RANGED WEAPONS | RANGE | A | BS | S | AP | D | |
Autocannon [heavy] | |||||||
Autocannon [heavy] | 48" | 2 | 5+ | 9 | -1 | 3 | |
Bolt pistol [PISTOL] | |||||||
Bolt pistol [PISTOL] | 12" | 1 | 4+ | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
Boltgun [rapid fire 1] | |||||||
Boltgun [rapid fire 1] | 24" | 1 | 4+ | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
Flamer [ignores cover, torrent] | |||||||
Flamer [ignores cover, torrent] | 12" | D6 | N/A | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
Grenade launcher – frag [blast] | |||||||
Grenade launcher – frag [blast] | 24" | D3 | 4+ | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
Grenade launcher – krak | |||||||
Grenade launcher – krak | 24" | 1 | 4+ | 9 | -2 | D3 | |
Heavy bolter [heavy, sustained hits 1] | |||||||
Heavy bolter [heavy, sustained hits 1] | 36" | 3 | 5+ | 5 | -1 | 2 | |
Lascannon [heavy] | |||||||
Lascannon [heavy] | 48" | 1 | 5+ | 12 | -3 | D6+1 | |
Lasgun [rapid fire 1] | |||||||
Lasgun [rapid fire 1] | 24" | 1 | 4+ | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
Laspistol [pistol] | |||||||
Laspistol [pistol] | 12" | 1 | 4+ | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
Meltagun [melta 2] | |||||||
Meltagun [melta 2] | 12" | 1 | 4+ | 9 | -4 | D6 | |
Missile launcher – frag [blast, heavy] | |||||||
Missile launcher – frag [blast, heavy] | 48" | D6 | 5+ | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
Missile launcher – krak [heavy] | |||||||
Missile launcher – krak [heavy] | 48" | 1 | 5+ | 9 | -2 | D6 | |
Mortar [blast, heavy, indirect fire] | |||||||
Mortar [blast, heavy, indirect fire] | 48" | D6 | 5+ | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
Plasma gun – standard [rapid fire 1] | |||||||
Plasma gun – standard [rapid fire 1] | 24" | 1 | 4+ | 7 | -2 | 1 | |
Plasma gun – supercharge [hazardous, rapid fire 1] | |||||||
Plasma gun – supercharge [hazardous, rapid fire 1] | 24" | 1 | 4+ | 8 | -3 | 2 | |
Plasma pistol – standard [pistol] | |||||||
Plasma pistol – standard [pistol] | 12" | 1 | 4+ | 7 | -2 | 1 | |
Plasma pistol – supercharge [hazardous, pistol] | |||||||
Plasma pistol – supercharge [hazardous, pistol] | 12" | 1 | 4+ | 8 | -3 | 2 | |
Sniper rifle [heavy, precision] | |||||||
Sniper rifle [heavy, precision] | 36" | 1 | 4+ | 4 | -2 | 2 | |
MELEE WEAPONS | RANGE | A | WS | S | AP | D | |
Chainsword | |||||||
Chainsword | Melee | 3 | 4+ | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
Close combat weapon | |||||||
Close combat weapon | Melee | 1 | 4+ | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
Power weapon | |||||||
Power weapon | Melee | 2 | 4+ | 4 | -2 | 1 |
9-10 models | 60 |
18-20 models | 120 |
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.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.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.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):The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Genestealer Cults datasheets:
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.
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High-explosives can fell several warriors in a single blast, but firing them where your comrades will get caught in the ensuing detonation is simply unwise.
Weapons with [BLAST] in their profile are known as Blast weapons, and they make a random number of attacks. Each time you determine how many attacks are made with a Blast weapon, add 1 to the result for every five models that were in the target unit when you selected it as the target (rounding down). Blast weapons can never be used to make attacks against a unit that is within Engagement Range of one or more units from the attacking model’s army (including its own unit).The ASTRA MILITARUM keyword is used in the following Genestealer Cults datasheets:
The MONSTER keyword is used in the following Genestealer Cults datasheets:
The VEHICLE keyword is used in the following Genestealer Cults datasheets:
Shattered ruins and twisted wreckage afford much-needed shelter from enemy salvoes. Even heavily armoured warriors unfazed by small arms fire are thankful for such cover when foes bring their biggest guns to bear.
Models can sometimes gain a measure of protection from terrain features. The rules below detail the conditions under which a terrain feature confers the Benefit of Cover on a model.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.Precision attacks can pick high-value targets out in a crowd, whether through the unerring aim of a sniper or the pinpoint accuracy of a blade-master’s strike.
Weapons with [PRECISION] in their profile are known as Precision weapons. Each time an attack made with such a weapon successfully wounds an Attached unit (see Leader ability), if a CHARACTER model in that unit is visible to the attacking model, the attacking model’s player can choose to have that attack allocated to that CHARACTER model instead of following the normal attack sequence.Coordinating with their militant allies via stolen vox equipment or signalling with cult icons, the insidious broodkin engulfs the hated foe in overlapping fields of fire.
Each time an ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army (see below) is selected to shoot, you can select one enemy unit within 18" of and visible to that unit. If you do, until the end of the phase, models in that ASTRA MILITARUM unit can only target that enemy unit (and only if it is an eligible target) and that enemy unit is caught in overlapping fire. While an enemy unit is caught in overlapping fire, each time a model from your army targets that enemy unit with a ranged attack, add 1 to the Hit roll.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’.Genestealer Cults keep their fighting strength carefully hidden from their oppressors until the glorious Day of Ascension arrives. When they finally emerge to fight, it is after long years of meticulous planning, and with an intimate knowledge of the battlefield that grants them a tactical advantage. Even as battle rages, reinforcements slip from the shadows or spill up from the dark places below, called to war by the Broodmind.
If your Army Faction is , you start the battle with a number of Resurgence points, depending on the battle size, as shown below.
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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.Torrent weapons shoot clouds of fire, gas or other lethal substances that few foes can hope to evade.
Weapons with [TORRENT] in their profile are known as Torrent weapons. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, that attack automatically hits the target.The BATTLELINE keyword is used in the following Genestealer Cults datasheets:
The GRENADES keyword is used in the following Genestealer Cults datasheets:
Rapid fire weapons are capable of long-ranged precision shots or controlled bursts at nearby targets.
Weapons with [RAPID FIRE X] in their profile are known as Rapid Fire weapons. Each time such a weapon targets a unit within half that weapon’s range, the Attacks characteristic of that weapon is increased by the amount denoted by ‘x’.Heavy weapons are amongst the biggest guns on the battlefield, but require bracing to fire at full effect and are unwieldy to bring to bear at close quarters.
Weapons with [HEAVY] in their profile are known as Heavy weapons. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, if the attacking model’s unit Remained Stationary this turn, add 1 to that attack’s Hit roll.Indirect fire weapons launch munitions over or around intervening obstacles – nowhere is safe from their fury.
Weapons with [INDIRECT FIRE] in their profile are known as Indirect Fire weapons, and attacks can be made with them even if the target is not visible to the attacking model. These attacks can destroy enemy models in a target unit even though none may have been visible to the attacking unit when you selected that target.The ASTRA MILITARUM keyword is used in the following Genestealer Cults datasheets:
The IMPERIUM keyword is used in the following Genestealer Cults datasheets:
The OFFICER keyword is used in the following Genestealer Cults datasheets:
Melta weapons are powerful heat rays whose fury is magnified at close range.
Weapons with [MELTA X] in their profile are known as Melta weapons. Each time an attack made with such a weapon targets a unit within half that weapon’s range, that attack’s Damage characteristic is increased by the amount denoted by ‘x’.The COMMAND SQUAD keyword is used in the following Genestealer Cults datasheets:
The PLATOON keyword is used in the following Genestealer Cults datasheets:
The REGIMENT keyword is used in the following Genestealer Cults datasheets:
The INFANTRY and REGIMENT keywords are used in the following Genestealer Cults datasheets:
The ARTILLERY keyword is used in the following Genestealer Cults datasheets:
The ASTRA MILITARUM and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Genestealer Cults datasheets: