Drukhari
The Drukhari are a race of sadistic killers who feed upon the exquisite agony of their victims. From the Dark City of Commorragh, hidden deep within the twisting passages of the webway, their reaver-fleets strike forth in a never-ending search for new souls to torment.
Contents
Books
| Book | Kind | Edition | Version | Last update |
 Drukhari | ||||
| Drukhari | Index | 10 | October 2023 | |
 Munitorum Field Manual | ||||
| Munitorum Field Manual | Expansion | 10 | 1.4 | October 2023 |
 Legends Field Manual | ||||
| Legends Field Manual | Expansion | 10 | 1.1 | October 2023 |
| Legends: Drukhari | ||||
| Legends: Drukhari | Datasheet | 10 | July 2023 | |
 Imperial Armour: Drukhari | ||||
| Imperial Armour: Drukhari | Datasheet | 10 | June 2023 | |
Army Rules
Power From Pain
The Drukhari are experts in precise torture, sharp blades, cruel poisons and eldritch abominations. Using the labyrinthine network of webway spars, they strike almost anywhere. Realspace raiding parties prey upon worlds across the galaxy, surging from hidden portals unknown to those they see merely as cattle or playthings. As the Drukhari feed on the souls of the slain, they become imbued with supernatural might, eventually turning into killing machines.
If your Army Faction is DRUKHARI, units from your army with this ability can become Empowered Through Pain. This is done using Pain tokens.GAINING PAIN TOKENS
If your Army Faction is DRUKHARI, you gain Pain tokens as follows:
EMPOWERED THROUGH PAINIf your Army Faction is DRUKHARI, you gain Pain tokens as follows:
- At the start of the battle, depending on the battle size:
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- Each time an enemy unit is destroyed, you gain 1 Pain token.
- Each time an enemy unit fails a Battle-shock test, you gain 1 Pain token.
At the start of any phase, you can expend one or more Pain tokens from your Pain token pool. Each time you do, select one unit from your army with the Power from Pain ability. Until the end of the phase, that unit is Empowered, and gains the abilities listed below, depending on the phase.
MOVEMENT PHASE or CHARGE PHASE
- Empowered in the Movement or Charge phase:
- You can re-roll Advance or Charge rolls made for that unit.
SHOOTING PHASE or FIGHT PHASE
- Empowered in the Shooting or Fight phase:
- Each time a model in that unit makes an attack, you can re-roll the Hit roll.
Realspace Raiders
Detachment Rule
If your Army Faction is DRUKHARI, you can use this Realspace Raiders Detachment rule.Rеalspace Raiders
The three factions of the Drukhari are constantly vying for supremacy, each convinced beyond doubt of their own innate superiority. This struggle manifests during their realspace raids as a frenzy of murderously sadistic competition.
At the start of the battle, you gain an additional 1 Pain token for each of the following your army contains:- One or more ARCHON models
- One or more SUCCUBUS models
- One or more HAEMONCULUS models
Designer’s Note: These are all cumulative, so if your army contains at least one Archon, at least one Succubus and at least one Haemonculus, you would start the battle with an additional 3 Pain tokens.
Stratagems
If you are using the Realspace Raiders Detachment rule, you can use these Realspace Raiders Stratagems.PREY ON THE WEAK
1CP
Realspace Raiders – Battle Tactic Stratagem
The scent of a foe in pain draws Drukhari to it like hungry predators to an injured beast, their senses sharpening at its tang.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One KABAL unit from your army and one enemy unit that is Below Half-strength.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack that targets that enemy unit, you can re-roll the Wound roll.
TARGET: One KABAL unit from your army and one enemy unit that is Below Half-strength.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack that targets that enemy unit, you can re-roll the Wound roll.
STRIKE AND FADE
2CP
Realspace Raiders – Epic Deed Stratagem
The Drukhari are masters at using hit-and-run tactics, engaging a target with a flurry of shots before quickly manoeuvring into cover or out of sight.
WHEN: End of your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI unit from your army (excluding AIRCRAFT).
EFFECT: Your unit can immediately make a Normal move.
RESTRICTIONS: Until the end of the turn, your unit is not eligible to declare a charge and that unit cannot embark within a TRANSPORT at the end of this move.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI unit from your army (excluding AIRCRAFT).
EFFECT: Your unit can immediately make a Normal move.
RESTRICTIONS: Until the end of the turn, your unit is not eligible to declare a charge and that unit cannot embark within a TRANSPORT at the end of this move.
ACROBATIC DISPLAY
1CP
Realspace Raiders – Epic Deed Stratagem
Many Wych Cults favour spectacular gymnastic displays. Their fighters are never still, springing from one foot to the other at blinding speed.
WHEN: Your Charge phase.
TARGET: One WYCH CULT unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit is eligible to declare a charge even if it Fell Back or Advanced this turn.
TARGET: One WYCH CULT unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit is eligible to declare a charge even if it Fell Back or Advanced this turn.
ALLIANCE OF AGONY
1CP
Realspace Raiders – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Even the most bloodthirsty Drukhari will veil their enmity to work together against a shared enemy for the same gruesome purpose.
WHEN: Start of any phase.
TARGET: One ARCHON, one SUCCUBUS and one HAEMONCULUS from your army.
EFFECT: Discard one Pain token from your Pain token pool. Until the end of the phase, all three of those models’ units are Empowered.
RESTRICTIONS: You can only use this Stratagem if you are able to select all three of the target models stated above.
TARGET: One ARCHON, one SUCCUBUS and one HAEMONCULUS from your army.
EFFECT: Discard one Pain token from your Pain token pool. Until the end of the phase, all three of those models’ units are Empowered.
RESTRICTIONS: You can only use this Stratagem if you are able to select all three of the target models stated above.
QUICKSILVER REACTIONS
1CP
Realspace Raiders – Battle Tactic Stratagem
The hyper-fast reflexes of the Drukhari allow them to duck and weave to avoid all but the swiftest enemy strikes.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI 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 that targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot target a HAEMONCULUS COVENS unit from your army for this Stratagem.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI 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 that targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot target a HAEMONCULUS COVENS unit from your army for this Stratagem.
INSENSIBLE TO PAIN
1CP
Realspace Raiders – Battle Tactic Stratagem
The twisted creations of the Haemonculus Covens are insensible to all but the most mortal injuries.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One HAEMONCULUS COVENS 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 Wound roll.
TARGET: One HAEMONCULUS COVENS 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 Wound roll.
Enhancements
If you are using the Realspace Raiders Detachment rule, you can use these Realspace Raiders Enhancements.
When opened, the souls of tortured psykers spew outward, driving any nearby warp-wielders insane. HAEMONCULUS model only. Once per battle, at the start of any Shooting phase, the bearer can use this Enhancement. When it does, every enemy unit within 12" must take a Battle-shock test, subtracting 1 from that test if the bearer’s unit is currently Empowered. Each time a PSYKER unit fails this test, it suffers D3 mortal wounds. |
This Archon has a mind like steel traps, assimilating every detail of a situation. Archon model only. Each time you select the bearer’s unit as the target of a Stratagem, roll one D6, adding 3 to the result if the Stratagem being used is Alliance of Agony. On a 4+, you gain 1 Command Point. |
This Succubus is renowned for their expertise at close-quarters combat within the arenas of Commorragh. The skills they display before the baying crowds on the blood-soaked sands are equally deadly on the battlefield. SUCCUBUS model only. Improve the Attacks and Armour Penetration characteristics of the bearer’s melee weapons by 1. While the bearer is Empowered, improve the Attacks and Armour Penetration characteristics of the bearer’s melee weapons by 2 instead. |
Some Drukhari elevate their battle plans to another level by creating a spectacle of torment that maims and cripples every foe in order to draw out the moment of the kill, heightening the pleasure they derive before the fatal blow falls. DRUKHARI model only. In your Command phase, if the bearer is on the battlefield, you gain 1 Pain token. |
Destroyed
Throughout a battle, models will suffer damage and be destroyed. When a model is destroyed, it is removed from the battlefield. When every model in a unit has been destroyed, that unit is destroyed.
2. Battle-shock
In this step, you must take a Battle-shock test for each of your units on the battlefield that is Below Half-strength. To do so, roll 2D6: if the result is greater than or equal to the best Leadership characteristic in that unit, the test is passed; otherwise, the test is failed and, until the start of your next Command phase, that unit is Battle-shocked.While a unit is Battle-shocked:
- The Objective Control characteristic of all of its models is 0.
- If it Falls Back, you must take a Desperate Escape test for every model in that unit.
- Its controlling player cannot use Stratagems to affect that unit.
Once you have taken Battle-shock tests for all of your units that require them, your Command phase ends and you progress to your Movement phase.
- 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.
Advance Moves
When a unit Advances, make an Advance roll for that unit by rolling one D6. Add the result in inches to the Move characteristic of each model in that unit until the end of the phase. Each model in that unit can then make an Advance move by moving a distance in inches less than or equal to this total, but no model can be moved within Engagement Range of enemy models. A unit cannot shoot or declare a charge in the same turn that it Advanced.- Advance Move: Models move up to M+D6".
- Cannot move within Engagement Range of any enemy models.
- Units that Advance cannot shoot or charge this turn.
Charging with a Unit
Once you have selected an eligible unit to declare a charge, you must select one or more enemy units within 12" of it as the targets of that charge. The targets of a charge do not need to be visible to the charging unit.You then make a Charge roll for the charging unit by rolling 2D6. The result is the maximum number of inches each model in that unit can be moved if a Charge move is possible. For a Charge move to be possible, the Charge roll must be sufficient to enable the charging unit to end that move:
- Within Engagement Range of every unit that you selected as a target of the charge.
- Without moving within Engagement Range of any enemy units that were not a target of the charge.
- In Unit Coherency.
- Charge Roll: 2D6".
- Targets of a charge must be within 12" but do not need to be visible.
- If the distance rolled is insufficient to move within Engagement Range of all targets while maintaining Unit Coherency, the charge fails.
- Cannot move within Engagement Range of any unit that was not a target of the charge.
- If the charge is successful, each model makes a Charge move less than or equal to the Charge roll, and must move into base-to-base contact with an enemy model if possible.
Hit Roll
When a model makes an attack, make one Hit roll for that attack by rolling one D6. If the result of the Hit roll is greater than or equal to the attack’s Ballistic Skill (BS) characteristic (if the attack is being made with a ranged weapon) or its Weapon Skill (WS) characteristic (if the attack is being made with a melee weapon), then that Hit roll is successful and scores one hit against the target unit. Otherwise, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends.An unmodified Hit roll of 6 is called a Critical Hit and is always successful. An unmodified Hit roll of 1 always fails. A Hit roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1.
- Hit Roll (Ranged Attack): A hit is scored if the D6 result equals or exceeds that attack’s BS.
- Hit Roll (Melee Attack): A hit is scored if the D6 result equals or exceeds that attack’s WS.
- Critical Hit: Unmodified Hit roll of 6. Always successful.
- An unmodified Hit roll of 1 always fails.
- A Hit roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1.
Power From Pain
The Drukhari are experts in precise torture, sharp blades, cruel poisons and eldritch abominations. Using the labyrinthine network of webway spars, they strike almost anywhere. Realspace raiding parties prey upon worlds across the galaxy, surging from hidden portals unknown to those they see merely as cattle or playthings. As the Drukhari feed on the souls of the slain, they become imbued with supernatural might, eventually turning into killing machines.
If your Army Faction is DRUKHARI, units from your army with this ability can become Empowered Through Pain. This is done using Pain tokens.GAINING PAIN TOKENS
If your Army Faction is DRUKHARI, you gain Pain tokens as follows:
EMPOWERED THROUGH PAINIf your Army Faction is DRUKHARI, you gain Pain tokens as follows:
- At the start of the battle, depending on the battle size:
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- Each time an enemy unit is destroyed, you gain 1 Pain token.
- Each time an enemy unit fails a Battle-shock test, you gain 1 Pain token.
At the start of any phase, you can expend one or more Pain tokens from your Pain token pool. Each time you do, select one unit from your army with the Power from Pain ability. Until the end of the phase, that unit is Empowered, and gains the abilities listed below, depending on the phase.
MOVEMENT PHASE or CHARGE PHASE
- Empowered in the Movement or Charge phase:
- You can re-roll Advance or Charge rolls made for that unit.
SHOOTING PHASE or FIGHT PHASE
- Empowered in the Shooting or Fight phase:
- Each time a model in that unit makes an attack, you can re-roll the Hit roll.
The SUCCUBUS keyword is used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
The HAEMONCULUS keyword is used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
The KABAL keyword is used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
Characters
Battleline
Below Half-strength
Some rules will refer to a unit being Below Half-strength.- If a unit has a Starting Strength of 1, then it is said to be Below Half-strength while its remaining number of wounds is less than half of its Wounds characteristic.
- For any other unit, while the number of models in that unit is less than half of its Starting Strength, that unit is said to be Below Half-strength.
Wound Roll
Each time an attack scores a hit against a target unit, make a Wound roll for that attack by rolling one D6 to see if that attack successfully wounds the target unit. The result required is determined by comparing the attack’s Strength (S) characteristic with the target’s Toughness (T) characteristic, as shown below.
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If the result of the Wound roll is greater than or equal to the required number shown in the table above, then that Wound roll is successful and scores one wound against the target unit. Otherwise, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends.
An unmodified Wound roll of 6 is called a Critical Wound and is always successful. An unmodified Wound roll of 1 always fails. A Wound roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1.
- Critical Wound: Unmodified Wound roll of 6. Always successful.
- An unmodified Wound roll of 1 always fails.
- A Wound roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1.
The AIRCRAFT keyword is used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
Normal Moves
When a unit makes a Normal move, each model in that unit can move a distance in inches less than or equal to its Move (M) characteristic, but no model can be moved within Engagement Range of any enemy models.- Normal Move: Models move up to M".
- Cannot move within Engagement Range of any enemy models.
Embark
If a unit makes a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move, and every model in that unit ends that move within 3" of a friendly TRANSPORT model, they can embark within it. A unit cannot embark if it has already disembarked from a TRANSPORT model in the same phase. Remove the unit from the battlefield and place it to one side – it is now embarked within that TRANSPORT model. Unless otherwise stated, units cannot do anything or be affected in any way while they are embarked.- A unit can embark within a friendly TRANSPORT if all of its models end a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move within 3" of that TRANSPORT.
- A unit cannot embark and disembark in the same phase.
The TRANSPORT keyword is used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
Other
The WYCH CULT keyword is used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
Battleline
Fall Back Moves
When a unit Falls Back, each model in that unit can make a Fall Back move by moving a distance in inches less than or equal to its Move characteristic, and when doing so you can move it within Engagement Range of enemy models, provided it does not end that move within Engagement Range of any enemy models – if this is not possible, that unit cannot Fall Back.
A unit cannot shoot or declare a charge in the same turn that it Fell Back.
Desperate Escape Tests
Unlike when making other types of move, models can move over enemy models when making a Fall Back move as if those enemy models were not there, but you must take a Desperate Escape test for each model that will do so (excluding models that are TITANIC or can FLY) before any models in that unit are moved. In addition, if a unit is Battle-shocked when it is selected to Fall Back, you must take a Desperate Escape test for every model in that unit before any are moved.
Each time you take a Desperate Escape test for a model, roll one D6. For each roll of 1-2, one model from the unit that is Falling Back is destroyed (selected by you). The same model can only ever trigger one Desperate Escape test per phase.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.
The HAEMONCULUS COVENS keyword is used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
Battleline
Mortal Wounds
Some attacks are so powerful that no armour or force field can withstand their fury.
Some attacks inflict mortal wounds. Each mortal wound inflicts one point of damage on the target unit, and they are always applied one at a time. Do not make a Wound roll or saving throw (including invulnerable saving throws) against a mortal wound – just allocate it as you would any other attack and inflict damage to a model in the target unit as described below.Unlike damage inflicted by normal attacks, 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, 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.
- 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.
ALLIANCE OF AGONY
1CP
Realspace Raiders – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Even the most bloodthirsty Drukhari will veil their enmity to work together against a shared enemy for the same gruesome purpose.
WHEN: Start of any phase.
TARGET: One ARCHON, one SUCCUBUS and one HAEMONCULUS from your army.
EFFECT: Discard one Pain token from your Pain token pool. Until the end of the phase, all three of those models’ units are Empowered.
RESTRICTIONS: You can only use this Stratagem if you are able to select all three of the target models stated above.
TARGET: One ARCHON, one SUCCUBUS and one HAEMONCULUS from your army.
EFFECT: Discard one Pain token from your Pain token pool. Until the end of the phase, all three of those models’ units are Empowered.
RESTRICTIONS: You can only use this Stratagem if you are able to select all three of the target models stated above.
Army List
Datasheets collated