Astra Militarum – Shadowsword
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Shadowsword
(⌀Use model)
M
12"
T
13
SV
2+
W
24
LD
7+
OC
8
RANGED WEAPONS
RANGE
A
BS
S
AP
D
Lascannon
Lascannon
48"
1
4+
12
-3
D6+1
Twin heavy bolter sustained hits 1 twin-linked
Twin heavy bolter sustained hits 1 twin-linked
36"
3
4+
5
-1
2
Twin heavy flamer ignores cover torrent twin-linked
Twin heavy flamer ignores cover torrent twin-linked
12"
D6
N/A
5
-1
1
Volcano cannon blast heavy
Volcano cannon blast heavy
96"
D3+1
4+
24
-5
12
MELEE WEAPONS
RANGE
A
WS
S
AP
D
Armoured tracks
Armoured tracks
Melee
6
4+
8
0
1
WARGEAR OPTIONS
  • This model’s 2 twin heavy flamers can be replaced with 2 twin heavy bolters.
  • This model can be equipped with one of the following:
    • 2 lascannons and 2 twin heavy bolters
    • 2 lascannons and 2 twin heavy flamers

ABILITIES
CORE: Deadly Demise D6+2
Titan-killer: Each time this model makes a ranged attack with its volcano cannon that targets a MONSTER or VEHICLE unit, that attack has the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability.
UNIT COMPOSITION
  • 1 Shadowsword
This model is equipped with: 2 lascannons; twin heavy bolter; 2 twin heavy flamers; volcano cannon; armoured tracks.
YOUR 1ST UNIT COSTS
1 model
375
YOUR 2ND + UNIT COSTS
1 model
405
DAMAGED: 1-8 WOUNDS REMAINING
While this model has 1-8 wounds remaining, subtract 4 from its Objective Control characteristic and each time this model makes an attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
KEYWORDS: VEHICLE; SMOKE; TITANIC; IMPERIUM; FRAME; SHADOWSWORD
FACTION KEYWORDS:
ASTRA MILITARUM
STRATAGEMS
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Core
C
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Core
C
RAPID INGRESS
1CP
Core
C
SMOKESCREEN
1CP
Core
C
CRUSHING IMPACT
1CP
Core
C
COUNTEROFFENSIVE
2CP
Core
C
BURST OF SPEED
1CP
Armoured Infantry – Strategic Ploy
OPENING SALVO
1CP
Armoured Infantry – Battle Tactic
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
STALWART PROTECTOR
1CP
Combined Arms – Battle Tactic
NO RETREAT!
1CP
Grizzled Company Stratagem
PURGING FIRE
1CP
Grizzled Company Stratagem
VETERAN SHARPSHOOTERS
1CP
Grizzled Company Stratagem
ADDITIONAL ARMOUR
1CP
Grizzled Company Stratagem
CRASH THROUGH
1CP
Hammer of the Emperor – Strategic Ploy
ABLATIVE PLATING
2CP
Hammer of the Emperor – Wargear
ADAMANTINE BEHEMOTH
1CP
Steel Hammer – Strategic Ploy
IMPOSING ARRIVAL
1CP
Steel Hammer – Strategic Ploy
ACCURACY UNDER PRESSURE
2CP
Steel Hammer – Battle Tactic
SHATTERING SALVO
1CP
Steel Hammer – Strategic Ploy
WITHERING FIREPOWER
1CP
Steel Hammer – Strategic Ploy
ENGINE OF WRATH
1CP
Steel Hammer – Epic Deed
DETACHMENT ABILITY
Artillery Support
Ruthless Discipline
Ceaseless Cannonade
ENHANCEMENTS
Titan Killer
20
Battalion Commander
30

The OFFICER keyword is used in the following Astra Militarum datasheets:

The TRANSPORT keyword is used in the following Astra Militarum datasheets:

[RAPID FIRE]24.30

Rapid fire weapons are capable of long-ranged precision shots or controlled bursts at nearby targets.

This ability always takes the form [RAPID FIRE X]. Each time you gather attack dice for a [RAPID FIRE] weapon, add X additional attack dice if the target unit was within half range of that weapon in the Select Targets step.

Example: If a [RAPID FIRE 1] weapon with an A characteristic of 1 targets a unit that is within half range, you would gather one additional attack dice for that weapon (for a total of two for that weapon).
Voice of Command

Raised and trained to instil unwavering obedience, officers of the Imperial Guard command authority and respect, and issue orders with imperious bellows that cut through the clamour of war.

If your Army Faction is ASTRA MILITARUM, OFFICER models with this ability can issue Orders. Each OFFICER’s datasheet will specify how many Orders it can issue in a battle round and which units are eligible to receive those Orders. Each time an Officer model issues an Order, select one of the Orders below, then select one eligible friendly unit within 6" of that Officer model to issue it to.

OFFICER models can issue Orders in your Command phase and at the end of a phase in which they disembarked from a TRANSPORT or were set up on the battlefield.

Until the start of your next Command phase, the unit you selected is affected by that Order. Unless otherwise stated, a unit can only be affected by one Order at a time (any Order subsequently issued to that unit replaces the current one). Orders cannot be issued to Battle-shocked units, and if a unit being affected by an Order becomes Battle-shocked, that Order ceases to affect that unit.

Only ASTRA MILITARUM models gain the benefit of an Order issued to their unit.

Move! Move! Move!

M
+3"
Add 3" to the Move characteristic of models in this unit.

Fix Bayonets!

WS
+1
Improve the Weapon Skill characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in this unit by 1.

Take Aim!

BS
+1
Improve the Ballistic Skill characteristic of ranged weapons equipped by models in this unit by 1.

First Rank, Fire! Second Rank, Fire!

A
+1
Improve the Attacks characteristic of Rapid Fire weapons equipped by models in this unit by 1.

Take Cover!

SV
+1
Improve the Save characteristic of models in this unit by 1 (this cannot improve a model’s Save to better than 3+).

Duty and Honour!

LD
+1
OC
+1
Improve the Leadership and Objective Control characteristics of models in this unit by 1.

17.02 Frame
Some models do not have a base; many of these are MONSTER/VEHICLE models. Such models have the FRAME keyword, as do some other large models. Whenever a rule refers to a model’s position in relation to anything else on the battlefield (e.g. when measuring distances), if that model has the FRAME keyword, unless otherwise stated, measure to and from the closest point on that model (so not necessarily from its base, if it has one).

When rotating a FRAME model as part of a move, if that model does not have a base, turn it any amount around its central axis, while keeping it upright.

The TITANIC keyword is used in the following Astra Militarum datasheets:

03.04 Engagement
A model’s engagement range is the area of the battlefield within 2" horizontally and 5" vertically of it.
  • While a friendly model is within engagement range of one or more enemy models, those models – and the units they belong to – are engaged with each other.
  • While a unit contains no engaged models, that unit is unengaged.

WHAT IS ENGAGEMENT?
While opposing models are within each other’s engagement range, they are able to fight in vicious melee, so unless they are seeking to make melee attacks, models should keep out of their foes’ reach.

ENGAGEMENT
These two units have at least one model within 2" of the opposing unit, and are therefore engaged with each other.
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:
06.03 Hazard Rolls
To make a hazard roll for a unit, roll one D6: on a 1-2, that roll fails and that unit suffers 1 mortal wound, or 3 mortal wounds instead if each model in that unit is a MONSTER/VEHICLE model. If more than one hazard roll is required for a unit, make all of those rolls simultaneously.
FALL-BACK MOVE09.07
MAXIMUM DISTANCE: Your unit’s M characteristic.
ELIGIBLE IF: Your unit is engaged.
EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
BEFORE MOVING: Select fall-back mode:
  • Ordered Retreat: If your unit is not battle-shocked, you can select this mode.
  • Desperate Escape: Otherwise, you must select this mode. Make a hazard roll for each model in your unit (06.03).
WHILE MOVING:
  • Desperate Escape: Each model that is moved can be moved through enemy models.
AFTER MOVING:
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.
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.
AFTER MOVING: Unless otherwise stated, until the start of the next Charge phase, your unit is not eligible to make any other type of move.
Moving a Model in a Straight Line
Each time you move a model in a straight line, move it horizontally across the battlefield. Measure from the same point on its base at the start and end of that move, and add that distance to any other distance it has moved since its unit began that move. The distance moved cannot be greater than the maximum distance of that move type.
Rotating a Model
Each time you rotate a model, turn it any amount around the centre of its base, while keeping it upright. Note that rotating a model does not count towards the distance it has moved.
REMAIN STATIONARY09.04
MAXIMUM DISTANCE: ‘–’
ELIGIBLE IF: Any unit.
EFFECT: No models are moved (either in straight lines or rotated). Units that remain stationary do not trigger any rules that are triggered when a unit starts or ends a move.
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.
01.04.03 As Close As Possible
  • If a rule instructs you to move a model as close as possible to a unit or model you must end that model’s move in base contact with that unit or model if its move is sufficient to do so without breaking any other restrictions (such as coherency), or as close as you can achieve if its move is not sufficient.
  • If a model is already as close as possible to a unit or model when it is instructed to make a move as close as possible towards a unit or model, that model cannot be moved, but still counts as having made the move in question.
  • If a rule instructs you to move a model as close as possible to an objective you must end that model’s move within range of an objective if its move is sufficient to do so without breaking any other restrictions (such as coherency), or as close as you can achieve if its move is not sufficient.
  • If that model is already within range of an objective it can move up to the maximum distance of that move but must end its move still within range of that objective.
01.02.02 Persisting Rules Effects
Some rules apply an effect that lasts until a certain duration has passed (e.g. until the start of your next turn). Such effects are known as persisting effects.

If a persisting effect applies to a unit when you place it in strategic reserves or when it embarks within a TRANSPORT, make a note of that effect and its duration; if that unit is set up on the battlefield again, any persisting effects continue to apply to that unit for their full duration.

If you have a rule that specifies when it is triggered (e.g. ‘In the Shooting phase’) and it does not specify how long it is active for, it is only active for the duration of that specified period (e.g. until the end of that Shooting phase). After that period, that effect is no longer applicable/active.

If a rule or effect is given to a unit and it does not specify how long it is active for, it is only active for the phase in which it was given.
18.03 Disembarking
In the active player’s Movement phase, each friendly unit embarked within a TRANSPORT model can disembark from it by making a disembark move (see below).

If a TRANSPORT model is destroyed, before removing it from the battlefield, the active player must make an emergency disembark move (see below) with each unit embarked within it.

SEE ALSO
  • Persisting Rules Effects 01.02.02
  • Hazard Rolls 06.03


DISEMBARK MOVE18.04
SET-UP DISTANCE:
  - Rapid/Tactical Disembark: 3"
  - Combat Disembark: 6"
ELIGIBLE IF: All of the following apply to your unit:
  • Embarked within a TRANSPORT model that is on the battlefield.
  • Did not embark within that TRANSPORT this phase.
  • That TRANSPORT has not made an advance or fall-back move this phase.
EFFECT: Your unit is set up as described in Set Up (03.02).
BEFORE MOVING: Select disembark mode:
  • Rapid Disembark:
    If that TRANSPORT made a normal or ingress move this phase, you must select this mode.
  • Tactical Disembark:
    Otherwise, If that TRANSPORT remained stationary or has not yet been selected to move this phase, and if you can set up your unit as described below, you must select this mode.
  • Combat Disembark:
    Otherwise, you must select this mode. Make a hazard roll for each model in your unit.
WHILE MOVING: Set up each model in your unit wholly within the set-up distance of that TRANSPORT.
  • Rapid Disembark:
    If that TRANSPORT made an ingress move this turn, each model must follow the same rules that TRANSPORT had to follow while resolving that move.
  • Combat Disembark:
    Each model can be set up engaged with one or more enemy units that TRANSPORT is engaged with.
AFTER MOVING:
  • Rapid Disembark:
    Until the end of the turn, your unit is not eligible to declare a charge.
  • Tactical Disembark:
    Select your unit to make a normal or advance move.
  • Combat Disembark:
    Your unit is battle-shocked and, until the end of the turn, it is not eligible to declare a charge.
RAPID DISEMBARK
When a unit uses the rapid disembark mode after its TRANSPORT makes an ingress move, the models must follow the same rules and restrictions as that TRANSPORT did. For example, if that TRANSPORT had to be set up more than 8" from all enemy units and not within your opponent’s deployment zone, the same applies to the disembarking unit.

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 wholly within the set-up distance of that TRANSPORT, and as close as possible to that TRANSPORT. Each model that cannot be set up in this way is destroyed.
AFTER MOVING: Your unit is battle-shocked and, until the end of the turn, it is not eligible to declare a charge.
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.
[LETHAL HITS]24.23

Many deadly weapons can inflict fatal injuries on any foe, no matter their resilience.

Each time an attack made with a [LETHAL HITS] weapon results in a critical hit, you can choose for that attack to automatically wound the target.

Designer’s Note: Choosing to automatically wound the target means that no wound roll is made for that attack. You may decide against this, as it means that attack cannot result in a critical wound and so cannot trigger other abilities such as [DEVASTATING WOUNDS].
Hit Roll
Make one hit roll for each attack dice by rolling one D6. For each result, check if it fails or is a hit by matching the first condition below that applies:

Unmodified
FAILS
Unmodified
CRITICAL HIT
Equal to or greater than that attack’s BS/WS characteristicHIT
Any other resultFAILS

CRITICAL HITS
Critical hits are still hits. In addition, other rules can be triggered by a critical hit, such as [LETHAL HITS] (24).

The ASTRA MILITARUM and OFFICER keywords are used in the following Astra Militarum datasheets:

13.08 Benefit of Cover
Each time a ranged attack targets a unit, if every model in that unit meets one or more of the following conditions, that unit has the benefit of cover against that attack:
  • That model has the INFANTRY/BEASTS/SWARM keyword and is within a terrain area.
  • That model is not fully visible to the attacking model due to one or more intervening terrain features and/or one or more intervening obscuring terrain areas (see below).

Each time a ranged attack targets a unit that has the benefit of cover against it, worsen the BS characteristic of that attack by 1.
STEALTH24.33

The stealthiest warriors can evade the attentions, and the bullets, of their foes.

If every model in a unit has this ability, each time a ranged attack targets that unit, that unit has the benefit of cover against that attack (13.08).
[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).
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:
  1. 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.

  2. 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
[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:

Unmodified
FAILS
Unmodified
CRITICAL WOUND
Equal to or greater than the required result below:WOUND
ATTACK’S STRENGTH VS TARGET’S TOUGHNESSREQUIRED RESULT
Strength is TWICE (or more than twice) the Toughness
+
Strength is GREATER than the Toughness
+
Strength is EQUAL to the Toughness
+
Strength is LESS than the Toughness
+
Strength is HALF (or less than half) the Toughness
+
Any other resultFAILS

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
[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.
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.
01.07.02 Battle-shock Test
The term Battle-shock test is the same as battle-shock 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.
Save Rolls
The opposing player resolves the following sequence:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Make Save Rolls: The opposing player makes one save roll for each attack that wounded the target by rolling one D6.

Duty and Honour!

LD
+1
OC
+1
Improve the Leadership and Objective Control characteristics of models in this unit by 1.

[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).

The ASTRA MILITARUM and TITANIC keywords are used in the following Astra Militarum datasheets:

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.
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).
[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).
[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.
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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 wholly within the set-up distance of that TRANSPORT, and as close as possible to that TRANSPORT. Each model that cannot be set up in this way 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 in this unit 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").

Example: An Impulsor with a unit of Intercessors embarked within it is destroyed by ranged attacks. First, any unresolved attacks made by the attacking unit are resolved. Then the Intercessors make an emergency disembark move. Then the roll is made for the Deadly Demise ability, and on a 6, that ability is resolved. Finally, the Impulsor is removed from the battlefield.
Before selecting targets for this weapon, select one of its profiles to make attacks with.
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:
  • 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).
CHARGE MOVE11.04
MAXIMUM DISTANCE: Charge roll.
ELIGIBLE IF: Your unit declared a charge this phase.
EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
BEFORE MOVING: Select one or more enemy units that are within 12" of your unit and within the maximum distance of your unit; until the end of this move, each of those enemy units is a charge target.
WHILE MOVING:
  • Each model must end its move closer to one or more charge targets.
  • Each model that can end its move within 1" of one or more charge targets must do so.
  • Each model that can end its move engaged with one or more charge targets must do so.
AFTER MOVING:
  • Your unit must be engaged with all of the charge targets.
  • Your unit cannot be engaged with one or more enemy units that are not charge targets.
  • Until the end of the turn, each model in your unit has the Fights First ability (24.13).
CRUSHING IMPACT15.06
1CP
Core Stratagem
In extremis, armoured vehicles and rampaging monsters can use their sheer size as a weapon, ramming and crushing enemies beneath their colossal bulk, though doing so risks sustaining damage in return.
WHEN: Your Charge phase, just after a friendly MONSTER/VEHICLE unit ends a charge move.

TARGET: That MONSTER/VEHICLE unit.

EFFECT: Resolve the following sequence:
  1. Select one enemy unit engaged with your unit.
  2. Select one model in your unit engaged with that enemy unit.
  3. Roll a number of D6 equal to the T characteristic of that model: for each 1, your unit suffers 1 mortal wound; for each 5+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound (to a maximum of 6 mortal wounds per unit).
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).
BURST OF SPEED
1CP
Armoured Infantry – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Pushing bodies or engines to the limit, these warriors continue their swift advance.
WHEN: End of your Movement phase.

TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army that did not Remain Stationary or arrive from Reserves this phase.

EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to D6".
OPENING SALVO
1CP
Armoured Infantry – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Emerging from their armoured transports, heavily armed soldiers open fire before enemies can dive for cover or angle their stoutest armour towards the fusillade.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.

TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army that disembarked from a TRANSPORT this turn and has not been selected to shoot this phase.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, add 1 to the Wound roll.
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.
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.
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.
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.
STALWART PROTECTOR
1CP
Combined Arms – Battle Tactic Stratagem
The indefatigable tanks of the Astra Militarum serve as mobile cover for the troops marching in their shadow.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM VEHICLE unit from your army.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a ranged attack is allocated to an INFANTRY model from your army, if that model is not fully visible to every model in the attacking unit because of your VEHICLE, that model has the Benefit of Cover against that attack.
NO RETREAT!
1CP
Grizzled Company Stratagem
Battle-hardened and zealous, the company’s grizzled elites will gladly give their lives to honour the Emperor.
WHEN: Your Command phase.

TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army affected by the Duty and Honour! Order.

EFFECT: If your unit is within range of an objective marker you control, 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 a phase.
PURGING FIRE
1CP
Grizzled Company Stratagem
Clear the area and defend your objectives. Take no prisoners.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.

TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army affected by an Order that has not been selected to shoot this phase.

EFFECT: If your unit is within range of an objective marker, until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [LETHAL HITS] ability.
VETERAN SHARPSHOOTERS
1CP
Grizzled Company Stratagem
Marksmanship is a skill that only increases with experience.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.

TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [IGNORES COVER] ability.
ADDITIONAL ARMOUR
1CP
Grizzled Company Stratagem
Veteran soldiers know the value of additional protection, whether welded to vehicles or worn under flak armour.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.

EFFECT: Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
CRASH THROUGH
1CP
Hammer of the Emperor – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Ruins, barricades, bunkers; few such structures can impede the grinding advance of an Astra Militarum armoured corps.
WHEN: Your Movement phase or your Charge phase.

TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM VEHICLE unit from your army that has not been selected to move or charge this phase.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time your unit makes a Normal, Advance or Charge move, it can move horizontally through terrain features as if they were not there.
ABLATIVE PLATING
2CP
Hammer of the Emperor – Wargear Stratagem
Crews routinely reinforce their vehicle's armour, adding ablative plating, track links, sandbags and other means to protect the hull.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM VEHICLE unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack is allocated to your unit, subtract 1 from the Damage characteristic of that attack.
ADAMANTINE BEHEMOTH
1CP
Steel Hammer – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Barricades, trenches, bunkers and ruins: these obstacles are ground to dust by the obdurate advance of Astra Militarum armour.
WHEN: Your Movement phase or your Charge phase.

TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM VEHICLE unit from your army that has not been selected to move or charge this phase.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time your unit makes a Normal, Advance or Charge move, it can move horizontally through terrain features.
ACCURACY UNDER PRESSURE
2CP
Steel Hammer – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Only the most disciplined soldiers and vehicle crews can maintain accuracy in the deafening confusion of an armoured clash.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.

TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, you can re-roll the Hit roll.
WITHERING FIREPOWER
1CP
Steel Hammer – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Subjected to a thunderous volley of explosive shells and bullets, enemies begin to waver.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase, just after an ASTRA MILITARUM VEHICLE unit from your army has shot.

TARGET: That ASTRA MILITARUM VEHICLE unit.

EFFECT: Select one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks. That enemy unit must take a Battle-shock test, subtracting 1 from that test.
Artillery Support
Siege Regiment Detachment

Artillery barrages lay the ground for the assault to come.

At the start of the battle round, select one of the following types of artillery support.
  • Creeping Barrage: Roll one D6 for each enemy unit that is more than 12" from every model from your army that is on the battlefield: On a 5+, until the end of the battle round, that unit is shaken. While a unit is shaken, subtract 2" from its Move characteristic and subtract 2 from Charge rolls made for it. The maximum number of units that can be shaken by this rule in each battle round depends on the battle size, as shown below.
  • Incendiary Bombardment: Select a number of enemy units more than 12" from every model from your army that is on the battlefield. Until the end of the battle round, those enemy units are scattered. While a unit is scattered, it cannot have the Benefit of Cover. The maximum number of units you can select in this way depends on the battle size, as shown below.
  • Smoke Shells: Select a number of units from your army. Until the end of the battle round, those units have the Stealth ability.

    BATTLE SIZEMAXIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS
    Incursion2
    Strike Force3
    Onslaught4
Ruthless Discipline
Grizzled Company Detachment

The officers of this company are wily, iron-willed veterans both respected and feared by the troops under their command. At their barked orders, even the weariest soldiers redouble their efforts.

Add 1 to the number of Orders each ASTRA MILITARUM OFFICER model from your army can issue, as stated on their datasheet.

While an ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army is affected by an Order, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, re-roll a Hit roll of 1.
[TWIN-LINKED]24.38

Dual weapons are often grafted to the same targeting system for greater lethality.

Each time an attack is made with a [TWIN-LINKED] weapon, you can re-roll the wound roll.
[TORRENT]24.37

Torrent weapons project clouds of fire, gas or other lethal substances that few foes can hope to evade.

Each time an attack is made with a [TORRENT] weapon, that attack automatically hits the target.
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.
SMOKESCREEN15.10
1CP
Core Stratagem
Even the most skilled marksmen struggle to hit targets veiled by billowing screens of smoke.
WHEN: Start of your opponent’s Shooting phase.

TARGET: One friendly SMOKE unit.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets either your SMOKE unit, or a unit that is not fully visible to the attacking model because of one or more models in your SMOKE unit, the target has the benefit of cover against that attack (13.08).
Ceaseless Cannonade
Steel Hammer Detachment

The heaviest Astra Militarum vehicles are adamantine behemoths whose armour is almost impenetrable. The crews of these colossal war engines need have no concern for the integrity of their vehicles, unleashing even the most violently destructive ordnance at point-blank range.

Each time an ASTRA MILITARUM TITANIC or ASTRA MILITARUM SQUADRON unit from your army is selected to shoot, models in that unit can target enemy units within Engagement Range of that unit (including with Blast weapons), provided no other friendly units are also within Engagement Range of that enemy unit. When doing so, such models do not suffer the penalty to their Hit rolls for being within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units (excluding attacks made with Indirect Fire weapons).

KEYWORDS
In the Muster Armies step, you can select one or more ASTRA MILITARUM TITANIC units from your army to gain the CHARACTER keyword.

Designer’s Note: This means that the selected units can be given Enhancements, and one of them can be selected as your WARLORD.
IMPOSING ARRIVAL
1CP
Steel Hammer – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
The arrival of a super-heavy tank on the battlefield can swiftly turn the tide of the fight.
WHEN: Reinforcements step of your Movement phase, from the second battle round onwards.

TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM TITANIC unit from your army that is in Reserves.

EFFECT: Set up your unit on the battlefield, wholly within 8" of the battlefield edge and more than 6" horizontally away from all enemy units.
SHATTERING SALVO
1CP
Steel Hammer – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Turrets and sponsons unleash a tempest of fury, toppling fortifications and leaving stunned and wounded enemies exposed to incoming fire.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase, just after an ASTRA MILITARUM TITANIC unit from your army has shot.

TARGET: That ASTRA MILITARUM TITANIC unit.

EFFECT: Select one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks. Until the end of the phase, that enemy unit cannot have the Benefit of Cover.
ENGINE OF WRATH
1CP
Steel Hammer – Epic Deed Stratagem
An unstoppable engine of destruction, this super-heavy tank thunders forward, crushing enemies to bloody pulp beneath its steel treads.
WHEN: Fight phase.

TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM TITANIC unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.

EFFECT: Select one enemy unit within Engagement Range of your unit. Until the end of the phase, add 6 to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in your unit, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of those weapons by 2, and each time a model in your unit fights, it can only target that enemy unit.
  • Titan Killer
    20 pts
Steel Hammer Detachment

Seeking to add another kill marking to their war machine, this glory-hungry tank commander seeks out and engages only the heaviest enemy assets.

ASTRA MILITARUM TITANIC CHARACTER model only. Each time the bearer makes a ranged attack, you can re-roll the Damage roll.

  • Battalion Commander
    30 pts
Steel Hammer Detachment

High-ranking officers of armoured regiments may operate super-heavy tanks as command vehicles, their orders blaring from hull-mounted laud hailers or crackling over internal vox-channels.

ASTRA MILITARUM TITANIC CHARACTER model only. The bearer has the Voice of Command ability and the OFFICER keyword, and can issue up to 2 Orders to ASTRA MILITARUM TITANIC and SQUADRON units.

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