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Adeptus Mechanicus – Tech-priest Manipulus
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Tech-priest Manipulus
(⌀50mm)
M
6"
T
4
Sv
2+
W
4
Ld
7+
OC
1
INVULNERABLE SAVE
5+
RANGED WEAPONS
RANGE
A
BS
S
AP
D
Magnarail lance [heavy]
Magnarail lance [heavy]
36"
1
3+
7
-2
3
Transonic cannon [devastating wounds, torrent]
Transonic cannon [devastating wounds, torrent]
12"
D6
N/A
4
0
2
MELEE WEAPONS
RANGE
A
WS
S
AP
D
Omnissian staff
Omnissian staff
Melee
4
3+
6
-1
2
WARGEAR OPTIONS
  • This model’s magnarail lance can be replaced with 1 transonic cannon.

ABILITIES
CORE: Leader
FACTION: Doctrina Imperatives
Galvanic Field: While this model is leading a unit, weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [LETHAL HITS] ability.
Defend the Divine Work: Once per battle, at the start of any phase, this model can use this ability. If it does, until the end of the phase, all models in this model’s unit have a 4+ invulnerable save.
UNIT COMPOSITION
  • 1 Tech-Priest Manipulus
This model is equipped with: magnarail lance; Omnissian staff.
1 model
60
LEADER
This model can be attached to the following units:
KEYWORDS: IMPERIUM, INFANTRY, CHARACTER, CULT MECHANICUS, TECH-PRIEST, MANIPULUS
FACTION KEYWORDS:
STRATAGEMS
BATTLEFIELD COMMAND
1CP
Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy
BA
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Boarding Actions – Epic Deed
BA
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Boarding Actions – Epic Deed
BA
EXPLOSIVE CLEARANCE
1CP
Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic
BA
COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
2CP
Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy
BA
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Core – Battle Tactic
C
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Core – Epic Deed
C
FIRE OVERWATCH
1CP
Core – Strategic Ploy
C
RAPID INGRESS
1CP
Core – Strategic Ploy
C
GO TO GROUND
1CP
Core – Battle Tactic
C
HEROIC INTERVENTION
1CP
Core – Strategic Ploy
C
COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
2CP
Core – Strategic Ploy
C
EPIC CHALLENGE
1CP
Core – Epic Deed
C
INCANTATION OF THE IRON SOUL
1CP
Data-Psalm Conclave – Battle Tactic
TRIBUTE OF EMPHATIC VENERATION
1CP
Data-Psalm Conclave – Strategic Ploy
LITANY OF THE ELECTROMANCER
1CP
Data-Psalm Conclave – Strategic Ploy
LUMINESCENT BLESSING
1CP
Data-Psalm Conclave – Battle Tactic
CHANT OF THE REMORSELESS FIST
1CP
Data-Psalm Conclave – Battle Tactic
VERSE OF VENGEANCE
1CP
Data-Psalm Conclave – Strategic Ploy
BALLISTIC SYNCHRONY
1CP
Electromartyrs – Battle Tactic
OMNI-TARGETERS
1CP
Electromartyrs – Battle Tactic
SAVIOUR SYSTEMS
1CP
Electromartyrs – Battle Tactic
AUTO-VENGEANCE
1CP
Electromartyrs – Strategic Ploy
CACHED ACQUISITION
1CP
Explorator Maniple – Epic Deed
INFOSLAVE SKULL
1CP
Explorator Maniple – Wargear
INCENSE EXHAUSTS
1CP
Explorator Maniple – Wargear
REACTIVE SAFEGUARD
1CP
Explorator Maniple – Strategic Ploy
PRIORITY RECLAMATION
1CP
Explorator Maniple – Battle Tactic
TETHER-TENDRILS
1CP
Machine Cult – Strategic Ploy
OMNISSIAH’S GUIDANCE
1CP
Machine Cult – Battle Tactic
EXTINCTION ORDER
1CP
Rad-Zone Corps – Strategic Ploy
LETHAL DOSAGE
1CP
Rad-Zone Corps – Wargear
PRE-CALIBRATED PURGE SOLUTION
1CP
Rad-Zone Corps – Battle Tactic
BALEFUL HALO
2CP
Rad-Zone Corps – Battle Tactic
DETACHMENT ABILITY
Rad-bombardment
Benedictions Of The Omnissiah
Acquisition At Any Cost
Overload Machine Spirits
Canticles of the Omnissiah
ENHANCEMENTS
Autoclavic Denunciation
15
Malphonic Susurrus
20
Peerless Eradicator
20
Radial Suffusion
25
Mechanicus Locum
10
Mantle of the Gnosticarch
15
Data-blessed Autosermon
20
Temporcopia
25
Artisan
15
Magos
15
Logis
20
Genetor
25
Arch-negator
10
Emotionless Clarity
15
Lord of Machines
20
Necromechanic
25
Multi-dimensional Auspex
Remote Lockdown
Beseech the Machine Spirits
Harmonic Discordator
Destroyed
Throughout a battle, models will suffer damage and be destroyed. When a model is destroyed, it is removed from the battlefield. When every model in a unit has been destroyed, that unit is destroyed.
LEADER

Mighty heroes fight at the forefront of battle.

Some CHARACTER units have ‘Leader’ listed on their datasheets. Such CHARACTER units are known as Leaders, and the units they can lead – known as their Bodyguard units – are listed on their datasheet.

During the Declare Battle Formations step, for each Leader in your army, if your army also includes one or more of that Leader’s Bodyguard units, you can select one of those Bodyguard units. That Leader will then attach to that Bodyguard unit for the duration of the battle and is said to be leading that unit. Each Bodyguard unit can only have one Leader attached to it.

While a Bodyguard unit contains a Leader, it is known as an Attached unit and, with the exception of rules that are triggered when units are destroyed, it is treated as a single unit for all rules purposes. Each time an attack targets an Attached unit, until the attacking unit has resolved all of its attacks, you must use the Toughness characteristic of the Bodyguard models in that unit, even if a Leader in that unit has a different Toughness characteristic. Each time an attack sucessfully wounds an Attached unit, that attack cannot be allocated to a CHARACTER model in that unit, even if that CHARACTER model has lost one or more wounds or has already had attacks allocated to it this phase. As soon as the last Bodyguard model in an Attached unit has been destroyed, any attacks made against that unit that have yet to be allocated can then be allocated to CHARACTER models in that unit.

Each time the last model in a Bodyguard unit is destroyed, each CHARACTER unit that is part of that Attached unit is no longer part of an Attached unit. It becomes a separate unit, with its original Starting Strength. If this happens as the result of an attack, they become separate units after the attacking unit has resolved all of its attacks.

Each time the last model in a CHARACTER unit that is attached to a Bodyguard unit is destroyed and there is not another CHARACTER unit attached, that Attached unit’s Bodyguard unit is no longer part of an Attached unit. It becomes a separate unit, with its original Starting Strength. If this happens as the result of an attack, they become separate units after the attacking unit has resolved all of its attacks.

Each time a unit that is part of an Attached unit is destroyed, it does not have the keywords of any other units that make up that Attached unit (unless it has those keywords on its own datasheet) for the purposes of any rules that would be triggered when that unit is destroyed.

Example: If you only destroy the Bodyguard unit that is part of an Attached unit, you have not destroyed a CHARACTER unit. If you only destroy the CHARACTER unit that is part of an Attached unit, or if you destroy the whole Attached unit, you have destroyed one CHARACTER unit.

  • Before the battle, CHARACTER units with the Leader ability can be attached to one of their Bodyguard units to form an Attached unit.
  • Attached units can only contain one Leader.
  • Attacks cannot be allocated to CHARACTER models in Attached units.
Heavy

Heavy weapons are amongst the biggest guns on the battlefield, but require bracing to fire at full effect and are unwieldy to bring to bear at close quarters.

Weapons with [HEAVY] in their profile are known as Heavy weapons. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, if the attacking model’s unit Remained Stationary this turn, add 1 to that attack’s Hit roll.

  • Add 1 to Hit rolls if the bearer’s unit Remained Stationary this turn.

The BATTLELINE keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:

Hit Roll
When a model makes an attack, make one Hit roll for that attack by rolling one D6. If the result of the Hit roll is greater than or equal to the attack’s Ballistic Skill (BS) characteristic (if the attack is being made with a ranged weapon) or its Weapon Skill (WS) characteristic (if the attack is being made with a melee weapon), then that Hit roll is successful and scores one hit against the target unit. Otherwise, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends.

An unmodified Hit roll of 6 is called a Critical Hit and is always successful. An unmodified Hit roll of 1 always fails. A Hit roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1.

  • Hit Roll (Ranged Attack): A hit is scored if the D6 result equals or exceeds that attack’s BS.
  • Hit Roll (Melee Attack): A hit is scored if the D6 result equals or exceeds that attack’s WS.
  • Critical Hit: Unmodified Hit roll of 6. Always successful.
  • An unmodified Hit roll of 1 always fails.
  • A Hit roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1.
Assault

Assault weapons fire so indiscriminately that they can be shot from the hip as warriors dash forward.

Weapons with [ASSAULT] in their profile are known as Assault weapons. If a unit that Advanced this turn contains any models equipped with Assault weapons, it is still eligible to shoot in this turn’s Shooting phase. When such a unit is selected to shoot, you can only resolve attacks using Assault weapons its models are equipped with.

  • Can be shot even if the bearer’s unit Advanced.
Doctrina Imperatives

An Adeptus Mechanicus army marching to war is a sight both terrifying and glorious, each holy warrior a disturbing fusion of Human and machine. While the ruling Tech-Priests and their fanatical followers raise modified voices in praise of the Machine God, their Skitarii soldiery and Servitor creations are controlled by doctrina imperatives loaded by their masters to augment and adapt the warriors’ abilities.

At the start of the battle round, you can select one of the Doctrina Imperatives below. Until the end of the battle round, that Doctrina Imperative is active for your army, and all units from your army that have the Doctrina Imperatives ability gain the relevant abilities shown below.

Protector Imperative

  • Ranged weapons equipped by models in this unit have the [HEAVY] ability.
  • Improve the Ballistic Skill characteristic of ranged weapons equipped by models in this unit by 1.
  • Each time a melee attack targets this unit, if this unit has the BATTLELINE keyword and/or it is within 6" of one or more friendly BATTLELINE units, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.

Conqueror Imperative

  • Ranged weapons equipped by models in this unit have the [ASSAULT] ability.
  • Improve the Weapon Skill characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in this unit by 1.
  • Each time a model in this unit makes an attack, if this unit has the BATTLELINE keyword and/or it is within 6" of one or more friendly BATTLELINE units, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.

Lethal Hits

Some weapons can inflict fatal injuries on any foe, no matter their resilience.

Weapons with [LETHAL HITS] in their profile are known as Lethal Hits weapons. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, a Critical Hit automatically wounds the target.
Invulnerable Saves

Whether shielded by force fields, enveloped in mystical energies or simply possessed of preternatural senses and lightning-fast reflexes, some warriors are protected by more than mere physical armour.

Some models have an invulnerable save listed on their datasheet. Each time an attack is allocated to a model with an invulnerable save, the controlling player must choose to use either that model’s Save characteristic or its invulnerable save, but not both. If a model has more than one invulnerable save, it can only use one of them – choose which it will use.

Unlike armour saving throws (which use a model’s Save characteristic), invulnerable saving throws are never modified by an attack’s Armour Penetration characteristic, but otherwise follow the normal rules for saving throws.

  • Invulnerable Save: Never modified by an attack’s AP.
  • The controlling player can choose to use either a model’s invulnerable save or its Save characteristic.
Before selecting targets for this weapon, select one of its profiles to make attacks with.
Devastating Wounds
Weapons with [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] in their profile are known as Devastating Wounds weapons. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, if that attack scores a Critical Wound, no saving throw of any kind can be made against that attack (including invulnerable saving throws). Such attacks are only allocated to models after all other attacks made by the attacking unit have been allocated and resolved. After that attack is allocated and after any modifiers are applied, it inflicts a number of mortal wounds on the target equal to the Damage characteristic of that attack, instead of inflicting damage normally.

Example: An attack made with a Devastating Wounds weapon with a Damage characteristic of 2 scores a Critical Wound. Instead of allocating the attack and making saving throws normally, the target suffers 2 mortal wounds.

  • A Critical Wound inflicts mortal wounds equal to the weapon’s Damage characteristic, instead of any normal damage.
Torrent

Torrent weapons shoot clouds of fire, gas or other lethal substances that few foes can hope to evade.

Weapons with [TORRENT] in their profile are known as Torrent weapons. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, that attack automatically hits the target.

The keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:

The IMPERIUM keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:

The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:

Characters
Some models have the CHARACTER keyword. These models can make Heroic Interventions in Charge Phase and are not easy targets in the Shooting Phase (see Look out, Sir, rule). If your Warlord has the CHARACTER keyword he may be able to have a Warlord Trait (see Warlord Trait section on model’s faction page).

Note that CHARACTERS cannot use their Aura Abilities while %000015069performing actions%.

The CHARACTER keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:

The CULT MECHANICUS keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:

The TECH-PRIEST keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:

Attached Units
Some CHARACTER units have the Leader ability, which lets them merge with other units (known as Bodyguard units) to form an Attached unit.

The Starting Strength of an Attached unit is equal to the combined Starting Strengths of all of its units (i.e. the number of models in the Leader unit added to the number of models in the Bodyguard unit). If either the Leader unit or the Bodyguard unit in an Attached unit is destroyed, the Starting Strength of the remaining unit is changed to be equal to its original Starting Strength.

Example: A Primaris Captain (Starting Strength 1) is attached to a unit of Intercessors (Starting Strength 5). This Attached unit has a Starting Strength of 6. If all the Intercessors are destroyed, the remaining Primaris Captain would revert to having a Starting Strength of 1.

For the purposes of rules that are triggered when a unit is destroyed, such rules are still triggered when one of the individual units that made up an Attached unit is destroyed (the Leader or the Bodyguard unit).

Example: If a rule awards you with 1VP each time an enemy unit is destroyed, and you target an Attached unit, you would gain 1VP if the Bodyguard unit is destroyed and 1VP if the Leader unit is destroyed (for a total of 2VP).
BATTLEFIELD COMMAND
1CP
Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
The commander's authoritative tone cuts through the din of battle, guiding the actions of nearby troops.
WHEN: Start or end of any phase.

TARGET: One Leader unit from your army and one friendly Bodyguard unit within 6" of it that it could normally be attached to.

EFFECT: Select one of your Leader unit’s Leader abilities. Until the start of your next Command phase, that Bodyguard unit is treated as being led by that Leader unit for the purposes of that Leader ability.

RESTRICTIONS: Once you target a unit with this Stratagem, that unit cannot be targeted with it again until your next Command phase.
Wound Roll
Each time an attack scores a hit against a target unit, make a Wound roll for that attack by rolling one D6 to see if that attack successfully wounds the target unit. The result required is determined by comparing the attack’s Strength (S) characteristic with the target’s Toughness (T) characteristic, as shown below.

WOUND ROLL
ATTACK’S STRENGTH VS TARGET’S TOUGHNESSD6 RESULT REQUIRED
Strength is TWICE (or more than twice) the Toughness.
+
Strength is GREATER than the Toughness.
+
Strength is EQUAL to the Toughness.
+
Strength is LESS than the Toughness.
+
Strength is HALF (or less than half) the Toughness.
+

If the result of the Wound roll is greater than or equal to the required number shown in the table above, then that Wound roll is successful and scores one wound against the target unit. Otherwise, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends.

An unmodified Wound roll of 6 is called a Critical Wound and is always successful. An unmodified Wound roll of 1 always fails. A Wound roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1.

  • Critical Wound: Unmodified Wound roll of 6. Always successful.
  • An unmodified Wound roll of 1 always fails.
  • A Wound roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1.
Saving Throw
The player controlling the target unit then makes one saving throw. By default, this will be an armour saving throw using their model’s Save (Sv) characteristic, but some models have invulnerable saves that can be used instead (see below). To make an armour saving throw, roll one D6, then modify the result by the Armour Penetration (AP) characteristic of the attack. For example, if the attack has an AP of -1, then 1 is subtracted from the saving throw.

If the result is greater than or equal to the Save characteristic of the model the attack was allocated to, then that saving throw is successful and the attack sequence ends. Otherwise, that saving throw fails and that model suffers damage.

An unmodified saving throw of 1 always fails. A saving throw can never be improved by more than +1.

  • Saving Throw: Roll one D6 and modify by the attack’s AP. If the result is less than the Save of the model being rolled for, the saving throw is failed and that model suffers damage. Otherwise, that attack is saved.
  • An unmodified saving throw of 1 always fails.
  • A saving throw can never be improved by more than +1.
Advance Moves
When a unit Advances, make an Advance roll for that unit by rolling one D6. Add the result in inches to the Move characteristic of each model in that unit until the end of the phase. Each model in that unit can then make an Advance move by moving a distance in inches less than or equal to this total, but no model can be moved within Engagement Range of enemy models. A unit cannot shoot or declare a charge in the same turn that it Advanced.

  • Advance Move: Models move up to M+D6".
  • Cannot move within Engagement Range of any enemy models.
  • Units that Advance cannot shoot or charge this turn.
Charging with a Unit
Once you have selected an eligible unit to declare a charge, you must select one or more enemy units within 12" of it as the targets of that charge. The targets of a charge do not need to be visible to the charging unit.

You then make a Charge roll for the charging unit by rolling 2D6. The result is the maximum number of inches each model in that unit can be moved if a Charge move is possible. For a Charge move to be possible, the Charge roll must be sufficient to enable the charging unit to end that move:
  • Within Engagement Range of every unit that you selected as a target of the charge.
  • Without moving within Engagement Range of any enemy units that were not a target of the charge.
  • In Unit Coherency.
If any of these conditions cannot be met, the charge fails and no models in the charging unit move this phase. Otherwise, the charge is successful and the models in the charging unit make a Charge move – move each model a distance in inches up to the result of the Charge roll. When doing so, each model in the charging unit must end its Charge move closer to one of the units selected as a target of its charge. If you can also move a charging model so that it ends its Charge move in base-to-base contact with one or more enemy models while still enabling the charging unit to end its move satisfying all of the conditions above, you must do so. The controlling player chooses the order in which to move their models.

  • Charge Roll: 2D6".
  • Targets of a charge must be within 12" but do not need to be visible.
  • If the distance rolled is insufficient to move within Engagement Range of all targets while maintaining Unit Coherency, the charge fails.
  • Cannot move within Engagement Range of any unit that was not a target of the charge.
  • If the charge is successful, each model makes a Charge move less than or equal to the Charge roll, and must move into base-to-base contact with an enemy model if possible.
Fall Back Moves
When a unit Falls Back, each model in that unit can make a Fall Back move by moving a distance in inches less than or equal to its Move characteristic, and when doing so you can move it within Engagement Range of enemy models, provided it does not end that move within Engagement Range of any enemy models – if this is not possible, that unit cannot Fall Back.

A unit cannot shoot or declare a charge in the same turn that it Fell Back.

Desperate Escape Tests
Unlike when making other types of move, models can move over enemy models when making a Fall Back move as if those enemy models were not there, but you must take a Desperate Escape test for each model that will do so (excluding models that are TITANIC or can FLY) before any models in that unit are moved. In addition, if a unit is Battle-shocked when it is selected to Fall Back, you must take a Desperate Escape test for every model in that unit before any are moved.

Each time you take a Desperate Escape test for a model, roll one D6. For each roll of 1-2, one model from the unit that is Falling Back is destroyed (selected by you). The same model can only ever trigger one Desperate Escape test per phase.

  • Fall Back Move: Models move up to M".
  • Units that Fall Back cannot shoot or declare a charge in the same turn.
  • Models can move over enemy models when Falling Back, but you must take Desperate Escape tests for them before they do so (excluding models that are TITANIC or can FLY).
  • If a Battle-shocked unit is selected to Fall Back, take a Desperate Escape test for every model in that unit.
  • Desperate Escape Test: Roll one D6. On a 1-2, one model from that unit is destroyed.
Hazardous

Weapons powered by unstable and dangerous energy sources pose a substantial risk to the wielder every time they are used.

Weapons with [HAZARDOUS] in their profile are known as Hazardous weapons. Each time a unit is selected to shoot or fight, after that unit has resolved all of its attacks, for each Hazardous weapon that targets were selected for when resolving those attacks, that unit must take one Hazardous test. To do so, roll one D6: on a 1, that test is failed. For each failed test you must resolve the following sequence (resolve each failed test one at a time):
  • If possible, select one model in that unit that has lost one or more wounds and is equipped with one or more Hazardous weapons.
  • Otherwise, if possible, select one model in that unit (excluding CHARACTER models) equipped with one or more Hazardous weapons.
  • Otherwise, select one CHARACTER model in that unit equipped with one or more Hazardous weapons.
If a model was selected, that unit suffers 3 mortal wounds and when allocating those mortal wounds, they must be allocated to the selected model.
If a unit from a player’s army is selected as the target of the Fire Overwatch Stratagem in their opponent’s Charge phase, any mortal wounds inflicted by Hazardous tests are allocated after the charging unit has ended its Charge move.

Example: A unit of five models make five attacks with ranged weapons with the [HAZARDOUS] ability. After the unit has finished shooting, its controlling player rolls five D6. One of the results is a 1, and so one of those models suffers 3 mortal wounds.

  • After a unit shoots or fights, roll one Hazardous test (one D6) for each Hazardous weapon used. For each 1, a model equipped with a hazardous weapon suffers 3 mortal wounds, that must be allocated to the selected model.
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Boarding Actions – Epic Deed Stratagem
A great commander can bend even the vagaries of fate and fortune to their will, the better to ensure victory.
WHEN: Any phase, just after you have made a Hit roll, a Wound roll, a Damage roll, a saving throw, an Advance roll, a Charge roll, a Desperate Escape test, a Hazardous test, or just after you have rolled the dice to determine the number of attacks made with a weapon, for an attack, model or unit from your army.

TARGET: That unit or model from your army.

EFFECT: You re-roll that roll, test or saving throw.
2. Battle-shock
In this step, you must take a Battle-shock test for each of your units on the battlefield that is Below Half-strength. To do so, roll 2D6: if the result is greater than or equal to the best Leadership characteristic in that unit, the test is passed; otherwise, the test is failed and, until the start of your next Command phase, that unit is Battle-shocked.

While a unit is Battle-shocked:

Once you have taken Battle-shock tests for all of your units that require them, your Command phase ends and you progress to your Movement phase.

In this step, if for any reason a unit is forced to take a Battle-shock test for being below its Starting Strength, unless otherwise stated, that unit does not also have to take a Battle-shock test for being Below Half-strength. While a unit is Battle-shocked, all models in that unit are also Battle-shocked.

  • Take a Battle-shock test for each unit from your army on the battlefield that is Below Half-strength.
  • Roll 2D6: if the result is greater than or equal to the unit’s Leadership, the test is passed. Otherwise, the unit is Battle-shocked until the start of your next Command phase.
  • Battle-shocked units have an OC of 0 and their controlling player cannot use Stratagems to affect them.
  • Battle-shocked units must take Desperate Escape tests if they Fall Back.
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Boarding Actions – Epic Deed Stratagem
Indifferent to their own survival, these warriors hold their ground against seemingly impossible odds.
WHEN: Battle-shock step of your Command phase, just after you have failed a Battle-shock test taken for a unit from your army.

TARGET: The unit from your army that Battle-shock test was just taken for (even though your Battle-shocked units cannot normally be affected by your Stratagems).

EFFECT: Your unit is treated as having passed that test instead, and is not Battle-shocked as a result.
Blast

High-explosives can fell several warriors in a single blast, but firing them where your comrades will get caught in the ensuing detonation is simply unwise.

Weapons with [BLAST] in their profile are known as Blast weapons, and they make a random number of attacks. Each time you determine how many attacks are made with a Blast weapon, add 1 to the result for every five models that were in the target unit when you selected it as the target (rounding down). Blast weapons can never be used to make attacks against a unit that is within Engagement Range of one or more units from the attacking model’s army (including its own unit).

Example: If a weapon with the [BLAST] ability and an Attacks characteristic of 2D6 targets a unit that contains 11 models, and the roll to determine how many attacks are made is a 9, a total of 11 attacks would be made against that unit.

  • Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic for every five models in the target unit (rounding down).
  • Can never be used against a target that is within Engagement Range of any units from the attacking model’s army (including its own).
EXPLOSIVE CLEARANCE
1CP
Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic Stratagem
A well-placed explosive munition in confined shipboard spaces can cause bloody carnage.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.

TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.

EFFECT: Select one model in your unit that is equipped with a weapon with the [BLAST] ability. Until the end of the phase, when determining how many models are in the target unit for the purpose of that ability, include models that are not visible to the attacking model. In addition, attacks made with that weapon can be allocated to models that are not visible to the attacking model.
Engagement Range
Engagement Range represents the zone of threat that models present to their enemies. While a model is within 1" horizontally and 5" vertically of an enemy model, those models – and their units – are within Engagement Range of each other.

Models cannot be set up or end a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move within Engagement Range of any enemy models. If for any reason a model cannot meet this condition, that model is destroyed.

  • Engagement Range: Within 1" horizontally and 5" vertically.
  • Models cannot be set up or end a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move within Engagement Range of any enemy models.
COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
2CP
Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
In close-quarters combat, the slightest hesitation can leave an opening for a swift foe to exploit.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has fought.

TARGET: One unit from your army that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units and that has not already been selected to fight this phase.

EFFECT: Your unit fights next.
Re-rolls
Some rules allow you to re-roll a dice roll, which means you get to roll some or all of the dice again. If a rule allows you to re-roll a dice roll that was made by adding several dice together (e.g. 2D6, 3D6, etc.) then, unless otherwise stated, you must re-roll all of those dice again.

You can never re-roll a dice more than once, and re-rolls happen before modifiers (if any) are applied. Rules that refer to the value of an ‘unmodified’ dice roll are referring to the dice result after any re-rolls, but before any modifiers are applied.

  • Unmodified Dice: the result after re-rolls, but before any modifiers.
  • A dice can never be re-rolled more than once.
  • You must re-roll all dice if several need adding together (e.g. 2D6).
  • Re-rolls are applied before any modifiers.
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Core – Battle Tactic Stratagem
A great commander can bend even the vagaries of fate and fortune to their will, the better to ensure victory.
WHEN: Any phase, just after you make an Advance roll, a Charge roll, a Desperate Escape test or a Hazardous test for a unit from your army, or a Hit roll, a Wound roll, a Damage roll or a saving throw for a model in that unit, or a roll to determine the number of attacks made with a weapon equipped by a model in that unit. If you are using fast dice rolling, this Stratagem can still be used after rolling multiple rolls or saving throws at once.

TARGET: That unit or model from your army.

EFFECT: You re-roll that roll, test or saving throw. If you are using fast dice rolling, select one of those rolls or saving throws to re-roll.
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Core – Epic Deed Stratagem
Indifferent to their own survival, these warriors hold their ground against seemingly impossible odds.
WHEN: Battle-shock step of your Command phase, just before you take a Battle-shock test for a unit from your army.

TARGET: That unit from your army.

EFFECT: Your unit automatically passes that Battle-shock test.

RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this Stratagem more than once per battle.
Normal Moves
When a unit makes a Normal move, each model in that unit can move a distance in inches less than or equal to its Move (M) characteristic, but no model can be moved within Engagement Range of any enemy models.

  • Normal Move: Models move up to M".
  • Cannot move within Engagement Range of any enemy models.
Unit Visible
If one or more models in a unit is visible to the observing model, then that model’s unit is visible to the observing model.

FIRE OVERWATCH
1CP
Core – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
A hail of wildfire can drive back advancing foes.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Movement or Charge phase, just after an enemy unit is set up or when an enemy unit starts or ends a Normal, Advance, Fall Back or Charge move.

TARGET: One unit from your army that is within 24" of that enemy unit and that would be eligible to shoot if it were your Shooting phase.

EFFECT: If that enemy unit is visible to your unit, your unit can shoot that enemy unit as if it were your Shooting phase.

RESTRICTIONS: You cannot target a TITANIC unit with this Stratagem. Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a ranged attack, an unmodified Hit roll of 6 is required to score a hit, irrespective of the attacking weapon’s Ballistic Skill or any modifiers. You can only use this Stratagem once per turn.
DEEP STRIKE

Some units make their way to battle via tunnelling, teleportation, high-altitude descent or other extraordinary means that allow them to appear suddenly in the thick of the fighting.

During the Declare Battle Formations step, if every model in a unit has this ability, you can set it up in Reserves instead of setting it up on the battlefield. If you do, in the Reinforcements step of one of your Movement phases you can set up this unit anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" horizontally away from all enemy models. If a unit with the Deep Strike ability arrives from Strategic Reserves, the controlling player can choose for that unit to be set up either using the rules for Strategic Reserves or using the Deep Strike ability.
  • Unit can be set up in Reserves instead of on the battlefield.
  • Unit can be set up in your Reinforcements step, more than 9" horizontally away from all enemy models.
RAPID INGRESS
1CP
Core – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Be it cunning strategy, potent technology or supernatural ritual, there are many means by which a commander may hasten their warriors’ onset.
WHEN: End of your opponent’s Movement phase.

TARGET: One unit from your army that is in Reserves.

EFFECT: Your unit can arrive on the battlefield as if it were the Reinforcements step of your Movement phase, and if every model in that unit has the Deep Strike ability, you can set that unit up as described in the Deep Strike ability (even though it is not your Movement phase).

RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this Stratagem to enable a unit to arrive on the battlefield during a battle round it would not normally be able to do so in.
Benefit of Cover

Shattered ruins and twisted wreckage afford much-needed shelter from enemy salvoes. Even heavily armoured warriors unfazed by small arms fire are thankful for such cover when foes bring their biggest guns to bear.

Models can sometimes gain a measure of protection from terrain features. The rules below detail the conditions under which a terrain feature confers the Benefit of Cover on a model.

Each time a ranged attack is allocated to a model that has the Benefit of Cover, add 1 to the saving throw made for that attack (excluding invulnerable saving throws). Models with a Save characteristic of 3+ or better cannot have the Benefit of Cover against attacks with an Armour Penetration characteristic of 0. Multiple instances of the Benefit of Cover are not cumulative – a model cannot benefit from this rule more than once at any one time.

  • Benefit of Cover: Add 1 to armour saving throws against ranged attacks.
  • Does not apply to models with a Save of 3+ or better against attacks with an AP of 0.
  • Multiple instances are not cumulative.
GO TO GROUND
1CP
Core – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Seeking salvation from incoming fire, warriors hurl themselves into whatever cover they can find.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

TARGET: One INFANTRY unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, all models in your unit have a 6+ invulnerable save and have the Benefit of Cover.
Charge Bonus

Many warriors thunder headlong into combat, using the impetus of their charge to bring swift death to their foes.

Each time a unit makes a Charge move, until the end of the turn, that unit has the Fights First ability.
HEROIC INTERVENTION
1CP
Core – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Voices raised in furious war cries, your warriors surge forth to meet the enemy’s onslaught head-on.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Charge phase, just after an enemy unit ends a Charge move.

TARGET: One unit from your army that is within 6" of that enemy unit and would be eligible to declare a charge against that enemy unit if it were your Charge phase.

EFFECT: Your unit now declares a charge that targets only that enemy unit, and you resolve that charge as if it were your Charge phase.

RESTRICTIONS: You can only select a VEHICLE unit from your army if it is a WALKER. Note that even if this charge is successful, your unit does not receive any Charge bonus this turn.
COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
2CP
Core – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
In close-quarters combat, the slightest hesitation can leave an opening for a swift foe to exploit.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has fought.

TARGET: One unit from your army that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units and that has not already been selected to fight this phase.

EFFECT: Your unit fights next.
Precision

Precision attacks can pick high-value targets out in a crowd, whether through the unerring aim of a sniper or the pinpoint accuracy of a blade-master’s strike.

Weapons with [PRECISION] in their profile are known as Precision weapons. Each time an attack made with such a weapon successfully wounds an Attached unit (see Leader ability), if a CHARACTER model in that unit is visible to the attacking model, the attacking model’s player can choose to have that attack allocated to that CHARACTER model instead of following the normal attack sequence.

  • When targeting an Attached unit, the attacking model’s player can have the attack allocated to a CHARACTER model in that unit visible to the bearer.
EPIC CHALLENGE
1CP
Core – Epic Deed Stratagem
The legends of the 41st Millennium are replete with deadly duels between mighty champions.
WHEN: Fight phase, when a CHARACTER unit from your army that is within Engagement Range of one or more Attached units is selected to fight.

TARGET: One CHARACTER model in your unit.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, all melee attacks made by that model have the [PRECISION] ability.
Mortal Wounds

Some attacks are so powerful that no armour or force field can withstand their fury.

Some rules inflict mortal wounds on units. Each time mortal wounds are inflicted on a unit, each of those mortal wounds inflicts one point of damage to that unit, and they are always applied one at a time. Each mortal wound is allocated to a model in the same manner as allocating an attack. Excess damage from mortal wounds is not lost if the damage can be allocated to another model. Instead, keep allocating damage to another model in the target unit until either all the damage has been allocated or the target unit is destroyed.

If an attack inflicts mortal wounds in addition to any normal damage, do not make a Wound roll or saving throw (including invulnerable saving throws) against those mortal wounds. If those mortal wounds are inflicted by an attack that has the [PRECISION] ability, the attacking model’s controlling player can allocate those mortal wounds to a CHARACTER model in that unit.

If mortal wounds are being inflicted as a result of the [HAZARDOUS] ability or by an attack with the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability that scored a Critical Wound, each time those mortal wounds are allocated to a model, if that model is destroyed as a result of those mortal wounds, the remaining mortal wounds from that attack are lost, just as with a normal attack.

If, when a unit is selected to shoot or fight, one or more of its attacks can inflict mortal wounds on the target, resolve any normal damage inflicted by the attacking unit’s attacks on that target before inflicting any mortal wounds on that target. If an attack inflicts mortal wounds in addition to any normal damage, but the normal damage is subsequently saved, the target unit still suffers those mortal wounds, as described above.

  • Each mortal wound inflicted on a unit causes one model in that unit to lose one wound.
  • Unless the source of the mortal wounds is the [HAZARDOUS] ability or an attack with the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability, damage from mortal wounds is not lost if it can be allocated to another model.
  • No saving throws can be made against mortal wounds.
  • Mortal wounds inflicted by attacks always apply after any normal damage, even if that damage was saved.
Feel No Pain
FEEL NO PAIN

Some warriors refuse to be laid low, even by what should be fatal wounds.

Some models have ‘Feel No Pain x+’ listed in their abilities. Each time a model with this ability suffers damage and so would lose a wound (including wounds lost due to mortal wounds), roll one D6: if the result is greater than or equal to the number denoted by ‘x’, that wound is ignored and is not lost. If a model has more than one Feel No Pain ability, you can only use one of those abilities each time that model suffers damage and so would lose a wound.

  • Feel No Pain x+: Each time this model would lose a wound, roll one D6: if the result equals or exceeds ‘x’, that wound is not lost.
INCANTATION OF THE IRON SOUL
1CP
Data-Psalm Conclave – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Raising their voices in binharic praise, the Machine God's disciples bolster their spirits - as well as those that inhabit their augmentations - with iron surety.
WHEN: Any phase, just after you allocate a mortal wound to a CULT MECHANICUS model from your army.

TARGET: That CULT MECHANICUS model’s unit.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, CULT MECHANICUS models in your unit have the Feel No Pain 4+ ability against mortal wounds.
TRIBUTE OF EMPHATIC VENERATION
1CP
Data-Psalm Conclave – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
A cacophonous chorale pours from the emitters and augmented throats of the Cult Mechanicus’ faithful, venerating the Omnissiah in deafening and disconcerting frequencies of praise.
WHEN: Start of your Movement phase.

TARGET: One CULT MECHANICUS unit from your army and one enemy unit within 18" of it.

EFFECT: That enemy unit must take a Battle-shock test. If that test is failed, until the start of your next Command phase, each time a model in that enemy unit makes an attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.

The ELECTRO-PRIESTS keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:

LITANY OF THE ELECTROMANCER
1CP
Data-Psalm Conclave – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Summoning the spark of the Machine God's divinity that burns within them, the Omnissiah’s faithful manifest blazing auras of energy that lay low the unbeliever.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.

TARGET: One CULT MECHANICUS unit from your army.

EFFECT: Roll one D6 for each enemy unit within 6" of one or more CULT MECHANICUS models in your unit, adding 1 to the result if that model is an ELECTRO-PRIEST. On a 5+, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds.
LUMINESCENT BLESSING
1CP
Data-Psalm Conclave – Battle Tactic Stratagem
As the cohorts of the Omnissiah recite their dazzling consecration, energy is redirected to infuse masterwork bionics and even the lambent glow of protective fields ignites in a halo of divine defence.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

TARGET: One CULT MECHANICUS unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, CULT MECHANICUS models in your unit have a 4+ invulnerable save.
CHANT OF THE REMORSELESS FIST
1CP
Data-Psalm Conclave – Battle Tactic Stratagem
In spitting out a staccato chant to the Motive Force, the faithful warriors of the Cult Mechanicus are filled with merciless surety as well as intent.
WHEN: Fight phase.

TARGET: One CULT MECHANICUS unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a CULT MECHANICUS model in your unit makes a melee attack, add 1 to the Wound roll.
VERSE OF VENGEANCE
1CP
Data-Psalm Conclave – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Rousing code in binharic duometer incites fury for the lost fragments of technological lore. In the grip of vengeance, the devoted extend their remaining functions for one last act of retribution.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

TARGET: One CULT MECHANICUS unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a CULT MECHANICUS model in your unit is destroyed, if that model has not fought this phase, roll one D6: on a 4+, do not remove it from play. The destroyed model can fight after the attacking model’s unit has finished making its attacks, and is then removed from play.
BALLISTIC SYNCHRONY
1CP
Electromartyrs – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Unified datachoristry sees the servants of the Omnissiah meld their firepower to perfection.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.

TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [LETHAL HITS] ability.
Pistol

Pistols can be wielded even at point-blank range.

Weapons with [PISTOL] in their profile are known as Pistols. If a unit contains any models equipped with Pistols, that unit is eligible to shoot in its controlling player’s Shooting phase even while it is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units. When such a unit is selected to shoot, it can only resolve attacks using its Pistols and can only target one of the enemy units it is within Engagement Range of. In such circumstances, a Pistol can target an enemy unit even if other friendly units are within Engagement Range of the same enemy unit.

If a model is equipped with one or more Pistols, unless it is a MONSTER or VEHICLE model, it can either shoot with its Pistols or with all of its other ranged weapons. Declare whether such a model will shoot with its Pistols or its other ranged weapons before selecting targets.

  • Can be shot even if the bearer’s unit is within Engagement Range of enemy units, but must target one of those enemy units.
  • Cannot be shot alongside any other non-Pistol weapon (except by a MONSTER or VEHICLE).
OMNI-TARGETERS
1CP
Electromartyrs – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Predictive gunnery subroutines take over, allowing greater reactions and accuracy at close range than any flesh-and-blood soldier could manage.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.

TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [PISTOL] ability. If one or more of those weapons already have this ability, then until the end of the phase, each time an attack is made with such a weapon that targets a unit within 6", add 1 to the Hit roll.

The KATAPHRON keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:

SAVIOUR SYSTEMS
1CP
Electromartyrs – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Many warriors of the Adeptus Mechanicus have defensive measures suited to close-quarters battle built into their flesh-and-metal frames.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase.

TARGET: One unit from your army (excluding KATAPHRON units) that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Wound roll.
AUTO-VENGEANCE
1CP
Electromartyrs – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Inbuilt subroutines fire synapses and muscular fibre bundles, allowing dying warriors to strike out and take their killers with them.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

TARGET: One unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit is destroyed, if that model has not fought this phase, roll one D6: on a 3+, do not remove it from play. That destroyed model can fight after the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, and is then removed from play.
Objective Markers
Objective markers represent objects of tactical or strategic import that both sides are attempting to secure, such as valuable artefacts, vital supplies or communications nodes. If a mission uses objective markers, it will state where they are located on the battlefield. These can be represented using any suitable marker, but we recommend using round markers that are 40mm in diameter.

When setting objective markers up on the battlefield, place them so they are centred on the point specified by the mission. When measuring distances to and from objective markers, measure to and from the closest part of them. Models can move over objective markers as if they were not there, but they cannot end a move on top of an objective marker.

At the start of the battle, each objective marker on the battlefield is said to be contested, and so is not controlled by either player. To control an objective marker, a player will first need to move models within range of it. A model is within range of an objective marker if it is within 3" horizontally and 5" vertically of that objective marker.

Every model has an Objective Control (OC) characteristic listed on its datasheet. To determine a player’s Level of Control over an objective marker, add together the OC characteristics of all the models from that player’s army that are within range of that objective marker. A player will control an objective marker at the end of any phase or turn if their Level of Control over it is greater than their opponent’s. If both players have the same Level of Control over an objective marker, that objective marker is contested.

  • A model is within range of an objective marker if within 3" horizontally and 5" vertically.
  • Level of Control: Add together the OC characteristics of all of a player’s models within range of the objective marker.
  • An objective marker is controlled by the player with the highest Level of Control over it (in a tie, it is contested).
  • Models cannot end a move on top of an objective marker.
CACHED ACQUISITION
1CP
Explorator Maniple – Epic Deed Stratagem
Death is irrelevant compared to the hallowed duty of securing the Omnissiah's knowledge for future retrieval.
WHEN: Any phase.

TARGET: One unit from your army that was just destroyed while it was within range of an objective marker you controlled. You can use this Stratagem on that unit even though it was just destroyed.

EFFECT: That objective marker remains under your control, even if you have no models within range of it, until your opponent controls it at the start or end of any turn.
INFOSLAVE SKULL
1CP
Explorator Maniple – Wargear Stratagem
Mono-task infoslave skulls range ahead to assess potential sites that must be investigated.
WHEN: Your Command phase.

TARGET: One TECH-PRIEST model from your army and one objective marker within 24" of that model (excluding your Acquisition objective marker].

EFFECT: Until the start of your next Command phase, that objective marker is also considered to be one of your Acquisition objective markers for all rules purposes.

The and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:

The SMOKE keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:

Dedicated Transports
Skorpius Dunerider
STEALTH

Some warriors are masters of disguise and concealment.

If every model in a unit has this ability, then each time a ranged attack is made against it, subtract 1 from that attack’s Hit roll.
INCENSE EXHAUSTS
1CP
Explorator Maniple – Wargear Stratagem
The machine spirits of sanctified war engines can be entreated to release clouds of incense laced with radioactive particles, veiling the faithful from the foe.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

TARGET: One INFANTRY unit
from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks, and one friendly SMOKE unit within 6" of it.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, both of those units have the Stealth ability and the Benefit of Cover.

The TRANSPORT keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:

Embark
If a unit makes a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move, and every model in that unit ends that move within 3" of a friendly TRANSPORT model, they can embark within it. A unit cannot embark if it has already disembarked from a TRANSPORT model in the same phase. Remove the unit from the battlefield and place it to one side – it is now embarked within that TRANSPORT model. Unless otherwise stated, units cannot do anything or be affected in any way while they are embarked.

  • A unit can embark within a friendly TRANSPORT if all of its models end a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move within 3" of that TRANSPORT.
  • A unit cannot embark and disembark in the same phase.
Transport Capacity
All TRANSPORT models have a transport capacity listed on their datasheet. This determines the type and maximum number of friendly models that can embark within them.

Units can start the battle embarked within a TRANSPORT model instead of being set up separately – declare which units are embarked within a TRANSPORT model before you set it up.

FIRING DECK

Some transports have firing hatches, ports or platforms from which embarked passengers can shoot.

Some TRANSPORT models have ‘Firing Deck x’ listed in their abilities. Each time such a model is selected to shoot in the Shooting phase, you can select up to ‘x’ models embarked within it whose units have not already shot this phase. Then, for each of those embarked models, you can select one ranged weapon that embarked model is equipped with (excluding weapons with the [ONE SHOT] ability). Until that TRANSPORT model has resolved all of its attacks, it counts as being equipped with all of the weapons you selected in this way, in addition to its other weapons. Until the end of the phase, those selected models’ units are not eligible to shoot.

  • Firing Deck ‘x’: Each time this TRANSPORT shoots, select one weapon (excluding weapons with the [ONE SHOT] ability) from up to ‘x’ models embarked within it whose units have not shot this phase; this TRANSPORT counts as being equipped with those weapons as well. Until the end of the phase, those selected models’ units are not eligible to shoot.
REACTIVE SAFEGUARD
1CP
Explorator Maniple – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Holy data must be hoarded at all costs, and thickly armoured war engines offer swift and secure vaults.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Charge phase, just after an enemy unit has declared a charge.

TARGET: One INFANTRY
unit from your army within range of your Acquisition objective marker that was selected as a target of that charge, and one friendly TRANSPORT.

EFFECT: Your unit can embark within that TRANSPORT.

RESTRICTIONS: Every model in your unit must be within 3" of that TRANSPORT and there must be sufficient transport capacity to embark the entire unit.
Consolidate
After a unit has finished making all of its melee attacks, it Consolidates. Each time a unit Consolidates, you can move each model in that unit that is not already in base-to-base contact with an enemy model up to 3" – this is a Consolidation move. For a Consolidation to be possible, a unit must be able to end these moves within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units and in Unit Coherency. If these conditions cannot be met, then each model in that unit can instead make a Consolidation move towards the closest objective marker, but only if, after doing so, that unit is within range of that objective marker and in Unit Coherency. If these conditions also cannot be met, no models in the unit can make Consolidation moves this phase and that unit’s fight ends.

If a unit can end its Consolidation within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, then each time one of its models makes a Consolidation move, it must end that move closer to the closest enemy model. If it can also end that move in base-to-base contact with one or more enemy models while still satisfying all of the conditions above, it must do so. The controlling player chooses the order in which to move their models.

  • Consolidation Move: Up to 3".
  • Every model that moves must end closer to the closest enemy model, and in base-to-base contact with an enemy model if possible. The unit must end in Unit Coherency and within Engagement Range of at least one enemy unit if possible.
  • If the above is not possible, each model can move towards the closest objective marker, but this must result in the unit being within range of it and in Unit Coherency.
  • If the above is also not possible, no models can Consolidate.
PRIORITY RECLAMATION
1CP
Explorator Maniple – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Retrieval of the most sacred and ancient fragments of technology is embedded in loops of alpha-logic.
WHEN: Fight phase, just before an unit from your army Consolidates.

TARGET: That unit.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a Consolidation move, it can move up to 6" instead of up to 3", provided your unit ends that Consolidation move within range of your Acquisition objective marker.

RESTRICTIONS: You cannot target a unit with this Stratagem if it is within 3" of one or more enemy units.
TETHER-TENDRILS
1CP
Machine Cult – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Weaponised mechadendrites burst from the rapturous faithful, ensnaring and electrocuting foes seeking to flee.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Movement phase, just after an enemy unit is selected to Fall Back.

TARGET: One TECH-PRIEST or ELECTRO-PRIESTS unit from your army that is within Engagement Range of that enemy unit.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, when that enemy unit Falls Back, models in it must take Desperate Escape tests as if their unit was Battle-shocked. When doing so, if that enemy unit is also Battle-shocked by other means, subtract 1 from each of those Desperate Escape tests.
OMNISSIAH’S GUIDANCE
1CP
Machine Cult – Battle Tactic Stratagem
By surrendering all control to the Omnissiah, the faithful are able to target their foes with near-omniscient accuracy.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.

TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, models in your unit can ignore other models in their unit for the purposes of determining visibility.
EXTINCTION ORDER
1CP
Rad-Zone Corps – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
As Tech-Priests order the purge of an area of the battlefield, rad-bombardments are redoubled in the hopes of turning it into a wasteland.
WHEN: Your Command phase.

TARGET: One TECH-PRIEST model from your army and one objective marker within 24" of that model.

EFFECT: Roll one D6 for each enemy unit within range of that objective marker. On a 4+, that unit suffers 1 mortal wound and it must take a Battle-shock test.
LETHAL DOSAGE
1CP
Rad-Zone Corps – Wargear Stratagem
Tri-fold sanctified power cells, fuel canisters and solid slugs have spent a decade in the most irradiated forge temple to certify their lethality.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.

TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [LETHAL HITS] ability.

The SKITARII keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:

Dedicated Transports
Skorpius Dunerider
PRE-CALIBRATED PURGE SOLUTION
1CP
Rad-Zone Corps – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Employing targeting data collated by a swarm of servo-skulls released over the enemy's battle lines, the Machine God’s faithful purge the foe stumbling amidst rad-scourged positions.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.

TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase. If that unit is BATTLELINE, you can also target one friendly SKITARII unit (excluding BATTLELINE units) within 6" of it.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in one of those units makes a ranged attack, if the target of that attack is within your opponent’s deployment zone, you can re-roll the Hit roll.

The VEHICLE keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:

BALEFUL HALO
2CP
Rad-Zone Corps – Battle Tactic Stratagem
By briefly unshielding the most corrosive or irradiated components of their being, the warriors of a Rad-Zone Corps can exhale on isotopic fog, sapping the strength of those not inured to its effects.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

TARGET: One unit from your army (excluding VEHICLE units) that was selected as the target of one or more of that enemy unit’s attacks. If that unit is BATTLELINE, you can also target one friendly SKITARII unit (excluding BATTLELINE units) within 6" of it.

EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, each time an attack is made that targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Wound roll.
Rad-bombardment
Rad-Zone Corps Detachment

Whether as a result of natural phenomena, apocalyptic internecine strife or calamitous accidents, many forge worlds are heavily irradiated. When holy wars of requisition are unleashed, the Tech-Priests think nothing of turning this invisible curse upon their foes, bombarding the battlefield with deadly radiation prior to an assault.

BATTLE ROUND
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BOMBARDMENT
At the start of the first battle round, for each enemy unit within your opponents deployment zone, your opponent must decide whether that unit will take cover or stand firm. You then roll one D6 for each of those enemy units and apply the relevant result below:
  • Unit Standing Firm: On a 3+, that unit suffers D3 mortal wounds.
  • Unit Taking Cover: Until the end of the battle round, that unit is Battle-shocked and, on a 5+, that unit suffers D3 mortal wounds.

BATTLE ROUND
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      ONWARDS
FALLOUT
At the start of your Command phase during the second, third, fourth and fifth battle rounds, roll one D6 for each enemy unit within your opponent’s deployment zone. On a 3+, that unit suffers 1 mortal wound and must take a Battle-shock test.
Benedictions Of The Omnissiah
Data-Psalm Conclave Detachment

The Tech-Priests of the Omnissiah lead their disciples in a cortege of war. The buzz of static psalms chanted in synchronicity unites all in the stately eradication of the heretic and blasphemer.

At the start of the first battle round, select one of the following Benedictions of the Omnissiah to be active for CULT MECHANICUS units from your army until the end of the battle:

Panegyric Procession
Each time a CULT MECHANICUS model from your army makes a ranged attack that targets a unit within half range, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.

Citation in Savagery
Each time a CULT MECHANICUS unit from your army is selected to fight, if that unit made a Charge move this turn, until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Strength and Attacks characteristics of melee weapons equipped by models in that unit.
Acquisition At Any Cost
Explorator Maniple Detachment

In their eternal quest for the acquisition of knowledge and technology, Tech-Priests require superhuman efforts from the troops under their command.

At the start of your Command phase, select one objective marker. Until the start of your next Command phase, that objective marker is your Acquisition objective marker. Each time an model from your army makes an attack, if that model’s unit is within range of your Acquisition objective marker, or if the target of that attack is within range of your Acquisition objective marker, re-roll a Wound roll of 1.
Overload Machine Spirits
Electromartyrs Detachment

In extremis, Tech-Magi will commit the lesser sin of goading lower-order machine spirits to devastating madness in order to protect greater prizes.

Each time an unit from your army is selected to shoot, it can use this ability. If it does, until the end of the phase, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of ranged weapons equipped by models in that unit by 1 and those weapons have the [HAzARDOUS] ability.
Canticles of the Omnissiah
Machine Cult Detachment

Chanting avidly in blaring binharic, the servants of the Omnissiah surge into battle as though possessed by wrathful datagheists.

Add 1 to Advance rolls, Charge rolls and Battle-shock tests taken for TECH-PRIEST and ELECTRO-PRIESTS units from your army.
Anti

Certain weapons are the bane of a particular foe.

Weapons with [ANTI-KEYWORD X+] in their profile are known as Anti weapons. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon against a target with the keyword after the word ‘Anti-’, an unmodified Wound roll of ‘x+’ scores a Critical Wound.

Example: An attack made with an [ANTI-VEHICLE 4+] weapon will score a Critical Wound against – and so successfully wound – a VEHICLE unit on an unmodified Wound roll of 4+, while an attack made with an [ANTI-PSYKER 2+] weapon will score a Critical Wound against – and so successfully wound – a PSYKER unit on an unmodified Wound roll of 2+.

  • [ANTI-KEYWORD X+]: An unmodified Wound roll of ‘x+’ against a target with the matching keyword scores a Critical Wound.
  • Autoclavic Denunciation
    15 pts
Rad-Zone Corps Detachment

This devotee harbours a fanatical hatred of the biological. They have learned the secret weaknesses inherent in all flesh and do not hesitate to exploit them.

model only. Ranged weapons equipped by the bearer have the [ANTI-INFANTRY 2+] and [ANTI-MONSTER 4+] abilities.

  • Malphonic Susurrus
    20 pts
Rad-Zone Corps Detachment

This master of splintered choruses leads their followers in a projection of clashing frequencies. Scanners and sensoriums trained in their direction are befouled by the disruptive input.

model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, models in that unit have the Stealth ability.

Sustained Hits

Some weapons strike in a flurry of blows, tearing the foe apart with relentless ferocity.

Weapons with [SUSTAINED HITS X] in their profile are known as Sustained Hits weapons. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, if a Critical Hit is rolled, that attack scores a number of additional hits on the target as denoted by ‘x’.

Example: A model makes an attack with a melee weapon with the [SUSTAINED HITS 2] ability. If the Hit roll is an unmodified 6 (a Critical Hit), then that attack scores a total of 3 hits on the target (1 from the successful Hit roll of 6, and 2 from the [SUSTAINED HITS 2] ability).

  • [SUSTAINED HITS X]: Each Critical Hit scores ‘x’ additional hits on the target.
  • Peerless Eradicator
    20 pts
Rad-Zone Corps Detachment

This perfectionist zealot directs their minions in the rapid and single-minded termination of all enemies of the Omnissiah.

model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, ranged weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability.

  • Radial Suffusion
    25 pts
Rad-Zone Corps Detachment

By transmitting their precision battlefield observations, this servant of the Omnissiah ensures the saturation of the enemy position is a creeping curse, spreading a hazardous suffusion towards those foes seeking to outrun the vengeance of the Machine God.

model only. From the second battle round onwards, when resolving the Fallout effect of the Rad-bombardment Detachment rule, if the bearer is on the battlefield, roll one D6 for each enemy unit within 6" of your opponent’s deployment zone, in addition to those that are within your opponent’s deployment zone.

The TECH-PRIEST keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:

  • Mechanicus Locum
    10 pts
Data-Psalm Conclave Detachment

Amongst every congregation of Tech-Priests are masters of arcane knowledge - inspirational leaders of the cybernetic and the mechanical.

TECH-PRIEST model only. The bearer has a Leadership characteristic of 6+ and, once per battle, at the start of any phase, you can select one friendly CULT MECHANICUS unit that is Battle-shocked and within 12" of the bearer. That unit is no longer Battle-shocked.

  • Mantle of the Gnosticarch
    15 pts
Data-Psalm Conclave Detachment

The toughened weave of this hooded robe includes hypo-ceramic threads, thermoplastics and terranic polymers that create a holy shroud capable of resisting the infernos of plasma reactors.

TECH-PRIEST model only. Each time an attack is allocated to the bearer, change the Damage characteristic of that attack to 1.

  • Data-blessed Autosermon
    20 pts
Data-Psalm Conclave Detachment

Struck with an infoload of revelation, truly blessed Tech-Priests will override the sacred canticles to deliver the Machine God’s adaptive wisdom.

TECH-PRIEST model only. Once per battle, at the start of your Command phase, you can select the Benediction of the Omnissiah you did not select at the start of the first battle round. Until the start of your next Command phase, that Benediction of the Omnissiah is active for the bearer’s unit in addition to the one that is currently active for your army.

FIGHTS FIRST

Some warriors attack with blinding speed, landing their blows before their foes can react.

Units with this ability that are eligible to fight do so in the Fights First step, provided every model in the unit has this ability.
  • Temporcopia
    25 pts
Data-Psalm Conclave Detachment

The Temporcopia is a relic from the Dark Age of Technology that releases a swarm of nano-engineered machines. These invisible devices seek out nearby prey, briefly draining electro-chemical potential before their power expires. Enemy warriors slow and stumble, at the mercy of the Tech-Priest’s bodyguard.

TECH-PRIEST model only. The bearer’s unit has the Fights First ability.

  • Artisan
    15 pts
Explorator Maniple Detachment

Artisans create wondrous artefacts of war. They install circuits of such beauty, and capacitor-nodes of such fine calibration, that their machine spirits respond with divine gratitude.

TECH-PRIEST model only. While the bearer is leading a unit that is within range of your Acquisition objective marker, once per phase, you can change the result of one Hit roll, one Wound roll or one saving throw made for that unit to an unmodified 6.

  • Magos
    15 pts
Explorator Maniple Detachment

Magi are masters of fiercely guarded knowledge, pursuing esoteric agendas at all costs. No risk is too great and no gambit too unwise in their ceaseless and predatory acquisition of ancient lore.

TECH-PRIEST model only. At the end of your Command phase, if the bearer is within range of your Acquisition objective marker, roll one D6: on a 4+, you gain 1CP.

  • Logis
    20 pts
Explorator Maniple Detachment

Data-vores and biocogitators, logi amass huge stores of information. They analyse data from thousands of sources, rationalising every weak point the foe has. It is a fool indeed that stands before a logi and their prize.

TECH-PRIEST model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, each time a model in that unit makes an attack that targets a unit within range of your Acquisition objective marker, add 1 to the Hit roll.

  • Genetor
    25 pts
Explorator Maniple Detachment

Cyborg interfaces, genetic manipulation and alchemical behavioural modification are all avenues of interest to Genetors, and their enhanced creations are formidable in protecting their master’s divine work.

TECH-PRIEST model only. While the bearer is leading a unit that is within range of your Acquisition objective marker, models in that unit have a 4+ invulnerable save.

  • Arch-negator
    10 pts
Cohort Cybernetica Detachment

Feeding magneto-voltaic arcs and deadly frequencies into their weapons, the Tech-Priest is death incarnate to blasphemies against the Machine God.

TECH-PRIEST model only. Ranged weapons equipped by the bearer have the [ANTI-VEHICLE 4+] ability.

The LEGIO CYBERNETICA keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:

The and VEHICLE keywords are used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:

Disembark
If a unit from your army starts your Movement phase embarked within a TRANSPORT model, that unit can disembark in that phase.

When a unit disembarks from a TRANSPORT model, set it up on the battlefield so that it is wholly within 3" of that TRANSPORT model and not within Engagement Range of any enemy models. If, for any reason, a disembarking model cannot be set up, that model’s unit cannot disembark.

Units that disembark from a TRANSPORT model that either Remained Stationary this phase or has not yet made a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move this phase can then act normally (make a Normal move, Advance, shoot, declare a charge, fight, etc.) in the remainder of the turn. Such a disembarking unit cannot choose to Remain Stationary.

Units that disembark from a TRANSPORT model that made a Normal move this phase count as having made a Normal move themselves; they cannot move further during this phase. Such a unit also cannot declare a charge in the same turn, but can otherwise act normally in the remainder of the turn.

Units cannot disembark from a TRANSPORT model that either Advanced or Fell Back this turn.

  • Units that start your Movement phase embarked within a TRANSPORT can disembark this phase, provided their TRANSPORT has not Advanced or Fallen Back.
  • If a unit disembarks before its TRANSPORT moves, it can act normally.
  • If a unit disembarks after its TRANSPORT moves, it cannot move or charge this turn, but can otherwise act normally.
  • Disembarking units must be set up wholly within 3" of their TRANSPORT and not within Engagement Range of any enemy models (or the unit cannot disembark).
  • Units that disembark this turn cannot Remain Stationary.
DEADLY DEMISE

From detonating ammo stores to corrosive innards or frenzied death throes, some targets are deadly even in defeat.

Some models have ‘Deadly Demise x’ listed in their abilities. When such a model is destroyed, roll one D6 before removing it from play (if such a model is a TRANSPORT, roll before any embarked models disembark). On a 6, each unit within 6" of that model suffers a number of mortal wounds denoted by ‘x’ (if this is a random number, roll separately for each unit within 6").

Example: A TRANSPORT model with the Deadly Demise D3 ability is destroyed. Before any models disembark and before removing it from play, its controlling player rolls one D6, getting a 6. There are three units within 6" of that destroyed model, so its controlling player rolls one D3 for each of them, inflicting mortal wounds accordingly.

  • Deadly Demise x: When this model is destroyed, roll one D6. On a 6, each unit within 6" suffers ‘x’ mortal wounds.
  • Emotionless Clarity
    15 pts
Cohort Cybernetica Detachment

With a mind unsullied by the passions common to the flesh, a Tech-Priest can entreat the machine spirit of a dying war engine to enact one final triumph.

TECH-PRIEST model only. Once per turn, when a friendly LEGIO CYBERNETICA or VEHICLE model with the Deadly Demise ability that is within 12" of the bearer is destroyed, the bearer can use this Enhancement. If it does, do not roll to determine whether any mortal wounds are inflicted as a result of that model’s Deadly Demise ability. Instead, mortal wounds are automatically inflicted.

Leadership Tests
If a rule requires you to take a Leadership test for a unit, roll 2D6: if the total is greater than or equal to the best Leadership characteristic in that unit, that test is passed. Otherwise, it is failed.
  • Lord of Machines
    20 pts
Cohort Cybernetica Detachment

An intense burst of viral static can overload those machine spirits yoked to the service of the enemy.

TECH-PRIEST model only. Once per turn, at the start of your opponent’s Shooting phase, select one enemy VEHICLE unit within 12" of and visible to the bearer. That unit must take a Leadership test: if that test is passed, until the end of the phase, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll; if that test is failed, that unit is not eligible to shoot this phase.

  • Necromechanic
    25 pts
Cohort Cybernetica Detachment

The blessed healing of machinery is the sign of a true shepherd of the Omnissiah’s flock.

TECH-PRIEST model only. Once per battle round, when a saving throw made for a friendly LEGIO CYBERNETICA or VEHICLE model within 12" of the bearer is failed, the bearer can use this Enhancement. If they do, change the Damage characteristic of that attack to 0.

Multi-dimensional Auspex
Electromartyrs Detachment

No physical barrier can deny the omniscient datasight of the Omnissiah and its blessed servants.

Once per battle, in your Shooting phase, when the bearer is selected to shoot, it can use this Enhancement. If it does, until the end of the phase, it can ignore Walls and closed Hatchways for the purposes of determining visibility, and the Range characteristic of ranged weapons it is equipped with is changed to 6".

Remote Lockdown
Electromartyrs Detachment

The Tech-Priest noospherically harmonises with the machine spirit of a nearby hatchway and seeks to render it stubbornly uncompliant to the foe.

Once per battle round, when an enemy unit attempts to operate a Hatchway, if that Hatchway is within 9" of and visible to the bearer, it can use this Enhancement. If it does, it can attempt to prevent that unit from operating that Hatchway as if the bearer was within 1" of that Hatchway.

Roll-offs
Some rules instruct players to roll off. To do so, both players roll one D6, and whoever scores highest wins the roll-off. If there is a tie for the highest roll, roll off again. Neither player is allowed to re-roll or modify any of the D6 when making a roll-off.
Beseech the Machine Spirits
Machine Cult Detachment

With acts of electroflagellation, the faithful seek the aid of the vessels systems.

At the end of the Move Units step of your Movement phase, the bearer can attempt to operate a Hatchway that is visible to and within 9" of it, instead of one within 1". When doing so, if your opponent attempts to prevent it, add the bearers Toughness characteristic to your result of the roll-off, instead of that of a friendly model within 1" of that Hatchway.

Starting Strength
The number of models a unit contains when it is added to your army is known as its Starting Strength.
Below Half-strength
Some rules will refer to a unit being Below Half-strength.
  • If a unit has a Starting Strength of 1, then it is said to be Below Half-strength while its remaining number of wounds is less than half of its Wounds characteristic.
  • For any other unit, while the number of models in that unit is less than half of its Starting Strength, that unit is said to be Below Half-strength.
Harmonic Discordator
Machine Cult Detachment

Voices cyber-modulated to hideously unsettling pitches, the faithful of the Omnissiah weaponise their hymnals.

In the Battle-shock step of your opponents Command phase, if an enemy unit that is below its Starting Strength is within 3" of the bearer, that unit must take a Battle-shock test. If that enemy unit is also Below Half-strength, subtract 1 from that test. This Enhancement cannot cause a unit to take two Battle-shock tests in the same phase.

Army List
Datasheets collated
Faction Rules
Introduction
Army Rules
Rad-Zone Corps
Skitarii Hunter Cohort
Data-Psalm Conclave
Explorator Maniple
Cohort Cybernetica
Crusade Rules
The Search For Archeotech
Boarding Actions
Electromartyrs
Response Clade
Machine Cult

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