNIVERSAL TERRAIN ABILITIES
Cover: Subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks that target a unit that is behind or wholly on this terrain feature, unless that unit charged this turn or has the FLY keyword.
Impassable: Models cannot move across, be set up on or end moves on any part of this terrain feature.
Obscuring: A unit cannot be targeted by shooting attacks if it is behind or wholly on this terrain feature, unless it has the FLY keyword.
Place of Power: HEROES within 3" of this terrain feature can use the ‘Activate Place of Power’ ability.
Unstable: Models can move across but cannot be set up on or end any type of move on any part of this terrain feature that is more than 1" tall.

OBJECTIVE CONTROL
  • An objective marker is a 40mm round marker.
  • A model contests an objective if the objective marker is within its combat range.
  • A player gains control of an objective if the sum of the Control characteristics of friendly models contesting that objective is higher than that of enemy models.
  • Check if you gain control of objectives at the start of the first battle round and at the end of each turn.
  • An objective remains in your control until your opponent gains control of it.
  • Terrain features are controlled in the same way as objective markers but do not remain in your control if no friendly models are contesting them.
5.4 Passive Abilities
Abilities that have the Passive timing are called passive abilities. Passive abilities are not declared. The effects of passive abilities always apply if the conditions of the ability are met, and they must be applied if it is possible to do so.
1.5 Faction Terrain
Some factions have special terrain features called faction terrain features. Faction terrain features have their own warscrolls. They are not considered to be units, with the following exceptions:
  • In the combat phase, they are treated as if they were units for the purposes of movement, combat range and being in combat. Units can finish a charge move within 1/2" of an enemy faction terrain feature as if it were a unit.
  • They can be picked as targets of enemy abilities as if they were units. They are not affected by enemy abilities that do not involve picking targets.
  • Damage points can be inflicted on them as if they were units and they can be destroyed.
  • If a terrain feature has any melee or ranged weapons, it can use the ‘Fight’ and ‘Shoot’ Core abilities as if it were a unit.
  • Terrain features that have a Move characteristic of 0" (‘-’) cannot move (note that pile-in moves are a type of move).

Some faction terrain features allow you to place a unit on them (this will be clearly specified in that terrain feature’s rules). When doing so, instead of measuring range or visibility to and from the unit that is on that terrain feature, measure to and from the terrain feature instead. Unless otherwise specified, units on a faction terrain feature cannot use FIGHT abilities.

If a unit placed on a terrain feature is removed from it (e.g. if an ability removes them from the battlefield), that unit counts as having left that terrain feature and loses any special role or benefits it had as a result of being placed on it.

The Citadel Terrain List shows the number of scenery pieces each terrain feature can consist of. If you are using terrain features that are not included on that list, agree with your opponent before setting up the battlefield how many scenery pieces make up each terrain feature.
1.1 Army Roster
These rules will explain how to create an army roster to prepare for a battle. You can find a blank army roster printable copy below:

32.0 Objectives
Many battleplans award victory points for controlling objectives, which are represented by objective markers. Unless otherwise specified, objective markers are round and 40mm wide. Models can move over and end their moves on objective markers. If an objective marker is on the border between territories, it is within all those territories but wholly within none of them. Objective markers don’t block visibility.
3.1 Regiments
Armies are made up of one or more regiments, each of which is led by a HERO. You must have at least 1 regiment in your army, and you can include a maximum of 5 regiments. To add a regiment, pick 1 HERO from your faction, then pick up to 3 non-HERO units to accompany them.

Each HERO’s battle profile lists which units can be added to their regiment, and each non-HERO unit’s battle profile lists any relevant keywords it has. The battle profiles of some HEROES (such as named characters) may say that they can be added to the regiment of another HERO.
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).
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.
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 any part of another model can be seen by an observing model, both the target model and its unit are visible to that observing model.

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.
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.

2.0 Spells
The declare step of each spell will tell you to make a casting roll of 2D6. If the roll does not equal or exceed the spell’s casting value (at the top-right corner of the spell), the spell fails and its effect is not resolved.

If the unmodified casting roll includes 2 or more rolls of 1, the spell is miscast: the spell fails, its effect is not resolved, D3 mortal damage is inflicted on the WIZARD that used it, and that WIZARD cannot use any more spells in that phase.

Enemy reactions can only be used if the casting roll equals or exceeds the spell’s casting value. So long as the spell is not unbound (see 4.0), then it is successfully cast: resolve its effect.

EXAMPLE SPELL
Your Hero Phase
6
MYSTIC SHIELD: The caster's allies are bathed in an unearthly glow that protects them from harm.

Declare: Pick a visible friendly unit wholly within 12" of this WIZARD to be the target. Then, make a casting roll of 2D6.

Effect: The target has WARD (6+) this turn.
KEYWORDSSPELL

Unbind
Reaction: Opponent declared a SPELL ability
UNBIND: The wizard saps the energy from an enemy’s spell, nullifying its effects.

Used By: A friendly WIZARD within 30" of the enemy WIZARD casting the spell.

Effect: Make an unbinding roll of 2D6. If the roll exceeds the casting roll tor the spell, then the spell is unbound and its effect is not resolved. This reaction cannot be used more than once per casting roll.
KEYWORDSUNBIND

7.0 Manifestations
There are two types of manifestation: endless spells, which can be summoned by WIZARDS, and invocations, which can be summoned by PRIESTS. Each manifestation has its own warscroll, and the spell or prayer that allows that manifestation to be summoned will be found in the appropriate manifestation lore. No more than 1 friendly WIZARD or PRIEST can attempt to summon the same manifestation per turn, and a friendly WIZARD or PRIEST cannot attempt to summon a friendly manifestation that was removed from play in the same turn. Manifestations are not considered to be units, with the following exceptions:
  • They are treated as if they were units for the purposes of movement, combat range, being in combat and setting up other units. Units can finish a charge move within 1/2" of an enemy manifestation as if it were a unit.
  • If they have any melee or ranged weapons, they can use the ‘Fight’ and ‘ShootCORE abilities as if they were units.
  • If they have a Move characteristic greater than 0" (‘-’), they can use CORE MOVE abilities as if they were units.
  • They can be picked as targets of enemy abilities as if they were units. They are not affected by enemy abilities that do not involve picking targets.
  • Damage points can be inflicted on them as if they were units and they can be destroyed.
  • Manifestations that have a Move characteristic of 0" (‘-’) cannot move. For the purposes of movement, combat range, being in combat and setting up other units, they are only treated as if they were units in the combat phase. Units can finish a charge move within 1/2" of an enemy manifestation that has a Move characteristic of 0" (‘-’) instead of within 1/2" of an enemy unit.
  • Models can move through manifestations but cannot end a move on them.
Banish Manifestation
Your Hero Phase
BANISH MANIFESTATION: The wizard or priest disrupts the arcane forces sustaining a manifestation, wiping it from existence.

Declare: Pick a friendly WIZARD or PRIEST to use this ability, pick a manifestation within 30" of them to be the target, then make a banishment roll of 2D6. Add 1 to the banishment roll for each additional enemy manifestation on the battlefield after the first.

Effect: If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on the manifestation’s warscroll, it is banished and removed from play. You cannot pick the same manifestation as the target of this ability more than once per turn.
KEYWORDSBANISH

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).
Any Hero Phase
1
RALLY: With an inspiring call to action, wounded soldiers get a second wind and fresh troops take the field to replace their fallen comrades.

Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat to use this ability.

Effect: Make 6 rally rolls of D6. For each 4+, you receive 1 rally point. Rally points can be spent in the following ways:
  • For each rally point spent, Heal (1) that unit.
  • You can spend a number of rally points equal to the Health characteristic of that unit to return a slain model to that unit.
You can spend the rally points in any combination of the above. Unspent rally points are then lost.
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 unit’s combat range extends 3" out from every model in that unit.
  • If any enemy models are within a unit’s combat range and visible to it, that unit is in combat.
16.0 Picking Targets
When declaring an ATTACK ability for a unit, you must pick the target unit(s) for its attacks. The number of attacks each model can make is equal to the Attacks characteristic of the weapons it is using. In most cases, models attack with every weapon on their warscroll (melee weapons for combat attacks, ranged weapons for shooting attacks), though some warscrolls specify that certain models in the unit are armed with special weapons or that the unit must pick between multiple weapons when it attacks.

If the unit is in combat, it can only target units that are in combat with it. If a model has more than one attack, you can split the attacks between eligible targets as you wish.
  • 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.

  • Shooting attacks are made with ranged weapons. The target unit(s) must be within a distance equal to the Range characteristic of the weapon being used and visible to the attacking model. Models cannot make shooting attacks if their unit is in combat, unless otherwise specified (see 20.0 Weapon Abilities).
Shooting attacks
Shooting attacks are made with ranged weapons. The target unit(s) must be within a distance equal to the Range characteristic of the weapon being used and visible to the attacking model. Models cannot make shooting attacks if their unit is in combat, unless otherwise specified (see 20.0 Weapon Abilities).
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).
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.
Reaction: Opponent declared an ATTACK ability
1
ALL-OUT DEFENCE: The soldiers close ranks to hold off an incoming attack.

Used By: A unit targeted by that ATTACK ability.

Effect: Add 1 to save rolls for that unit in this phase.
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.

  • Pile in: move up to 3".
  • If in combat, the unit must end the move closer, or at least as close, to the target enemy unit.
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.
32.2 Objective Control
At the start of the first battle round and at the end of each turn, follow this sequence for each objective in an order chosen by the active player:
  1. Starting with the active player, each player determines the control score of each of their units that is contesting that objective. A unit’s control score is the combined Control characteristics of all the models in that unit that are contesting the objective. Some abilities modify a unit’s control score, but it cannot be reduced to less than 1.
  2. Each player adds up the control scores of all of their units contesting that objective. This is their army control score for that objective.
  3. The players compare their army control scores for that objective. If one player’s score is higher, that player gains control of that objective. Once a player gains control of an objective, it remains under their control until their opponent gains control of it.

Sometimes objective markers get accidentally nudged while you are moving models around. This is perfectly fine - just remember to put them back in their proper positions when determining objective control.
Companion
Unless otherwise specified, this weapon is not affected by friendly abilities that affect weapon characteristics or the attack sequence, except for those that apply negative modifiers to it (e.g. ‘Covering Fire’).
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.
Enemy Shooting Phase
1
COVERING FIRE: The warriors unleash a quick volley at a nearby enemy unit before it charges into combat.

Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat to use this ability, then pick the closest enemy unit (to that unit) that can be picked as the target of shooting attacks to be the target.

Effect: Resolve shooting attacks for the unit using this ability against the target. You must subtract 1 from the hit rolls for those attacks.

Designer’s Note: This change allows reactions such as ‘All-out Defence’ to be used in response to ‘Covering Fire’.
KEYWORDSSHOOT, ATTACK
Wound Roll
Roll a dice. If the roll equals or exceeds the attacking weapon’s Wound characteristic, the attack successfully wounds: move on to the next step. If not, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends. Unmodified wound rolls of 1 always fail.
1.1 Wholly on Terrain and Behind Terrain
A model is wholly on a terrain feature if its base is on that terrain feature and no part of its base extends past the edge of that terrain feature. A unit is wholly on a terrain feature if every model in that unit is wholly on that terrain feature.

When a unit is targeted by an attack, the unit is considered to be behind a terrain feature if it is impossible to draw a straight line from a model in the attacking unit to a model in the target unit without that line passing across that terrain feature. Ignore parts of the terrain feature within the attacking unit’s combat range for the purposes of determining if the target is behind that terrain feature.
Start of Any Turn
ACTIVATE PLACE OF POWER: The hero draws on the power of a nearby mythical landmark.

Declare: Pick a friendly HERO within 3" of any Places of Power to use this ability.

Effect: Roll a dice. On a 1, inflict D3 mortal damage on that HERO. On a 2+:
  • If that HERO is a WIZARD or PRIEST, add 1 to casting rolls or chanting rolls for that HERO this turn.
  • If that HERO is not a WIZARD or PRIEST, they can use the ‘Unbind’ or ‘Banish Manifestation’ ability this turn as if they had WIZARD (1).
KEYWORDSCORE

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