One of several customised jetbike designs used by the Legio Custodes, the heavy duty, plasma motor-boosted Gyrfalcon pattern is favoured by Agamatus Sodalities due to the design’s increased power, which can support both a heavily armoured Custodian pilot and one among a slew of potent on-board armaments. So equipped, Agamatus Sodalities operate as rapid response and suppression units, screening the main Custodian force from potential encirclement, reacting quickly to blunt enemy attacks and mercilessly hunting down any foe which flees before the might of the Legio Custodes, ensuring the enemy’s utter extermination.
| LD | CL | WP | IN | |||||||||||
| M | WS | BS | S | T | W | I | A | LD | CL | WP | IN | SAV | INV | |
| Gyrfalcon Agamatus (⌀75 x 42mm) | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Gyrfalcon Agamatus (⌀75 x 42mm) | 16 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3+ | 6+ |
Whether by dint of superior skill or exemplary wargear, some warriors are better able to place strikes on enemy weak points. Such attacks can fell even the most powerful foes with a single well-placed shot.
Attacks made with the Critical Hit (X) Special Rule have a chance to automatically cause a wound and inflict 1 extra point of Damage.Some warriors are trained or equipped to make the most of the force of a charge. When they slam into enemy ranks, it is with the force of a thunderbolt.
On a successful Charge, a Model with the Impact (X) Special Rule temporarily increases a Characteristic by 1.On the battlefields of the Horus Heresy, precision proves far more valuable than wanton carnage, allowing attacks to be placed on the most valuable targets and not the chaff of the enemy army. Whether through well-honed skill or artfully crafted weapons, warriors capable of such feats are highly sought after in any host.
Attacks made with the Precision (X) Special Rule are allocated by the Attacking Player, not the Defender.Some weapons are capable of breaching armour with a terrifying ease, whether by specially designed munitions, careful targeting or sheer brute power.
When rolling To Wound for a model that has the Breaching (X) special rule, or is attacking with a weapon that has the Breaching (X) special rule, for each To Wound roll equal to or higher than the value listed in brackets, the controlling player must resolve these Wounds at AP 2 instead of the weapon’s normal AP value. This rule has no effect on models that do not have Wounds, such as models with the Vehicle Unit Type.For long centuries of unbridled internecine carnage on Ancient Terra during the Age of Strife, the ’Blade of Mercy’ or ’Misericordia’ came to represent the complete power of life and death, for the bearing of such a blade - usually in the form of a long dagger or short sword made to perpetrate a single killing thrust - marked one with the dread authority of the executioner-judge. Beyond the power it represented, the Misericordia might also be used in practice to carry out a ’clean’ sentence of death on a transgressor, or to offer terminal surcease to a warrior grievously wounded in battle at their master’s discretion, in either case living up to its name as an agent of mercy as well as death. When the Emperor attained dominion over Terra and ended the bloody cycle of the warlords’ reign, his agents and judges, and only they, came to carry the Misericordia as his mastery eclipsed all others, and it is a tradition the Legio Custodes still uphold.
A Unit containing any Models with a Misericordia may select a unique aftermath option in which it makes a single attack against an enemy Unit from the same Combat.
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Deep strike deployments are usually conducted en-masse and at a distance from the enemy, lest the attacking force be destroyed in detail as it lands.
The Deep Strike Special Rule allows a Unit to enter play anywhere on the Battlefield.The Legio Custodes Trait is used in the following Legio Custodes datasheets:
The Loyalist Trait is used in the following Legio Custodes datasheets:
Transport vehicles are designed to balance armour and capacity, attempting to mount the most protection without compromising how many warriors they can carry. Yet, some warriors are plated in such imposing armour or even spawned in such an aberrant nature that they occupy far more space than any regular fighter. Such warriors are mighty in both power and stature, but prove more difficult to ferry into battle.
Models with the Bulky (X) Special Rule take up more space on Transport Models.Some warriors are either so preternaturally tough, so bitterly intransigent or so favoured by fortune that they can survive almost any attack. Devastating close combat strikes and huge explosions all fail to bring down this warrior in a single hit and only repeated attacks can end their rampage.
A Model with this Special Rule takes less Damage from attacks.Warriors trained to break the foe’s lines are often at the forefront of their host, but are ill-suited to holding ground in the face of an enemy counter-attack.
A Unit that includes Models with this Special Rule scores fewer Victory Points for controlling Objectives, but can score Victory Points for destroying enemy Units that hold Objectives.Heavy beams and armour-piercing cannon rarely inflict superficial damage, but always blast and break the hull of their target. Such weapons are superior tank killers, their sheer power prized over lesser weapons when the objective is to apply maximum damage without concern for finesse.
A Weapon with the Armourbane Special Rule counts Glancing Hits as Penetrating Hits.The wargear of many Legiones Astartes warriors and war machines incorporates a variety of targeting and stabilisation systems, enabling larger weaponry to be brought to bear even at close ranges.
Models with this Special Rule can make Volley Attacks with other Weapons.Whether equipped with antigrav repulsors or empowered by some esoteric, psychic art, this unit is able to skim above the ground. While incapable of true flight, this does allow it to avoid any of the hampering effects of the prevailing terrain, gliding over obstacles that would ensnare or entangle more conventional troops.
The following Rules apply to all Models with the Antigrav Sub-Type:Whether by stealth or sheer speed, some warriors approach the battlefield from unexpected directions. Such an attack can derail even the most well-laid plans and upend the strategies of any general, turning the tide of battle.
A Unit of Models with the Outflank Special Rule can enter play from outside of Deployment Zones.This datasheet has Fast Attack Battlefield Role. Full list of Legio Custodes units sharing same Battlefield Role follows:
| Ranged Weapon | |||||||
Ranged Weapon | R | FP | RS | AP | D | Special Rules | Traits |
| Lastrum bolt cannon | |||||||
| Lastrum storm bolter | 36 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | - | Bolt |
| Melee Weapon | |||||||
Melee Weapon | IM | AM | SM | AP | D | Special Rules | Traits |
| Solarite power lance | |||||||
| Solarite power lance | |||||||
| - Charging strike | |||||||
| - Charging strike | +4 | 0 | +5 | 2 | 3 | Impact (AM), Critical Hit (6+), Armourbane | Power |
| - Defensive strike | |||||||
| - Defensive strike | -1 | A | S | 2 | 1 | Critical Hit (6+) | Power |
Cavalry use their fast speed to strike deep into enemy territory and escape before their opponent is able to react. This type includes units mounted on bikes, jetbikes, land speeders and even traditional cavalry mounted on riding beasts.
The following Rules apply to all Models with the Cavalry Type: