Astra Militarum
The Astra Militarum is the sledgehammer of the Emperor, and its countless armies form the vast majority of the Imperium’s military might. Although often outclassed in terms of strength and technological advancement, the warriors and vehicles of the Imperial Guard stand together, relentlessly wearing down their enemies until nothing is left but a cratered wasteland.
Contents
Books
| Book | Kind | Edition | Version | Last update |
 Astra Militarum | ||||
| Astra Militarum | Index | 10 | October 2024 | |
 Imperial Armour: Astra Militarum | ||||
| Imperial Armour: Astra Militarum | Datasheet | 10 | October 2024 | |
 Munitorum Field Manual | ||||
| Munitorum Field Manual | Expansion | 10 | 1.13 | October 2024 |
 Legends Field Manual | ||||
| Legends Field Manual | Expansion | 10 | 1.9 | October 2024 |
 Boarding Actions | ||||
| Boarding Actions | Expansion | 10 | 1.0 | October 2024 |
| Legends: Astra Militarum | ||||
| Legends: Astra Militarum | Datasheet | 10 | September 2024 | |
| Imperial Armour: Astra Militarum Part 2 | ||||
| Imperial Armour: Astra Militarum Part 2 | Datasheet | 10 | September 2024 | |
| Balance Dataslate | ||||
| Balance Dataslate | Rulebook | 10 | June 2024 | September 2024 |
FAQ
Index: Astra Militarum
| Q: | Can an OFFICER targeted with the Inspired Command Stratagem still issue an Order if it has already issued a number of Orders during that battle round equal to the number listed on its datasheet? For example, if a Cadian Castellan issues one Order during my Command phase, can I use the Inspired Command Stratagem in my opponent’s next Command phase to issue another Order, even if it is the same battle round? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | If a Tank Commander is destroyed by anything other than an attack, can that model use its Death Befitting An Officer ability? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | If a Tank Commander is destroyed as a result of its own weapon’s [HAZARDOUS] ability, can that model use its Death Befitting An Officer ability? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | When a Tank Commander uses its Death Befitting An Officer ability, can it benefit from Big Guns Never Tire? |
| A: | Only if it is your Shooting phase. |
| Q: | Does a Scout Sentinel’s Daring Recon ability allow a unit shooting with an Indirect Fire weapon at a unit that is not visibile to it to score a hit on a Hit roll of less than a 4? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | Does the Kasrkin Warrior Elite ability stack with Ursula Creed’s Lord Castellan ability to allow them to be affected by three different Orders at once? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | Can the ROGAL DORN BATTLE TANK’s Ablative Plating ability be used against attacks that have the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | Does the ROGAL DORN BATTLE TANK’s Ablative Plating ability have to be used against the first attack allocated to it? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | Can any OFFICER in an Attached unit use the Master Vox ability while issuing an Order? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | Does URSULA CREED’s Tactical Genius ability allow the use of the Reinforcements! Stratagem? |
| A: | No. A destroyed unit is not on the battlefield and therefore not within range of any Aura abilities. |
| Q: | Does the KASRKIN’s Warrior Elite ability allow the same Order to be selected twice and for them to stack on this unit? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | Can the TANK COMMANDER’s Death Befitting an OFFICER ability allow it to shoot out of combat in the Fight phase? |
| A: | No. Big Guns Never Tire can only be used in the controlling player’s Shooting phase. |
Army Rules
Voice of Command
Raised and trained to instil unwavering obedience, officers of the Imperial Guard command authority and respect, and issue orders with imperious bellows that cut through the clamour of war.
If your Army Faction is ASTRA MILITARUM, OFFICER models with this ability can issue Orders. Each OFFICER’s datasheet will specify how many Orders it can issue in a battle round and which units are eligible to receive those Orders. Each time an OFFICER model issues an Order, select one of the Orders below, then select one eligible friendly unit within 6" of that OFFICER model to issue it to. OFFICER models can issue Orders in your Command phase and at the end of a phase in which they disembarked from a TRANSPORT or were set up on the battlefield.Until the start of your next Command phase, the unit you selected is affected by that Order. Unless otherwise stated, a unit can only be affected by one Order at a time (any Order subsequently issued to that unit replaces the current one). Orders cannot be issued to Battle-shocked units, and if a unit being affected by an Order becomes Battle-shocked, that Order ceases to affect that unit.
Move! Move! Move! Add 3" to the Move characteristic of models in this unit. |
Fix Bayonets! Improve the Weapon Skill characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in this unit by 1. |
Take Aim! Improve the Ballistic Skill characteristic of ranged weapons equipped by models in this unit by 1. |
First Rank, Fire! Second Rank, Fire! Improve the Attacks characteristic of Rapid Fire weapons equipped by models in this unit by 1. |
Take Cover! Improve the Save characteristic of models in this unit by 1 (this cannot improve a model’s Save to better than 3+). |
Duty and Honour! Improve the Leadership and Objective Control characteristics of models in this unit by 1. |
Combined Regiment
Detachment Rule
If your Army Faction is ASTRA MILITARUM, you can use this Combined Regiment Detachment rule.Born Soldiers
Regiments of numerous origins and tactical roles inculcate their soldiers from an early age with the legendary doctrines of the Tactica Imperium. Infantry and tank crews are drilled in close-range fire patterns in the expectation of being thrust into the front lines.
Each time a model in a REGIMENT unit from your army makes a ranged attack that targets a visible unit (excluding MONSTERS and VEHICLES), that attack has the [LETHAL HITS] ability.Each time a model in a SQUADRON unit from your army makes a ranged attack that targets a visible MONSTER or VEHICLE unit, that attack has the [LETHAL HITS] ability.
Stratagems
If you are using the Combined Regiment Detachment rule, you can use these Combined Regiment Stratagems.REINFORCEMENTS!
2CP
Combined Regiment – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
The Astra Militarum can call upon a nearly inexhaustible supply of warriors.
WHEN: Any phase.
TARGET: One REGIMENT unit from your army that was just destroyed. You can use this Stratagem on that unit even though it was just destroyed.
EFFECT: Add a new unit to your army identical to your destroyed unit, in Strategic Reserves, at its Starting Strength and with all of its wounds remaining.
RESTRICTIONS: This Stratagem cannot be used to return destroyed CHARACTER units to Attached units. You can only use this Stratagem once per battle.
TARGET: One REGIMENT unit from your army that was just destroyed. You can use this Stratagem on that unit even though it was just destroyed.
EFFECT: Add a new unit to your army identical to your destroyed unit, in Strategic Reserves, at its Starting Strength and with all of its wounds remaining.
RESTRICTIONS: This Stratagem cannot be used to return destroyed CHARACTER units to Attached units. You can only use this Stratagem once per battle.
FIELDS OF FIRE
2CP
Combined Regiment – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Astra Militarum combat doctrine utilises the concentration of focused firepower to hammer the foe from multiple angles.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One REGIMENT or SQUADRON unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: After your unit has resolved its attacks, select one enemy unit that was targeted by one or more of those attacks. Until the end of the phase, each time an attack is made against that enemy unit by a REGIMENT or SQUADRON model from your army, unless the attacking unit is Battle-shocked, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
TARGET: One REGIMENT or SQUADRON unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: After your unit has resolved its attacks, select one enemy unit that was targeted by one or more of those attacks. Until the end of the phase, each time an attack is made against that enemy unit by a REGIMENT or SQUADRON model from your army, unless the attacking unit is Battle-shocked, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
SUPPRESSION FIRE
1CP
Combined Regiment – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Ordered to focus a rapid and repeated volley of fire, soldiers are able to rattle even the staunchest foe with a blizzard of shots.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM INFANTRY unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase, and one enemy unit (excluding MONSTERS and VEHICLES).
EFFECT: If your ASTRA MILITARUM unit scores one or more hits against that enemy unit this phase, until the end of your opponent’s next turn, each time a model in that enemy unit makes an attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM INFANTRY unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase, and one enemy unit (excluding MONSTERS and VEHICLES).
EFFECT: If your ASTRA MILITARUM unit scores one or more hits against that enemy unit this phase, until the end of your opponent’s next turn, each time a model in that enemy unit makes an attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
EXPERT BOMBARDIERS
1CP
Combined Regiment – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Skilled in coordinating their targeting with forward spotter elements, this regiment’s artillery crews are capable of devastating precision shelling.
WHEN: Start of your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army equipped with a vox-caster, and one enemy unit that is visible to that unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an ASTRA MILITARUM model from your army makes an attack with an Indirect Fire weapon that targets that enemy unit, unless the attacking model is Battle-shocked, add 1 to the Hit roll.
TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army equipped with a vox-caster, and one enemy unit that is visible to that unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an ASTRA MILITARUM model from your army makes an attack with an Indirect Fire weapon that targets that enemy unit, unless the attacking model is Battle-shocked, add 1 to the Hit roll.
INSPIRED COMMAND
1CP
Combined Regiment – Epic Deed Stratagem
This officer is known for their strategic excellence, as are those they command. Honed over many years, their curt, well-established battle cant is wielded with consummate efficiency, reinforced by the inspirational example they themselves set.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Command phase.
TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM OFFICER unit from your army.
EFFECT: Your OFFICER can issue one Order as if it were your Command phase.
RESTRICTIONS: Your OFFICER cannot issue that Order to a Battle-shocked unit.
TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM OFFICER unit from your army.
EFFECT: Your OFFICER can issue one Order as if it were your Command phase.
RESTRICTIONS: Your OFFICER cannot issue that Order to a Battle-shocked unit.
ARMOURED MIGHT
2CP
Combined Regiment – Wargear Stratagem
The tanks of the Imperial Guard are armoured not only in reinforced plas-steel, but with devout faith in the Emperor and utter contempt for their foes.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM VEHICLE 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 an attack is allocated to your unit, subtract 1 from the Damage characteristic of that attack.
TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM VEHICLE 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 an attack is allocated to your unit, subtract 1 from the Damage characteristic of that attack.
Enhancements
If you are using the Combined Regiment Detachment rule, you can use these Combined Regiment Enhancements.
Ollanius the Pious is the epitome of Imperial sainthood, believed martyred at the hands of Horus himself. His death mask is a terrifying piece of craftsmanship, depicting in obsidian and void-fired bronze the agonised visage of a tortured angel. In the millennia since his passing, Ollanius’ death mask has been revered as a holy relic; loyal soldiers in the ancient artefact’s presence are granted the determination of the famous martyr himself. OFFICER model only. While the bearer’s unit is Battle-shocked, subtract 1 from the Objective Control characteristic of models in that unit, instead of changing it to 0. |
Expertly guiding their elite soldiers’ fire, this officer’s stentorian orders reinforce years of indoctrinated drills concerning the relentless application of accurate long-range volleys. OFFICER model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, each time a model in that unit makes a ranged attack, if that unit Remained Stationary this turn, a Critical Hit is scored on a successful unmodified Hit roll of 5+. |
Having commanded troops on countless battlefields, this veteran officer has borne witness to the manifold caprices of war. They have perfected just as many strategic responses, and bark out a constant stream of rapidly evolving orders as the situation demands. OFFICER model only. In your Command phase, the bearer can issue one additional Order in each battle round. |
General Kurov was one of the most gifted officers in Imperial history. Upon retirement, he recorded dozens of tactical treatises that were translated into vox-ghosts and uploaded into a two-headed avian servitor referred to as Kurov’s Aquila. An officer who possesses this prestigious tool can turn to it for guidance. In response, the servitor’s blindfolded head will vocalise the most relevant vox-ghost in Kurov’s commanding tones, lecturing its owner on counter-tactics. The other head’s eyes glow above its bound-shut beak as they project a hololithic display of Kurov himself, his image flickering as it reveals the manoeuvres of wars long past. OFFICER model only. Gain following ability: |
Boarding Actions
Introduction
Within the following pages you will find numerous Boarding Actions Detachments that can be used in your Boarding Actions games. Each lists which units you can include in your army, any modifications to those units’ army rule as presented in their Codex or Index, a Detachment rule unique to that Detachment, and a number of Enhancements and Stratagems that you can use.ARMY FACTION
A keyword that will be shared by all units in your army.
MUSTERING RULES
Which units you are allowed to include in your army.
FORMING BOARDING SQUADS
Any additional rules that will apply in the missions Form Boarding Squads step. Note that not all Detachments will have these.
RULES ADAPTATIONS
Some units will be unable to use certain abilities in Boarding Actions battles. Where this is the case, these units and their relevant abilities will be listed here.
A keyword that will be shared by all units in your army.
MUSTERING RULES
Which units you are allowed to include in your army.
FORMING BOARDING SQUADS
Any additional rules that will apply in the missions Form Boarding Squads step. Note that not all Detachments will have these.
RULES ADAPTATIONS
Some units will be unable to use certain abilities in Boarding Actions battles. Where this is the case, these units and their relevant abilities will be listed here.
ARMY RULE
Due to the distinct nature of close-quarters battle in Boarding Actions, most army rules require some modifications to their effects. Where this is the case, these will be described here.
DETACHMENT RULE
Each faction will have a number of different Detachments to choose from, each with its own Detachment rule to reflect the unique fighting methods of such forces.
ENHANCEMENTS
Further Enhancements that you can give to CHARACTER models from your army, beyond those(Boarding Actions Enhancments), will be found here.
STRATAGEMS
Additional Stratagems that you can use, in addition to those (Boarding Actions Stratagems), will be found here.
Due to the distinct nature of close-quarters battle in Boarding Actions, most army rules require some modifications to their effects. Where this is the case, these will be described here.
DETACHMENT RULE
Each faction will have a number of different Detachments to choose from, each with its own Detachment rule to reflect the unique fighting methods of such forces.
ENHANCEMENTS
Further Enhancements that you can give to CHARACTER models from your army, beyond those(Boarding Actions Enhancments), will be found here.
STRATAGEMS
Additional Stratagems that you can use, in addition to those (Boarding Actions Stratagems), will be found here.
Embarked Regiment
Astra Militarum regiments spend months, even years, travelling aboard voidships between war zones. Many fortify their billets during such long periods of inactivity, whether against the danger of hostile boarders, or to hide illicit activities from prying discipline masters!
Mustering a Boarding Patrol
You can include up to one of the following units:CADIAN CASTELLAN
CADIAN COMMAND SQUAD
GAUNT’S GHOSTS
'IRON HAND' STRAKEN
PLATOON COMMAND SQUAD
SLY MARBO
URSULA CREED
You can include up to one of the following units:
COMMISSAR
OGRYN BODYGUARD
NORK DEDDOG
PRIMARIS PSYKER
SERGEANT HARKER
You can include up to three of each of the following units:
CADIAN SHOCKTROOPS (10 models)
CATACHAN JUNGLE FIGHTERS (10 models)
DEATH KORPS OF KRIEG (10 models)
INFANTRY SQUAD (10 models)
You can include up to one of each of the following units:
BULLGRYN SQUAD (3 models)
KASRKIN (5 or 10 models)
RATLING SNIPERS (5 models)
OGRYN SQUAD (3 models)
Forming Boarding Squads
- In the Form Boarding Squads step, you must attach any LOYAL PROTECTOR models in your Boarding Patrol to a COMMAND SQUAD unit as specified in its Loyal Protector rule.
- The following units do not split into separate units in the Form Boarding Squads step:
Rules Adaptations
- The Master Vox wargear ability only allows the unit’s OFFICER to issue Orders to units up to 12" away, instead of up to 24" away, but when doing so Walls and closed Hatchways are ignored.
- The CADIAN SHOCKTROOPS unit loses the Shock Troops ability.
- The GAUNT’S GHOSTS unit loses the Covert Stealth Team ability.
- The NORK DEDDOG model loses the Thunderous Head-butt ability.
- The RATLING SNIPERS unit loses the Shoot Sharp and Scarper ability.
- The SLY MARBO model loses the Like Fighting a Shadow ability;
- The URSULA CREED model loses the Tactical Genius ability.
Direct Orders
Amidst the point-blank mayhem of shipboard battle, officers often find themselves directing scratch formations of hastily rallied soldiery.
Units from your army with the Voice of Command ability retain that ability and gain this one.Each time an OFFICER model in this unit issues an Order, that Order can be issued to any one friendly ASTRA MILITARUM unit within range, regardless of any keywords that unit is normally required to have.
Detachment Rule
Get Down!
At a shouted command from their superiors, Imperial Guardsmen throw themselves flat to the decks, allowing the ranks behind to fire over their heads.
Each time an ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army is selected to shoot, you can select one other friendly ASTRA MILITARUM unit (excluding OGRYN units). Until the end of the phase, models in the attacking unit can ignore models in that friendly unit for the purposes of determining visibility.Enhancements
Rigged Blind Grenades Whether intending to defend some contraband stash or as a precaution to slow down enemy boarding parties, the Imperial Guardsmen have booby trapped this hatch with a bundle of blind grenades. Once per battle, when an enemy unit opens a Hatchway, if the bearer is on the battlefield, it can use this Enhancement. If it does, roll one D6: on a 2+, that enemy unit is Battle-shocked. |
Shipboard Veteran This officer has coordinated more than their fair share of boarding actions and voidship defence actions, and knows precisely which strategic gambits will bring them victory in such conditions. Each time you target an ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army with a Stratagem, if that unit is visible to the bearer, roll one D6: on a 4+, you gain 1CP. |
Stratagems
AGAINST THE ODDS
1CP
Embarked Regiment – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Imperial Guardsmen faced by nightmarish foes in the close quarters of a boarding action may be driven to fight as never before to survive.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase.
TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army (excluding OGRYN units) that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, on a Critical Wound, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 2.
TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army (excluding OGRYN units) that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, on a Critical Wound, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 2.
DUCK AND COVER
1CP
Embarked Regiment – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Between training and the Human instinct for self-preservation, these soldiers manage to make the most of the available cover.
WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army (excluding OGRYN units) that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks and has one or more models on the opposite side of an open Hatchway from one or more models in the attacking unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army (excluding OGRYN units) that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks and has one or more models on the opposite side of an open Hatchway from one or more models in the attacking unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
IDLE HANDS
1CP
Embarked Regiment – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Spending a long time stuck in one section of a voidship leads bored soldiers to explore their surroundings and discover useful shortcuts in case of emergency.
WHEN: Your Movement phase.
TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase and is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
EFFECT: Select one closed Hatchway within 1" of your unit. Your unit can operate that Hatchway.
RESTRICTIONS: Until the end of the turn, your unit cannot operate a Hatchway again.
TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase and is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
EFFECT: Select one closed Hatchway within 1" of your unit. Your unit can operate that Hatchway.
RESTRICTIONS: Until the end of the turn, your unit cannot operate a Hatchway again.
BRUTAL CHOKE POINT
1CP
Embarked Regiment – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
The Tactica Imperialis teaches well how to exploit choke points to slaughter the foe. Its lessons transfer well to voidship corridors and chambers.
WHEN: Your opponent's Movement or Charge phase.
TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army (excluding OGRYN units) that has not fired Overwatch this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack while firing Overwatch, an unmodified Hit roll of 5+ is required to score a hit, instead of an unmodified 6.
TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army (excluding OGRYN units) that has not fired Overwatch this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack while firing Overwatch, an unmodified Hit roll of 5+ is required to score a hit, instead of an unmodified 6.
Tempestus Boarding Regiment
The Militarum Tempestus excel in high-intensity, fast-moving raids. Some of their regiments further refine these specialisms towards the boarding of voidships, storming vital locations to seize and scuttle the vessel or extract vital personnel from the foe’s clutches.
Mustering a Boarding Patrol
You can include up to one of the following unit:MILITARUM TEMPESTUS COMMAND SQUAD
You can include up to one of the following units:
COMMISSAR
OGRYN BODYGUARD
PRIMARIS PSYKER
You can include up to three of the following unit:
TEMPESTUS SCIONS (5 or 10 models)
You can include up to one of the following unit:
BULLGRYN SQUAD (3 models)
Forming Boarding Squads
In the Form Boarding Squads step, you must attach a LOYAL PROTECTOR model to a COMMAND SQUAD unit as specified in its Loyal Protector rule.Rules Adaptations
- TEMPESTUS SCIONS units can perform the Secure Site Tactical Manoeuvre as if they had the BATTLELINE keyword.
- The MILITARUM TEMPESTUS unit loses the Deep Strike ability.
Direct Orders
Amidst the point-blank mayhem of shipboard battle, officers often find themselves directing scratch formations of hastily rallied soldiery.
Units from your army with the Voice of Command ability retain that ability and gain this one.Each time an OFFICER model in this unit issues an Order, that Order can be issued to any one friendly ASTRA MILITARUM unit within range, regardless of any keywords that unit is normally required to have.
Detachment Rule
Purge-Sweep Protocols
Tempestus Scions are drilled to progress through voidships chamber by chamber, corridor by corridor, clearing each with blitzing firepower before sweeping on to the next.
Each time a MILITARUM TEMPESTUS unit from your army is selected to shoot, if one or more models in that unit are within 1" of an open Hatchway and every model in that unit is on the same side of that Hatchway, select one enemy unit on the opposite side of that Hatchway from that unit. Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [LETHAL HiTS] ability while targeting that enemy unit.Enhancements
Covert Breach Moving with stealth and urgency, these Scions have already bypassed the enemy’s outer defences before their presence is even detected. At the start of the first battle round, the bearer’s unit can make a Normal move of up to 6". |
Elimination Force Tasked with the destruction of a specific enemy asset, the Tempestus Scions focus their most lethal attentions against it as per their explicit orders. At the start of the first battle round, select one enemy unit. Each time a model in the bearer’s unit makes an attack that targets that enemy unit, if the Strength characteristic of that attack is less than the Toughness characteristic of that enemy unit, add 1 to the Wound roll. |
Stratagems
AGAINST THE ODDS
1CP
Tempestus Boarding Regiment – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Tempestus Scions are trained in a range of specialist hand-to-hand combat techniques. Coupled with combat stimms, these make them bruising foes.
WHEN: Fight phase.
TARGET: One MILITARUM TEMPESTUS unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Attacks and Strength characteristics of melee weapons equipped by models in your unit.
TARGET: One MILITARUM TEMPESTUS unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Attacks and Strength characteristics of melee weapons equipped by models in your unit.
DUCK AND COVER
1CP
Tempestus Boarding Regiment – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Employing coordinated helm chronos, the Scions execute a pre-arranged simultaneous tactical manoeuvre.
WHEN: Start of your Command phase.
TARGET: One OFFICER model from your army.
EFFECT: Select one Order your model can issue. Every ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army is issued that Order (regardless of any keywords those units are normally required to have).
RESTRICTIONS: Until the end of the turn, OFFICER models from your army cannot issue Orders. You can only use this Stratagem once.
TARGET: One OFFICER model from your army.
EFFECT: Select one Order your model can issue. Every ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army is issued that Order (regardless of any keywords those units are normally required to have).
RESTRICTIONS: Until the end of the turn, OFFICER models from your army cannot issue Orders. You can only use this Stratagem once.
IDLE HANDS
1CP
Tempestus Boarding Regiment – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Voidborne Scions are trained to swiftly goad the machine spirits of bulkheads and hatches, slamming them shut in their wake to trap the foe.
WHEN: Your Movement phase.
TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, after your unit ends a move, you can select one open Hatchway it moved through during that move; close that Hatchway.
TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, after your unit ends a move, you can select one open Hatchway it moved through during that move; close that Hatchway.
BRUTAL CHOKE POINT
1CP
Tempestus Boarding Regiment – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Emptying the magazines of their weapons in an indiscriminate hail of fire, the Scions create a zone of lethality that foes will struggle to advance into.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase, just after a MILITARUM TEMPESTUS unit from your army has shot.
TARGET: That MILITARUM TEMPESTUS unit.
EFFECT: Select one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks. Until the start of your next Shooting phase, subtract 2 from the Move characteristic of models in that enemy unit, and subtract 2 from Advance and Charge rolls made for it.
TARGET: That MILITARUM TEMPESTUS unit.
EFFECT: Select one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks. Until the start of your next Shooting phase, subtract 2 from the Move characteristic of models in that enemy unit, and subtract 2 from Advance and Charge rolls made for it.
The OFFICER keyword is used in the following Astra Militarum datasheets:
The and OFFICER keywords are used in the following Astra Militarum datasheets:
The TRANSPORT keyword is used in the following Astra Militarum datasheets:
Rapid Fire
Rapid fire weapons are capable of long-ranged precision shots or controlled bursts at nearby targets.
Weapons with [RAPID FIRE X] in their profile are known as Rapid Fire weapons. Each time such a weapon targets a unit within half that weapon’s range, the Attacks characteristic of that weapon is increased by the amount denoted by ‘x’.Example: A model targets a unit that is within half range of a weapon with an Attacks characteristic of 1 and the [RAPID FIRE 1] ability. That weapon therefore makes two attacks at the target, and you make two Hit rolls.
- [RAPID FIRE X]: Increase the Attacks by ‘x’ when targeting units within half range.
Voice of Command
Raised and trained to instil unwavering obedience, officers of the Imperial Guard command authority and respect, and issue orders with imperious bellows that cut through the clamour of war.
If your Army Faction is , OFFICER models with this ability can issue Orders. Each OFFICER’s datasheet will specify how many Orders it can issue in a battle round and which units are eligible to receive those Orders. Each time an OFFICER model issues an Order, select one of the Orders below, then select one eligible friendly unit within 6" of that OFFICER model to issue it to. OFFICER models can issue Orders in your Command phase and at the end of a phase in which they disembarked from a TRANSPORT or were set up on the battlefield.Until the start of your next Command phase, the unit you selected is affected by that Order. Unless otherwise stated, a unit can only be affected by one Order at a time (any Order subsequently issued to that unit replaces the current one). Orders cannot be issued to Battle-shocked units, and if a unit being affected by an Order becomes Battle-shocked, that Order ceases to affect that unit.
Move! Move! Move! Add 3" to the Move characteristic of models in this unit. |
Fix Bayonets! Improve the Weapon Skill characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in this unit by 1. |
Take Aim! Improve the Ballistic Skill characteristic of ranged weapons equipped by models in this unit by 1. |
First Rank, Fire! Second Rank, Fire! Improve the Attacks characteristic of Rapid Fire weapons equipped by models in this unit by 1. |
Take Cover! Improve the Save characteristic of models in this unit by 1 (this cannot improve a model’s Save to better than 3+). |
Duty and Honour! Improve the Leadership and Objective Control characteristics of models in this unit by 1. |
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:
- The Objective Control characteristic of all of its models is 0.
- If it Falls Back, you must take a Desperate Escape test for every model in that unit.
- Its controlling player cannot use Stratagems to affect that unit.
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.
INSPIRED COMMAND
1CP
Combined Regiment – Epic Deed Stratagem
This officer is known for their strategic excellence, as are those they command. Honed over many years, their curt, well-established battle cant is wielded with consummate efficiency, reinforced by the inspirational example they themselves set.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Command phase.
TARGET: One OFFICER unit from your army.
EFFECT: Your OFFICER can issue one Order as if it were your Command phase.
RESTRICTIONS: Your OFFICER cannot issue that Order to a Battle-shocked unit.
TARGET: One OFFICER unit from your army.
EFFECT: Your OFFICER can issue one Order as if it were your Command phase.
RESTRICTIONS: Your OFFICER cannot issue that Order to a Battle-shocked unit.
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 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.
Big Guns Never Tire
Monsters and war engines can dispense death from afar even as they trample the masses before them.
MONSTER and VEHICLE units are eligible to shoot in their controlling player’s Shooting phase even while they are within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units. Ranged weapons equipped by MONSTER and VEHICLE units can target one or more of the enemy units they are within Engagement Range of, even if other friendly units are also within Engagement Range of the same enemy unit. Each time a MONSTER or VEHICLE unit makes a ranged attack, if that unit was within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units when it selected its targets, unless that attack is made with a Pistol, subtract 1 from that attack’s Hit roll.You can select an enemy MONSTER or VEHICLE unit within Engagement Range of one or more units from your army as a target of ranged weapons. Each time a model from your army makes a ranged attack against such a target, unless that attack is made with a Pistol, subtract 1 from that attack’s Hit roll.
Designer’s Note: A unit that is within Engagement Range of an enemy MONSTER or VEHICLE unit is still not eligible to shoot, and so cannot make ranged attacks against that MONSTER or VEHICLE unit (unless that unit is eligible to shoot even while within Engagement Range of enemy units, e.g. it is itself a MONSTER or VEHICLE unit, or its models are equipped with Pistols). Other units from your army that are eligible to shoot can, however, target and shoot that enemy MONSTER or VEHICLE unit.
- MONSTERS and VEHICLES can shoot, and be shot at, even while they are within Engagement Range of enemy units. Each time a ranged attack is made by or against such a unit, subtract 1 from that attack’s Hit roll (unless shooting with a Pistol).
Indirect Fire
Indirect fire weapons launch munitions over or around intervening obstacles – nowhere is safe from their fury.
Weapons with [INDIRECT FIRE] in their profile are known as Indirect Fire weapons, and attacks can be made with them even if the target is not visible to the attacking model. These attacks can destroy enemy models in a target unit even though none may have been visible to the attacking unit when you selected that target.If no models in a target unit are visible to the attacking unit when you select that target, then each time a model in the attacking unit makes an attack against that target using an Indirect Fire weapon, subtract 1 from that attack’s Hit roll, an unmodified Hit roll of 1-3 always fails, and the target has the Benefit of Cover against that attack. Weapons with the [TORRENT] ability cannot be fired using the [INDIRECT FIRE] ability.
Example: An enemy unit is targeted by an attacking model equipped with a weapon with the [INDIRECT FIRE] ability. No models in the target unit are visible to the attacking model, so when resolving the attacks made with that weapon, subtract 1 from that attack’s Hit roll an unmodified Hit roll of 1-3 always fails, and each time an attack is allocated to a model in the target unit, it has the Benefit of Cover against that attack.
- Can target and make attacks against units that are not visible to the attacking unit.
- If no models are visible in a target unit when it is selected, then when making an attack against that target with an Indirect Fire weapon, subtract 1 from that attack’s Hit roll, an unmodified Hit roll of 1-3 always fails, and the target has the Benefit of Cover against that attack.
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.
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.
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).
The REGIMENT keyword is used in the following Astra Militarum datasheets:
Other
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.
Starting Strength
The number of models a unit contains when it is added to your army is known as its Starting Strength.
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 Astra Militarum datasheets:
Characters
REINFORCEMENTS!
2CP
Combined Regiment – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
The Astra Militarum can call upon a nearly inexhaustible supply of warriors.
WHEN: Any phase.
TARGET: One REGIMENT unit from your army that was just destroyed. You can use this Stratagem on that unit even though it was just destroyed.
EFFECT: Add a new unit to your army identical to your destroyed unit, in Strategic Reserves, at its Starting Strength and with all of its wounds remaining.
RESTRICTIONS: This Stratagem cannot be used to return destroyed CHARACTER units to Attached units. You can only use this Stratagem once per battle.
TARGET: One REGIMENT unit from your army that was just destroyed. You can use this Stratagem on that unit even though it was just destroyed.
EFFECT: Add a new unit to your army identical to your destroyed unit, in Strategic Reserves, at its Starting Strength and with all of its wounds remaining.
RESTRICTIONS: This Stratagem cannot be used to return destroyed CHARACTER units to Attached units. You can only use this Stratagem once per battle.
Aura Abilities
Some abilities affect multiple models or units in a given range. These are known as Aura abilities and are tagged with the word ‘Aura’. A model with an Aura ability is always within range of its own Aura ability. A unit can be affected by more than one Aura ability at a time, but if a unit is within range of the same Aura ability more than once, that Aura ability only applies to that unit once.
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.The SQUADRON keyword is used in the following Astra Militarum datasheets:
Characters
Other
The and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Astra Militarum datasheets:
Characters
Other
The and VEHICLE keywords are used in the following Astra Militarum datasheets:
Characters
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Remain Stationary
If a unit Remains Stationary, none of its models can be moved for the rest of the phase.
The LOYAL PROTECTOR keyword is used in the following Astra Militarum datasheets:
The COMMAND SQUAD keyword is used in the following Astra Militarum datasheets:
The OGRYN keyword is used in the following Astra Militarum datasheets:
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.
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.
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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.
The MILITARUM TEMPESTUS keyword is used in the following Astra Militarum datasheets:
Characters
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.
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.
- 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.
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