Adeptus Custodes – Contemptor-Galatus Dreadnought
RANGED WEAPONS | RANGE | A | BS | S | AP | D | |
| Warblade BLAST 2 Torrent Twin-linked | |||||||
| Warblade BLAST 2 Torrent Twin-linked | 12" | 4 | - | 6 | -1 | 2 | |
MELEE WEAPONS | RANGE | A | WS | S | AP | D | |
| Warblade CLEAVE 1 SUSTAINED HITS 1: non-MONSTER/VEHICLE | |||||||
| Warblade CLEAVE 1 SUSTAINED HITS 1: non-MONSTER/VEHICLE | Melee | 8 | 2+ | 10 | -2 | 3 | |
| CORE ABILITIES | Damaged 4, Deadly Demise D3 |
| ARMY RULES | Aegis of the Emperor, Martial Ka’tah |
ABILITIES
Unyielding Ancient: Attacks that target this unit with a S greater than this unit’s T have -1 to wound rolls.
UNIT COMPOSITION
- 1 Contemptor-Galatus Dreadnought model
| YOUR 1ST TO 2ND UNITS COST | |
| 1 model | 220 |
| YOUR 3RD+ UNIT COSTS | |
| 1 model | 250 |
KEYWORDS: VEHICLE; DREADNOUGHT; IMPERIUM; WALKER
FACTION KEYWORDS:
ADEPTUS CUSTODES
ADEPTUS CUSTODES
STRATAGEMS
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Core
C
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Core
C
AT SPEAR'S LENGTH
1CP
Solar Watch
GOLDEN LIGHT OF THE MOIRAIDES
2CP
Dread Host
INEXORABLE
1CP
Solar Watch
MANOEUVRE AND FIRE
1CP
Aquilan Shield
PRETERNATURAL RAPIDITY
1CP
Dread Host
FIRE OVERWATCH
1CP
Core
C
RAPID INGRESS
1CP
Core
C
TIP OF THE TALON
1CP
Aquilan Shield
CRUSHING IMPACT
1CP
Core
C
GRAVIMETRIC GRENADE
1CP
Solar Watch
HEROIC INTERVENTION
1CP
Core
C
SELFLESS SERVICE
1CP
Emissaries Imperatus
BEARERS OF HIS LIGHT
1CP
Emissaries Imperatus
LIGHTNING WRATH
1CP
Dread Host
SLAYERS OF NIGHTMARES
1CP
Emissaries Imperatus
COUNTEROFFENSIVE
2CP
Core
C
INDOMITABLE GUARDIANS
1CP
Shadowkeepers
DUTY UNTO DEATH
1CP
Auric Champions Stratagem
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Boarding Actions – Epic Deed
BA
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Boarding Actions – Epic Deed
BA
EXPLOSIVE CLEARANCE
1CP
Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic
BA
COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
2CP
Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy
BA
SUPERHUMAN FOCUS
1CP
Emperor's Chosen Stratagem
IN AURAMITE CLAD
1CP
Emperor's Chosen Stratagem
SUPERHUMAN FOCUS
1CP
Guardians of the Throne Stratagem
UNLIMITED ENDURANCE
1CP
Guardians of the Throne Stratagem
IN AURAMITE CLAD
1CP
Guardians of the Throne Stratagem
PRIME TARGET
1CP
Guardians of the Throne Stratagem
UNCEASING ONSLAUGHT
1CP
Might of the Moritoi Stratagem
UNSTOPPABLE MOMENTUM
1CP
Might of the Moritoi Stratagem
HONOURED INTERRED
1CP
Might of the Moritoi Stratagem
DETACHMENT ABILITY
Martial Mastery
Talon Sortie
Magna Imperator
Heralds of the Throne
Instruments of the Emperor’s Wrath
Moritoi Ancients
ENHANCEMENTS
Augury Uplink (one per army)
30
Memento Moritoi (one per army)
30
The ADEPTUS CUSTODES keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
Infantry Character
Mounted Character
Dedicated Transports
Aircraft
Infantry
The CHARACTER keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
Infantry Character
Mounted Character
The DREADNOUGHT keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
The IMPERIUM keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
Infantry Character
Mounted Character
Dedicated Transports
Aircraft
Infantry
The VEHICLE keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
Dedicated Transports
Aircraft
The WALKER keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
03.04 Engagement
A model’s engagement range is the area of the battlefield within 2" horizontally and 5" vertically of it.
- 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.
WHAT IS ENGAGEMENT?
While opposing models are within each other’s engagement range, they are able to fight in vicious melee, so unless they are seeking to make melee attacks, models should keep out of their foes’ reach.
ENGAGEMENT
These two units have at least one model within 2" of the opposing unit, and are therefore engaged with each other.
FAQ
| Q: | Does my model or unit become engaged while moving through a enemy units engagement range during a move? |
| A: | No |
NORMAL MOVE09.05
MAXIMUM DISTANCE: Your unit’s M characteristic.
ELIGIBLE IF: Your unit is on the battlefield and unengaged.EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
AFTER MOVING: Your unit must be unengaged.
ADVANCE MOVE09.06
MAXIMUM DISTANCE: Advance roll + your unit’s M characteristic.
ELIGIBLE IF: Your unit is on the battlefield and 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.
[HAZARDOUS]24.15
Weapons powered by unstable and dangerous energy sources pose a substantial risk to the wielder and those that stand beside them.
Each time a unit is selected to shoot or selected to fight, after that unit has resolved all of its attacks, make a number of hazard rolls (06.03) for that unit equal to the number of [HAZARDOUS] weapons you selected in the Select Weapons step.06.02.01 Normal Damage
Normal Damage is damage that was inflicted on a model as a result of a weapon’s D characteristic, rather than by other means such as mortal wounds. Mortal wounds dealt in addition to normal damage from an attack are part of that same attack.
06.02 Mortal Wounds
Some attacks or rules inflict mortal wounds on units. Each time a unit suffers one or more mortal wounds, its controlling player must resolve the following sequence for each of those mortal wounds, until either all of them have been inflicted or that unit is destroyed:- 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.
SEE ALSO
- Normal Damage 06.02.01
FAQ
| Q: | I have a rule that triggers when a mortal wound is allocated to a model, when does this happen? |
| A: | When you select a model in the Select Model step of Mortal Wounds (06.02). |
06.03 Hazard Rolls
To make a hazard roll for a unit, roll one D6: on a 1-2, that roll fails and that unit suffers 1 mortal wound, or 3 mortal wounds instead if each model in that unit is a MONSTER/VEHICLE model. If more than one hazard roll is required for a unit, make all of those rolls simultaneously.
FAQ
| Q: | I failed hazard rolls from [Hazardous] weapons, do those mortal wounds have to be allocated to the models with the [HAZARDOUS] weapons? |
| A: | No, you allocate the mortal wounds to the unit as per Mortal Wounds (06.02). (This represents Bob the guardsmen picking up his fallen squad mates plasma gun or that the twisting power of James the Chaos Sorcerer pulling his followers into the warp.) |
| Q: | If a rule says my unit must make a hazard roll does every model in the unit make a hazard roll? |
| A: | No, the unit would make 1 single hazard roll. |
FALL-BACK MOVE09.07
MAXIMUM DISTANCE: Your unit’s M characteristic.
ELIGIBLE IF: Your unit is engaged.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).
01.02.11 All Types of Model
When a rule mentions ‘all types of model’, this is inclusive of friendly and enemy models and all keywords, e.g. MONSTER/VEHICLE models.
02.02.02 Ignore Modifiers
Some rules enable a player, weapon, model or unit to ignore modifiers. When using such rules, the following points apply:Unless otherwise stated, that rule allows you to ignore modifiers to the unit’s rolls and the unit’s profile and weapon characteristics.
When a rule states you can ignore modifiers to a stated roll or characteristic, you can choose to ignore all of those modifiers, or only some of them. For example, you can still choose to apply positive/beneficial modifiers while ignoring negative/detrimental modifiers.
Example: Your unit can ignore characteristic modifiers and is under the effect of +2" M and -2" M. You can choose to ignore the -2" M, meaning that unit’s M characteristic will only be modified by the +2" M.
Example: Your unit’s ranged attacks can ignore roll modifiers and are under the effect of +1 to hit rolls and -1 to hit rolls. You can choose to ignore the -1 to hit rolls, meaning those attacks will only be affected by the +1 to hit rolls.
[LETHAL HITS]24.23
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.Designer’s Note: Choosing to automatically wound the target means that no wound roll is made for that attack. You may decide against this, as it means that attack cannot result in a critical wound and so cannot trigger other abilities such as [DEVASTATING WOUNDS].
06.01 Visibility
Line of sight is used to determine visibility between models. For an observing model to have line of sight, it must be possible to draw an imaginary straight line, 1 mm wide, from any part of that model to any part of the model being observed. This line is the line of sight. While doing so, other models in the observing model’s unit and in the observed model’s unit are ignored.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).
Model Visible
If any part of another model is visible to the observing model, that model is visible.
Model Fully Visible
If every part of another model that is facing the observing model is visible to the observing model (so the only thing blocking visibility to any part of that other model is that model itself), that model is fully visible.
Unit Visible
If one or more models in a unit are visible to the observing model, that unit is visible.
Unit Fully Visible
If every model in a unit is fully visible to the observing model, that unit is fully visible. When determining this, the observing model can see through other models in that unit.
FAQ
| Q: | When checking line of sight from one model to another, is this drawn between the bases of those models, or between any part of them? |
| A: | Line of sight is drawn from any part of the observing model to any part of the model being observed. |
| Q: | When a model overhangs the edge of the battlefield, how does that affect its visibility? |
| A: | That model’s controlling player can draw line of sight from any part of that model that is not overhanging the edge of the battlefield. Their opponent can draw line of sight to any part of that model. |
SNAP SHOOTING15.09
ELIGIBLE IF: As stated in the rule allowing this shooting type.
EFFECT: Your unit shoots as described in Making Attacks (04).
WHILE SHOOTING:
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). Those hits are not critical hits.
- You cannot re-roll hit rolls.
Hit Roll
Make one hit roll for each attack dice by rolling one D6. For each result, check if it fails or is a hit by matching the first condition below that applies:
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CRITICAL HITS
Critical hits are still hits. In addition, other rules can be triggered by a critical hit, such as [LETHAL HITS] (24).FAQ
| Q: | My attack has a rule that means it results in a critical hit on a hit roll of 4+. Does this work when snap shooting? |
| A: | Unless otherwise stated, no: when snap shooting, each attack only hits on a roll of 6. |
| Q: | My attack has a rule that means it results in a critical hit on a hit roll of 4+, and I would otherwise need a 5+ to hit. Does a 4+ hit? |
| A: | Yes, except when snap shooting: when snap shooting, each attack only hits on a roll of 6. |
[DEVASTATING WOUNDS]24.10
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.
Example: An attack made with a [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] weapon with a D characteristic of 3 results in a critical wound against an Intercessor Squad, so inflicts 3 mortal wounds. The first 2 mortal wounds are sufficient to destroy 1 Intercessor model, so the remaining mortal wound is lost.
05.02.01 Multiple Toughness Characteristics
When resolving attacks that target a unit in which the models have two or more different T characteristics, follow the first instruction that applies from below:- 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.
Wound Roll
Make one wound roll for each hit by rolling one D6. For each result, check if it fails or is a wound by matching the first condition below that applies:
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CRITICAL WOUNDS
Critical wounds are still wounds. In addition, other rules can be triggered by a critical wound, such as [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] (24).SEE ALSO
- Multiple Toughness Characteristics 05.02.01
FEEL NO PAIN24.12
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.[SUSTAINED HITS]24.36
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.Example: An attack made with a [SUSTAINED HITS 2] weapon results in a critical hit. That attack therefore hits the target three times (once from the critical hit, and twice more from the [SUSTAINED HITS 2] ability).
05.04.04 Destroyed
Throughout a battle, models will suffer damage, lose wounds and be destroyed. When every model in a unit has been destroyed, that unit is destroyed.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.
Save Rolls
The opposing player resolves the following sequence:- 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.
FAQ
| Q: | When declaring the allocation order of groups in my unit I have more than one non-CHARACTER groups that contain a model with a missing wound, how must I select the order? |
| A: | Those groups can be selected in an order of your choosing but must be in an order that makes them come before any non-CHARACTER groups that do not contain a model with a missing wound. |
| Q: | I have a unit being attacked with weapons that will modify some of their save rolls to be worse then 6 should I make those save rolls? |
| A: | Yes, because other models in your unit may have Sv’s that are better those models you’ve mentioned, this means that enough save rolls could be allocated to the those models that the rest of the results are not greater then the Sv’s of the other models in your unit. |
| Q: | Can I group or allocate a wound to a destroyed model? |
| A: | No. |
Martial Ka’tah
The Adeptus Custodes have developed many thousands of martial ka’tahs. Custodians are proficient in many of these arts, shifting stances according to the battlefield situation.
At the start of your Command phase, friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES units with this ability are readied. While a friendly unit is readied, you can select one of the ka’tah abilities presented below for that unit to use. If you do, that unit is no longer readied.
Each ka’tah ability will tell you when that ka’tah ability can be used, and the effects that ka’tah ability has on the unit using it.
We recommend placing a token next to each readied unit, removing it when that unit is no longer readied.
Each ka’tah ability will tell you when that ka’tah ability can be used, and the effects that ka’tah ability has on the unit using it.
We recommend placing a token next to each readied unit, removing it when that unit is no longer readied.
Favoured Ka’tah
Many of the most prominent shield hosts favour a specific martial ka’tah above all others.
All detachments tagged ‘Unique: Shield Host’ state a Favoured Ka’tah. If you selected one of these detachments, the ka’tah ability that is the Favoured Ka’tah of that detachment grants the additional effect listed in that detachment.Example: If you selected the Solar Watch detachment, when you select the Calistus ka’tah ability for a readied unit, that unit has +2" M in addition to the normal effect of Calistus.
CONSERVAI
KA’TAH ABILITY
WHEN: Your Command phase.TARGET: One friendly readied unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn:
- Being engaged/battle-shocked does not prevent your unit from being eligible to start an action.
- Starting an action does not prevent your unit from being eligible to shoot.
CALISTUS
KA’TAH ABILITY
WHEN: Your Movement phase, when a friendly readied unit is selected to move.TARGET: That readied unit.
EFFECT: When your unit makes a normal/advance/fall-back move, your unit can move through all types of model.
SALVUS
KA’TAH ABILITY
WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly readied unit is selected to shoot.TARGET: That readied unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can ignore modifiers to your unit’s:
- BS.
- Hit rolls and wound rolls.
DACATARAI
KA’TAH ABILITY
WHEN: Start of the Fight phase.TARGET: One friendly readied unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks that target an enemy unit (excluding MONSTER/VEHICLE units) can re-roll hit rolls of 1.
KAPTARIS
KA’TAH ABILITY
WHEN: Start of the Fight phase.TARGET: One friendly readied unit.
EFFECT: Melee attacks that target your unit have -1 to hit rolls.
RENDAX
KA’TAH ABILITY
WHEN: Fight phase, when a friendly readied unit is selected to fight.TARGET: One friendly readied unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks have [Lethal Hits: Monster/Vehicle].
02.02.03 Random Characteristics
Random Movement: When a unit with a random M characteristic is selected to move, determine the entire unit’s move distance by rolling the indicated number of dice.Random Attacks: If a weapon has a random A characteristic, that characteristic is determined when generating attacks for that weapon at the Resolve Attacks step (04.03). If several weapons with random A characteristics are making identical attacks, generate the attacks for each of those weapons individually, and group them all together.
Random Damage: If a weapon has a random D characteristic, then each time an attack made with it inflicts damage, the controlling player determines that weapon’s characteristic when the opposing player has selected a model in the target unit to allocate that attack to.
When determining a random D characteristic, the dice roll made is called a damage roll.
Where a D characteristic includes an operator (e.g. a ‘+’, as in D6+1), the value after the operator is part of that D characteristic – it is not a modifier.
Other Random Characteristics: For all other characteristics, roll to determine the value on an individual, per-model or per-weapon basis each time that characteristic is required.
ASSAULT SHOOTING10.05
ELIGIBLE IF: All of the following apply to your unit:
WHILE SHOOTING: You can only select [ASSAULT] weapons to make attacks with.
AFTER SHOOTING: Until the end of the phase, your unit is not eligible to start an action.
- Unengaged and made an advance move this turn.
- Has one or more [ASSAULT] weapons.
WHILE SHOOTING: You can only select [ASSAULT] weapons to make attacks with.
AFTER SHOOTING: Until the end of the phase, your unit is not eligible to start an action.
[ASSAULT]24.04
Folding stocks, shortened barrels or lightweight construction enable some weapons to be easily fired on the move.
Units containing one or more models with an [ASSAULT] weapon can shoot using assault shooting (10.05).OVERRUN FIGHT12.06
ELIGIBLE IF: Your unit is unengaged, or was unengaged at the start of the Fight step but became engaged during the Fight phase.
EFFECT: Your unit can make one additional pile-in move, then fights as described in Making Attacks (04).
EFFECT: Your unit can make one additional pile-in move, then fights as described in Making Attacks (04).
OVERRUN FIGHTS
When a unit makes an overrun fight, its models can be moved such that enemy units that were unengaged become engaged. Such enemy units become eligible to fight this phase (and may even be able to fight next if they are Fights First units).PILE-IN MOVE12.03
MAXIMUM DISTANCE: 3".
ELIGIBLE IF: It is the Fight phase and one or more of the following apply to your unit:- It is engaged.
- It made a charge move this turn.
- It was selected to make an overrun fight this phase (12.06).
BEFORE MOVING: Select pile-in targets:
- If your unit is engaged, select every enemy unit it is engaged with.
- Otherwise, select one or more enemy units within 5" of your unit.
- 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 pile-in target, and engaged with it if possible.
- Your unit must be engaged.
- Each model that started this move engaged with an enemy unit must still be engaged with that enemy unit.
[CLEAVE]24.06
With sufficient might or skill, warriors may sweep blades or talons through their foes in long lethal arcs.
This ability always takes the form [CLEAVE X]. Each time you gather attack dice for a [CLEAVE] weapon, if you only selected one target for all of that weapon’s attacks, add X additional attack dice for every five models that were in the target unit in the Select Targets step (rounding down).Example: If a [CLEAVE 1] weapon with an A characteristic of 3 targets one unit containing 16 models, you would gather three additional attack dice for that weapon (for a total of six for that weapon).
INGRESS MOVE20.04
SET-UP DISTANCE: 6"
ELIGIBLE IF: Your unit is in strategic reserves (excluding units that are embarked within TRANSPORTS that are themselves in strategic reserves).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.
SNAP SHOOTING15.09
ELIGIBLE IF: As stated in the rule allowing this shooting type.
EFFECT: Your unit shoots as described in Making Attacks (04).
WHILE SHOOTING:
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). Those hits are not critical hits.
- You cannot re-roll hit rolls.
FIGHTS FIRST24.13
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).
Before selecting targets for this weapon, select one of its eligible profiles to make attacks with.
CHARGE MOVE11.04
MAXIMUM DISTANCE: Charge roll.
ELIGIBLE IF: Your unit declared a charge this phase.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).
01.07.01 Battlefield Morale
The morale and organisation of troops can waver and break during battle. This is checked using battle-shock rolls, most commonly in the Command phase. Failing such a roll represents the unit’s courage faltering due to taking casualties or through other disruption, reducing its battlefield effectiveness. Similarly, some rules will require you to check a unit’s readiness by making a leadership roll.
01.07 Battle-shock Rolls
To make a battle-shock roll for a unit, its controlling player makes a leadership roll for it (see above).- 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.
SEE ALSO
- Battlefield Morale 01.07.01
- Battle-shock Test 01.07.02
BATTLEFIELD MORALE
The morale and organisation of troops can waver and break during battle. This is checked using battle-shock rolls, most commonly in the Command phase. Failing such a roll represents the unit’s courage faltering due to taking casualties or through other disruption, reducing its battlefield effectiveness. Similarly, some rules will require you to check a unit’s readiness by making a leadership roll.FAQ
| Q: | If a unit has a rule that allows it to start an action when it is battle-shocked can it also continue doing that action if it becomes battle-shocked after starting an action? |
| A: | Yes |
| Q: | If a unit becomes battle-shocked after starting an action does it stop performing that action? |
| A: | Yes |
HEROIC INTERVENTION15.11
1CP
Core Stratagem
Voices raised in furious war cries, your warriors surge forth to meet the enemy’s onslaught head-on.
WHEN: End of your opponent’s Charge phase.
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:
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.
+1CP
- 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.
RAPID INGRESS15.07
1CP
Core Stratagem
Be it cunning strategy, potent technology or supernatural ritual, there are many means by which a commander may hasten their warriors’ onset.
WHEN: End of your opponent’s Movement phase.
TARGET: One 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.
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.
The ADEPTUS CUSTODES and DREADNOUGHT keywords are used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
13.06.01 Solid Terrain and Movement
If a terrain feature has the Solid rule (13.11), as dense terrain features do, a model cannot end a move such that any part of it is through any enclosed part of that terrain feature that is 3" or less from ground level – not even through small openings such as doors and windows. This ensures that protruding elements of models cannot be used to circumvent the visibility restrictions of the Solid rule.
13.06 Terrain and Movement
Models can move through different categories of terrain feature as follows:- 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).
SEE ALSO
- Solid Terrain and Movement 13.06.01
[TORRENT]24.37
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.DAMAGED24.39
EMERGENCY DISEMBARK MOVE18.05
SET-UP DISTANCE: 6"
ELIGIBLE IF: Your unit is embarked within a TRANSPORT model that was just destroyed.EFFECT: Your unit is set up as described in Set Up (03.02).
BEFORE MOVING: Make a hazard roll for each model in your unit (06.03).
WHILE MOVING: Set up each model in your unit: (1) Wholly within the set-up distance of that TRANSPORT, and as close as possible to that TRANSPORT. OR: (2) If the above is not possible while remaining unengaged, set up that model wholly within the set-up distance of that TRANSPORT, as close as possible to that TRANSPORT, and engaged. Each model that still cannot be set up is destroyed.
AFTER MOVING: Your unit is battle-shocked and, until the end of the turn, it is not eligible to declare a charge.
DEADLY DEMISE24.08
From detonating ammo stores to corrosive innards or frenzied death throes, some targets are deadly even in defeat.
This ability always takes the form Deadly Demise X. Each time a model with this ability is destroyed, after the units embarked within it (if any) have made their emergency disembark moves, roll one D6. On a 6, that model suffers a deadly demise; 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").Aegis of the Emperor
The Adeptus Custodes are the shield of the Emperor: indomitable and nigh unbreakable.
Friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES units with this ability have Feel No Pain 5+ against mortal wounds.[BLAST]24.05
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.
Example: If a [BLAST 2] weapon with an A characteristic of 3 targets a unit containing 12 models, you would gather four additional attack dice for that weapon (for a total of seven for that weapon).
[TWIN-LINKED]24.38
Dual weapons are often grafted to the same targeting system for greater lethality.
Each time an attack is made with a [TWIN-LINKED] weapon, you can re-roll the wound roll.COMMAND RE-ROLL15.02
1CP
Core Stratagem
A great commander can bend even the vagaries of fate and fortune to their will, the better to ensure victory.
WHEN: Any phase, just after you make one of the following rolls for a friendly unit or model:
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).
- 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).
01.05.01 Automatically Successful/Passes/Hits/Wounds
When a dice roll or test is automatically successful or automatically passes/hits/wounds, do not roll the dice and instead move to the next step of the sequence for that roll as if the required result had been rolled. Any rules that take effect on a particular dice result or roll result do not take effect.Example: If a hit roll is automatically successful, move straight to the Wound Rolls step for that attack. Such a hit roll is not a critical hit.
Example: If a wound roll is automatically successful, move straight to the Save Rolls step for that attack. Such a wound roll is not a critical wound.
INSANE BRAVERY15.04
1CP
Core Stratagem
Indifferent to their own survival, these warriors hold their ground against seemingly impossible odds.
WHEN: Battle-shock step of your Command phase, just before you make a battle-shock roll for a friendly unit.
TARGET: That unit.
EFFECT: That battle-shock roll is automatically successful.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this stratagem more than once per battle.
TARGET: That unit.
EFFECT: That battle-shock roll is automatically successful.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this stratagem more than once per battle.
AT SPEAR'S LENGTH
1CP
Solar Watch Stratagem
Duty to the Golden Throne overrides all else. When called to strike a new target, Custodian sodalities withdraw from the fight in close order, keeping their spears leveled towards their foes and holding them at bay with close-range volleys of bolter fire.
WHEN: Your Movement phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit is selected to make a fall-back move.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: That fall-back move does not prevent your unit from being eligible to shoot.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: That fall-back move does not prevent your unit from being eligible to shoot.
GOLDEN LIGHT OF THE MOIRAIDES
2CP
Dread Host Stratagem
The Dread Host goes to battle aboard the trio of terrifying pre-Heresy warships known as the Moiraides. These potent vessels teleport their passengers straight into battle amidst an eruption of dazzling golden light.
WHEN: Your Movement phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit is selected to make an ingress move.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES Unit.
EFFECT: Until the start of your next turn:
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES Unit.
EFFECT: Until the start of your next turn:
- Attacks that target your unit have -1 to hit rolls.
- Enemy units cannot target your unit with snap shooting attacks.
INEXORABLE
1CP
Solar Watch Stratagem
No obstacle, physical or otherwise, can halt the advance of the Solar Watch, nor stay their wrath.
WHEN: Your Movement phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit is selected to move.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit can ignore modifiers to your unit’s:
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit can ignore modifiers to your unit’s:
- M.
- Advance rolls and charge rolls.
MANOEUVRE AND FIRE
1CP
Aquilan Shield Stratagem
The Adeptus Custodes never take the pressure off their foes, maintaining punishing fire even as they manoeuvre to new positions.
WHEN: Your Movement phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit is selected to make a fall-back move.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: That move does not prevent your unit from being eligible to shoot/declare a charge.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: That move does not prevent your unit from being eligible to shoot/declare a charge.
PRETERNATURAL RAPIDITY
1CP
Dread Host Stratagem
The warriors of the Adeptus Custodes are relentless in their pursuit of the Throneworld’s foes.
WHEN: Your Movement phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit ends an advance move.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: That advance move does not prevent your unit from being eligible to declare a charge.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: That advance move does not prevent your unit from being eligible to declare a charge.
FIRE OVERWATCH15.08
1CP
Core Stratagem
A hail of fire can drive back advancing foes.
WHEN: End of your opponent’s Movement phase.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged unit (excluding TITANIC units).
EFFECT: Your unit shoots using snap shooting.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged unit (excluding TITANIC units).
EFFECT: Your unit shoots using snap shooting.
TIP OF THE TALON
1CP
Aquilan Shield Stratagem
Fighting at the forefront of the battle, these Custodians hit their victims with perfectly timed volleys the instant before they tear into their ranks.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit is selected to shoot.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks that target an enemy unit within 9" of your unit have +1 S.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks that target an enemy unit within 9" of your unit have +1 S.
CRUSHING IMPACT15.06
1CP
Core Stratagem
In extremis, armoured vehicles and rampaging monsters can use their sheer size as a weapon, ramming and crushing enemies beneath their colossal bulk, though doing so risks sustaining damage in return.
WHEN: Your Charge phase, just after a friendly MONSTER/VEHICLE unit ends a charge move.
TARGET: That MONSTER/VEHICLE unit.
EFFECT: Resolve the following sequence:
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).
Errata
Tank Shock Stratagem
The Tank Shock Stratagem is the same as the Crushing Impact stratagem.
GRAVIMETRIC GRENADE
1CP
Solar Watch Stratagem
Carried by many Custodians, these explosive devices detonate on impact, creating a field of gravitic energy that immobilises those caught in the blast radius.
WHEN: Start of your opponent’s Charge phase.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: Select one visible enemy unit within 12" of your unit. When that enemy unit declares a charge, that enemy unit has -1 to charge rolls.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: Select one visible enemy unit within 12" of your unit. When that enemy unit declares a charge, that enemy unit has -1 to charge rolls.
SELFLESS SERVICE
1CP
Emissaries Imperatus Stratagem
Any of the Ten Thousand would place themselves in peril to protect a fellow Custodian without a moment’s hesitation.
WHEN: End of your opponent’s Charge phase.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit within 6" of an enemy unit. You can only select a VEHICLE unit if it is a CHARACTER/WALKER unit.
EFFECT: Declare a charge with your unit:
TARGET: One friendly unengaged ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit within 6" of an enemy unit. You can only select a VEHICLE unit if it is a CHARACTER/WALKER unit.
EFFECT: Declare a charge with your unit:
- 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.
BEARERS OF HIS LIGHT
1CP
Emissaries Imperatus Stratagem
No matter how far they stray from the Golden Throne, all Custodians carry with them the Emperor’s light, drawing upon His guidance in the midst of battle.
WHEN: Fight phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit is selected to fight.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks can ignore modifiers to hit rolls and wound rolls.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks can ignore modifiers to hit rolls and wound rolls.
LIGHTNING WRATH
1CP
Dread Host Stratagem
Rushing forward with terrifying speed, Custodian sodalities leave their foes no opportunity to escape.
WHEN: Fight phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit is selected to make a pile-in move.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: When making that pile-in move, your unit can move up to D3+3".
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: When making that pile-in move, your unit can move up to D3+3".
SLAYERS OF NIGHTMARES
1CP
Emissaries Imperatus Stratagem
In an age plagued by monstrous foes, primordial horrors from the darkest void circle Humanity’s dying light. These hideous aberrations the Adeptus Custodes engage without hesitation.
WHEN: Fight phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit is selected to fight.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks that target a unit with a T greater than this unit’s T have +1 to wound rolls.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks that target a unit with a T greater than this unit’s T have +1 to wound rolls.
COUNTEROFFENSIVE15.12
2CP
Core Stratagem
In close-quarters combat, the slightest hesitation can leave an opening for a swift foe to exploit.
WHEN: Fight step of your opponent’s Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has resolved its attacks.
TARGET: One friendly unit that is eligible to fight.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit has the Fights First ability and it must be the next unit you select to fight (12.04).
TARGET: One friendly unit that is eligible to fight.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit has the Fights First ability and it must be the next unit you select to fight (12.04).
INDOMITABLE GUARDIANS
1CP
Shadowkeepers Stratagem
No volume of fire or aggression will pry the Custodians from their objectives. Those who attempt to do so are subjected to the fullest extent of their violent fury.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Fight phase, when an enemy unit has fought.
TARGET: One friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit that is within range of an objective and is eligible to fight.
EFFECT: Your unit has Fights First and must be the next unit you select to fight.
TARGET: One friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit that is within range of an objective and is eligible to fight.
EFFECT: Your unit has Fights First and must be the next unit you select to fight.
DUTY UNTO DEATH
1CP
Auric Champions Stratagem
Even as death is certain, the Emperor’s Ten Thousand will not relent, fighting to their last breath in defence of the Golden Throne.
WHEN: Fight phase, when an enemy unit targets a friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: When a model in your unit is destroyed, if your unit has not been selected to fight this phase, roll one D6, with +1 to that roll if that model is a CHARACTER model:
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: When a model in your unit is destroyed, if your unit has not been selected to fight this phase, roll one D6, with +1 to that roll if that model is a CHARACTER model:
- On a 3+, do not remove that model from the battlefield. When your unit has fought, or at the end of the phase (whichever comes first), that model is removed from the battlefield.
[HAZARDOUS]24.15
Weapons powered by unstable and dangerous energy sources pose a substantial risk to the wielder and those that stand beside them.
Each time a unit is selected to shoot or selected to fight, after that unit has resolved all of its attacks, make a number of hazard rolls (06.03) for that unit equal to the number of [HAZARDOUS] weapons you selected in the Select Weapons step.COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Boarding Actions – Epic Deed Stratagem
A great commander can bend even the vagaries of fate and fortune to their will, the better to ensure victory.
WHEN: Any phase, just after you have made a Hit roll, a Wound roll, a Damage roll, a saving throw, an Advance roll, a Charge roll, a Desperate Escape test, a Hazardous test, or just after you have rolled the dice to determine the number of attacks made with a weapon, for an attack, model or unit from your army.
TARGET: That unit or model from your army.
EFFECT: You re-roll that roll, test or saving throw.
TARGET: That unit or model from your army.
EFFECT: You re-roll that roll, test or saving throw.
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Boarding Actions – Epic Deed Stratagem
Indifferent to their own survival, these warriors hold their ground against seemingly impossible odds.
WHEN: Battle-shock step of your Command phase, just after you have failed a Battle-shock test taken for a unit from your army.
TARGET: The unit from your army that Battle-shock test was just taken for (even though your Battle-shocked units cannot normally be affected by your Stratagems).
EFFECT: Your unit is treated as having passed that test instead, and is not Battle-shocked as a result.
TARGET: The unit from your army that Battle-shock test was just taken for (even though your Battle-shocked units cannot normally be affected by your Stratagems).
EFFECT: Your unit is treated as having passed that test instead, and is not Battle-shocked as a result.
EXPLOSIVE CLEARANCE
1CP
Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic Stratagem
A well-placed explosive munition in confined shipboard spaces can cause bloody carnage.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Select one model in your unit that is equipped with a weapon with the [BLAST] ability. Until the end of the phase, when determining how many models are in the target unit for the purpose of that ability, include models that are not visible to the attacking model. In addition, attacks made with that weapon can be allocated to models that are not visible to the attacking model.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Select one model in your unit that is equipped with a weapon with the [BLAST] ability. Until the end of the phase, when determining how many models are in the target unit for the purpose of that ability, include models that are not visible to the attacking model. In addition, attacks made with that weapon can be allocated to models that are not visible to the attacking model.
COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
2CP
Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
In close-quarters combat, the slightest hesitation can leave an opening for a swift foe to exploit.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has fought.
TARGET: One unit from your army that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units and that has not already been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Your unit fights next.
TARGET: One unit from your army that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units and that has not already been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Your unit fights next.
SUPERHUMAN FOCUS
1CP
Emperor's Chosen Stratagem
Ever watchful and alert, these warriors switch seamlessly between martial ka’tah.
WHEN: End of any phase.
TARGET: One friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit that is not readied.
EFFECT: Your unit is readied.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot select the same unit as the target of this stratagem more than once per battle round.
TARGET: One friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit that is not readied.
EFFECT: Your unit is readied.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot select the same unit as the target of this stratagem more than once per battle round.
IN AURAMITE CLAD
1CP
Emperor's Chosen Stratagem
Even the most potent of attacks struggle to penetrate the auramite plate of these warriors.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, when an enemy unit targets a friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit (excluding CUSTODIAN WARDENS units).
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: Attacks that target your unit have -1 AP until that enemy unit has attacked.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: Attacks that target your unit have -1 AP until that enemy unit has attacked.
SUPERHUMAN FOCUS
1CP
Guardians of the Throne Stratagem
Ever watchful and alert, these warriors switch seamlessly between martial ka’tah.
WHEN: End of any phase.
TARGET: One friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit that is not readied.
EFFECT: Your unit is readied.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot select the same unit as the target of this Stratagem more than once per battle round.
TARGET: One friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit that is not readied.
EFFECT: Your unit is readied.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot select the same unit as the target of this Stratagem more than once per battle round.
UNLIMITED ENDURANCE
1CP
Guardians of the Throne Stratagem
Possessed of great endurance, Custodian sodalities willl pursue their targets to the ends of the galaxy. No matter how hard they might try, none can flee from their wrath.
WHEN: Your Movement phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit ends an advance move.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn:
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn:
- Your unit’s ranged attacks have [Assault].
- That advance move does not prevent your unit from being eligible to declare a charge.
IN AURAMITE CLAD
1CP
Guardians of the Throne Stratagem
Even the most potent of attacks struggle to penetrate the auramite plate of these warriors.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, when an enemy unit targets a friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit (excluding CUSTODIAN WARDENS units).
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: Attacks that target your unit have -1 AP until that enemy unit has attacked.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: Attacks that target your unit have -1 AP until that enemy unit has attacked.
PRIME TARGET
1CP
Guardians of the Throne Stratagem
When a threat to the Golden Throne is identified, the Adeptus Custodes will bend every fibre of their being to ensure its destruction.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit is selected to shoot.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks can:
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks can:
- Re-roll one hit roll.
- Re-roll one wound roll.
- Re-roll one damage roll.
UNCEASING ONSLAUGHT
1CP
Might of the Moritoi Stratagem
Drawing upon the full extent of their organic and mechanical might, this Dreadnought advances with unrelenting aggression, dispensing death with archeotech weaponry and crushing fist alike.
WHEN: Your Movement phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES DREADNOUGHT unit ends an advance move.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES DREADNOUGHT unit.
EFFECT:
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES DREADNOUGHT unit.
EFFECT:
- Your unit’s ranged attacks have [Assault] until the end of the turn.
- That move does not prevent your unit from being eligible to declare a charge.
UNSTOPPABLE MOMENTUM
1CP
Might of the Moritoi Stratagem
Few obstacles can impede a Custodian Dreadnought in full flow. Those that do are smashed down to clear a path.
WHEN: Your Movement/Charge phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES DREADNOUGHT unit is selected to move or declares a charge.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES DREADNOUGHT unit.
EFFECT: Your unit has MOBILE.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES DREADNOUGHT unit.
EFFECT: Your unit has MOBILE.
HONOURED INTERRED
1CP
Might of the Moritoi Stratagem
To fight in the shadow of the Moritoi is inspirational for any Custodian.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase.
TARGET: One friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES DREADNOUGHT unit.
EFFECT: Your unit has the following ability:
TARGET: One friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES DREADNOUGHT unit.
EFFECT: Your unit has the following ability:
Honoured Interred (Aura): Friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES units within 6" of this unit can re-roll hit rolls of 1.
Martial Mastery
Guardians of the Throne Detachment
The Custodians are masters of all forms of war. There is no foe, no matter how numerous or powerful, that they cannot lay low.
In the Fight phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit is selected to fight, that unit’s melee attacks have:Talon Sortie
Solar Watch Detachment
The Solar Watch utilise speed, mobility and the adaptable Calistus Ka’tah to confound and eviscerate opposing armies.
When a friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit makes a fall-back move, that fall-back move does not prevent that unit from being eligible to charge.Favoured ka’tah: CALISTUS
Additional Effect: Your unit has +2" M.
Magna Imperator
Emperor’s Chosen Detachment
The Adeptus Custodes are blessed with gifts the Emperor has given them – physical might, mental robustness and the most powerful arms and armour available.
When a friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit is selected to attack, that unit’s attacks can:- Re-roll one hit roll.
- Re-roll one wound roll.
Favoured ka’tah: RENDAX
Additional Effect: You can select one enemy MONSTER/VEHICLE unit engaged with your unit and roll one D6:
- On a 1-2, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound.
- On a 3-5, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds.
- On a 6, that enemy unit suffers 3 mortal wounds.
Heralds of the Throne
Emissaries Imperatus Detachment
The Emissaries Imperatus prioritise the mission over individual actions. Their favoured ka’tah, Conservai, similarly emphasises strategy.
Friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES units have Fights First.Favoured Ka’tah: CONSERVAI
Additional Effect: Until the end of the turn, being selected to make an advance/fall-back move does not prevent your unit from being eligible to start an action.
Instruments of the Emperor’s Wrath
Dread Host Detachment
Favouring the aggressive Dacatarai fighting style, the Custodians of the Dread Host seek to outmatch their enemies in bloody melee combat.
Friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES units can re-roll charge rolls.Favoured ka’tah: DACATARAI
Additional Effect: When an enemy unit engaged with your unit makes a pile-in/consolidation move, -2" from that pile-in/consolidation move.
Moritoi Ancients
Might of the Moritoi Detachment
The auramite giants of the Moritoi are terrifying to behold, moving with the grace of mortal warriors. Wounds serve only to increase the ferocity with which they slaughter their foes.
- While a friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES DREADNOUGHT unit is at starting strength, that unit has +2 OC.
- While a friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES DREADNOUGHT unit is below starting strength, that unit’s attacks can re-roll hit rolls of 1.
- While a friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES DREADNOUGHT unit is below half-strength, that unit’s attacks can:
- Re-roll hit rolls of 1.
- Re-roll wound rolls of 1.
Might of the Moritoi Detachment
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 detect incoming threats, then angle their armour to repel the worst of enemy attacks.
ADEPTUS CUSTODES DREADNOUGHT model only. This model has Feel No Pain 5+.
Might of the Moritoi Detachment
This reliquary contains drops of blood, promethium and amniotic fluid harvested from the fractured form of a fallen Dreadnought. Said to be infused with the remaining fury of fallen warrior and war machine, this device inspires wrathful fury in those who bear it to war.
ADEPTUS CUSTODES DREADNOUGHT model only. This model’s melee attacks have +1 A, S and D.
