Leagues of Votann – Einhyr Hearthguard
RANGED WEAPONS | RANGE | A | BS | S | AP | D | |
| EtaCarn plasma gun [rapid fire 1] | |||||||
| EtaCarn plasma gun [rapid fire 1] | 24" | 1 | 3+ | 7 | -3 | 2 | |
| Exoarmour grenade launcher [blast] | |||||||
| Exoarmour grenade launcher [blast] | 24" | D3 | 3+ | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Volkanite disintegrator [devastating wounds] | |||||||
| Volkanite disintegrator [devastating wounds] | 24" | 3 | 3+ | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
MELEE WEAPONS | RANGE | A | WS | S | AP | D | |
| Concussion gauntlet | |||||||
| Concussion gauntlet | Melee | 2 | 3+ | 8 | -2 | 2 | |
| Graviton hammer [anti-monster 3+, anti-vehicle 3+] | |||||||
| Graviton hammer [anti-monster 3+, anti-vehicle 3+] | Melee | 3 | 4+ | 9 | -1 | 3 | |
| Plasma blade gauntlet | |||||||
| Plasma blade gauntlet | Melee | 3 | 3+ | 6 | -2 | 1 | |
WARGEAR OPTIONS
- All models in this unit can each have their EtaCarn plasma gun replaced with 1 volkanite disintegrator.
- All models in this unit can each have their concussion gauntlet replaced with 1 plasma blade gauntlet.
- The Hesyr’s concussion gauntlet or plasma blade gauntlet can be replaced with 1 graviton hammer.
- The Hesyr’s weavefield crest can be replaced with 1 teleport crest.
ABILITIES
FACTION: Prioritised Efficiency
Decisive Destruction: Each time a model in this unit makes a ranged attack that targets the closest eligible target, re-roll a Hit roll of 1.
WARGEAR ABILITIES
Teleport Crest: Models in the bearer’s unit have the Deep Strike ability.
Weavefield Crest: Models in the bearer’s unit have a 5+ invulnerable save.
UNIT COMPOSITION
- 1 Hesyr
- 4-9 Hearthguard
The Hesyr is additionally equipped with: weavefield crest.
| 5 models | 135 |
| 10 models | 270 |
KEYWORDS: INFANTRY, EXOARMOUR, EINHYR HEARTHGUARD
FACTION KEYWORDS:
LEAGUES OF VOTANN
LEAGUES OF VOTANN
STRATAGEMS
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Boarding Actions – Epic Deed
BA
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Boarding Actions – Epic Deed
BA
EXPLOSIVE CLEARANCE
1CP
Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic
BA
COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
2CP
Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy
BA
INEXORABLE EFFICIENCY
1CP
Brandfast Oathband – Strategic Ploy
VENGEANCE FLARE
2CP
Brandfast Oathband – Strategic Ploy
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Core – Battle Tactic
C
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Core – Epic Deed
C
FIRE OVERWATCH
1CP
Core – Strategic Ploy
C
RAPID INGRESS
1CP
Core – Strategic Ploy
C
GO TO GROUND
1CP
Core – Battle Tactic
C
HEROIC INTERVENTION
1CP
Core – Strategic Ploy
C
COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
2CP
Core – Strategic Ploy
C
WEAVEWËRKE BUTTRESS
1CP
Dêlve Assault Shift – Strategic Ploy
UNSTOPPABLE FORCE
1CP
Dêlve Assault Shift – Strategic Ploy
MATERIALISATION MATRICES
1CP
Hearthband – Strategic Ploy
UNYIELDING AGGRESSION
1CP
Hearthband – Strategic Ploy
BRËKKEKNOTS
1CP
Hearthband – Battle Tactic
FURY OF THE HEARTH
1CP
Hearthband – Battle Tactic
SUPERIOR CRAFTSMANSHIP
2CP
Hearthband – Battle Tactic
SURE OF PURPOSE
1CP
Hearthband – Strategic Ploy
WEAVEFIELD FLARE
1CP
Hearthfire Strike – Battle Tactic
ECONOMY OF AGGRESSION
1CP
Hearthfire Strike – Battle Tactic
PAN-SPECTRAL VISUALISER
1CP
Hearthfire Strike – Battle Tactic
GRAVITRONIC PULSE
1CP
Hearthfire Strike – Battle Tactic
ORDERED RETREAT
1CP
Needgaârd Oathband – Strategic Ploy
VOID HARDENED
1CP
Needgaârd Oathband – Wargear
ANCESTRAL SENTENCE
1CP
Needgaârd Oathband – Battle Tactic
HUNTR’S MARK
1CP
Needgaârd Oathband – Battle Tactic
REACTIVE REPRISAL
2CP
Needgaârd Oathband – Strategic Ploy
HONOUR OF THE HOLD
1CP
Needgaârd Oathband – Battle Tactic
CLAIMSTAKER REFLEX
1CP
Persecution Prospect – Strategic Ploy
RANGER TACTICS
1CP
Persecution Prospect – Battle Tactic
DISPERSED FORMATION
1CP
Persecution Prospect – Strategic Ploy
RELIC CYPHER
1CP
Void Salvagers – Strategic Ploy
CORRIDOR COVERED
1CP
Void Salvagers – Battle Tactic
JUDGED AND PUNISHED
1CP
Void Salvagers – Battle Tactic
LED BY
This unit can be led by the following units:
DETACHMENT ABILITY
Methodical Annihilation
Martial Leverage
Assailed From Every Angle
Mobile Sensor Relays
Stalwart Advance
Wrought in Wrath
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.
The keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
Characters
Battleline
Prioritised Efficiency
As the Kin truth describes, Luck has. Need keeps. Toil earns. The kinhost’s ability to efficiently switch its strategic footing embodies this wisdom. It results from swift assessments of a foe’s possessions, how best to seize them for the kindred’s need and then to stubbornly toil to hold them against counterattacks.
If your Army Faction is , units from your army have one of two abilities: Hostile Acquisition or Fortify Takeover (see below). During the battle, which ability those units have will change depending on how many Yield points (YP) you currently have:
Hostile Acquisition
Fortify Takeover
Yield Points
At the end of each player’s Command phase, you gain 1YP if you control one or more objective markers within your deployment zone, and, from the second battle round onwards, you gain 1 additional YP for each of the following conditions you satisfy:
In your turn, YP gained in this way are always gained before checking which ability units from your army have.
Whenever a rule allows you to spend YP, reduce the number of YP you have by that amount (your YP cannot go below 0), otherwise you cannot use that rule.
Designer’s Note: This means you can use rules that let you gain or spend YP to influence which ability your units have - Hostile Acquisition or Fortify Takeover - depending on which will be most beneficial to you. Remember that your army only changes ability at the end of your Command phase, so you will - sometimes need to plan ahead if you want your army to stay in or change ability.
- At the start of the battle, your units have Hostile Acquisition until the start of your next Command phase.
- At the end of your Command phase, if you have fewer than 7YP, your units have Hostile Acquisition until the start of your next Command phase.
- At the end of your Command phase, if you have 7YP or more, your units have Fortify Takeover until the start of your next Command phase.
Hostile Acquisition
- Each time a model in this unit makes an attack that targets an enemy unit within range of one or more objective markers, add 1 to the Hit roll.
- You can re-roll Advance and Charge rolls made for this unit.
Fortify Takeover
- Each time a model in this unit makes an attack that targets an enemy unit, if this unit is within range of one or more objective markers you control, add 1 to the Hit roll.
- Each time an attack targets this unit, if the Strength characteristic of that attack is greater than this unit’s Toughness characteristic and this unit is not a VEHICLE, subtract 1 from the Wound roll.
Yield Points
At the end of each player’s Command phase, you gain 1YP if you control one or more objective markers within your deployment zone, and, from the second battle round onwards, you gain 1 additional YP for each of the following conditions you satisfy:
- You control one or more objective markers not within your deployment zone.
- You control two or more objective markers not within your deployment zone.
- You control more objective markers than your opponent.
In your turn, YP gained in this way are always gained before checking which ability units from your army have.
Whenever a rule allows you to spend YP, reduce the number of YP you have by that amount (your YP cannot go below 0), otherwise you cannot use that rule.
Designer’s Note: This means you can use rules that let you gain or spend YP to influence which ability your units have - Hostile Acquisition or Fortify Takeover - depending on which will be most beneficial to you. Remember that your army only changes ability at the end of your Command phase, so you will - sometimes need to plan ahead if you want your army to stay in or change ability.
Example: In her third turn, Freida’s units had the Hostile Acquisition ability, as she had 6YP at the end of her Command phase. In her fourth turn, at the end of her Command phase, she controls one objective marker within her deployment zone, and one objective marker not within her deployment zone, and her opponent controls two objective markers. Freida gains 2YP, so she now has 8YP, and her units now have the Fortify Takeover ability instead.
During her turn, Freida uses a Stratagem that allows her to spend YP. She spends 2YP, bringing her total down to 6YP. However, units from her army still have Fortify Takeover - it will only change if, at the end of her next Command phase, she still has fewer than 7YP.
During her turn, Freida uses a Stratagem that allows her to spend YP. She spends 2YP, bringing her total down to 6YP. However, units from her army still have Fortify Takeover - it will only change if, at the end of her next Command phase, she still has fewer than 7YP.
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.
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.
Before selecting targets for this weapon, select one of its profiles to make attacks with.
Sustained Hits
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’.Example: A model makes an attack with a melee weapon with the [SUSTAINED HITS 2] ability. If the Hit roll is an unmodified 6 (a Critical Hit), then that attack scores a total of 3 hits on the target (1 from the successful Hit roll of 6, and 2 from the [SUSTAINED HITS 2] ability).
- [SUSTAINED HITS X]: Each Critical Hit scores ‘x’ additional hits on the target.
Rapid Fire
Rapid fire weapons are capable of long-ranged precision shots or controlled bursts at nearby targets.
Weapons with [RAPID FIRE X] in their profile are known as Rapid Fire weapons. Each time such a weapon targets a unit within half that weapon’s range, the Attacks characteristic of that weapon is increased by the amount denoted by ‘x’.Example: A model targets a unit that is within half range of a weapon with an Attacks characteristic of 1 and the [RAPID FIRE 1] ability. That weapon therefore makes two attacks at the target, and you make two Hit rolls.
- [RAPID FIRE X]: Increase the Attacks by ‘x’ when targeting units within half range.
Blast
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).Example: If a weapon with the [BLAST] ability and an Attacks characteristic of 2D6 targets a unit that contains 11 models, and the roll to determine how many attacks are made is a 9, a total of 11 attacks would be made against that unit.
- Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic for every five models in the target unit (rounding down).
- Can never be used against a target that is within Engagement Range of any units from the attacking model’s army (including its own).
The keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
Characters
Battleline
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
Characters
Battleline
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.
Saving Throw
The player controlling the target unit then makes one saving throw. By default, this will be an armour saving throw using their model’s Save (Sv) characteristic, but some models have invulnerable saves that can be used instead (see below). To make an armour saving throw, roll one D6, then modify the result by the Armour Penetration (AP) characteristic of the attack. For example, if the attack has an AP of -1, then 1 is subtracted from the saving throw.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.
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.
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.
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Boarding Actions – Epic Deed Stratagem
A great commander can bend even the vagaries of fate and fortune to their will, the better to ensure victory.
WHEN: Any phase, just after you have made a Hit roll, a Wound roll, a Damage roll, a saving throw, an Advance roll, a Charge roll, a Desperate Escape test, a Hazardous test, or just after you have rolled the dice to determine the number of attacks made with a weapon, for an attack, model or unit from your army.
TARGET: That unit or model from your army.
EFFECT: You re-roll that roll, test or saving throw.
TARGET: That unit or model from your army.
EFFECT: You re-roll that roll, test or saving throw.
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.
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Boarding Actions – Epic Deed Stratagem
Indifferent to their own survival, these warriors hold their ground against seemingly impossible odds.
WHEN: Battle-shock step of your Command phase, just after you have failed a Battle-shock test taken for a unit from your army.
TARGET: The unit from your army that Battle-shock test was just taken for (even though your Battle-shocked units cannot normally be affected by your Stratagems).
EFFECT: Your unit is treated as having passed that test instead, and is not Battle-shocked as a result.
TARGET: The unit from your army that Battle-shock test was just taken for (even though your Battle-shocked units cannot normally be affected by your Stratagems).
EFFECT: Your unit is treated as having passed that test instead, and is not Battle-shocked as a result.
EXPLOSIVE CLEARANCE
1CP
Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic Stratagem
A well-placed explosive munition in confined shipboard spaces can cause bloody carnage.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Select one model in your unit that is equipped with a weapon with the [BLAST] ability. Until the end of the phase, when determining how many models are in the target unit for the purpose of that ability, include models that are not visible to the attacking model. In addition, attacks made with that weapon can be allocated to models that are not visible to the attacking model.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Select one model in your unit that is equipped with a weapon with the [BLAST] ability. Until the end of the phase, when determining how many models are in the target unit for the purpose of that ability, include models that are not visible to the attacking model. In addition, attacks made with that weapon can be allocated to models that are not visible to the attacking model.
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.
COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
2CP
Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
In close-quarters combat, the slightest hesitation can leave an opening for a swift foe to exploit.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has fought.
TARGET: One unit from your army that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units and that has not already been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Your unit fights next.
TARGET: One unit from your army that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units and that has not already been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Your unit fights next.
INEXORABLE EFFICIENCY
1CP
Brandfast Oathband – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
With the wealth of sensor-wrought information they can access, the Kin can efficiently adapt fighting withdrawals into deadly counterattacks.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit is eligible to shoot in a turn in which it Fell Back.
TARGET: One unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit is eligible to shoot in a turn in which it Fell Back.
The and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
Characters
Battleline
The KAPRICUS keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
Dedicated Transports
Other
VENGEANCE FLARE
2CP
Brandfast Oathband – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
With a narrow-band data burst, those of an oathband who have been wronged can call in the devastating vengeance of their armoured support.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has shot.
TARGET: One INFANTRY unit that was hit by one or more of those attacks.
EFFECT: Each time you use this Stratagem, you can spend 2YP. Select one friendly KAPRICUS or SAGITAUR unit within 6" of your INFANTRY unit. If you spent YP during this use of this Stratagem, you can select one friendly HEKATON LAND FORTRESS unit within 6" of your INFANTRY unit instead. The selected unit can shoot as if it were your Shooting phase. When doing so, models in the selected unit can only target that enemy unit (and only if it is an eligible target).
TARGET: One INFANTRY unit that was hit by one or more of those attacks.
EFFECT: Each time you use this Stratagem, you can spend 2YP. Select one friendly KAPRICUS or SAGITAUR unit within 6" of your INFANTRY unit. If you spent YP during this use of this Stratagem, you can select one friendly HEKATON LAND FORTRESS unit within 6" of your INFANTRY unit instead. The selected unit can shoot as if it were your Shooting phase. When doing so, models in the selected unit can only target that enemy unit (and only if it is an eligible target).
Re-rolls
Some rules allow you to re-roll a dice roll, which means you get to roll some or all of the dice again. If a rule allows you to re-roll a dice roll that was made by adding several dice together (e.g. 2D6, 3D6, etc.) then, unless otherwise stated, you must re-roll all of those dice again.You can never re-roll a dice more than once, and re-rolls happen before modifiers (if any) are applied. Rules that refer to the value of an ‘unmodified’ dice roll are referring to the dice result after any re-rolls, but before any modifiers are applied.
- Unmodified Dice: the result after re-rolls, but before any modifiers.
- A dice can never be re-rolled more than once.
- You must re-roll all dice if several need adding together (e.g. 2D6).
- Re-rolls are applied before any modifiers.
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Core – Battle Tactic Stratagem
A great commander can bend even the vagaries of fate and fortune to their will, the better to ensure victory.
WHEN: Any phase, just after you make an Advance roll, a Charge roll, a Desperate Escape test or a Hazardous test for a unit from your army, or a Hit roll, a Wound roll, a Damage roll or a saving throw for a model in that unit, or a roll to determine the number of attacks made with a weapon equipped by a model in that unit. If you are using fast dice rolling, this Stratagem can still be used after rolling multiple rolls or saving throws at once.
TARGET: That unit or model from your army.
EFFECT: You re-roll that roll, test or saving throw. If you are using fast dice rolling, select one of those rolls or saving throws to re-roll.
TARGET: That unit or model from your army.
EFFECT: You re-roll that roll, test or saving throw. If you are using fast dice rolling, select one of those rolls or saving throws to re-roll.
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Core – Epic Deed Stratagem
Indifferent to their own survival, these warriors hold their ground against seemingly impossible odds.
WHEN: Battle-shock step of your Command phase, just before you take a Battle-shock test for a unit from your army.
TARGET: That unit from your army.
EFFECT: Your unit automatically passes that Battle-shock test.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this Stratagem more than once per battle.
TARGET: That unit from your army.
EFFECT: Your unit automatically passes that Battle-shock test.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this Stratagem more than once per battle.
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.
Unit Visible
If one or more models in a unit is visible to the observing model, then that model’s unit is visible to the observing model.
FIRE OVERWATCH
1CP
Core – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
A hail of wildfire can drive back advancing foes.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Movement or Charge phase, just after an enemy unit is set up or when an enemy unit starts or ends a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move, or declares a charge.
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.
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.
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.
RAPID INGRESS
1CP
Core – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Be it cunning strategy, potent technology or supernatural ritual, there are many means by which a commander may hasten their warriors’ onset.
WHEN: End of your opponent’s Movement phase.
TARGET: One unit from your army that is in Reserves.
EFFECT: Your unit can arrive on the battlefield as if it were the Reinforcements step of your Movement phase, and if every model in that unit has the Deep Strike ability, you can set that unit up as described in the Deep Strike ability (even though it is not your Movement phase).
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this Stratagem to enable a unit to arrive on the battlefield during a battle round it would not normally be able to do so in.
TARGET: One unit from your army that is in Reserves.
EFFECT: Your unit can arrive on the battlefield as if it were the Reinforcements step of your Movement phase, and if every model in that unit has the Deep Strike ability, you can set that unit up as described in the Deep Strike ability (even though it is not your Movement phase).
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this Stratagem to enable a unit to arrive on the battlefield during a battle round it would not normally be able to do so in.
Benefit of Cover
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.Each time a ranged attack is allocated to a model that has the Benefit of Cover, add 1 to the saving throw made for that attack (excluding invulnerable saving throws). Models with a Save characteristic of 3+ or better cannot have the Benefit of Cover against attacks with an Armour Penetration characteristic of 0. Multiple instances of the Benefit of Cover are not cumulative – a model cannot benefit from this rule more than once at any one time.
- Benefit of Cover: Add 1 to armour saving throws against ranged attacks.
- Does not apply to models with a Save of 3+ or better against attacks with an AP of 0.
- Multiple instances are not cumulative.
GO TO GROUND
1CP
Core – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Seeking salvation from incoming fire, warriors hurl themselves into whatever cover they can find.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One INFANTRY 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, all models in your unit have a 6+ invulnerable save and have the Benefit of Cover.
TARGET: One INFANTRY 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, all models in your unit have a 6+ invulnerable save and have the Benefit of Cover.
Charge Bonus
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.HEROIC INTERVENTION
1CP
Core – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Voices raised in furious war cries, your warriors surge forth to meet the enemy’s onslaught head-on.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Charge phase, just after an enemy unit ends a Charge move.
TARGET: One unit from your army that is within 6" of that enemy unit and would be eligible to declare a charge against that enemy unit if it were your Charge phase.
EFFECT: Your unit now declares a charge that targets only that enemy unit, and you resolve that charge as if it were your Charge phase.
RESTRICTIONS: You can only select a VEHICLE unit from your army if it is a WALKER. Note that even if this charge is successful, your unit does not receive any Charge bonus this turn.
TARGET: One unit from your army that is within 6" of that enemy unit and would be eligible to declare a charge against that enemy unit if it were your Charge phase.
EFFECT: Your unit now declares a charge that targets only that enemy unit, and you resolve that charge as if it were your Charge phase.
RESTRICTIONS: You can only select a VEHICLE unit from your army if it is a WALKER. Note that even if this charge is successful, your unit does not receive any Charge bonus this turn.
COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
2CP
Core – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
In close-quarters combat, the slightest hesitation can leave an opening for a swift foe to exploit.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has fought.
TARGET: One unit from your army that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units and that has not already been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Your unit fights next.
TARGET: One unit from your army that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units and that has not already been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Your unit fights next.
WEAVEWËRKE BUTTRESS
1CP
Dêlve Assault Shift – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Every dêlve is threaded with force fields to shield against catastrophe, a protection that can be tapped in battle to support advances into hostile territory.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets, if units from your army have Hostile Acquisition.
TARGET: One INFANTRY 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 INFANTRY 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.
Pile In
When a unit Piles In, you can move each model in that unit that is not already in base-to-base contact with an enemy model up to 3" – this is a Pile-in move. For a Pile In to be possible, a unit must be able to end these moves within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units and in Unit Coherency. If these conditions cannot be met, no models in the unit can make Pile-in moves this phase and you progress to making melee attacks with that unit. Otherwise, the unit can make Pile-in moves.Each time a model makes a Pile-in move, it must end that move closer to the closest enemy model. If it can also end that move in base-to-base contact with one or more enemy models while still satisfying all of the conditions above, it must do so. The controlling player chooses the order in which to move their models.
- Pile-in Move: Up to 3".
- Every model that moves must end closer to the closest enemy model, and in base-to-base contact with an enemy model if possible. The unit must end in Unit Coherency and within Engagement Range of at least one enemy unit (or no models can Pile In).
Consolidate
After a unit has finished making all of its melee attacks, it Consolidates. Each time a unit Consolidates, you can move each model in that unit that is not already in base-to-base contact with an enemy model up to 3" – this is a Consolidation move. For a Consolidation to be possible, a unit must be able to end these moves within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units and in Unit Coherency. If these conditions cannot be met, then each model in that unit can instead make a Consolidation move towards the closest objective marker, but only if, after doing so, that unit is within range of that objective marker and in Unit Coherency. If these conditions also cannot be met, no models in the unit can make Consolidation moves this phase and that unit’s fight ends.If a unit can end its Consolidation within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, then each time one of its models makes a Consolidation move, it must end that move closer to the closest enemy model. If it can also end that move in base-to-base contact with one or more enemy models while still satisfying all of the conditions above, it must do so. The controlling player chooses the order in which to move their models.
- Consolidation Move: Up to 3".
- Every model that moves must end closer to the closest enemy model, and in base-to-base contact with an enemy model if possible. The unit must end in Unit Coherency and within Engagement Range of at least one enemy unit if possible.
- If the above is not possible, each model can move towards the closest objective marker, but this must result in the unit being within range of it and in Unit Coherency.
- If the above is also not possible, no models can Consolidate.
UNSTOPPABLE FORCE
1CP
Dêlve Assault Shift – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
With their enemies within reach, the Kin’s fury and momentum become an elemental force that will not be stayed.
WHEN: Fight phase.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time your unit Piles In or Consolidates, each model in that unit can move up to 6" instead of up to 3".
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time your unit Piles In or Consolidates, each model in that unit can move up to 6" instead of up to 3".
MATERIALISATION MATRICES
1CP
Hearthband – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Built to a superior standard using secrets imparted by the Votann, the teleporters employed by this Hearthband can stabilise rematerialisation fields remarkably close to the foe.
WHEN: The Reinforcements step of your Movement phase.
TARGET: One unit from your army that is in Reserves and has the Deep Strike ability.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, when your unit is set up on the battlefield using the Deep Strike ability, it can be set up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 6" horizontally away from all enemy units.
RESTRICTIONS: Until the end of the turn, your unit is not eligible to declare a charge.
TARGET: One unit from your army that is in Reserves and has the Deep Strike ability.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, when your unit is set up on the battlefield using the Deep Strike ability, it can be set up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 6" horizontally away from all enemy units.
RESTRICTIONS: Until the end of the turn, your unit is not eligible to declare a charge.
UNYIELDING AGGRESSION
1CP
Hearthband – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Even should they be compelled to pull back momentarily, the warriors of the Hearthband maintain a punishing curtain of fire to erode the enemy further or rally swiftly and drive back into the fight.
WHEN: Your Movement phase, just after a INFANTRY unit from your army Falls Back.
TARGET: That INFANTRY 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: That INFANTRY 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.
SUPERIOR CRAFTSMANSHIP
2CP
Hearthband – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Not only are the finest of the Kindred’s warriors selected for this duty, but they are also equipped with the best weaponry and wargear the Brôkhyr can produce.
WHEN: Fight phase.
TARGET: One 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 your unit makes an attack that targets a MONSTER or VEHICLE unit, add 1 to the Damage characteristic of that attack.
TARGET: One 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 your unit makes an attack that targets a MONSTER or VEHICLE unit, add 1 to the Damage characteristic of that attack.
SURE OF PURPOSE
1CP
Hearthband – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
The single-minded advance of the Kin rolls over collapsing enemy lines and exploits every fault and weakness, driving on towards the objective.
WHEN: Fight phase.
TARGET: One 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 your unit makes a Pile-in or Consolidation move, it can move up to 6" instead of up to 3".
TARGET: One 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 your unit makes a Pile-in or Consolidation move, it can move up to 6" instead of up to 3".
ORDERED RETREAT
1CP
Needgaârd Oathband – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Not for the Kin the sudden panic of the rout. Instead, they fall back steadily and by squads, laying down suppressing fire while preparing fresh assaults.
WHEN: Your Movement phase, just after a unit from your army Falls Back.
TARGET: That 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: That 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.
VOID HARDENED
1CP
Needgaârd Oathband – Wargear Stratagem
Between their resilient armour and technology and their capacity to stoically endure pain and suffering, the Kin can weather devastating attacks.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets, if units from your army have Fortify Takeover.
TARGET: One unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
TARGET: One unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
ANCESTRAL SENTENCE
1CP
Needgaârd Oathband – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Some foes are so loathed that their ancestors are told to pass a sentence upon them. Marked for death, these enemies suffer the undiluted wrath of the Kin.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Each time you use this Stratagem, you can spend 3YP. Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability. If you spent YP during this use of this Stratagem, until the end of the phase, those weapons have the [SUSTAINED HITS 2] ability instead.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Each time you use this Stratagem, you can spend 3YP. Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability. If you spent YP during this use of this Stratagem, until the end of the phase, those weapons have the [SUSTAINED HITS 2] ability instead.
HUNTR’S MARK
1CP
Needgaârd Oathband – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Sensor-network calibration tied to the HunTR modules on Kin weaponry can portly automate targeting to ensure the uncompromising judgement of the Votann is carried out without fail.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, re-roll a Hit roll of 1 and re-roll a Wound roll of 1.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, re-roll a Hit roll of 1 and re-roll a Wound roll of 1.
REACTIVE REPRISAL
2CP
Needgaârd Oathband – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Once prizes have been seized, the Kin focus their efforts upon maximising their control and respond with redoubled fury to attempts to loosen their grip.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has shot, if units from your army have Fortify Takeover.
TARGET: One unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Your unit can shoot as if it were your Shooting phase, can only target that enemy unit when doing so, and can only do so if that enemy unit is an eligible target.
TARGET: One unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Your unit can shoot as if it were your Shooting phase, can only target that enemy unit when doing so, and can only do so if that enemy unit is an eligible target.
HONOUR OF THE HOLD
1CP
Needgaârd Oathband – Battle Tactic Stratagem
A kinhost's warriors take great pride in their combat proficiency as a symbol of their hold’s honour. The drive to cleave their foes apart is given greater impetus in pursuit of their kindred's needs.
WHEN: Fight phase.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Each time you use this Stratagem, you can spend 3YP. Select one enemy unit within Engagement Range of your unit. Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a melee attack that targets that enemy unit, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1. If you spent YP during this use of this Stratagem, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 2 instead.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Each time you use this Stratagem, you can spend 3YP. Select one enemy unit within Engagement Range of your unit. Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a melee attack that targets that enemy unit, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1. If you spent YP during this use of this Stratagem, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 2 instead.
The VEHICLE keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
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 Leagues of Votann datasheets:
CLAIMSTAKER REFLEX
1CP
Persecution Prospect – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
The instinct to seize the most advantageous and dominating positions is ingrained in the Kin.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Movement phase, just after an enemy unit ends a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move.
TARGET: One unit from your army (excluding ARTILLERY and VEHICLE units) that is within 9" of that enemy unit.
EFFECT: Each time you use this Stratagem, you can spend 2YP. Your unit can make a Normal move of up to D6". If you spent YP during this use of this Stratagem, your unit can make a Normal move of up to 6" instead.
RESTRICTIONS: A unit cannot embark within a TRANSPORT as part of this move.
TARGET: One unit from your army (excluding ARTILLERY and VEHICLE units) that is within 9" of that enemy unit.
EFFECT: Each time you use this Stratagem, you can spend 2YP. Your unit can make a Normal move of up to D6". If you spent YP during this use of this Stratagem, your unit can make a Normal move of up to 6" instead.
RESTRICTIONS: A unit cannot embark within a TRANSPORT as part of this move.
Assailed From Every Angle
Persecution Prospect Detachment
The Kin of persecution prospects are skilled in escalating their attacks with unrelenting volleys of fire. They pressure the kindred’s foes repeatedly from infiltration positions, unleash enfilading fire from the flanks and surge forward to blaze away at point-blank range before manoeuvring swiftly to other attack angles. Besides the death and destruction they cause, the prospect’s forces leave foes disarrayed, with little chance to rally any ravaged survivors before other Kin capitalise on their plight.
units from your army have the following ability:Guerrilla Adepts: In your Shooting phase, just after this unit is selected to shoot, this unit can use this ability. If it does, select one enemy unit (excluding MONSTERS and VEHICLES). Until the end of the phase, attacks made by models in this unit can only target that enemy unit (and only if it is an eligible target) and, after resolving those attacks, if one or more of those attacks hit that enemy unit, until the start of your next Shooting phase, that enemy unit is assailed (this simply labels that unit for the purposes of this ability and some Enhancements and Stratagems). If that unit is already assailed, until the start of your next Shooting phase, it is also pinned. While a unit is pinned, subtract 2" from its Move characteristic and subtract 2 from Charge rolls made for it.
The HERNKYN keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
Dedicated Transports
RANGER TACTICS
1CP
Persecution Prospect – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Foes thrown into disarray by the Hernkyn offer a vulnerability that is swiftly exploited.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, if that attack targets an assailed unit and/or if your unit has the HERNKYN keyword, you can re-roll the Hit roll.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, if that attack targets an assailed unit and/or if your unit has the HERNKYN keyword, you can re-roll the Hit roll.
STEALTH
Some warriors are masters of disguise and concealment.
If every model in a unit has this ability, then each time a ranged attack is made against it, subtract 1 from that attack’s Hit roll.DISPERSED FORMATION
1CP
Persecution Prospect – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
A prospect's warriors will efficiently scatter to minimise the threat of concerted enemy fire.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One INFANTRY or LEAGUES OF VOTANN MOUNTED 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, your unit has the Stealth ability and each time a ranged attack targets your unit, models in your unit have the Benefit of Cover against that attack.
TARGET: One INFANTRY or LEAGUES OF VOTANN MOUNTED 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, your unit has the Stealth ability and each time a ranged attack targets your unit, models in your unit have the Benefit of Cover against that attack.
RELIC CYPHER
1CP
Void Salvagers – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
The Kin possess the accumulated knowledge of their ancestors, including ancient cyphers that enable them to seize control of cogitational systems.
WHEN: Your Command phase.
TARGET: One unit from your army.
EFFECT: Select one closed Hatchway on the battlefield and open it.
RESTRICTIONS: You can only use this Stratagem once.
TARGET: One unit from your army.
EFFECT: Select one closed Hatchway on the battlefield and open it.
RESTRICTIONS: You can only use this Stratagem once.
CORRIDOR COVERED
1CP
Void Salvagers – Battle Tactic Stratagem
As their allies push forwards, Kin squads train their guns down darkened corridors, preparing to repel unexpected ambushes.
WHEN: Your opponent's Movement or Charge phase.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not fired Overwatch this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack while firing Overwatch, an unmodified Hit roll of 5+ is required to score a hit, instead of an unmodified 6.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not fired Overwatch this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack while firing Overwatch, an unmodified Hit roll of 5+ is required to score a hit, instead of an unmodified 6.
JUDGED AND PUNISHED
1CP
Void Salvagers – Battle Tactic Stratagem
To draw the ire of the Kin is to invite a swift and brutal death.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, if the target has 1 or more Judgement tokens, you can re-roll the Hit roll, and if the target has 2 Judgement tokens, you can re-roll the Wound roll as well.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, if the target has 1 or more Judgement tokens, you can re-roll the Hit roll, and if the target has 2 Judgement tokens, you can re-roll the Wound roll as well.
The KÂHL keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
Methodical Annihilation
Hearthband Detachment
With their minds entirely focused on the singular mission with which they have been charged, the Kin work to blast a path through the enemy lines with the same tenacity as a Brôkhyr beating metal or a Cthonian miner splitting bedrock.
Each time a model from your army makes an attack with a weapon that targets the closest eligible target or a target that is within Engagement Range of that model’s unit:- Re-roll a Wound roll of 1.
- If your unit is a KÂHL, EINHYR HEARTHGUARD or ÛTHAR THE DESTINED unit, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
Martial Leverage
Needgaârd Oathband Detachment
The weighing of costs in Kin lives and materiel expended against prospective material benefits is an instinct amongst kinhost commanders. Those who lead needgaârd oathbands leverage the deaths of their foes into these equations at every opportunity. Crushing the enemy’s soldiery and war engines can shift the balance of martial power, enabling a canny commander to spend the advantage it provides elsewhere.
Each time an enemy unit is destroyed, you gain 1YP.The and TRANSPORT keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
Mobile Sensor Relays
Brandfast Oathband Detachment
The massed armoured transports of a brandfast oathband connect to an encrypted data network shared by squads of Kin. Their robust sensor webs broadcast various targeting information and extrapolated judgements on enemy movements. Nearby warriors can tap into this wealth of data, enabling them to unleash salvoes of lethal efficiency.
TRANSPORT units from your army have the following ability:Firebase Control (Aura): While a friendly INFANTRY unit is wholly within 6" of this TRANSPORT, ranged weapons equipped by models in that INFANTRY unit have the [sustained hits 1] ability.
Stalwart Advance
Void Salvagers Detachment
The Kin proceed with steadfast determination, exterminating all resistance and securing decks one at a time. Aggressively yet methodically, resistance is swept aside.
In your Shooting phase, each time a unit from your army has shot, if one or more enemy units were destroyed by those attacks and that unit is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, it can make a Normal move of up to 3" and can then attempt to operate a Hatchway.Army List
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Dedicated Transports
Anti
Certain weapons are the bane of a particular foe.
Weapons with [ANTI-KEYWORD X+] in their profile are known as Anti weapons. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon against a target with the keyword after the word ‘Anti-’, an unmodified Wound roll of ‘x+’ scores a Critical Wound.Example: An attack made with an [ANTI-VEHICLE 4+] weapon will score a Critical Wound against – and so successfully wound – a VEHICLE unit on an unmodified Wound roll of 4+, while an attack made with an [ANTI-PSYKER 2+] weapon will score a Critical Wound against – and so successfully wound – a PSYKER unit on an unmodified Wound roll of 2+.
- [ANTI-KEYWORD X+]: An unmodified Wound roll of ‘x+’ against a target with the matching keyword scores a Critical Wound.
The EXOARMOUR keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
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BRËKKEKNOTS
1CP
Hearthband – Battle Tactic Stratagem
These micro shield generators, worked into warrior jewellery or armour crests, trigger on command to provide short-lived boosted protection.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One KÂHL, ÛTHAR THE DESTINED or EINHYR HEARTHGUARD 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 4+ invulnerable save.
TARGET: One KÂHL, ÛTHAR THE DESTINED or EINHYR HEARTHGUARD 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 4+ invulnerable save.
FURY OF THE HEARTH
1CP
Hearthband – Battle Tactic Stratagem
As though they unleash the raging flames of their kindred’s hearth upon the enemy, the Einhyr all but drown their enemies in fire.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One EINHYR HEARTHGUARD unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, improve the Strength characteristic of ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit by 1. If you spend 1YP, until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability as well.
TARGET: One EINHYR HEARTHGUARD unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, improve the Strength characteristic of ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit by 1. If you spend 1YP, until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability as well.
WEAVEFIELD FLARE
1CP
Hearthfire Strike – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Triggering weavefield generators worked into their wargear, the Einhyr bleed off the power of incoming enemy attacks.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One 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, if the Strength characteristic of that attack is greater than the Toughness characteristic of your unit, subtract 1 from the Wound roll.
TARGET: One 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, if the Strength characteristic of that attack is greater than the Toughness characteristic of your unit, subtract 1 from the Wound roll.
ECONOMY OF AGGRESSION
1CP
Hearthfire Strike – Battle Tactic Stratagem
A few grenades placed with care and skill reap greater returns in bloodshed than a wealth of recklessly hurled materiel.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One EINHYR HEARTHGUARD unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Select one enemy unit that is visible to your unit and wholly on the opposite side of a Hatchway from it. Until the end of the phase, exo-armour grenade launchers equipped by models in your unit have an Attacks characteristic of 6 and lose the [BLAST] ability while targeting that enemy unit, and attacks made with such weapons that target that enemy unit can be allocated to models that are not visible to the attacking model.
TARGET: One EINHYR HEARTHGUARD unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Select one enemy unit that is visible to your unit and wholly on the opposite side of a Hatchway from it. Until the end of the phase, exo-armour grenade launchers equipped by models in your unit have an Attacks characteristic of 6 and lose the [BLAST] ability while targeting that enemy unit, and attacks made with such weapons that target that enemy unit can be allocated to models that are not visible to the attacking model.
Ignores Cover
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.PAN-SPECTRAL VISUALISER
1CP
Hearthfire Strike – Battle Tactic Stratagem
These advanced sets of helm optics pierce veils both technological and sorcerous, laying the foe bare.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [IGNORES COVER] ability and each time a model in your unit makes an attack with a weapon, you can ignore any or all modifiers to that attack’s or that weapon’s Ballistic Skill characteristic and any or all modifiers to the Hit roll.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [IGNORES COVER] ability and each time a model in your unit makes an attack with a weapon, you can ignore any or all modifiers to that attack’s or that weapon’s Ballistic Skill characteristic and any or all modifiers to the Hit roll.
FIGHTS FIRST
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.GRAVITRONIC PULSE
1CP
Hearthfire Strike – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Emitters built into this squad's exo-armour batter the foe with focused gravity waves in the instant before the Kin charge crashes home.
WHEN: Your Charge phase, just after a unit from your army ends a Charge move.
TARGET: That unit.
EFFECT: For each enemy unit within Engagement Range of your unit, until the end of the turn, that unit loses the Fights First ability (if it has it) and, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
TARGET: That unit.
EFFECT: For each enemy unit within Engagement Range of your unit, until the end of the turn, that unit loses the Fights First ability (if it has it) and, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
Wrought in Wrath
Hearthfire Strike Detachment
The Einhyr know that they bear the weight of the ancestors’ expectations in this battle. To live up to them, they must strike with the fury of the very hearth fires of their Hold.
Add 1 to Advance and Charge rolls made for units from your army.