Space Marines – Captain In Phobos Armour
RANGED WEAPONS | RANGE | A | BS | S | AP | D | |
| Bolt pistol [pistol] | |||||||
| Bolt pistol [pistol] | 12" | 1 | 2+ | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Instigator bolt carbine [precision] | |||||||
| Instigator bolt carbine [precision] | 24" | 1 | 2+ | 4 | -2 | 2 | |
MELEE WEAPONS | RANGE | A | WS | S | AP | D | |
| Combat knife | |||||||
| Combat knife | Melee | 6 | 2+ | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
- 1 Captain in Phobos Armour
| 1 model | 70 |
Weapons powered by unstable and dangerous energy sources pose a substantial risk to the wielder every time they are used.
Weapons with [HAZARDOUS] in their profile are known as Hazardous weapons. Each time a unit is selected to shoot or fight, after that unit has resolved all of its attacks, for each Hazardous weapon that targets were selected for when resolving those attacks, that unit must take one Hazardous test. To do so, roll one D6: on a 1, that test is failed. For each failed test you must resolve the following sequence (resolve each failed test one at a time):- If possible, select one model in that unit that has lost one or more wounds and is equipped with one or more Hazardous weapons.
- Otherwise, if possible, select one model in that unit (excluding CHARACTER models) equipped with one or more Hazardous weapons.
- Otherwise, select one CHARACTER model in that unit equipped with one or more Hazardous weapons.
If a unit from a player’s army is selected as the target of the Fire Overwatch Stratagem in their opponent’s Charge phase, any mortal wounds inflicted by Hazardous tests are allocated after the charging unit has ended its Charge move.
- After a unit shoots or fights, roll one Hazardous test (one D6) for each Hazardous weapon used. For each 1, a model equipped with a hazardous weapon suffers 3 mortal wounds, that must be allocated to the selected model.
- A Critical Wound inflicts mortal wounds equal to the weapon’s Damage characteristic, instead of any normal damage.
Some attacks are so powerful that no armour or force field can withstand their fury.
Some rules inflict mortal wounds on units. Each time mortal wounds are inflicted on a unit, each of those mortal wounds inflicts one point of damage to that unit, and they are always applied one at a time. Each mortal wound is allocated to a model in the same manner as allocating an attack. Excess damage from mortal wounds is not lost if the damage can be allocated to another model. Instead, keep allocating damage to another model in the target unit until either all the damage has been allocated or the target unit is destroyed.If an attack inflicts mortal wounds in addition to any normal damage, do not make a Wound roll or saving throw (including invulnerable saving throws) against those mortal wounds. If those mortal wounds are inflicted by an attack that has the [PRECISION] ability, the attacking model’s controlling player can allocate those mortal wounds to a CHARACTER model in that unit.
If mortal wounds are being inflicted as a result of the [HAZARDOUS] ability or by an attack with the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability that scored a Critical Wound, each time those mortal wounds are allocated to a model, if that model is destroyed as a result of those mortal wounds, the remaining mortal wounds from that attack are lost, just as with a normal attack.
If, when a unit is selected to shoot or fight, one or more of its attacks can inflict mortal wounds on the target, resolve any normal damage inflicted by the attacking unit’s attacks on that target before inflicting any mortal wounds on that target. If an attack inflicts mortal wounds in addition to any normal damage, but the normal damage is subsequently saved, the target unit still suffers those mortal wounds, as described above.
- Each mortal wound inflicted on a unit causes one model in that unit to lose one wound.
- Unless the source of the mortal wounds is the [HAZARDOUS] ability or an attack with the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability, damage from mortal wounds is not lost if it can be allocated to another model.
- No saving throws can be made against mortal wounds.
- Mortal wounds inflicted by attacks always apply after any normal damage, even if that damage was saved.
In battle, Space Marines swear mighty oaths to destroy the enemies of the Emperor and uphold the honour of their Chapter, and such vows are sacrosanct. When the Angels of Death strike, they do so with the precision of a surgeon and the force of a thunderbolt. Experience and strategic expertise help them to read the shifting shape of the battle with post-human speed and clarity, directing their wrath towards one priority target after another. Command assets are annihilated, leaving the enemy reeling leaderless. Heavy armour, potent artillery and the vaunted elites of the foe’s forces are laid waste with horrifying speed, until the Emperor’s Angels of Death stand victorious over a field of smouldering wreckage and bolt-riddled corpses, and honour is finally satisfied.
If your Army Faction is , at the start of your Command phase, select one unit from your opponent’s army. Until the start of your next Command phase, that enemy unit is your Oath of Moment target. Each time a model with this ability makes an attack that targets your Oath of Moment target, you can re-roll the Hit roll.- 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.
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.
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.
Some weapons strike in a flurry of blows, tearing the foe apart with relentless ferocity.
Weapons with [SUSTAINED HITS X] in their profile are known as Sustained Hits weapons. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, if a Critical Hit is rolled, that attack scores a number of additional hits on the target as denoted by ‘x’.- [SUSTAINED HITS X]: Each Critical Hit scores ‘x’ additional hits on the target.
Torrent weapons shoot clouds of fire, gas or other lethal substances that few foes can hope to evade.
Weapons with [TORRENT] in their profile are known as Torrent weapons. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, that attack automatically hits the target.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.- [ANTI-KEYWORD X+]: An unmodified Wound roll of ‘x+’ against a target with the matching keyword scores a Critical Wound.
Melta weapons are powerful heat rays whose fury is magnified at close range.
Weapons with [MELTA X] in their profile are known as Melta weapons. Each time an attack made with such a weapon targets a unit within half that weapon’s range, that attack’s Damage characteristic is increased by the amount denoted by ‘x’.- [MELTA X]: Increase the Damage by ‘x’ when targeting units within half range.
The and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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The keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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The IMPERIUM keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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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, 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 end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
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 [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability. If your unit Remained Stationary this turn, then until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a ranged attack, a successful unmodified Hit roll of 5+ scores a Critical Hit.
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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.
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 a ranged attack that targets a MONSTER or VEHICLE unit, you can re-roll the Wound roll.
TARGET: One unit from your army that had one or more of its models destroyed as a result of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Your unit can shoot as if it were your Shooting phase, but must target only that enemy unit when doing so, and can only do so if that enemy unit is an eligible target.
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.
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.
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.
TARGET: One unit from your army that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
EFFECT: Your unit can immediately make a Fall Back move of up to 6".
RESTRICTIONS: When making that move, your unit must end that move either wholly within your deployment zone or within range of an objective marker.
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.
TARGET: That unit or model from your army.
EFFECT: You re-roll that roll, test or saving throw.
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.
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.
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).- 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).
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 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.
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The and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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TARGET: That unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot even though it Fell Back or Advanced this phase. If the Saga of the Warrior Born has been completed by your army, until the end of the turn, your unit is also eligible to declare a charge.
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, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
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.
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, models in your unit have the Feel No Pain 5+ ability against mortal wounds and Psychic Attacks. If the Saga of the Bear has been completed by your army, until the end of the phase, models in your unit have the Feel No Pain 4+ ability against mortal wounds and Psychic Attacks instead.
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.
If for any reason a model cannot be set up in Unit Coherency, or cannot be set up following any restrictions stated by other rules (e.g. while setting up using the Deep Strike ability), that unit cannot be set up. If a unit cannot end a move in Unit Coherency, it cannot make that move and its models are returned to their previous positions.
At the end of every turn, each player must remove models, one at a time, from any of the units from their armies that are no longer in Unit Coherency, until only a single group of models from each of those units remains in play and in Unit Coherency. Models removed in this way count as having been destroyed, but they never trigger any rules that apply when a model is destroyed.
- Unit Coherency: Within 2" horizontally and 5" vertically of:
- One other model from the same unit (in units of 2-6 models).
- Two other models from the same unit (in units of 7+ models).
- At the end of every turn, if a unit is not in Unit Coherency, the controlling player must remove models until that unit is in Unit Coherency again.
SAGA OF MAJESTY
- This Saga is completed if you controlled one or more objective markers in your opponent’s deployment zone at the end of that turn, and one or more CHARACTER models from your army were within range of that objective marker.
- Benefit Once Completed: Improve the Objective Control characteristic of models from your army by 1.
TARGET: One unit from your army that destroyed one or more enemy units this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a Consolidation move, it can move up to 6" instead of up to 3", provided your unit ends that Consolidation move in Unit Coherency and within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units. In addition, if the Saga of Majesty has been completed by your army, each enemy unit within 6" of your unit when it ends that Consolidation move must take a Battle-shock test
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.Lance weapons are deadly on the charge.
Weapons with [LANCE] in their profile are known as Lance weapons. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, if the bearer made a Charge move this turn, add 1 to that attack’s Wound roll.TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in your unit by 1. If the Saga of the Beastslayer has been completed by your army, until the end of the phase, such weapons have the [LANCE] ability as well.
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, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
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.
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 from your army.
EFFECT: Your unit automatically passes that Battle-shock test.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this Stratagem more than once per battle.
- Normal Move: Models move up to M".
- Cannot move within Engagement Range of any enemy models.
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.
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.
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.
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.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 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 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, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, Torrent weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability.
TARGET: One unit from your army that disembarked from a TRANSPORT this turn and has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a ranged attack that targets the closest eligible target within 12", add 1 to the Hit roll. If one or more enemy models are destroyed as the result of any of those attacks, select one of those destroyed models; that destroyed model’s unit must take a Battle-shock test.
The and TRANSPORT keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
TARGET: One TRANSPORT unit from your army that has no models embarked within it, and one INFANTRY unit from your army wholly within 6" of that TRANSPORT.
EFFECT: Your INFANTRY unit can embark within that TRANSPORT.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot target an INFANTRY unit that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, that cannot normally embark within that TRANSPORT, or that disembarked from a TRANSPORT this turn.
Tactical Doctrine
As the warring armies close upon one another and vicious fire-fights erupt, the Codex lays out strategies for swiftly seizing the initiative and combining versatility with firepower.
This unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back.
Assault Doctrine
The Codex Astartes leaves no doubt that the killing blow in most engagements must be delivered with a decisive close-quarters strike. It presents plentiful tactical means to achieve this end.
This unit is eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced.
TARGET: One unit from your army.
EFFECT: Select the Devastator Doctrine, Tactical Doctrine or Assault Doctrine. Until the start of your next Command phase, that Combat Doctrine is active for that unit instead of any other Combat Doctrine that is active for your army, even if you have already selected that doctrine this battle.
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, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
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.TARGET: One unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [IGNORES COVER] ability. If your unit is under the effects of the Devastator Doctrine, until the end of the phase, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of such weapons by 1 as well.
TARGET: One unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [LANCE] ability. If your unit is under the effects of the Assault Doctrine, until the end of the phase, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of such weapons by 1 as well.
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 a model in your unit is destroyed, if that model has not fought this phase, do not remove it from play. The destroyed model can fight after the attacking model’s unit has finished making its attacks, and is then removed from play.
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, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
The and VEHICLE keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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TARGET: One unit from your army that is below its Starting Strength.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit can ignore any or all modifiers to its characteristics and/or to any roll or test made for it (excluding modifiers to saving throws).
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, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack that targets a unit that is below its Starting Strength, that attack has the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability, and when making such an attack, if the attacking model is a VEHICLE, a successful unmodified Hit roll of 5+ scores a Critical Hit.
TARGET: That unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, models in your unit have the Feel No Pain 5+ ability against mortal wounds.
Though they strive to restrain it, the murderous ferocity of the Blood Angels simmers beneath the surface of their thoughts. In battle, this rage drives them towards the foe and lends great strength to their blows.
Each time an unit from your army is selected to fight, if that unit made a Charge move this turn, until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic and add 2 to the Strength characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in that unit.RESTRICTIONS
Your army can include BLOOD ANGELS units, but it cannot include any units drawn from any other Chapter.
TARGET: That unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to either shoot or declare a charge, even though it Advanced. You can instead choose for your unit to give in to the Red Thirst; if it does, it becomes Battle-shocked (but the effects of this Stratagem still apply to it) and until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to both shoot and declare a charge, even though it Advanced.
TARGET: That unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to either shoot or declare a charge even though it Fell Back. You can instead choose for your unit to give in to the Red Thirst; if it does, it becomes Battle-shocked (but the effects of this Stratagem still apply to it) and until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to both shoot and declare a charge, even though it Fell Back.
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, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
TARGET: One unit from your army that was just charged by an enemy unit.
EFFECT: Select either the Strength or Attacks characteristic of melee weapons equipped bg models in your unit. Until the end of the turn, add 1 to the selected characteristic. You can instead choose for your unit to give in to the Red Thirst; if it does, it becomes Battle-shocked (but the effects of this Stratagem still apply to it) and until the end of the turn, add 1 to the Strength and Attacks characteristics of melee weapons equipped by models in your unit.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Select either the [LANCE] or [LETHAL HITS] abilities. Until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in your unit have the selected ability. You can instead choose for your unit to give in to the Red Thirst; if it does, then it becomes Battle-shocked (but the effects of this Stratagem still apply to it) and until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [LANCE] and [LETHAL HITS] abilities.
TARGET: One unit from your army that is within Engagement Range of that enemy unit.
EFFECT: Roll one D6, adding 1 to the result if the Accept Any Challenge, No Matter the Odds vow is active for your army. On a 4+, that enemy unit cannot Fall Back this phase and must Remain Stationary. Otherwise, that enemy unit can Fall Back this phase, but if it does, all models in that unit must take a Desperate Escape test.
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, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
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.
TARGET: One unit from your army that had one or more of its models destroyed as a result of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to D6", but it must end that move closer to the enemy unit that just shot. If the Abhor the Witch, Destroy the Witch vow is active for your army, your unit can make a Normal move of up to 6" instead, but it must end that move either closer to the enemy unit that just shot, or closer to the closest enemy PSYKER unit.
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 melee attack, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1. If the Suffer Not The Unclean to Live vow is active for your army, add 1 to the Strength characteristic of that attack as well.
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 a model in your unit is destroyed, if that model has not fought this phase, roll one D6, adding 1 to the result if the Uphold the Honour of the Emperor vow is active for your army. On a 4+, do not remove the destroyed model from play; it can fight after the attacking model’s unit has finished making its attacks, and is then removed from play.
The and MOUNTED keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
TARGET: One unit from your army that is within 9" of that enemy unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to 6".
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot select a unit that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
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, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
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.
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 [ASSAULT] ability. If such a weapon already has this ability, until the end of the phase, that weapon has the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability as well.
TARGET: One 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, each time a friendly SANGUINARY GUARD unit makes an attack that targets the enemy unit that just destroyed your unit, you can re-roll the Hit roll and you can re-roll 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, 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 end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
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: 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, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [LETHAL HITS] ability. In addition, if one or more units from your army are currently Battle-shocked, until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, a successful unmodified Hit roll of 5+ scores a Critical Hit.
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.
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 that unit have the [ASSAULT], [HEAVY] and [IGNORES COVER] abilities.
TARGET: One unit from your army that had one or more models destroyed as a result of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Your unit can shoot as if it were your Shooting phase, but it must target the enemy unit that just attacked it, and can only do so if that enemy unit is an eligible target.
TARGET: One unit from your army within Engagement Range of that enemy unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, each time an attack targets 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, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
The Codex Astartes has proven its worth as a superb treatise on warfare over countless battlefields, and has remained so even after ten thousand years. Many Space Marines hold its wisdom in awe, and exemplify its teachings, employing a flexible set of combat doctrines to eliminate their enemy. Few opponents can withstand the fury of such an onslaught.
At the start of your Command phase, you can select one of the Combat Doctrines listed below. Until the start of your next Command phase, that Combat Doctrine is active and its effects apply to all units from your army. You can only select each Combat Doctrine once per battle.Devastator Doctrine The Codex Astartes details the strategic value of overwhelming firepower applied to key targets while advancing into position to eliminate threats. This unit is eligible to shoot in a turn in which it Advanced. |
Tactical Doctrine As the warring armies close upon one another and vicious fire-fights erupt, the Codex lays out strategies for swiftly seizing the initiative and combining versatility with firepower. This unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back. |
Assault Doctrine The Codex Astartes leaves no doubt that the killing blow in most engagements must be delivered with a decisive close-quarters strike. It presents plentiful tactical means to achieve this end. This unit is eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced. |
Across blood-drenched battlefields, within towering citadels and isolated orbital stations, the Angels of Death throw back tides of traitors, mutants, xenos and heretics, and purge enemy holdings of foes thanks to their disciplined strategies and fighting skills. All who oppose them are met with volleys of deadly accurate firepower long before they reach the battle-brothers’ razor-sharp blades.
Ranged weapons equipped by models from your army have the [HEAVY] ability. If such a weapon already has this ability, each time an attack is made with that weapon, if the attacking model’s unit Remained Stationary this turn, add 1 to the Wound roll.An Ironstorm Spearhead’s commanders guide their assault with pre-cogitated fire solutions, cycling data-gheist inloads and whispered binharic auguries. These ensure their warriors, and the belligerent machine spirits inhabiting their war engines, deliver their fire with inescapable accuracy.
Once per phase for each unit in your army, you can re-roll one Hit roll, one Wound roll or one Damage roll made for a model in that unit.The Space Marines are the Emperor’s finest shock troops, striking at the foe before they can react. In their rapid, mechanised assaults, Space Marines smash aside the enemy, destroying them at close quarters without mercy.
Ranged weapons equipped by models from your army have the [ASSAULT] ability, and each time an attack made with such a weapon targets a unit within 12", add 1 to the Strength characteristic of that attack.The warriors of a Stormlance Task Force employ high-speed tactics and hit-and-run warfare. They do battle on the move, wrong-footing their enemies with breakneck manoeuvres and melting away one moment only to crash home like a thunderbolt the next.
units from your army are eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which they Advanced or Fell Back.The warriors of a Vanguard Spearhead slip through the shadows, half-seen spectres barely visible to the foe. Enemies blaze away into the gloom with increasing panic, their shots flying wide as covert specialists encircle their victims and prepare to level the killing blow.
Each time a ranged attack targets an unit from your army, unless the attacking model is within 12", subtract 1 from the Hit roll and the target has the Benefit of Cover against that attack.The 1st Company’s veterans have fought at the forefront of their Chapter’s wars for many mortal lifespans. Experience has taught them to identify the foe’s lethal threats and to lead their battle-brothers to purge them from existence.
Once per battle, in your Command phase, you can use this ability. If you do, until the start of your next Command phase, each time a model from your army with the Oath of Moment ability makes an attack that targets your Oath of Moment target, you can re-roll the Wound roll as well.On the eve of battle, the warriors of a Black Templars crusade gather together to be led in prayer and contemplation by their Chaplains. In their righteous zeal, united in their hatred of the foe, they swear a mighty vow to uphold in the battle ahead.
At the start of the first battle round, select one of the four Templar Vows below to be active for units from your army until the end of the battle.Suffer Not the Unclean to Live Melee weapons equipped by models in this unit have the [LETHAL HITS] ability. |
Uphold the Honour of the Emperor Models in this unit have the Feel No Pain 6+ ability and a Leadership characteristic of 5+. |
Abhor the Witch, Destroy the Witch Models in this unit have a 4+ invulnerable save against Psychic Attacks and melee weapons equipped by models in this unit have the [ANTI-PSYKER 4+] ability. |
Accept Any Challenge, No Matter the Odds Melee weapons equipped by models in this unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability. |
Legendary deeds in the midst of battle are an intoxicating mead. Those who witness them are inspired to greater feats of daring and valour, determined to prove themselves worthy of their champions.
At the start of the first battle round, select one of the Sagas listed below (excluding Saga of Majesty); that Saga is considered to be completed by your army, and all models from your army gain the associated benefit until the end of the battle.At the end of each player’s turn, you can select one of the Sagas listed below (excluding the Saga you selected at the start of the first battle round). If that Saga was completed by your army during that turn, all models from your army gain the associated benefit until the end of the battle. You can only select each Saga once per battle.
SAGA OF THE WARRIOR BORN
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SAGA OF MAJESTY
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SAGA OF THE BEAR
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SAGA OF THE BEASTSLAYER
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The Dark Angels are renowned for their unshakeable resolve, enduring tenacity and strict discipline in battle. They are tactically astute, able to prosecute their wars on any front. On the offence, they strike with all the martial pride of the Lion, while in defence they are stalwart, determined to accomplish their mission no matter the cost.
While an unit from your army is Battle-shocked, change the Objective Control characteristic of models in that unit to 1, instead of 0. In your Command phase, select one unit from your army; until the start of your next Command phase, add 1 to the Objective Control characteristic of models in that unit.RESTRICTIONS
Your army can include DARK ANGELS units, but it cannot include any units drawn from any other Chapter.
The BATTLELINE keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The Ravenwing are fearsome and daring hunters, relentless in pursuit and furious on the assault When they lead the Dark Angels to war they inspire their battle-brothers with their strategic and tactical mastery of high-speed warfare, knightly bike-mounted venators leading every charge and rapidly outmanoeuvring the foe.
units from your army are eligible to shoot in a turn in which they Advanced or Fell Back.RESTRICTIONS
Your army can include DARK ANGELS units, but it cannot include any units drawn from any other Chapter.
KEYWORDS
OUTRIDER SQUAD units from your army gain the BATTLELINE keyword.
The CHARACTER keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
and others...
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.
- 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.
The Starting Strength of an Attached unit is equal to the combined Starting Strengths of all of its units (i.e. the number of models in the Leader unit added to the number of models in the Bodyguard unit). If either the Leader unit or the Bodyguard unit in an Attached unit is destroyed, the Starting Strength of the remaining unit is changed to be equal to its original Starting Strength.
For the purposes of rules that are triggered when a unit is destroyed, such rules are still triggered when one of the individual units that made up an Attached unit is destroyed (the Leader or the Bodyguard unit).
Pistols can be wielded even at point-blank range.
Weapons with [PISTOL] in their profile are known as Pistols. If a unit contains any models equipped with Pistols, that unit is eligible to shoot in its controlling player’s Shooting phase even while it is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units. When such a unit is selected to shoot, it can only resolve attacks using its Pistols and can only target one of the enemy units it is within Engagement Range of. In such circumstances, a Pistol can target an enemy unit even if other friendly units are within Engagement Range of the same enemy unit.If a model is equipped with one or more Pistols, unless it is a MONSTER or VEHICLE model, it can either shoot with its Pistols or with all of its other ranged weapons. Declare whether such a model will shoot with its Pistols or its other ranged weapons before selecting targets.
- Can be shot even if the bearer’s unit is within Engagement Range of enemy units, but must target one of those enemy units.
- Cannot be shot alongside any other non-Pistol weapon (except by a MONSTER or VEHICLE).
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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The GRENADES keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
TARGET: One INFANTRY unit from your army within range of an objective marker.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, double the Objective Control characteristic of models in your unit, but it must Remain Stationary this turn.
TARGET: One GRENADES unit from your army (excluding units that Advanced, Fell Back or have shot this turn) that is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
EFFECT: Select one GRENADES model in your unit and one enemy unit that is not within Engagement Range of any units from your army and is within 8" of and visible to your GRENADES model. Roll six D6: for each 4+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound.
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.
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 has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack that targets the closest eligible target within 6", add 1 to the Wound roll.
TARGET: One INFANTRY or MOUNTED unit from your army that is within 9" of the enemy unit that just ended that move.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to D6", or a Normal move of up to 6" instead if it is under the effects of the Tactical Doctrine.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot select a unit that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
TARGET: One INFANTRY or MOUNTED unit from your army within range of an objective marker you control.
EFFECT: That objective marker is said to be Sabotaged, and remains under your control even if you have no models within range of it, until your opponent controls it at the start or end of any turn. While an objective marker is Sabotaged and under your control, each time an enemy unit ends a Normal, Advance, Fall Back or Charge move within range of that objective marker, roll one D6: on a 2+, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds.
TARGET: One INFANTRY 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 a ranged attack that targets an enemy unit that is more than 12" away, improve the Ballistic Skill and Armour Penetration characteristics of that attack by 1. If one or more enemy models are destroyed as a result of those attacks, select one of those destroyed models; that destroyed model’s unit must take a Battle-shock test.
The PHOBOS keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The SCOUT SQUAD keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
TARGET: One INFANTRY unit from your army that was selected as a target of that charge.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to D6", or up to 6" instead if it is a PHOBOS or SCOUT SQUAD unit.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot select a unit that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
Precision attacks can pick high-value targets out in a crowd, whether through the unerring aim of a sniper or the pinpoint accuracy of a blade-master’s strike.
Weapons with [PRECISION] in their profile are known as Precision weapons. Each time an attack made with such a weapon successfully wounds an Attached unit (see Leader ability), if a CHARACTER model in that unit is visible to the attacking model, the attacking model’s player can choose to have that attack allocated to that CHARACTER model instead of following the normal attack sequence.- When targeting an Attached unit, the attacking model’s player can have the attack allocated to a CHARACTER model in that unit visible to the bearer.
TARGET: One INFANTRY unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [PRECISION] ability.
TARGET: Up to two PHOBOS and/or SCOUT SQUAD units from your army, or one other INFANTRY unit from your army.
EFFECT: Remove those units from the battlefield and place them into Strategic Reserves.
RESTRICTIONS: Each unit selected for this Stratagem must be more than 3" away from all enemy models.
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.The CHARACTER keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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TARGET: One Leader unit from your army and one friendly Bodyguard unit within 6" of it that it could normally be attached to.
EFFECT: Select one of your Leader unit’s Leader abilities. Until the start of your next Command phase, that Bodyguard unit is treated as being led by that Leader unit for the purposes of that Leader ability.
RESTRICTIONS: Once you target a unit with this Stratagem, that unit cannot be targeted with it again until your next Command phase.
TARGET: One CHARACTER model from your army.
EFFECT: Select one Saga that has not yet been completed by your army. Until the end of the turn, models in your CHARACTER’s unit have the benefit of the selected Saga as if it had been completed by your army.
TARGET: One CHARACTER model in your unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, all melee attacks made by that model have the [PRECISION] ability.
TARGET: One CHARACTER unit from your army.
EFFECT: Select one Templar Vow that is not active for your army. Until the start of your next Command phase, while that Character is leading a unit, models in that unit gain the benefits of that vow in addition to the vow selected to be active for your army at the start of the battle.
Many armies employ reconnaissance units who can sit concealed, waiting for the right moment to strike.
During deployment, if every model in a unit has this ability, then when you set it up, it can be set up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" horizontally away from the enemy deployment zone and all enemy models.The CAPTAIN keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The PHOBOS keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time your unit is selected to make a Normal or Advance move, it can attempt to operate one Hatchway it is within 1” of either at the start or end of that move. If it does, it cannot attempt to operate a Hatchway again this turn.
TARGET: That unit.
EFFECT: Select one enemy unit within Engagement Range of your unit and roll one D6: on a 2-4, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound; on a 5+, that enemy unit suffers 2 mortal wounds.
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 [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, improve the Strength and Armour Penetration characteristics of melee weapons equipped by models in your unit by 1.
These vanguard specialists stay on the move, laying down hails of fire to harass and disrupt their foes even as they hit-and-fade through chambers and corridors.
units from your army are eligible to shoot in a turn in which they Advanced or Fell Back.This stanza is inscribed on thrice-blessed parchment and affixed to its bearers’ wargear with a purity seal, there to inspire them to heroic acts of martial prowess.
model only. Add 1 to the Attacks and Strength characteristics of the bearer’s melee weapons. While the bearer is under the effects of the Assault Doctrine, add 2 to the Attacks and Strength characteristics of the bearers melee weapons instead.
This commander drills his warriors relentlessly; combined with the Adeptus Astartes’ incredible reflexes, they produce a devastating rate of fire.
model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, ranged weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability. In addition, while the bearer’s unit is under the effects of the Devastator Doctrine, each time a model in that unit makes a ranged attack, a successful unmodified Hit roll of 5+ scores a Critical Hit.
Fury burns in this warrior's soul. A single moment of savage brutality stands between them and the maddening embrace of the Black Rage.
model only. Once per battle, at the start of the Fight phase, the bearer can use this Enhancement. If it does, until the end of the phase, the bearers melee weapons have the [sustained hits 3] ability.
This heroic warrior bears a glimmering of Sanguinius' prophetic gifts. Flashes of foresight allow him to weave around his enemy's blows with supernatural skill.
model only. Once per battle round, just after making a Hit roll, a Wound roll or a saving throw for the bearer, you can treat the result as an unmodified roll of 6 instead.
The Icon of the Angel reminds the Blood Angels of the heretics who fled after laying low Sanguinius, exhorting them to let no enemy escape their grasp again.
model only. Each time an enemy unit (excluding MONSTERS and VEHICLES) within Engagement Range of the bearer’s unit is selected to Fall Back, models in that enemy unit must take Desperate Escape tests as if their unit was Battle-shocked. When doing so, if that enemy unit is also Battle-shocked by other means, subtract 1 from each of those Desperate Escape tests.
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.Such is this warriors rage-fuelled speed, it is as if the Primarch himself fights alongside his sons.
model only. Once per battle, at the start of the Fight phase, the bearer can use this Enhancement. If it does, until the end of the phase, models in the bearer’s unit have the Fights First ability.
This commander and their warriors hold their ground tenaciously against even overwhelming numbers.
model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, models in that unit have the Feel No Pain 6+ ability while they are within range of an objective marker you control and, while that unit is Battle-shocked, halve the Objective Control characteristic of models in that unit instead of changing it to 0.
This commander is supremely gifted in the strategies of armoured warfare, understanding the capabilities of every war engine in the Chapters arsenal. Delivering precision orders, they ensure the vehicles under their command inflict the most punishing damage to the enemy even amidst complex manoeuvres.
model only. In your Command phase, select one VEHICLE model within 6" of the bearer. Until the start of your next Command phase, that VEHICLE is eligible to shoot even if it Fell Back or Advanced this turn.
To this Angel of Death, war is the anvil upon which their strength is wrought. Every battle is seen as a test in which they and their battle-brothers can prove themselves, and the superior craftsmanship of their weapons and armour.
model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, once per turn, after making a Hit roll or a saving throw for a model in that unit, you can change the result of that roll to an unmodifed 6.
This flowing cloak or finely wrought tabard is laced through with threads of braided adamantine. When combined with armour and energy fields, it has been shown time and again that these symbols of office are proof against even the very strongest attacks.
model only. Each time an attack is allocated to the bearer, subtract 1 from the Damage characteristic of that attack. If that attack was made with a Melta or Torrent weapon, change the Damage characteristic of that attack to 1 instead.
Having laboured long in the Chapter’s forges, this warrior-smith has crafted his personal armaments. Each weapon is a masterwork tool of death-dealing, wrought with care and strength, and embellished with the icons of their maker’s brotherhood.
INFANTRY model only. Add 3 to the Strength characteristic of the bearer’s melee weapons.
This living legend of the Chapter is known for their calm in the heat of battle. Ever-observant of the ebbs and flows of the engagement, they can withdraw their warriors from the fray in good order, ready to hammer home a torrent of fire.
model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, that unit is eligible to shoot in a turn in which it Fell Back.
This warrior has been made privy to omens of great threats in the wars to come. Armed with this knowledge, they and their battle-brothers enter battle with a boldness that some mistake for recklessness.
model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, you can re-roll Advance rolls made for that unit.
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".Hand-stitched by blinded servitors and anointed with distilled blood, this cloak contains strands of mnemothread. It throws up a field of techno-spiritual dissonance that veils its wearer from sight and sensors, allowing them to slip across the battlefield like a wraith.
model only. The bearer has the Stealth and Lone Operative abilities.
The battle-brothers under this warrior’s command seize every opportunity to strike while the initiative is theirs, harrying the foe with gunfire before returning to the shadows.
PHOBOS model only. In your Shooting phase, after the bearer’s unit has shot, if that unit is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, it can make a Normal move of up to 6". If it does, until the end of the turn, that unit is not eligible to declare a charge. This cannot allow the bearer’s unit to move more than once in your Shooting phase.
By the time the enemy believes battle has begun, their rear lines have already been attacked at this warriors command - their supply lines cut and their communications in disarray - choking them off from vital battlefield support.
PHOBOS model only. Gain following ability:
Lord of Deceit (Aura): Each time your opponent targets a unit from their army with a Stratagem, if that unit is within 12" of this model, increase the cost of that use of that Stratagem by 1CP.
This hero and the veterans they lead cut down their foes like a reaping whirlwind.
model only. Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of the bearers melee weapons. Once per battle, at the start of any phase, the bearer can use this Enhancement. If it does, until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons equipped by all other models in the bearer’s unit as well.
This warrior personifies the Emperor’s wrath.
model only. While an enemy unit (excluding MONSTERS and VEHICLES) is within 6" of the bearer, each time that unit fails a Battle-shock test, one model in that unit is destroyed (chosen by its controlling player). Once per battle, when such an enemy unit fails a Battle-shock test, you can choose for D3 models in that unit to be destroyed in this way instead.
With casings forged from the blades of fallen battle-brothers and blessed by the devout priests of the Ministorum, these bolt rounds have an unerring habit of finding their way to the heart of the witch.
model only.
- The bearer’s ranged weapons have the [PRECISION], [ANTI-PSYKER 4+] and [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] abilities.
- If the Abhor the Witch, Destroy the Witch vow is active for your army, each time the bearer makes a ranged attack that targets a PSYKER unit, you can re-roll the Hit roll and you can re-roll the Wound roll.
With blades carved from noctilith, these axes separate the victim’s soul from the warp briefly as the death blow is delivered. What is only a moment in reality feels like an eternity of damnation to the departing spirit – punishment for their sins against the immortal Emperor.
model only.
- Improve the Strength and Armour Penetration characteristics of the bearer’s melee weapons by 1.
- If the Suffer Not the Unclean to Live vow is active for your army, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of the bearer’s melee weapons as well.
This sheet of paper-thin adamantine is inscribed with an oath of moment taken by Sigismund under the gaze of the Emperor himself. Such a relic is gifted only to a warrior displaying exemplary martial prowess, galvanising the battle-brothers around them to reach new heights of righteous ferocity.
model only.
- Improve the Attacks characteristic of the bearer’s melee weapons by 1.
- While the bearer is leading a unit, if the Accept Any Challenge, No Matter the Odds vow is active for your army, each time a model in that unit makes a melee attack, a successful unmodified Hit roll of 5+ scores a Critical Hit.
Marshal Tännhauser was martyred at the hands of the Black Legion at the decisive battle of the Rutger’s Reach Crusade. His bones, encased in small reliquaries, were distributed amongst the warriors of that crusade during the victory sermon. Each is a potent reminder of duty and the expectations placed upon every Black Templar.
model only.
- Each time an attack is allocated to the bearer, halve the Damage characteristic of that attack.
- While the bearer is leading a unit, if the Uphold the Honour of the Emperor vow is active for your army, models in that unit have the Feel No Pain 5+ ability.
The pelts of wolves are plentiful trophies amongst the heroes of Fenris. However, some of these mantles are rare and steeped in legend, belonging to one of the near-mythical Blackmaned wolves. The Pelt of Balewolf came from a giant of its massive kind. Even now, when the name of its heroic slayer is barely recalled, Balewolf ’s raw spirit still permeates the long-dead creature’s pelt, a bestial aura that reaches into primitive fear centres. Even the mighty instinctively tremble before the wearer, sensing the presence of a terrifying alpha predator.
model only. At the start of the Fight phase, each enemy unit within Engagement Range of the bearer must take a Battle-shock test.
Amongst the most prized weapons of the sons of Russ – himself the Lord of Winter and War – these blisteringly cold weapons are specially crafted by a master Iron Priest. Some are wrought from the razor-sharp fangs of the Ice Kraken, while others are shards of energised diamond, giving them the appearance of blades forged from purest ice.
model only. The bearer’s melee weapons have the [PRECISION] ability, and the Strength and Armour Penetration characteristics of those weapons are improved by 1.
Although seen by the sons of Russ as tokens of luck and protection against evil, wolf tail talismans are regarded by most outside the Chapters of Russ’ genetic legacy as trinkets of mere superstition. Yet whether through the power of the bearer’s belief, some attribute inherent in the creatures they are taken from or some stranger reason, these talismans appear to bestow the warrior with a measure of protection against malicious attacks.
model only. Each time an attack is allocated to the bearer, subtract 1 from the Damage characteristic of that attack.
The sagas of Torvald Fangbreaker, of Gerd the Bloody and many others detail the sickening monsters and fell champions slain by Black Death. They tell of how the runic enchantments etched into the ebon weapon glow darkly in battle, transforming the bearer into a relentless killing machine.
model only. The bearer’s melee weapons have the [ANTI-MONSTER 4+] and [ANTI-VEHICLE 4+] abilities.
Even for a Chapter as famously stubborn as the Dark Angels, this warrior is known for their intractable nature.
model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, add 1 to the Hit roll if that unit is below its Starting Strength, and add 1 to the Wound roll as well if that unit is Battle-shocked and below its Starting Strength.
Beneath the surface of the Rock lie vaults within which weapons of antiquity and terrible power are stored.
model only. Add 1 to the Attacks, Strength and Damage characteristics of the bearer’s melee weapons. While the bearer is Battle-shocked, add 2 to the Attacks, Strength and Damage characteristics of the bearer s melee weapons instead.
Formed from the death shrouds of some of the Chapters greatest warriors, this robe inspires its wearer with the might and selflessness of those who came before.
model only. The first time the bearer is destroyed, roll one D6 at the end of the phase. On a 2+, set the bearer back up on the battlefield as close as possible to where it was destroyed and not within Engagement Range of any enemy units, with 3 wounds remaining (if the bearer was Battle-shocked when it was destroyed, it is instead returned with its full wounds remaining).
A rare device with a potent and knowledgeable machine spirit, this implement analyses the integrity of foes’ armour and isolates weaknesses to exploit.
In your Shooting phase, after the bearer has shot, select one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks. Until the end of the phase, each time a friendly model (excluding CHARACTER models) makes an attack that targets that unit, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
Having mastered the arts of shipboard warfare over many battles, this warrior moves swiftly through them and strikes with unerring skill.
You can re-roll Advance and Charge rolls made for the bearer. In addition, the bearer is eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced.
The CAPTAIN keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
An ardent student of the Codex Astartes, this commander epitomises its tactical genius, and the wisdom gleaned from its teachings guides their measured strategic responses amidst the fiercest battle.
CAPTAIN model only. At the start of your Command phase, if the bearer is on the battlefield, instead of selecting a Combat Doctrine to be active for your army, you can select the Tactical Doctrine. If you do, until the start of your next Command phase, that Combat Doctrine is active for the bearer’s unit only, even if you have already selected that Combat Doctrine to be active for your army this battle.
The Chapter’s orbiting warships stand ready to unleash devastation at this leader’s command.
CAPTAIN model only. Once per battle, at the start of your Shooting phase, you can select one point on the battlefield and place a marker on that point. At the start of your next Shooting phase, place another marker on the battlefield within 12" of the centre of the first marker, then draw a straight line between the centre of each of these markers. Roll one D6 for each unit that line passes over or through: on a 3+, that unit suffers D3 mortal wounds. Both markers are then removed.