Adeptus Mechanicus – Tech-priest Dominus
RANGED WEAPONS | RANGE | A | BS | S | AP | D | |
| Eradication ray – dissipated | |||||||
| Eradication ray – dissipated | 24" | D3 | 3+ | 6 | -1 | 1 | |
| Eradication ray – focused | |||||||
| Eradication ray – focused | 12" | D3 | 3+ | 6 | -2 | 2 | |
| Macrostubber pistol | |||||||
| Macrostubber pistol | 12" | 5 | 3+ | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Phosphor serpenta ignores cover pistol | |||||||
| Phosphor serpenta ignores cover pistol | 18" | 1 | 3+ | 5 | -1 | 2 | |
| Volkite blaster devastating wounds | |||||||
| Volkite blaster devastating wounds | 24" | 3 | 3+ | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
MELEE WEAPONS | RANGE | A | WS | S | AP | D | |
| Omnissian axe | |||||||
| Omnissian axe | Melee | 4 | 3+ | 6 | -2 | 2 | |
WARGEAR OPTIONS
- This model’s macrostubber can be replaced with 1 phosphor serpenta.
- This model’s volkite blaster can be replaced with 1 eradication ray.
ABILITIES
CORE: Leader
FACTION: Doctrina Imperatives
Lord of the Machine Cult: While this model is leading a unit, models in that unit have the Feel No Pain 5+ ability. If that unit has the ELECTRO-PRIESTS keyword, models in that unit have the Feel No Pain 4+ ability instead.Data-spike: At the start of the Fight phase, you can select one enemy VEHICLE unit within Engagement Range of this model’s unit and roll one D6: on a 4+, that enemy unit suffers D6 mortal wounds and, until the end of the phase, the Weapon Skill characteristic of melee weapons equipped by that enemy unit is worsened by 1.
UNIT COMPOSITION
- 1 Tech-Priest Dominus
| YOUR UNIT COSTS | |
| 1 model | 60 |
LEADER
KEYWORDS: IMPERIUM; INFANTRY; CHARACTER; CULT MECHANICUS; TECH-PRIEST; DOMINUS
FACTION KEYWORDS:
ADEPTUS MECHANICUS
ADEPTUS MECHANICUS
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
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
DEFECT SCRUTINY
1CP
Cohort Acquisitus Stratagem
INCANTATION OF THE IRON SOUL
1CP
Data-Psalm Conclave – Battle Tactic
TRIBUTE OF EMPHATIC VENERATION
1CP
Data-Psalm Conclave – Strategic Ploy
LITANY OF THE ELECTROMANCER
1CP
Data-Psalm Conclave – Strategic Ploy
LUMINESCENT BLESSING
1CP
Data-Psalm Conclave – Battle Tactic
CHANT OF THE REMORSELESS FIST
1CP
Data-Psalm Conclave – Battle Tactic
VERSE OF VENGEANCE
1CP
Data-Psalm Conclave – Strategic Ploy
BALLISTIC SYNCHRONY
1CP
Electromartyrs – Battle Tactic
OMNI-TARGETERS
1CP
Electromartyrs – Battle Tactic
SAVIOUR SYSTEMS
1CP
Electromartyrs – Battle Tactic
AUTO-VENGEANCE
1CP
Electromartyrs – Strategic Ploy
UNRELENTING AGGRESSION
1CP
Eradication Cohort – Strategic Ploy
SERVO‑DRIVEN CHARGE
1CP
Eradication Cohort – Wargear
CACHED ACQUISITION
1CP
Explorator Maniple – Epic Deed
INFOSLAVE SKULL
1CP
Explorator Maniple – Wargear
INCENSE EXHAUSTS
1CP
Explorator Maniple – Wargear
REACTIVE SAFEGUARD
1CP
Explorator Maniple – Strategic Ploy
PRIORITY RECLAMATION
1CP
Explorator Maniple – Battle Tactic
GUIDED RETREAT
1CP
Haloscreed Battle Clade – Strategic Ploy
NEURAL OVERLOAD
1CP
Haloscreed Battle Clade – Strategic Ploy
ANALYTICAL DIVINATION
1CP
Haloscreed Battle Clade – Strategic Ploy
ERADICATION PROTOCOLS
1CP
Haloscreed Battle Clade – Battle Tactic
TARGETING OVERRIDE
1CP
Haloscreed Battle Clade – Battle Tactic
OVERLOADED SAFEGUARDS
1CP
Lords of the Forge Stratagem
SCRIPTURAL PROGNOSIS
1CP
Lords of the Forge Stratagem
HOLY AVARICE
1CP
Lords of the Forge Stratagem
TETHER-TENDRILS
1CP
Machine Cult – Strategic Ploy
OMNISSIAH’S GUIDANCE
1CP
Machine Cult – Battle Tactic
EXTINCTION ORDER
1CP
Rad-Zone Corps – Strategic Ploy
LETHAL DOSAGE
1CP
Rad-Zone Corps – Wargear
PRE-CALIBRATED PURGE SOLUTION
1CP
Rad-Zone Corps – Battle Tactic
BALEFUL HALO
2CP
Rad-Zone Corps – Battle Tactic
DETACHMENT ABILITY
Rad-bombardment
Noospheric Transference
Benedictions Of The Omnissiah
Acquisition At Any Cost
Overload Machine Spirits
Canticles of the Omnissiah
War-Form Mantles
ENHANCEMENTS
Autoclavic Denunciation
15
Malphonic Susurrus
20
Peerless Eradicator
20
Radial Suffusion
25
Sanctified Ordnance
10
Inloaded Lethality
15
Cognitive Reinforcement
30
Mantle of the Gnosticarch
10
Data-blessed Autosermon
15
Temporcopia
20
Mechanicus Locum
5
Artisan
10
Magos
10
Logis
15
Genetor
20
Emotionless Clarity
10
Lord of Machines
15
Necromechanic
20
Arch-negator
5
Multi-dimensional Auspex
Remote Lockdown
Beseech the Machine Spirits
Harmonic Discordator
Martial Signatum Amplificator
15
Belicosa-Class Capacitor Vanes
25
TL-4Ø9
30
Electromiasmic Brazier
10
Voltagheist Reliquary
15
Errata
Belisarius Cawl, Corpuscarii Electro-Priests, Cybernetica Datasmith, Fulgurite Electro-Priests, Kastelan Robots, Tech-Priest Dominus, Tech-Priest Enginseer, Tech-Priest Manipulus, Technoarcheologist - Faction Abilities section
Add ‘Doctrina Imperatives’.
The LEGIO CYBERNETICA keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:
Vehicle Character
Walker
The ADEPTUS MECHANICUS and VEHICLE keywords are used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:
Vehicle Character
Transport
Vehicle
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. |
13.01 Placing Terrain
Before the battle, place a selection of terrain features on the battlefield using one or more of the following methods:- Place a well-defined boundary (such as a base or mat) in each location you want to furnish with terrain, then place one or more terrain features wholly within that boundary.
- Place one terrain feature directly on the battlefield.
- Place two or more terrain features directly on the battlefield in such a way that together they define the boundary of an area.
In each case, the area of the battlefield occupied by that boundary or terrain feature is known as a terrain area. A mission’s deployment map may define the location and dimensions of each terrain area. Otherwise, players must agree on this before the battle.
FAQ
| Q: | Are models that are within the boundary of a terrain area, but not on the ground floor of a terrain area (e.g. overhanging parts of FRAME VEHICLES or models on terrain features that are within that terrain area) within that terrain area? |
| A: | Yes |
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.
FAQ
| Q: | When my unit shoots at another unit, how does it work if some models in the target unit are fully visible to some models in my unit, while others are within a terrain area/not fully visible? |
| A: | For each attacking model in your unit, determine whether the target unit has the benefit of cover, as described in Terrain and Visibility. In this scenario, the target unit will likely have the benefit of cover against some of the attacking models, but not all. This means that, in an example unit where all attacking models are using the same weapon, when you get to the Resolve Attacks step of the Attack Sequence, you will collect dice for attacks made by models against which the target unit has the benefit of cover separately from the dice for attacks made by models against which the target unit does not have the benefit of cover. |
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).[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].
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.
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. |
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 |
[HEAVY]24.16
Heavy weapons are amongst the biggest guns on the battlefield, but require bracing to fire at full effect.
In your Shooting phase, each time an attack is made with a [HEAVY] weapon, add 1 to the hit roll if all of the following apply to the attacking unit:- That unit is unengaged.
- That unit was not set up on the battlefield this turn.
- No model in that unit has moved more than 3" this turn.
The BATTLELINE keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:
Protector Imperative
- Ranged weapons equipped by models in this unit have the [HEAVY] ability.
- Improve the Ballistic Skill characteristic of ranged weapons equipped by models in this unit by 1.
- Each time a melee attack targets this unit, if this unit has the BATTLELINE keyword and/or it is within 6" of one or more friendly ADEPTUS MECHANICUS BATTLELINE units, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
The ADEPTUS MECHANICUS keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:
Infantry Epic Hero
Infantry Character
Vehicle Character
Infantry
Transport
Vehicle
The CHARACTER keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:
Infantry Epic Hero
Infantry Character
Vehicle Character
The CULT MECHANICUS keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:
Infantry Epic Hero
The ELECTRO-PRIESTS keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:
The IMPERIUM keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:
Infantry Epic Hero
Infantry Character
Vehicle Character
Infantry
Transport
Vehicle
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:
Infantry Epic Hero
Infantry Character
The KATAPHRON keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:
The SKITARII keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:
Dedicated Transports
Infantry
Transport
Vehicle
The SMOKE keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:
Dedicated Transports
Vehicle
The TECH-PRIEST keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:
Vehicle Character
Infantry
The TRANSPORT keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:
Transport
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.
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).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). |
Rad-bombardment
Rad-Zone Corps Detachment
Whether as a result of natural phenomena, apocalyptic internecine strife or calamitous accidents, many forge worlds are heavily irradiated. When holy wars of requisition are unleashed, the Tech-Priests think nothing of turning this invisible curse upon their foes, bombarding the battlefield with deadly radiation prior to an assault.
BATTLE ROUND
BOMBARDMENT1
At the start of the first battle round, for each enemy unit within your opponent’s deployment zone, your opponent must decide whether that unit will take cover or stand firm. You then roll one D6 for each of those enemy units and apply the relevant result below:
- Unit Standing Firm: On a 3+, that unit suffers D3 mortal wounds.
- Unit Taking Cover: That unit is battle-shocked. On a 5+, that unit suffers D3 mortal wounds
BATTLE ROUND ONWARDS
FALLOUT2
At the start of your Command phase during the second, third, fourth and fifth battle rounds, roll one D6 for each enemy unit within your opponent’s deployment zone. On a 3+, that unit suffers 1 mortal wound and must take a Battle-shock test.
Errata
Rad-Zone Corps Detachment
Rad-bombardment Detachment Rule, Battle Round 1 Section, Unit Taking Cover Section
Change to:
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Change to:
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- That unit is battle-shocked.
- On a 5+, that unit suffers D3 mortal wounds.’
[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).
[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
[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+.
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 |
Conqueror Imperative
- Ranged weapons equipped by models in this unit have the [ASSAULT] ability.
- Improve the Weapon Skill characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in this unit by 1.
- Each time a model in this unit makes an attack, if this unit has the BATTLELINE keyword and/or it is within 6" of one or more friendly ADEPTUS MECHANICUS BATTLELINE units, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
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.
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.The datasheets using TECH-PRIEST keyword can be found in the following Factions:
Imperium: Adeptus Mechanicus, Imperial Knights.The TECH-PRIEST keyword is used in the following datasheets:
Vehicle Character
Infantry
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).
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. |
[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.06.03 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).
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.
The ADEPTUS MECHANICUS and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:
Infantry Epic Hero
Infantry Character
01.02.04 Not On The Battlefield
A unit that is embarked within a TRANSPORT or that is in strategic reserves is not on the battlefield. The following applies to such units:- That unit is not visible to any other units (units are visible to themselves).
- Any other unit is not visible to that unit.
- Players cannot measure distances to or from that unit (units are within range of their own abilities).
This means units not on the battlefield cannot be selected or targeted by any attack or rule that requires a unit to be visible or within a certain distance (other than their own abilities).
Such units can still use their other rules, and are still units in the controlling player’s army and so can be affected by rules that require a player to select a unit from an army, as well as rules that affect all units in an army.
The controlling player must make battle-shock rolls for units that are not on the battlefield in their Command phase if they are battle-shocked, or if they are at or below half-strength.
[ONE SHOT]24.26
Some weapons are so rare, or so complex and slow to reload, that they can only be used once.
Each weapon with this ability can only be selected to make attacks with once per battle.If a destroyed model is returned to a unit, all of its [ONE SHOT] weapons that have already been selected to make attacks with during the battle cannot be selected to make attacks with again.
If a new unit is added to an army, all [ONE SHOT] weapons in that unit can be selected to make attacks with once per battle.
FIRING DECK24.14
Some transports have dedicated platforms or firing ports from which embarked passengers can lay down a withering hail of munitions.
This ability always takes the form Firing Deck X. In your Shooting phase, each time this TRANSPORT is selected to shoot, if one or more units are embarked within it, resolve the following sequence:- Select up to X models embarked within this TRANSPORT (excluding models whose units have already been selected to shoot this phase).
- For each selected model, select one of its ranged weapons (excluding [ONE SHOT] weapons).
- Until this TRANSPORT has resolved all of its attacks, it has all of those selected weapons in addition to its other weapons.
- Until the end of the turn, units embarked within this TRANSPORT are not eligible to shoot.
18.02 Embarking
Once the first battle round has started, a friendly unit can embark within a friendly TRANSPORT model after making a normal, advance or fall-back move, if all of the following conditions apply:- Each model in that unit is within 3" of that TRANSPORT.
- That unit was not set up on the battlefield this turn.
- That unit is eligible to embark within that TRANSPORT, as described on that TRANSPORT’s datasheet.
- That TRANSPORT has sufficient remaining transport capacity for each model in that unit.
When a unit embarks, the active player removes that unit from the battlefield and places it to one side – it is now embarked within that TRANSPORT and is not on the battlefield.
SEE ALSO
- Not on the Battlefield 01.02.04
FAQ
| Q: | Do a unit's abilities continue to function while they are embarked within a TRANSPORT? |
| A: | Yes, within the restrictions specified by the ability itself. Embarked units are Not On The Battlefield (01.02.04), so any ability requiring visibility or measurement to another unit will fail. Example: Azrael is attached to an Intercessor Squad unit and embarked within a TRANSPORT, and that TRANSPORT is making a shooting attack using the Firing Deck ability. While Azrael’s Supreme Grand Master ability is still technically active, it will have no effect, as the requirements of the ability are not met (the ability affects ‘weapons equipped by models’ in Azrael’s unit, and for the purposes of Firing Deck, the TRANSPORT itself is equipped with those weapons instead). |
18.01 Transport Capacity
TRANSPORT models have a transport capacity listed on their datasheet. This determines the type and maximum number of friendly models that are eligible to embark within them. More than one unit can be embarked within the same TRANSPORT model at the same time, provided it has sufficient transport capacity.Before the battle, in the Declare Battle Formations step, your units can start embarked within any friendly TRANSPORT model that has sufficient transport capacity remaining for the whole unit.
A friendly unit must be embarked within each friendly DEDICATED TRANSPORT model. At the end of this step, each friendly DEDICATED TRANSPORT model without an embarked unit is destroyed, but they do not trigger rules that are triggered when a model is destroyed.
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.
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").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).The ADEPTUS MECHANICUS and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:
Infantry Epic Hero
Infantry Character
Vehicle Character
[LANCE]24.21
With the momentum of a warrior at full-tilt, lance weapons are deadly on the charge.
Each time an attack is made with a [LANCE] weapon, if the attacking model’s unit made a charge move this turn, add 1 to the wound roll.[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.Noospheric Transference
Haloscreed Battle Clade Detachment
Tech-Priests can override the will of their thralls and project martial data inloads into the minds of their warriors, blessing the soldiery with endless streams of precisely tailored binharic code.
In your Command phase, select one or more ADEPTUS MECHANICUS units from your army (including units that are embarked within TRANSPORTS). The maximum number of units you can select depends on the battle size, as follows:
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Until the start of your next Command phase, those units gain the HALO OVERRIDE keyword. Then, select one of the Override abilities below. Until the start of your next Command phase, units from your army with the HALO OVERRIDE keyword have the selected Override ability:
Electromotive Energisation
Add 2" to the Move characteristic of models in this unit.
Microactuator Bracing
Add 1 to the Toughness characteristic of models in this unit.
Predation Protocols
This unit is eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced.
Muted Servomotors
Models in this unit have the Stealth ability.
The RECON AUGURY keyword is used in the following Adeptus Mechanicus datasheets:
Battleline
Before selecting targets for this weapon, select one of its profiles to make attacks with.
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.
[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).
CLOSE-QUARTERS SHOOTING10.06
ELIGIBLE IF: All of the following apply to your unit:
WHILE SHOOTING: Models in your unit can target enemy units your unit is engaged with.
- Engaged and did not make an advance move this turn.
- Has one or more [CLOSE-QUARTERS] weapons or is a MONSTER/VEHICLE unit.
WHILE SHOOTING: Models in your unit can target enemy units your unit is engaged with.
- MONSTER/VEHICLE Models: Each time a MONSTER/VEHICLE model in your unit makes an attack:
- Unless that attack is made with a [CLOSE-QUARTERS] weapon and targets a unit your unit is engaged with, subtract 1 from the hit roll.
- If that attack is made with a [BLAST] weapon, it still cannot target a unit your unit is engaged with.
- Non-MONSTER/Non-VEHICLE Models: You can only select [CLOSE-QUARTERS] weapons to make attacks with and you can only select enemy units that are engaged with your unit as targets.
[CLOSE-QUARTERS]24.07
Weapons designed for close-quarters fighting can be wielded effectively even in the press of melee combat.
Units containing one or more models with a [CLOSE-QUARTERS] weapon can shoot using close-quarters shooting (10.06).When using another shooting type, for each model in that unit (excluding MONSTER/VEHICLE models), you can only select one of the following to make attacks with:
- One or more of its [CLOSE-QUARTERS] weapons.
- One or more of its other ranged weapons.
[PISTOL]24.27
Pistols can be wielded even at point-blank range.
[PISTOL] and [CLOSE-QUARTERS] are identical for all rules purposes. See [CLOSE-QUARTERS].Designer’s Note: [PISTOL] is a pre-existing ability that will be superseded by [CLOSE-QUARTERS] as this edition of Warhammer 40,000 progresses. Both are functionally the same, but the latter is a more suitable term for weapons that function in this way.
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.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.
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.
Doctrina Imperatives
An Adeptus Mechanicus army marching to war is a sight both terrifying and glorious, each holy warrior a disturbing fusion of Human and machine. While the ruling Tech-Priests and their fanatical followers raise modified voices in praise of the Machine God, their Skitarii soldiery and Servitor creations are controlled by doctrina imperatives loaded by their masters to augment and adapt the warriors’ abilities.
At the start of the battle round, you can select one of the Doctrina Imperatives below. Until the end of the battle round, that Doctrina Imperative is active for your army, and all units from your army that have the Doctrina Imperatives ability gain the relevant abilities shown below.Protector Imperative
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Conqueror Imperative
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Errata
Doctrina Imperatives
Change Protector Imperative to:
Change Conqueror Imperative to:
- ‘Ranged weapons equipped by models in this unit have the [HEAVY] ability
- Improve the Ballistic Skill characteristic of ranged weapons equipped by models in this unit by 1.
- Each time a melee attack targets this unit, if this unit has the BATTLELINE keyword and/or it is within 6" of one or more friendly ADEPTUS MECHANICUS BATTLELINE units, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.’
Change Conqueror Imperative to:
- ‘Ranged weapons equipped by models in this unit have the [ASSAULT] ability.
- Improve the Weapon Skill characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in this unit by 1.
- Each time a model in this unit makes an attack, if this unit has the BATTLELINE keyword and/or it is within 6" of one or more friendly ADEPTUS MECHANICUS BATTLELINE units, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.’
01.05.05 Roll Off
Some rules instruct players to roll off.- To do so, both players roll one D6, and whoever rolls highest wins the roll-off.
- If there is a tie for the highest roll, roll off again.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
DEFECT SCRUTINY
1CP
Cohort Acquisitus Stratagem
By focusing implanted augurs with split‑second analysis, the foe’s flaws can be exposed and broadcast in a clarion call to the rest of the Omnissiah’s faithful.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit is selected to shoot.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit.
EFFECT: Select one visible enemy unit within 12" of a friendly RECON AUGURY unit. Your unit’s ranged attacks that target that enemy unit have [IGNORES COVER].
TARGET: That ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit.
EFFECT: Select one visible enemy unit within 12" of a friendly RECON AUGURY unit. Your unit’s ranged attacks that target that enemy unit have [IGNORES COVER].
INCANTATION OF THE IRON SOUL
1CP
Data-Psalm Conclave – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Raising their voices in binharic praise, the Machine God's disciples bolster their spirits - as well as those that inhabit their augmentations - with iron surety.
WHEN: Any phase, just after you allocate a mortal wound to a CULT MECHANICUS model from your army.
TARGET: That CULT MECHANICUS model’s unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, CULT MECHANICUS models in your unit have the Feel No Pain 4+ ability against mortal wounds.
TARGET: That CULT MECHANICUS model’s unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, CULT MECHANICUS models in your unit have the Feel No Pain 4+ ability against mortal wounds.
TRIBUTE OF EMPHATIC VENERATION
1CP
Data-Psalm Conclave – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
A cacophonous chorale pours from the emitters and augmented throats of the Cult Mechanicus’ faithful, venerating the Omnissiah in deafening and disconcerting frequencies of praise.
WHEN: Start of your Movement phase.
TARGET: One CULT MECHANICUS unit from your army and one enemy unit within 18" of it.
EFFECT: That enemy unit must take a Battle-shock test. If that test is failed, until the start of your next Command phase, each time a model in that enemy unit makes an attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
TARGET: One CULT MECHANICUS unit from your army and one enemy unit within 18" of it.
EFFECT: That enemy unit must take a Battle-shock test. If that test is failed, until the start of your next Command phase, each time a model in that enemy unit makes an attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
LITANY OF THE ELECTROMANCER
1CP
Data-Psalm Conclave – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Summoning the spark of the Machine God's divinity that burns within them, the Omnissiah’s faithful manifest blazing auras of energy that lay low the unbeliever.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One CULT MECHANICUS unit from your army.
EFFECT: Roll one D6 for each enemy unit within 6" of one or more CULT MECHANICUS models in your unit, adding 1 to the result if that model is an ELECTRO-PRIEST. On a 5+, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds.
TARGET: One CULT MECHANICUS unit from your army.
EFFECT: Roll one D6 for each enemy unit within 6" of one or more CULT MECHANICUS models in your unit, adding 1 to the result if that model is an ELECTRO-PRIEST. On a 5+, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds.
LUMINESCENT BLESSING
1CP
Data-Psalm Conclave – Battle Tactic Stratagem
As the cohorts of the Omnissiah recite their dazzling consecration, energy is redirected to infuse masterwork bionics and even the lambent glow of protective fields ignites in a halo of divine defence.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One CULT MECHANICUS 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, CULT MECHANICUS models in your unit have a 4+ invulnerable save.
TARGET: One CULT MECHANICUS 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, CULT MECHANICUS models in your unit have a 4+ invulnerable save.
CHANT OF THE REMORSELESS FIST
1CP
Data-Psalm Conclave – Battle Tactic Stratagem
In spitting out a staccato chant to the Motive Force, the faithful warriors of the Cult Mechanicus are filled with merciless surety as well as intent.
WHEN: Fight phase.
TARGET: One CULT MECHANICUS unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a CULT MECHANICUS model in your unit makes a melee attack, add 1 to the Wound roll.
TARGET: One CULT MECHANICUS unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a CULT MECHANICUS model in your unit makes a melee attack, add 1 to the Wound roll.
VERSE OF VENGEANCE
1CP
Data-Psalm Conclave – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Rousing code in binharic duometer incites fury for the lost fragments of technological lore. In the grip of vengeance, the devoted extend their remaining functions for one last act of retribution.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One CULT MECHANICUS 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 CULT MECHANICUS model in your unit is destroyed, if that model has not fought this phase, roll one D6: on a 4+, do not remove it from play. The destroyed model can fight after the attacking model’s unit has finished making its attacks, and is then removed from play.
TARGET: One CULT MECHANICUS 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 CULT MECHANICUS model in your unit is destroyed, if that model has not fought this phase, roll one D6: on a 4+, do not remove it from play. The destroyed model can fight after the attacking model’s unit has finished making its attacks, and is then removed from play.
BALLISTIC SYNCHRONY
1CP
Electromartyrs – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Unified datachoristry sees the servants of the Omnissiah meld their firepower to perfection.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS 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 [LETHAL HITS] ability.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS 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 [LETHAL HITS] ability.
OMNI-TARGETERS
1CP
Electromartyrs – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Predictive gunnery subroutines take over, allowing greater reactions and accuracy at close range than any flesh-and-blood soldier could manage.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS 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 [PISTOL] ability. If one or more of those weapons already have this ability, then until the end of the phase, each time an attack is made with such a weapon that targets a unit within 6", add 1 to the Hit roll.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS 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 [PISTOL] ability. If one or more of those weapons already have this ability, then until the end of the phase, each time an attack is made with such a weapon that targets a unit within 6", add 1 to the Hit roll.
SAVIOUR SYSTEMS
1CP
Electromartyrs – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Many warriors of the Adeptus Mechanicus have defensive measures suited to close-quarters battle built into their flesh-and-metal frames.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit from your army (excluding KATAPHRON units) 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 ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit from your army (excluding KATAPHRON units) 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.
AUTO-VENGEANCE
1CP
Electromartyrs – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Inbuilt subroutines fire synapses and muscular fibre bundles, allowing dying warriors to strike out and take their killers with them.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS 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: on a 3+, do not remove it from play. That destroyed model can fight after the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, and is then removed from play.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS 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: on a 3+, do not remove it from play. That destroyed model can fight after the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, and is then removed from play.
UNRELENTING AGGRESSION
1CP
Eradication Cohort – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Even when retreating temporarily in the face of staunch resistance, the warriors of the Omnissiah keep up their storm of fire and violent blows.
WHEN: Your Movement phase, just after an ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit from your army Falls Back.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot in a turn in which it Fell Back. If your unit has the SKITARII keyword, your unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back instead.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot in a turn in which it Fell Back. If your unit has the SKITARII keyword, your unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back instead.
SERVO‑DRIVEN CHARGE
1CP
Eradication Cohort – Wargear Stratagem
Sending reckless surges of motive force through their units, these warriors charge headlong into combat with punishing impact.
WHEN: Fight phase.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS 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 [LANCE] ability.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS 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 [LANCE] ability.
CACHED ACQUISITION
1CP
Explorator Maniple – Epic Deed Stratagem
Death is irrelevant compared to the hallowed duty of securing the Omnissiah's knowledge for future retrieval.
WHEN: Any phase.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit from your army that was just destroyed while it was within range of an objective marker you controlled. You can use this Stratagem on that unit even though it was just destroyed.
EFFECT: That objective marker remains under your control, even if you have no models within range of it, until your opponent controls it at the start or end of any turn.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit from your army that was just destroyed while it was within range of an objective marker you controlled. You can use this Stratagem on that unit even though it was just destroyed.
EFFECT: That objective marker remains under your control, even if you have no models within range of it, until your opponent controls it at the start or end of any turn.
INFOSLAVE SKULL
1CP
Explorator Maniple – Wargear Stratagem
Mono-task infoslave skulls range ahead to assess potential sites that must be investigated.
WHEN: Your Command phase.
TARGET: One TECH-PRIEST model from your army and one objective marker within 24" of that model (excluding your Acquisition objective marker].
EFFECT: Until the start of your next Command phase, that objective marker is also considered to be one of your Acquisition objective markers for all rules purposes.
TARGET: One TECH-PRIEST model from your army and one objective marker within 24" of that model (excluding your Acquisition objective marker].
EFFECT: Until the start of your next Command phase, that objective marker is also considered to be one of your Acquisition objective markers for all rules purposes.
INCENSE EXHAUSTS
1CP
Explorator Maniple – Wargear Stratagem
The machine spirits of sanctified war engines can be entreated to release clouds of incense laced with radioactive particles, veiling the faithful from the foe.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS INFANTRY unit
from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks, and one friendly ADEPTUS MECHANICUS SMOKE unit within 6" of it.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, both of those units have the Stealth ability and the Benefit of Cover.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS INFANTRY unit
from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks, and one friendly ADEPTUS MECHANICUS SMOKE unit within 6" of it.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, both of those units have the Stealth ability and the Benefit of Cover.
REACTIVE SAFEGUARD
1CP
Explorator Maniple – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Holy data must be hoarded at all costs, and thickly armoured war engines offer swift and secure vaults.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Charge phase, just after an enemy unit has declared a charge.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS INFANTRY
unit from your army within range of your Acquisition objective marker that was selected as a target of that charge, and one friendly ADEPTUS MECHANICUS TRANSPORT.
EFFECT: Your unit can embark within that TRANSPORT.
RESTRICTIONS: Every model in your unit must be within 3" of that TRANSPORT and there must be sufficient transport capacity to embark the entire unit.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS INFANTRY
unit from your army within range of your Acquisition objective marker that was selected as a target of that charge, and one friendly ADEPTUS MECHANICUS TRANSPORT.
EFFECT: Your unit can embark within that TRANSPORT.
RESTRICTIONS: Every model in your unit must be within 3" of that TRANSPORT and there must be sufficient transport capacity to embark the entire unit.
PRIORITY RECLAMATION
1CP
Explorator Maniple – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Retrieval of the most sacred and ancient fragments of technology is embedded in loops of alpha-logic.
WHEN: Fight phase, just before an ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit from your army Consolidates.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a Consolidation move, it can move up to 6" instead of up to 3", provided your unit ends that Consolidation move within range of your Acquisition objective marker.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot target a unit with this Stratagem if it is within 3" of one or more enemy units.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a Consolidation move, it can move up to 6" instead of up to 3", provided your unit ends that Consolidation move within range of your Acquisition objective marker.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot target a unit with this Stratagem if it is within 3" of one or more enemy units.
GUIDED RETREAT
1CP
Haloscreed Battle Clade – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
From their distant strategium pulpit, the Tech-Priest commander’s guiding hand descends, seizing control of allied minds, steering their troops carefully away from harm whilst maintaining a hail of killing fire.
WHEN: Your Movement phase, just after an ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit from your army makes a Fall Back move.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS MECHANICUS 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, and, if it is a HALO OVERRIDE unit, you can re-roll Desperate Escape tests taken for it.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS MECHANICUS 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, and, if it is a HALO OVERRIDE unit, you can re-roll Desperate Escape tests taken for it.
NEURAL OVERLOAD
1CP
Haloscreed Battle Clade – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
By projecting their consciousness into the minds of tech thralls, a Tech-Priest may significantly enhance their warriors’ lethality. However, doing so risks overloading their combat units’ more limited neural networks. Such hazards are seen as an opportunity to give one’s life in the name of the Omnissiah.
WHEN: Your Movement phase.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit from your army.
EFFECT: If your unit is a HALO OVERRIDE unit, it suffers D3 mortal wounds. Select one Override ability. Until the start of your next Command phase, that ability is active for your unit.
Designer’s Note: This means that if the targeted unit already has the HALO OVERRIDE keyword, it can be affected by multiple Override abilities at the same time, but suffers mortal wounds to do so. Alternatively, if your unit does not have the HALO OVERRIDE keyword, it instead has the chosen Override ability until the start of your next Command phase, but does not benefit from any other Override abilities that are active.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit from your army.
EFFECT: If your unit is a HALO OVERRIDE unit, it suffers D3 mortal wounds. Select one Override ability. Until the start of your next Command phase, that ability is active for your unit.
Designer’s Note: This means that if the targeted unit already has the HALO OVERRIDE keyword, it can be affected by multiple Override abilities at the same time, but suffers mortal wounds to do so. Alternatively, if your unit does not have the HALO OVERRIDE keyword, it instead has the chosen Override ability until the start of your next Command phase, but does not benefit from any other Override abilities that are active.
ANALYTICAL DIVINATION
1CP
Haloscreed Battle Clade – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Tech-Priest commanders process an overwhelming influx of data screeds, analysing this information to read the flow of battle and coordinate the movements of their thralls.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Movement phase, just after an enemy unit ends a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS INFANTRY unit (excluding KATAPHRON units) from your army that is within 8" of that enemy unit and not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to D6", or up to 6" instead if it is a HALO OVERRIDE unit.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS INFANTRY unit (excluding KATAPHRON units) from your army that is within 8" of that enemy unit and not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to D6", or up to 6" instead if it is a HALO OVERRIDE unit.
Errata
Analytical Divination Stratagem, Target Section
Change 9" to: 8"
ERADICATION PROTOCOLS
1CP
Haloscreed Battle Clade – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Fresh imperatives flow down from on high. The orders are simple: eliminate the foe.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, re-roll a Wound roll of 1, and, if it is a HALO OVERRIDE unit, re-roll a Hit roll of 1.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, re-roll a Wound roll of 1, and, if it is a HALO OVERRIDE unit, re-roll a Hit roll of 1.
TARGETING OVERRIDE
1CP
Haloscreed Battle Clade – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Experienced Tech-Priests rapidly analyse the foe’s weaknesses and feed the resultant data to their soldiers, who exploit these flaws to destroy their targets.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, an unmodified Hit roll of 5+ scores a Critical Hit.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, an unmodified Hit roll of 5+ scores a Critical Hit.
OVERLOADED SAFEGUARDS
1CP
Lords of the Forge Stratagem
With a cascade of holy screed, implanted aggression protocols and biochemical triggers can be activated by a Tech-Priest to transmute a seeming rout into a predatory counterstrike.
WHEN: Your Movement phase, when a friendly TECH-PRIEST unit is selected to make a fall-back move.
TARGET: That TECH-PRIEST unit.
EFFECT: That move does not prevent your unit from being eligible to shoot/declare a charge.
TARGET: That TECH-PRIEST unit.
EFFECT: That move does not prevent your unit from being eligible to shoot/declare a charge.
SCRIPTURAL PROGNOSIS
1CP
Lords of the Forge Stratagem
Analysing data from thousands of sources at once, a disciple of the Omnissiah is able to rationalise the enemy’s capabilities and dispense protocols of endurance to their servants.
WHEN: In your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, when an enemy unit targets a friendly TECH-PRIEST unit that is within range of an objective.
TARGET: That TECH-PRIEST unit.
EFFECT: Attacks that target your unit have -1 AP until that enemy unit has attacked.
TARGET: That TECH-PRIEST unit.
EFFECT: Attacks that target your unit have -1 AP until that enemy unit has attacked.
HOLY AVARICE
1CP
Lords of the Forge Stratagem
When a miracle of technology is identified, a Tech-Priest will go to bloody lengths to retrieve it, simultaneously directing the acquisition of their prize and the dismantling of anyone who threatens it.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly TECH-PRIEST unit starts an action.
TARGET: That TECH-PRIEST unit.
EFFECT: That action does not prevent your unit from being eligible to shoot.
TARGET: That TECH-PRIEST unit.
EFFECT: That action does not prevent your unit from being eligible to shoot.
TETHER-TENDRILS
1CP
Machine Cult – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Weaponised mechadendrites burst from the rapturous faithful, ensnaring and electrocuting foes seeking to flee.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Movement phase, just after an enemy unit is selected to Fall Back.
TARGET: One TECH-PRIEST or ELECTRO-PRIESTS unit from your army that is within Engagement Range of that enemy unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, when that enemy unit Falls Back, models in it must take Desperate Escape tests as if their unit was Battle-shocked. When doing so, if that enemy unit is also Battle-shocked by other means, subtract 1 from each of those Desperate Escape tests.
TARGET: One TECH-PRIEST or ELECTRO-PRIESTS unit from your army that is within Engagement Range of that enemy unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, when that enemy unit Falls Back, models in it must take Desperate Escape tests as if their unit was Battle-shocked. When doing so, if that enemy unit is also Battle-shocked by other means, subtract 1 from each of those Desperate Escape tests.
OMNISSIAH’S GUIDANCE
1CP
Machine Cult – Battle Tactic Stratagem
By surrendering all control to the Omnissiah, the faithful are able to target their foes with near-omniscient accuracy.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, models in your unit can ignore other models in their unit for the purposes of determining visibility.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, models in your unit can ignore other models in their unit for the purposes of determining visibility.
EXTINCTION ORDER
1CP
Rad-Zone Corps – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
As Tech-Priests order the purge of an area of the battlefield, rad-bombardments are redoubled in the hopes of turning it into a wasteland.
WHEN: Your Command phase.
TARGET: One TECH-PRIEST model from your army and one objective marker within 24" of that model.
EFFECT: Roll one D6 for each enemy unit within range of that objective marker. On a 4+, that unit suffers 1 mortal wound and it must take a Battle-shock test.
TARGET: One TECH-PRIEST model from your army and one objective marker within 24" of that model.
EFFECT: Roll one D6 for each enemy unit within range of that objective marker. On a 4+, that unit suffers 1 mortal wound and it must take a Battle-shock test.
LETHAL DOSAGE
1CP
Rad-Zone Corps – Wargear Stratagem
Tri-fold sanctified power cells, fuel canisters and solid slugs have spent a decade in the most irradiated forge temple to certify their lethality.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS 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 [LETHAL HITS] ability.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS 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 [LETHAL HITS] ability.
PRE-CALIBRATED PURGE SOLUTION
1CP
Rad-Zone Corps – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Employing targeting data collated by a swarm of servo-skulls released over the enemy's battle lines, the Machine God’s faithful purge the foe stumbling amidst rad-scourged positions.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase. If that unit is BATTLELINE, you can also target one friendly SKITARII unit (excluding BATTLELINE units) within 6" of it.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in one of those units makes a ranged attack, if the target of that attack is within your opponent’s deployment zone, you can re-roll the Hit roll.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase. If that unit is BATTLELINE, you can also target one friendly SKITARII unit (excluding BATTLELINE units) within 6" of it.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in one of those units makes a ranged attack, if the target of that attack is within your opponent’s deployment zone, you can re-roll the Hit roll.
BALEFUL HALO
2CP
Rad-Zone Corps – Battle Tactic Stratagem
By briefly unshielding the most corrosive or irradiated components of their being, the warriors of a Rad-Zone Corps can exhale on isotopic fog, sapping the strength of those not inured to its effects.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit from your army (excluding Vehicle units) that was selected as the target of one or more of that enemy unit’s attacks. If that unit is BATTLELINE, you can also target one friendly SKITARII unit (excluding BATTLELINE units) within 6" of it.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, each time an attack is made that targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Wound roll.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit from your army (excluding Vehicle units) that was selected as the target of one or more of that enemy unit’s attacks. If that unit is BATTLELINE, you can also target one friendly SKITARII unit (excluding BATTLELINE units) within 6" of it.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, each time an attack is made that targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Wound roll.
Benedictions Of The Omnissiah
Data-Psalm Conclave Detachment
The Tech-Priests of the Omnissiah lead their disciples in a cortege of war. The buzz of static psalms chanted in synchronicity unites all in the stately eradication of the heretic and blasphemer.
At the start of the first battle round, select one of the following Benedictions of the Omnissiah to be active for CULT MECHANICUS units from your army until the end of the battle:Panegyric Procession
Each time a CULT MECHANICUS model from your army makes a ranged attack that targets a unit within half range, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
Citation in Savagery
Each time a CULT MECHANICUS unit from your army is selected to fight, if that unit made a Charge move this turn, until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Strength and Attacks characteristics of melee weapons equipped by models in that unit.
Acquisition At Any Cost
Explorator Maniple Detachment
In their eternal quest for the acquisition of knowledge and technology, Tech-Priests require superhuman efforts from the troops under their command.
At the start of your Command phase, select one objective marker. Until the start of your next Command phase, that objective marker is your Acquisition objective marker. Each time an ADEPTUS MECHANICUS model from your army makes an attack, if that model’s unit is within range of your Acquisition objective marker, or if the target of that attack is within range of your Acquisition objective marker, re-roll a Wound roll of 1.Overload Machine Spirits
Electromartyrs Detachment
In extremis, Tech-Magi will commit the lesser sin of goading lower-order machine spirits to devastating madness in order to protect greater prizes.
Each time an ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit from your army is selected to shoot, it can use this ability. If it does, until the end of the phase, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of ranged weapons equipped by models in that unit by 1 and those weapons have the [HAzARDOUS] ability.Canticles of the Omnissiah
Machine Cult Detachment
Chanting avidly in blaring binharic, the servants of the Omnissiah surge into battle as though possessed by wrathful datagheists.
Add 1 to Advance rolls, Charge rolls and Battle-shock tests taken for TECH-PRIEST and ELECTRO-PRIESTS units from your army.War-Form Mantles
Lords of the Forge Detachment
When battle looms, many Tech-Priests don their war forms, replacing more delicate mechanical appendages with steel-shod bionics that incorporate auto-repair subroutines. Some also outfit themselves with narrow-band screed casters. These project streams of incomprehensible code that overwhelm the cogitator cores of enemy vehicles and baffle augury.
Friendly TECH-PRIEST models have:- 4+ InSv.
- Feel No Pain 5+.
Baffling Data Screed: In your Shooting phase, when this unit is selected to shoot, if this unit is not battle-shocked, you can use this ability. If you do, roll one D6:
- On a 2+, select one enemy VEHICLE unit within 12" of this unit. That enemy unit makes a battle-shock roll, with -1 to that battle-shock roll. A unit cannot be selected for this ability more than once per turn.
- Or: On 2+, those ranged attacks do not prevent this unit from being hidden.
Rad-Zone Corps Detachment
This devotee harbours a fanatical hatred of the biological. They have learned the secret weaknesses inherent in all flesh and do not hesitate to exploit them.
ADEPTUS MECHANICUS model only. Ranged weapons equipped by the bearer have the [ANTI-INFANTRY 2+] and [ANTI-MONSTER 4+] abilities.
Rad-Zone Corps Detachment
This master of splintered choruses leads their followers in a projection of clashing frequencies. Scanners and sensoriums trained in their direction are befouled by the disruptive input.
ADEPTUS MECHANICUS model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, models in that unit have the Stealth ability.
Rad-Zone Corps Detachment
This perfectionist zealot directs their minions in the rapid and single-minded termination of all enemies of the Omnissiah.
ADEPTUS MECHANICUS model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, ranged weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability.
Rad-Zone Corps Detachment
By transmitting their precision battlefield observations, this servant of the Omnissiah ensures the saturation of the enemy position is a creeping curse, spreading a hazardous suffusion towards those foes seeking to outrun the vengeance of the Machine God.
ADEPTUS MECHANICUS model only. From the second battle round onwards, when resolving the Fallout effect of the Rad-bombardment Detachment rule, if the bearer is on the battlefield, roll one D6 for each enemy unit within 6" of your opponent’s deployment zone, in addition to those that are within your opponent’s deployment zone.
Haloscreed Battle Clade Detachment
The ammunition borne to battle by this disciple of the Machine God and those at their command has been subjected to ritual anointings and autosermonic blessings, lending it far greater stability.
ADEPTUS MECHANICUS model only. Add 6" to the range characteristic of ranged weapons equipped by models in the bearer’s unit and, each time a Hazardous test is taken for that unit, you can re-roll the result.
Haloscreed Battle Clade Detachment
The ancient noospheric receptors implanted into this field commander enable them to receive constant streams of binharic kill code and static prayer chants, lending them greater strength and martial prowess.
TECH-PRIEST DOMINUS or TECH-PRIEST MANIPULUS model only. Add 3 to the Attacks characteristic of the bearer’s melee weapons and add 1 to the Damage characteristic of the bearer’s melee weapons.
Haloscreed Battle Clade Detachment
From afar, the guiding hand of the Omnissian priesthood allows this warrior to process streams of sensory input and encoded imperatives simultaneously.
ADEPTUS MECHANICUS model only (excluding CYBERNETICA DATASMITH models). The Conqueror Imperative and Protector Imperative are both active for the bearer’s unit.
Data-Psalm Conclave Detachment
The toughened weave of this hooded robe includes hypo-ceramic threads, thermoplastics and terranic polymers that create a holy shroud capable of resisting the infernos of plasma reactors.
TECH-PRIEST model only. Each time an attack is allocated to the bearer, change the Damage characteristic of that attack to 1.
Data-Psalm Conclave Detachment
Struck with an infoload of revelation, truly blessed Tech-Priests will override the sacred canticles to deliver the Machine God’s adaptive wisdom.
TECH-PRIEST model only. Once per battle, at the start of your Command phase, you can select the Benediction of the Omnissiah you did not select at the start of the first battle round. Until the start of your next Command phase, that Benediction of the Omnissiah is active for the bearer’s unit in addition to the one that is currently active for your army.
Data-Psalm Conclave Detachment
The Temporcopia is a relic from the Dark Age of Technology that releases a swarm of nano-engineered machines. These invisible devices seek out nearby prey, briefly draining electro-chemical potential before their power expires. Enemy warriors slow and stumble, at the mercy of the Tech-Priest’s bodyguard.
TECH-PRIEST model only. The bearer’s unit has the Fights First ability.
Data-Psalm Conclave Detachment
Amongst every congregation of Tech-Priests are masters of arcane knowledge - inspirational leaders of the cybernetic and the mechanical.
TECH-PRIEST model only. The bearer has a Leadership characteristic of 6+ and, once per battle, at the start of any phase, you can select one friendly CULT MECHANICUS unit that is Battle-shocked and within 12" of the bearer. That unit is no longer Battle-shocked.
Explorator Maniple Detachment
Artisans create wondrous artefacts of war. They install circuits of such beauty, and capacitor-nodes of such fine calibration, that their machine spirits respond with divine gratitude.
TECH-PRIEST model only. While the bearer is leading a unit that is within range of your Acquisition objective marker, once per phase, you can change the result of one Hit roll, one Wound roll or one saving throw made for that unit to an unmodified 6.
Explorator Maniple Detachment
Magi are masters of fiercely guarded knowledge, pursuing esoteric agendas at all costs. No risk is too great and no gambit too unwise in their ceaseless and predatory acquisition of ancient lore.
TECH-PRIEST model only. At the end of your Command phase, if the bearer is within range of your Acquisition objective marker, roll one D6: on a 4+, you gain 1CP.
Explorator Maniple Detachment
Data-vores and biocogitators, logi amass huge stores of information. They analyse data from thousands of sources, rationalising every weak point the foe has. It is a fool indeed that stands before a logi and their prize.
TECH-PRIEST model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, each time a model in that unit makes an attack that targets a unit within range of your Acquisition objective marker, add 1 to the Hit roll.
Explorator Maniple Detachment
Cyborg interfaces, genetic manipulation and alchemical behavioural modification are all avenues of interest to Genetors, and their enhanced creations are formidable in protecting their master’s divine work.
TECH-PRIEST model only. While the bearer is leading a unit that is within range of your Acquisition objective marker, models in that unit have a 4+ invulnerable save.
Cohort Cybernetica Detachment
With a mind unsullied by the passions common to the flesh, a Tech-Priest can entreat the machine spirit of a dying war engine to enact one final triumph.
TECH-PRIEST model only. Once per turn, when a friendly LEGIO CYBERNETICA or ADEPTUS MECHANICUS VEHICLE model with the Deadly Demise ability that is within 12" of the bearer is destroyed, the bearer can use this Enhancement. If it does, do not roll to determine whether any mortal wounds are inflicted as a result of that model’s Deadly Demise ability. Instead, mortal wounds are automatically inflicted.
Cohort Cybernetica Detachment
An intense burst of viral static can overload those machine spirits yoked to the service of the enemy.
TECH-PRIEST model only. Once per turn, at the start of your opponent’s Shooting phase, select one enemy VEHICLE unit within 12" of and visible to the bearer. That unit must take a Leadership test: if that test is passed, until the end of the phase, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll; if that test is failed, that unit is not eligible to shoot this phase.
Cohort Cybernetica Detachment
The blessed healing of machinery is the sign of a true shepherd of the Omnissiah’s flock.
TECH-PRIEST model only. Once per battle round, when a saving throw made for a friendly LEGIO CYBERNETICA or ADEPTUS MECHANICUS VEHICLE model within 12" of the bearer is failed, the bearer can use this Enhancement. If they do, change the Damage characteristic of that attack to 0.
Electromartyrs Detachment
No physical barrier can deny the omniscient datasight of the Omnissiah and its blessed servants.
Once per battle, in your Shooting phase, when the bearer is selected to shoot, it can use this Enhancement. If it does, until the end of the phase, it can ignore Walls and closed Hatchways for the purposes of determining visibility, and the Range characteristic of ranged weapons it is equipped with is changed to 6".
Electromartyrs Detachment
The Tech-Priest noospherically harmonises with the machine spirit of a nearby hatchway and seeks to render it stubbornly uncompliant to the foe.
Once per battle round, when an enemy unit attempts to operate a Hatchway, if that Hatchway is within 9" of and visible to the bearer, it can use this Enhancement. If it does, it can attempt to prevent that unit from operating that Hatchway as if the bearer was within 1" of that Hatchway.
Machine Cult Detachment
With acts of electroflagellation, the faithful seek the aid of the vessels systems.
At the end of the Move Units step of your Movement phase, the bearer can attempt to operate a Hatchway that is visible to and within 9" of it, instead of one within 1". When doing so, if your opponent attempts to prevent it, add the bearers Toughness characteristic to your result of the roll-off, instead of that of a friendly model within 1" of that Hatchway.
Machine Cult Detachment
Voices cyber-modulated to hideously unsettling pitches, the faithful of the Omnissiah weaponise their hymnals.
In the Battle-shock step of your opponents Command phase, if an enemy unit that is below its Starting Strength is within 3" of the bearer, that unit must take a Battle-shock test. If that enemy unit is also Below Half-strength, subtract 1 from that test. This Enhancement cannot cause a unit to take two Battle-shock tests in the same phase.
Eradication Cohort Detachment
This strange device taps into the data-tethers that carry Skitarii command imperatives and disseminates them to other, less soldierly servants of the Omnissiah.
TECH-PRIEST model only. Models in the bearer’s unit have the SKITARII keyword.
Eradication Cohort Detachment
These slender conductor vanes channel esoteric energies into nearby weapon systems, rendering their machine spirits rapacious and bellicose.
ADEPTUS MECHANICUS model only. Add 6" to the Range characteristic of ranged weapons equipped by models in the bearer’s unit, and add 1 to the Strength characteristic of those weapons.
Lords of the Forge Detachment
This modest-seeming casket is named for the almost indecipherable sigils on its ancient casing. The prevailing theocratic dogma is that this artefact is a weapon, for when its iris shutter is opened, a nightblack beam of incredible power is released.
TECH-PRIEST model only. This model has the following weapon:RANGED WEAPONS | RANGE | A | BS | S | AP | D |
| TL-4Ø9 DEVASTATING WOUNDS HAZARDOUS | ||||||
| TL-4Ø9 DEVASTATING WOUNDS HAZARDOUS | 24" | 3 | 2+ | 11 | -2 | D3+2 |
Luminen Auto-choir Detachment
The wild voltagheists said to inhabit this holy casket are more aggressive and intrusive than those that guard the Electro-Priests, and surge in interfering pulses that scramble the foe’s sensors.
TECH-PRIEST model only. Enemy units cannot target this unit with snap shooting attacks
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