Chaos Daemons
Creatures of primal malevolence, Daemons are birthed from the accumulated sins and passions of the mortal races, and given form and will by the Dark Gods of Chaos. Invested with the cruel malice of their creators, they will not rest until reality itself is torn asunder and every soul in the galaxy devoured.
Books
| Book | Kind | Edition | Version | Last update |
 Chaos Daemons | ||||
| Chaos Daemons | Index | 10 | March 2025 | |
 Legends: Legiones Daemonica | ||||
| Legends: Legiones Daemonica | Datasheet | 10 | March 2025 | |
 Grotmas Calendar: Chaos Daemons - Legion of Excess | ||||
| Grotmas Calendar: Chaos Daemons - Legion of Excess | Expansion | 10 | March 2025 | |
 Munitorum Field Manual | ||||
| Munitorum Field Manual | Expansion | 10 | 2.3 | March 2025 |
| Legends Field Manual | ||||
| Legends Field Manual | Expansion | 10 | 2.1 | March 2025 |
 Balance Dataslate | ||||
| Balance Dataslate | Rulebook | 10 | March 2025 | March 2025 |
| Grotmas Calendar: Chaos Daemons - Scintillating Legion | ||||
| Grotmas Calendar: Chaos Daemons - Scintillating Legion | Expansion | 10 | December 2024 | |
| Grotmas Calendar: Chaos Daemons - Blood Legion | ||||
| Grotmas Calendar: Chaos Daemons - Blood Legion | Expansion | 10 | December 2024 | |
| Grotmas Calendar: Chaos Daemons - Plague Legion | ||||
| Grotmas Calendar: Chaos Daemons - Plague Legion | Expansion | 10 | December 2024 | |
 Boarding Actions | ||||
| Boarding Actions | Expansion | 10 | 1.0 | October 2024 |
 Chaos Space Marines | ||||
| Chaos Space Marines | Codex | 10 | October 2024 | |
| Legends: Heretic Astartes | ||||
| Legends: Heretic Astartes | Datasheet | 10 | September 2024 | |
FAQ
Index: Chaos Daemons
| Q: | When using the Daemonic Pact rule to add LEGIONES DAEMONICA units to my army, are any of the Shadow of Chaos army rules in effect (including Daemonic Manifestation and Daemonic Terror)? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | If a Pink Horror or a Blue Horror is destroyed as a result of its own weapon’s [HAZARDOUS] ability, can that model’s unit use its Split ability? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | When I return models to a unit of Blue Horrors that began the battle as a unit of Pink Horrors, can I return Pink Horrors to that unit? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | When I return models to a unit of Blue Horrors that began the battle as a unit of Pink Horrors, can I return models to that unit to bring it above the Starting Strength of that unit of Pink Horrors? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | Do PINK HORRORS’ and BLUE HORRORS’ Split abilities trigger when the damage is dealt by something other than an attack? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | Does BE’LAKOR’s The Dark Master ability allow it to be set up closer than 9" to enemy models, in a location that is not otherwise within my army’s Shadow of Chaos, using the Warp Rifts Detachment rule? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | Do the Greater Daemon of Slaanesh, Greater Daemon of Nurgle, Greater Daemon of Khorne or Greater Daemon of Tzeentch abilities allow a unit that has one of those abilities to be set up closer than 9" to enemy models, in a location that is not otherwise within my army’s Shadow of Chaos, using the Warp Rifts Detachment rule? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | If there are no objective markers within No Man’s Land or within my opponent’s deployment zone, does The Shadow of Chaos affect those areas of the battlefield? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | If a unit of PINK HORRORS suffers casualties such that there are no Pink Horror models left, and it then uses the BLUE HORRORS datasheet, what is the Starting Strength of that Blue Horrors unit? |
| A: | The Starting Strength of that BLUE HORRORS unit is the same as the Starting Strength of the original PINK HORRORS unit when it was added to your army list. |
| Q: | Does using the Insane Bravery Stratagem on a LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit mean that unit is considered to have taken a Battle-shock test? |
| A: | Yes, it is considered to have taken a test and passed it. |
Army Rules
The Shadow of Chaos
When daemons pour into realspace, maelstroms of warp energy spill through in their wake. Manifest emotion and unbridled, nightmarish forces twist all that they touch, reshaping the landscape into bizarre forms while tormenting mortal beings to madness. To be embroiled in such tempests is to endure conditions utterly anathema to the fundamental laws of reality, provoking primal terror in even the most emotionless warriors.
If your Army Faction is LEGIONES DAEMONICA, certain areas of the battlefield are considered to be within your army’s Shadow of Chaos, as follows:- Your deployment zone is always within your army’s Shadow of Chaos.
- At the start of any phase, if you control at least half of the objective markers within No Man’s Land, until the end of that phase, No Man’s Land is within your army’s Shadow of Chaos.
- At the start of any phase, if you control at least half of the objective markers within your opponent’s deployment zone, until the end of that phase, your opponent’s deployment zone is within your army’s Shadow of Chaos.
DAEMONIC MANIFESTATION While a LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army is within your army’s Shadow of Chaos, each time that unit takes a Battle-shock test, add 1 to that test and, if that test is passed, one model in that unit regains up to D3 lost wounds (if that unit is a BATTLELINE unit and that test is passed, up to D3 destroyed models can be returned to that unit instead). |
DAEMONIC TERROR While an enemy unit is within your army’s Shadow of Chaos and/or it is within 6" of one or more BLOODTHIRSTER, GREAT UNCLEAN ONE, KAIROS FATEWEAVER, KEEPER OF SECRETS, LORD OF CHANGE, ROTIGUS, SHALAXI HELBANE or SKARBRAND units from your army, each time that unit takes a Battle-shock test, subtract 1 from that test and, if that test is failed, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds. |
Daemonic Pact
When the mortal servants of the Dark Gods march to war, the most favoured may find daemonic entities accompanying them.
If every model from your army has the CHAOS keyword, you can include LEGIONES DAEMONICA units in your army, even if they do not have the Faction keyword you selected in the Select Army Faction step. The combined points cost of such units you can include depends on your battle size, as shown below.
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None of these models can be your WARLORD, and they cannot be given Enhancements. In addition:
- If your Army Faction is WORLD EATERS, you can only include KHORNE LEGIONES DAEMONICA units using these rules.
- If your Army Faction is THOUSAND SONS, you can only include TZEENTCH LEGIONES DAEMONICA units using these rules.
- If your Army Faction is DEATH GUARD, you can only include NURGLE LEGIONES DAEMONICA units using these rules.
- If your WARLORD is LUCIUS THE ETERNAL, you can only include SLAANESH LEGIONES DAEMONICA units using these rules.
In addition, for each of the following keywords, the number of non-BATTLELINE units with that keyword you include in this way cannot be greater than the number of BATTLELINE units with that keyword you include in this way:
- KHORNE
- TZEENTCH
- NURGLE
- SLAANESH
Daemonic Incursion
Detachment Rule
If your Army Faction is LEGIONES DAEMONICA, you can use this Daemonic Incursion Detachment rule.Warp Rifts
Daemonic legions tear through the fabric of realspace, malevolent entities flickering into being like phantasms from a nightmare. Worse still, as terror and panic take hold of their victims, so their mortal souls become ever easier prey for the entities pouring through from the warp.
Each time a LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army is set up on the battlefield using the Deep Strike ability, if it is set up wholly within your army’s Shadow of Chaos, and/or if it is set up wholly within 6" of one or more friendly BLOODTHIRSTER, GREAT UNCLEAN ONE, KAIROS FATEWEAVER, KEEPER OF SECRETS, LORD OF CHANGE, ROTIGUS, SHALAXI HELBANE or SKARBRAND units with which it shares the KHORNE, TZEENTCH, NURGLE or SLAANESH keyword, it can be set up anywhere that is more than 6" horizontally away from all enemy models, instead of more than 9".Stratagems
If you are using the Daemonic Incursion Detachment rule, you can use these Daemonic Incursion Stratagems.TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army that is within range of an objective marker you control.
EFFECT: That objective marker is said to be Corrupted and 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. In addition, while an objective marker is Corrupted and under your control, the area of the battlefield within 6" of that objective marker is considered to be within your army’s Shadow of Chaos.
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army that is within your army’s Shadow of Chaos.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit is eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced.
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of weapons equipped by models in that unit by 1. In addition, until the end of the phase, each time such a weapon targets a unit that is Battle-shocked, you can re-roll the Wound roll.
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army that is arriving using the Deep Strike ability this phase.
EFFECT: Your unit can be set up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 6" horizontally away from all enemy models.
TARGET: Up to two LEGIONES DAEMONICA units from your army that are within your army’s Shadow of Chaos, or one other LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army.
EFFECT: Remove the targeted units from the battlefield and place them into Strategic Reserves. They will arrive back on the battlefield in the Reinforcements step of your next Movement phase using the Deep Strike ability.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot target units that are within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units with this Stratagem.
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of that enemy unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an invulnerable saving throw is made for a model in your unit, re-roll a saving throw of 1.
Enhancements
If you are using the Daemonic Incursion Detachment rule, you can use these Daemonic Incursion Enhancements.
When a daemon is bound within a weapon by its infernal master, it rarely submits willingly to this terrible incarceration. The same cannot be said for A’rgath. A lifetime of slaughter and zealous dedication saw this butcher granted daemonhood. Such was his devotion to Khorne that instead of accepting immortality as a Daemon Prince, he instead chose to take the form of a deadly blade so that he could spill the lifeblood of Khorne’s greatest enemies. Their hand guided by A’rgath’s spirit, this weapon’s wielder becomes nigh on unstoppable. Countless are the rival champions and mortal heroes that have fallen to his power. KHORNE LEGIONES DAEMONICA model only. Add 1 to the Attacks and Strength characteristics of the bearer’s melee weapons. While the bearer is within your army’s Shadow of Chaos, add 2 to the Attacks and Strength characteristics of the bearer’s melee weapons instead. |
This gluttonous blade gulps down the souls of its victims before invigorating the corporeal form of its wielder. Its greed stems from the starving Keeper of Secrets bound within – an arrogant entity that sought to devour enough Aeldari souls to challenge Slaanesh itself. As punishment for the daemon’s monstrous hubris, Slaanesh trapped it within Soulstealer, condemning the Keeper of Secrets to sustain other daemons with its frenzied appetite while retaining nothing for itself. SLAANESH LEGIONES DAEMONICA model only. Each time the bearer destroys an enemy model with a melee attack, roll one D6, adding 1 to the result if the bearer is within your army’s Shadow of Chaos. On a 4+, the bearer regains 1 lost wound. |
Only the most accomplished plague daemons are granted the Endless Gift. A disease of unutterable malignancy and repulsive beneficence, it changes form constantly from plague to infestation to malaise. The one constant is its ability to reknit its sufferer’s corporeal form from even the most catastrophic of wounds. One moment, infernal bacteria may multiply like wildfire until their gelid mass fills a fleshy rent with fresh daemon-flesh. The next, pestilential vapours may billow from the daemon’s yawning maw, veiling its ravaged bulk before tattering away to reveal a form healed of its recent hurts. NURGLE LEGIONES DAEMONICA model only. The bearer has the Feel No Pain 5+ ability. While the bearer is within your army’s Shadow of Chaos, the bearer has the Feel No Pain 4+ ability instead. |
This staff blazes with vibrant warpflame. As soon as its master takes up the eldritch weapon, they too are wreathed in the same daemonic fire. From within this magenta inferno, the Everstave’s daemonic bearer hurls searing gouts of Tzeentch’s pink fire, turning armour to ash and immolating or irrevocably mutating the flesh beneath. TZEENTCH LEGIONES DAEMONICA model only. Add 1 to the Strength characteristic of the bearer’s ranged weapons and increase the Range characteristic of such weapons by 3". While the bearer is within your army’s Shadow of Chaos, add 2 to the Strength characteristic of the bearer’s ranged weapons and increase the Range characteristic of such weapons by 6" instead. |
Shadow Legion
Thralls of the First Prince
- CHAOS LORD
- CHAOS LORD IN TERMINATOR ARMOUR
- CHAOS LORD WITH JUMP PACK
- CHAOS TERMINATOR SQUAD
- CHOSEN
- DAMNED units
- DARK APOSTLE
- HAVOCS
- LEGIONARIES
- MASTER OF POSSESSION
- POSSESSED
- RAPTORS
- SORCERER
- SORCERER IN TERMINATOR ARMOUR
- WARP TALONS
The combined points value of such units depends on your battle size, as shown below.
- Incursion: Up to 500 pts
- Strike Force: Up to 1000 pts
- Onslaught: Up to 1500 pts
BE’LAKOR and HERETIC ASTARTES units from your army gain the SHADOW LEGION and UNDIVIDED keywords.
LEGIONES DAEMONICA units from your army gain the SHADOW LEGION keyword.
First Prince of Chaos
Elevated to the status of Daemon Prince by the combined might of the four Dark Gods of Chaos, Be’lakor exudes unimaginable power.
Units from your army have the relevant abilities presented below.MURDERER’S COWL The most murderous seek not to hide in the Dark Master’s pall. The shadows extend before them, offering a rapid route to slaughter. SHADOW LEGION KHORNE units only.This unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced. |
PENUMBRAL PUPPETRY Mutative agents of change, touched by the Dark Master’s umbral aura, summon illusory magicks to confound and confuse their desperate foes. SHADOW LEGION TZEENTCH units only. Each time an attack targets this unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll. |
GLOAM ROT Borne upon the gloaming wisp of Be’lakor’s shadow, this debilitating curse atrophies muscle and withers flesh, greatly weakening its victims. SHADOW LEGION NURGLE units only. Each time an attack targets this unit, if the Strength characteristic of that attack is greater than this unit’s Toughness characteristic, subtract 1 from the Wound roll. |
SHADOW’S CARESS The Dark Master’s shadow falls across his thralls, masking their approach. SHADOW LEGION SLAANESH units only. Enemy units cannot use the Fire Overwatch Stratagem to shoot at this unit. |
DISCIPLES OF BE’LAKOR Be’lakor’s immortal ego draws into his orbit those as yet unclaimed by any one Chaos God. Their hate-filled pacts are made to the entire fell pantheon, and the dangerous boons they receive see them plunged along paths of perpetual night straight into the enemy’s midst. SHADOW LEGION UNDIVIDED units only.
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Stratagems
If you are using the Shadow Legion Detachment rule, you can use these Shadow Legion Stratagems.TARGET: That SHADOW LEGION unit. You can use this Stratagem on that unit even though it was just destroyed.
EFFECT: Roll one D6 for each enemy unit that is within Engagement Range of the last model in your unit, adding 2 to the result if your unit has the SLAANESH keyword: on a 4-5, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds; on a 6+, that enemy unit suffers 3 mortal wounds.
TARGET: One SHADOW LEGION unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [LANCE] ability. If your unit has the KHORNE keyword, until the end of the phase, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of those weapons by 1 as well.
TARGET: One SHADOW LEGION unit from your army.
EFFECT: One model in your unit regains up to 3 lost wounds. In addition, If your unit has the TZEENTCH keyword, return up to one destroyed model (excluding CHARACTER models) to your unit with its full wounds remaining.
TARGET: Up to one SHADOW LEGION HERETIC ASTARTES unit from your army and up to one SHADOW LEGION LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army. You can only select units that arrived from Reserves this turn.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, weapons equipped by models in your selected units have the [IGNORES COVER] ability.
TARGET: One SHADOW LEGION unit from your army that was selected as a target of that charge.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, subtract 2 from Charge rolls made for that enemy unit. In addition, if your unit has the NURGLE keyword, that enemy unit must take a Battle-shock test.
TARGET: Up to one SHADOW LEGION HERETIC ASTARTES unit from your army and up to one SHADOW LEGION LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army. You can only select units that are not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
EFFECT: Remove those selected units from the battlefield and place them into Strategic Reserves.
Enhancements
If you are using the Shadow Legion Detachment rule, you can use these Shadow Legion Enhancements.
Seen only in flashes, this warrior traverses the darkness with supernatural speed and stealth, emerging where least expected. SHADOW LEGION model only. Models in the bearer’s unit have the Scouts 9" ability. |
This warrior is mantled in the dread energies of the immaterium. With but a thought, they can extrude from their gloaming mantle coils of grasping darkness, the chill touch of which is enough to erode the confidence of even the mightiest champion. SHADOW LEGION model only. While an enemy unit is within Engagement Range of the bearer’s unit, subtract 1 from the Objective Control characteristic of models in that enemy unit. |
Having slaughtered their prey, this thrall of the Dark Master opens a twilit gate, returning to the gloom and preparing for their next assault. SHADOW LEGION model only. At the end of the Fight phase, if the bearer’s unit destroyed one or more enemy units this phase and is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, you can remove the bearer’s unit from the battlefield and place it into Strategic Reserves. |
This champion of Chaos weaponises their own twisted and blackened spirit, projecting talons wrought of concentrated madness and fury that rake through mind, body and soul. SHADOW LEGION model only. At the start of the Fight phase, select one enemy unit within Engagement Range of the bearer’s unit and roll one D6: on a 2-5, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds; on a 6, that enemy unit suffers 3 mortal wounds. |
Blood Legion
The daemon legions of Khorne burst into realspace like blood from an artery. Bloodcrushers pound the ground as they lead the charge, slamming into the enemy lines with avalanche force. Behind them come snarling Flesh Hounds and gore-slick Bloodletters, the bellow of brazen war horns sounding their massed charge. Through the clangour of blades and screams, a new sound cuts the air as flaming skulls whistle down to explode amongst the enemy, spat from the maws of Skull Cannons to inflict maximum slaughter. Then, the dark shadow of outstretched wings spreads over the foe. Roaring bloody murder, the Bloodthirsters of Khorne slam down from on high to unleash carnage beyond the imaginings of mortal warriors. As severed heads tumble and blood falls like monsoon rain, crimson doom engulfs the enemy altogether.
Murdercall
The daemons of Khorne are physical manifestations of rage, hate and the desperate need to shed blood. For as long as their physical forms remain in realspace, they will never cease their murderous rampage.
Each time an enemy unit (excluding AIRCRAFT) ends a Normal or Advance move within 6" of one or more LEGIONES DAEMONICA KHORNE units from your army, one of those LEGIONES DAEMONICA KHORNE units can make a Surge move towards that enemy unit. To do so, roll one D6: models in your unit move a number of inches up to this result, but your unit must end that move as close as possible to that enemy unit. When doing so, those models can be moved within Engagement Range of that enemy unit. A unit cannot make a Surge move while it is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.Blood Tainted
Lifeblood spilt by the daemons of Khorne is tainted by their infernal touch, staining the ground dark with murder.
At the end of a phase in which a LEGIONES DAEMONICA KHORNE unit from your army destroyed an enemy unit that was within range of an objective marker at the start of the phase, if your unit has a higher Level of Control over that objective marker, that objective marker remains under your control until your opponent’s Level of Control over that objective marker is greater than yours at the end of a phase.Enhancements
This servant of Khorne is a walking nexus of bloodthirst, its mere presence whetting the keen edges of daemonic blades and appetites alike for slaughter. LEGIONES DAEMONICA KHORNE model only. While a friendly LEGIONES DAEMONICA KHORNE unit (excluding MONSTERS) is within 6" of the bearer, weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [LANCE] ability. |
The Bloodthirster bound within this weapon offers the wielder immense power but seeks every way to turn its towering wrath upon its jailer. LEGIONES DAEMONICA KHORNE MONSTER model only. Each time the bearer is selected to fight, it can use this Enhancement. If it does, the bearer suffers D3+1 mortal wounds, and until the end of the phase, each time it makes an attack, you can re-roll the Hit roll and you can re-roll the Wound roll. |
This daemon’s maw and throat are forged from burning brass, transforming its war cries into a deafening clarion that calls the Blood Legion to war. LEGIONES DAEMONICA KHORNE model only. Add 2 to Charge rolls made for the bearer’s unit. |
Concealed within this daemon’s form is a portal into the depths of Khorne’s realm. Anointed with gore and thrown wide by the daemon’s corporeal demise, it expands like a bloody singularity to drag everything in reach into the screaming maelstrom of the Warp. LEGIONES DAEMONICA KHORNE MONSTER model only. The bearer’s Deadly Demise ability inflicts mortal wounds on a D6 roll of 2+ instead of on a 6. In addition, if the bearer has destroyed one or more enemy units this battle, the bearer has the Deadly Demise D3+3 ability, instead of any other Deadly Demise ability on its datasheet. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA KHORNE 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 by a melee attack, if that model has not fought this phase, roll one D6: on a 4+, do not remove the destroyed model from play; it can fight after the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, and is then removed from play.
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA KHORNE unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a move, it can move through terrain features.
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA KHORNE INFANTRY or LEGIONES DAEMONICA KHORNE MOUNTED unit from your army (excluding units that Fell Back this turn) that is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
EFFECT: Select one enemy unit that is not within Engagement Range of one or more units from your army and is within 8" of and visible to your unit. Roll six D6: for each 4+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound.
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA KHORNE unit from your army that has not been selected to charge this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit is eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced.
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA KHORNE unit from your army that is within 6" of that enemy unit and would be eligible to declare a charge against that enemy unit.
EFFECT: Your unit now declares a charge that targets only that enemy unit, and you resolve that charge. Note that even if that charge is successful, your unit does not receive any Charge bonus this turn.
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA KHORNE 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, models in your unit have a Save characteristic of 3+.
Legion of Excess
The legions of Slaanesh surge into battle like a blood-spattered carnival run mad. It is a revel where every swathe of diaphanous silk is braided with screaming souls, and every beautiful smile stretches into a needle-fanged leer of cruellest hunger. The presence of these entities is enough to drive mortals mad as the horrific evidence of their eyes wars with forbidden desire welling inside them like bile. Engulfed in intoxicating mists, they struggle to raise weapons against Daemonettes and Fiends whose every caress bears a razor’s edge. Wailing in blissful torment, they drop to their knees before towering Keepers of Secrets, pleading for gifts of agony the daemons gladly dole out. Willingly, they hurl themselves beneath the hooves of Seekers and the threshing blades of Hellflayers. Against such insidious foes, what hope of victory can there be?
Beguiling Aura
The daemons of the Dark Prince can bewitch the minds of their foes, appearing in one moment as their true and nightmarish selves and in the next as the object of their foes’ most forbidden desires or devoted affections. Enemies are left foundering and bewildered as the daemons weave their sinuous dances around them and trill their nerve-shredding siren songs.
LEGIONES DAEMONICA SLAANESH units from your army are eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which they Fell Back.Seductive Gambit
Temptation is a deadly weapon in the arsenal of the daemons of Slaanesh. To tease warriors’ pride with visions of martial glory or to lure the deluded and desperate into a bladed embrace, they delight in dangling themselves like bait or feigning helpless weakness, then striking with savage release at their overextended foes.
LEGIONES DAEMONICA SLAANESH units from your army have the following ability:Seductive Gambit: Each time this unit ends a Charge move, you can declare it will perform a Seductive Gambit. If you do, until the end of the turn, this unit does not have the Fights First ability, but instead, each time a model in this unit makes an attack, you can re-roll a Hit roll of 1 and you can re-roll a Wound roll of 1. If this unit is within your army’s Shadow of Chaos, you can instead re-roll the Hit roll and you can re-roll a Wound roll of 1.
Enhancements
Dripping poisonous finery and stalking across the battlefield with regal arrogance, this daemon evokes in its fellows the jealous need to outshine its magnificence. LEGIONES DAEMONICA SLAANESH model only. While a friendly LEGIONES DAEMONICA SLAANESH unit (excluding MONSTERS) is within 6" of the bearer, each time a model in that unit makes a melee attack, add 1 to the Wound roll. |
This gilded circlet fills mortal minds with waking dreams potent enough to intoxicate and distract even the most disciplined or alien combatants, leaving them easy prey for the daemons of Slaanesh. LEGIONES DAEMONICA SLAANESH model only. While a friendly LEGIONES DAEMONICA SLAANESH unit (excluding MONSTERS) is within 6" of the bearer, each time a model in that unit makes a melee attack, add 1 to the Hit roll. |
This entity is the corporeal embodiment of selfish arrogance, fighting best when it fights alone. LEGIONES DAEMONICA SLAANESH MONSTER model only. At the start of each phase, if there are no other friendly units within 6" of the bearer, you can: re-roll Advance rolls made for the bearer; re-roll Charge rolls made for the bearer; ignore any or all modifiers to its Move characteristic and to any Advance and/or Charge rolls made for the bearer. |
This daemon lord guzzles souls, its bloated corporeality reknitting with each fresh morsel. LEGIONES DAEMONICA SLAANESH MONSTER model only. At the end of the Fight phase, if one or more enemy models were destroyed this phase as a result of one or more of the bearer’s attacks, it can use this Enhancement. If it does, it regains up to D3 lost wounds. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That LEGIONES DAEMONICA SLAANESH unit.
EFFECT: Select one other friendly LEGIONES DAEMONICA SLAANESH unit that is within 9" of and visible to your unit. Until the end of the phase, while the selected unit is on the battlefield, each time a model in your unit would lose a wound, inflict 1 mortal wound on the selected unit instead.
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA SLAANESH MONSTER unit or up to two LEGIONES DAEMONICA SLAANESH units (excluding MONSTERS) from your army that have not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in one of those units makes an attack, add 1 to the Wound roll.
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA SLAANESH MONSTER unit from your army that is on the battlefield.
EFFECT: Each unit on the battlefield that is within your army’s Shadow of Chaos must take a Battle-shock test, subtracting 1 from that test if they are Below Half-strength.
Designer’s Note: This Stratagem forces all friendly and enemy units alike within your army’s Shadow of Chaos to take a Battle-shock test. This can allow a Chaos Daemons player to heal units from their army through the Daemonic Terror army rule, at the risk of causing some of their own units to become Battle-shocked.
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA SLAANESH unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a move, it can move through terrain features.
TARGET: That LEGIONES DAEMONICA SLAANESH unit.
EFFECT: Select one enemy unit within Engagement Range of your unit, then roll one D6 for each model in your unit that is within Engagement Range of that enemy unit, or roll six D6 instead if your unit is a MONSTER unit: for each 4+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound.
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA SLAANESH 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 targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
Plague Legion
One moment, reality is a place of rationality. The next, the veil separating realspace from the Warp strains, then bursts like a fatted boil and from the suppurating rent spill the daemon legions of Nurgle. Despair spreads before them like vomit soaking into pristine silk. Miasmal clouds engulf the foe, causing flesh to blister and slough, metal to fur with rust, and hope itself to rot away into dread misery. Already disoriented and gripped by gloom, the enemy now faces rank upon rank of rotted horrors as Plaguebearers slouch toward them, shepherded by the mountainous bulks of Great Unclean Ones. With tittering tides of Nurglings flowing like sharp-fanged effluent about their legs, Beasts of Nurgle bounding through their lines like living boulders, and malevolent Plague Drones thrumming down from above, the enemy’s nightmare is just beginning.
Melancholic Miasma
To fight the daemons of Nurgle is to endure their entropic assaults upon both the physical and spiritual battlefields. The horror of inevitable decay claws at the souls of their victims even as the daemons’ splintered talons rake their flesh, heralding nightmarish putrefaction and impending doom.
While an enemy unit is within 9" of one or more LEGIONES DAEMONICA NURGLE units from your army, that enemy unit is within your army’s Shadow of Chaos. In each player’s Command phase, select one enemy unit within your army’s Shadow of Chaos. That unit must take a Battle-shock test.Enhancements
The mere presence of this corrosive monstrosity is enough to rot the very stuff of reality and all who inhabit it. LEGIONES DAEMONICA NURGLE model only. Each time an enemy unit (excluding MONSTERS and VEHICLES) that is within 6" of the bearer fails a Battle-shock test, the bearer can use this Enhancement. If it does, one model in that unit is destroyed (chosen by its controlling player). Each time the bearer uses this Enhancement, no mortal wounds are inflicted by your army’s Daemonic Terror rule. |
This daemon’s flesh is pocked with foul mouths that mumble curses to rot the minds of all who hear them. LEGIONES DAEMONICA NURGLE model only. In your Shooting phase, select one enemy unit within 6" of the bearer; that enemy unit must take a Battle-shock test. Then roll one D6: on a 3+, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds. Each time the bearer uses this Enhancement, no mortal wounds are inflicted by your army’s Daemonic Terror rule. |
This sentient cowl of daemonic plague flies roars and whirls with cyclonic force, obscuring even the most hulking and bloated daemonic bearer. LEGIONES DAEMONICA NURGLE MONSTER model only. While a friendly LEGIONES DAEMONICA NURGLE unit is within 6" of the bearer, that unit can only be targeted by a ranged attack if the attacking model is within 18". |
This entity’s foul breath expels clouds of rust pox spores, which gnaw into all they settle upon. LEGIONES DAEMONICA NURGLE MONSTER model only. While a friendly LEGIONES DAEMONICA NURGLE unit is within 6" of the bearer, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of weapons equipped by models in that unit by 1. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA NURGLE unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, an unmodified Hit roll of 5+ scores a Critical Hit.
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA NURGLE unit from your army 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, add 1 to the Hit roll. After your unit has finished making its attacks, select one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks; that enemy unit must take a Battle-shock test.
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA NURGLE unit from your army that is on the battlefield.
EFFECT: Return up to 1 destroyed model to your unit, or up to D3 destroyed models instead if your unit is a BATTLELINE unit, with their full wounds remaining. If it is a MONSTER unit, one model in your unit regains up to D3+1 lost wounds instead.
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA NURGLE unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a move, it can move through terrain features.
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA NURGLE INFANTRY unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time your unit makes a Normal move, add 5" to the Move characteristic of models in your unit.
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA NURGLE unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, after an enemy unit takes a Battle-shock test as a result of the Melancholic Miasma Detachment rule, select one other enemy unit within 9" of your unit; that enemy unit must take a Battle-shock test.
Scintillating Legion
Capering and cackling in an endless flux of transmogrifying change, the daemonic legions of Tzeentch unleash kaleidoscopic madness upon their enemies. Malevolent Lords of Change robed in sanity-blasting unhues wield raw magic with the ease of breathing. They marshal their bedlam hordes even as they transform screaming mortals into mounds of mutant flesh or set light to reality itself. Pink, Blue and Brimstone Horrors dance amidst the leaping flames, their sorceries unleashed in scintillating bombardments alongside the mutagenic blasts of bounding Flamers. Blade-finned Screamers flit through the skies in spiteful shoals, wheeling around the Burning Chariots that streak into the enemy lines like multicoloured comets, while all around them, reality itself distorts into screaming insanity.
Fates in Flux
With every chance for change seized, every new fraying of fate’s weave, the daemons and their foes alike fuel the power of Tzeentch, however inadvertently.
You start the battle with three Flux tokens (we recommend using a dice to track how many Flux tokens you have). You can spend one Flux token just after an Advance roll, Hit roll, Wound roll, Damage roll, saving throw or Hazardous test is made for a LEGIONES DAEMONICA TZEENTCH model or LEGIONES DAEMONICA TZEENTCH unit from your army to re-roll the result of that roll, throw or test. Flux tokens can also be spent to enhance the effect of some Stratagems. Each time you spend a Flux token, reduce the number of Flux tokens you have by one and your opponent gains one Flux token.Whenever your opponent has one or more Flux tokens, they can spend one Flux token after an Advance roll, Hit roll, Wound roll or saving throw is made for a model or unit from their army, to re-roll the result of that roll or throw. If they do, they reduce the number of Flux tokens they have by one and you gain one Flux token. This is ignored if your opponent has the Fates in Flux Detachment rule.
In your Command phase, if your opponent has one or more Flux tokens, you gain one Flux token.
Designer’s Note: When using fast dice rolling, this rule can be used to spend any number of Flux tokens (up to the amount you have), to re-roll a number of dice up to the amount spent, after rolling multiple rolls or saving throws at once.
Enhancements
Glinting where the daemon’s eye should be, this fractured gem reveals the myriad paths of the future. LEGIONES DAEMONICA TZEENTCH model only. In your Command phase, if the bearer is on the battlefield, if your opponent has one or more Flux tokens, you gain one additional Flux token. |
To this mighty entity, lesser daemons are but prisms through which its power shines. LEGIONES DAEMONICA TZEENTCH MONSTER model only. Each time the bearer is selected to shoot, you can select one other friendly LEGIONES DAEMONICA TZEENTCH unit within 9" of the bearer. If you do, when selecting targets for ranged weapons equipped by the bearer, you can measure range and determine visibility from one model of your choice in the selected unit instead. |
Shifting its shape tirelessly from sword to staff to glaive, this bizarre daemon weapon makes a mockery of even the most determined defence. LEGIONES DAEMONICA TZEENTCH MONSTER model only. Improve the Strength characteristic of melee weapons equipped by the bearer by 2, improve the Attacks and Armour Penetration characteristics of melee weapons equipped by the bearer by 1, and each time the bearer makes a melee attack, add 1 to the Hit roll. |
Complex convolutions of ever-more unlikely fate wind about this entity, confounding the mightiest and most esoteric attacks. LEGIONES DAEMONICA TZEENTCH model only. While a friendly LEGIONES DAEMONICA TZEENTCH unit is within 6" of the bearer, models in that unit have the Feel No Pain 4+ ability against Psychic Attacks and mortal wounds. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA TZEENTCH MONSTER unit from your army that is on the battlefield.
EFFECT: Select No Man’s Land or your opponent’s deployment zone, or spend one Flux token and select both. Until the end of the phase, the selected areas of the battlefield are within your army’s Shadow of Chaos.
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA TZEENTCH unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight that phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, add 2 to the Strength characteristic of weapons equipped by models in your unit, or spend one Flux token and add 3 to the Strength characteristic of those weapons and improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of those weapons by 1 instead.
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA TZEENTCH unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Roll one D6, then you can spend one Flux token to re-roll the result: until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, on an unmodified Hit roll (after any re-roll) of that result, the attack sequence ends, even if the original Hit roll would have been a Critical Hit.
Example: If you roll a 2 and choose to spend one Flux token to re-roll the result, and the re-roll is a 6, then until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, on an unmodified Hit roll of 6 the attack sequence ends, that attack fails to hit and no Critical Hit effects (e.g. Lethal Hits) are resolved.
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA TZEENTCH unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a move, it can move through terrain features.
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA TZEENTCH unit from your army that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, enemy units are not considered to be within Engagement Range of your unit for the purposes of selecting targets for, and resolving attacks with, ranged weapons. Until the end of the phase, each time an enemy model is destroyed while its unit is within Engagement Range of your unit, roll one D6: on a 5+, your unit suffers 1 mortal wound after the attacking unit has finished making its attacks.
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA TZEENTCH unit from your army that is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units. Alternatively, you can spend one Flux token when you use this Stratagem and target up to two LEGIONES DAEMONICA TZEENTCH units from your army instead (including those within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units).
EFFECT: Remove your units from the battlefield and place them into Strategic Reserves.
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.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.
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.
Daemonic Incursion
Warp travel is fraught with perils, the greatest of which is a breach of the voidship’s Geller fields. In but the beat of a mortal heart, scores of infernal entities manifest aboard the doomed ship, shrieking with predatory glee as they fall upon their victims.
Mustering a Boarding Patrol
When mustering your force, the following limitations apply:- If you include one or more KHORNE units, you cannot include any SLAANESH units.
- If you include one or more NURGLE units, you cannot include any TZEENTCH units.
- BLOODMASTER
- KARANAK
- SKULLTAKER
- CHANGECASTER
- EXALTED FLAMER
- THE CHANGELING
- EPIDEMIUS
- POXBRINGER
- SLOPPITY BILEPIPER
- SPOILPOX SCRIVENER
- CONTORTED EPITOME
- INFERNAL ENRAPTURESS
- THE MASQUE OF SLAANESH
- TRANCEWEAVER
- BLOODLETTERS (10 models)
- BLUE HORRORS (10 models)
- PINK HORRORS (10 models)
- PLAGUEBEARERS (10 models)
- NURGLINGS (3 models)
- DAEMONETTES (10 models)
- FLESH HOUNDS (5 models)
- FLAMERS (3 models)
- SCREAMERS (3 models)
- BEASTS OF NURGLE (l or 2 models)
- FIENDS (3 models)
Forming Boarding Squads
In the Form Boarding Squads step, a BEASTS OF NURGLE unit containing 2 models is split into two Boarding Squads, each containing 1 model.Rules Adaptations
- The BEASTS OF NURGLE unit loses the Grotesque Regeneration ability.
- The EPIDEMIUS model loses the Tally of Pestilence ability.
- The FIENDS unit loses the Soporific Musk ability.
- The FLESH HOUNDS unit loses the Pouncing Hunters ability.
- The INFERNAL ENRAPTURESS model loses the Harmonic Alignment ability.
- The NURGLINGS unit loses the Mischief Makers ability.
- The PLAGUEBEARERS unit loses the Infected Outbreak ability.
- The SCREAMERS unit loses the Slashing Dive ability.
- The THE CHANGELING model loses the Formless Horror ability.
Soul Hunters
There can be no hiding from entities that can scent the telltale stuff of souls, that can taste fear and follow trails of desperation, lies and futile hope.
Units from your army with the Shadow of Chaos ability replace that ability with this one.Enemy units within 7" of this unit are Hunted by it. While an enemy unit is Hunted by this unit:
- Ranged weapons equipped by models in this unit have the [iGNORES COvER] ability while targeting that enemy unit.
- Each time this unit declares a charge, it can include that enemy unit as a target of that charge, even if it is not visible to it.
Detachment Rule
Unnatural Energies
Infernal power pours into the breached voidship like a floodtide, allowing the warp entities to reshape the rapidly denaturing stuff of reality itself to their whims.
LEGIONES DAEMONICA units from your army can perform one of the following Tactical Manoeuvres in a turn in which they Advanced or Fell Back: Secure Site; Set To Defend; Set Overwatch.Enhancements
Spite Made Manifest Simply striking back at the invading daemons under such conditions is an invitation for their spite and hate to manifest in vicious arcs of lethal retributive power. Each time an enemy unit is selected to fight, melee weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [HAZARDOUS] ability while targeting the bearer’s unit. |
Geller Breach Daemonic entities burst from rippling warp rents and directly into the heart of battle. Al the start of the first battle round, the bearer’s unit can make a Normal move of up to 6". |
Stratagems
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA 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 4+, 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.
TARGET: One INFANTRY LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit is eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced or Fell Back.
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase.
EFFECT: The next time your unit is selected to move this phase, models in that unit can move through Walls and closed Hatchways as if they were not there, but when doing so, no model can move more than 6".
RESTRICTIONS: You can only use this Stratagem once.
TARGET: One LEGIONES DAEMONICA 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 targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
Infernal Onslaught
Whether it be aboard the echoing corridors of a space hulk, storming through the gothic confines of a loyalist warship, or spilling from the warp into a xenos vessel, such close-quarters violence draws the daemons of Khorne in great number.
Mustering a Boarding Patrol
You can include up to two of the following units (duplicates are not allowed):You can include up to three of the following unit:
- BLOODLETTERS (10 models)
- FLESH HOUNDS (5 or 10 models)
Soul Hunters
There can be no hiding from entities that can scent the telltale stuff of souls, that can taste fear and follow trails of desperation, lies and futile hope.
Units from your army with the Shadow of Chaos ability replace that ability with this one.Enemy units within 7" of this unit are Hunted by it. While an enemy unit is Hunted by this unit:
- Ranged weapons equipped by models in this unit have the [iGNORES COvER] ability while targeting that enemy unit.
- Each time this unit declares a charge, it can include that enemy unit as a target of that charge, even if it is not visible to it.
Detachment Rule
Brutal Entrance
Obstructing hatches are smashed open by the rampaging daemons, some simply dissolving into molten metal or bursting apart in blood-wet showers.
Each time a KHORNE LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army opens a Hatchway, until the end of the battle, that Hatchway cannot be closed. In addition, until the end of the turn, each time that unit declares a charge, if every target of that charge is on the opposite side of that Hatchway from your unit, add 1 to the Charge roll.Enhancements
Worthier Skulls The skulls of cowards who flee from battle have only so much value, and this entity will let them run in favour of hunting for more courageous prey. Each time an enemy unit within Engagement Range of the bearer Falls Back, after that unit has moved, if the bearer is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, it can make a Normal move of up to 6". |
Unholy Fury So infused with hatred and warlike wrath is this daemon that it can sustain its corporeal shell through fury alone, even should it be terribly damaged. If the bearer is destroyed by a melee attack and it has not fought this phase, roll one D6: on a 2+, do not remove it from play. Ure destroyed model can fight after the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, and is then removed from play. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One KHORNE LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Select one closed Hatchway within 1" of your unit. Until the end of the phase, your unit is eligible to be selected to fight as if that Hatchway was open. When doing so, that unit can select targets as if that Hatchway was open (that Hatchway is only considered to be open for your unit, not for any other units).
TARGET: One KHORNE LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army.
EFFECT: Each enemy unit within Engagement Range of your unit must take a Battle-shock test, subtracting 1 from the result.
TARGET: One KHORNE LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase.
EFFECT: The next time your unit is selected to move this phase, models in that unit can move through Walls and closed Hatchways as if they were not there, but when doing so, no model can move more than 6".
RESTRICTIONS: You can only use this Stratagem once.
TARGET: One KHORNE LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, add 2" to the Move characteristic of models in your unit.
Rotten and Rusted
The daemons of the Plague God Nurgle slither through enemy voidships like seeping corruption given malevolent form. Their very touch breeds foulness, tendrils of rust spreading across bulkheads as the bodies of their slain foes squirm with pestilential vermin.
Mustering a Boarding Patrol
You can include up to two of the following units (duplicates are not allowed):You can include up to three of each of the following units:
- PLAGUEBEARERS (10 models)
- NURGLINGS (3 models)
- BEASTS OF NURGLE (1 or 2 models)
Forming Boarding Squads
- In the Form Boarding Squads step, a BEASTS OF NURGLE unit containing 2 models is split into two Boarding Squads, each containing 1 model.
Rules Adaptations
- The BEASTS OF NURGLE unit loses the Grotesque Regeneration ability.
- The EPIDEMIUS model loses the Tally of Pestilence ability.
- The NURGLINGS unit loses the Mischief Makers ability.
- The PLAGUEBEARERS unit loses the Infected Outbreak ability.
Soul Hunters
There can be no hiding from entities that can scent the telltale stuff of souls, that can taste fear and follow trails of desperation, lies and futile hope.
Units from your army with the Shadow of Chaos ability replace that ability with this one.Enemy units within 7" of this unit are Hunted by it. While an enemy unit is Hunted by this unit:
- Ranged weapons equipped by models in this unit have the [iGNORES COvER] ability while targeting that enemy unit.
- Each time this unit declares a charge, it can include that enemy unit as a target of that charge, even if it is not visible to it.
Detachment Rule
Toxic Miasma
Between the corrosive filth that seeps from these daemons and the clouds of blinding flies that boil around them, foes find themselves crippled by disgust and disorientation.
While an enemy unit is within 3" of one or more NURGLE LEGIONES DAEMONICA units from your army, halve the Move characteristic of models in that unit and subtract 1 from Advance and Charge rolls made for it. When measuring this distance, Walls and closed Hatchways are ignored.Enhancements
Virulent Corruption To flee from this daemon is to invite an outbreak of spiritual corruption that rots its screaming victims from their souls outward. Each time an enemy unit within Engagement Range of the bearer is selected to Fall Back, models in that enemy unit 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. |
Endless Gift Bounteous and repulsive layers of rancid flab boil from within this entity’s grotesque form, bolstering it against even the most dolorous blows. Add 2 to the bearers Wounds characteristic. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One NURGLE LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army (excluding NURGLINGS units) that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, models in your unit have the Feel No Pain 5+ ability.
TARGET: One NURGLE LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army. If this Stratagem is used in your opponent’s Shooting phase, it must target a unit that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Select one objective marker your unit is within range of. Your unit suffers D3 mortal wounds and that objective marker is Secured by your army. If your unit is a PLAGUEBEARERS unit, it only suffers 1 mortal wound, instead of D3.
TARGET: One NURGLINGS unit from your army that was selected as the target of one of more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal or Fall Back move of up to D6".
TARGET: One NURGLE LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase.
EFFECT: The next time your unit is selected to move this phase, models in that unit can move through Walls and closed Hatchways as if they were not there, but when doing so, no model can move more than 6".
RESTRICTIONS: You can only use this Stratagem once.
Dread Carnival
Lithe and graceful, the daemons of Slaanesh cavort across the decks of enemy voidships, bombarding their victims’ senses with hypnotic dances and soporific aromas before butchering them in the most outlandishly gory fashion imaginable.
Mustering a Boarding Patrol
You can include up to two of the following units (duplicates are not allowed):You can include up to three of the following unit:
- DAEMONETTES (10 models)
- FIENDS (3 models)
Rules adaptations
- The FIENDS unit loses the Soporific Musk, ability.
- The INFERNAL ENRAPTURESS model loses the Harmonic Alignment ability.
Soul Hunters
There can be no hiding from entities that can scent the telltale stuff of souls, that can taste fear and follow trails of desperation, lies and futile hope.
Units from your army with the Shadow of Chaos ability replace that ability with this one.Enemy units within 7" of this unit are Hunted by it. While an enemy unit is Hunted by this unit:
- Ranged weapons equipped by models in this unit have the [iGNORES COvER] ability while targeting that enemy unit.
- Each time this unit declares a charge, it can include that enemy unit as a target of that charge, even if it is not visible to it.
Detachment Rule
Lithe Killers
The daemons of Slaanesh move with an unsettling grace, dancing through the blades and guns of their foes with a supernatural agility.
Each time a SLAANESH INFANTRY LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army makes a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move, models in that unit can move through other models as if they were not there. When doing so, for each SLAANESH model that moves through one or more enemy models, roll one D6: on a 1-2, that models unit suffers 1 mortal wound.Enhancements
Fatal Caress To this daemon, the act of murder is an art form. With a precision born of obsession it slaughters its foes in the most gory fashion possible. Each time the bearer makes a melee attack, a Critical Wound is scored on an unmodified Wound roll of 5+. |
Horrifying Visage This daemons alters its visage from alluring to repulsive at a whim, terrifying those who gaze upon it. Once per battle round, when an enemy unit within 9" of the bearer attempts to perform a Tactical Manoeuvre or attempts to operate a Hatchway within 9" of the bearer, the bearer can use this ability. If it does, that enemy unit must take a Leadership test, subtracting I from the result: if failed, that unit fails to perform that Tactical Manoeuvre or to operate that Hatchway and, until the start of your opponent’s next turn, that unit cannot perform Tactical Manoeuvres or operate Hatchways. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One SLAANESH LEGIONES DAEMONICA 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 targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
TARGET: One SLAANESH LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, Desperate Escape tests taken for models in your unit are automatically passed and your unit does not suffer mortal wounds from the Lithe Killers Detachment rule.
Falls Back.
TARGET: That SLAANESH unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back.
TARGET: One SLAANESH LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase.
EFFECT: The next time your unit is selected to move this phase, models in that unit can move through Walls and closed Hatchways as if they were not there, but when doing so, no model can move more than 6".
RESTRICTIONS: You can only use this Stratagem once.
Pandaemoniac Inferno
Once the daemons of Tzeentch are loose aboard a ship they spread like a kaleidoscopic firestorm. Their mad cackles meld with the screams of their victims as the daemons’ mutative touch twists both the infested voidship and the unfortunates who defend it, blending them amidst gruesome conflagrations of change.
Mustering a Boarding Patrol
You can include up to two of the following units (duplicates are not allowed):You can include up to three of each of the following units:
- BLUE HORRORS (10 models)
- PINK HORRORS (10 models)
Rules Adaptations
- The SCREAMERS unit loses the Slashing Dive ability.
- The THE CHANGELING model loses the Formless Horror ability.
Soul Hunters
There can be no hiding from entities that can scent the telltale stuff of souls, that can taste fear and follow trails of desperation, lies and futile hope.
Units from your army with the Shadow of Chaos ability replace that ability with this one.Enemy units within 7" of this unit are Hunted by it. While an enemy unit is Hunted by this unit:
- Ranged weapons equipped by models in this unit have the [iGNORES COvER] ability while targeting that enemy unit.
- Each time this unit declares a charge, it can include that enemy unit as a target of that charge, even if it is not visible to it.
Detachment Rule
Living Flame
The daemons cavort and gibber amidst an inferno whose unholy flames are formed of their madness and cruelty made manifest. Such a blaze of contradictions cannot harm the daemons, for it is of them as they are of it, yet it burns all the hotter in their presence.
Each lime a TZEENTCH LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army is selected to shoot, it can target enemy units within Engagement Range of other friendly TZEENTCH LEGIONES DAEMONICA units. Ranged weapons equipped by TZEENTCH LEGIONES DAEMONICA models have the [SUSTAiNED HiTS 1] ability while targeting a unit within Engagement Range of one or more friendly units.Enhancements
Fulgurating Presence Warplight dances and glares around this entity, flares of blinding brightness thrown off its warped form as though from the facets of a crooked crystal. Each time an attack targets the bearer, subtract 1 from the Hit roll. |
Mutagenic Flames The warpflame of Tzeentch is fuelled by sanity and soulstuff, and cannot be easily extinguished. Worse, it does not merely burn its victims, but instead distorts and mutates them in ever more hideous ways. In your Shooting phase, after the bearer has shot, select one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks. Until the start of your next Shooting phase, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One TZEENTCH LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army that is within range of an objective marker and was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, you can re-roll saving throws of 1 made for models in your unit.
TARGET: One HORRORS unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [PISTOL] and [HAZARDOUS] abilities.
TARGET: That TZEENTCH unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to D6".
RESTRICTIONS: Until the end of the turn, your unit is not eligible to declare a charge.
TARGET: One TZEENTCH LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase.
EFFECT: The next time your unit is selected to move this phase, models in that unit can move through Walls and closed Hatchways as if they were not there, but when doing so, no model can move more than 6".
RESTRICTIONS: You can only use this Stratagem once.
The KHORNE and keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The TZEENTCH and keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The NURGLE and keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The SLAANESH and keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The KHORNE keyword is used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The TZEENTCH keyword is used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The NURGLE keyword is used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The SLAANESH keyword is used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
When the mortal servants of the Dark Gods march to war, the most favoured may find daemonic entities accompanying them.
If every model from your army has the CHAOS keyword, you can include units in your army, even if they do not have the Faction keyword you selected in the Select Army Faction step. The combined points cost of such units you can include depends on your battle size, as shown below.
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None of these models can be your WARLORD, and they cannot be given Enhancements. In addition:
- If your Army Faction is WORLD EATERS, you can only include KHORNE units using these rules.
- If your Army Faction is THOUSAND SONS, you can only include TZEENTCH units using these rules.
- If your Army Faction is DEATH GUARD, you can only include NURGLE units using these rules.
- If your WARLORD is LUCIUS THE ETERNAL, you can only include SLAANESH units using these rules.
In addition, for each of the following keywords, the number of non-BATTLELINE units with that keyword you include in this way cannot be greater than the number of BATTLELINE units with that keyword you include in this way:
- KHORNE
- TZEENTCH
- NURGLE
- SLAANESH
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.
The BATTLELINE keyword is used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
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.
- 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.
- A Critical Wound inflicts mortal wounds equal to the weapon’s Damage characteristic, instead of any normal damage.
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.
When daemons pour into realspace, maelstroms of warp energy spill through in their wake. Manifest emotion and unbridled, nightmarish forces twist all that they touch, reshaping the landscape into bizarre forms while tormenting mortal beings to madness. To be embroiled in such tempests is to endure conditions utterly anathema to the fundamental laws of reality, provoking primal terror in even the most emotionless warriors.
If your Army Faction is , certain areas of the battlefield are considered to be within your army’s Shadow of Chaos, as follows:- Your deployment zone is always within your army’s Shadow of Chaos.
- At the start of any phase, if you control at least half of the objective markers within No Man’s Land, until the end of that phase, No Man’s Land is within your army’s Shadow of Chaos.
- At the start of any phase, if you control at least half of the objective markers within your opponent’s deployment zone, until the end of that phase, your opponent’s deployment zone is within your army’s Shadow of Chaos.
DAEMONIC MANIFESTATION While a unit from your army is within your army’s Shadow of Chaos, each time that unit takes a Battle-shock test, add 1 to that test and, if that test is passed, one model in that unit regains up to D3 lost wounds (if that unit is a BATTLELINE unit and that test is passed, up to D3 destroyed models can be returned to that unit instead). |
DAEMONIC TERROR While an enemy unit is within your army’s Shadow of Chaos and/or it is within 6" of one or more BLOODTHIRSTER, GREAT UNCLEAN ONE, KAIROS FATEWEAVER, KEEPER OF SECRETS, LORD OF CHANGE, ROTIGUS, SHALAXI HELBANE or SKARBRAND units from your army, each time that unit takes a Battle-shock test, subtract 1 from that test and, if that test is failed, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds. |
The BLUE keyword is used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
Daemonic legions tear through the fabric of realspace, malevolent entities flickering into being like phantasms from a nightmare. Worse still, as terror and panic take hold of their victims, so their mortal souls become ever easier prey for the entities pouring through from the warp.
Each time a unit from your army is set up on the battlefield using the Deep Strike ability, if it is set up wholly within your army’s Shadow of Chaos, and/or if it is set up wholly within 6" of one or more friendly BLOODTHIRSTER, GREAT UNCLEAN ONE, KAIROS FATEWEAVER, KEEPER OF SECRETS, LORD OF CHANGE, ROTIGUS, SHALAXI HELBANE or SKARBRAND units with which it shares the KHORNE, TZEENTCH, NURGLE or SLAANESH keyword, it can be set up anywhere that is more than 6" horizontally away from all enemy models, instead of more than 9".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.
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.
- 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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
The EPIC HERO keyword is used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The CHAOS LORD keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
The DAMNED keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
The SORCERER keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
The HERETIC ASTARTES keyword is used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The keyword is used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The SHADOW LEGION and KHORNE keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The SHADOW LEGION and TZEENTCH keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
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.
The SHADOW LEGION and NURGLE keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The SHADOW LEGION and SLAANESH keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
- Normal Move: Models move up to M".
- Cannot move within Engagement Range of any enemy models.
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.
- 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.
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.
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.
The SHADOW LEGION and UNDIVIDED keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
Beseeching the Chaos Gods with fanatical fervour, the profane champions of the Heretic Astartes pray for diabolic boons, promising the vilest of offerings in return for their power.
If your Army Faction is HERETIC ASTARTES, each time a unit with this ability is selected to shoot or fight, it can make a Dark Pact. If it does, it must first take a Leadership test before any effects of that Dark Pact are resolved; if that test is failed, that unit suffers D3 mortal wounds. Then, select one of the following abilities for that unit’s weapons to gain until the end of the phase:The SHADOW LEGION and HERETIC ASTARTES keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The SHADOW LEGION keyword is used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
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.
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").- Deadly Demise x: When this model is destroyed, roll one D6. On a 6, each unit within 6" suffers ‘x’ mortal wounds.
Lance weapons are deadly on the charge.
Weapons with [LANCE] in their profile are known as Lance weapons. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, if the bearer made a Charge move this turn, add 1 to that attack’s Wound roll.Note that CHARACTERS cannot use their Aura Abilities while %000015069performing actions%.
The CHARACTER keyword is used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The SHADOW LEGION and keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
Some weapons are designed to root enemy formations out of entrenched positions.
Weapons with [IGNORES COVER] in their profile are known as Ignores Cover weapons. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, the target cannot have the Benefit of Cover against that attack.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.
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).
Scouts form the vanguard of many armies. Unnoticed by the enemy, they range ahead of the main force.
Some units have ‘Scouts x"’ listed in their abilities. If every model in a unit has this ability, then at the start of the first battle round, before the first turn begins, it can make a Normal move of up to x", with the exception that, while making that move, the distance moved by each model in that unit can be greater than that model's Move characteristic, as long as it is not greater than x".DEDICATED TRANSPORT models can make use of any Scouts x" ability listed in their abilities, or a Scouts x" ability that a unit that starts the battle embarked within that DEDICATED TRANSPORT model has (provided only models with this ability are embarked within that DEDICATED TRANSPORT model), regardless of how that embarked unit gained this ability (e.g. listed in their abilities, conferred by an Enhancement or by an attached CHARACTER, etc.).
A unit that moves using this ability must end that move more than 9" horizontally away from all enemy models. If both players have units that can do this, the player who is taking the first turn moves their units first.
- Scouts x": Unit can make a Normal move of up to x" before the first turn begins.
- If embarked in a DEDICATED TRANSPORT, that DEDICATED TRANSPORT can make this move instead.
- Must end this move more than 9" horizontally away from all enemy models.
The and KHORNE keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The MONSTER keyword is used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The , KHORNE and MONSTER keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The , KHORNE and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The , KHORNE and MOUNTED keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
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.The and SLAANESH keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
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.The , SLAANESH and MONSTER keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
- 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.
DAEMONIC TERROR
While an enemy unit is within your army’s Shadow of Chaos and/or it is within 6" of one or more BLOODTHIRSTER, GREAT UNCLEAN ONE, KAIROS FATEWEAVER, KEEPER OF SECRETS, LORD OF CHANGE, ROTIGUS, SHALAXI HELBANE or SKARBRAND units from your army, each time that unit takes a Battle-shock test, subtract 1 from that test and, if that test is failed, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds.
The and NURGLE keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The , NURGLE and MONSTER keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The , NURGLE and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
To fight the daemons of Nurgle is to endure their entropic assaults upon both the physical and spiritual battlefields. The horror of inevitable decay claws at the souls of their victims even as the daemons’ splintered talons rake their flesh, heralding nightmarish putrefaction and impending doom.
While an enemy unit is within 9" of one or more NURGLE units from your army, that enemy unit is within your army’s Shadow of Chaos. In each player’s Command phase, select one enemy unit within your army’s Shadow of Chaos. That unit must take a Battle-shock test.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.
The and TZEENTCH keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
With every chance for change seized, every new fraying of fate’s weave, the daemons and their foes alike fuel the power of Tzeentch, however inadvertently.
You start the battle with three Flux tokens (we recommend using a dice to track how many Flux tokens you have). You can spend one Flux token just after an Advance roll, Hit roll, Wound roll, Damage roll, saving throw or Hazardous test is made for a TZEENTCH model or TZEENTCH unit from your army to re-roll the result of that roll, throw or test. Flux tokens can also be spent to enhance the effect of some Stratagems. Each time you spend a Flux token, reduce the number of Flux tokens you have by one and your opponent gains one Flux token.Whenever your opponent has one or more Flux tokens, they can spend one Flux token after an Advance roll, Hit roll, Wound roll or saving throw is made for a model or unit from their army, to re-roll the result of that roll or throw. If they do, they reduce the number of Flux tokens they have by one and you gain one Flux token. This is ignored if your opponent has the Fates in Flux Detachment rule.
In your Command phase, if your opponent has one or more Flux tokens, you gain one Flux token.
Designer’s Note: When using fast dice rolling, this rule can be used to spend any number of Flux tokens (up to the amount you have), to re-roll a number of dice up to the amount spent, after rolling multiple rolls or saving throws at once.
The , TZEENTCH and MONSTER keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
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 INFANTRY and keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The INFANTRY, SLAANESH and keywords are used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The daemons of Slaanesh move with an unsettling grace, dancing through the blades and guns of their foes with a supernatural agility.
Each time a SLAANESH INFANTRY unit from your army makes a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move, models in that unit can move through other models as if they were not there. When doing so, for each SLAANESH model that moves through one or more enemy models, roll one D6: on a 1-2, that models unit suffers 1 mortal wound.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’.- [SUSTAINED HITS X]: Each Critical Hit scores ‘x’ additional hits on the target.
The HORRORS keyword is used in the following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
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).