Space Marines
Resplendent in their Chapter's gleaming red, the Blood Angels have fought for the Emperor since the First Founding. They are amongst the most noble Space Marine Chapters, seeking to always protect the weak and vulnerable - yet this deep sense of integrity and honour is besmirched by a hideous curse they conceal from all outsiders and ever strive to resist.
Books
| Book | Kind | Edition | Version | Last update |
 Space Marines | ||||
| Space Marines | Codex | 10 | 1.2 | October 2024 |
 Legends: Blood Angels | ||||
| Legends: Blood Angels | Datasheet | 10 | October 2024 | |
 Blood Angels | ||||
| Blood Angels | Codex Supplement | 10 | 1.0 | October 2024 |
 Munitorum Field Manual | ||||
| Munitorum Field Manual | Expansion | 10 | 1.13 | October 2024 |
| Legends Field Manual | ||||
| Legends Field Manual | Expansion | 10 | 1.9 | October 2024 |
| Legends: Space Marines | ||||
| Legends: Space Marines | Datasheet | 10 | September 2024 | |
 Horus Heresy Legends: Adeptus Astartes | ||||
| Horus Heresy Legends: Adeptus Astartes | Datasheet | 10 | September 2024 | |
 Imperial Armour: Space Marines | ||||
| Imperial Armour: Space Marines | Datasheet | 10 | September 2024 | |
 Balance Dataslate | ||||
| Balance Dataslate | Rulebook | 10 | June 2024 | September 2024 |
FAQ
Codex: Space Marines
| Q: | Can I use a Captain’s Rites of Battle ability to target that Captain’s unit if it is in Reserves or Strategic Reserves? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | Does an objective marker that has been Sabotaged by my army using the A Deadly Prize Stratagem remain Sabotaged if my opponent controls it at the start or end of any turn? |
| A: | Yes. However, while your opponent controls that objective marker, its ability to inflict mortal wounds is not active. |
| Q: | If a Hellblaster is destroyed by anything other than an attack, can that model use its For the Chapter! ability? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | While an Attached unit is embarked within a TRANSPORT, do weapons that TRANSPORT shoots with using the Firing Deck ability benefit from any abilities the attached Leader has (e.g. a |
| A: | No. Firing Deck enables a Transport to be equipped with a number of weapons equipped by its passengers, but the TRANSPORT itself is not part of that Attached unit, and embarked units cannot use abilities unless otherwise stated. |
| Q: | When an Attached unit is selected as an Oath of Moment target, if that unit ceases to be an Attached unit, does the effect persist on the remaining unit? |
| A: | Yes. See Persisting Effects in the Core Rules Errata |
| Q: | Can a unit embarked within a TRANSPORT be selected as the Oath of Moment target? |
| A: | No. See the Embark section. |
| Q: | Can a unit in Reserves be selected as the Oath of Moment target? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | Can a unit in Reserves use an Enhancement (following all restrictions outlined by that Enhancement)? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | If I have two or more Impulsors within 6" of a unit I target with a Stratagem, do each of their Orbital Comms Array wargear abilities trigger? |
| A: | No, they are Aura abilities and so do not stack. |
| Q: | If I use a Stratagem on a unit within 6" of an Impulsor with an Orbital Comms Array, but I do not roll high enough to gain 1CP as a result of that wargear, if that same unit is within 6" of a different Impulsor that also has an Orbital Comms Array, can I attempt to roll another D6 to try to gain 1CP? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | Do multiple instances of the Astartes Banner(e.g. ANCIENT) ability stack? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | If I select one MONSTER or VEHICLE unit as the target of all of a Stormspeeder Thunderstrike’s ranged weapons, and the first weapon that model makes attacks with scores one or more hits, do I add 1 to the Wound rolls made for attacks with its remaining weapons? |
| A: | No. Only after you have resolved the attacks with all weapons it is shooting with this phase, has that model shot (see ‘Shot’ in the Rules Commentary). |
| Q: | If the mission rules I am using state that Reserves units cannot arrive on the battlefield during the first battle round (e.g. the Pariah Nexus mission pack), can I target my Drop Pod with the Rapid Ingress Stratagem during the first battle round if I have the second turn? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | Can I set up a unit that has the Hunter’s Instincts Enhancement from Strategic Reserves during the first battle round? |
| A: | Yes. Additionally, you can set up such a unit within your opponent’s deployment zone during the second battle round. |
| Q: | Can I target a unit that has the Hunter’s Instincts Enhancement with the Rapid Ingress Stratagem during the first battle round? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | When making attacks with a unit from my army, I split my attacks between the first Oath of Moment target selected as part of my army rule and the second Oath of Moment target selected using ROBOUTE GUILLIMAN’S Master of Battle Author of the Codex ability. If I destroy the first Oath of Moment target before resolving my attacks against the second Oath of Moment target, will those attacks against the second Oath of Moment target benefit from the re-rolls to hit? |
| A: | No. Only after all of the attacks from that unit have been resolved will the second Oath of Moment selection become active. |
Codex supplement: Blood Angels
| Q: | Can I use the Sanguinor’s Miraculous Saviour ability to set it up within Engagement Range of two or more enemy units, provided at least one of those enemy units made a Charge move this phase? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | Can the Sanguinor arrive from Reserves during the first battle round using its Miraculous Saviour ability? |
| A: | Yes, provided the mission rules you are using do not state otherwise. If you are using the Leviathan or Pariah Nexus mission packs, for example, the answer is no. |
Introduction
If you select to use a Detachment, a Detachment rule listed here will apply either to your whole army or to particular units within it.
When mustering your army, your chosen Detachment enables you to upgrade CHARACTERS using the Enhancements listed here, as described in the Core Rules (see the Select Units step). If you are playing a Crusade battle, you can instead use the Renowned Heroes Requisition to give your CHARACTERS Enhancements, as described in the main Crusade rules.
Your chosen Detachment gives you access to the Stratagems listed here in addition to the Core Stratagems listed in the Core Rules. During the battle, you can spend Command points (CP) to use these Stratagems.
Army Rules
Oath of Moment
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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES, 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.Space Marine Chapters
- If an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit has a second Faction keyword on its datasheet, that Faction keyword is the name of that unit’s Chapter. For example,
MARNEUS CALGARhas both the ADEPTUS ASTARTES and ULTRAMARINES Faction keywords, and is therefore from the Ultramarines Chapter. - You cannot include units from more than one Chapter in your army.
- If your army includes one or more BLACK TEMPLARS units, it cannot include any ADEPTUS ASTARTES PSYKER models, and cannot include any of the following models that do not have the Black Templars keyword: GLADIATOR LANCER; GLADIATOR REAPER; GLADIATOR VALIANT; IMPULSOR; REPULSOR; REPULSOR EXECUTIONER.
- If your army includes one or more DEATHWATCH units, it cannot include any of the following units: DEVASTATOR SQUAD; SCOUT SQUAD; TACTICAL SQUAD.
- If your army includes one or more SPACE WOLVES units, it cannot include any of the following units: APOTHECARY; DEVASTATOR SQUAD; TACTICAL SQUAD.
Gladius Task Force
Combat Doctrines
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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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. |
Enhancements
Crafted by the Chapter’s finest artificers, this suit of armour provides superior protection. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. The bearer has a Save characteristic of 2+ and the Feel No Pain 5+ ability. |
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. ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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. |
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. |
This commander drills his warriors relentlessly; combined with the Adeptus Astartes’ incredible reflexes, they produce a devastating rate of fire. ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY or ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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.
Anvil Siege Force
Shield of the Imperium
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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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.Enhancements
This hero refuses to yield whilst foes remain, fighting back from the brink of death like a vengeful demigod. GRAVIS 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 its full wounds remaining. |
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. |
This commander and their warriors hold their ground tenaciously against even overwhelming numbers. ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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. |
There are few who have a deeper understanding of the tenets of siege warfare than this warrior. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, ranged weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [IGNORES COVER] ability. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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.
Ironstorm Spearhead
Armoured Wrath
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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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.Enhancements
This spearhead commander uses advanced augmetics to distribute targeting data. With these, they direct the fire of their war engine crews and rouse their machine spirits to operative superiority. TECHMARINE model only. In your Command phase, select one ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE model within 6" of the bearer. Until the start of your next Command phase, weapons equipped by that VEHICLE model have the [LETHAL HITS] ability. |
The injuries of past battles have seen this warrior heavily rebuilt with ultra-durable cybernetic limbs and organs that render them extremely difficult to kill. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. The bearer has the Feel No Pain 4+ ability. |
This battle-brother is steeped in hidden technological rites. Should their armoured charges be threatened, a burst of arcane binharic screed can rouse their machine spirits to vigilance. TECHMARINE model only. Once per battle round, when a saving throw is failed for a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE model within 6" of the bearer, you can change the Damage characteristic of that attack 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. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. In your Command phase, select one ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE model. You can use this Stratagem on that model even though it was just destroyed.
EFFECT: Do not roll one D6 to determine whether mortal wounds are inflicted by your model’s Deadly Demise ability. Instead, mortal wounds are automatically inflicted.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES WALKER model from your army.
EFFECT: Until the start of your next Command phase, improve your model’s Move, Toughness, Leadership and Objective Control characteristics by 1 and each time your model makes an attack, add 1 to the Hit roll.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE unit from your army that was reduced to Below Half-strength 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.
Firestorm Assault Force
Close-range Eradication
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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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.Enhancements
This commander and their warriors have vowed to secure victory and defend the Imperium from the horrors of the galaxy. TACTICUS model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, models in that unit can ignore any or all modifiers to their characteristics and/or to any roll or test made for them (excluding modifiers to saving throws). |
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. ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY model only. Add 3 to the Strength characteristic of the bearer’s melee weapons. |
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. ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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. ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES TRANSPORT unit from your army that has no models embarked within it, and one ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES TRANSPORT unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: One unit embarked within that TRANSPORT can disembark as if it were your Movement phase, and can then 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.
Stormlance Task Force
Lightning Assault
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.
ADEPTUS ASTARTES units from your army are eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which they Advanced or Fell Back.Enhancements
This aggressive warrior channels their eagerness to kill into each and every strike. They hit the enemy’s lines with all the ferocity of a raging tempest. ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED model only. Improve the Strength and Armour Penetration characteristics of the bearer’s melee weapons by 1. Each time the bearer ends a Charge move, until the end of the turn, improve the Strength and Armour Penetration characteristics of the bearers melee weapons by 2 instead. |
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. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, you can re-roll Advance rolls made for that unit. |
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. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, that unit is eligible to shoot in a turn in which it Fell Back. |
This mounted huntsman espouses the value of circling the enemy and striking suddenly from an unexpected quarter upon their speeding steed, the better to land the killing blow. ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED model only. If the bearer’s unit is in Strategic Reserves, for the purposes of setting up that unit on the battlefield, treat the current battle round number as being one higher than it actually is. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED or ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE unit (excluding WALKERS) from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, if your unit Advances, do not make an Advance roll for it. Instead, until the end of the phase, add 6" to the Move characteristic of models in your unit, or 9" instead if your unit is MOUNTED.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED unit from your army that has not declared a charge this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, you can re-roll Charge rolls made for your unit and melee weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [LANCE] ability.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED or ADEPTUS ASTARTES FLY VEHICLE 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 Hit roll and subtract 1 from the Wound roll.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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.
Vanguard Spearhead
Shadow Masters
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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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.Enhancements
This battlefield stalker slips through enemy territory like a spectre, leading their warriors in daring behind-enemy-lines operations. ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, models in that unit have the Infiltrators ability. |
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. ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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: |
Stratagems
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY or ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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.
TARGET: Up to two PHOBOS and/or SCOUT SQUAD units from your army, or one other ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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.
1st Company Task Force
Extremis-level Threat
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.Enhancements
This hero and the veterans they lead cut down their foes like a reaping whirlwind. ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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. ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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. |
The commanders of the 1st Company vow before the Chapter and the Emperor to secure victory. ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR model only. Improve the Objective Control characteristic of the bearer by 1. 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 Objective Control characteristic of all other models in the bearer’s unit as well. |
This hero shrugs off even horrendous wounds. ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR model only. The bearer has the Feel No Pain 5+ ability. Once per battle, after the bearer’s unit is selected as the target of one or more attacks, the bearer can use this Enhancement. If it does, until the end of the phase, models in the bearer’s unit have the Feel No Pain 5+ ability. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR, BLADEGUARD VETERAN SQUAD, STERNGUARD VETERAN SQUAD or VANGUARD VETERAN SQUAD 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, add 1 to the Hit roll. If your unit is Below Half-strength, add 1 to the Wound roll as well.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR, BLADEGUARD VETERAN SQUAD, STERNGUARD VETERAN SQUAD or VANGUARD VETERAN SQUAD unit from your army that made a Charge move this turn and destroyed one or more enemy units this phase.
EFFECT: In your opponent’s next Command phase, each enemy unit within 6" of your unit must take a Battle-shock test. If the unit taking that test is Below Half-strength, subtract 1 from that test. Enemy units affected by this Stratagem do not need to take any other Battle-shock tests in the same phase.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR, BLADEGUARD VETERAN SQUAD, STERNGUARD VETERAN SQUAD or VANGUARD VETERAN SQUAD unit from your army within range of an objective marker you control.
EFFECT: That objective marker remains under your control, even if you have no models within range of it, until your opponent controls it at the start or end of any turn.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR unit from your army.
EFFECT: Remove your unit from the battlefield and place it into Strategic Reserves. It will arrive back on the battlefield in the Reinforcements step of your next Movement phase using the Deep Strike ability.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot select a unit that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR, BLADEGUARD VETERAN SQUAD, STERNGUARD VETERAN SQUAD or VANGUARD VETERAN SQUAD unit from your army within Engagement Range of that enemy unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, each time an attack is allocated to a model in your unit, subtract 1 from the Damage characteristic of that attack.
Blood Angels Codex Supplement
Introduction
Below you will find several Blood Angels Detachments you can select from, as described in the Core Rules (see the Select Detachment Rules step). If you are playing a Crusade battle, see the equivalent step in the Mustering a Crusade Army section. Each Detachment is a themed fighting force that focuses on one particular combat style employed by the Blood Angels - the rules they include are as follows:The Detachment rule listed here will apply to either your whole army or to particular units within it. If any additional restrictions or benefits apply to a Detachment, they will be listed here. This can include units your army either must include or cannot include, as well as additional keywords some of your units may gain.
When mustering your army, your chosen Detachment enables you to upgrade CHARACTERS using the Enhancements listed here(see the Select Units). If you are playing a Crusade battle, you can instead use the Renowned Heroes Requisition to give your Characters Enhancements.
Your chosen Detachment gives you access to the Stratagems listed here in addition to the Core Stratagems listed in the Core Rules. During the battle, you can spend Command points (CP) to use these Stratagems.
Army Rules
The Sons of Sanguinius
The noble Blood Angels favour swift, mobile warfare. Clad in crimson, the Sons of Sanguinius close in on their foes with lightning speed. Above, angels clad in burnished gold soar from the heavens to crash into their foes. The Death Company, afflicted by a terrible genetic curse, thunder into the foe with inhuman savagery, their black plate flecked with the blood of their victims.
- If an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit has a second Faction keyword on its datasheet, that Faction keyword is the name of that unit's Chapter. For example, Lemartes has both the ADEPTUS ASTARTES and BLOOD ANGELS Faction keywords, and is therefore from the Blood Angels Chapter.
- You cannot include units from more than one Chapter in your army.
Designer’s Note: The rules presented in this section assume that the ADEPTUS ASTARTES units in your army are from the Blood Angels Chapter, but they can also be used to represent any Blood Angels successor Chapter, such as one described in the background section of this book, or even one of your own invention. However, players who wish to faithfully recreate the Blood Angels Chapter on the tabletop should only include BLOOD ANGELS EPIC HEROES if their collection is intended to represent the First Founding Chapter itself; Mephiston is the Chief Librarian of the Blood Angels, for example, and not of any of their successors.
Liberator Assault Group
Red Thirst
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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES units drawn from any other Chapter.
Enhancements
Such is this warriors rage-fuelled speed, it is as if the Primarch himself fights alongside his sons. ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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. |
Fury burns in this warrior's soul. A single moment of savage brutality stands between them and the maddening embrace of the Black Rage. ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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. |
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. ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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. |
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. ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, models in your unit have the Feel No Pain 5+ ability against mortal wounds.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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.
The Lost Brethren
A Noble Death in Combat
For the lost brothers of the Death Company one final battle remains. The sacrifice of each fallen warrior inspires his surviving brothers to ever greater acts of savage violence.
Each time a DEATH COMPANY model from your army makes a melee attack, re-roll a Wound roll of 1 if that model’s unit is below its Starting Strength; if that model’s unit is Below Half-strength, you can re-roll the Wound roll instead.KEYWORDS
If you select this Detachment, DEATH COMPANY MARINES and DEATH COMPANY MARINES WITH BOLT RIFLES units from your army have the BATTLELINE keyword.
RESTRICTIONS
Your army can include BLOOD ANGELS units, but it cannot include any ADEPTUS ASTARTES units drawn from any other Chapter.
Enhancements
As maddening hallucinatory memories of long-forgotten battles flash across this warriors mind, he is granted a sliver of the Primarchs combat prowess. DEATH COMPANY model only. Once per battle, at the end of the Fight phase, if the bearer is within Engagement Range of three or more enemy models, the bearer can fight one additional time. |
Spiritual energy flows from this crimson gem, filling its bearer with a ferocious desire to tear their foes limb from limb. Those infused with its energies may fight on despite suffering seemingly mortal wounds. DEATH COMPANY model only. The first time the bearer is destroyed, at the end of the phase, roll one D6: 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. |
Overcome by maddening hallucinations, this warrior sees in all enemy champions glimmers of Horus' dark majesty and thus strives to destroy them. DEATH COMPANY model only. Once per battle, at the start of the Fight phase, if the bearer is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy CHARACTER units, you can select one of those CHARACTER units and roll six D6: for each 4+, one CHARACTER model in that unit suffers 1 mortal wound. |
This Son of Sanguinius appears to the brothers of the Death Company as a paragon of their Primarchs martial prowess. Should he fall in battle, the vengeful fury of the Lost will be inflamed. DEATH COMPANY model only. It the bearer is destroyed, until the end of your next turn, each time a friendly DEATH COMPANY model makes an attack, add 1 to the 1 Hit roll. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One DEATH COMPANY unit from your army that was just destroyed while it was within range of an objective marker you controlled. You can use this Stratagem on that unit even though it was just destroyed.
EFFECT: That objective marker remains under your control, even if you have no models within range of it, until your opponent controls it at the start or end of any turn.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 DEATH COMPANY 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 your unit is within 12" of one or more friendly CHAPLAIN models; on a 4+, do not remove it from play. The destroyed model can fight after the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, and is then removed from play.
TARGET: One DEATH COMPANY unit from your army, just before that unit Piles-in.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a Pile-in move, it can move up to D3+3" instead of up to 3". If your unit is within 12" of one or more friendly CHAPLAIN models, or if it is below Starting Strength, it can move up to 6" instead. In either case, it can only do so provided your unit ends that Pile-in move in Unit Coherency and within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
TARGET: One DEATH COMPANY unit from your army that is below Starting Strength and has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, improve the Attacks, Stength and Armour Penetration characteristics of melee weapons equipped by models in your unit by 1 and, unless your unit is within 12" of one or more friendly CHAPLAIN models, until the end of the phase, those weapons have the [HAZARDOUS] ability.
TARGET: That DEATH COMPANY unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced. If your unit is within 12" of one or more friendly CHAPLAIN models, or it is below its Starting Strength, until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced.
The Angelic Host
Upon Wings of Fire
The Blood Angels soar high above the battlefield before plummeting to strike their foes with bone-shattering force. They are true masters of the war-torn skies.
At the end of your opponent s turn, you can select a number of ADEPTUS ASTARTES JUMP PACK units from your army (excluding units that are within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units). The maximum number of units you can select depends on the battle size, as follows:
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Once you have made your selections, remove those units from the battlefield and place them into Strategic Reserves. In the Reinforcements step of your next Movement phase, set each of those units up using their Deep Strike ability.
RESTRICTIONS
Your army can include BLOOD ANGELS units, but it cannot include any ADEPTUS ASTARTES units drawn from any other Chapter.
Enhancements
This warrior is a true artist both on and off the battlefield. His talents are reflected in the exquisite workmanship of his wargear, for he insists upon personally crafting his weapons of war. ADEPTUS ASTARTES JUMP PACK model only. Improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of the bearers weapons by 1, and the bearer has a Save characteristic of 2+. |
This exquisitely crafted death mask is a thing of dark beauty to the Blood Angels, and a sign of impending doom to their enemies. A neural amplifier embedded within the expressionless face of this macabre item serves to magnify the aura of fear it projects. ADEPTUS ASTARTES JUMP PACK model only. In the Battle-shock step of your opponents Command phase, each enemy unit (excluding MONSTERS and VEHICLES) within Engagement Range of the bearer must take a Battle-shock test. |
When Sanguinius battled Horus, his magnificent blade was tragically shattered against the Warmasters profane battle plate. The shards were gathered up and new swords forged to incorporate them, each one gifted to a different successor Chapter. ADEPTUS ASTARTES JUMP PACK model only. The bearer’s melee weapons have the [Anti-Chaos 5+] and [Lance] abilities. |
The elaborately crafted ailerons of this jump pack allow the wearer to manoeuvre, twist and bank at incredible speeds. ADEPTUS ASTARTES JUMP PACK model only. Once per turn, when an enemy unit ends a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move within 9" of the bearer, if this bearer’s unit is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, it can make a Normal move of up to 6". |
Stratagems
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES JUMP PACK unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an enemy model within Engagement Range of your unit selects its targets, it must select your unit as the target of all of its attacks.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES JUMP PACK 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 [LETHAL HITS] and [PRECISION] abilities.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES JUMP PACK unit from your army that is arriving using the Deep Strike ability this phase.
EFFECT: Your unit can be set up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 3" horizontally away from all enemy units.
RESTRICTIONS: A unit targeted by this Stratagem is not eligible to declare a charge in the same turn.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES JUMP PACK unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced or Fell Back.
Crusade Rules
In this section you’ll find additional rules for playing Crusade battles that are bespoke to ADEPTUS ASTARTES units. You can find out more about Crusade armies in the main Crusade rules.
OATHSWORN CAMPAIGNS
These rules represent focused strategic goals your Crusade force can seek to achieve. They detail how, after gaining sufficient Honour points, you can promote CHARACTERS to Chapter Command and reassign your units to other tactical roles.
AGENDAS
ADEPTUS ASTARTES armies can attempt to achieve unique Agendas in addition to those found in other publications. These represent the faction’s goals and their particular methods of waging war.
REQUISITIONS
ADEPTUS ASTARTES armies have access to a number of bespoke Requisitions in addition to those found in other publications.
BATTLE TRAITS
As they gain experience and prowess, ADEPTUS ASTARTES units in your Crusade force can be given one of the Battle Traits in this section instead of one presented elsewhere.
CRUSADE RELICS
In addition to the Crusade Relics presented in other Crusade publications, ADEPTUS ASTARTES CHARACTER models can claim one of the Crusade Relics found here.
CRUSADE BADGES
Here you will find three Crusade Badges representing goals you can set yourself when campaigning with your Crusade force. Once you have achieved one, you could set yourself a new goal, or take the opportunity to start a new Crusade force.
Oathsworn Campaigns
Your Crusade force can use the Oathsworn Campaigns rules featured in Space Marines page to embark on Oathsworn Campaigns unique to the Dark Angels and their successors. Each Oathsworn Campaign offers Bonus Agendas to gain Honour points, allowing your Characters to become members of Chapter Command and - unique to this publication - the secretive Inner Circle.
Each battle offers the opportunity to earn Honour points for your Crusade force, which reflect the glorious accomplishments of your warriors on a personal and collective level. CHARACTERS can use Honour points to become high-ranking members of Chapter Command and access new abilities, while your units can adopt different battlefield roles or be promoted through the Chapter, starting in the Scout Company and eventually progressing to the 1st Company as decorated veterans with access to a wide array of Battle Traits.
A Noble Undertaking
To begin, select an Oathsworn Campaign from those presented below. An Oathsworn Campaign lasts for three battles, and each one has unique Bonus Agendas and Requisitions for you to take advantage of. If you wish to abandon a campaign for any reason, you can do so at any time. Your Crusade force can only participate in one Oathsworn Campaign at a time.Each time you win a battle, your Crusade force earns Honour points relative to the battle size, as shown below.
Honour Points
Honour points for your Crusade force are earned by winning battles and completing Bonus Agendas. Keep track of your Honour points by noting them on your Order of Battle. At the end of an Oathsworn Campaign, you can spend Honour points to promote ADEPTUS ASTARTES CHARACTERS from your Order of Battle to be members of Chapter Command. You can also spend Honour points to promote various units from the Scout Company to the Reserve and Battle Companies, and then to the 1st Company.After an Oathsworn Campaign has ended, your Honour points are reset to 0. For every 5 unspent Honour points lost in this way, you can grant 1XP to a unit of your choice from your Order of Battle.
Oathsworn Campaign Requisitions
While your Crusade force is embarked on an Oathsworn Campaign, you have access to special Requisitions you can only purchase during that campaign. These represent your Crusade force taking actions best suited to their goals, such as commandeering local resources or bolstering defences as necessary.Bonus Agendas
Each Oathsworn Campaign features unique Bonus Agendas that are always selected in addition to your two chosen Agendas. For the duration of the Oathsworn Campaign, when you select Agendas for a battle, consult the table associated with your chosen Oathsworn Campaign to select a Bonus Agenda for that battle that best suits your Crusade army or your narrative goals.Unflinching Bulwark
The Adeptus Astartes confront and drive back invasions of every loathsome kind across the Imperium’s worlds. Destructive hordes spreading carnage through a planet’s macro-cities must be halted in their tracks to enable desperate evacuations. Predatory raiders plundering frontier settlements or void ships must be corralled into efficient kill zones. From the walls of vital Imperial fortifications, Space Marines hold positions that would otherwise have fallen. Enemy assaults are thrown back as the battle-brothers unleash a deluge of firepower to cut them down. The Space Marines’ aggressive defence grants other Imperial forces the chance to regroup and exploit the gains won by the sudden intervention, even as the Angels of Death themselves leave for the next war zone.
Requisition
The strategic brilliance of a strike force’s commanders means Space Marines can often ensure the enemy fights them only on their terms, drawing the Imperium’s foes into carefully chosen battle sites. Utilising the full extent of their siegecraft, the Space Marines erect solid redoubts, fortified walls and dedicated kill zones. Any forces attempting to invade the area find their advance swiftly halted by these masterful creations and their determined defenders.
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The Adeptus Astartes are utterly focused on their mission parameters. Those Space Marines sworn to the defence of their battle lines will take not one backward step nor be lured into reckless assaults. Any foe who dares venture into these warriors’ priority kill zones are subjected to a thunderous fusillade of long-range firepower that scours them from critical battlefield targets.
While some of a defensive Space Marine force may be tasked with counter-assaults, others stamp the Chapter’s presence upon the war zone by planting a sacred banner or ancient sigil in full view of the foe. With undisguised bombast, the action proclaims the resolve of the battle-brothers to retake the battlefield and signals to the foe their imminent destruction.
Whether safeguarding an extraction or in a final push towards the foe’s last redoubt, the Space Marines have vowed to cleanse the enemy from their lines and allow none to slip past.
Precision Strike
The Adeptus Astartes confront and drive back invasions of every loathsome kind across the Imperium’s worlds. Destructive hordes spreading carnage through a planet’s macro-cities must be halted in their tracks to enable desperate evacuations. Predatory raiders plundering frontier settlements or void ships must be corralled into efficient kill zones. From the walls of vital Imperial fortifications, Space Marines hold positions that would otherwise have fallen. Enemy assaults are thrown back as the battle-brothers unleash a deluge of firepower to cut them down. The Space Marines’ aggressive defence grants other Imperial forces the chance to regroup and exploit the gains won by the sudden intervention, even as the Angels of Death themselves leave for the next war zone.
Requisition
Space Marines are the ultimate assault force. Deploying from orbiting strike cruisers or drop ships, roaring into the fray in armoured transports or charging from ambush, they are capable of surprise attacks that hit with meteoric force. Such assaults are unleashed after rapid and incisive assessment of carefully harvested intelligence filtered through the warriors’ long years of combat experience, and can catch even the most alert of sentries flat-footed.
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Any advances or gains made by the enemy must be taken from them by swift and unremitting force. None can be left in any doubt that to stand against the Adeptus Astartes is to feel the wrath of the Emperor himself.
Space Marine commanders do not orchestrate victory from the safety of a strategium, but as the speartip of their strike force that plunges into the enemy’s heart.
Adapting their priorities on the move with post-human cogitation, Space Marines will rapidly assess the most dangerous threats amongst the foe. Any that pose a risk to the battle-brothers’ mission targets will be picked out for eradication.
The Forging of Legends
In millennia-old archives are accounts of the supernatural heroism of the Adeptus Astartes’ champions. A Chapters honour is of utmost importance to its warrior-knights. In campaigns where it can be upheld or avenged - the recovery of a fallen battle-brother or relic, the hunting down of a reviled foe or the reclamation of a Chapter bastion - personal heroism surges to the fore. The greatest of a force’s combatants lead their battle-brothers in wrath-filled charges to topple enemy champions and strike down the largest of threats. Such strength and skill can crush an enemy’s cohesion as the foe witnesses their best and greatest cast down by a single warrior.
Requisition
Space Marine commanders are entrusted with great latitude in dispensing honours - and summary justice - upon their battle-brothers. Even amongst some of the Imperiums greatest heroes, there are those leaders whose courage and skill exceeds even their commander's lofty expectations. Such valour in the Emperor's name is deserving of recognition.
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Chapter legend recounts many epic duels in which the greatest of its warriors cast down the most heinous enemies in fights that shook the firmament and awed those who witnessed them. These legends are a potent source of inspiration to those who would uphold their brotherhood's honour.
The battlefield echoes to the roaring engines or guttural howls of an enemy monstrosity. Through tactical consideration of their threat to his battle-brothers, as well as being a matter of personal pride, a Chapter’s noble champion will make its slaying their personal vow.
The heroic commanders of a Space Marine strike force lead from the front in stunning displays of their combined strategic acumen and martial skill. They stamp their presence onto the battlefield so that none are left in doubt as to the power of the Angels of Death.
Chapter Command
Designer’s Note: If your Order of Battle contains an EPIC HERO who is already known to hold a position in Chapter Command (e.g. Pedro Kantor being a Chapter Master), you should not promote another CHARACTER to that position.
Chapter Masters are some of the greatest military minds in the galaxy. There are few elements of strategy and tactics they have not studied and mastered, and they have tested their skills against innumerable enemies. They are magnificent leaders, able to inspire their warriors to acts of legendary valour. There is no task to which they will set their battle-brothers that they have not completed themselves, and when they lead from the front, they wield their blades with incomparable ability, slaughtering more of the foe than any of their warriors.
BATTLE HONOUR
Once per battle, after you have selected your Oath of Moment target, select a second enemy unit. Until the start of your next Command phase, that second enemy unit also counts as your Oath of Moment target.
BATTLE HONOUR
Once per battle, in your Command phase, this model can use this ability. If it does, until the end of the turn, add 2 to the Damage characteristic of weapons equipped by this model.
Chief Apothecaries are the most senior surgeons and battle medics available to Space Marine Chapters. Calm and resolute, they maintain the life force of their battle-brothers on and off the battlefield. Most importantly, they are responsible for their Chapter’s future in the preservation of Space Marine gene-seed. With vast experience to draw upon, a Chapter's Chief Apothecary is its ultimate practitioner of the healer’s art.
BATTLE HONOUR
TACTICUS APOTHECARY model only. While this model is leading a unit, models in that unit have the Feel No Pain 5+ ability.
BATTLE HONOUR
At the end of the battle, if your Crusade army included this model and it was not destroyed during the battle, you can ignore up to two failed Out of Action tests taken for INFANTRY units from your Crusade army - those tests are treated as having been passed instead.
Masters of Sanctity are the High Chaplains of the Space Marine Chapters. They maintain the spiritual well-being of their brothers, ensuring none falter in their responsibilities. Their mere presence inspires fervent aggression amongst their kin, though they are just as capable of delivering retribution first-hand.
BATTLE HONOUR
Once per battle, at the start of the battle round, this model can use this ability. If it does, until the end of the turn, this model has the following ability:
Wise Orator (Aura): Each time a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit within 6" of this model makes a melee attack, add 1 to the Wound roll.
BATTLE HONOUR
Once per battle, at the start of the Fight phase, this model can use this ability. If it does, until the end of the phase, add 2 to the Attacks, Strength and Damage characteristics of melee weapons equipped by this model.
Masters of the Forge are the chief artificers of the Space Marines, responsible for maintaining the arms, armour and vehicles of their Chapter. Having distinguished themselves from their brother Techmarines, Masters of the Forge oversee the Chapter’s Armoury, and have an intimate knowledge of its workings and the machine spirits that reside there.
BATTLE HONOUR
Each time this model uses its Blessing of the Omnissiah ability, the selected VEHICLE regains up to D3+3 lost wounds instead of up to D3.
BATTLE HONOUR
Each time this model uses its Blessing of the Omnissiah ability, until the start of your next Command phase, the selected VEHICLE has a 4+ invulnerable save (in addition to that ability’s other effects).
For a Space Marine to have become one of the Chapters Honour Guard is to have fulfilled many centuries of exceptionally courageous service. In battle, they act as personal retinues for the strike force’s leaders, ensuring their safety with selfless valour.
BATTLE HONOUR
While a CHARACTER model is leading this unit, add 1 to the Toughness characteristic of models in that unit.
BATTLE HONOUR
Once per battle, at the start of either player’s Command phase, this unit can use this ability. If it does, until the end of the turn, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of weapons equipped by models in this unit.
At the head of each Chapter’s Librarius can be found the Chief Librarian. Battle scholars with vast experience and immense psychic power, they are as much invaluable warriors as they are dependable advisors. When mastery of the warp is required, none are better equipped to deal with its turbulent nature. On the battlefield, Chief Librarians direct the energies of the immaterium with unrivalled precision and power.
BATTLE HONOUR
At the start of your Shooting phase, you can select one enemy unit within 12" of and visible to this model and roll one D6: on a 3-5, that unit suffers D6 mortal wounds; on a 6, that unit suffers D6 mortal wounds and, until the start of your next turn, halve that unit's Move characteristic and halve the result of Charge rolls and Advance rolls made for that unit.
BATTLE HONOUR
Once per battle, at the start of any phase, this unit can use this ability. If it does, until the start of your next turn, this model has the following ability:
Empyric Castellan (Aura, Psychic): While an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army is within 6" of this model, models in that unit have a 4+ invulnerable save.
Only the most distinguished Space Marines are granted the title of Chapter Ancient. Given the sacred task of bearing the Chapter’s standard to war, they selflessly fly the colours even as they slay their foes. The sight of such a holy relic flying high above the battlefield inspires the Ancients’ brethren to give their all. The mere presence of the Chapters standard is worth a fortified bastion to the warriors of the Adeptus Astartes.
BATTLE HONOUR
Once per battle, at the start of your Command phase, this model can use this ability. If it does, until the end of the turn, this model has the following ability:
Steadfast Example (Aura): While an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army is within 6" of this model, add 1 to the Objective Control characteristic of models in that unit.
BATTLE HONOUR
While this model is leading a unit, each time a Bodyguard model in that unit is destroyed by a melee attack, if that model has not fought this phase, roll one D6: on a 2+, 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.
Assignment and Promotion
During their long years, Space Marines advance through their Chapters companies, gaining new skills and a wealth of experience on their journey.
In addition to spending Honour points on Chapter Command promotions, you can also spend them to assign or promote other units to new positions within the Chapters structure. After an Oathsworn Campaign ends, just as with Chapter Command promotions, you can spend the required number of Honour points to assign or promote a unit, but if you do, instead of selecting a Battle Honour for that unit, you must instead remove it from your Order of Battle and replace it with another unit from those listed. When a unit is replaced in this way, the new unit starts with the same XP as the one it replaced.Once deemed worthy, a neophyte is elevated from the Scout Company to the status of full battle-brother and serves in the first of the Reserve Companies. Should they continue to distinguish themselves, they may progress to the Battle Companies and throughout their lives learn to fight in many different roles. Experienced battle-brothers of the Scout Company’s Vanguard complement may be requisitioned to support other companies, their battle prowess granting them a potent reputation.
Select one of the following units:You can spend 5 Honour points to replace that unit with one of the following units:
Elevation to the elite 1st Company of a Chapter is never automatic, no matter how long a battle-brother serves with the incredibly high levels of skill expected of all Space Marines. To be so honoured, they must have proved superior even amongst an entire brotherhood of post-human champions. Each has performed legendary deeds of bravery and mastered all of the Chapter’s ways of war. They are master marksmen, exceptional duellists and incredible pilots, with tactical insight far beyond any mortal soldier and a devotion to duty that is fierce in its intensity. They truly are the heroes of their Chapter.
Select one ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY or ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED unit (excluding CHARACTERS and SCOUT SQUADS). You can spend 5 Honour points to replace the selected unit with one of the following units. If the selected unit has the Terminator Honours Battle Trait, this promotion costs 0 Honour points.The honour of command amongst the Adeptus Astartes recognises a battle-brother whose past is littered with conquered enemies. Yet it is not enough to be a skilled fighter; they must also have an unassailable grasp of strategy and tactics. Centuries of battlefield experience have taught them every facet of war, trained them in the tools of slaughter and honed their wits to the level of instinct. To lead the Emperor’s greatest shock troops in battle, to marshal their strength and mete it out efficiently to maximise its potential against the ceaseless waves of foes that embattle the Imperium, is a singular and grave responsibility.
Select one LIEUTENANT model. You can spend 10 Honour points to replace that model with one CAPTAIN model (excluding EPIC HEROES).Agendas
If your Crusade army includes any ADEPTUS ASTARTES units, you can select Agendas from those presented here.For the Space Marines, only the total destruction of the Emperor’s enemies is acceptable.
The Space Marines know no fear. Superhuman courage in the face of terrifying horrors and overwhelming odds are expected from each and every battle-brother. Fleeing from the conflict is as anathema to them as allowing the enemies of the Emperor to draw breath.
Battle-brothers who pilot their Chapter’s war engines often have a natural affinity for their mechanical steeds. With prayers to the vehicles’ machine spirits, the crews urge them forth in unstoppable spearheads. Those war engines that leave a great wake of the foe’s twisted corpses are immortalised for their deeds with devotional seals and trophies in a dedicated shrine within the Chapter’s Armoury.
The warriors of the Chapter who bear the Mark of Censure have submitted themselves to the Reclusiam for their failures, and been set upon a quest for absolution in their Chapter’s eyes. Only by striking down the mightiest foes of the Emperor will their shame be absolved.
Requisitions
If your Crusade army includes any ADEPTUS ASTARTES units, you can spend Requisition points (RP) on any of the following Requisitions.Death in battle is the fate of almost all Space Marines. But if the Chapter’s Apothecaries can preserve the gene-seed of fallen battle-brothers, then something of them can live on in a new generation of warriors. The heroic warrior-chirurgeons make their battle-brothers' death an honoured gift of legacy to the Chapter.
To triumph in spectacular and glorious fashion over the Imperiums enemies is reward enough for those heroes who bought the victory with deadly skill and unflinching conviction.
On occasion, the Space Marines' famously rapid and efficient campaigns must be extended. They may uncover evidence of a deeper conspiracy that must be broken or details of hidden enemy reserves that must be crushed. Whatever new intelligence comes to light, the Adeptus Astartes will not shirk from acting upon it to ensure their final victory is total.
A mortally wounded Space Marine may be interred in the sarcophagus of a Dreadnought, allowing them to bring death to their foes in a new form.
Battle Traits
When an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit gains a Battle Trait, you can use one of the tables presented here to determine which Battle Trait that unit has gained.INFANTRY and MOUNTED UnitsD6
Excluding CHARACTERSAwarded to those warriors who prove their accuracy in combat, these badges are constructed by coating spent bolter shell casings, ejected from the weapons of great heroes, in gold.
Awarded to the most superlative duellists of the Chapter, this honour badge is shaped like a dagger and proclaims the bearer’s skill at arms.
These rivets are stamped into a warrior’s cranium to record ten, fifty or a hundred years' service. Though described in the Codex, the awarding of studs is not officially required.
Purity seals record not so much honours as blessings given by the Chapter’s Chaplains before battle. When a battle-brother receives a seal, the Chaplains chant litanies before affixing it to the Space Marine's armour.
Veterans who have earned the honour of waging war in Terminator armour are permitted to wear these badges - smaller representations of the Crux Terminatus - when fighting.
Awarded to those who have shown great resolve, this eagle emblem is emblazoned on the warrior’s chest plate.
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ELIMINATOR SQUAD, INCURSOR SQUAD, INFILTRATOR SQUAD, REIVER SQUAD, SCOUT SQUADEnemy champions and the guardians who shelter them are priority targets for this squad of skilled assassins.
Adept in the sudden unbalancing of their foes, this agile squad can evade closing foes and leave them exposed.
These Chapter warriors are shades made manifest, using every sensory distraction to veil their advance and utilising every scrap of cover to their advantage.
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BLADEGUARD VETERAN SQUAD, COMPANY HEROES, STERNGUARD VETERAN SQUAD, TERMINATOR ASSAULT SQUAD, TERMINATOR SQUAD, VANGUARD VETERAN SQUADTasked with holding their ground, the veterans of the 1st Company will stand as intimidating sentinels, throwing the broken foe back unto their very last breaths.
These veterans can unleash a flurry of masterful blows said to reflect their Primarch’s martial perfection.
These veteran battle-brothers have sworn to banish the shades of the Imperium’s enemies in every benighted reach they fight in. While they stand, the light of Humanity will never fade.
VEHICLE ModelsD6
This machine spirit seeks to grind its foes beneath the ironclad hull it inhabits.
The might of this indomitable machine spirit is legendary.
Even under duress, the attacks of this machine remain precise.
Crusade Relics
When an ADEPTUS ASTARTES CHARACTER model gains a Crusade Relic, you can select one of the Crusade Relics presented here.Artificer Relics
This chest plate bears an aquila crest wrought in adamantine, rendering it proof against even the mightiest blow.
Add 1 to the bearer’s Toughness and Wounds characteristics.Incorporating arcane technology found in suits of Terminator armour, this unassuming device allows the bearer to be teleported accurately into the thick of battle from their orbiting spacecraft.
During the Declare Battle Formations step, if this model is attached to a unit, until the end of the battle, that unit has the Deep Strike ability.This iron halo protects the bearer from harm, while proclaiming them to be a mighty hero of the Imperium.
- The bearer has a 4+ invulnerable save.
- The bearer has the Feel No Pain 4+ ability against mortal wounds.
Antiquity Relics
This blade is a relic of the Great Crusade and is rumoured to have been crafted on Terra. It is now borne by only the greatest heroes of the Space Marine Chapters.
The bearer is equipped with the following melee weapon in addition to its other weapons:MELEE WEAPONS | RANGE | A | WS | S | AP | D |
| Paragon blade | ||||||
| Paragon blade | Melee | 6 | 2+ | 6 | -3 | 3 |
This bloodstained banner lists the atrocities and injustices committed by the Emperor’s foes, a reminder of the duty of the Adeptus Astartes to purge the stars of the heretic and the alien.
ANCIENT model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, add 1 to the Strength characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in that unit.Legendary Relics
Crafted long ago in forges lost to the mist of time, these immensely rare rounds create a miniature vortex within the target upon their detonation. Such an event causes catastrophic damage to even the largest enemies, and psykers who miraculously survive are driven mad by the creatures of the warp that flow from the tear in reality.
Select one ranged weapon equipped by the bearer; that weapon is now a Crusade Relic. Note this on the bearer’s Crusade card and give that weapon a suitable name. Once per battle, when the bearer shoots with that weapon, you can choose for it to fire a vortex bolt instead of shooting that weapon normally. If it does, resolve that shooting using with the following profile:RANGED WEAPONS | RANGE | A | BS | S | AP | D |
| Vortex bolt [ANTI-INFANTRY 3+, ANTI-PSYKER 2+, DEVASTATING WOUNDS] | ||||||
| Vortex bolt [ANTI-INFANTRY 3+, ANTI-PSYKER 2+, DEVASTATING WOUNDS] | 24" | 1 | 2+ | 4 | 0 | D3+3 |
In the deepest vaults of every Chapter are ancient relics inherited from the personal wargear of their gene-sire. Only in the direst circumstances are these brought to the field of war to inspire battle-brothers to even greater deeds; if these relics were to be lost, it would be a tragedy on par with the blackest days in the Chapter’s history.
Once per battle, in your Command phase, the bearer can unveil the Relic of the Primarch. If it does, until the start of your next Command phase, the bearer has the following ability:Relic of the Primarch (Aura)
- While a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit is within 6" of this model, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in that unit.
- If the bearer is destroyed, after removing it from play, set up one new objective marker as close as possible to the bearer’s last location; this represents the Relic of the Primarch. You immediately gain the Recover the Relic Agenda (see below) in addition to any other Agendas being used for the battle.
Recover the Relic
The loss of one of the Primarch’s priceless relics is an unthinkable shame that cannot be allowed to pass.
At the end of the battle, if you control the Relic of the Primarch objective marker, you can select one unit from your Crusade army that is within 3" of that objective marker; that unit gains 3XP. If you do not control that objective marker at the end of the battle, you lose 10VP (to a minimum of 0).Crusade Badges
When your Crusade force accomplishes specific long-term goals, you can earn the Crusade badges shown below, representing your warriors’ successes over many battles.Oathsworn Crusaders
Your strike force’s battles against the myriad dangers facing the Imperium have seen your Space Marines hailed as true crusaders and enactors of the Lord Commander’s vision. Each of your successful assaults against Humanity’s enemies has helped liberate Imperial worlds through fire and blood. You have pushed back the hateful tide of heretics, mutants and xenos, but in spreading the Emperor’s light you have discovered new vistas of invasion and corruption. Honour demands you cannot stop now.
- You have completed one Oathsworn Campaign and promoted one or more CHARACTERS to Chapter Command.
- You have won two or more battles.
Oathsworn Victors
Proving the nobility of your Chapter in the Emperor’s service, your force has won a tally of victories. Bastions of Mankind’s foes have been breached, invasions held and pushed back, and abominations purged. Your experienced warriors have been highly honoured by their Chapter, but with each surge into the darkness, your foes - and the chances to lay them low - multiply.
- You have completed three Oathsworn Campaigns and promoted two or more CHARACTERS to Chapter Command.
- You have won six or more battles.
- You have replaced one or more units as described in the Reserve and Battle Company Assignment section (see Assignment and Promotion).
Oathsworn Veterans
Your heroic battle-brothers have visited death and destruction upon worlds thought beyond the Imperium’s reach. Your Chapter lords lead blistering assaults of veteran battle-brothers in strikes so swift and overwhelming that none may stay their wrath. You are the vengeance of the Emperor made manifest and a shining exemplar of your gene-sire’s martial doctrines!
- You have completed five Oathsworn Campaigns and promoted five or more CHARACTERS to Chapter Command.
- You have won ten or more battles.
- You have replaced three or more units as described in the Reserve and Battle Company Assignment and/or 1st Company Promotion sections (see Assignment and Promotion).
Oathsworn Campaign Tracker
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Blood Angels Oathsworn Campaigns
In this section you’ll find additional rules for playing Crusade battles that are bespoke to Blood Angels units. If your Crusade army includes any Adept us Astartes units from the Blood Angels Chapter (or one of its successors), you can use any of the following Crusade rules.
Legacy of the Black Rage
Just as the Great Angel's blood ennobles his scions, so do its flaws damn them. Each and every one of the Primarch's sons must labour under the creeping shadow of his own doom, cognisant that at any moment the inescapable madness of the Black Rage may claim him. Once a battle-brother is caught in its embrace, the only path to redemption is a glorious death in battle.
Requisition
It is a tragedy when one of the Chapters noblest stars falls to the Black Rage. Such a hero’s travails will soon come to an end, their destiny either to meet death in battle or to be granted the Emperors mercy.
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The Death Company is comprised of warriors with countless years of battle experience, making the Chapters loss even more sorrowful. Such combatants fight their final battle in the name of Sanguinius, and their martyrdom in combat marks them as heroes of the Chapter.
The warriors of the Death Company are forsaken, their lives given up in explosions of violence, slaying as many of the foe as possible before their inevitable demise at the heart of the enemy force.
The most skilled Chaplains of the Blood Angels can harness and channel the anger that resides within the souls of the Lost without allowing it to boil over and consume their own psyches.
Angels of Deliverance
The Blood Angels and many of their successors still possess the compassion and nobility exemplified by their Primarch. The Sons of Sanguinius will gladly sacrifice their lives to defend the Imperiums citizen, from encroaching darkness. As wardens of the Imperium Nihilus, these trails are tested as never tefore.
Requisition
The Blood Angels stand as the protectors of the Imperium Nihilus, beacons of hope in a hateful galaxy. While even one of Sanguinius’ sons still stands, they will not yield in their duty to reclaim those worlds lost to the darkness.
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By holding light to the Chapter’s noble ideals, warriors with sufficient force of will can harness the fury and blood-hunger of the Red Thirst without succumbing to its darkest excesses.
There are few as noble as the Sons of Sanguinius.
- That model destroyed one or more enemy CHARACTER models during the battle.
- That model is within range of an objective marker that you control.
- That models unit was the target of one or more Epic Deed Stratagems during the battle.
The Blood Angels are loath to resort to the defensive strategies favoured by other Chapters, preferring to take the fight to the foe by way of decisive strikes.
Blade of Sanguinius
The Blood Angels strive to emulate their fallen Primarch in every aspect, from his nobility and artifice to his martial prowess. Speed, grace and awe are the hallmarks of a Blood Angel's assault. Borne upon wings of fire they descend upon their foe from the heavens, striking with chainsword and power weapon to decimate the enemy before they can offer any responce
Requisition
To be a champion of the Imperium is to walk a path towards a martyrs death; the only question is how dearly you will sell your life.
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The Blood Angels descend from on high like the angels of myth, landing in the midst of the foe and laying waste to enemy armies with bolter and blade.
Sanguinius always taught that, to slay the beast, one needs only to remove the head. So it is when the Blood Angels strike; their deadly interventions ensure not even the oppositions commanders can find safe haven from their wrath.
The Blood Angels are amongst the Emperors finest shock troops, striking at the foe before they can react or even know they are under threat. In their lightning assaults, the Sons of Sanguinius smash aside the enemy, slaughtering them without mercy to achieve their goals.
Angels Ascendant
After an Oathsworn Campaign ends, if you have enough Honour points to do so, you can promote one or more units to the ranks of the Sanguinary Guard, or one or more of your CHARACTERS. To do so, select an ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY or ADEPTUS ASTARTES CHARACTER unit you wish to promote, then subtract that promotions Honour points cost from your total and select one of that promotions Battle Honours for that unit to gain. Each unit can only have one of these Battle Honours, even if you gain enough Honour points to promote them again. Each of these Battle Honours is unique - you can only have one instance of each in your Order of Battle. When gaining one of these Battle Honours, if that unit already has the maximum number of Battle Honours, you can choose to replace one with a Chapter Command Battle Honour (see Space Marines).The Sanguinary Guard are shining exemplars of the Great Angel’s nobility and martial prowess. To be inducted into their ranks is an honour without compare.
Select one ADEPTUS ASTARTES JUMP PACK unit with the Battle-hardened rank of higher (excluding CHARACTER and DEATH COMPANY units). You can spend 5 Honour points to replace the selected unit with a SANGUINARY GUARD unit. When a unit is replaced in this way, the new unit starts with the same XP, Battle Honours and Battle Scars as the one it replaced.He who is honoured with the Shield of Baal protects the Blood Angels’ home world. He is responsible for all of the system’s security matters.
CAPTAIN model only. Once per battle, after selecting your Oath of Moment target, you can use this ability. If you do, until the start of your next Command phase, each time this models unit makes a melee attack that targets your Oath of Moment target, you can re-roll the Wound roll.The Sanguinary High Priest is responsible for the physical, genetic and spiritual health of his Chapter. He who holds this position stands second only to the Chapter Master in the hierarchy of their Chapter.
SANGUINARY PRIEST model only. Once per battle, when this model's unit is selected to fight, you can use this ability. If you do, until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in that unit.Few are able to fight at the side of the Death Company, for their wrath knows neither friend nor foe. However, the most bellicose and steel-souled of the Reclusiam’s Chaplains are a different breed. So fiery is their oration that their litanies are even able to pierce the maddening illusions of the Lost, encouraging them forwards to death and redemption. However, to be exposed to the Flaw with such regularity is fraught with risk, and few such Chaplains remain unaffected by their experiences.
CHAPLAIN model only. During the Declare Battle Formations step, if this model is attached to a DEATH COMPANY unit, select one of the Death Company Battle Scars; until the end of the battle, that unit has that Battle Scar in addition to any others it has.The Flaw
At the end of every battle, every DEATH COMPANY unit from your Crusade army must take an Out of Action test, even if it was not destroyed during the battle (if it was destroyed, it fails that Out of Action test on a 1-2). Each time a DEATH COMPANY unit fails an Out of Action test, it must take one of the Death Company Battle Scars listed in this section - you cannot choose for that unit to suffer a Devastating Blow (any rule that inflicts a Devastating Blow upon a DEATH COMPANY unit will instead cause it to gain one Death Company Battle Scar). These Battle Scars cannot be removed by any means, and unlike other Battle Scars, a unit’s Crusade points are not reduced by having Death Company Battle Scars. A unit cannot have more than 3 Death Company Battle Scars; if a unit would ever gain a fourth, that unit is removed from your Order of Battle - it is permanently destroyed and the names of the lost battle-brothers recorded in the Chapters roll of honoured martyrs.
While a DEATH COMPANY CHARACTER is leading a DEATH COMPANY INFANTRY unit, only apply the Battle Scars from the unit that has the most. For example, if a DEATH COMPANY CAPTAIN with 1 Battle Scar is attached to a unit of DEATH COMPANY MARINES with 2 Battle Scars, then while that unit is an Attached unit, you only use the Battle Scars of the DEATH COMPANY MARINES unit (if the DEATH COMPANY CHARACTER and the unit it is leading both have the same number of Battle Scars, then during the Declare Battle Formations step you can choose which units Battle Scars will apply for that battle).
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Agendas
If your Crusade army Is using the Blood Angels Crusade rules, you can select Agendas from those presented here.The Blood Angels harbour a special hatred for traitors and the forces of Chaos. None are as loathed, however, as the Black Legion, for it was their gene-sire, Horus, who slew Sanguinius millennia ago. The ire of the Sons of Sanguinius also extends to the Tyranids, whose ravening swarms nearly brought about the doom of Baal.
The Sanguinary Priesthood investigates every avenue that might lead to a cure to the Flaw. This duty often sees them journeying to forgotten worlds, in search of forbidden archeotech from the Dark Age of Technology.
At the start of your Shooting phase, you can select one SANGUINARY PRIEST, APOTHECARY or APOTHECARY BIOLOGIS unit from your army (or one unit from your army that contains a model equipped with a narthecium) that is not Battle-shocked, is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, and is eligible to shoot. Until the end of the turn, that unit is not eligible to shoot or deciare a charge.
At the end of the turn, if that unit is within range of an unsearched objective marker that you control, that objective marker is searched by your army, that unit gains 2XP and your Crusade force gains 1 Honour point.
In the empyric madness of the Imperium Nihilus, the battle-brothers of the Blood Angels Chapter must be prepared to face any threat. With each battle survived, so are they further inured against the myriad threats this benighted region has to offer.
As Warden of the Imperium Nihilus, Dante tasks his Blood Angels with reconquering worlds lost to alien invaders, Chaos warlords and traitorous tyrants, and liberating their oppressed populations.
Requisitions
If your Crusade army includes any ADEPTUS ASTARTES units, you can spend Requisition points (RP) on any of the following Requisitions.The Blood Angels are amongst the longest-lived of all the Space Marines, echoing the physical perfection of Sanguinius. Their Primarchs spiritual might also flows in their veins, its potency only increasing as years pass.
Each unit can only be selected for this Requisition once.
The Blood Angels, as all Space Marines, are fated to die upon the battlefield. Yet they do not sell their lives cheaply. All strive to lay low as many foes as possible before the end comes, and in doing so earn a place in the glorious records of their ancient Chapter. The Blood Angels are no strangers to self-sacrifice; the only question is how many foes they can lay low before that fate finally arrives.
You can only purchase this Requisition once per Oathsworn Campaign.
On the eve of battle, a Blood Angels warrior may be gripped by apocalyptic visions as the Black Rage takes hold. Such a battle-brother is lost to the Chapter, sent forth to seek death on the battlefield rather than face the ignominious decline into bestial madness.
- Select one ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit (excluding DEATH COMPANY and CHARACTER units) from your Order of Battle. Remove that unit from your Order of Battle and add a DEATH COMPANY INFANTRY unit (excluding CHARACTER units) to your Order of Battle. The new unit has the same XP, Battle Honours and Battle Scars as the unit it replaced.
- Select one CAPTAIN unit (excluding DEATH COMPANY units) from your Order of Battle. Remove that unit from your Order of Battle and add a DEATH COMPANY CAPTAIN unit to your Order of Battle. The new unit has the same XP, Battle Honours and Battle Scars as the unit it replaced.
- Select one DREADNOUGHT unit (excluding DEATH COMPANY units) from your Order of Battle. Remove that unit from your Order of Battle and add a DEATH COMPANY DREADNOUGHT unit to your Order of Battle. The new unit has the same XP, Battle Honours and Battle Scars as the unit it replaced.
Battle Traits
When an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit gains a Battle Trait, you can use one of the tables presented here to determine which Battle Trait that unit has gained.CHARACTER UNITSD6
This heroic warrior bears a glimmering of Sanguinius'prophetic gifts. Flashes of foresight allow him to parry and weave around his enemy's blows with preternatural speed and skill.
This warrior is possessed of an iron will, his sheer mental determination ensuring that neither his own Red Thirst nor the worst horrors of the galaxy canfind purchase upon his or his brothers’souls or inflict harm upon their physical forms.
The noble lords of the Blood Angels are mighty warriors indeed, but even within this exalted brotherhood, some individuals stand out amongst their peers.
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- [PRECISION]
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JUMP PACK UNITSD6
The scream of turbines and the roar of jump packs fill the skies - a funeral dirge for the enemy.
The Blood Angels soar above the battlefield, masters of the war-torn skies.
ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY UNITSD6
Those who exemplify the finest qualities of the Blood Angels are entrusted to bear powerful artisan wargear into battle.
These warriors'hearts burn with contempt for the enemies of the Imperium. With snarls of hate and bellows of rage, they leap into the fray.
These battle brothers possess courage and nobility reminiscent ofthe Great Angel himself placing themselves in harm's way to defend others.
Crusade Relics
When an ADEPTUS ASTARTES CHARACTER model gains a Crusade Relic, you can select one of the Crusade Relics presented here.Artificer Relics
This rough grail is carved from the very bedrock of Baal. While it cannot match the artifice of some other examples, it is nonetheless a precious relic of the Blood Angels, having been carried into battle by several of the greatest Sanguinary Priests in the history of the Chapter. When held aloft, it reminds the Blood Angels of that which they fight to protect.
SANGUINARY PRIEST model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, each time that unit makes a Charge move, until the end of the turn, melee weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability.This psychic hood has served the Blood Angels for millennia. Every inch of its surface is inscribed with the sayings of Sanguinius, written in filigree of the purest gold, and decorated with bloodstone gems and miniature hand-painted scenes of the Chapters most glorious victories. Such is its power that even during the peak of Hive Fleet Leviathans assault against the Blood Angels home world, the Librarian wearing it could use the full extent of their powers despite the Shadow in the Warp.
PSYKER model only. Each time the bearer makes a Psychic Attack, you can re-roll the Wound roll.The ancient power sword known as Valours Edge is breathtakingly beautiful. Its blade gleams with a golden light and its hilt is bejewelled and finely worked. The sword blazes with golden fire when grasped by one whose intent it deems pure. In the hands of such an individual, Valours Edge cuts a blinding swathe through the foe.
Improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of the bearer’s melee weapons by 2, and those weapons have the [lethal HITS] ability.Antiquity Relics
Crafted by the noted artisan Agostinias, the Crown Angelics value is near incalculable. However, the true worth of this device can be seen upon the field of battle, where it blazes with a terrible, merciless light that sears its way into the souls of the foe. Senses flooded by the Crowns furious radiance, even the bravest enemy warriors wilt in terror.
In the Battle-shock step of your opponents Command phase, if an enemy unit that is below its Starting Strength is within 3" of the bearer, that enemy unit must take a Battle-shock test. If that enemy unit is also Below Half-strength, it must subtract 1 from that test when doing so.An ornate jump pack of great age and fame, the Angels Wing was originally made for Leonartas, Captain of the 8th Company. The jump pack was specially tailored to complement Leonartas’ reckless temperament, its machine spirit charged with safeguarding the wearer and his brothers on their way into battle. To this end, the Angel’s Wing incorporates Oracle-class counter-ballistic augurs and collision-avoidance wards. These still function, millennia later, and allow the wearer to advance at speed while effortlessly avoiding incoming fire.
JUMP PACK model only. Enemy units cannot use the Fire Overwatch Stratagem to shoot at the bearer’s unit. Each time a ranged attack targets the bearer’s unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.Legendary Relics
This sword was carried by the Blood Angels First Captain, Raldoron, throughout the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy. In the millennia since Raldoron’s death, the Encarmine Warblade has been bequeathed to only the greatest champions of the Blood Angels, each lime being returned to the vaults of the Arx Angelicum until a worthy warrior should once again arise.
The bearer is equipped with the following melee weapon in addition to its other weapons:MELEE WEAPONS | RANGE | A | WS | S | AP | D |
| Encarmine Warblade [DEVASTATING WOUNDS, LANCE] | ||||||
| Encarmine Warblade [DEVASTATING WOUNDS, LANCE] | Melee | 6 | 2+ | 6 | -3 | 3 |
Crusade Badges
When your Crusade force accomplishes specific long-term goals, you can earn the Crusade badges shown below, representing your warriors’ successes over many battles.Sanguinary Initiate
In the gloaming realm of the Imperium Nihilus you have earned victories over your foes, purging their fell taint from many worlds and bringing the Emperor’s light to those devoid of hope.
- You have completed one Oathsworn Campaign and promoted one or more units to Chapter Command or the Angels Ascendant.
- One or more of your DEATH COMPANY units have gained one or more Battle Scars using the Flaw rules.
- You have won two or more battles.
Hero of Baal
You have taken the fight to the Imperiums foes. By your hand have entire systems been reconquered, their resources and industry bent once more to the Emperors cause.
- You have completed three Oathsworn Campaigns and promoted two or more units to Chapter Command or the Angels Ascendant.
- One or more of your DEATH COMPANY units have gained two or more Battle Scars using the Flaw rules.
- You have won six or more battles.
- You have completed one or more Bonus Agendas from any of the Oathsworn Campaigns in this book.
Angelic Exemplar
You are an exemplar of Sanguinius martial code. The halls of the Arx Angelicum ring to the sound of your storied name.
- You have completed five Oathsworn Campaigns and promoted five or more units to Chapter Command or the Angels Ascendant.
- One or more of your DEATH COMPANY units have gained three or more Battle Scars and been removed from your Order of Battle using the Flaw rules.
- You have won ten or more battles.
- You have completed all three Bonus Agendas from all of the Oathsworn Campaigns in this book.
Boarding Actions
Introduction
Within the following pages you will find numerous Boarding Actions Detachments that can be used in your Boarding Actions games. Each lists which units you can include in your army, any modifications to those units’ army rule as presented in their Codex or Index, a Detachment rule unique to that Detachment, and a number of Enhancements and Stratagems that you can use.A keyword that will be shared by all units in your army.
MUSTERING RULES
Which units you are allowed to include in your army.
FORMING BOARDING SQUADS
Any additional rules that will apply in the missions Form Boarding Squads step. Note that not all Detachments will have these.
RULES ADAPTATIONS
Some units will be unable to use certain abilities in Boarding Actions battles. Where this is the case, these units and their relevant abilities will be listed here.
Due to the distinct nature of close-quarters battle in Boarding Actions, most army rules require some modifications to their effects. Where this is the case, these will be described here.
DETACHMENT RULE
Each faction will have a number of different Detachments to choose from, each with its own Detachment rule to reflect the unique fighting methods of such forces.
ENHANCEMENTS
Further Enhancements that you can give to CHARACTER models from your army, beyond those(Boarding Actions Enhancments), will be found here.
STRATAGEMS
Additional Stratagems that you can use, in addition to those (Boarding Actions Stratagems), will be found here.
Boarding Strike
Space Marines excel in the sort of fast-paced, ferociously violent battles that erupt during voidship boarding assaults. Moving fast and hitting hard, they swiftly secure enemy vessels, or else sweep impertinent foes from their own warships’ decks.
Mustering a Boarding Patrol
All of the ADEPTUS ASTARTES models in your Boarding Patrol must be drawn from the same Chapter.You can include up to two of the following units (duplicates are not allowed):
- INFANTRY CHARACTER (excluding TERMINATOR models)
PRIMARCH
- ASSAULT INTERCESSOR SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
BLOOD CLAWS(5 or 10 models)CRUSADER SQUAD(5 or 10 models)DEATHWATCH VETERANS(5 or 10 models)GREY HUNTERS(5 or 10 models)- HEAVY INTERCESSOR SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
- INTERCESSOR SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
PRIMARIS CRUSADER SQUAD(10 models)- TACTICAL SQUAD (10 models)
- AGGRESSOR SQUAD (3 models)
- BLADEGUARD VETERAN SQUAD (3 models)
- COMPANY HEROES (5 models)
DEATH COMPANY INTERCESSORS(5 or 10 models)- DEATH COMPANY MARINES (5 or 10 models)
- INFERNUS SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
INNER CIRCLE COMPANIONS(3 models)PRIMARIS SWORD BRETHREN(5 or 10 models)- STERNGUARD VETERAN SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
WOLF GUARD(5 or 10 models)WULFEN(5 or 10 models)
- ERADICATOR SQUAD (3 models)
- HELLBLASTER SQUAD (5 models)
- ASSAULT INTERCESSORS WITH JUMP PACKS (5 or 10 models)
- DEATH COMPANY MARINES WITH JUMP PACKS (5 or 10 models)
FENRISIAN WOLVES(5 models)- SANGUINARY GUARD (5 or 10 models)
SKYCLAWS(5 or 10 models)- VANGUARD VETERAN SQUAD WITH JUMP PACKS (5 or 10 models)
Rules Adaptations
Units that can FLY lose the Deep Strike ability.- The APOTHECARY model loses the Narlhecium and Gene-seed Recovery abilities.
- The ASSAULT INTERCESSORS WITH JUMP PACKS unit loses the Hammer of Wrath ability.
- The CHAPLAIN WITH JUMP PACK model loses the Exhortation of Rage ability.
- The
CHIEF LIBRARIAN TIGURIUSmodel loses the Master of Prescience ability. - The HELLBLASTER SQUAD unit loses the For the Chapter! ability.
- The INTERCESSOR SQUAD unit loses the Objective Secured ability.
- The
MARNEUS CALGARunit loses the Master Tactician ability. - The
ROBOUTE GUILLIMANmodel loses the Armour of Fate ability. - The
SICARIUSmodel loses the Knight Champion of Macragge ability. - The
URIEL VENTRISmodel loses the Master of the Fleet ability.
Detachment Rule
Drive Home the Blade
The Adeptus Astartes launch their shipboard strikes with precision and lethal momentum, sweeping aside each new obstruct ion to their progress and pressing ever forward.
Each time an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army is selected to shoot, if one or more models from that unit are within 1" of an open Hatchway and every model in that unit is on the same side of that Hatchway, select one enemy unit on the opposite side of that Hatchway from your unit. Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [sustained hits 1] ability while targeting that enemy unit.Enhancements
Adamantine Mantle Bestowed as a mark of honour, this venerated relic lends an extra layer of armour protection that proves especially useful amidst vicious void war. Each time an attack is allocated to the bearer, subtract 1 from the Damage characteristic of that attack. |
Clavitine Reliquary A timeless and unique example of Chapter artifice, this device rapidly synchronises with the data spirits of locking devices and renders them quiescent. In your Movement phase, each time the bearer is selected to make a Normal or Advance move, if it is within 1" of a Hatchway, it can attempt to operate that Hatchway. If it does, it cannot attempt to operate a Hatchway again this turn. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES BATTLELINE unit from your army that is within range of an objective marker and 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.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES BATTLELINE unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Select any number of models in your unit. Until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Attacks and Strength characteristics of melee weapons equipped by the selected models and each time you select targets for attacks made by those models, they must target an enemy unit that is wholly on the opposite side of a Hatchway from them.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 your unit has the BATTLELINE keyword: on a 4+, do not remove the destroyed model from play; it can fight after the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, and is then removed from play.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Each target of that charge must take a Battle-shock test.
Pilum Strike Team
Comprising veterans in the theatre of ship-to-ship void war, pilum strike teams are cast through the void like a spear aboard shrouded boarding torpedoes to infiltrate key enemy warships. Once aboard, the Phobos-armoured Space Marines wage a terror campaign to destabilise the target vessel from within.
Mustering a Boarding Patrol
All of the ADEPTUS ASTARTES models in your Boarding Patrol must be drawn from the same Chapter.You can include up to three of the following units (duplicates are not allowed):
KAYVAAN SHRIKE- LIEUTENANT IN REIVER ARMOUR
- LIEUTENANT WITH COMBI-WEAPON
- PHOBOS CAPTAIN
- PHOBOS LIBRARIAN
- PHOBOS LIEUTENANT
- INCURSOR SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
- INFILTRATOR SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
- REIVER SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
HOUNDS OF MORKAI(5 or 10 models)
Rules Adaptations
- INCURSOR SQUAD and INFILTRATOR SQUAD units can perform the Secure Site Tactical Manoeuvre as if they had the BATTLELINE keyword.
- All units with the Deep Strike ability lose it.
- The
KAYVAAN SHRIKEmodel loses the Echo of the Ravenspire ability. - The INCURSOR SQUAD unit loses the Haywire Mine ability.
- The LIEUTENANT WITH COMBI-WEAPON model loses the Evade and Survive ability.
- The REIVER SQUAD unit loses the Reiver grav-chute ability.
Detachment Rule
Relentless Salvoes
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.
ADEPTUS ASTARTES units from your army are eligible to shoot in a turn in which they Advanced or Fell Back.Enhancements
Omni-Structural Auspex 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES model (excluding CHARACTER models) makes an attack that targets that unit, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1. |
Void Warrior 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. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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.
Terminator Assault
The Imperium has no finer or more perfectly suited warriors for cleansing the claustrophobic decks of voidships than Terminators. Each battle-brother is an army unto themself. Their armoured resilience is second to none, while their massive firepower allows them to turn gloomy corridors into killing grounds.
Mustering a Boarding Patrol
All of the ADEPTUS ASTARTES models in your Boarding Patrol must be drawn from the same Chapter.You can include up to two of the following units (duplicates are not allowed):
ARJAC ROCKFISTBELIALDARNATH LYSANDERLOGAN GRIMNARNJAL STORMCALLER- TERMINATOR ANCIENT
- TERMINATOR CAPTAIN
- TERMINATOR CHAPLAIN
- TERMINATOR LIBRARIAN
WOLF GUARD BATTLE LEADER IN TERMINATOR ARMOURWOLF GUARD PACK LEADER IN TERMINATOR ARMOUR
DEATHWING KNIGHTS(5 models)DEATHWING TERMINATOR SQUAD(5 or 10 models)- DEATHWATCH TERMINATOR SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
- TERMINATOR ASSAULT SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
- TERMINATOR SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
Rules Adaptations
- TERMINATOR ASSAULT SQUAD and TERMINATOR SQUAD units can perform the Secure Site Tactical Manoeuvre as if they had the BATTLELINE keyword.
- All units with the Teleport Homer ability lose it.
- The
ARJAC ROCKFISTmodel loses the Champion of the Kingsguard ability. - The
BELIALmodel loses the Strikes of Retribution ability. - The
DEATHWING KNIGHTSunit loses theINNER CIRCLEability. - The
LOGAN GRIMNARmodel loses the The Great Wolf ability. - The
WOLF GUARDunit loses the Chosen Companions ability. - The
WOLF GUARD PACK LEADER IN TERMINATOR ARMOURmodel loses the Pack Leader ability.
Detachment Rule
Sacred Oath
Space Marine Chapters do not lightly commit their precious suits of Terminator armour to battle, nor the storied veterans who wear them. When they go to war, they always do so with a vital duty and a crucial target.
Once per battle, at the start of your Command phase, when you select a target for Oath of Moment, you can use this Detachment rule. If you do, until the start of your next Command phase, each time an ADEPTUS ASTARTES model from your army makes an attack that targets your Oath of Moment target, you can re-roll the Wound roll.Enhancements
Seal of Indomitability This ancient honour is said to fortify the machine spirit of a suit of Terminator plate against even the most dolorous of blows. Once per battle, when the bearer’s unit is selected as the target of one or more attacks, it can use this Enhancement. If it does, until the end of the phase, the bearer has a 3+ invulnerable save. |
Resolute Allowing nothing to bar his path, this champion of the Chapter ploughs a bloody path through the foe. The bearer is eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back. In addition, Desperate Escape tests taken for the bearer are automatically passed, and each time the bearer makes a Fall Back move, it can move through enemy models as if they were not there. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of your next Command phase, add 1 to the Objective Control characteristic of models in your unit.
RESTRICTIONS: Each time you use this Stratagem, you cannot use it again until after your next Command phase.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR unit from your army that is in Reserves.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, when setting up your unit on the battlefield using its Deep Strike ability, you can set it up unit anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 6" horizontally away from all enemy models (measure this distance as you would normally for the Deep Strike ability, ignoring Walls and closed Hatchways).
RESTRICTIONS: Until the end of the turn, your unit is not eligible to declare a charge.
TARGET: One TERMINATOR ASSAULT SQUAD unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase and has not declared a charge this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, when making a Normal, Advance or Charge move, your unit can move through a single closed Hatchway as if it was open. When doing so, that Hatchway is opened and cannot be closed for the rest of the battle. This can allow that unit to declare a charge against enemy units that are not visible to it, but to do so those enemy units must be within 1" of that Hatchway and wholly on the opposite side of it from your unit.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this Stratagem more than once per turn.
TARGET: One TERMINATOR SQUAD 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.
When setting objective markers up on the battlefield, place them so they are centred on the point specified by the mission. When measuring distances to and from objective markers, measure to and from the closest part of them. Models can move over objective markers as if they were not there, but they cannot end a move on top of an objective marker.
At the start of the battle, each objective marker on the battlefield is said to be contested, and so is not controlled by either player. To control an objective marker, a player will first need to move models within range of it. A model is within range of an objective marker if it is within 3" horizontally and 5" vertically of that objective marker.
Every model has an Objective Control (OC) characteristic listed on its datasheet. To determine a player’s Level of Control over an objective marker, add together the OC characteristics of all the models from that player’s army that are within range of that objective marker. A player will control an objective marker at the end of any phase or turn if their Level of Control over it is greater than their opponent’s. If both players have the same Level of Control over an objective marker, that objective marker is contested.
- A model is within range of an objective marker if within 3" horizontally and 5" vertically.
- Level of Control: Add together the OC characteristics of all of a player’s models within range of the objective marker.
- An objective marker is controlled by the player with the highest Level of Control over it (in a tie, it is contested).
- Models cannot end a move on top of an objective marker.
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
and others...
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES and MOUNTED keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
- Normal Move: Models move up to M".
- Cannot move within Engagement Range of any enemy models.
- 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.
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.
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.
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.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY or ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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.
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).
- 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 Space Marines datasheets:
Some transports have firing hatches, ports or platforms from which embarked passengers can shoot.
Some TRANSPORT models have ‘Firing Deck x’ listed in their abilities. Each time such a model is selected to shoot in the Shooting phase, you can select up to ‘x’ models embarked within it whose units have not already shot this phase. Then, for each of those embarked models, you can select one ranged weapon that embarked model is equipped with (excluding weapons with the [ONE SHOT] ability). Until that TRANSPORT model has resolved all of its attacks, it counts as being equipped with all of the weapons you selected in this way, in addition to its other weapons. Until the end of the phase, those selected models’ units are not eligible to shoot.- Firing Deck ‘x’: Each time this TRANSPORT shoots, select one weapon (excluding weapons with the [ONE SHOT] ability) from up to ‘x’ models embarked within it whose units have not shot this phase; this TRANSPORT counts as being equipped with those weapons as well. Until the end of the phase, those selected models’ units are not eligible to shoot.
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.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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES, 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.The ANCIENT keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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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.
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.
This mounted huntsman espouses the value of circling the enemy and striking suddenly from an unexpected quarter upon their speeding steed, the better to land the killing blow.
ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED model only. If the bearer’s unit is in Strategic Reserves, for the purposes of setting up that unit on the battlefield, treat the current battle round number as being one higher than it actually is.
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.
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.
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The CHARACTER keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
There are several categories of Battle Honours that can be bestowed upon a unit, such as Battle Traits, Weapon Modifications and Crusade Relics. Other categories of Battle Honour may be found in other publications. Each time a unit gains a Battle Honour, you can select from any category.
- Once a unit gains enough XP it will gain a rank.
- Only CHARACTER units can gain the Heroic or Legendary ranks.
- Each time a unit gains a rank, it can gain a Battle Honour.
- There are several categories of Battle Honours, which include:
- Battle Traits: New skills and abilities.
- Weapon Modifications: Upgrade an item of wargear.
- Crusade Relic: Gain a rare and powerful artefact.
- Each time a unit gains a Battle Honour, increase its Crusade points total by 1 (or by 2 if TITANIC).
The greatest warriors, most cunning tacticians and seers lead their armies to war possessed of hard-won skills and powerful artefacts that mark them out as legendary commanders.
You can select one Enhancement that unit has access to (if using this Requisition when that unit gains a rank, this is instead of it gaining a Battle Honour). When doing so, that unit has access to any Enhancements described within any Detachment rules that it could use, even though you have not yet started to muster your army and so have not selected any Detachment rules yet.
If the selected Enhancement replaces a weapon that is a Crusade Relic or a weapon upgraded by Weapon Modifications, that Crusade Relic or Weapon Modifications are lost. Recalculate the unit’s points value as a result of gaining this Enhancement and update its Crusade card. You cannot make any changes that would cause you to exceed your Supply Limit.
This Requisition costs 1RP plus 1 additional RP for each other Enhancement that your Order of Battle contains (to a maximum of 3RP).
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.
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES and PSYKER keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The APOTHECARY keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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.
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.
The CAPTAIN keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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. |
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.
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.
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.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.Heavy weapons are amongst the biggest guns on the battlefield, but require bracing to fire at full effect and are unwieldy to bring to bear at close quarters.
Weapons with [HEAVY] in their profile are known as Heavy weapons. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, if the attacking model’s unit Remained Stationary this turn, add 1 to that attack’s Hit roll.- Add 1 to Hit rolls if the bearer’s unit Remained Stationary this turn.
The GRAVIS keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
While a unit is Battle-shocked:
- The Objective Control characteristic of all of its models is 0.
- If it Falls Back, you must take a Desperate Escape test for every model in that unit.
- Its controlling player cannot use Stratagems to affect that unit.
Once you have taken Battle-shock tests for all of your units that require them, your Command phase ends and you progress to your Movement phase.
In this step, if for any reason a unit is forced to take a Battle-shock test for being below its Starting Strength, unless otherwise stated, that unit does not also have to take a Battle-shock test for being Below Half-strength. While a unit is Battle-shocked, all models in that unit are also Battle-shocked.
- Take a Battle-shock test for each unit from your army on the battlefield that is Below Half-strength.
- Roll 2D6: if the result is greater than or equal to the unit’s Leadership, the test is passed. Otherwise, the unit is Battle-shocked until the start of your next Command phase.
- Battle-shocked units have an OC of 0 and their controlling player cannot use Stratagems to affect them.
- Battle-shocked units must take Desperate Escape tests if they Fall Back.
The TECHMARINE keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES and VEHICLE keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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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.
When a unit disembarks from a TRANSPORT model, set it up on the battlefield so that it is wholly within 3" of that TRANSPORT model and not within Engagement Range of any enemy models. If, for any reason, a disembarking model cannot be set up, that model’s unit cannot disembark.
Units that disembark from a TRANSPORT model that either Remained Stationary this phase or has not yet made a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move this phase can then act normally (make a Normal move, Advance, shoot, declare a charge, fight, etc.) in the remainder of the turn. Such a disembarking unit cannot choose to Remain Stationary.
Units that disembark from a TRANSPORT model that made a Normal move this phase count as having made a Normal move themselves; they cannot move further during this phase. Such a unit also cannot declare a charge in the same turn, but can otherwise act normally in the remainder of the turn.
Units cannot disembark from a TRANSPORT model that either Advanced or Fell Back this turn.
- Units that start your Movement phase embarked within a TRANSPORT can disembark this phase, provided their TRANSPORT has not Advanced or Fallen Back.
- If a unit disembarks before its TRANSPORT moves, it can act normally.
- If a unit disembarks after its TRANSPORT moves, it cannot move or charge this turn, but can otherwise act normally.
- Disembarking units must be set up wholly within 3" of their TRANSPORT and not within Engagement Range of any enemy models (or the unit cannot disembark).
- Units that disembark this turn cannot Remain Stationary.
From detonating ammo stores to corrosive innards or frenzied death throes, some targets are deadly even in defeat.
Some models have ‘Deadly Demise x’ listed in their abilities. When such a model is destroyed, roll one D6 before removing it from play (if such a model is a TRANSPORT, roll before any embarked models disembark). On a 6, each unit within 6" of that model suffers a number of mortal wounds denoted by ‘x’ (if this is a random number, roll separately for each unit within 6").- Deadly Demise x: When this model is destroyed, roll one D6. On a 6, each unit within 6" suffers ‘x’ mortal wounds.
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES and WALKER keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
- If a unit has a Starting Strength of 1, then it is said to be Below Half-strength while its remaining number of wounds is less than half of its Wounds characteristic.
- For any other unit, while the number of models in that unit is less than half of its Starting Strength, that unit is said to be Below Half-strength.
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.
The TACTICUS keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
Melta weapons are powerful heat rays whose fury is magnified at close range.
Weapons with [MELTA X] in their profile are known as Melta weapons. Each time an attack made with such a weapon targets a unit within half that weapon’s range, that attack’s Damage characteristic is increased by the amount denoted by ‘x’.- [MELTA X]: Increase the Damage by ‘x’ when targeting units within half range.
Torrent weapons shoot clouds of fire, gas or other lethal substances that few foes can hope to evade.
Weapons with [TORRENT] in their profile are known as Torrent weapons. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, that attack automatically hits the target.The ADEPTUS ASTARTES and TRANSPORT keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The WALKER keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
When a model that can FLY starts or ends a move on a terrain feature, instead of measuring the path it has moved across the battlefield, you instead measure its path ‘through the air’, as shown in the diagram below.
- FLY models can move over enemy models when they make a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move.
- FLY models that start or end a move on a terrain feature measure distance moved through the air when they make a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move.
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES, FLY and VEHICLE keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
Shattered ruins and twisted wreckage afford much-needed shelter from enemy salvoes. Even heavily armoured warriors unfazed by small arms fire are thankful for such cover when foes bring their biggest guns to bear.
Models can sometimes gain a measure of protection from terrain features. The rules below detail the conditions under which a terrain feature confers the Benefit of Cover on a model.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.
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.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.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.
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".The PHOBOS keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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.
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES and TERMINATOR keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The VANGUARD VETERAN SQUAD keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The BLOOD ANGELS and EPIC HERO keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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.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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 ADEPTUS ASTARTES units drawn from any other Chapter.
The DEATH COMPANY keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The DEATH COMPANY and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The CHAPLAIN keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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).
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.
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES and JUMP PACK keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The CHARACTER and JUMP PACK keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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.
The EPIC HERO keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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The VEHICLE keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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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.
The LIBRARIAN keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
Veterans who have earned the honour of waging war in Terminator armour are permitted to wear these badges - smaller representations of the Crux Terminatus - when fighting.
The LIEUTENANT keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES, INFANTRY and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES, MOUNTED and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The MOUNTED keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
In the deepest vaults of every Chapter are ancient relics inherited from the personal wargear of their gene-sire. Only in the direst circumstances are these brought to the field of war to inspire battle-brothers to even greater deeds; if these relics were to be lost, it would be a tragedy on par with the blackest days in the Chapter’s history.
Once per battle, in your Command phase, the bearer can unveil the Relic of the Primarch. If it does, until the start of your next Command phase, the bearer has the following ability:Relic of the Primarch (Aura)
- While a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit is within 6" of this model, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in that unit.
- If the bearer is destroyed, after removing it from play, set up one new objective marker as close as possible to the bearer’s last location; this represents the Relic of the Primarch. You immediately gain the Recover the Relic Agenda (see below) in addition to any other Agendas being used for the battle.
The SANGUINARY PRIEST keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The DEATH COMPANY and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The DEATH COMPANY and CAPTAIN keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
Scouts form the vanguard of many armies. Unnoticed by the enemy, they range ahead of the main force.
Some units have ‘Scouts x"’ listed in their abilities. If every model in a unit has this ability, then at the start of the first battle round, before the first turn begins, it can make a Normal move of up to x", with the exception that, while making that move, the distance moved by each model in that unit can be greater than that model's Move characteristic, as long as it is not greater than x".DEDICATED TRANSPORT models can make use of any Scouts x" ability listed in their abilities, or a Scouts x" ability that a unit that starts the battle embarked within that DEDICATED TRANSPORT model has (provided only models with this ability are embarked within that DEDICATED TRANSPORT model), regardless of how that embarked unit gained this ability (e.g. listed in their abilities, conferred by an Enhancement or by an attached CHARACTER, etc.).
A unit that moves using this ability must end that move more than 9" horizontally away from all enemy models. If both players have units that can do this, the player who is taking the first turn moves their units first.
- Scouts x": Unit can make a Normal move of up to x" before the first turn begins.
- If embarked in a DEDICATED TRANSPORT, that DEDICATED TRANSPORT can make this move instead.
- Must end this move more than 9" horizontally away from all enemy models.
The BLOOD ANGELS and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The CHARACTER, DEATH COMPANY and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The DREADNOUGHT keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The JUMP PACK keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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.
The PSYKER keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The JUMP PACK and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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.
- If an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit has a second Faction keyword on its datasheet, that Faction keyword is the name of that unit’s Chapter. For example,
MARNEUS CALGARhas both the ADEPTUS ASTARTES and ULTRAMARINES Faction keywords, and is therefore from the Ultramarines Chapter. - You cannot include units from more than one Chapter in your army.
- If your army includes one or more BLACK TEMPLARS units, it cannot include any
ADEPTUS ASTARTES PSYKERmodels, and cannot include any of the following models that do not have the Black Templars keyword:GLADIATOR LANCER;GLADIATOR REAPER;GLADIATOR VALIANT;IMPULSOR;REPULSOR;REPULSOR EXECUTIONER. - If your army includes one or more DEATHWATCH units, it cannot include any of the following units:
DEVASTATOR SQUAD;SCOUT SQUAD;TACTICAL SQUAD. - If your army includes one or more SPACE WOLVES units, it cannot include any of the following units:
APOTHECARY;DEVASTATOR SQUAD;TACTICAL SQUAD.
The INFANTRY and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The CHARACTER and TERMINATOR keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The FLY keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The CHAPLAIN and JUMP PACK keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The BATTLELINE and ADEPTUS ASTARTES keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The BATTLELINE keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The PHOBOS and LIEUTENANT keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets: