Adeptus Custodes – Knight-centura
RANGED WEAPONS | RANGE | A | BS | S | AP | D | |
| Master-crafted boltgun rapid fire 1 | |||||||
| Master-crafted boltgun rapid fire 1 | 24" | 1 | 2+ | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Witchseeker flamer ignores cover torrent | |||||||
| Witchseeker flamer ignores cover torrent | 12" | D6 | N/A | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
MELEE WEAPONS | RANGE | A | WS | S | AP | D | |
| Close combat weapon | |||||||
| Close combat weapon | Melee | 3 | 2+ | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Executioner greatblade anti-psyker 5+ devastating wounds | |||||||
| Executioner greatblade anti-psyker 5+ devastating wounds | Melee | 3 | 2+ | 5 | -2 | 2 | |
WARGEAR OPTIONS
- This model’s executioner greatblade can be replaced with one of the following:
- 1 master-crafted boltgun and 1 close combat weapon
- 1 Witchseeker flamer and 1 close combat weapon
ABILITIES
CORE: Leader, Scouts 6"
Seeker’s Instincts: While this model is leading a unit, add 2" to the Move characteristic of models in that unit and add 2 to Advance and Charge rolls made for that unit.Daughter of the Abyss: This model has the Feel No Pain 3+ ability against Psychic Attacks and mortal wounds.Corner the Quarry: Each time an enemy unit (excluding MONSTERS and VEHICLES) that is within Engagement Range of this model’s unit Falls Back, all models in that enemy unit must take a Desperate Escape test. When doing so, if that enemy unit is Battle-shocked, subtract 1 from each of those tests.
UNIT COMPOSITION
- 1 Knight-Centura
| YOUR UNIT COSTS | |
| 1 model | 55 |
LEADER
This model can be attached to the following units:
KEYWORDS: INFANTRY; CHARACTER; IMPERIUM; ANATHEMA PSYKANA; KNIGHT-CENTURA
FACTION KEYWORDS:
ADEPTUS CUSTODES
ADEPTUS CUSTODES
STRATAGEMS
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Core
C
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Core
C
FIRE OVERWATCH
1CP
Core
C
RAPID INGRESS
1CP
Core
C
HEROIC INTERVENTION
1CP
Core
C
EPIC CHALLENGE
1CP
Core
C
COUNTEROFFENSIVE
2CP
Core
C
SLAYER OF CHAMPIONS
1CP
Auric Champions – Epic Deed
SUPERHUMAN RESERVES
2CP
Auric Champions – Epic Deed
SHOULDER THE MANTLE
1CP
Auric Champions – Epic Deed
THE EMPEROR’S AUSPICE
1CP
Auric Champions – Epic Deed
EARNING OF A NAME
1CP
Auric Champions – Epic Deed
VIGIL UNENDING
2CP
Auric Champions – Epic Deed
CORNERED PREY
1CP
Black Ship Guardians – Strategic Ploy
FOCUSED FEAR
1CP
Black Ship Guardians – Battle Tactic
BLADES OF THE VIGILATORS
1CP
Black Ship Guardians – Battle Tactic
BATTLEFIELD COMMAND
1CP
Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy
BA
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
GILDED CHAMPION
1CP
Lions of the Emperor – Strategic Ploy
MANOEUVRE AND FIRE
1CP
Lions of the Emperor – Strategic Ploy
SWIFT AS THE EAGLE
1CP
Lions of the Emperor – Strategic Ploy
DEFIANT TO THE LAST
1CP
Lions of the Emperor – Strategic Ploy
PEERLESS WARRIOR
1CP
Lions of the Emperor – Battle Tactic
DESPERATION’S PRICE
1CP
Null Maiden Vigil – Strategic Ploy
WITCH HUNTERS
1CP
Null Maiden Vigil – Battle Tactic
PSYCHIC ABOMINATIONS
1CP
Null Maiden Vigil – Strategic Ploy
MULTIPOTENTIALITY
1CP
Shield Host – Strategic Ploy
PUNISHMENT INESCAPABLE
1CP
Solar Spearhead – Strategic Ploy
EMPEROR’S VENGEANCE
1CP
Solar Spearhead – Battle Tactic
WRATHFUL ADVANCE
1CP
Solar Spearhead – Battle Tactic
HUNT AS ONE
1CP
Talons Of The Emperor – Strategic Ploy
TALONED PINCER
1CP
Talons Of The Emperor – Battle Tactic
EMPYRIC SEVERANCE
1CP
Talons Of The Emperor – Battle Tactic
TALONS INTERLOCKED
1CP
Talons Of The Emperor – Battle Tactic
SHIELD OF HONOUR
1CP
Talons Of The Emperor – Epic Deed
EMPEROR’S EXECUTIONERS
2CP
Talons Of The Emperor – Battle Tactic
DETACHMENT ABILITY
Against All Odds
Revered Companions
Creeping Dread (Aura)
Assemblage of Might
Priority Quarry
Skin-Crawling Disorientation
ENHANCEMENTS
Veteran of the Kataphraktoi
10
Adamantine Talisman
25
Augury Uplink
35
Praesidius
25
Superior Creation
25
Gift of Terran Artifice
15
Aegis Projector
20
Champion of the Imperium
25
Radiant Mantle
30
Enhanced Voidsheen Cloak
10
Huntress’ Eye
15
Oblivion Knight
25
Raptor Blade
5
Inspirational Exemplar
10
Blade Imperator
25
Veiled Blade
25
Martial Philosopher
30
Sinister Presence (Aura)
The Vratine Aquila (Aura)
Psyk-Out Grenades
10
Encircling Hunter
15
The CHARACTER keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
Infantry Character
Mounted Character
The ADEPTUS CUSTODES keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
Infantry Character
Mounted Character
Battleline
Dedicated Transports
Aircraft
Infantry
[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].
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).Talons Of The Emperor Detachment
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:
Infantry Character
Mounted Character
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.
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.
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.
05.04.01 Current Allocation Group
The first group in the allocation order begins as the current group. Once all models in an allocation group are destroyed, the next group in the allocation order becomes the current one.
[PRECISION]24.28
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.Assemblage of Might
Auric Champions Detachment
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:
Infantry Character
Mounted Character
Battleline
Dedicated Transports
Aircraft
Infantry
The ANATHEMA PSYKANA keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
Infantry Epic Hero
Infantry Character
Dedicated Transports
The CHARACTER keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
Infantry Character
Mounted Character
The IMPERIUM keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
Infantry Character
Mounted Character
Battleline
Dedicated Transports
Aircraft
Infantry
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
Infantry Character
Battleline
The MOUNTED keyword is used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
Mounted Character
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:
[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).
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.22.03 Psychic Abilities
Abilities tagged with the word ‘Psychic’ are psychic abilities. If a psychic ability causes a model to lose one or more wounds, each of those wounds is said to be inflicted by a psychic attack (this can be important for the triggering of other rules).
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
Revered Companions
Talons Of The Emperor Detachment
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.
[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
The ADEPTUS CUSTODES and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
Infantry Character
Battleline
01.02.01 Starting Strength and Half-Strength
The number of models a unit contains at the start of the first battle round is its starting strength. The starting strength of an attached unit is the number of models that unit contains at the start of the first battle round.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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Example: A Captain (1 model) is attached to a unit of Intercessors (5 models). This attached unit has a starting strength of 6. If three Intercessors were destroyed, the unit would be at half-strength. If four Intercessors were destroyed, the unit would be below half-strength. If all of the Intercessors were destroyed, the remaining Captain would be below half-strength, despite having his full wounds remaining.
SOME UNITS CANNOT BE AT HALF-STRENGTH
If a model’s W characteristic or a unit’s starting strength cannot be evenly divided in half, that model or unit cannot be at half-strength (but can be below half-strength as described above).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.
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.
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.
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).
The ANATHEMA PSYKANA and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
Infantry Epic Hero
Infantry Character
13.08 Benefit of Cover
Each time a ranged attack targets a unit, if every model in that unit meets one or more of the following conditions, that unit has the benefit of cover against that attack:- 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.
STEALTH24.33
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).[IGNORES COVER]24.18
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).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.01.06 Leadership Rolls
To make a leadership roll for a unit, its controlling player rolls 2D6: if the result is equal to or greater than one or more of the Ld characteristics in that unit, that roll succeeds. Otherwise, that roll fails. The rule that instructed you to make that leadership roll will describe the effects of that roll succeeding or failing.
[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.02.06.01 Bearer
The bearer of a weapon, enhancement or item of wargear is the model equipped with it.
The ADEPTUS CUSTODES and VEHICLE keywords are used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
Dedicated Transports
Aircraft
LONE OPERATIVE24.24
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.
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).
[RAPID FIRE]24.30
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).
The ANATHEMA PSYKANA and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Adeptus Custodes datasheets:
Infantry Epic Hero
Infantry Character
EXPLOSIVES15.05
1CP
Core Stratagem
Priming grenades or other explosives, these warriors draw back and hurl death into the enemy’s midst.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
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:
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).
[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).
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).
- You cannot re-roll hit rolls.
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.
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.
EPIC CHALLENGE15.03
1CP
Core Stratagem
The legends of the 41st millennium are replete with deadly duels between mighty champions.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after a friendly CHARACTER unit is selected to fight.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Before selecting targets for this weapon, select one of its profiles to make attacks with.
[ANTI]24.03
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.Example: An attack made with an [ANTI-VEHICLE 4+] weapon against a VEHICLE unit will result in a critical wound on an unmodified wound roll of 4+, while an attack made with an [ANTI-PSYKER 2+] weapon against a PSYKER unit will result in a critical wound on an unmodified wound roll of 2+.
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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.
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).
[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.
MANOEUVRE AND FIRE
1CP
Lions of the Emperor – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
The Adeptus Custodes are unrelenting in their advance, laying down punishing fire even as they manoeuvre to new positions.
WHEN: Your Movement phase, just after an ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army Falls Back.
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: 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.
DEFIANT TO THE LAST
1CP
Lions of the Emperor – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
The harder the battle, and the heavier their losses, the more resolute the Lions of the Emperor become.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
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 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.
PEERLESS WARRIOR
1CP
Lions of the Emperor – Battle Tactic Stratagem
With every strike, the Lions of the Emperor prove themselves the masters of single combat, even when engaging the mightiest foes.
WHEN: Fight phase.
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 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.
MULTIPOTENTIALITY
1CP
Shield Host – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
So widely skilled and studied are the Custodians that, whatever situation they find themselves in, they have the martial wisdom to prevail.
WHEN: Your Movement phase.
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 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.
PUNISHMENT INESCAPABLE
1CP
Solar Spearhead – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
The Ten Thousand are relentless in pursuing the Emperor’s foes and thorough in their annihilation. No armour, sorcery or hiding place can shield an enemy from their wrath.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
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.
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.
EMPEROR’S VENGEANCE
1CP
Solar Spearhead – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Even as death’s cold embrace falls upon them, Custodians vent the last of their wrath upon the foe.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
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: 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.
WRATHFUL ADVANCE
1CP
Solar Spearhead – Battle Tactic Stratagem
The golden-armoured onslaught smashes through the enemy line, trapping the foe and preventing their escape.
WHEN: Fight phase, just before an ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army Piles In.
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: 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".
HUNT AS ONE
1CP
Talons Of The Emperor – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Custodians and Null Maidens cover one another seamlessly as they manoeuvre to corner their prey.
WHEN: Start of your Movement phase.
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 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.
TALONED PINCER
1CP
Talons Of The Emperor – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Every move the enemy makes only sees them fall.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Movement phase, just after an enemy unit ends a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move.
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: 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.
EMPYRIC SEVERANCE
1CP
Talons Of The Emperor – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Null Maidens quash the manifestations of witches.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
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: 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.
EMPEROR’S EXECUTIONERS
2CP
Talons Of The Emperor – Battle Tactic Stratagem
The Talons of the Emperor tear apart their prey.
WHEN: Start of the Fight phase.
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.
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.
Solar Spearhead Detachment
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.
Solar Spearhead 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 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.
LEADER24.22 / SUPPORT24.23
Mighty heroes fight at the forefront of battle.
Before the battle, in the Muster Armies step, for each leader and support unit in your army, you can select one friendly bodyguard unit that unit can lead. That unit will then lead that bodyguard unit for the battle and form an attached unit with it.Unless otherwise stated, each bodyguard unit can only have one leader unit and one support unit attached to it.
SWIFT AS THE EAGLE
1CP
Lions of the Emperor – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Although every Custodian is devastatingly fast on the battlefield, with preternatural reactions to match, the Lions of the Emperor are outstanding even among their peers.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has shot.
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".
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".
TALONS INTERLOCKED
1CP
Talons Of The Emperor – Battle Tactic Stratagem
With practiced ease, the Talons of the Emperor establish vicious crossfires to cut the foe apart.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
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: 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.
SHIELD OF HONOUR
1CP
Talons Of The Emperor – Epic Deed Stratagem
It is second nature for Custodes to place themselves between their comrades and potential peril.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
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).
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).
Against All Odds
Lions of the Emperor Detachment
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.Solar Spearhead Detachment
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.
CORNERED PREY
1CP
Black Ship Guardians – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Once they have their quarry trapped within a section of the voidship, the Silent Sisters relentlessly run them to ground.
WHEN: Your Movement phase, just after an ANATHEMA PSYKANA unit from your army Falls Back.
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: 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.
FOCUSED FEAR
1CP
Black Ship Guardians – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Fighting in the confines of a voidship heightens the fearful aura of the Sisters of Silence, fouling their foes'aim and weakening their sword arms.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
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: 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.
BLADES OF THE VIGILATORS
1CP
Black Ship Guardians – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Though intended for lopping the heads from witches, the Vigilators' long blades also allow for skilful parrying of incoming attacks.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
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 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.
DESPERATION’S PRICE
1CP
Null Maiden Vigil – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
To overcome the Null Maidens’ aura, enemy psykers overstretch themselves with horrible consequences.
WHEN: Any phase, just after an enemy PSYKER unit has either finished using a Psychic ability that targets a unit, or finished making Psychic Attacks.
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 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.
WITCH HUNTERS
1CP
Null Maiden Vigil – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Null Maidens train to slay psykers with swift martial efficiency, for they know their prey have many weapons beyond just their powers and must not be allowed time or opportunity to employ them.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase.
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 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.
PSYCHIC ABOMINATIONS
1CP
Null Maiden Vigil – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Enemies must overcome disorienting waves of revulsion in order to even focus upon Null Maidens.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
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".
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".
Creeping Dread (Aura)
Null Maiden Vigil Detachment
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.
Priority Quarry
Black Ship Guardians Detachment
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.Skin-Crawling Disorientation
Silent Hunters Detachment
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:
Ceaseless Vigilance: In your Shooting phase, this unit can select one visible enemy unit within 12". That enemy unit is nulled:
- While a unit is nulled, that unit has +3" detection range.
Silent Hunters Detachment
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.
- This unit has EXPLOSIVES.
- When you target this unit with the Explosives stratagem, if you select an enemy PSYKER unit, you can re-roll rolls to determine whether that enemy unit suffers a mortal wound.
Silent Hunters Detachment
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.
SCOUTS24.31
Scouts form the vanguard of many armies. Unnoticed by the enemy, they range ahead of the main force.
This ability always takes the form Scouts X". In the Resolve Pre-battle Abilities step, if every model in a unit has this ability, you can do one of the following:- If that unit is in strategic reserves, you can set up that unit anywhere that is wholly within your deployment zone.
- If that unit is wholly within your deployment zone, it can make a scout move (see below).
- If that unit is embarked within a DEDICATED TRANSPORT that is wholly within your deployment zone, and if every model embarked within that DEDICATED TRANSPORT has the Scouts ability, that DEDICATED TRANSPORT can make a scout move.
SCOUT MOVE24.32
MAXIMUM DISTANCE: The X" in Scouts X".
ELIGIBLE IF: It is the Resolve Pre-battle Abilities step, and your unit is wholly within your deployment zone.EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
AFTER MOVING: Your unit must be more than 8" horizontally from all enemy units.
LEADER24.22
Mighty heroes fight at the forefront of battle.
Before the battle, in the Muster Armies step, for each leader and support unit in your army, you can select one friendly bodyguard unit that unit can lead. That unit will then lead that bodyguard unit for the battle and form an attached unit with it.Unless otherwise stated, each bodyguard unit can only have one leader unit and one support unit attached to it.
SLAYER OF CHAMPIONS
1CP
Auric Champions – Epic Deed Stratagem
Whatfoe can withstand a warrior who has so tested the defences of the Throneworld itself?
WHEN: Any phase.
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: 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.
SUPERHUMAN RESERVES
2CP
Auric Champions – Epic Deed Stratagem
With practiced ease, the Talons of the Emperor establish vicious crossfires to cut the foe apart.
WHEN: Any phase, just after an ADEPTUS CUSTODES WARLORD model from your army has used an ability on its datasheet or from an Enhancement that says it can only be used Once per battle.
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: 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.
SHOULDER THE MANTLE
1CP
Auric Champions – Epic Deed Stratagem
The greatest Custodians know when it is both their duty and their right to command their comrades.
WHEN: Your Movement phase, before the Reinforcements step.
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.
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.
THE EMPEROR’S AUSPICE
1CP
Auric Champions – Epic Deed Stratagem
In an age plagued by monsters, when primordial horrors from the darkest void circle Humanity's dying light, still the Adeptus Custodes stand strong.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
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: 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.
EARNING OF A NAME
1CP
Auric Champions – Epic Deed Stratagem
To lay low the greatest and most terrible monsters and heretics is to earn new names for a Custodian's mighty tally.
WHEN: Fight phase.
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: 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.
VIGIL UNENDING
2CP
Auric Champions – Epic Deed Stratagem
The Custodes do not yield while their duty remains unfulfilled.
WHEN: Fight phase.
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 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.
BATTLEFIELD COMMAND
1CP
Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
The commander's authoritative tone cuts through the din of battle, guiding the actions of nearby troops.
WHEN: Start or end of any phase.
TARGET: One Leader unit from your army and one friendly Bodyguard unit within 6" of it that it could normally be attached to.
EFFECT: Select one of your Leader unit’s Leader abilities. Until the start of your next Command phase, that Bodyguard unit is treated as being led by that Leader unit for the purposes of that Leader ability.
RESTRICTIONS: Once you target a unit with this Stratagem, that unit cannot be targeted with it again until your next Command phase.
TARGET: One Leader unit from your army and one friendly Bodyguard unit within 6" of it that it could normally be attached to.
EFFECT: Select one of your Leader unit’s Leader abilities. Until the start of your next Command phase, that Bodyguard unit is treated as being led by that Leader unit for the purposes of that Leader ability.
RESTRICTIONS: Once you target a unit with this Stratagem, that unit cannot be targeted with it again until your next Command phase.
GILDED CHAMPION
1CP
Lions of the Emperor – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
The shining champions of the Adeptus Custodes are looked upon in awe by all who witness their grim arts. Their judgement is without flaw, and their tactical acumen utterly impeccable.
WHEN: Any phase, just after an ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTER model from your army has used an ability on its datasheet that states it can only be used ‘once per battle’.
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: 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.
Lions of the Emperor Detachment
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.
Lions of the Emperor Detachment
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.
Talons Of The Emperor Detachment
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.
Talons Of The Emperor Detachment
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.
Talons Of The Emperor Detachment
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".
Auric Champions Detachment
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.
Auric Champions Detachment
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.
Auric Champions Detachment
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.
Auric Champions Detachment
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".
Null Maiden Vigil Detachment
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.
Null Maiden Vigil Detachment
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.
Null Maiden Vigil Detachment
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.
Null Maiden Vigil Detachment
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.
Black Ship Guardians Detachment
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.
Black Ship Guardians Detachment
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.