Imperial Knights
To the sound of fanfare and ground-shaking footfalls, the mighty war engines of the Questor Imperialis - often called Imperial Knights - stride onto the battlefield. Enemy fire clangs harmlessly off armour, or flares brilliantly as protective ion shields repel incoming shots. When the Knights bring their blades and cannon to bear, even the bravest of foes quake in fear.
Contents
Books
| Book | Kind | Edition | Version | Last update |
 Imperial Knights | ||||
| Imperial Knights | Index | 10 | December 2024 | |
 Munitorum Field Manual | ||||
| Munitorum Field Manual | Expansion | 10 | 2.3 | March 2025 |
 Balance Dataslate | ||||
| Balance Dataslate | Rulebook | 10 | March 2025 | March 2025 |
 Grotmas Calendar: Imperial Knights - Questor Forgepact | ||||
| Grotmas Calendar: Imperial Knights - Questor Forgepact | Expansion | 10 | December 2024 | |
 Adeptus Mechanicus | ||||
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Codex | 10 | 1.1 | October 2024 |
 Imperial Armour: Imperial Knights | ||||
| Imperial Armour: Imperial Knights | Datasheet | 10 | September 2024 | |
FAQ
Index: Imperial Knights
| Q: | If my Canis Rex model is destroyed, can Sir Hekhtur continue and complete an Action that Canis Rex model started? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | Do you score the Assassination Secondary Mission twice when you destroy CANIS REX then SIR HEKHTUR? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | Do you score the Bring It Down Secondary Mission when you destroy CANIS REX? |
| A: | No. The Using SIR HEKHTUR rule on the Sir Hekhtur datasheet states that your CANIS REX unit is not considered to be destroyed until Sir Hekhtur is also destroyed. Once Sir Hekhtur has been destroyed, the Bring It Down Secondary Mission can be scored. |
| Q: | For the purposes of completing the Deed of the Lay Low the Tyrant Oath, if the enemy WARLORD is destroyed then resurrected, is the Deed still completed? |
| A: | The completion of Deeds is determined at the start of your Command phase. If the enemy WARLORD is not destroyed at the start of your Command phase, then even if you previously destroyed it, the Deed has not yet been completed. Once completed, however, that Deed remains completed (and so your army remains Honoured) even if that WARLORD is no longer destroyed later in the battle. |
Expansion: Grotmas Calendar: Imperial Knights - Questor Forgepact
| Q: | Can ADEPTUS MECHANICUS units use the Doctrina Imperatives ability when taken as part of the Questor Forgepact Detachment? |
| A: | No. |
Army Rules
Code Chivalric
Imperial Knights fight by a stringent set of codes to ensure that in addition to defeating the enemy, honour is always upheld.
If your Army Faction is IMPERIAL KNIGHTS, at the end of the Read Mission Objectives step, you must select one of the Oaths below to be active for your army. Models from your army with this ability gain the associated Oath ability, and you gain the associated Deed to complete.If, at the start of any of your Command phases, your selected Oath’s Deed is completed, your army becomes Honoured for the rest of the battle and you gain 3CP (you can only gain CP in this way once per battle, and CP gained in this way are an exemption to the Core Rules that limit the maximum number of CP you can gain per battle round to 1).
LAY LOW THE TYRANT
- Oath Ability: Each time this model is selected to shoot or fight, you can re-roll one Hit roll and you can re-roll one Wound roll.
- Deed: This deed is completed if the enemy WARLORD is destroyed.
RECLAIM THE REALM
- Oath Ability: Add 1" to this model’s Move characteristic and add 1 to Advance and Charge rolls made for this model.
- Deed: This deed is completed if you control one or more objective markers in your opponent’s deployment zone.
Bondsman Abilities
Some QUESTORIS models have a Bondsman ability, tagged with the word ‘Bondsman’. In your Command phase, one or more models from your army with a Bondsman ability can use that ability. For each one that does, select one friendly ARMIGER model within 12" of that model (you cannot select an ARMIGER model that is already being affected by a Bondsman ability). Until the start of your next Command phase, the ARMIGER model you selected is affected by that Bondsman ability.Super-heavy Walker
Each time a model with this ability makes a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move, it can move through models (excluding TITANIC models) and sections of terrain features that are 4" or less in height. When doing so:- It can move within Engagement Range of enemy models, but cannot end that move within Engagement Range of them.
- It can also move through sections of terrain features that are more than 4" in height, but if it does, after it has moved, roll one D6: on a 1, that model is Battle-shocked.’
Freeblades
Freeblades often wander the galaxy, aiding the armies of the Imperium against the xenos and heretics who threaten the Emperor’s realm.
If every model in your army has the IMPERIUM keyword, you can include either 1 TITANIC IMPERIAL KNIGHTS model or up to 3 ARMIGER models in your army, even if they do not have the Faction keyword you selected in the Select Army Faction step. None of these models can be your WARLORD, and they cannot be given Enhancements.Noble Lance
Detachment Rule
If your Army Faction is IMPERIAL KNIGHTS, you can use this Noble Lance Detachment rule.Indomitable Heroes
Gathered into a powerful formation known as a lance, Imperial Knights and the Nobles who pilot them wage their honour-driven assaults with renowned resilience and bloody-minded determination.
All IMPERIAL KNIGHTS models from your army have the Feel No Pain 6+ ability. If your army is Honoured, those models have the Feel No Pain 5+ ability.Stratagems
If you are using the Noble Lance Detachment rule, you can use these Noble Lance Stratagems.SQUIRES' DUTY
1CP
Noble Lance – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Under the scrutiny and judgement of their Noble betters, Armiger pilots will redouble their efforts, attacking as one to smash aside their foes.
WHEN: The start of your Shooting phase or the start of the Fight phase.
TARGET: Two or more ARMIGER models from your army and one enemy unit that is an eligible target for all of those ARMIGER models.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, when resolving attacks that target that enemy unit, improve the Strength and Armour Penetration characteristics of weapons equipped by those ARMIGER models by 1. If your army is Honoured, until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Damage characteristic of those weapons as well.
TARGET: Two or more ARMIGER models from your army and one enemy unit that is an eligible target for all of those ARMIGER models.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, when resolving attacks that target that enemy unit, improve the Strength and Armour Penetration characteristics of weapons equipped by those ARMIGER models by 1. If your army is Honoured, until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Damage characteristic of those weapons as well.
ROTATE ION SHIELDS
1CP
Noble Lance – Wargear Stratagem
Veteran Knight pilots can swiftly angle their ion shields to better deflect incoming fire.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One IMPERIAL KNIGHTS model 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, that IMPERIAL KNIGHTS model has a 4+ invulnerable save against ranged attacks.
TARGET: One IMPERIAL KNIGHTS model 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, that IMPERIAL KNIGHTS model has a 4+ invulnerable save against ranged attacks.
THUNDERSTOMP
1CP
Noble Lance – Epic Deed Stratagem
The Noble brings their Knight suit’s full weight crashing down with the force of an industrial piledriver. Few can survive such a blow.
WHEN: Fight phase.
TARGET: One IMPERIAL KNIGHTS model from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your model cannot target MONSTER or VEHICLE units, but all melee weapons equipped by your model have the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability.
TARGET: One IMPERIAL KNIGHTS model from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your model cannot target MONSTER or VEHICLE units, but all melee weapons equipped by your model have the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability.
VALIANT LAST STAND
2CP
Noble Lance – Epic Deed Stratagem
Badly wounded, their Knight’s generator on the verge of overload, still the Noble fights on, drawing upon their reserves of chivalric heroism to sell their life as dearly as they can.
WHEN: Fight phase.
TARGET: One IMPERIAL KNIGHTS model from your army that was just destroyed and that is eligible to fight but has not been selected to fight this phase. You can use this Stratagem on that model even though it was just destroyed.
EFFECT: Before rolling to see if this model deals any mortal wounds as a result of its Deadly Demise ability, it can fight; when doing so, it is assumed to have 1 wound remaining, or all its wounds remaining if your army is Honoured. After it has finished resolving its attacks, resolve its Deadly Demise ability as normal.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot target SIR HEKHTUR with this Stratagem.
TARGET: One IMPERIAL KNIGHTS model from your army that was just destroyed and that is eligible to fight but has not been selected to fight this phase. You can use this Stratagem on that model even though it was just destroyed.
EFFECT: Before rolling to see if this model deals any mortal wounds as a result of its Deadly Demise ability, it can fight; when doing so, it is assumed to have 1 wound remaining, or all its wounds remaining if your army is Honoured. After it has finished resolving its attacks, resolve its Deadly Demise ability as normal.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot target SIR HEKHTUR with this Stratagem.
TROPHY CLAIM
2CP
Noble Lance – Epic Deed Stratagem
Once a mighty foe is laid low, the victorious Knight’s emitters blare its triumph, announcing the glory brought to the Imperium, but shame awaits those who fail in such confrontations.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase.
TARGET: One IMPERIAL KNIGHTS model from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase, and one enemy MONSTER or VEHICLE unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time your model makes an attack that targets that enemy unit, add 1 to the Wound roll. If your model destroys that enemy unit this phase, you gain 1CP, but if your model does not destroy that enemy unit this phase, you cannot use this Stratagem again for the rest of the battle.
TARGET: One IMPERIAL KNIGHTS model from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase, and one enemy MONSTER or VEHICLE unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time your model makes an attack that targets that enemy unit, add 1 to the Wound roll. If your model destroys that enemy unit this phase, you gain 1CP, but if your model does not destroy that enemy unit this phase, you cannot use this Stratagem again for the rest of the battle.
SHOULDER THE BURDEN
2CP
Noble Lance – Battle Tactic Stratagem
When faced with their darkest hour, knightly Nobles rise to the challenge, for nothing shall deter them from fulfilling their duty.
WHEN: Your Command phase.
TARGET: One IMPERIAL KNIGHTS model from your army that has lost one or more wounds.
EFFECT: Until the start of your next Command phase, improve your model’s Move, Toughness, Save, Leadership and Objective Control characteristics by 1 and each time your model makes an attack, add 1 to the Hit roll.
RESTRICTIONS: You can only use this Stratagem once per battle. If your army is Honoured, you can use this Stratagem one additional time.
TARGET: One IMPERIAL KNIGHTS model from your army that has lost one or more wounds.
EFFECT: Until the start of your next Command phase, improve your model’s Move, Toughness, Save, Leadership and Objective Control characteristics by 1 and each time your model makes an attack, add 1 to the Hit roll.
RESTRICTIONS: You can only use this Stratagem once per battle. If your army is Honoured, you can use this Stratagem one additional time.
Enhancements
If you are using the Noble Lance Detachment rule, you can use these Noble Lance Enhancements.
Never hesitating before tyrannical invaders, this Knight is beheld as the very epitome of honour – a monolithic incarnation of the Imperium. While they stand, courage is inviolate and victory is assured. IMPERIAL KNIGHTS model only. While a friendly IMPERIAL KNIGHTS model is within 6" of the bearer, improve that model’s Leadership characteristic by 1. If your army is Honoured, increase the range of this Aura ability to 12". |
Manifesting as though from nowhere, this Noble’s titanic steed is an elemental force of vengeance against the Emperor of Mankind’s foes. At battle’s end, it disappears as mysteriously as it arrived. IMPERIAL KNIGHTS model only. The bearer has the Deep Strike ability. Once per battle, at the end of your opponent’s turn, if the bearer is not within Engagement Range of any enemy units, it can fade away. If it does, remove it from the battlefield then, in the Reinforcements step of your subsequent Movement phase, set it up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" horizontally away from all enemy models. If the battle ends and the bearer is not on the battlefield, it is destroyed. |
This warrior is a legendary figure who embodies the Code Chivalric, and tales of their deeds have spread far and wide. To be a Bondsman to such a warrior is a great honour indeed. QUESTORIS model with a Bondsman ability only. Each time the bearer uses its Bondsman ability, you can select one additional friendly ARMIGER model within 12" of the bearer that is not already being affected by a Bondsman ability. Until the start of your next Command phase, that model is also affected by that Bondsman ability. |
A gift from Lord Solar Macharius himself to honour the noble houses that accompanied his crusade, legend has it that this banner has never seen defeat: every time a Knight has carried it to war, a great victory has been won. IMPERIAL KNIGHTS model only. If you control an objective marker at the end of your Command phase and the bearer is within range of that objective marker, that objective marker remains under your control even if you have no models within range of it, until your opponent controls it at the start or end of any turn. |
This Knight is an unyielding army unto themselves, capable of engaging entire enemy forces and holding their ground, emerging through the fiercest firestorms bloodied, but unbowed. QUESTORIS model only. Each time an attack is allocated to the bearer, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1. |
Questor Forgepact
Bound by oaths of fealty or not, many Knightly houses enjoy close relations with the priesthood of the Adeptus Mechanicus. Whether answering the Martian priesthood’s calls to arms or prosecuting their own wars of liberation against the Emperor’s foes, Noble families regularly pilot their war suits to battle alongside their Tech-Priest allies. The Skitarii soldiery are inspired by the presence of these ancient engines of destruction, uttering awestruck psalms of veneration as they advance fearlessly towards the foe. In turn, the Noble champions are blessed and inspired by the chanted prayers of the Machine Cult and their war suits empowered by the skill of Tech-Priests and artificers of incomparable talent.
Cogbound Alliance
The Nobles of Questor Mechanicus houses commonly fight alongside the armies of forge worlds. They are bound together by their shared devotion to the Machine Cult.
IMPERIAL KNIGHTS units from your army have the following the ability:Sacristan Pledge: In your Command phase, one model in this unit regains 1 lost wound. If this unit is within 3" of one or more friendly TECH-PRIEST models, one model in this unit regains up to D3 lost wounds instead.
ADEPTUS MECHANICUS units from your army have the following ability:
Divine Inspiration: Each time a model in this unit makes a ranged attack, re-roll a Hit roll of 1. If this unit is within 6" of one or more friendly IMPERIAL KNIGHTS units, re-roll a Wound roll of 1 as well.
FORGE WORLD ALLIES
You can include the following ADEPTUS MECHANICUS units in your army: TECH-PRIEST DOMINUS; TECH-PRIEST MANIPULUS; SKITARII MARSHAL; SKITARII RANGERS; SKITARII VANGUARD. The combined points cost of such units depends on your battle size:
- Incursion: Up to 250 pts
- Strike Force: Up to 500 pts
- Onslaught: Up to 750 pts
No ADEPTUS MECHANICUS models from your army can be your WARLORD.
Enhancements
The Omnissian priesthood has thrice blessed this champion of the Machine God and their Knight suit’s core; it burns with a zeal that cannot be quenched. IMPERIAL KNIGHTS model only. Add 4 to the bearer’s Wounds characteristic. |
A devotee of the Omnissian creed, this Noble is inspired by the presence of the Adeptus Mechanicus, fighting with greater zeal and vigour in their holy presence. IMPERIAL KNIGHTS model only. Each time the bearer makes a ranged attack, if the bearer is within 6" of one or more friendly ADEPTUS MECHANICUS units, re-roll a Hit roll of 1. |
An expert in the intricate mechanisms and weapons systems of Imperial Knights, this Tech-Priest taught Sacristans their craft. They now walk in the shadow of these war machines and make field repairs in the midst of battle. TECH-PRIEST model only. While the bearer is within 3" of one or more friendly IMPERIAL KNIGHTS units, it has the Lone Operative ability. In your Command phase, select one friendly Imperial Knights model within 3" of the bearer. That model regains up to 2 lost wounds. |
This titanic war machine’s carapace bristles with vox-grilles and laud hailers that project binharic prayers to the Machine God; these static chants serve both to unnerve the foe and fill the faithful of the Omnissiah with holy fervour. IMPERIAL KNIGHTS model only. While an enemy unit is within 6" of the bearer, worsen the Leadership characteristic of models in that unit by 1. While a friendly ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit is within 6" of the bearer, improve the Leadership characteristic of 1 models in that ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit by 1. |
Stratagems
OMNISSIAH’S GRACE
1CP
Questor Forgepact – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
So resolute is their faith that the Machine God’s worshippers brave storms of killing fire, trusting in the Omnissiah to shield them from harm.
WHEN: Any phase, just after a mortal wound is allocated to an IMPERIAL KNIGHTS or ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit from your army.
TARGET: That IMPERIAL KNIGHTS or ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, models in your unit have the Feel No Pain 5+ ability against mortal wounds.
TARGET: That IMPERIAL KNIGHTS or ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, models in your unit have the Feel No Pain 5+ ability against mortal wounds.
VENGEANCE OF THE MACHINE CULT
1CP
Questor Forgepact – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Those who dare to fell the Machine God’s creations find themselves subject to the vengeance of the Adeptus Mechanicus.
WHEN: Any phase.
TARGET: One IMPERIAL KNIGHTS unit from your army that was just destroyed. You can use this Stratagem on that unit even though it was just destroyed.
EFFECT: Until the end of the battle, the enemy unit that destroyed your unit is Marked. Each time an ADEPTUS MECHANICUS model from your army makes an attack that targets a Marked unit, that attack has the [LETHAL HITS] ability.
TARGET: One IMPERIAL KNIGHTS unit from your army that was just destroyed. You can use this Stratagem on that unit even though it was just destroyed.
EFFECT: Until the end of the battle, the enemy unit that destroyed your unit is Marked. Each time an ADEPTUS MECHANICUS model from your army makes an attack that targets a Marked unit, that attack has the [LETHAL HITS] ability.
BONDED IMPERATIVE
1CP
Questor Forgepact – Epic Deed Stratagem
Tapping into the noospheric battle-sphere, this Noble pilot issues binharic commands directly into the minds of Adeptus Mechanicus allies.
WHEN: Your Command phase, just before an IMPERIAL KNIGHTS CHARACTER unit from your army uses a Bondsman ability.
TARGET: That IMPERIAL KNIGHTS CHARACTER unit.
EFFECT: When selecting targets for that use of that Bondsman ability, you can select one friendly ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit within 12" of your unit in addition, or instead of selecting one ARMIGER model. Until the start of your next Command phase, every model in that ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit is affected by that Bondsman ability.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot target a KNIGHT PRECEPTOR with this Stratagem.
TARGET: That IMPERIAL KNIGHTS CHARACTER unit.
EFFECT: When selecting targets for that use of that Bondsman ability, you can select one friendly ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit within 12" of your unit in addition, or instead of selecting one ARMIGER model. Until the start of your next Command phase, every model in that ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit is affected by that Bondsman ability.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot target a KNIGHT PRECEPTOR with this Stratagem.
MACHINE FOCUS
1CP
Questor Forgepact – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Soothing psalm programs inloaded by Tech-Priests focus targeting arrays and enhance the responsiveness of the Noble pilot’s mighty Knight suit.
WHEN: Your Command phase.
TARGET: One IMPERIAL KNIGHTS unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the start of your next turn, your unit
can ignore any or all modifiers to the following: the Weapon Skill or Ballistic Skill characteristics of weapons equipped by its models; any Hit roll or Wound roll made for it.
TARGET: One IMPERIAL KNIGHTS unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the start of your next turn, your unit
can ignore any or all modifiers to the following: the Weapon Skill or Ballistic Skill characteristics of weapons equipped by its models; any Hit roll or Wound roll made for it.
AGGRESSION BEGETS AGGRESSION
1CP
Questor Forgepact – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Driven by the wrathful whisperings of their Throne Mechanicum, the Noble pilot guides their Knight suit forward, weapons blazing with every step. Inspired by their titanic ally, the warriors of the Adeptus Mechanicus follow suit, pushing their cybernetic systems to the limit.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One IMPERIAL KNIGHTS unit from your army or one IMPERIAL KNIGHTS CHARACTER unit from your army and one friendly ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit that is within 6" of that unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your units have the [ASSAULT] ability.
TARGET: One IMPERIAL KNIGHTS unit from your army or one IMPERIAL KNIGHTS CHARACTER unit from your army and one friendly ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit that is within 6" of that unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your units have the [ASSAULT] ability.
THRONEGHEIST FURY
1CP
Questor Forgepact – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
As augurs detect enemy movements, the pilot’s Throne Mechanicum comes alive with the whispered fury of their ancestors. Weapon systems flare instinctively to life, dispensing the hatred of long-dead Nobles upon the unfortunate foe.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Movement phase, just after an enemy unit is set up or ends a Normal, Advance, or Fall Back move.
TARGET: One IMPERIAL KNIGHTS TITANIC unit from your army that is within 24" of and visible to that enemy unit.
EFFECT: Select one ranged weapon equipped by a model in your unit. That model can shoot at that enemy unit (and only if it is an eligible target). When doing so, that model can only make attacks with that weapon and each time it 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.
TARGET: One IMPERIAL KNIGHTS TITANIC unit from your army that is within 24" of and visible to that enemy unit.
EFFECT: Select one ranged weapon equipped by a model in your unit. That model can shoot at that enemy unit (and only if it is an eligible target). When doing so, that model can only make attacks with that weapon and each time it 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.
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.
ASSASSINATION
The enemy looks to their champions for courage. Identify and eliminate them with extreme prejudice.
If you are using Fixed Missions, then while this Secondary Mission is active, each time an enemy CHARACTER model is destroyed, you score 4VP.
If you are using Tactical Missions, then at the end of the turn, if either of the conditions below are satisfied, this Secondary Mission is achieved and you score 5VP:
- One or more enemy CHARACTER units were destroyed during this turn.
- All CHARACTER units from your opponent’s Army Roster have been destroyed during the battle.
BRING IT DOWN
The opposing army contains numerous heavily armoured units. Take any opportunity to bring them down.
While this Secondary Mission is active, each time an enemy MONSTER or VEHICLE model is destroyed, you score 2VP and an extra 1VP for each of the conditions below that are satisfied (all are cumulative):
- The destroyed model had a Wounds characteristic of 10+.
- The destroyed model had a Wounds characteristic of 15+.
- The destroyed model had a Wounds characteristic of 20+.
If you are using Tactical Missions, then when this Secondary Mission is achieved you score an extra 1VP. However, if you are using Tactical Missions, you cannot score more than 8VP in total from this Secondary Mission.
Code Chivalric
Imperial Knights fight by a stringent set of codes to ensure that in addition to defeating the enemy, honour is always upheld.
If your Army Faction is , at the end of the Read Mission Objectives step, you must select one of the Oaths below to be active for your army. Models from your army with this ability gain the associated Oath ability, and you gain the associated Deed to complete.If, at the start of any of your Command phases, your selected Oath’s Deed is completed, your army becomes Honoured for the rest of the battle and you gain 3CP (you can only gain CP in this way once per battle, and CP gained in this way are an exemption to the Core Rules that limit the maximum number of CP you can gain per battle round to 1).
LAY LOW THE TYRANT
- Oath Ability: Each time this model is selected to shoot or fight, you can re-roll one Hit roll and you can re-roll one Wound roll.
- Deed: This deed is completed if the enemy WARLORD is destroyed.
RECLAIM THE REALM
- Oath Ability: Add 1" to this model’s Move characteristic and add 1 to Advance and Charge rolls made for this model.
- Deed: This deed is completed if you control one or more objective markers in your opponent’s deployment zone.
Heavy
Heavy weapons are amongst the biggest guns on the battlefield, but require bracing to fire at full effect and are unwieldy to bring to bear at close quarters.
Weapons with [HEAVY] in their profile are known as Heavy weapons. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, if the attacking model’s unit Remained Stationary this turn, add 1 to that attack’s Hit roll.- Add 1 to Hit rolls if the bearer’s unit Remained Stationary this turn.
The BATTLELINE keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:
Hit Roll
When a model makes an attack, make one Hit roll for that attack by rolling one D6. If the result of the Hit roll is greater than or equal to the attack’s Ballistic Skill (BS) characteristic (if the attack is being made with a ranged weapon) or its Weapon Skill (WS) characteristic (if the attack is being made with a melee weapon), then that Hit roll is successful and scores one hit against the target unit. Otherwise, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends.An unmodified Hit roll of 6 is called a Critical Hit and is always successful. An unmodified Hit roll of 1 always fails. A Hit roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1.
- Hit Roll (Ranged Attack): A hit is scored if the D6 result equals or exceeds that attack’s BS.
- Hit Roll (Melee Attack): A hit is scored if the D6 result equals or exceeds that attack’s WS.
- Critical Hit: Unmodified Hit roll of 6. Always successful.
- An unmodified Hit roll of 1 always fails.
- A Hit roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1.
Assault
Assault weapons fire so indiscriminately that they can be shot from the hip as warriors dash forward.
Weapons with [ASSAULT] in their profile are known as Assault weapons. If a unit that Advanced this turn contains any models equipped with Assault weapons, it is still eligible to shoot in this turn’s Shooting phase. When such a unit is selected to shoot, you can only resolve attacks using Assault weapons its models are equipped with.- Can be shot even if the bearer’s unit Advanced.
Doctrina Imperatives
An Adeptus Mechanicus army marching to war is a sight both terrifying and glorious, each holy warrior a disturbing fusion of Human and machine. While the ruling Tech-Priests and their fanatical followers raise modified voices in praise of the Machine God, their Skitarii soldiery and Servitor creations are controlled by doctrina imperatives loaded by their masters to augment and adapt the warriors’ abilities.
At the start of the battle round, you can select one of the Doctrina Imperatives below. Until the end of the battle round, that Doctrina Imperative is active for your army, and all units from your army that have the Doctrina Imperatives ability gain the relevant abilities shown below.Protector Imperative
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Conqueror Imperative
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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.
6. Select Warlord
Select one CHARACTER model from your army to be your Warlord – this will be the leader of your army – and make a note of this on your Army Roster. Your Warlord gains the WARLORD keyword.
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.
Objective Markers
Objective markers represent objects of tactical or strategic import that both sides are attempting to secure, such as valuable artefacts, vital supplies or communications nodes. If a mission uses objective markers, it will state where they are located on the battlefield. These can be represented using any suitable marker, but we recommend using round markers that are 40mm in diameter.When setting objective markers up on the battlefield, place them so they are centred on the point specified by the mission. When measuring distances to and from objective markers, measure to and from the closest part of them. Models can move over objective markers as if they were not there, but they cannot end a move on top of an objective marker.
At the start of the battle, each objective marker on the battlefield is said to be contested, and so is not controlled by either player. To control an objective marker, a player will first need to move models within range of it. A model is within range of an objective marker if it is within 3" horizontally and 5" vertically of that objective marker.
Every model has an Objective Control (OC) characteristic listed on its datasheet. To determine a player’s Level of Control over an objective marker, add together the OC characteristics of all the models from that player’s army that are within range of that objective marker. A player will control an objective marker at the end of any phase or turn if their Level of Control over it is greater than their opponent’s. If both players have the same Level of Control over an objective marker, that objective marker is contested.
- A model is within range of an objective marker if within 3" horizontally and 5" vertically.
- Level of Control: Add together the OC characteristics of all of a player’s models within range of the objective marker.
- An objective marker is controlled by the player with the highest Level of Control over it (in a tie, it is contested).
- Models cannot end a move on top of an objective marker.
The QUESTORIS keyword is used in the following Imperial Knights datasheets:
The ARMIGER keyword is used in the following Imperial Knights 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.
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.
Engagement Range
Engagement Range represents the zone of threat that models present to their enemies. While a model is within 1" horizontally and 5" vertically of an enemy model, those models – and their units – are within Engagement Range of each other.Models cannot be set up or end a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move within Engagement Range of any enemy models. If for any reason a model cannot meet this condition, that model is destroyed.
- Engagement Range: Within 1" horizontally and 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up or end a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move within Engagement Range of any enemy models.
2. Battle-shock
In this step, you must take a Battle-shock test for each of your units on the battlefield that is Below Half-strength. To do so, roll 2D6: if the result is greater than or equal to the best Leadership characteristic in that unit, the test is passed; otherwise, the test is failed and, until the start of your next Command phase, that unit is Battle-shocked.While a unit is Battle-shocked:
- The Objective Control characteristic of all of its models is 0.
- If it Falls Back, you must take a Desperate Escape test for every model in that unit.
- Its controlling player cannot use Stratagems to affect that unit.
Once you have taken Battle-shock tests for all of your units that require them, your Command phase ends and you progress to your Movement phase.
In this step, if for any reason a unit is forced to take a Battle-shock test for being below its Starting Strength, unless otherwise stated, that unit does not also have to take a Battle-shock test for being Below Half-strength. While a unit is Battle-shocked, all models in that unit are also Battle-shocked.
- Take a Battle-shock test for each unit from your army on the battlefield that is Below Half-strength.
- Roll 2D6: if the result is greater than or equal to the unit’s Leadership, the test is passed. Otherwise, the unit is Battle-shocked until the start of your next Command phase.
- Battle-shocked units have an OC of 0 and their controlling player cannot use Stratagems to affect them.
- Battle-shocked units must take Desperate Escape tests if they Fall Back.
The and TITANIC keywords are used in the following Imperial Knights datasheets:
Characters
Hazardous
Weapons powered by unstable and dangerous energy sources pose a substantial risk to the wielder every time they are used.
Weapons with [HAZARDOUS] in their profile are known as Hazardous weapons. Each time a unit is selected to shoot or fight, after that unit has resolved all of its attacks, for each Hazardous weapon that targets were selected for when resolving those attacks, that unit must take one Hazardous test. To do so, roll one D6: on a 1, that test is failed. For each failed test you must resolve the following sequence (resolve each failed test one at a time):- If possible, select one model in that unit that has lost one or more wounds and is equipped with one or more Hazardous weapons.
- Otherwise, if possible, select one model in that unit (excluding CHARACTER models) equipped with one or more Hazardous weapons.
- Otherwise, select one CHARACTER model in that unit equipped with one or more Hazardous weapons.
If a unit from a player’s army is selected as the target of the Fire Overwatch Stratagem in their opponent’s Charge phase, any mortal wounds inflicted by Hazardous tests are allocated after the charging unit has ended its Charge move.
Example: A unit of five models make five attacks with ranged weapons with the [HAZARDOUS] ability. After the unit has finished shooting, its controlling player rolls five D6. One of the results is a 1, and so one of those models suffers 3 mortal wounds.
- After a unit shoots or fights, roll one Hazardous test (one D6) for each Hazardous weapon used. For each 1, a model equipped with a hazardous weapon suffers 3 mortal wounds, that must be allocated to the selected model.
Devastating Wounds
Weapons with [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] in their profile are known as Devastating Wounds weapons. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, if that attack scores a Critical Wound, no saving throw of any kind can be made against that attack (including invulnerable saving throws). Such attacks are only allocated to models after all other attacks made by the attacking unit have been allocated and resolved. After that attack is allocated and after any modifiers are applied, it inflicts a number of mortal wounds on the target equal to the Damage characteristic of that attack, instead of inflicting damage normally.Example: An attack made with a Devastating Wounds weapon with a Damage characteristic of 2 scores a Critical Wound. Instead of allocating the attack and making saving throws normally, the target suffers 2 mortal wounds.
- A Critical Wound inflicts mortal wounds equal to the weapon’s Damage characteristic, instead of any normal damage.
Mortal Wounds
Some attacks are so powerful that no armour or force field can withstand their fury.
Some rules inflict mortal wounds on units. Each time mortal wounds are inflicted on a unit, each of those mortal wounds inflicts one point of damage to that unit, and they are always applied one at a time. Each mortal wound is allocated to a model in the same manner as allocating an attack. Excess damage from mortal wounds is not lost if the damage can be allocated to another model. Instead, keep allocating damage to another model in the target unit until either all the damage has been allocated or the target unit is destroyed.If an attack inflicts mortal wounds in addition to any normal damage, do not make a Wound roll or saving throw (including invulnerable saving throws) against those mortal wounds. If those mortal wounds are inflicted by an attack that has the [PRECISION] ability, the attacking model’s controlling player can allocate those mortal wounds to a CHARACTER model in that unit.
If mortal wounds are being inflicted as a result of the [HAZARDOUS] ability or by an attack with the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability that scored a Critical Wound, each time those mortal wounds are allocated to a model, if that model is destroyed as a result of those mortal wounds, the remaining mortal wounds from that attack are lost, just as with a normal attack.
If, when a unit is selected to shoot or fight, one or more of its attacks can inflict mortal wounds on the target, resolve any normal damage inflicted by the attacking unit’s attacks on that target before inflicting any mortal wounds on that target. If an attack inflicts mortal wounds in addition to any normal damage, but the normal damage is subsequently saved, the target unit still suffers those mortal wounds, as described above.
- Each mortal wound inflicted on a unit causes one model in that unit to lose one wound.
- Unless the source of the mortal wounds is the [HAZARDOUS] ability or an attack with the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability, damage from mortal wounds is not lost if it can be allocated to another model.
- No saving throws can be made against mortal wounds.
- Mortal wounds inflicted by attacks always apply after any normal damage, even if that damage was saved.
Feel No Pain
FEEL NO PAIN
Some warriors refuse to be laid low, even by what should be fatal wounds.
Some models have ‘Feel No Pain x+’ listed in their abilities. Each time a model with this ability suffers damage and so would lose a wound (including wounds lost due to mortal wounds), roll one D6: if the result is greater than or equal to the number denoted by ‘x’, that wound is ignored and is not lost. If a model has more than one Feel No Pain ability, you can only use one of those abilities each time that model suffers damage and so would lose a wound.- Feel No Pain x+: Each time this model would lose a wound, roll one D6: if the result equals or exceeds ‘x’, that wound is not lost.
Invulnerable Saves
Whether shielded by force fields, enveloped in mystical energies or simply possessed of preternatural senses and lightning-fast reflexes, some warriors are protected by more than mere physical armour.
Some models have an invulnerable save listed on their datasheet. Each time an attack is allocated to a model with an invulnerable save, the controlling player must choose to use either that model’s Save characteristic or its invulnerable save, but not both. If a model has more than one invulnerable save, it can only use one of them – choose which it will use.Unlike armour saving throws (which use a model’s Save characteristic), invulnerable saving throws are never modified by an attack’s Armour Penetration characteristic, but otherwise follow the normal rules for saving throws.
- Invulnerable Save: Never modified by an attack’s AP.
- The controlling player can choose to use either a model’s invulnerable save or its Save characteristic.
Disembark
If a unit from your army starts your Movement phase embarked within a TRANSPORT model, that unit can disembark in that phase.When a unit disembarks from a TRANSPORT model, set it up on the battlefield so that it is wholly within 3" of that TRANSPORT model and not within Engagement Range of any enemy models. If, for any reason, a disembarking model cannot be set up, that model’s unit cannot disembark.
Units that disembark from a TRANSPORT model that either Remained Stationary this phase or has not yet made a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move this phase can then act normally (make a Normal move, Advance, shoot, declare a charge, fight, etc.) in the remainder of the turn. Such a disembarking unit cannot choose to Remain Stationary.
Units that disembark from a TRANSPORT model that made a Normal move this phase count as having made a Normal move themselves; they cannot move further during this phase. Such a unit also cannot declare a charge in the same turn, but can otherwise act normally in the remainder of the turn.
Units cannot disembark from a TRANSPORT model that either Advanced or Fell Back this turn.
- Units that start your Movement phase embarked within a TRANSPORT can disembark this phase, provided their TRANSPORT has not Advanced or Fallen Back.
- If a unit disembarks before its TRANSPORT moves, it can act normally.
- If a unit disembarks after its TRANSPORT moves, it cannot move or charge this turn, but can otherwise act normally.
- Disembarking units must be set up wholly within 3" of their TRANSPORT and not within Engagement Range of any enemy models (or the unit cannot disembark).
- Units that disembark this turn cannot Remain Stationary.
DEADLY DEMISE
From detonating ammo stores to corrosive innards or frenzied death throes, some targets are deadly even in defeat.
Some models have ‘Deadly Demise x’ listed in their abilities. When such a model is destroyed, roll one D6 before removing it from play (if such a model is a TRANSPORT, roll before any embarked models disembark). On a 6, each unit within 6" of that model suffers a number of mortal wounds denoted by ‘x’ (if this is a random number, roll separately for each unit within 6").Example: A TRANSPORT model with the Deadly Demise D3 ability is destroyed. Before any models disembark and before removing it from play, its controlling player rolls one D6, getting a 6. There are three units within 6" of that destroyed model, so its controlling player rolls one D3 for each of them, inflicting mortal wounds accordingly.
- Deadly Demise x: When this model is destroyed, roll one D6. On a 6, each unit within 6" suffers ‘x’ mortal wounds.
Aura Abilities
Some abilities affect multiple models or units in a given range. These are known as Aura abilities and are tagged with the word ‘Aura’. A model with an Aura ability is always within range of its own Aura ability. A unit can be affected by more than one Aura ability at a time, but if a unit is within range of the same Aura ability more than once, that Aura ability only applies to that unit once.
DEEP STRIKE
Some units make their way to battle via tunnelling, teleportation, high-altitude descent or other extraordinary means that allow them to appear suddenly in the thick of the fighting.
During the Declare Battle Formations step, if every model in a unit has this ability, you can set it up in Reserves instead of setting it up on the battlefield. If you do, in the Reinforcements step of one of your Movement phases you can set up this unit anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" horizontally away from all enemy models. If a unit with the Deep Strike ability arrives from Strategic Reserves, the controlling player can choose for that unit to be set up either using the rules for Strategic Reserves or using the Deep Strike ability.- Unit can be set up in Reserves instead of on the battlefield.
- Unit can be set up in your Reinforcements step, more than 9" horizontally away from all enemy models.
Bondsman Abilities
Some QUESTORIS models have a Bondsman ability, tagged with the word ‘Bondsman’. In your Command phase, one or more models from your army with a Bondsman ability can use that ability. For each one that does, select one friendly ARMIGER model within 12" of that model (you cannot select an ARMIGER model that is already being affected by a Bondsman ability). Until the start of your next Command phase, the ARMIGER model you selected is affected by that Bondsman ability.The keyword is used in the following Imperial Knights datasheets:
Characters
The TECH-PRIEST keyword is used in the following Imperial Knights datasheets:
The ADEPTUS MECHANICUS keyword is used in the following Imperial Knights datasheets:
LEADER
Mighty heroes fight at the forefront of battle.
Some CHARACTER units have ‘Leader’ listed on their datasheets. Such CHARACTER units are known as Leaders, and the units they can lead – known as their Bodyguard units – are listed on their datasheet.During the Declare Battle Formations step, for each Leader in your army, if your army also includes one or more of that Leader’s Bodyguard units, you can select one of those Bodyguard units. That Leader will then attach to that Bodyguard unit for the duration of the battle and is said to be leading that unit. Each Bodyguard unit can only have one Leader attached to it.
While a Bodyguard unit contains a Leader, it is known as an Attached unit and, with the exception of rules that are triggered when units are destroyed, it is treated as a single unit for all rules purposes. Each time an attack targets an Attached unit, until the attacking unit has resolved all of its attacks, you must use the Toughness characteristic of the Bodyguard models in that unit, even if a Leader in that unit has a different Toughness characteristic. Each time an attack sucessfully wounds an Attached unit, that attack cannot be allocated to a CHARACTER model in that unit, even if that CHARACTER model has lost one or more wounds or has already had attacks allocated to it this phase. As soon as the last Bodyguard model in an Attached unit has been destroyed, any attacks made against that unit that have yet to be allocated can then be allocated to CHARACTER models in that unit.
Each time the last model in a Bodyguard unit is destroyed, each CHARACTER unit that is part of that Attached unit is no longer part of an Attached unit. It becomes a separate unit, with its original Starting Strength. If this happens as the result of an attack, they become separate units after the attacking unit has resolved all of its attacks.
Each time the last model in a CHARACTER unit that is attached to a Bodyguard unit is destroyed and there is not another CHARACTER unit attached, that Attached unit’s Bodyguard unit is no longer part of an Attached unit. It becomes a separate unit, with its original Starting Strength. If this happens as the result of an attack, they become separate units after the attacking unit has resolved all of its attacks.
Each time a unit that is part of an Attached unit is destroyed, it does not have the keywords of any other units that make up that Attached unit (unless it has those keywords on its own datasheet) for the purposes of any rules that would be triggered when that unit is destroyed.
Example: If you only destroy the Bodyguard unit that is part of an Attached unit, you have not destroyed a CHARACTER unit. If you only destroy the CHARACTER unit that is part of an Attached unit, or if you destroy the whole Attached unit, you have destroyed one CHARACTER unit.
- Before the battle, CHARACTER units with the Leader ability can be attached to one of their Bodyguard units to form an Attached unit.
- Attached units can only contain one Leader.
- Attacks cannot be allocated to CHARACTER models in Attached units.
LONE OPERATIVE
Assassins and other covert agents are difficult to track and pinpoint in the swirling maelstrom of battle.
Unless part of an Attached unit (see Leader), this unit can only be selected as the target of a ranged attack if the attacking model is within 12".Lethal Hits
Some weapons can inflict fatal injuries on any foe, no matter their resilience.
Weapons with [LETHAL HITS] in their profile are known as Lethal Hits weapons. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, a Critical Hit automatically wounds the target.Characters
Some models have the CHARACTER keyword. These models can make Heroic Interventions in Charge Phase and are not easy targets in the Shooting Phase (see Look out, Sir, rule). If your Warlord has the CHARACTER keyword he may be able to have a Warlord Trait (see Warlord Trait section on model’s faction page).Note that CHARACTERS cannot use their Aura Abilities while %000015069performing actions%.
The and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Imperial Knights datasheets:
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