Adeptus Custodes
The shining golden warriors known as the Adeptus Custodes are the elite bodyguard of the Emperor himself. Their word is law and their might in battle unsurpassed, even amongst the ranks of the Space Marines. Striding resplendent and fearless through the fog of war, they bring hope to the embattled civilisations of Mankind and swift death to their enemies.
Books
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Show History | ||||
| Book | Kind | Edition | Version | Last update |
 Adeptus Custodes | ||||
| Adeptus Custodes | Faction Pack | 11 | 1.1 | July 2026 |
 Boarding Actions | ||||
| Boarding Actions | Expansion | 10 | 1.1 | July 2025 |
 Munitorum Field Manual | ||||
| Munitorum Field Manual | Expansion | 11 | 1.1 | |
FAQ
Faction Pack: Adeptus Custodes
| Q: | If an enemy model is within 12" of any part of a unit that is led by a CHARACTER with the Radiant Mantle Enhancement when that enemy model selects targets for its attacks, do those attacks suffer from the -1 Hit roll penalty? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | If I am using the Auric Champions Detachment and an ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTER model that is leading a unit from my army is destroyed (e.g. by an attack with the [PRECISION] ability), does the Assemblage of Might Detachment rule still apply to the remaining models in that unit until the start of my next Command phase? |
| A: | No. |
Keywords
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Introduction
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’ll 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, 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
Martial Ka’tah
Specialised disciplines mastered by Custodians over decades if not centuries, each ka’tah equips its practitioner to overmaster any foe in a particular discipline or philosophy. Martial katahs allow the warriors of the Adeptus Custodes to deploy stances, movements, war philosophies and lethal skills that enhance their already terrifying martial prowess and focus it against particular threats.
Each time a unit from your army with this ability is selected to fight, select one of the Ka’tah Stances below. Until that unit has finished making its attacks, the selected Stance is active for it and it gains the relevant ability:Dacatarai Stance Those Custodians skilled in the Dacatarai Ka'tah are able to turn their enemies numerical advantage against them. Reserved for when the Custodians must battle seething hordes of foes, this stance sees them reap a terrible tally Melee weapons equipped by models in this unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability. |
Rendax Stance Masters of Rendax are superlative monster and war machine hunters. They have studied every aspect of how to do battle with a foe far larger than themselves, how to evade its powerful attacks, exploit its blind spots and lay it low. Melee weapons equipped by models in this unit have the [LETHAL HITS] ability. |
Talons Of The Emperor
3DP
Revered Companions
The Custodians and the Silent Sisters often fought as one during the earliest days of the Imperium. Ten thousand years on, they have lost none of the unity of doctrine and purpose that makes them such a deadly combination.
ANATHEMA PSYKANA units from your army gain the following the ability:Null Aegis (Aura): While an ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit is within 6" of this unit, models in that unit have the Feel No Pain 5+ ability against Psychic Attacks and mortal wounds.
All other ADEPTUS CUSTODES units from your army gain the following ability:
Deadly Unity (Aura): While an ANATHEMA PSYKANA unit is within 6" of this unit, each time a model in that ANATHEMA PSYKANA unit makes an attack, add 1 to the Hit roll.
Enhancements
This archeotech field projector triggers in response to autopremonitory danger input. It pulse-casts a temporary force field that can stave off even the most powerful attacks, before charging ready for another use. ADEPTUS CUSTODES model only. Once per turn, the first time a saving throw is failed for the bearer’s unit, change the Damage characteristic of that attack to 0. |
This leader is amongst the finest martial champions in all the Emperor's realm, and their mere presence inspires their followers to remarkable efforts. ADEPTUS CUSTODES model only. The range of the bearer’s Null Aegis or Deadly Unity ability is increased to 9". |
This warrior wields a close-quarters weapon crafted by the finest noble artisans of Terra, the workmanship of which is magnificent in its lethality. ADEPTUS CUSTODES model only. Each time the bearer makes a melee attack, add 1 to the Wound roll. |
The golden glory of the Emperor himself glows around this magnificent warrior like Sol's own fire. Enemies are blinded by its light, forced to recoil in pain and terror. ADEPTUS CUSTODES model only. Each time an attack targets the bearer’s unit, if the attacking model is within 12", subtract 1 from the Hit roll. |
Stratagems
TARGET: Up to two ADEPTUS CUSTODES units from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your units are eilgible to shoot and/or declare a charge in a turn in which they Fell Back.
RESTRICTIONS: You can only select two units if one (and only one) of them is an ANATHEMA PSYKANA unit and both are within 6" of each other.
TARGET: Up to two ADEPTUS CUSTODES INFANTRY units from your army, and one enemy unit that is an eligible target for all of those units.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your units can only target that enemy unit, but each time a model in one of your units makes a ranged attack, improve the Strength and Armour Penetration characteristics of that attack by 1.
RESTRICTIONS: You can only select two units if one (and only one) of them is an ANATHEMA PSYKANA unit and both are within 6" of each other.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks, and one friendly ANATHEMA PSYKANA unit within 6" of that ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit has the Feel No Pain 4+ ability against Psychic attacks and mortal wounds.
TARGET: Up to two ADEPTUS CUSTODES units from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in one of your units targets an enemy unit that is below its Starting Strength, add 1 to the Wound roll.
RESTRICTIONS: You can only select two units if one (and only one) of them is an ANATHEMA PSYKANA unit and both are within 6" of each other.
TARGET: Up to two ADEPTUS CUSTODES units from your army that are within 8" of that enemy unit.
EFFECT: Your units can make a Normal move of up to 6".
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot select units that are within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units. You can only select two units if one (and only one) of them is an ANATHEMA PSYKANA unit and both are within 6" of each other.
TARGET: One ANATHEMA PSYKANA INFANTRY unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks, and one other friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES INFANTRY unit (excluding ANATHEMA PSYKANA units) within 6" of that ANATHEMA PSYKANA INFANTRY unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, any attack that targets your ANATHEMA PSYKANA unit must instead target your other ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit (unless it is not an eligible target).
Shield Host
2DP
Martial Mastery
The Custodians have perfected countless ways of making war, be it on a personal, tactical or strategic scale.
At the start of the battle round, you can select one of the bullet points below. If you do, until the start of the next battle round, that bullet point’s effects apply.- Each time an ADEPTUS CUSTODES model from your army with the Martial Ka’tah ability makes a melee attack, a successful unmodified Hit roll of 5+ scores a Critical Hit.
- Improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of melee weapons equipped by ADEPTUS CUSTODES models from your army with the Martial Ka’tah ability by 1.
Enhancements
This auramite weave garment is draped about its wearers shoulders before they don their battle armour. It forms a final, incredibly resilient layer of protection for them should all their other defences fail. SHIELD-CAPTAIN or BLADE CHAMPION model only. Add 2 to the bearer’s Wounds characteristic. |
This finely worked pauldron is awarded to whichever living Custodian currently holds the greatest tally of victories in the Blood Games. The one who bears the Castellan 's Mark is guaranteed to be a superlative strategic genius. SHIELD-CAPTAIN model only. After both players have deployed their armies, you can select up to two ADEPTUS CUSTODES units from your army (excluding ANATHEMA PSYKANA units) and redeploy all of those units. When doing so, any of those units can be placed into Strategic Reserves, regardless of how many units are already in Strategic Reserves. |
The racks of the Adeptus Custodes’ armouries yield up some of the most finely crafted close-quarters weaponry borne by any soldiers of the Imperium. SHIELD-CAPTAIN model only. Add 1 to the Strength and Damage characteristics of the bearer’s melee weapons. |
This incredibly advanced precursor to Imperial auspicators is able to see through solid objects and into esoteric spectra, meaning no malcontent against the Throne can ever hide from its bearer’s gaze. SHIELD-CAPTAIN or BLADE CHAMPION model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, ranged weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [IGNORES cover] ability. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES model’s unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, models in your unit have the Feel No Pain 4+ ability against mortal wounds.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army (excluding ANATHEMA PSYKANA units) that is below its Starting Strength.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in that unit. If your unit is Below Half-strength, until the end of the phase, add 2 to the Attacks characteristic of those melee weapons instead.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS CUSTODES INFANTRY unit from your army (excluding ANATHEMA PSYKANA units) that is within range of an objective marker you control and 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 melee attack targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army that Fell Back this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of your turn, that unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS CUSTODES BATTLELINE unit from your army (excluding ANATHEMA PSYKANA units) 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 CUSTODES unit from your army (excluding ANATHEMA PSYKANA units) that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Select either the [LETHAL HITS] or [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability. Until the end of the phase ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the selected ability.
Null Maiden Vigil
2DP
Creeping Dread (Aura)
The instinctive fear caused by the Pariah gene spreads like a terrible pall before the cadres of the Silent Sisterhood.
In the Battle-shock step of your opponent’s Command phase, if an enemy unit that is either a PSYKER unit or below its Starting Strength is within 12" of one or more ANATHEMA PSYKANA models from your army, that enemy unit must take a Battle-shock test. If that unit is Below Half-strength, it must subtract 1 from its Battle-shock test this phase instead.Designer’s Note: This means that all enemy PSYKER units within range of this Aura ability and all enemy units within range of this Aura ability that have lost one or more models must take a Battle-shock test in your opponents Command phase, not just those that are Below Half-strength.
KEYWORDS
If you select this Detachment, PROSECUTORS units from your army have the BATTLELINE keyword.Enhancements
Now rare, enhanced voidsheen cloaks were worn by commanders of the Sisters of Silence during the Great Crusade. They are made from micro-vitrious mesh designed to diffract and absorb attacks, and include inbuilt refractor fields. ANATHEMA PSYKANA 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 by a PSYKER or Battle-shocked model, change the Damage characteristic of that attack to 1 instead. |
This ancient bionic acts like a miniature animus speculum, focusing the bearers null abilities into a stare that can literally terrify foes to death. ANATHEMA PSYKANA model only. In your Command phase, select one enemy unit within 12" of the bearer. That unit must take a Battle-shock test. |
Oblivion Knights are among the most powerful and experienced of the Sisters of Silence. When one leads their sisters in the field, witches must truly beware. ANATHEMA PSYKANA model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, add 1 to the Hit roll. If that attack targeted an enemy PSYKER unit, add 1 to the Wound roll as well. |
The Raptor Blade is an ancient relic of the Null Maidens, as razor sharp now as it was on the day of its forging and ever the bane of witches. ANATHEMA PSYKANA model only. Add 1 to the Attacks, Strength and Damage characteristics of the bearers melee weapons. While the bearer is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy PSYKER units that are Battle-shocked, add 2 to the Attacks, Strength and Damage characteristics of the bearer’s melee weapons instead. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One ANATHEMA PSYKANA unit from your army within 18" of that enemy PSYKER unit.
EFFECT: That enemy PSYKER unit must take a Leadership test If the test is passed, that PSYKER unit is Battle-shocked; if the test is failed that PSYKER unit suffers 3 mortal wounds and is Battle-shocked.
TARGET: One ANATHEMA PSYKANA unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
EFFECT: Select either the [LETHAL HITS] or [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability. Until the end of the phase, weapons equipped by models in your unit have the selected ability, but models in your unit can only target PSYKER units with their attacks.
TARGET: One VIGILATORS unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a melee attack, you can re-roll the Hit roll If the target of that attack is Battle-shocked or a PSYKER, you can re-roll the Wound roll as well.
TARGET: One PROSECUTORS unit from your army that has just shot.
EFFECT: Select one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks. Until the start of your next turn, while your unit is on the battlefield, that enemy unit is prosecuted. While a unit is prosecuted, each time an ANATHEMA PSYKANA model makes an attack against that unit, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1. While a PSYKER or Battle-shocked unit is prosecuted, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
TARGET: One WITCHSEEKERS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of Torrent weapons equipped by models in your unit. If such a weapon targets a PSYKER or Battle-shocked unit this phase, add 2 to its Attacks characteristic instead.
TARGET: One ANATHEMA PSYKANA INFANTRY unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit has the Stealth ability, and Battle-shocked and PSYKER models can only select your unit as a target of a ranged attack if they are within 12".
Auric Champions
2DP
Assemblage of Might
When such exceptional warriors as these gather to quest in the Emperors name, even the most dreadful foes of Humanity are right to fear for their lives.
At the start of your Command phase, select one unit from your opponent’s army. Until the start of your next Command phase, each time a model in an ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTER unit from your army makes an attack that targets that enemy unit, add 1 to the Wound roll.Enhancements
This warrior is the Emperors own wrath made manifest, the living weapon of the Master of Mankind. ADEPTUS CUSTODES model only. Each time the bearer’s unit ends a Charge move, select one enemy unit within Engagement Range of the bearer and roll one D6: on a 4+, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds. Once per battle, after the bearer s unit ends a Charge move, all enemy units within 6" of the bearer must take a Battle-shock test. |
Here is a singular being even the mighty Custodians can look up to and be inspired by ADEPTUS CUSTODES model only. The bearer has a Leadership characteristic of 5+. Once per battle, at the start of any phase, you can select one friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit that is Battle-shocked and within 12" of the bearer; that unit is no longer Battle-shocked. |
Few in the history of the Imperium have been so skilled in reading - and directing- the ebb and flow of battle. ADEPTUS CUSTODES model only. The bearer’s unit is eligible to shoot and/or declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back. Once per battle, in your opponent's Movement phase, when an enemy unit ends a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move within 8" of the bearer, if the bearer’s unit is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, it can make a Normal move of up to 6". |
Said to have been fashioned for dark deeds during the Horus Heresy, this blade is an icon of vengeance. ADEPTUS CUSTODES model only. Add 2 to the Attacks characteristic of the bearers melee weapons. Once per battle, at the start of any Command phase, triple the bearer’s Objective Control characteristic until the end of the turn. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTER unit from your army that has just destroyed the unit you selected at the start of your Command phase as the target of your Assemblage of Might ability.
EFFECT: Select one enemy unit on the battlefield Until the start of your next Command phase, each time an ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTER model from your army makes an attack that target that enemy unit, add 1 to the Wound roll In addition, if the destroyed unit was a CHARACTER unit, gain 1CP.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES WARLORD model.
EFFECT: Your model can use its Once per battle’ ability one additional time during this battle (but not in the same phase).
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this Stratagem more than once per battle.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTER 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, CHARACTER models in your unit have the Feel No Pain 4+ ability.
TARGET: Up to two ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTER units from your army that have not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a CHARACTER model in either of your units makes an attack that targets a MONSTER or VEHICLE unit, you can re-roll the Hit roll and you can re-roll the Wound roll.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTER model from your army that was just destroyed and has not fought this phase. You can use this Stratagem on that unit even though it was just destroyed.
EFFECT: Do not remove your destroyed model from play. The destroyed model can fight after the attacking unit has finished making attacks, and is then removed from play.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTER model from your army that is not leading a unit.
EFFECT: Select one friendly unit (excluding Battle-shocked and Attached units) within 2" horizontally and 5" vertically of your model that it could lead (as described in the Leader section of its datasheet). Your model attaches to that unit as a Leader. Change that unit’s Starting Strength accordingly.
Solar Spearhead2DP
Within the deepest engine vaults of the Imperial Palace, the ancient and mighty vehicles of the Custodians reside. Auramite-clad combat walkers bristling with arcane weapons are roused from stasis, ready to be unleashed upon the galaxy’s battlefields. Venerable Land Raiders as old as the Imperium are awoken by complex rituals and prepared for war. When battle dawns, these dread engines of destruction stride or rumble towards the cowering foe, their guns emitting furious torrents of destruction. Those brave or foolish enough to stand before this armoured spearhead are crushed beneath the tread of auric battle tanks or smashed to a bloody pulp by wrathful interred champions.
Auric Armour
The venerable war engines of the Adeptus Custodes possess aggressive machine spirits.
- While an ADEPTUS CUSTODES VEHICLE unit from your army is at Starting Strength, unless that unit is an AIRCRAFT or it is Battle-shocked, add 2 to the Objective Control characteristic of models in that unit.
- While an ADEPTUS CUSTODES VEHICLE unit from your army is below Starting Strength, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, re-roll a Hit roll of 1.
- While an ADEPTUS CUSTODES VEHICLE unit from your army is Below Half-strength, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, re-roll a Hit roll of 1 and re-roll a Wound roll of 1.
MORITOI ANCIENTS
The Adeptus Custodes’ honoured fallen are ever eager for battle.
Add 2" to the Move characteristic of models in ADEPTUS CUSTODES WALKER units from your army and add 1 to Advance and Charge rolls made for such units.KEYWORDS
In the Muster Armies step, you can select up to 2 ADEPTUS CUSTODES WALKER models from your army. The selected units gain the CHARACTER keyword.
Designer’s Note: This means that the selected models can be given Enhancements and one of them can be selected as your WARLORD.
Enhancements
This amulet contains a reservoir of promethium harvested from the wreckage of one of the Adeptus Custodes’ most ancient Land Raiders. The fluid is said to possess the last lingering traces of that ancient vehicle’s bellicose machine spirit, inspiring greater might and ferocity within its bearer. ADEPTUS CUSTODES model only. Improve the Attacks, Strength and Damage characteristics of melee weapons equipped by the bearer by 1. |
The war engines of the Adeptus Custodes possess an array of augury equipment that combines to build an intricate picture of the unfolding conflict, enabling the bearer to tap into this accumulated data stream, detect incoming threats and angle their armour to repel the worst of enemy attacks. ADEPTUS CUSTODES model only. The bearer has the Feel No Pain 5+ ability. |
The eldest warriors of the Moritoi are revered champions with centuries of battle experience, and their presence on the battlefield is inspirational. ADEPTUS CUSTODES VEHICLE model only. While a friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES INFANTRY or ADEPTUS CUSTODES MOUNTED unit is within 6" of the bearer, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, re-roll a Hit roll of 1. |
This champion has served amongst the Kataphraktoi and is a master at coordinating swift armoured assaults. ADEPTUS CUSTODES INFANTRY or ADEPTUS CUSTODES MOUNTED model only. In your Command phase, select one ADEPTUS CUSTODES VEHICLE or ADEPTUS CUSTODES MOUNTED unit within 6" of the bearer. Until the start of your next Command phase, that unit is eligible to shoot in a turn in which it Fell Back. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One ADEPTUS CUSTODES 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 a model in your unit, if the Strength characteristic of that attack is greater than the Toughness characteristic of your unit, subtract 1 from the Wound roll.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS CUSTODES 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 WALKER keyword. On a 4+, do not remove it from play; The destroyed model can fight after the attacking unit has finished making its attacks (when doing so, it is assumed to have 1 wound remaining), and is then removed from play.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
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".
TARGET: One ADEPTUS CUSTODES VEHICLE or ADEPTUS CUSTODES MOUNTED unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a move, it can move through terrain features.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES VEHICLE unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot in a turn in which it Advanced. If your unit has the WALKER keyword, until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced instead.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [IGNORES COVER] ability, and until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, you can ignore any or all modifiers to that attack’s Ballistic Skill characteristic and/or any or all modifiers to the Hit roll.
Lions of the Emperor
2DP
Many of the galaxy’s warrior cultures accept the time-honoured truth that there is greater strength in numbers. Not so for the champions of the Adeptus Custodes, the Lions of the Emperor. Each of them is an army unto themselves, a warrior of legend gifted with terrifying strength, armoured in nigh-impenetrable golden plate and possessing limitless resolve. When the greatest Custodians take to the field at once, those auric-armoured champions have no need to pool their resources in order to smite their foes. Relying instead upon their superhuman strength and mastery of martial ka’tahs, they hurl themselves into the midst of the enemy, sweeping aside gunlines, eviscerating rampaging monsters and obliterating enemy war machines with terrifying ease.
Against All Odds
The Adeptus Custodes are outnumbered on every battlefield upon which they fight, yet no matter the foe, and no matter their number, the Lions of the Emperor will prevail.
Each time a model in an ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army (excluding VEHICLES) makes an attack, if there are no other friendly units within 6" of that unit, add 1 to the Hit roll and add 1 to the Wound roll.Enhancements
The cellular alchemy by which this heroic warrior was forged has rendered them breathtakingly resilient. ADEPTUS CUSTODES INFANTRY 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 one or more enemy units, with its full wounds remaining. |
Fashioned by the Terran armourer Annah Tsvochakin in the latter years of the 32nd millennium, the stunningly worked Praesidius is a singular artefact. Nestled within its golden form are a series of microshield generators and stealth emitters. Employing a modification of displacer technology, the shield generates small localised displacement bubbles at the point of impact, literally beaming bolts, bullets and the tips of blades harmlessly away from its bearer. ADEPTUS CUSTODES model only. The bearer has the Lone Operative and Stealth abilities. |
This Captain-Commander has trained extensively to face multiple foes at once, knowing that the Custodes will always be outnumbered. SHIELD-CAPTAIN model only. At the start of the Fight phase, until the end of the phase, add 2 to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons equipped by the bearer for every 5 enemy models within 6" of the bearer (rounding down). |
A relic of the Dread Host, this towering blade was wrought to make a bloody example of those who dare to set themselves against the might of Terra. SHIELD-CAPTAIN model only. Improve the Strength characteristic of melee weapons equipped by the bearer by 3, and improve the Armour Penetration and Damage characteristics of those weapons by 1. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTER model.
EFFECT: Your model can use that ‘once per battle’ ability one additional time during the battle (but not in the same phase).
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this Stratagem on the same ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTER model more than once per battle.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS CUSTODES 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 2 to the result if that model has the CHARACTER keyword. On a 4+, do not remove it from play; the destroyed model can fight after the attacking unit has finished making its attacks (when doing so, it is treated as having 1 wound remaining), and is then removed from play.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS CUSTODES 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 ALLARUS CUSTODIANS or AQUILON CUSTODIANS unit from your army that is on the battlefield.
EFFECT: That unit is split into separate units, each containing one model. These new units each have a Starting Strength of 1.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army (excluding VEHICLE units) that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to D6".
Might of the Moritoi1DP
AURAMITE‑CLAD DREADNOUGHTS STRIDE INTO THE FOE AND CRUSH THEM WITH ANCIENT WEAPONRY
March of the Honoured Dead
The fallen warriors interred in ancient Dreadnought sarcophagi are ever eager for battle, and their hulking forms propel them towards the foe at a deadly pace.
Friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES WALKER units:- Have +2" M.
- Have +1 to advance rolls and charge rolls.
This detachment has the ARMOURY tag and cannot be taken with another ARMOURY detachment.
Enhancements
The eldest warriors of the Moritoi are revered champions with centuries of battle experience, whose strikes efficiently exploit their foes’ every weakness. ADEPTUS CUSTODES WALKER unit only. This unit’s attacks can:
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These ancient sarcophagi are hardened with age and threaded with Dark Age mechanisms. When the warrior within slams their metallic form into the foe, they can crack armour, pulverise bone and wreck enemy war machines. ADEPTUS CUSTODES WALKER unit only. When you target this unit with the Crushing Impact stratagem, that use is -1 CP. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES WALKER unit.
EFFECT: Attacks that target your unit with a S greater than your unit’s T have -1 to wound rolls.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES WALKER unit.
EFFECT: Your unit has <KY>MOBILE</KY>.
TARGET: That TELEMON HEAVY DREADNOUGHT unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s:
- Arachnus Storm Cannon weapons have [RAPID FIRE 6].
- Iliastus Accelerator Culverin weapons have [RAPID FIRE 2].
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PREY RECOIL FROM THE SKIN-CRAWLING PRESENCE OF THE SISTERHOOD'S HUNTERS
Skin-Crawling Disorientation
The mere presence of the Silent Sisterhood’s Blanks triggers a sense of agitated revulsion in their enemies. The foe’s discipline breaks down, and watchful focus becomes elusive, allowing positions to be given away and granting the Sisters opportunities to conduct vital strategic operations.
- When a friendly ANATHEMA PSYKANA unit is selected to make an advance move, that advance move does not prevent that unit from being eligible to start an action.
- Friendly ANATHEMA PSYKANA units have the following ability:
- While a unit is nulled, that unit has +3" detection range.
Enhancements
Possessed of years’ experience hunting duplicitous and evasive witches, this Knight-Centura is skilled in ensuring every escape route is covered and their unknowing target reeling in horror and confusion. ANATHEMA PSYKANA model only. When both players have deployed their armies, you can redeploy up to three friendly ANATHEMA PSYKANA INFANTRY units. When doing so, you can set those units up in strategic reserves, regardless of how many units are already in strategic reserves. |
These small, artificer-wrought explosives are deadly enough to lesser foes. Yet the favoured prey of the Sisters of Silence are excruciated or stunned by the grenades’ psi-refractive particles, convulsing in a vortex of despair. ANATHEMA PSYKANA unit only.
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Stratagems
TARGET: That VIGILATORS unit.
EFFECT:
- Your unit’s melee attacks have [LANCE].
- Your unit’s melee attacks that target a PSYKER unit have +1 A.
TARGET: That PROSECUTORS unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s Boltgun weapons have:
- [RAPID FIRE 2].
- +1 AP.
TARGET: That WITCHSEEKERS unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s [TORRENT] ranged attacks have [BLAST 1].
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TERMINATOR-ARMOURED WARRIORS CRUSH THE ENEMIES OF THE THRONE IN SWIFT ASSAULTS
The Hammer Falls
Whether striking from amidst roiling teleport flares or advancing from outflanking positions, the most heavily armoured of the Adeptus Custodes hit their foes in terrifyingly sudden incursions
If a friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES TERMINATOR unit made an ingress move this turn, that unit can re-roll charge rolls.This detachment has the LIONS tag and cannot be taken with another LIONS detachment.
Enhancements
This encrypted activation code dates back to before the Emperor’s compact with Mars. Committed to the enhanced memory of the bearer, it can be uttered to cut through a teleportarium shrine’s layers of ageing protocols to deliver armoured death in the blink of an eye. ADEPTUS CUSTODES TERMINATOR model only. In your first Movement phase, this unit can make an ingress move. |
This heavily armoured commander constantly seeks opportunities to exploit the foe’s show of force, leading advances into the teeth of the enemy where lesser warriors would quail. ADEPTUS CUSTODES TERMINATOR model only. (Once per turn, per army) In your opponent’s Shooting phase, when an enemy unit has shot, if this unit lost a wound as a result of those attacks, this unit can make a surge move of up to D6+1". |
Stratagems
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES TERMINATOR unit.
EFFECT: Your unit has +1 T.
TARGET: One friendly ALLARUS CUSTODIANS/AQUILON CUSTODIANS unit that is on the battlefield.
EFFECT: Your unit is split into separate units, each containing one model. These new units each have a starting strength of 1.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES TERMINATOR unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s Ballistus Grenade Launcher weapons have D3+3 A.
Crusade Rules
In this section you’ll find additional rules for playing Crusade battles that are bespoke to ADEPTUS CUSTODES units.
Your ADEPTUS CUSTODES Crusade force will set out on key Imperatives in the name of the Emperor, accomplishing amazing feats swiftly for unique rewards. But if they fail to complete these tasks, they will suffer consequences in the form of Dishonour.
BATTLE SCARS
Themed to the unique nature of ADEPTUS CUSTODES, these Battle Scars represent long-lasting effects units from your Crusade force may come to carry.
AGENDAS
ADEPTUS CUSTODES armies can attempt to achieve unique Agendas in addition to those found in other publications. These represent the factions unique goals and their particular methods of waging war.
REQUISITIONS
ADEPTUS CUSTODES armies have access to a number of bespoke Requisitions in addition to those found in other publications.
As they gain experience and prowess, ADEPTUS CUSTODES 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 publications, ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTER models can claim one of the Crusade Relics found here.
ARTEFACTS OF THE VAULTS
As well as their Crusade Relics, ADEPTUS CUSTODES can borrow unique Artefacts of the Vaults to assist in completing the Magisterium Lex Ultima.
CRUSADE BADGES
Here you will find three Crusade Badges representing goals you can set yourself when campaigning with your Crusade force. Once one is achieved, you could set yourself a new goal, or take the opportunity to start a new Crusade force.
Magisterium Lex Ultima
As far back as records exist of the Adeptus Custodes, they have held the Magisterium Lex Ultima, making them answerable to only one - the Emperor. Such a mark of office holds them above all law and command save for the direct authority of the Master of Mankind, and affords them the incontestable jurisdiction to pursue Imperative Endeavours as they feel is appropriate.
When you commence an Endeavour, you must determine its three Imperatives from the Imperative tables. To do this, roll one D6 to decide which Imperative table to use, then another D6 to determine an Imperative from that Imperative table. You cannot determine the same Imperative for each Endeavour more than once (roll again until a new Imperative is determined). Once you have determined all three of your Imperatives, make a note of them, and the order in which they were generated, in your Order of Battle. Your Endeavour has now commenced and you must complete its Imperatives one at a time, starting with the first Imperative you determined - this is known as the active Imperative.
You can abandon an Endeavour at the end of a battle. If you do, and you have completed two out of three Imperatives, you can randomly select an Endeavour Reward from the two you have completed, and the other Endeavour Reward is lost.
In addition, if you have not completed all of your Endeavour’s Imperatives within nine battles of beginning that Endeavour, then it is abandoned.
When an Endeavour is abandoned, you must select a Dishonour, and can then start a new Endeavour before the next battle.
Some crucial heartland territories must be kept free of foes at any cost.
You must embody the Emperor's fury in your wholesale destruction of the foe.
So absolute must your victory be that it sends a message to any who threaten Terra.
Priority threats to the Throne must be eliminated.
Sometimes the Custodians must work secretly and to hidden agendas.
You must display excellence in every theatre of strategy and tactics.
Those territories claimed by the Emperor must be irrefutably uncontested.
- You control three or more objective markers.
- You control at least double the number of objective markers that your opponent does.
The blood-price of defying Terra must be rendered insupportable.
Augury suggests this fiend is a direct threat to the Throne and must be destroyed!
Shatter this danger before it can develop.
Sweep the enemy aside and reclaim that which is the Emperor's.
Fight as the Emperor's true champions.
Endeavour Rewards
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Dishonour
Each time your Crusade force abandons an Endeavour, you must determine a Dishonour from the table (see Dishonour table). You can either select the Dishonour that you feel is most appropriate or randomly determine one by rolling one D6 and applying the corresponding result.
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Battle Scars
When an ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit gains a Battle Scar, you can use the table presented here to determine which Battle Scar that unit has gained.
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Agendas
If your Crusade army includes any ADEPTUS CUSTODES units, you can select Agendas from those presented here.The Custodians know that no matter how honed their skills or focused their thoughts, the defence of the Golden Throne always demands more and better.
- That unit is not destroyed.
- That unit is within range of an objective marker outside your deployment zone that you control.
- That unit destroyed one or more enemy units during the battle.
- That unit destroyed three or more enemy units during the battle.
A devastating victory is a great deterrent to potential foes, sending ripples of dismay through those who might otherwise have thought to threaten the Throneworld.
The work of harvesting powerful psykers to feed the Golden Throne is never-ending. The same is true of the quest to purge the galaxy of those witches deemed powerful enough to present a threat to the Emperor or his realm.
More than one dread entity or forbidden artefact has slipped away from the cells beneath the Emperor's Palace since the emergence of the Great Rift. Seizing and recovering these is a rewarding priority for many Custodians.
Requisitions
If your Crusade army includes any ADEPTUS CUSTODES units, you can spend Requisition points (RPs) on any of the following Requisitions.There are ancient devices and weapons within the vaults of the Emperor's Palace that only the Custodians are entrusted with their use.
- You can only select this option if your Crusade force is on an Endeavour. Select one Artefact of the Vaults. That model gains that Artefact of the Vaults until your Crusade force completes its active Imperative or abandons its Endeavour. Your Crusade force can only have one Artefact of the Vaults at any time.
- Remove one Enhancement from that model and replace it with another that it is eligible to have.
The Custodians earn new names for their tallies in honour of especially mighty deeds.
Earned Name: Each time this model’s unit is selected to fight, both Ka’tah Stances are active for that unit, instead of only one.
The Adeptus Custodes are masters at seizing control of rapidly developing situations and applying their talents to alter the strategic parameters in their favour.
Amongst the meritocratic structures of the Adeptus Custodes, warriors may prove themselves worthy of command in many ways.
Battle Traits
When a ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit gains a Battle Trait, you can use one of the tables presented here to determine which Battle Trait that unit has gained.Even while standing statue-still upon their endless watch, these Custodians are ready to spring instantly into violent action.
These warriors place every shot to fell the maximum number of victims with the most murderous efficiency.
Having stood guard over the very throne room of the Emperor himself, these Custodians are no strangers to staging the most resolute defence.
Even by the exceptional standards of the Adeptus Custodes, these warriors skills in close-quarters combat are breathtaking.
There is no circumstance this side of the grove that can truly shake the composure of the Custodians.
The genetic alchemy that saturates these warriors' physiologies has been tempered by many perils to resist more strongly than ever the corrupting touch of the warp.
These warriors become veritable streaks of golden light as they sweep down upon their foes.
Fighting at the forefront of the battle, these Custodians hit their victims with perfectly timed volleys the instant before they tear into their ranks.
These Custodians push their mounts to the limit, the better to capitalise upon the element of surprise.
The Sisters of Silence know that witches are best struck down before they have a chance for trickery.
Once on the trail of their quarry, these Null Maidens run them down with merciless determination.
These Sisters of Silence are ruthless and dogged in their pursuit of the enemy.
Crusade Relics
Artificer Relics
Auramite can be etched with protective wards. Few have the skills or knowledge to amend the Custodes’ armour in such a way, and the process takes many months to complete.
Once per turn, you can re-roll one saving throw made for the bearer.Said to have been crafted from a crystallised shard of the Emperors glorious light, this misericordia has been borne into battle by three separate Captain-Generals. It is reputed to flood the heart of its victim with searing radiance.
ADEPTUS CUSTODES INFANTRY model only. The bearer is equipped with the following melee weapon in addition to its other weapons:MELEE WEAPONS | RANGE | A | WS | S | AP | D |
| Emperor’s Light DEVASTATING WOUNDS EXTRA ATTACKS | ||||||
| Emperor’s Light DEVASTATING WOUNDS EXTRA ATTACKS | Melee | 3 | 2+ | 5 | -2 | 1 |
Antiquity Relics
This blade is the pattern upon which all executioner greatblades were built. Its substance is capable of cutting any material without the need of a power field or disruption generator.
KNIGHT-CENTURA model equipped with an executioner greatblade only. The bearer’s melee weapons gain the [LANCE] and [SUSTAINED HITS 1] abilities.Legendary Relics
This gleaming halo is an ancient artefact fitted with a powerful conversion field that offers heightened protection to the wearer.
The bearer has a 3+ invulnerable save.The Apollonian Spear was wielded by Constantin Valdor, the first Captain-General of the Custodes. After his disappearance, the spear was placed in the vaults of Terra. Only rarely now, in the most terrible of circumstances, is it brought from there and wielded by the mightiest of the Custodians.
SHIELD-CAPTAIN model only. Once per battle, at the start of the Fight phase, the bearer can use this ability. If it does, add 3 to the Strength and Attacks characteristics of the bearer’s melee weapons until the end of that phase.Artefacts of the Vaults
Artefacts of the Vaults are rare Crusade Relics from ages past, kept in stasis deep within the vaults of the Imperial Palace. They cannot be selected as normal. Instead, if your Crusade force is on an Endeavour, they can be temporarily used by ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTERS to turn the tide of key battles by using the Artefacts of the Vaults Requisition.Each time a model gains an Artefact of the Vaults, make a note on its Crusade card and increase its Crusade points total by 1. Artefacts of the Vaults can be removed before or after a battle, and are also removed when your Crusade force completes its active Imperative or abandons its Endeavour. Each time a model loses an Artefact of the Vaults, reduce its Crusade points total by 1.
Artefacts of The Vaults
A counter-intelligence device that twists and distorts electromagnetic signals, arae-shrikes are considered blasphemous in principle and arcane function by the Adeptus Mechanicus.
Enemy units that are set up on the battlefield as Reinforcements cannot be set up within 12" of this unit.The Mortis Gyre is an orb of energy that, when activated, seeks out its victim and rapidly embeds itself into their consciousness. The victim is shown a horrifying vision of their impending doom and a killing blow is delivered to send them to that fate.
Once per battle, when the bearer is selected to fight, it can activate the Mortis Gyre. If it does, until that fight is resolved, melee attacks made by this model that target an INFANTRY unit have the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability.What appears to be a cloak of office can be activated to envelop the bearer in the very fabric of its surrounding reality, allowing them to traverse atomically with a thought and re-emerge with a blink.
Once per battle, at the end of any of your phases, the bearer can use the Twilight Pallium. If it does, remove the bearer’s unit from the battlefield and set it up again anywhere on the battlefield more than 3" horizontally away from all enemy units. The bearer’s unit is not eligible to charge in a turn in which it was set up in this manner unless it is more than 9" horizontally away from all enemy units.A circlet of spiritual darkness believed to hail from the earliest eras of Mankind, this sinister artefact focuses null energies in a vortex around its wearer.
The bearer gains the following ability:Anathematic Diadem (Aura): When an enemy model within 12" of this model makes an attack with a Psychic weapon, subtract 1 from the Wound roll.
This immeasurably ancient auto-medicae device stems from an age of learnings now long lost. It meshes seamlessly with any suit of battle armour and exudes filament probes through the bearer’s body, there to dispense remarkable panaceaic elixirs should it detect severe physical or mental trauma.
Once per battle, in your Command phase, the bearer can regain up to D6 lost wounds.The Auriferous Orb appears to be a sphere of solid gold, but its simple beauty belies its dangers. When it detonates, it unleashes beams of such pure, radiating light that it kills those enemies of the Emperor it does not blind.
The bearer is equipped with the following ranged weapon in addition to its other weapons:Blinding Light: Each time a unit is hit by this weapon, it is blinded until the start of your next turn. While a unit is blinded, each time a model in that units makes an attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
RANGED WEAPONS | RANGE | A | BS | S | AP | D |
| Auriferous Orb ANTI-INFANTRY 4+ BLAST BLINDING LIGHT DEVASTATING WOUNDS | ||||||
| Auriferous Orb ANTI-INFANTRY 4+ BLAST BLINDING LIGHT DEVASTATING WOUNDS | 8" | D3 | 2+ | 1 | 0 | 1 |
The Epoch Auspice resembles an unremarkable book - with its battered cover and worn pages - but this appearance hides the strange technologies bound within that allow the bearer to create a temporal bubble around themselves and nearby allies.
Once per battle, at the start of the battle round, the bearer can deploy the Epoch Auspice. If it does, until the end of the battle round, each time an attack targets the bearer’s unit, subtract 1 from the Wound roll.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.Trusted Sentinel
Your victories have earned the approbation of your peers within the Ten Thousand. They have also seen you awarded with several new names to add to your tally, and opened new opportunities for you to advance within the esoteric subsocieties of your order All of this is as it should be, for with every plaudit or advancement your ability to serve the Emperor and defend the Golden Throne increases. Yet there are myriad threats still to be met. There are countless challenges for you to rise to, and your duties remain endless. Continue your watch with honour...
- You have completed three Imperatives or more and earned one Endeavour Reward.
- You have won two or more battles.
Champion of The Throne
The tale of your names winds across the inner surfaces of your armour, an indisputable record of your valiant and merciless deeds. Many amongst the ranks of the Adeptus Custodes know of you. Your reputation as an exemplary warrior, battlefield commander and living implement of the Emperor's vengeance grows with every victory.
- You have completed nine Imperatives and earned three Endeavour Rewards.
- You have won six or more battles.
- You have used the Artefacts of the Vaults Requisition at least once, and won one or more battles while a model from your Crusade army has an Artefact of the Vaults.
Auric Exemplar
Your name has become a byword for terror amongst the enemies of the Emperor, while across the Throne world you are celebrated in statue, tapestry and song.
- You have completed 15 Imperatives and earned five Endeavour Rewards.
- You have won ten or more battles.
- You have used the Artefacts of the Vaults Requisition at least three times, and won three or more battles while a model from your Crusade army has an Artefact of the Vaults.
- An ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTER model has reached the Legendary rank.
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.
Voyagers in Darkness
Some shield companies of the Adeptus Custodes set sail into the darkness between the stars, either guided by visions of the Emperor’s will or believing that they can do the most to defend Terra by seeking out and destroying distant threats.
Mustering a Boarding Patrol
You can include up to two of the following units (duplicates are not allowed):- BLADE CHAMPION
- INFANTRY SHIELD-CAPTAIN
- TRAJANN VALORIS
- VALERIAN
- CUSTODIAN GUARD (4 or 5 models)
- ALLARUS CUSTODIANS (2 or 3 models)
- CUSTODIAN WARDENS (4 or 5 models)
- PROSECUTORS* (5 or 10 models)
- VIGILATORS* (5 or 10 models)
- WITCHSEEKERS* (5 or 10 models)
Rules Adaptations
- ADEPTUS CUSTODES units cannot perform the Secure Site Tactical Manoeuvre.
- The ALLARUS CUSTODIANS unit loses the From Golden Light ability.
- The BLADE CHAMPION model loses the Martial Inspiration ability.
- The SHIELD-CAPTAIN model loses the Master of the Stances ability.
Focused Ka’tah
In the claustrophobic battlegrounds of voidship interiors, even the lone champions of the Adeptus Custodes find benefit in focussing their efforts upon certain, particularly beneficial fighting styles.
Units from your army with the Martial Ka’tah ability retain that ability and gain this one.However, you no longer select a Ka’tah Stance each time a unit with the Martial Ka’tah ability is selected to fight. Instead, at the start of the Fight phase, you can select one Ka’tah Stance. Until the end of the phase, the selected Stance is active for your army and units from your army with the Martial Ka’tah ability gain the relevant ability. Each Ka’tah Stance can only be selected once per battle.
Detachment Rule
Overwhelming Magnificence
To confront the towering, auramite-clad warriors of the Adeptus Custodes across an open battlefield is terrifying enough. To meet them in the cramped confines of a voidship is so overwhelming as to render many foes witless.
While an enemy unit is within Engagement Range of one or more ADEPTUS CUSTODES units from your army, subtract 1 from the Objective Control characteristic of models in that enemy unit.Enhancements
Voidstrider At home in voidborne warfare, this superhuman warrior is able to move with marked purpose and speed. Add 2" to the bearer’s Move characteristic. |
Mantle of the Emissary This ancient cloak symbolises its wearer’s dedication to a vision-sent mission from the Emperor, and fills them with overwhelming purpose and determination. The bearer has an Objective Control characteristic of 5. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army (excluding ANATHEMA PSYKANA units) that has not been selected to move this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a Pile-in or Consolidation move, it can ignore Walls and other models for the purposes of determining which enemy units are visible to its own.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army (excluding ANATHEMA PSYKANA units) that has not been selected to move this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time your unit makes a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move, models in your unit can move through other models as if they were not there. In addition, any Desperate Escape tests taken for models in your unit are automatically passed.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS CUSTODES 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 (excluding ballistus grenade launchers) have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability while targeting units within 6".
TARGET: That ALLARUS CUSTODIANS unit.
EFFECT: Each enemy unit within Engagement Range of your unit must take a Battle-shock test, subtracting 1 from the result.
Black Ship Guardians
Whether fighting furiously to prevent enemies from boarding one of the sinister Black Ships and freeing its psyker inmates, or sweeping into an enemy vessel or installation to seize and imprison powerful witches, the Sisters of Silence are a force to be reckoned with in void warfare.
Mustering a Boarding Patrol
You can include up to two of the following units (duplicates are not allowed):If you include only one other CHARACTER unit, you can include up to one of the following units:
- INFANTRY SHIELD-CAPTAIN
- VALERIAN
- PROSECUTORS (5 or 10 models)
- VIGILATORS (5 or 10 models)
- WITCHSEEKERS (5 or 10 models)
Focused Ka’tah
In the claustrophobic battlegrounds of voidship interiors, even the lone champions of the Adeptus Custodes find benefit in focussing their efforts upon certain, particularly beneficial fighting styles.
Units from your army with the Martial Ka’tah ability retain that ability and gain this one.However, you no longer select a Ka’tah Stance each time a unit with the Martial Ka’tah ability is selected to fight. Instead, at the start of the Fight phase, you can select one Ka’tah Stance. Until the end of the phase, the selected Stance is active for your army and units from your army with the Martial Ka’tah ability gain the relevant ability. Each Ka’tah Stance can only be selected once per battle.
Detachment Rule
Priority Quarry
With merciless efficiency, the Sisters of Silence mark their priority prey amidst the maelstrom of shiphoard combat, then focus on their elimination above all else.
At the start of the first battle round, you can select up to two enemy units to be your army’s quarry, one of which must be your opponents WARLORD. Each time an ANATHEMA PSYKANA unit from your army makes an attack that targets one of your army’s quarries, re-roll a Hit roll of 1. Each time an ANATHEMA PSYKANA unit from your army declares a charge, it can include one or more of your army’s quarries as targets of that charge, even if they are not visible to it.Enhancements
The Vratine Aquila (Aura) This ancient device is said to have been crafted for use during a vital conclave during the waning days of the Great Crusade, wreathing its bearer in energy veils. ANATHEMA PSYKANA model only. While a friendly ANATHEMA PSYKANA unit is within 3" of the bearer, models in that unit have a 4+ invulnerable save. |
Sinister Presence (Aura) So deeply unsettling is the null aura surrounding this warrior that it causes unreasoning paranoia to spread amongst her foes, shattering their focus. ANATHEMA PSYKANA model only. While an enemy unit is within 6" of the bearer (when measuring this distance, Walls and closed Hatchways are ignored), that unit cannot Seize objective markers and, in your opponent’s Command phase, that unit must take a Battle-shock lest. This Enhancement cannot cause a unit to take two Battle-shock tests in the same phase. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One VIGILATORS, ALEYA or KNIGHT-CENTURA equipped with an executioner greatblade unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Wound roll.
TARGET: One ANATHEMA PSYKANA unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
TARGET: That ANATHEMA PSYKANA unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back.
TARGET: One PROSECUTORS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit by 1. In addition, each time a model in your unit makes a ranged attack, on a Critical Wound, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by an additional 1.
The CHARACTER keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
The ADEPTUS CUSTODES keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
Many deadly weapons can inflict fatal injuries on any foe, no matter their resilience.
Each time an attack made with a [LETHAL HITS] weapon results in a critical hit, you can choose for that attack to automatically wound the target.
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The golden glory of the Emperor himself glows around this magnificent warrior like Sol's own fire. Enemies are blinded by its light, forced to recoil in pain and terror.
ADEPTUS CUSTODES model only. Each time an attack targets the bearer’s unit, if the attacking model is within 12", subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
The ADEPTUS CUSTODES and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
- Create Groups: Divide all models in the target unit into the following groups, as many times as required:
- One group for each CHARACTER model.
- One group for all other models with the same W, Sv and InSv characteristics.
- Allocation Order: Declare the order in which those groups will have attacks allocated to them, applying all of the following:
- If a non-CHARACTER group contains a model that has lost one or more wounds, that group must be first in the allocation order.
- No CHARACTER group can be earlier in the allocation order than a non-CHARACTER group.
- CHARACTER groups containing a model that has lost one or more wounds must be earlier in the allocation order than CHARACTER groups containing no wounded models.
- Make Save Rolls: The opposing player makes one save roll for each attack that wounded the target by rolling one D6.
Other models and units can be either visible or fully visible to the observing model, as shown below. Note that terrain applies additional rules to visibility (13.07).
When a model is destroyed, first resolve any rules that are triggered when it is destroyed, then it is removed from the battlefield. If any such rules apply, and if the model was destroyed as the result of an attack, unless otherwise stated, those rules are only resolved and that model is only removed after the attacking unit’s attacks have been resolved. Unless otherwise stated, destroyed models and units cannot use abilities or be selected or targeted by rules.
Some rules only trigger if an enemy model or unit was destroyed by you, or by a model or unit from your army. This means that the enemy model or unit was destroyed by an attack made by a model from your army, or by a player rule you have. Enemy models or units that are destroyed by any other means are not destroyed by you, or by a model or unit from your army.
Precision attacks can pick high-value targets out in a crowd.
While resolving attacks made with one or more [PRECISION] weapons, at the start of the Allocation Order step (05.03), if the target unit contains one or more CHARACTER models visible to one or more of the attacking models, the active player can select one allocation group that contains one of those visible CHARACTER models. If they do, until those attacks are resolved, or until that CHARACTER group is destroyed (whichever happens first), that CHARACTER group is the current allocation group.When such exceptional warriors as these gather to quest in the Emperors name, even the most dreadful foes of Humanity are right to fear for their lives.
At the start of your Command phase, select one unit from your opponent’s army. Until the start of your next Command phase, each time a model in an ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTER unit from your army makes an attack that targets that enemy unit, add 1 to the Wound roll.The ADEPTUS CUSTODES keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
The AIRCRAFT keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
The ANATHEMA PSYKANA keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
The BATTLELINE keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
The CHARACTER keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
The DEDICATED TRANSPORT keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
The EPIC HERO keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
The FLY keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
When rotating a FRAME model as part of a move, if that model does not have a base, turn it any amount around its central axis, while keeping it upright.
The FRAME keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
The IMPERIUM keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
The JUMP PACK keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
The MOUNTED keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
The RHINO keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
The SHIELD-CAPTAIN keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
The SMOKE keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
The TERMINATOR keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
The TRANSPORT keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
The VEHICLE keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
The WALKER keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes 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).
Some weapons possess a punishing rate of fire, or can land devastating flurries of blows, tearing the foe apart with relentless ferocity.
This ability always takes the form [SUSTAINED HITS X]. Each time an attack made with a [SUSTAINED HITS] weapon results in a critical hit, that attack results in a number of additional hits on the target as denoted by X.The hardiest warriors refuse to be laid low, even by wounds that should by all rights prove lethal.
This ability always takes the form Feel No Pain X+. Each time a model with this ability would lose a wound, roll one D6: on an X+, that wound is not lost.- Select Model: Select one model in that unit by following the first instruction below that applies:
If a non-CHARACTER model in that unit has lost one or more wounds, you must select that model. Otherwise, if that unit contains one or more non-CHARACTER models, you must select one of those models. Otherwise, if one or more CHARACTER models in that unit have lost one or more wounds, you must select one of those models. Otherwise, you must select one CHARACTER model in that unit. - Resolve Damage: The selected model loses 1 wound. If this reduces that model’s remaining wounds to 0, it is destroyed.
MORTAL WOUNDS AND NORMAL DAMAGE
When resolving attack dice, if those attacks inflict a mixture of both mortal wounds and normal damage, resolve all of the normal damage first, then resolve all of the mortal wounds.
- Normal Damage 06.02.01
The Custodians and the Silent Sisters often fought as one during the earliest days of the Imperium. Ten thousand years on, they have lost none of the unity of doctrine and purpose that makes them such a deadly combination.
ANATHEMA PSYKANA units from your army gain the following the ability:Null Aegis (Aura): While an ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit is within 6" of this unit, models in that unit have the Feel No Pain 5+ ability against Psychic Attacks and mortal wounds.
All other ADEPTUS CUSTODES units from your army gain the following ability:
Deadly Unity (Aura): While an ANATHEMA PSYKANA unit is within 6" of this unit, each time a model in that ANATHEMA PSYKANA unit makes an attack, add 1 to the Hit roll.
The most potent weapons strike with such power that they make a mockery of armour and can cleave through several foes.
Each time an attack made with a [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] weapon results in a critical wound, the attack sequence for that attack ends and the target unit suffers a number of mortal wounds equal to the D characteristic of that weapon. These are inflicted after resolving any normal damage inflicted by those attacks.Mortal wounds inflicted by [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] weapons can damage a maximum of one model for each critical wound; any remaining mortal wounds inflicted by that attack are lost.
- If the target unit is an attached unit, use the highest T characteristic amongst bodyguard models in that unit that are on the battlefield.
- Use the highest T characteristic amongst models in that unit that are on the battlefield.
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- Multiple Toughness Characteristics 05.02.01
The ADEPTUS CUSTODES and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
Some rules refer to units being below starting strength, or at – or below – half-strength. The meaning of these terms varies depending on a unit’s starting strength, as shown below.
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- While a friendly model is within engagement range of one or more enemy models, those models – and the units they belong to – are engaged with each other.
- While a unit contains no engaged models, that unit is unengaged.
EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
AFTER MOVING: Your unit must be unengaged.
EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
BEFORE MOVING: Make an advance roll by rolling one D6.
AFTER MOVING:
- Your unit must be unengaged.
- Until the end of the turn, unless otherwise stated, your unit is not eligible to declare a charge or start an action.
EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
BEFORE MOVING: Select fall-back mode:
- Ordered Retreat: If your unit is not battle-shocked, you can select this mode.
- Desperate Escape: Otherwise, you must select this mode. Make a hazard roll for each model in your unit (06.03).
- Desperate Escape: Each model that is moved can be moved through enemy models.
- Your unit must be unengaged.
- Until the end of the turn, unless otherwise stated, your unit is not eligible to shoot, declare a charge or start an action.
- Desperate Escape: If your unit is not battle-shocked, you must make a battle-shock roll for your unit (01.07).
The ANATHEMA PSYKANA and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
Specialised disciplines mastered by Custodians over decades if not centuries, each ka’tah equips its practitioner to overmaster any foe in a particular discipline or philosophy. Martial katahs allow the warriors of the Adeptus Custodes to deploy stances, movements, war philosophies and lethal skills that enhance their already terrifying martial prowess and focus it against particular threats.
Each time a unit from your army with this ability is selected to fight, select one of the Ka’tah Stances below. Until that unit has finished making its attacks, the selected Stance is active for it and it gains the relevant ability:Dacatarai Stance Those Custodians skilled in the Dacatarai Ka'tah are able to turn their enemies numerical advantage against them. Reserved for when the Custodians must battle seething hordes of foes, this stance sees them reap a terrible tally Melee weapons equipped by models in this unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability. |
Rendax Stance Masters of Rendax are superlative monster and war machine hunters. They have studied every aspect of how to do battle with a foe far larger than themselves, how to evade its powerful attacks, exploit its blind spots and lay it low. Melee weapons equipped by models in this unit have the [LETHAL HITS] ability. |
- That model has the INFANTRY/BEASTS/SWARM keyword and is within a terrain area.
- That model is not fully visible to the attacking model due to one or more intervening terrain features and/or one or more intervening obscuring terrain areas (see below).
Each time a ranged attack targets a unit that has the benefit of cover against it, worsen the BS characteristic of that attack by 1.
The stealthiest warriors can evade the attentions, and the bullets, of their foes.
If every model in a unit has this ability, each time a ranged attack targets that unit, that unit has the benefit of cover against that attack (13.08).Some weapons are designed to root enemy formations out of entrenched positions.
Each time an attack is made with an [IGNORES COVER] weapon, the target cannot have the benefit of cover against that attack (13.08), including from rules that give a model or unit the benefit of cover (e.g. Stealth).- If that roll succeeds, that unit does not become battle-shocked.
- If that roll fails, that unit, and each model in it, is battle-shocked.
While a unit is battle-shocked:
- The Objective Control (OC) characteristic of all of its models is modified to ‘-’ (02.02).
- Its controlling player cannot target that unit with stratagems (15).
- It is not eligible to start an action (16), and any action it has started cannot be completed.
- Battlefield Morale 01.07.01
- Battle-shock Test 01.07.02
While a model with an aura ability is on the battlefield, it is always within range of its own aura ability.
A unit can be affected by more than one aura ability at a time, but if a unit is within range of the same aura ability more than once, that aura ability only applies to that unit once.
Torrent weapons project clouds of fire, gas or other lethal substances that few foes can hope to evade.
Each time an attack is made with a [TORRENT] weapon, that attack automatically hits the target.The ARMOURY tag is used in the following Adeptus Custodes detachments:
The ADEPTUS CUSTODES and VEHICLE keywords are used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
The LIONS tag is used in the following Adeptus Custodes detachments:
Assassins and other covert agents are difficult to pinpoint in the storm of battle.
Unless part of an attached unit, this unit is not visible to enemy models unless they are within 12" of this unit, and it cannot be targeted by [INDIRECT FIRE] weapons unless the attacking model is within 12" of this unit.If this ability takes the form Lone Operative X", unless part of an attached unit, this unit is not visible to enemy models unless they are within X" of this unit, and it cannot be targeted by [INDIRECT FIRE] weapons unless the attacking model is within X" of this unit.
Those possessed of lightning-fast reactions may strike before the opponent can react.
While every model in a unit has this ability, that unit is a Fights First unit.See the Resolve Fights First Combats step in the Fight phase (12.04).
EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
BEFORE MOVING: Select one or more enemy units that are within 12" of your unit and within the maximum distance of your unit; until the end of this move, each of those enemy units is a charge target.
WHILE MOVING:
- Each model must end its move closer to one or more charge targets.
- Each model that can end its move within 1" of one or more charge targets must do so.
- Each model that can end its move engaged with one or more charge targets must do so.
- Your unit must be engaged with all of the charge targets.
- Your unit cannot be engaged with one or more enemy units that are not charge targets.
- Until the end of the turn, each model in your unit has the Fights First ability (24.13).
TARGET: That MONSTER/VEHICLE unit.
EFFECT: Resolve the following sequence:
- Select one enemy unit engaged with your unit.
- Select one model in your unit engaged with that enemy unit.
- Roll a number of D6 equal to the T characteristic of that model: for each 1, your unit suffers 1 mortal wound; for each 5+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound (to a maximum of 6 mortal wounds per unit).
- Exposed/Light: All models can move horizontally and vertically through exposed and light terrain features.
- Dense:
- INFANTRY/BEASTS/SWARM/MOBILE models can move horizontally through dense terrain features.
- INFANTRY/BEASTS/SWARM models can move vertically through dense terrain features.
- Other models can move horizontally through dense terrain features provided that all sections of that terrain feature that the moving model’s base would move through are 2" or less in height. Otherwise, the moving model must move vertically to ascend or descend such sections. They cannot move through ceilings and floors while doing so, and they cannot end that move on any surface of that terrain feature that is not on ground level (see below).
- Solid Terrain and Movement 13.06.01
Rapid fire weapons are capable of long-ranged precision shots or controlled bursts at nearby targets.
This ability always takes the form [RAPID FIRE X]. Each time you gather attack dice for a [RAPID FIRE] weapon, add X additional attack dice if the target unit was within half range of that weapon in the Select Targets step.Example: If a [RAPID FIRE 1] weapon with an A characteristic of 1 targets a unit that is within half range, you would gather one additional attack dice for that weapon (for a total of two for that weapon).
- That model has the INFANTRY/BEASTS/SWARM keyword and is within a terrain area that contains one or more dense terrain features.
- That model’s unit did not make one or more ranged attacks during this turn or during the previous turn.
The ANATHEMA PSYKANA and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
TARGET: One friendly unengaged EXPLOSIVES/GRENADES unit that is eligible to shoot and did not make an advance move this turn.
EFFECT: Resolve the following sequence:
- Select one EXPLOSIVES/GRENADES model in your unit.
- Select one unengaged enemy unit within 8" of and visible to that model.
- Roll six D6: for each 4+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound (06.02).
With the momentum of a warrior at full-tilt, lance weapons are deadly on the charge.
Each time an attack is made with a [LANCE] weapon, if the attacking model’s unit made a charge move this turn, add 1 to the wound roll.High-explosive rounds can fell several warriors in a single blast, but firing them too close to comrades is unwise.
Each time you gather attack dice for a [BLAST] weapon, add one additional attack dice for every five models that were in the target unit in the Select Targets step (rounding down).If this ability takes the form [BLAST X], each time you gather attack dice for such a weapon, add X additional attack dice for every five models that were in the target unit in the Select Targets step (rounding down) instead.
The ADEPTUS CUSTODES and TERMINATOR keywords are used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
EFFECT: Your unit is set up as described in Set Up (03.02).
BEFORE MOVING: Your unit is set up as described in Set Up (03.02).
WHILE MOVING: Set up your unit wholly within the set-up distance of one or more battlefield edges and more than 8" horizontally from all enemy units.
- Before the Third Battle Round: While doing so, no models can be set up within your opponent’s deployment zone.
When all of a model’s ranged weapons have shot, that model has shot.
When all models in a unit that are making ranged attacks have resolved all of those attacks, that unit has shot.
If a unit was selected to shoot and none of the models in it make any attacks, it has not shot.
- If a rule instructs you to move a model as close as possible to a unit or model you must end that model’s move in base contact with that unit or model if its move is sufficient to do so without breaking any other restrictions (such as coherency), or as close as you can achieve if its move is not sufficient.
- If a model is already as close as possible to a unit or model when it is instructed to make a move as close as possible towards a unit or model, that model cannot be moved, but still counts as having made the move in question.
- If a rule instructs you to move a model as close as possible to an objective you must end that model’s move within range of an objective if its move is sufficient to do so without breaking any other restrictions (such as coherency), or as close as you can achieve if its move is not sufficient.
- If that model is already within range of an objective it can move up to the maximum distance of that move but must end its move still within range of that objective.
- The rule allowing this move type has been triggered.
- Your unit is not battle-shocked.
- Your unit is unengaged.
- Your unit has not moved this phase.
BEFORE MOVING: Select the closest enemy unit to be the surge target.
WHILE MOVING:
- Each model must end its move engaged with the surge target if possible.
- Each model that cannot end its move engaged with the surge target must end its move as close as possible to the surge target.
- Your unit cannot be engaged with one or more enemy units that were not the surge target.
- Your unit cannot move again this phase.
There are ancient devices and weapons within the vaults of the Emperor's Palace that only the Custodians are entrusted with their use.
- You can only select this option if your Crusade force is on an Endeavour. Select one Artefact of the Vaults. That model gains that Artefact of the Vaults until your Crusade force completes its active Imperative or abandons its Endeavour. Your Crusade force can only have one Artefact of the Vaults at any time.
- Remove one Enhancement from that model and replace it with another that it is eligible to have.
EFFECT: Your unit shoots as described in Making Attacks (04).
WHILE SHOOTING:
- You can only target one visible enemy unit within 24" of your unit (and only if it is an eligible target).
- Each attack only hits on an unmodified hit roll of 6 (irrespective of the attacking weapon’s BS characteristic or any modifiers).
- You cannot re-roll hit rolls.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged unit (excluding TITANIC units).
EFFECT: Your unit shoots using snap shooting.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged unit within 12" of one or more enemy units. You can only select a VEHICLE unit if it is a CHARACTER/WALKER unit.
EFFECT: Resolve a charge with your unit (11.02). While doing so, before making the charge roll, you must select one of the following modes:
- Leap to Defend: When selecting charge targets, you can only select enemy units that made a charge move this phase and are within the maximum distance.
- Into the Fray:
- When making the charge roll, if the result is greater than 6 (after modifiers), change it to 6.
- When selecting charge targets, you can select any enemy units that are within 6" of your unit and within the maximum distance.
TARGET: That CHARACTER unit.
EFFECT: Select one CHARACTER model in your unit. Until the end of the phase, that model’s melee weapons have the [PRECISION] ability.
- Advance roll
- Charge roll
- Damage roll
- Hazard roll
- Hit roll
- Save roll
- Wound roll
- A roll to determine the number of attacks generated with a weapon.
TARGET: That unit or model.
EFFECT: You re-roll that roll. If you are rolling more than one dice together, select one of those dice to re-roll (excluding charge rolls, which you must re-roll in full).
TARGET: One friendly unit that is in strategic reserves (excluding AIRCRAFT).
EFFECT: Your unit makes an ingress move (20.04).
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this stratagem during the first battle round.
EFFECT: No models are moved (either in straight lines or rotated). Units that remain stationary do not trigger any rules that are triggered when a unit starts or ends a move.
Some warriors ride to battle atop trusty mounts that gore and trample nearby foes. Others wield combat weapons that deliver a frenzy of additional blows.
Each time a unit containing one or more models with an [EXTRA ATTACKS] weapon fights, those models will make attacks with those weapons in addition to any others. In the Select Weapons step (04.01), for each of those models, you must select:- All of that model’s [EXTRA ATTACKS] weapons.
- One of that model’s other melee weapons, if possible.
A key asset has been deployed. Applied in the right manner, it could turn the tide of the battle.
Certain weapons are the bane of particular foes.
This ability always takes the form [ANTI-X Y+]. Each time an attack is made with an [ANTI] weapon, if the target unit has the keyword denoted by X, an unmodified wound roll of Y+ is a critical wound.The INFANTRY and SHIELD-CAPTAIN keywords are used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
BEFORE MOVING: Select consolidation mode:
- Ongoing Consolidation:If your unit is engaged, you must select this mode and select every enemy unit it is engaged with.
- Engaging Consolidation:Otherwise, if your unit is within 3" of one or more enemy units, you must select this mode and select one or more of those enemy units.
- Objective Consolidation:Otherwise, if your unit is within 3" of one or more objectives, you must select this mode and select one of those objectives.
- Ongoing Consolidation:Models in base-contact with one or more enemy models cannot be moved. Each model that is moved must end its move closer to the closest selected enemy unit, and engaged with it if possible.
- Engaging Consolidation:Each model that is moved must end its move closer to the closest selected enemy unit, and engaged with it if possible.
- Objective Consolidation:Each model that is moved must end its move within range of the selected objective if possible, or closer to it if not.
- Ongoing Consolidation:Each model that started this move engaged with an enemy unit must still be engaged with that enemy unit.
- Engaging Consolidation:Your unit must be engaged with all of the selected enemy units. If one or more enemy units engaged with your unit have not been selected to fight this phase, your opponent must select each of those units, one at a time; when each is selected, it becomes eligible to fight and is selected to fight (12.04).
- Objective Consolidation:Your unit must be within range of the selected objective.