Space Marines
The Adeptus Astartes are the Imperium’s Angels of Death. They descend from the skies upon trails of fire to bring swift and bloody destruction to the enemies of Mankind, sweeping the corruption of Chaos and the spoor of the xenos foe from the galaxy with bolter and chainsword. No conquest is beyond them, for they are the Space Marines, and they know no fear.
Books
| Book | Kind | Edition | Version | Last update |
 Space Marines | ||||
| Space Marines | App | 11 | 2.7.1 | October 2026 |
 Ultramarines | ||||
| Ultramarines | App | 11 | 2.7.1 | October 2026 |
 Black Templars | ||||
| Black Templars | App | 11 | 2.7.1 | October 2026 |
 Deathwatch | ||||
| Deathwatch | App | 11 | 2.7.1 | October 2026 |
 Dark Angels | ||||
| Dark Angels | App | 11 | 2.7.1 | October 2026 |
 Blood Angels | ||||
| Blood Angels | App | 11 | 2.7.1 | October 2026 |
 Space Wolves | ||||
| Space Wolves | App | 11 | 2.7.1 | October 2026 |
 Salamanders | ||||
| Salamanders | App | 11 | 2.7.1 | October 2026 |
 White Scars | ||||
| White Scars | App | 11 | 2.7.1 | October 2026 |
 Raven Guard | ||||
| Raven Guard | App | 11 | 2.7.1 | October 2026 |
 Imperial Fists | ||||
| Imperial Fists | App | 11 | 2.7.1 | October 2026 |
 500 Worlds: Dread Incursions | ||||
| 500 Worlds: Dread Incursions | Expansion | 10 | January 2026 | |
 Boarding Actions | ||||
| Boarding Actions | Expansion | 10 | 1.1 | July 2025 |
 Iron Hands | ||||
| Iron Hands | App | 11 | 2.7.1 | October 2026 |
Keywords
The keywords presented in this section have a number of special features:
- CLICK on the link to open the tooltip.
- The number in parentheses indicates the number of datasheets containing this keyword. This number represents the total number of datasheets in the faction, regardless of the filter.
- The list does not include named keywords that match the datasheet’s name (unless there are other datasheets with such a keyword).
Army Rules
Combat Doctrines
The Space Marines draw upon the combat doctrines of the Codex Astartes as they flow through each phase of battle: first hammering the enemy with devastating firepower, then raking them with close-ranged volleys while manoeuvring to deliver a final, crushing assault.
At the start of your Command phase, you can select one combat doctrine listed below. If you do, that combat doctrine is active for friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES units with this ability until the start of your next Command phase.ASSAULT DOCTRINE
When this unit is selected to make an advance move, that advance move does not prevent this unit from being eligible to declare a charge.DEVASTATOR DOCTRINE
This unit’s ranged attacks have [ASSAULT].TACTICAL DOCTRINE
When this unit is selected to make a fall-back move, that fall-back move does not prevent this unit from being eligible to shoot and eligible to declare a charge.Unless otherwise stated:
- You can only select each combat doctrine once per battle.
- Only one combat doctrine can be active for each unit. If a rule makes a combat doctrine active for a unit, any combat doctrine previously active for that unit is no longer active for that unit.
Transhuman Strategist
Those Space Marines who rise to positions of command are exceptional strategists and tacticians.
At the start of the battle round, if a model with this ability is your WARLORD, gain 1CP.Librarius
Space Marine Librarians advance through the ranks of Lexicanum, then Codicier, then Epistolary, their psychic might and repertoire of powers increasing with their hardwon experience.
ADEPTUS ASTARTES PSYKER units with this ability have a psyker level of 1 or higher, specified in that unit’s abilities. Each psychic ability has a psychic level of 1 or higher, specified in that ability’s name.In a battle round, a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES PSYKER unit can use a number of psychic abilities whose total psychic level does not exceed that PSYKER unit’s psyker level.
Space Marine Chapters
The many Chapters of Space Marines are spread perilously thin across the Imperium’s countless war zones. Though it is not unheard of for them to fight alongside one another on the same battlefield, far more commonly their strike forces operate alone to defeat seemingly impossible odds.
If an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit has a second Faction keyword on its datasheet, that Faction keyword is the name of that unit’s Chapter. For example, Marneus Calgar has both the ADEPTUS ASTARTES and ULTRAMARINES Faction keywords,and is therefore from the Ultramarines Chapter.You cannot include units from more than one Chapter in your army.
Special Move Types
The following are special move types that certain or all of your units are eligible to make.- Embarked within a TRANSPORT on the battlefield
- Did not embark within that TRANSPORT this phase
WHILE MOVING: Set up each model wholly within the set-up distance of that TRANSPORT.
AFTER MOVING: Your unit is not eligible to declare a charge until the end of the turn.
- Embarked within a TRANSPORT on the battlefield
- Did not embark within that TRANSPORT this phase
- That TRANSPORT has not made an advance/fall-back move this phase
WHILE MOVING: Set up each model wholly within the set-up distance of that TRANSPORT.
Heirs of Sigismund
- Your army cannot include any ADEPTUS ASTARTES PSYKER models.
- Your army cannot include the following datasheets from Codex: Space Marines: GLADIATOR LANCER; GLADIATOR REAPER; GLADIATOR VALIANT; IMPULSOR; REPULSOR; REPULSOR EXECUTIONER.
The Ravenwing
The following friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES units have RAVENWING:- MOUNTED units.
- VEHICLE FLY units.
The Deathwing
The following friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES units have DEATHWING:- TERMINATOR units.
- BLADEGUARD ANCIENT, BLADEGUARD VETERAN SQUAD, STERNGUARD VETERAN SQUAD and VANGUARD VETERAN SQUAD WITH JUMP PACKS units.
- LAND RAIDER, LAND RAIDER CRUSADER, LAND RAIDER REDEEMER, REPULSOR and REPULSOR EXECUTIONER units.
- DREADNOUGHT units.
Veteran Recruits
Your army cannot include the following ADEPTUS ASTARTES units:- SCOUT SQUAD units.
- TERMINATOR SQUAD units.
- TERMINATOR ASSAULT SQUAD units.
Curse of the Wulfen
Only while fighting at the side of their battle-brothers can the feral Wulfen control their frenzied aggression.
While this unit is within 6" of a friendly SPACE WOLVES CHARACTER model (excluding WULFEN models) or within 12" of a friendly WOLF PRIEST model, if this unit is not battle-shocked:- If this unit has INFANTRY, this unit has +1 OC.
- If this unit has VEHICLE, this unit has +3 OC.
Gladius Task Force
3DP
THE PERFECTLY BALANCED BLADE OF A GLADIUS TASK FORCE CAN SLAY ANY FOE
Codex Discipline
Deployed as a mutually supportive strike force that epitomises the flexibility and martial wisdom of the Codex Astartes, Space Marines have the answer to any strategic or tactical challenge.
You can select one combat doctrine one additional time per battle.Enhancements
This venerable banner was carried in the Great Crusade, and its presence is a constant inspiration. ANCIENT model only. This model has:
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A rare honour, the Laurels of Triumph mark out a truly accomplished warrior even amongst the Angels of Death. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. This model’s melee attacks have:
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An ardent student of the Codex Astartes, this commander epitomises its tactical genius. CAPTAIN model only. The tactical doctrine is active for this unit in addition to any other combat doctrine. |
Crafted by the Chapter’s finest artificers, this suit of armour provides superior protection. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. This model has:
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Stratagems
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Attacks that target your unit have -1 AP until that enemy unit has attacked.
Errata
‘Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.’
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: When a model in your unit is destroyed, if your unit has not been selected to fight this phase, roll one D6:
- On a 4+, do not remove that model from the battlefield. When your unit has fought, or at the end of the phase (whichever comes first), that model is removed from the battlefield.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks have [Lance].
TARGET: One friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Select one combat doctrine. That combat doctrine is active for your unit until the start of your next Command phase.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks have [IGNORES COVER].
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY/MOUNTED unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a normal move of up to D6".
Assault Brethren1DP
THE CHAPTER’S CLOSE-COMBAT SPECIALISTS TEAR INTO THE FOE WITH LETHAL INTENT
Assault Mastery
Space Marines who specialise in close-quarters brutality truly embody their sobriquet ‘Angels of Death’.
You can select the assault doctrine one additional time per battle.Enhancements
This champion hurls himself forwards with unbridled ferocity, cutting down the foe like a reaping whirlwind. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. This model has the following weapon:
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Bellicose temperament and advanced training combine to make this unit especially terrifying on the charge. ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit only. This unit’s melee attacks have [Sustained Hits 1: non-Monster/Vehicle]. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Attacks that target your unit have -1 AP until that enemy unit has attacked.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks have:
- [Lance].
- Or: If the assault doctrine is active for your unit, [Lance] and +1 AP.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: When a model in your unit is destroyed, if your unit has not been selected to fight this phase, roll one D6, with +1 to that roll if the assault doctrine is active for your unit:
- On a 4+, do not remove that model from the battlefield. When your unit has fought, or at the end of the phase (whichever comes first), that model is removed from the battlefield.
Tactical Brethren1DP
A CORE OF TACTICALLY VERSATILE WARRIORS STRENGTHENS THE SPACE MARINE BATTLE LINE
Tactical Mastery
Rarely are the Adeptus Astartes deadlier than when they bring to bear the most fundamental teachings of the Codex Astartes.
You can select the tactical doctrine one additional time per battle.Enhancements
Those awarded this prestigious honour are ever vigilant, responding swiftly and with measured force to enemy threats. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only.(Once per battle round, per army) When you use the Fire Overwatch/Heroic Intervention stratagem, if you target a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES BATTLELINE unit within 12" of this model with that stratagem, that use is -1 CP. |
This champion understands the deeper flow of battle, and is always prepared to discern the course of action that will bring assured victory. CAPTAIN model only. The tactical doctrine is active for this unit in addition to any other combat doctrine. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Attacks that target your unit have -1 AP until that enemy unit has attacked.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Select one enemy unit hit by those attacks. That enemy unit is suppressed until the start of your next turn:
- While a unit is suppressed, that unit’s attacks have -1 to hit rolls.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY/MOUNTED unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a normal move of:
- Up to D6".
- Or: If the tactical doctrine is active for your unit, up to 6".
Devastator Brethren
1DP
HEAVILY ARMED SPACE MARINES RAIN THUNDEROUS DEATH UPON THE EMPEROR’S FOES
Devastator Mastery
Unceasing and unmerciful, Adeptus Astartes fire support formations lay waste to all that falls under their gunsights.
You can select the devastator doctrine one additional time per battle.Enhancements
The finest ballistic armaments the Chapter’s artificers can create, these weapons reap a grievous tally of foes. ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY/MOUNTED model only. This model’s ranged attacks (excluding [Psychic] attacks) have +1 A, S, AP and D. |
A savant of applied firepower, this warrior ensures their comrades’ big guns are always optimally positioned and targeted. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only.
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Stratagems
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Attacks that target your unit have -1 AP until that enemy unit has attacked.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks have:
- [Ignores Cover].
- Or: If the devastator doctrine is active for your unit, [Ignores Cover] and +1 AP.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Your unit shoots using normal shooting, but while doing so your unit can only target that enemy unit.
Terminator Storm Force1DP
TERMINATOR-ARMOURED FIRST COMPANY VETERANS UNLEASH THEIR MIGHT UPON THE BATTLEFIELD
Death Blow
Veterans of a hundred decapitating strikes, these First Company warriors know that if they land their first blow with sufficiently furious momentum, they will need no second.
Friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR units have +1 to charge rolls.Enhancements
Few are the enemies this warrior has not faced and bested, and they remember the vulnerabilities of every defeated foe. ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR model only. This unit’s melee attacks have [Lethal Hits]. |
This archeotech teleportation stabiliser is unique, a relic of Dark Age technology that spirits its bearer swiftly through the tides of the Warp. ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR model only. In your first Movement phase, this unit can make an ingress move. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR unit.
EFFECT: Attacks that target your unit have -1 D until that enemy unit has attacked.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks have:
- [Lethal Hits].
- [Sustained Hits 1].
TARGET: One friendly unengaged ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR unit.
EFFECT: Place your unit in strategic reserves.
Tacticus Attack Force1DP
CHARGING INTO BATTLE, TACTICUS-ARMOURED BATTLE-BROTHERS CUT A BLOODY PATH THROUGH THE FOE
Wrath of the Chapter
When the Space Marines are roused to true martial fury, they bring their vengeance to their adversaries with the inescapable speed of a lightning strike.
Friendly TACTICUS units can re-roll advance rolls.Enhancements
Leading his battle-brothers by example, this champion of the Chapter strives to embody the martial teachings of the Codex Astartes. TACTICUS model only. This unit’s attacks can:
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Once the enemy are sighted, this warrior leads the attack from the very front, striving to be first in amongst the foe’s ranks. TACTICUS model only. This unit has Scouts 6". |
Stratagems
TARGET: That TACTICUS unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s attacks have:
- [Sustained Hits 1: non-Monster/Vehicle].
- Or: [Lethal Hits: Monster/Vehicle].
TARGET: One friendly TACTICUS unit that is within range of an objective and is eligible to fight.
EFFECT: Your unit has Fights First and must be the next unit you select to fight.
TARGET: That TACTICUS unit.
EFFECT: When making that consolidation move, your unit can move up to D3+3".
Tacticus Firestorm Force1DP
TACTICUS-ARMOURED WARRIORS LAY DOWN DISCIPLINED FIRE TO DOMINATE THE BATTLEFIELD
Codex Fire-patterns
Faced with multiple threats that must be efficiently eliminated, the Space Marines employ time-honoured ballistic doctrines to great effect.
Friendly TACTICUS units’ [Rapid Fire] attacks benefit from [Rapid Fire] when targeting units up to that attack’s maximum range.Enhancements
Hovering high overhead on grav-impellers, this small cyber-creature cogitates emergent threats and alerts its master to tactical openings. TACTICUS model only. When both players have deployed their armies, you can redeploy up to three friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY units. When doing so, you can set those units up in strategic reserves, regardless of how many units are already in strategic reserves. |
The stonewrought reputation and unfaltering determination of this commander serve as a linchpin for even the most hard-pressed strike force. TACTICUS model only. Friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES units within 6" of this model can re-roll leadership rolls. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One friendly TACTICUS unit that is within range of an objective.
EFFECT: Your unit has +1 OC until the end of the turn.
TARGET: That TACTICUS unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s attacks have:
- [Sustained Hits 1: non-Monster/Vehicle].
- Or: [Lethal Hits: Monster/Vehicle].
TARGET: That TACTICUS unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks (excluding [Blast] attacks) have:
- [Close-Quarters].
- [Ignores Cover].
Phobos Shadow Force
1DP
PHOBOS-ARMOURED STEALTH ADEPTS HUNT THEIR ENEMIES UNSEEN
Shadow Masters
Holding to the shadows and choosing victims with care, Phobos-armoured Astartes winnow the enemy ranks without ever revealing their positions.
When a friendly PHOBOS or SCOUT SQUAD unit has shot:- Those attacks do not prevent that unit from being hidden.
- Or: That unit can make a normal move of up to D6". That unit is not eligible to declare a charge until the end of the turn.
Enhancements
Constantly detecting and analysing viable targets, this artefact feeds advanced combat data directly into the bearer’s autosenses. PHOBOS model only. This unit’s attacks that target a hidden unit can:
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This war leader excels in harrying tactics, wielding their strike force like a weapon of utmost stealth and cunning. PHOBOS model only. In your Shooting phase, after this unit has shot, if this unit is unengaged, this unit can make a normal move of up to 6". If it does, this unit is not eligible to declare a charge until the end of the turn. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That PHOBOS unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s attacks have:
- +1 S.
- [Lethal Hits].
TARGET: One friendly unengaged PHOBOS/SCOUT SQUAD unit.
EFFECT: If your unit is controlling an objective, that objective is snared. While an objective is snared, when an enemy unit ends a move within range of that objective, roll one D6:
- On a 2+, that enemy unit suffers D6 mortal wounds.
- That objective is no longer snared.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged PHOBOS/SCOUT SQUAD unit.
EFFECT: Place your unit in strategic reserves.
Phobos Shock Force1DP
EXPLODING FROM THE SHADOWS, PHOBOS-ARMOURED KILLERS CATCH THE FOE IN A BLOODY AMBUSH
Vanguard Ambushers
Few experiences are so terrifying for Mankind’s enemies as finding themselves the victims of Phobos-armoured ambushers.
At the end of your Movement phase, if a friendly PHOBOS unit is hidden, that unit’s attacks can re-roll wound rolls of 1 until the end of the turn.Enhancements
Built into what appears a simple wax purity seal, this device scrambles enemy targeting when the bearer is on the move. PHOBOS model only. Enemy units cannot target this unit with snap shooting attacks. |
Constantly detecting and analysing viable targets, this artefact feeds advanced combat data directly into the bearer’s autosenses. PHOBOS model only. This unit’s attacks that target a hidden unit can:
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Stratagems
TARGET: That PHOBOS unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s attacks have:
- +1 S.
- [Lethal Hits].
TARGET: That PHOBOS unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a normal move of:
- Up to D6".
- Or: If the tactical doctrine is active for your unit, up to 6".
TARGET: That PHOBOS unit.
EFFECT: Ranged attacks that target your unit have -1 to hit rolls.
Gravis Linebreaker Force1DP
RELENTLESS AND UNSTOPPABLE, GRAVIS-ARMOURED WARRIORS MARCH OUT ON THE ATTACK
Walking Fortress
With their plan in motion and targets designated, Gravis-armoured warriors stride unstoppably into battle as they lay down withering hails of firepower.
In a turn a friendly GRAVIS unit made a normal move, that unit’s ranged attacks:- Do not have [Heavy].
- Have +1 to hit rolls.
Enhancements
Renowned for being a living engine of war, this warrior inspires his comrades to shrug off even the most devastating attacks. GRAVIS model only. Attacks that target this unit with a S greater than this unit’s T have -1 to wound rolls. |
Ever on the move, this warrior leads his battle-brothers in a tireless crusade across the battlefields of the 41st millennium. GRAVIS model only. This unit has Scouts 5". |
Stratagems
TARGET: That GRAVIS unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s attacks have [Lethal Hits].
TARGET: That GRAVIS unit.
EFFECT:
- If your unit is unengaged, your unit can make a normal move of up to 5", and must end that move within range of an objective.
- Your unit is not eligible to declare a charge or embark within a TRANSPORT until the end of the turn.
TARGET: That GRAVIS unit.
EFFECT: When your unit ends a charge move, you can select one enemy unit engaged with your unit. If you do, roll one D6 for each model in your unit engaged with that enemy unit:
- For each 3+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound.
Gravis Siege Force1DP
GRAVIS-ARMOURED SPACE MARINES SEIZE AND HOLD VITAL STRATEGIC SITES AGAINST ANY THREAT
Indomitable Defence
The Adeptus Astartes stand as an adamantine wall against any who would assail the Emperor’s realm.
While a friendly GRAVIS unit is within range of an objective, attacks that target that unit with a S greater than that unit’s T have -1 to wound rolls.Enhancements
Once these Gravis-armoured warriors have planted their feet and braced for battle, no force in the galaxy can move them. GRAVIS unit only. This unit has +1 OC. |
This rare supplementary medicae suite allows this Apothecary to provide support to their battle-brothers despite being outfitted for a different role. APOTHECARY BIOLOGIS model only. in your Command phase, this unit heals D3+1 wounds. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That GRAVIS unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s attacks have [Lethal Hits].
TARGET: One friendly GRAVIS unit.
EFFECT: Select one objective your unit is controlling. That objective is secured.
TARGET: That GRAVIS unit.
EFFECT: Select one enemy unit hit by those attacks. That enemy unit makes a battle-shock roll, with -1 to that battle-shock roll.
Stormlance Task Force
1DP
SPACE MARINE BIKE SQUADRONS, SPEEDERS AND LIGHT ARMOUR RACE INTO BATTLE
Lightning-fast Strike
Racing into battle at breakneck speeds, Space Marine fast-attack squadrons often punch into the enemy lines before the foe even realises their peril.
Friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED/SPEEDER units have +2" M.Enhancements
Built from ancient and dimly understood designs, these engines generate incredible power and torque. ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED unit only. This unit can re-roll advance rolls. |
Fitted to the Chapter’s swift grav-speeders, these vigilant devices runelock the positions of enemy forces, laying them bare to the Space Marines’ wrath. ADEPTUS ASTARTES SPEEDER unit only. At the start of your Shooting phase, select one visible enemy unit within 12" of this unit. That enemy unit is spotted:
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Stratagems
TARGET: One friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED unit that was eligible to fight this phase.
EFFECT:
- If your unit is unengaged, your unit can make a normal move.
- Or: If your unit is engaged, your unit can make a fall-back move.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED/SPEEDER unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can change its advance rolls to a 6.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED/SPEEDER unit.
EFFECT: Ranged attacks that target your unit have -1 to hit rolls.
Ironclad Champions1DP
THE CHAPTER’S DEATHLESS DREADNOUGHT CHAMPIONS STRIDE OUT TO WAR
Enduring Vengeance
Those who pilot Dreadnoughts combine the skill of undying champions with a cold and vengeful hatred of the Emperor’s countless enemies.
Friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES DREADNOUGHT units can re-roll hit rolls of 1.Enhancements
Fashioned by an artificer of exceptional skill over an entire lifetime, this sarcophagus resists even the most grievous blows. DREADNOUGHT unit only. Attacks that target this unit have -1 D. |
Having won innumerable triumphs, this timeless warrior confers the boon of their martial wisdom upon their battle-brothers. DREADNOUGHT unit only. While a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY/MOUNTED unit is within 6" of this unit, that unit’s attacks can re-roll hit rolls of 1. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One friendly DREADNOUGHT unit.
EFFECT: Each enemy unit engaged with your unit makes a battle-shock roll, with -1 to that battle-shock roll.
TARGET: That DREADNOUGHT unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s attacks have:
- [lethal hits].
- Or: [Sustained Hits 1].
TARGET: That DREADNOUGHT unit.
EFFECT: Your unit has MOBILE.
Gauntlet Task Force1DP
SQUADS OF BATTLE-BROTHERS RACE INTO BATTLE ABOARD INDOMITABLE ARMOURED TRANSPORTS
Combined Deployment
Space Marine crews train to provide armoured fire support to their debarked passengers while on the attack.
In your Shooting phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES TRANSPORT unit has shot, you can select one enemy unit hit by those attacks. That enemy unit is assailed until the end of the turn:- While a unit is assailed, when an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit that disembarked this turn targets that unit, those attacks have [Sustained Hits 1].
Enhancements
These battle-brothers excel in bursting from the cover of their transport and straight into the enemy lines. ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY model only. If this unit disembarked this turn:
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This portable strat-shrine plugs directly into the bearer’s armour, enhancing their command and control abilities. CAPTAIN model only. In your Movement phase, if this unit is embarked within a TRANSPORT unit, you can select one friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit within 6" of that TRANSPORT unit and select one combat doctrine. That combat doctrine is active for that INFANTRY unit. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: While making that move, each model in your unit can be set up within the set-up distance of that TRANSPORT.
This allows you to set up your unit within the set-up distance of your TRANSPORT, instead of wholly within that distance.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit that was eligible to fight this phase, is wholly within 6" of a friendly TRANSPORT unit, and is eligible to embark within that TRANSPORT unit.
EFFECT: Your unit embarks within that TRANSPORT unit.
TARGET: One friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES TRANSPORT unit that has an ADEPTUS ASTARTES BATTLELINE unit embarked within it.
EFFECT: Select one objective your unit is controlling. That objective is secured.
Ironstorm Spearhead1DP
SPACE MARINE TANKS DEPLOY AT SQUADRON STRENGTH TO PUNCH THROUGH ENEMY LINES
Ironstorm Auto-targeters
Space Marine armoured formations rapidly share cogitated targeting data to augment their already superb marksmanship and reaction times.
Friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE units’ (excluding WALKER units) ranged attacks can:- Re-roll one hit roll.
- Re-roll one wound roll.
Enhancements
This ancient war machine has endured millennia of battle, and its belligerent machine spirit has only become more obdurant. ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE unit only (excluding DEDICATED TRANSPORT/FLY/WALKER units). This unit:
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The crew of this war machine demonstrate exemplary gunnery and have earned the highest honours for their craft. ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE unit only (excluding DEDICATED TRANSPORT/FLY/WALKER units). This unit’s ranged attacks have [Heavy]. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE unit.
EFFECT: Your unit has Feel No Pain 5+ against mortal wounds.
TARGET: One friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE unit (excluding DEDICATED TRANSPORT/FLY/WALKER units).
EFFECT: Until the start of your next Command phase, your unit can ignore modifiers to your unit’s:
- M.
- BS.
- Hit rolls and wound rolls.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks have [Lethal Hits: Monster/Vehicle].
Medusa's Wrath2DP
Armoured Wrath
Each time a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit is selected to shoot or selected to fight apply one of the following when resolving those attacks:- If that unit is within 6" of a friendly
CANNOK VAR/IRON FATHER FEIRROS unit you can:- Re-roll one hit roll.
- Re-roll one wound roll.
- Re-roll one damage roll.
- Otherwise you can:
- Re-roll one hit roll.
- Or: Re-roll one wound roll.
- Or: Re-roll one damage roll.
Enhancements
This spearhead commander uses advanced augmetics to distribute targeting data. With these, they direct the fire of their war engine crews and rouse their machine spirits to operative superiority. TECHMARINE model only. In your movement phase, at the start or end of this unit’s move, you can select one friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE model within 3" of this unit. That VEHICLE model’s attacks have [LETHAL HITS] until the start of your next Command phase |
This battle-brother is steeped in hidden technological rites. Should their armoured charges be threatened, a burst of arcane Binharic screed can rouse their machine spirits to vigilance. TECHMARINE model only. (Once per battle round, per army) When an enemy unit targets a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE unit within 6" of this unit, you can use this ability. If you do, that VEHICLE unit has Feel No Pain 5+ until that enemy unit has attacked. |
This commander is supremely gifted in the strategies of armoured warfare, understanding the capabilities of every war engine in the Chapter’s arsenal. Delivering precision orders, they ensure the vehicles under their command inflict the most punishing damage to the ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. In your Movement phase, you can select one visible friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE unit within 6" of this model and then select the devastator doctrine or tactical doctrine. That doctrine is active for that VEHICLE unit until the start of your next Command phase. |
The injuries of past battles have seen this warrior heavily rebuilt with ultra-durable cybernetic limbs and organs that render them extremely difficult to kill. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. This model:
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Stratagems
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s attacks have [SUSTAINED HITS 1].
SECONDARY EFFECT:
- If your unit is a VEHICLE unit, have +1 to wound rolls.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Your unit has Feel no pain 5+ against mortal wounds.
TARGET: That friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE unit.
EFFECT: Change any deadly demise rolls made for this unit to an unmodified 6.
TARGET: One friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES DREADNOUGHT unit.
EFFECT: Until the start of your next Command phase, your unit has:
- +1" M.
- +1 T.
- +1 Ld.
- +1 OC.
- +1 to hit rolls.
TARGET: One friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit that is below starting strength.
EFFECT: Until the start of your next Command phase, your unit can ignore modifiers to your unit’s:
- BS and WS.
- Hit rolls and Wound rolls.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE unit.
EFFECT: Your unit shoots using:
- Snap shooting.
- Or: If your unit is at half-strength/below half-strength, normal shooting.
Ceramite Sentinels2DP
Adaptive Defence
These Space Marines are experts in fighting from rapidly prepared defensive positions. They are able to maximise the potential of almost any terrain to serve as an ad-hoc strongpoint, rapidly assessing optimal firing lines and punishing the foe’s every attempt to advance and dislodge them.
- While a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit is within a terrain area, that unit’s attacks can re-roll wound rolls of 1.
- Friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES units are entrenched while all of the following apply:
- That unit is within a terrain area.
- That unit was not set up this turn.
- No model in that unit moved more than 3" this turn.
- Friendly DARNATH LYSANDER/TOR GARADON units have the following ability:
DARNATH LYSANDER’s/TOR GARADON’s unit is always entrenched, regardless of the conditions listed above.
Restrictions: Your army can include IMPERIAL FISTS units, but it cannot include any ADEPTUS ASTARTES units drawn from any other Chapter.
Enhancements
This rare honour badge celebrates a warrior who refuses to give up, even in the face of apparently certain death. GRAVIS model only. (Once per battle, per army) At the end of a phase in which this model is destroyed, roll one D6:
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This unique vox-and-augur augmetic provides the bearer with unparalleled tactical data vital to coordinating an aggressive defence in battle. ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit only. When this unit makes a advance/fall-back move, that move does not prevent this unit from being eligible to start an action. |
Few officers of the Chapter can match this commander’s talent for cunning defensive troop dispositions. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. When both players have deployed their armies, you can redeploy up to three friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY units. When doing so, you can set those units up in strategic reserves, regardless of how many units are already in strategic reserves. |
Several artificer-crafted and heavily shrouded servo-skulls are tethered to this device, their linked visual feeds making the bearer nigh impossible to evade. ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit only. This unit’s ranged weapons have [IGNORES COVER]. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit that is within range of an objective.
EFFECT: Your unit has +1 OC until the end of the turn.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT:
- Attacks that target your unit with a S greater than your unit’s T have -1 to wound rolls.
- Or: If your unit is entrenched, attacks that target your unit have -1 to wound rolls.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s attacks have:
- [LETHAL HITS].
- Or: [SUSTAINED HITS 1].
- Or: If your unit is entrenched, [LETHAL HITS] and [SUSTAINED HITS 1].
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit.
EFFECT: You can select the objective consolidation mode for that consolidation move, regardless of that consolidation move’s Before Moving restrictions.
Designer’s Note: This means your unit can move out of engagement range with enemy units, provided it meets the conditions of the objective consolidation mode.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY/MOUNTED unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s attacks that target a MONSTER/VEHICLE unit, have +1 to wound rolls.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY/MOUNTED unit that lost a wound as a result of those attacks.
EFFECT:
- Your unit can make a normal move of up to D6".
- Or: If your unit is entrenched, your unit can make a normal move of up to D3+3".
Blade of Ultramar3DP
Mastered Doctrines
Marneus Calgar deploys the complete and nuanced wisdom of the Codex Astartes as easily and instinctively as drawing breath.
If your army includes a MARNEUS CALGAR unit, you can select the assault doctrine/devastator doctrine/tactical doctrine each one additional time per battle.Enhancements
This prodigal officer has focused upon one aspect of the Codex Astartes and means to master its every aspect before moving on to the next. CAPTAIN model only. The tactical doctrine is active for this unit in addition to any other combat doctrine. |
Originally worn by a storied Captain of the Ultramarines’ First Company, this artificer armour is bestowed by the Chapter Master himself upon a worthy wearer. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. This model has:
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Amongst the most solemn and binding oaths an Ultramarine can swear, it is a rare honour to enter battle with these words affixed to their armour. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. This model’s melee attacks have:
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Having battled the Tyranid swarms since their first galactic invasion, this veteran officer knows well the benefit of efficient and overwhelming firepower. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. This unit’s ranged attacks have [Sustained Hits 1]. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Attacks that target your unit have -1 AP until that enemy unit has attacked.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks have [IGNORES COVER].
TARGET: One friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Select one combat doctrine. That combat doctrine is active for your unit until the start of your next Command phase.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks have [Lance].
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY/MOUNTED unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a normal move of up to D3+3".
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Attacks that target your unit with a S greater than this unit’s T have -1 to wound rolls.
Shadowmark Talon2DP
Shadow Tactics
The Raven Guard are renowned for their uncanny ability to move unseen, cloaking themselves in darkness as they close in upon their prey. Aethon Shaan is a true master at harnessing these abilities, withdrawing and redeploying his battle-brothers to draw the enemy out of formation.
Friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES units have Stealth.Friendly PHOBOS/SCOUT SQUAD units have -3" detection range.
Friendly AETHON SHAAN units have the following ability:
Enhancements
This mechanical device contains miniaturised refraction fields and electromagnetic interference projectors that distort sensory apparatus, enabling the bearer and their unit to evade detection and infiltrate key positions. ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY model only. This unit has Infiltrators. |
This warrior is a solitary predator whose footsteps are all but silent and whose form is one with the shadows. ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY model only. This model has:
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Those who master the Path of Ambush guide their forces to launch surprise assaults on the enemy with the precise timing of true hunters. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. In your first Movement phase, this unit can make an ingress move. |
This wreath of circuitry from the Dark Age of Technology forces a whispering white noise into enemy minds and broadcasts, impeding communications and interrupting the chain of command. PHOBOS model only. Each enemy unit (excluding MONSTER/VEHICLE units) engaged with this unit cannot be targeted by controlling player stratagems. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One unengaged ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit.
EFFECT: Place your unit in strategic reserves.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a normal move of:
- Up to D6".
- Or: If your unit is a PHOBOS/SCOUT SQUAD unit, up to 6".
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks have:
- +1 BS.
- +1 AP.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit.
EFFECT: Those attacks do not prevent your unit from being hidden.
TARGET: One friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit.
EFFECT: The tactical doctrine is active for your unit in addition to any other combat doctrine, until the start of your next Command phase.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks have [Precision].
Forgefather’s Seekers2DP
Vulkan's Quest
Tireless in his pursuit of the Primarch’s legacy, Forgefather Vulkan He’stan annihilates any who impede his quest. Favouring swift, aggressive assaults, he and his warriors close rapidly with the enemy, destroying them at close range with ruthless efficiency
- You can select the devastator doctrine one additional time per battle.
- Friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES units’ ranged attacks that target a unit within 12", have +1 S.
If your army includes a VULKAN HE’STAN unit, friendly INFERNUS SQUAD units have the following:
- When this unit is selected to make an advance/fall-back move, that advance/fall-back move does not prevent this unit from being eligible to start an action.
- When this unit starts an action, that action does not prevent this unit from being eligible to shoot.
Restrictions: Your army can include SALAMANDERS units, but it cannot include any ADEPTUS ASTARTES units drawn from any other Chapter.
Enhancements
To this Angel of Death, war is the anvil upon which their strength is wrought. Every battle is seen as a test in which they and their battle-brothers can prove themselves, and the superior craftsmanship of their weapons and armour. Adeptus Astartes model only. This unit can ignore modifiers to:
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This flowing cloak or finely wrought tabard is laced through with threads of braided adamantine. When combined with armour and energy fields, it has been shown time and again that these symbols of office are proof against even the very strongest attacks. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. Attacks allocated to this model have -1 D. |
Having laboured long in the Chapter’s forges, this warrior smith has crafted his personal armaments. Each weapon is a masterwork tool of death-dealing, wrought with care and strength, and embellished with the icons of their maker’s brotherhood. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. This model’s melee attacks have:
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Steeped in the Promethean Cult, this battle-brother wields the flamer with unparalleled mastery, turning the battlefield into a burning pyre for the corpses of his foes. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. This unit’s [TORRENT] weapons have +1 A. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One friendly unengaged ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit equipped with one or more Torrent/Melta weapons.
EFFECT: Select one visible enemy unit within 12" of your unit. That enemy unit has -1 to charge rolls.
TARGET: One friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit.
EFFECT: The assault doctrine or tactical doctrine is active for your unit, until the start of your next Command phase.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s Torrent weapons:
- Do not have [Blast].
- Have [Close-Quarters].
- Have +1 A.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged [TORRENT] attacks have +1 AP.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s attacks can:
- Re-roll hit rolls of 1.
- Re-roll wound rolls of 1.
TARGET: One friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit embarked within that ADEPTUS ASTARTES TRANSPORT unit.
EFFECT: Your ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit can:
- Make a disembark move.
- Shoot using normal shooting, but when doing so your unit can only target that enemy unit.
Spearpoint Task Force2DP
Storm-swift Onslaught
The White Scars are masters of high‑speed tactics and hit‑and‑run warfare. They do battle on the move and from the saddle, outwitting their enemies with breakneck manoeuvres and melting away one moment only to crash home with bone‑crushing force the next.
- You can select the assault doctrine or tactical doctrine one additional time per battle.
- Friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED/SPEEDER units have +1 to advance rolls.
Friendly SUBODEN KHAN units have the following ability:
- If this unit is unengaged, this unit can make a normal move.
- Or: If this unit is engaged, this unit can make a fall-back move.
Restrictions: Your army can include WHITE SCARS units, but it cannot include any ADEPTUS ASTARTES units drawn from any other Chapter.
Enhancements
The Chapter’s Librarians have made this champion privy to omens of great threats in future wars. Armed with this knowledge, they lead their warriors to war with a boldness that some mistake for recklessness. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. This unit can re-roll advance rolls. |
This mounted huntsman knows well the importance of manoeuvre, outflanking the enemy and ambushing unsuspecting foes from the flanks and rear, the better to land the killing blow. ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED/SPEEDER unit only. When this unit is selected to make an ingress move, treat the current battle round number as being one higher than it actually is. |
This augmetic eye enhances the user’s visual spectrum, enabling them to pinpoint heat signatures and cogitate appropriate firing solutions. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. This unit’s ranged attacks:
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Decades of service within the White Scars First Company have helped this superlative warrior master the violent arts of high-speed combat. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. This model’s melee attacks have:
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Stratagems
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED/SPEEDER unit.
EFFECT: Ranged attacks that target your unit have -1 to wound rolls.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT:
- That fall-back move does not prevent your unit from being eligible to shoot.
- Your unit’s ranged attacks have [ASSAULT].
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED unit.
EFFECT: Your unit has MOBILE.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks:
- Have [LETHAL HITS].
- Or: Have [LANCE].
- Or: If your unit has MOUNTED, have [LETHAL HITS] and [LANCE].
TARGET: One friendly unengaged ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED/SPEEDER unit.
EFFECT: Place your unit in strategic reserves.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY/MOUNTED/SPEEDER unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a normal move of up to D3+3".
Fist of the God-Emperor1DP
Purge and Sanctify
As the battle-brothers of a Vindication Task Force purge the Emperor’s domain in fire and blood, they see their holy quest as recovering Humanity’s rightful dominion. They scour the stain of the unclean, topple false idols, breach strongholds of unholy faith and plant the crusade’s standards in their place, branding such sites with the sacred icons of their brotherhood.
Each time a friendly CRUSADER SQUAD unit makes a surge move, instead of selecting a surge target, you can select the closest objective to that unit. When that unit makes that surge move, each model in that unit must end that surge move as close as possible to that objective instead.Restrictions: Your army can include BLACK TEMPLARS units, but it cannot include any ADEPTUS ASTARTES units drawn from any other Chapter.
Enhancements
With their zealous hatred stoked red-hot by furious sermons and inflammatory prayers, Companions of Vehemence are filled with a wrathful vigour. Only the deaths of the God-Emperor’s enemies can assuage their fury, and they will let nothing delay them from unleashing it. CRUSADER SQUAD unit only. This unit can re-roll Advance rolls. |
With a ceaseless and booming oratory, this commander exhorts his warriors in their duty to the Emperor. Honour, he declaims, must be pursued relentlessly. ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit only. When this unit is selected to make an advance/fall-back move, that advance/fall-back move does not prevent this unit from being eligible to start an action. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One friendly CRUSADER SQUAD unit.
EFFECT: Select one combat doctrine. That combat doctrine is active for your unit until the start of your next Command phase.
TARGET: That CRUSADER SQUAD unit.
EFFECT: Attacks that target your unit with a S greater than your unit’s T have -1 to wound rolls.
TARGET: That CRUSADER SQUAD unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks:
- Have [LETHAL HITS].
- Or: Have [SUSTAINED HITS 1].
Marshal’s Household1DP
WARRIOR‑KNIGHTS – EACH A CHAMPION OF MARTIAL FAITH – STRIKE WITH UNCOMPROMISING FERVOUR
Faith-fuelled Resolve
Uncompromising in their faith, a crusade's Sword Brethren are blazing beacons of intolerant resolve capable of holding back hordes of blasphemous foes from sites sacred to the Black Templars.
In the Fight phase, if a friendly SWORD BRETHREN SQUAD unit is within range of an objective, that unit’s melee attacks have +1 A.Restrictions: Your army can include BLACK TEMPLARS units, but it cannot include any ADEPTUS ASTARTES units drawn from any other Chapter.
Enhancements
Paragons of their crusade's inexorable wrath, these Sword Brethren have earned a reputation for carving a path to victory through their foes, unable to rest while one enemy yet lives. SWORD BRETHREN SQUAD unit only. This unit has +1 to charge rolls. |
These warrior elites have achieved feats of bloody slaughter against the most deadly of the God-Emperor's foes, executing them in displays of such blisteringly swift attacks that it is clear they share a sliver of Sigismund's own skill. SWORD BRETHREN SQUAD unit only. This unit has Fights First. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That SWORD BRETHREN SQUAD unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks that target a MONSTER/VEHICLE unit have +2 S.
TARGET: That SWORD BRETHREN SQUAD unit.
EFFECT: When an enemy unit engaged with your unit is selected to make a fall-back move , that enemy unit must use the desperate escape mode, with -1 to those hazard rolls if that enemy unit is battle-shocked.
TARGET: That SWORD BRETHREN SQUAD.
EFFECT: Select one enemy unit engaged with your unit. Roll one D6 for each model in your unit engaged with that enemy unit:
- For each 4+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound (to a maximum of 6 mortal wounds).
Vow-sworn Crusaders2DP
Templar Vows
On the eve of battle, the Black Templars gather to be led in prayer and contemplation by their champions. United in their hatred of the foe, they swear a mighty vow to uphold in the battle ahead.
At the start of the first battle round, you can select one Vow listed below. That Vow is active for friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES units until the end of the battle.Abhor the Witch, Destroy the Witch
This unit’s melee attacks that target a PSYKER unit:
- Have [PRECISION].
- Have [LANCE].
Accept Any Challenge, No Matter the Odds
Friendly melee attacks that target a unit with a T greater than this unit’s S have +1 to wound rolls.
Uphold the Honour of the Emperor
Friendly INFANTRY units have:
- At the end of your Movement phase, if this unit is controlling an objective, that objective is secured.
- When this unit is selected to make an advance move, that advance move does not prevent this unit from being eligible to start an action.
Restrictions: Your army can include BLACK TEMPLARS units, but it cannot include any ADEPTUS ASTARTES units drawn from any other Chapter.
Enhancements
This warrior’s auto-senses are linked to a circling host of servo-skulls crafted from the remains of favoured serfs and failed neophytes. Fitted with ocular probes and sensor vanes, they provide the Black Templar with advanced targeting information to pick out the unbelievers who cower in concealment. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. In your Shooting phase, you can select one visible enemy unit within 18" of this unit. That enemy unit cannot have the benefit of cover. |
The piety and honour of this warrior can be felt wherever he fights. His presence rouses the ardent souls of the Black Templars, warding Sigismund’s heirs from the blasphemy of the unbeliever. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. This unit has 5+ InSv. |
This inspirational warrior exudes fierce contempt and loathing for the Emperor’s foes, inciting such apoplectic revulsion in their battle-brothers as to drive their blows with vicious strength. CHAPLAIN/JUDICIAR model only. This unit’s melee attacks have +1 S. |
This warrior is an unstoppable crusader whose hearts burn like twin pyres of eager zeal. Ever at the forefront of combat, he leads his warriors as the tip of the crusade’s blade. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. This unit has Scouts 6". |
Stratagems
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit that was selected as a charge target by that enemy unit this phase.
EFFECT: That enemy unit must make a battle-shock roll, with -1 to that battle-shock roll.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks have [PRECISION].
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a surge move of up to D6".
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can ignore modifiers to your unit’s:
- BS and WS.
- Hit rolls.
TARGET: That CHAPLIN/JUDICIAR unit.
EFFECT:
- Your unit’s melee attacks can re-roll hit rolls of 1.
- Or: Your unit’s melee attacks that target a MONSTER/VEHICLE unit can re-roll hit rolls of 1 and wound rolls of 1.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit.
EFFECT: When making that pile-in/consolidation move, your unit can move up to D3+3".
Angelic Inheritors3DP
Legacy of the Angel
Never do the Blood Angels stand taller or strive harder than when faced with seemingly impossible odds. At such times, the Sons of Sanguinius delve deep into their souls for preternatural reserves of determination, fury and focus. Sometimes, they even touch upon the uncertain gift of prophecy that was said to be their gene‑sire’s boon and his curse.
Friendly BLOOD ANGELS CHARACTER units:- Can re-roll hit rolls of 1.
- Can re-roll wound rolls of 1.
Restrictions: Your army can include BLOOD ANGELS units, but it cannot include any ADEPTUS ASTARTES units drawn from any other Chapter.
Enhancements
A flash of foresight and clarity sings through this warrior’s blood and guides his steps into battle. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. This unit has Scouts 6". |
What was before merely a decorative blood drop pendant now shines with a seemingly miraculous light as bright as any star. The foe are forced to avert their gaze from its wrathful magnificence. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. Enemy units cannot target this unit with snap shooting attacks. |
Knowing only too well the desperate and vital nature of the battle before him, this scion of Sanguinius echoes his Primarch’s resolute determination to fight on even beyond what seems the doors of certain death. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. (Once per battle, per army) At the end of a phase in which this model is destroyed, roll one D6:
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Just as his Primarch before him, this warrior has foreseen his impending doom and goes towards it regardless, desperate to land a telling blow upon the foe before death claims him. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. (Once per battle, per army) In your Command phase you can use this ability. If you do, until the end of the turn this unit can:
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Stratagems
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks:
- Have [LETHAL HITS].
- Or: If your unit is a CHARACTER unit, have [LETHAL HITS], [LANCE].
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks have [SUSTAINED HITS 1].
TARGET: One friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit.
EFFECT: Your unit has CHARACTER until the start of your next Command phase.
TARGET: One friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES CHARACTER unit.
EFFECT: Select one combat doctrine. That combat doctrine is active for your unit until the start of your next Command phase.
TARGET: One friendly THE SANGUINOR/unengaged ADEPTUS ASTARTES JUMP PACK unit.
EFFECT: Place your unit in strategic reserves.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES CHARACTER unit.
EFFECT: Your unit has:
- Stealth.
- -3" detection range.
Encarmine Speartip1DP
THE CHAPTER’S GOLDEN‑ARMOURED ELITE PLUNGE INTO FOE LIKE A SPEAR CAST FROM THE HEAVENS
Wrath of Angels
Few living warriors embody the ideal of the Emperor's wrathful angels more than the Sanguinary Guard, for they appear without warning to wreak death and destruction before surging on to the next foe with shocking speed.
The tactical doctrine is active for SANGUINARY GUARD units in addition to any other combat doctrine.Restrictions: Your army can include BLOOD ANGELS units, but it cannot include any ADEPTUS ASTARTES units drawn from any other Chapter.
Enhancements
Granted a glimmer of foresight by his genetic inheritance, this Son of Sanguinius has identified a foe whose future is drenched in the blood of the Imperium. Such an enemy cannot be allowed to live. ADEPTUS ASTARTES JUMP PACK model only. (once per battle, per army) When this unit is selected to fight you can use this ability. If you do, this model’s melee attacks have +1 D. |
This deadly duellist leads his battle-brothers in masterful strikes capable of carving through their armoured or swarming foes with breathtaking fluidity. ADEPTUS ASTARTES JUMP PACK model only. When this unit is selected to fight, this unit’s melee attacks have:
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Stratagems
TARGET: That SANGUINARY GUARD unit.
EFFECT: Select one enemy unit engaged with your unit. Roll one D6 for each model in your unit engaged with that enemy unit:
- For each 3+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound.
TARGET: That SANGUINARY GUARD unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a normal move of up to D3+3".
TARGET: That SANGUINARY GUARD unit.
EFFECT: Your unit has:
- Stealth.
- -3" detection range.
Wrath of the Doomed1DP
THE DEATH COMPANY BRING THEIR FOES A DOOM THAT IS BLOODY AND SUPERNATURALLY SWIFT
Sanguinius' Fury
Swept up in visions of the Primarch’s blood-drenched final hours, the Lost throw themselves upon the foe, channelling the Great Angel’s fury and striving their utmost to emulate his mastery of close-quarters combat.
Friendly DEATH COMPANY units have the following:- At the start of each phase, the assault doctrine is active for this unit.
- The devastator/tactical doctrine cannot be active for this unit.
Restrictions: Your army can include BLOOD ANGELS units, but it cannot include any ADEPTUS ASTARTES units drawn from any other Chapter.
Enhancements
Proudly is Sanguinius remembered for his rapid intercession in the protection of his gene-sons. Driven on by death visions, this lost warrior is a tragic monument to such glory. DEATH COMPANY model only. When you target this unit with the Heroic Intervention stratagem, that use is -1 CP. |
Lost to a memory shard of the Primarch, in this warrior's mind, he has entered the Archtraitor's sanctum, and all that stands between him and Horus is a host of massing traitors. DEATH COMPANY model only. This model’s melee attacks have +2 A. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That enemy unit.
EFFECT: That enemy unit is hated until the end of the battle:
- While a unit is hated, friendly DEATH COMPANY units’ attacks that target that unit have +1 to wound rolls.
TARGET: That DEATH COMPANY DREADNOUGHT unit.
EFFECT: Your unit has MOBILE.
TARGET: That DEATH COMPANY unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a surge move of up to D6".
Darkflight Pursuit1DP
BLACK‑ARMOURED COMBAT CRAFT HUNT THEIR PREY UPON WINGS OF DARK FURY
Black-winged Vigilance
The anti-grav skimmers and combat aircraft of the Ravenwing bristle not only with potent weapons but also with powerful augurs and trackers, whose sleepless machine spirits are as vigilant as the black-armoured battle-brothers.
Friendly RAVENWING FLY units’ ranged attacks have [IGNORES COVER].Friendly OUTRIDER SQUAD units have BATTLELINE.
Restrictions: Your army can include DARK ANGELS units, but it cannot include any ADEPTUS ASTARTES units drawn from any other Chapter.
Enhancements
These master-wrought engines from the Dark Ages of Technology churn the gloom emanated by the Ravenwing's reliquaries into a billowing cawl that shrouds their advance, allowing them to strike when the foe least expects. RAVENWING FLY/RAVENWING MOUNTED unit only. In your first Movement phase, this unit can make an ingress move. |
Use of these relic plasma storm batteries is granted only by dispensation of the Master of the Rock. They unleash devastating toroids of searing plasma, while their venting subsystems are known to be especially vigilant. LAND SPEEDER VENGEANCE unit only. This unit can re-roll:
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Stratagems
TARGET: That RAVENWING FLY unit.
EFFECT: Visible enemy units within 6" of your unit have +3" detection range.
TARGET: That RAVENWING FLY unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a normal move of up to D3+3".
TARGET: That RAVENWING FLY/MOUNTED unit.
EFFECT: Your unit has Stealth.
Inner Circle Task Force1DP
Vowed Target
Whether its true significance is kept a secret or not, there is a singular prize here that the Inner Circle have come to either secure or destroy. They will pursue this strategic objective with cold ferocity.
In your Command phase, you can use this ability. If you do, select one objective. That objective is your vowed objective until your next Command phase.- Friendly DEATHWING INFANTRY unit’s attacks that target an enemy unit within range of your vowed objective have +1 to wound rolls.
Restrictions: Your army can include DARK ANGELS units, but it cannot include any ADEPTUS ASTARTES units drawn from any other Chapter.
Enhancements
This warrior lets nothing stand in their way or slow their advance, closing swiftly and relentlessly with their quarry. DEATHWING model only. When this unit is selected to make a consolidation move, this unit can move up to D3+3". |
Even amongst the elite of the Unforgiven, this warrior is a paragon of duty and martial might. DEATHWING model only. This unit’s attacks that target an enemy unit within range of your vowed objective have [SUSTAINED HITS 1]. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That DEATHWING unit.
EFFECT: When a model in your unit is destroyed, if your unit has not been selected to fight this phase, roll one D6, with +1 to that roll if your unit is engaged with an enemy unit within range of your vowed objective:
- On a 4+, do not remove that model from the battlefield. When your unit has fought, or at the end of the phase (whichever comes first), that model is removed from the battlefield.
TARGET: That DEATHWING unit.
EFFECT:
- Your unit can be set up more than 6" horizontally from all enemy units (instead of more than 8").
- Your unit is not eligible to declare a charge until the end of this turn.
TARGET: That DEATHWING unit.
EFFECT: Select one enemy unit engaged with your unit. If you do, roll one D6 for each model in your unit engaged with that enemy unit:
- For each 3+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound (to a maximum of 6 mortal wounds).
Wrath of the Rock2DP
Dutiful Tenacity
Even amongst the Adeptus Astartes, the battle‑brothers of the Dark Angels are renowned for their tenacity and resilience on the battlefield. When ordered to war, they are utterly relentless in pursuing their objectives, wading into fields of withering fire and shrugging off blows that would slay mortal warriors outright.
Attacks that target friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY/MOUNTED units with a S greater than that unit’s T have -1 to wound rolls.Restrictions: Your army can include DARK ANGELS units, but it cannot include any ADEPTUS ASTARTES units drawn from any other Chapter.
Enhancements
A veteran of the Inner Circle, this warrior inspires those around them to hold the line amidst the heat and chaos of battle. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. Friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES units within 6" of this model can re-roll leadership rolls. |
This commander has mastered the art of cavalry combat, instinctively noticing the opportune position to strike and navigating the chaos of battle with preternatural precision. RAVENWING model only. This unit can re-roll charge rolls. |
A veteran inductee of the Inner Circle, this champion has served amongst the Deathwing for centuries and become an unmatched master of teleportarium insertions. DEATHWING model with the Deep Strike ability only. In your first Movement phase, this unit can make an ingress move. |
The vaults of the Dark Angels contain many relics from Humanity’s distant past. This soldier has been granted the honour of bearing such a weapon to battle. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. This model’s melee attacks:
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Stratagems
TARGET: That DEATHWING/RAVENWING unit. You can target that unit with this stratagem even though it is destroyed.
EFFECT: Select one objective:
- That no enemy units (excluding AIRCRAFT units) are within range of.
- That your unit was controlling at the end of the previous phase.
TARGET: One friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit that is within range of an objective.
EFFECT: Your unit has +1 OC until the end of the turn.
TARGET: That Adeptus Astartes unit.
EFFECT: Your unit's melee attacks have [Precision].
TARGET: One friendly DEATHWING/RAVENWING unit.
EFFECT: Select one combat doctrine. That combat doctrine is active for your unit until the start of your next Command phase.
TARGET: That RAVENWING unit.
EFFECT: Your unit has MOBILE.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY/MOUNTED unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks have +2 S.
Champions of Fenris1DP
THE HAND‑PICKED CHAMPIONS OF THE SPACE WOLVES CHAPTER STRIDE OUT TO LAY THEIR ENEMIES LOW
The Great Wolf Watches
The battle‑brothers of this Great Company know what their lord expects of them and stand ready to pounce the moment the foe are fool enough to stray within range.
Friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES CHARACTER units have the following ability:Enhancements
Possessed of a ferocious predatory instinct, this warrior leads swift and deadly encirclements and ambushes with peerless skill. ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY model only. This unit can re-roll charge rolls. |
Likened to a walking pinnacle of Fenrisian granite come to life, this hulking champion is an echo of Russ himself. ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY model only.
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Stratagems
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES CHARACTER unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks can re-roll hit rolls of 1 and wound rolls of 1.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES CHARACTER unit.
EFFECT: Attacks that target your unit have -1 D until that enemy unit has attacked.
TARGET: One friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit (excluding MONSTER/VEHICLE units).
EFFECT: Until the start of your next Command phase, your unit has CHARACTER.
Saga of the Beastslayer1DP
Legendary Slayers
Some Space Wolves seek only to bring down the most monstrous and deadly foes. With hunting packs of Fenrisian wolves, Thunderwolf Cavalry and rampaging bands of Wulfen, they seek to hunt down and slay mighty champions, towering monstrosities and rumbling war machines, demoralising the foe and earning glorious victories.
Attacks made by friendly BLOOD CLAWS/THUNDERWOLF CAVALRY/WULFEN units have [Lethal Hits: Character/Monster/Vehicle].Enhancements
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. When both players have deployed their armies, you can redeploy up to three friendly BLOOD CLAWS/Thunderwolf Cavalry/WULFEN units. When doing so, you can set those units up in strategic reserves, regardless of how many units are already in strategic reserves. |
Whilst the Canis Helix has yet to overcome this champion fully, it is stirred to life by the thrill of battle and the scent of blood. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. This unit has:
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Stratagems
TARGET: That BLOOD CLAWS/THUNDERWOLF CAVALRY/WULFEN unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks have [LANCE].
TARGET: One unengaged BLOOD CLAWS/THUNDERWOLF CAVALRY/WULFEN unit that is within 9" of one or more battlefield edges.
EFFECT: Place your unit in strategic reserves.
TARGET: That BLOOD CLAWS/THUNDERWOLF CAVALRY/WULFEN unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a surge move of up to D6".
Saga of the Great Wolf2DP
Master of Wolves
When the Great Wolf Logan Grimnar leads his packs to war, it is certain that mighty deeds will be done and epic verses added to the sagas of many a Space Wolf. There is none amongst the sons of Russ who can command such instinctive authority throughout his Chapter, none who so deftly wields warrior and war engine like a single great pack. In the sight of their lord, every Space Wolf aspires to be a champion of Fenris and strives with ever-greater determination to prove themselves worthy of his regard. Grimnar masterfully directs the hunt from its very heart, orchestrating every element like an apex predator herding its prey to destruction. Where restraint is needed, he sees it exercised. Where focused fury must be unleashed, he is its master and embodiment both. So does the saga of Logan Grimnar grow ever greater for the telling.
HOWLING ONSLAUGHT
When the Great Wolf gives the command, his packs descend upon the foe in a coordinated and utterly devastating strike.
Friendly LOGAN GRIMNAR units have the following ability:
Restrictions: Your army can include SPACE WOLVES units, but it cannot include any ADEPTUS ASTARTES units drawn from any other Chapter.
Enhancements
An ancient hunting horn with a built-in vox amplification unit, this relic’s stirring howl can be heard even through the wild clangour of battle. WOLF PRIEST model only. (Once per turn, per unit) At the start of the fight phase, you can select one enemy unit within 6" of this model. That unit makes a battle-shock roll with -1 to that battle-shock roll. |
This moonsilver wolf-talisman is bestowed by the Great Wolf himself before battle, a mark of favour that fills the bearer with an eagerness to slay the foe. ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR CAPTAIN model only. (Once per battle round, per army) You can target this unit with the Rapid Ingress/Heroic Intervention stratagem, regardless of any other uses of that stratagem this phase. If you do:
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This dedicated flight of gunships attends the Great Wolf and his packs, and can be called in to rapidly reposition his forces in the moments before battle is joined. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. When both players have deployed their armies, you can redeploy up to three friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES units. When doing so, you can set those units up in strategic reserves, regardless of how many units are already in strategic reserves. |
Great deeds have been prophesied for this champion, such that those who fight alongside him do so all the harder as they play out the self-fulfilling prophecy. Wolf Guard Battle Leader model only. This unit’s melee attacks have [Lance]. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s attacks can re-roll wound rolls of 1 and 2.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY/MOUNTED unit.
EFFECT: Your unit has Feel No Pain 5+ against mortal wounds.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY/MOUNTED unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks have [Precision].
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED/WALKER unit.
EFFECT: Your unit has MOBILE.
TARGET: One friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit (excluding MONSTER/VEHICLE units).
EFFECT: Select one combat doctrine. That combat doctrine is active for your unit until the start of your next Command phase.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY/MOUNTED unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a normal move of up to D3+3".
Black Spear Task Force3DP
Mission Tactics
Thousands of years of collated strategic data and hard-won combat experience have provided the Deathwatch with the ultimate battlefield tactics to combat almost any foe.
FUROR TACTICS When the enemy horde grows close, the Deathwatch will be tasked with the decimation of their core. Aiming not for clinical kills but for maximum destruction over a wide area, they tear the heart from the enemy army.
MALLEUS TACTICS When the giants of war lumber forth, the Deathwatch will adopt Malleus tactics. Even the largest behemoth has a weak point, and the archives of the Deathwatch number them all.
PURGATUS TACTICS By adopting Purgatus tactics, the Deathwatch focus their deadly ire upon the commanders of the enemy host, assassinating them one after another with pitiless head shots and killing thrusts of the blade.
Furor Tactics: If the devastator doctrine is active for your unit, your unit’s attacks have [SUSTAINED HITS 1].
Malleus Tactics: If the tactical doctrine is active for your unit, your unit’s attacks have [LETHAL HITS].
Purgatus Tactics: If the assault doctrine is active for your unit, your unit’s attacks that target an enemy unit within 9" of this unit have [PRECISION].
RESTRICTIONS: Your army can include ADEPTUS ASTARTES DEATHWATCH units, but it cannot include any ADEPTUS ASTARTES units drawn from any other Chapter.
With the exception of KILL TEAM CASSIUS (see Legends: Agents of the Imperium), your army cannot include any AGENTS OF THE IMPERIUM DEATHWATCH units.
Enhancements
The Thief of Secrets is a blade whose machine spirit has an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. It has tasted the vitae of countless alien races, absorbing those liquids through auto-sanctified sanguinator-channels and codifying them through the honeycombed array of logicum cells within. The biological secrets of many xenos races have thus been laid bare, allowing the blade’s user to modulate its power field, the better to slice through chitinous armour, rupture xenoform organs and burn out alien nervous systems. WATCH MASTER/CAPTAIN model only. This model has the following weapon:
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The Beacon Angelis was devised to guide the Deathwatch to the threshold of the alien adversary. Housed within a reliquary, it calls out to the warriors’ augur arrays with the voices of a hundred electric cherubim, its summons so strong that it draws the righteous unto its locale regardless of what darkness may surround it. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. If this unit is a KILL TEAM unit, this unit has:
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This grimoire, bound in the skin of the alien, holds the most powerful truths the Deathwatch have uncovered about their foes - whether xenos or those who harbour them - arming them with the best tactics and strategies to use against such threats. WATCH MASTER/CAPTAIN model only. (Once per battle, per army) In your Command phase, you can use this ability. If you do, the assault doctrine, devastator doctrine and tactical doctrine are active for this unit until the start of your next Command phase. |
The ancient clavis known as the Osseus Key is said to be the most powerful of its kind. Where other such devices are made from sanctified platinum, the Osseus Key is made from the hand and finger bones of deceased Imperial Fists heroes that fought in the Horus Heresy, scrimshawed with inhuman care and imbued with the fiercest machine spirits of the age. No portal can bar its bearer from entry, and no xenos machine can stand before his wrath. WATCH MASTER/TECHMARINE model only. While an enemy VEHICLE unit is within 6" of this model, that enemy unit’s attacks have -1 A. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Attacks that target your unit have -1 AP until that enemy unit has attacked.
TARGET: That KILL TEAM unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks:
- Have +6" R.
- Have +1 S.
TARGET: That KILL TEAM unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks (excluding [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] attacks) have [ANTI-non-VEHICLE 4+].
TARGET: That KILL TEAM unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks:
- Can re-roll wound rolls of 1.
- Have [IGNORES COVER].
TARGET: One friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Select one combat doctrine. That combat doctrine is active for your unit until the start of your next Command phase.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit.
EFFECT:
- Place your unit in strategic reserves.
- If your unit has KILL TEAM, your unit has Deep Strike until the end of your next Movement phase.
Deathwatch Support1DP
Mission Tactics
Thousands of years of collated strategic data and hard-won combat experience have provided the Deathwatch with the ultimate battlefield tactics to combat almost any foe.
Friendly KILL TEAM units with this ability have the following abilities:Furor Tactics
When the enemy horde grows close, the Deathwatch will be tasked with the decimation of their core. Aiming not for clinical kills but for maximum destruction over a wide area, they tear the heart from the enemy army.
If the devastator doctrine is active for your unit, your unit’s attacks have [SUSTAINED HITS 1].Malleus Tactics
When the giants of war lumber forth, the Deathwatch will adopt Malleus tactics. Even the largest behemoth has a weak point, and the archives of the Deathwatch number them all.
If the tactical doctrine is active for your unit, your unit’s attacks have [LETHAL HITS].Purgatus Tactics
By adopting Purgatus tactics, the Deathwatch focus their deadly ire upon the commanders of the enemy host, assassinating them one after another with pitiless head shots and killing thrusts of the blade.
If the assault doctrine is active for your unit, your unit’s attacks that target an enemy unit within 9" of this unit have [PRECISION].DEATHWATCH ALLIES
You can include DEATHWATCH units in your army, even though they do not have the same Chapter faction keyword as other units in your army. The combined points value of such units cannot exceed 500 points.
When mustering your army, unless otherwise stated, you cannot select a DEATHWATCH model to be your WARLORD. In addition KILL TEAM units can only contain enhancements taken from this detachment.
This an exception to the Space Marine Chapters Army Rules.
Enhancements
The Beacon Angelis was devised to guide the Deathwatch to the threshold of the alien adversary. Housed within a reliquary, it calls out to the warriors’ augur arrays with the voices of a hundred electric cherubim, its summons so strong that it draws the righteous unto its locale regardless of what darkness may surround it. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. If this unit is a KILL TEAM unit, this unit has:
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Stratagems
TARGET: That KILL TEAM unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks have:
- Have +6" R.
- Have +1 S.
TARGET: That KILL TEAM unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks:
- Can re-roll wound rolls of 1.
- Have [IGNORES COVER].
TARGET: That KILL TEAM unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks (excluding [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] attacks) have [ANTI-non-VEHICLE 4+].
TARGET: One friendly unengaged KILL TEAM unit.
EFFECT: Place your unit in strategic reserves.
Boarding Actions
Introduction
Within the following pages you will find numerous Boarding Actions Detachments that can be used in your Boarding Actions games. Each lists which units you can include in your army, any modifications to those units’ army rule as presented in their Codex or Index, a Detachment rule unique to that Detachment, and a number of Enhancements and Stratagems that you can use.A keyword that will be shared by all units in your army.
MUSTERING RULES
Which units you are allowed to include in your army.
FORMING BOARDING SQUADS
Any additional rules that will apply in the missions Form Boarding Squads step. Note that not all Detachments will have these.
RULES ADAPTATIONS
Some units will be unable to use certain abilities in Boarding Actions battles. Where this is the case, these units and their relevant abilities will be listed here.
Due to the distinct nature of close-quarters battle in Boarding Actions, most army rules require some modifications to their effects. Where this is the case, these will be described here.
DETACHMENT RULE
Each faction will have a number of different Detachments to choose from, each with its own Detachment rule to reflect the unique fighting methods of such forces.
ENHANCEMENTS
Further Enhancements that you can give to CHARACTER models from your army, beyond those(Boarding Actions Enhancments), will be found here.
STRATAGEMS
Additional Stratagems that you can use, in addition to those (Boarding Actions Stratagems), will be found here.
Boarding Strike
Space Marines excel in the sort of fast-paced, ferociously violent battles that erupt during voidship boarding assaults. Moving fast and hitting hard, they swiftly secure enemy vessels, or else sweep impertinent foes from their own warships’ decks.
Mustering a Boarding Patrol
All of the ADEPTUS ASTARTES models in your Boarding Patrol must be drawn from the same Chapter.You can include up to two of the following units (duplicates are not allowed):
- INFANTRY CHARACTER (excluding TERMINATOR models)
- PRIMARCH
- ASSAULT INTERCESSOR SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
- BLOOD CLAWS (5 or 10 models)
- CRUSADER SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
- DEATHWATCH VETERANS (5 or 10 models)
- GREY HUNTERS (5 or 10 models)
- HEAVY INTERCESSOR SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
- INTERCESSOR SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
PRIMARIS CRUSADER SQUAD(10 models)TACTICAL SQUAD(10 models)
- AGGRESSOR SQUAD (3 models)
- BLADEGUARD VETERAN SQUAD (3 models)
COMPANY HEROES(5 models)DEATH COMPANY MARINES WITH BOLT RIFLES(5 or 10 models)- DEATH COMPANY MARINES (5 or 10 models)
- INFERNUS SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
- INNER CIRCLE COMPANIONS (3 models)
PRIMARIS SWORD BRETHREN(5 or 10 models)- STERNGUARD VETERAN SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
WOLF GUARD(5 or 10 models)- WULFEN (5 or 10 models)
ERADICATOR SQUAD(3 models)- HELLBLASTER SQUAD (5 models)
- ASSAULT INTERCESSORS WITH JUMP PACKS (5 or 10 models)
- DEATH COMPANY MARINES WITH JUMP PACKS (5 or 10 models)
- FENRISIAN WOLVES (5 models)
- SANGUINARY GUARD (3 models)
SKYCLAWS(5 or 10 models)- VANGUARD VETERAN SQUAD WITH JUMP PACKS (5 or 10 models)
Rules Adaptations
Units that can FLY lose the Deep Strike ability.- The APOTHECARY model loses the Narlhecium and Gene-seed Recovery abilities.
- The ASSAULT INTERCESSORS WITH JUMP PACKS unit loses the Hammer of Wrath ability.
- The CHAPLAIN WITH JUMP PACK model loses the Exhortation of Rage ability.
- The CHIEF LIBRARIAN TIGURIUS model loses the Master of Prescience ability.
- The HELLBLASTER SQUAD unit loses the For the Chapter! ability.
- The INTERCESSOR SQUAD unit loses the Objective Secured ability.
- The MARNEUS CALGAR unit loses the Master Tactician ability.
- The ROBOUTE GUILLIMAN model loses the Armour of Fate ability.
- The
SICARIUSmodel loses the Knight Champion of Macragge ability. - The
URIEL VENTRISmodel loses the Master of the Fleet ability. - The CHIEF LIBRARIAN MEPHISTON model loses the The Quickening ability.
- The DEATH COMPANY CAPTAIN models lose the Death Vision of Sanguinius ability.
- The
DEATH COMPANY MARINES WITH BOLT RIFLESunit loses the Visions of Heresy ability. - The THE SANGUINOR model loses the Miraculous Saviour ability.
Detachment Rule
Drive Home the Blade
The Adeptus Astartes launch their shipboard strikes with precision and lethal momentum, sweeping aside each new obstruct ion to their progress and pressing ever forward.
Each time an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army is selected to shoot, if one or more models from that unit are within 1" of an open Hatchway and every model in that unit is on the same side of that Hatchway, select one enemy unit on the opposite side of that Hatchway from your unit. Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [sustained hits 1] ability while targeting that enemy unit.Enhancements
Adamantine Mantle Bestowed as a mark of honour, this venerated relic lends an extra layer of armour protection that proves especially useful amidst vicious void war. Each time an attack is allocated to the bearer, subtract 1 from the Damage characteristic of that attack. |
Clavitine Reliquary A timeless and unique example of Chapter artifice, this device rapidly synchronises with the data spirits of locking devices and renders them quiescent. In your Movement phase, each time the bearer is selected to make a Normal or Advance move, if it is within 1" of a Hatchway, it can attempt to operate that Hatchway. If it does, it cannot attempt to operate a Hatchway again this turn. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES BATTLELINE unit from your army that is within range of an objective marker and was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, models in your unit have the Feel No Pain 5+ ability.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES BATTLELINE unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Select any number of models in your unit. Until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Attacks and Strength characteristics of melee weapons equipped by the selected models and each time you select targets for attacks made by those models, they must target an enemy unit that is wholly on the opposite side of a Hatchway from them.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit is destroyed, if that model has not fought this phase, roll one D6, adding 1 to the result if your unit has the BATTLELINE keyword: on a 4+, do not remove the destroyed model from play; it can fight after the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, and is then removed from play.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Each target of that charge must take a Battle-shock test.
Pilum Strike Team
Comprising veterans in the theatre of ship-to-ship void war, pilum strike teams are cast through the void like a spear aboard shrouded boarding torpedoes to infiltrate key enemy warships. Once aboard, the Phobos-armoured Space Marines wage a terror campaign to destabilise the target vessel from within.
Mustering a Boarding Patrol
All of the ADEPTUS ASTARTES models in your Boarding Patrol must be drawn from the same Chapter.You can include up to three of the following units (duplicates are not allowed):
- KAYVAAN SHRIKE
LIEUTENANT IN REIVER ARMOUR- LIEUTENANT WITH COMBI-WEAPON
- PHOBOS CAPTAIN
PHOBOS LIBRARIANPHOBOS LIEUTENANT
- INCURSOR SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
- INFILTRATOR SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
- REIVER SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
HOUNDS OF MORKAI(5 or 10 models)
Rules Adaptations
- INCURSOR SQUAD and INFILTRATOR SQUAD units can perform the Secure Site Tactical Manoeuvre as if they had the BATTLELINE keyword.
- All units with the Deep Strike ability lose it.
- The KAYVAAN SHRIKE model loses the Echo of the Ravenspire ability.
- The INCURSOR SQUAD unit loses the Haywire Mine ability.
- The LIEUTENANT WITH COMBI-WEAPON model loses the Evade and Survive ability.
- The REIVER SQUAD unit loses the Reiver grav-chute ability.
Detachment Rule
Relentless Salvoes
These vanguard specialists stay on the move, laying down hails of fire to harass and disrupt their foes even as they hit-and-fade through chambers and corridors.
ADEPTUS ASTARTES units from your army are eligible to shoot in a turn in which they Advanced or Fell Back.Enhancements
Omni-Structural Auspex A rare device with a potent and knowledgeable machine spirit, this implement analyses the integrity of foes’ armour and isolates weaknesses to exploit. In your Shooting phase, after the bearer has shot, select one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks. Until the end of the phase, each time a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES model (excluding CHARACTER models) makes an attack that targets that unit, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1. |
Void Warrior Having mastered the arts of shipboard warfare over many battles, this warrior moves swiftly through them and strikes with unerring skill. You can re-roll Advance and Charge rolls made for the bearer. In addition, the bearer is eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, improve the Strength and Armour Penetration characteristics of melee weapons equipped by models in your unit by 1.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time your unit is selected to make a Normal or Advance move, it can attempt to operate one Hatchway it is within 1” of either at the start or end of that move. If it does, it cannot attempt to operate a Hatchway again this turn.
TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.
EFFECT: Select one enemy unit within Engagement Range of your unit and roll one D6: on a 2-4, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound; on a 5+, that enemy unit suffers 2 mortal wounds.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability.
Terminator Assault
The Imperium has no finer or more perfectly suited warriors for cleansing the claustrophobic decks of voidships than Terminators. Each battle-brother is an army unto themself. Their armoured resilience is second to none, while their massive firepower allows them to turn gloomy corridors into killing grounds.
Mustering a Boarding Patrol
All of the ADEPTUS ASTARTES models in your Boarding Patrol must be drawn from the same Chapter.You can include up to two of the following units (duplicates are not allowed):
- ARJAC ROCKFIST
- BELIAL
- DARNATH LYSANDER
- LOGAN GRIMNAR
- NJAL STORMCALLER
- TERMINATOR ANCIENT
- TERMINATOR CAPTAIN
- TERMINATOR CHAPLAIN
TERMINATOR LIBRARIANWOLF GUARD BATTLE LEADER IN TERMINATOR ARMOURWOLF GUARD PACK LEADER IN TERMINATOR ARMOUR
- DEATHWING KNIGHTS (5 models)
- DEATHWING TERMINATOR SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
- DEATHWATCH TERMINATOR SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
- TERMINATOR ASSAULT SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
- TERMINATOR SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
Rules Adaptations
- TERMINATOR ASSAULT SQUAD and TERMINATOR SQUAD units can perform the Secure Site Tactical Manoeuvre as if they had the BATTLELINE keyword.
- All units with the Teleport Homer ability lose it.
- The ARJAC ROCKFIST model loses the Champion of the Kingsguard ability.
- The BELIAL model loses the Strikes of Retribution ability.
- The DEATHWING KNIGHTS unit loses the
INNER CIRCLEability. - The LOGAN GRIMNAR model loses the The Great Wolf ability.
- The
WOLF GUARDunit loses the Chosen Companions ability. - The
WOLF GUARD PACK LEADER IN TERMINATOR ARMOURmodel loses the Pack Leader ability.
Detachment Rule
Sacred Oath
Space Marine Chapters do not lightly commit their precious suits of Terminator armour to battle, nor the storied veterans who wear them. When they go to war, they always do so with a vital duty and a crucial target.
Once per battle, at the start of your Command phase, when you select a target for Oath of Moment, you can use this Detachment rule. If you do, until the start of your next Command phase, each time an ADEPTUS ASTARTES model from your army makes an attack that targets your Oath of Moment target, you can re-roll the Wound roll.Enhancements
Seal of Indomitability This ancient honour is said to fortify the machine spirit of a suit of Terminator plate against even the most dolorous of blows. Once per battle, when the bearer’s unit is selected as the target of one or more attacks, it can use this Enhancement. If it does, until the end of the phase, the bearer has a 3+ invulnerable save. |
Resolute Allowing nothing to bar his path, this champion of the Chapter ploughs a bloody path through the foe. The bearer is eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back. In addition, Desperate Escape tests taken for the bearer are automatically passed, and each time the bearer makes a Fall Back move, it can move through enemy models as if they were not there. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of your next Command phase, add 1 to the Objective Control characteristic of models in your unit.
RESTRICTIONS: Each time you use this Stratagem, you cannot use it again until after your next Command phase.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR unit from your army that is in Reserves.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, when setting up your unit on the battlefield using its Deep Strike ability, you can set it up unit anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 6" horizontally away from all enemy models (measure this distance as you would normally for the Deep Strike ability, ignoring Walls and closed Hatchways).
RESTRICTIONS: Until the end of the turn, your unit is not eligible to declare a charge.
TARGET: One TERMINATOR ASSAULT SQUAD unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase and has not declared a charge this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, when making a Normal, Advance or Charge move, your unit can move through a single closed Hatchway as if it was open. When doing so, that Hatchway is opened and cannot be closed for the rest of the battle. This can allow that unit to declare a charge against enemy units that are not visible to it, but to do so those enemy units must be within 1" of that Hatchway and wholly on the opposite side of it from your unit.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this Stratagem more than once per turn.
TARGET: One TERMINATOR SQUAD unit from your army that has not fired Overwatch this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack while firing Overwatch, an unmodified Hit roll of 5+ is required to score a hit, instead of an unmodified 6.
Shield of the Void
The Reclamation of Ultramar saw the Shield Chapters conquer countless threats in the void with the tactically divergent warriors at hand. They alloyed these into lethal ly effective forces that struck at enemy vessels using coordinated aggression and methodical precision to purge the foe deck by deck.
Mustering a Boarding Patrol
Your army can include ULTRAMARINES units, but it cannot include any ADEPTUS ASTARTES units drawn from any other Chapter.You can include up to two of the following (duplicates are not allowed):
- Up to two different INFANTRY CHARACTER units
- PRIMARCH
You can include up to one of each of the following units:
- AGGRESSOR SQUAD (3 models)
- ASSAULT INTERCESSOR SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
- ASSAULT INTERCESSORS WITH JUMP PACKS (5 or 10 models)
- BLADEGUARD VETERAN SQUAD (3 models)
COMPANY HEROES(4 models)ERADICATOR SQUAD(3 models)- HEAVY INTERCESSOR SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
- HELLBLASTER SQUAD (5 models)
- INCURSOR SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
- INFERNUS SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
- INFILTRATOR SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
- INTERCESSOR SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
- REIVER SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
- STERNGUARD VETERAN SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
TACTICAL SQUAD(10 models)- TERMINATOR ASSAULT SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
- TERMINATOR SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
- VANGUARD VETERAN SQUAD WITH JUMP PACKS (5 or 10 models)
Rules Adaptations
Units that can FLY lose the Deep Strike ability.Units with the Teleport Homer ability lose it.
The APOTHECARY model loses the Narthecium and Gene-seed Recovery abilities.
The ASSAULT INTERCESSORS WITH JUMP PACKS unit loses the Hammer of Wrath ability.
The CHAPLAIN WITH JUMP PACK model loses the Exhortation of Rage ability.
The CHIEF LIBRARIAN TIGURIUS model loses the Master of Prescience ability.
The
The HELLBLASTER SQUAD unit loses the For the Chapter! ability.
The INCURSOR SQUAD unit loses the Haywire Mine ability.
The INTERCESSOR SQUAD unit loses the Objective Secured ability.
The LIEUTENANT WITH COMBI-WEAPON model loses the Evade and Survive ability.
The MARNEUS CALGAR unit loses the Master Tactician ability.
The REIVER SQUAD unit loses the Reiver grav-chute ability.
The ROBOUTE GUILLIMAN model loses the Armour of Fate ability.
The
The
Detachment Rule
Focused Response
The battle-brothers of the Shield Chapters commit their boarding strikes with a measured and meticulous application of force. They storm one section after the next while maintaining heightened awareness of lurking threats, and readying themselves to launch devastating counterattacks.
- Each time an ADEPTUS ASTARTES model from your army makes an attack while firing Overwatch, an unmodified Hit roll of 5+ is required to score a hit, instead of an unmodified 6.
- Each time an enemy unit makes an attack that targets an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that is Set To Defend, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
Enhancements
Speartip of the Chapter A veteran of countless boarding strikes, this warrior leads their battle-brothers in a vanguard breach that drives into the foe's heart. At the start of the first battle round, the bearer’s unit and up to one other friendly unit within the same Entry Zone can each make a Normal move of up to 6". |
Tolorek Data Djinn Gifted by the Tech-Priests of Tolorek for the cleansing of Ultramar, this powerful cyberspirit uses brute force technoscreed when entreated to overwhelm the systems of enemy ships, conquering them and yoking their protocols to the bearer's will. In your Command phase, select one objective marker that you control and is within range of the bearer. Roll one D6: on a 2+, that objective marker is Secured by your army. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced or Fell Back.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
EFFECT: Select one closed Hatchway within 9" of and visible to your unit. Open that Hatchway and, until the end of the battle, that Hatchway cannot be closed.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this Stratagem more than once.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Select one of the following abilities: [LETHAL HITS], [IGNORES COVER] or [SUSTAINED HITS 1]. Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have that ability.
TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that was within Engagement Range of that enemy unit at the start of the phase.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to D3+1".
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
and others...
The AGENTS OF THE IMPERIUM keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The AIRCRAFT keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The ANCIENT keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The ARTILLERY keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The BATTLELINE keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The BEAST keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The BEASTS keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The BLACK TEMPLARS keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The BLOOD ANGELS keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The CAPTAIN keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The CENTURION keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The CHAMPION keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The CHAPLAIN keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The CHAPTER MASTER keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The CHARACTER keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
and others...
The DARK ANGELS keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The DEATH COMPANY keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The DEATHWATCH keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The DEATHWING keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The DEDICATED TRANSPORT keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The DREADNOUGHT keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The EPIC HERO keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The EXPLOSIVES keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The FLY keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The FORTIFICATION keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
- 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 |
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.
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 |
The FRAME keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The GRAVIS keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The GRENADES keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The IMPERIAL FISTS keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The IMPERIUM keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
and others...
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The IRON HANDS keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The JUMP PACK keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The KILL TEAM keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The MOBILE keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The MONSTER keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The MOUNTED keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The ORDO XENOS keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The PHOBOS keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The PRIMARCH keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The PSYKER keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The RAVEN GUARD keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The RAVENWING keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The SALAMANDERS keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The SMOKE keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The SPACE WOLVES keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The SPEEDER keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The TACTICUS keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The TERMINATOR keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The TITANIC keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The TRANSPORT keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The ULTRAMARINES keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The VEHICLE keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The WALKER keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The WHITE SCARS keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The WULFEN keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
- 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.
FAQ
| Q: | Does my model or unit become engaged while moving through a enemy units engagement range during a move? |
| A: | No |
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.
- 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.
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).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.- Select Model: Select one model in that unit by following the first instruction below that applies:
If a non-CHARACTER model in that unit has lost one or more wounds, you must select that model. Otherwise, if that unit contains one or more non-CHARACTER models, you must select one of those models. Otherwise, if one or more CHARACTER models in that unit have lost one or more wounds, you must select one of those models. Otherwise, you must select one CHARACTER model in that unit. - Resolve Damage: The selected model loses 1 wound. If this reduces that model’s remaining wounds to 0, it is destroyed.
MORTAL WOUNDS AND NORMAL DAMAGE
When resolving attack dice, if those attacks inflict a mixture of both mortal wounds and normal damage, resolve all of the normal damage first, then resolve all of the mortal wounds.
- Normal Damage 06.02.01
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). |
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. |
EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
BEFORE MOVING: Select fall-back mode:
- Ordered Retreat: If your unit is not battle-shocked, you can select this mode.
- Desperate Escape: Otherwise, you must select this mode. Make a hazard roll for each model in your unit (06.03).
- Desperate Escape: Each model that is moved can be moved through enemy models.
- Your unit must be unengaged.
- Until the end of the turn, unless otherwise stated, your unit is not eligible to shoot, declare a charge or start an action.
- Desperate Escape: If your unit is not battle-shocked, you must make a battle-shock roll for your unit (01.07).
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES and PSYKER keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
- Psychic Abilities with a Psychic Level (22.03.01)
- A unit has all the keywords of all models in that unit. A model only has its own keywords.
- If a rule specifies that it applies to a unit with a keyword, it applies to a unit which includes one or more models with that keyword.
- If a rule specifies that it applies to a model with a keyword, it only applies to a model with that keyword.
- If a rule specifies that it applies to ‘non-KEYWORD’ models/units, it only applies to models/units that do not have that keyword. For example, if a rule applies to non-VEHICLE units, it only applies to units that do not have the VEHICLE keyword.
- Some units can contain models that have different keywords. While this is the case, such a unit is considered to have all of the keywords of all of its models, and so is affected by any rule that applies to units with any of those keywords. Remember that attacks are made against units, not models.
- If a rule only applies to models with a specific keyword, then it instead only applies to models in such a unit that have the correct keyword.
- A rule with a comma-separated list of keywords, or a series of keywords separated by slashes (‘/’), or two keywords separated by the word ‘or’ (e.g. ‘an IMMORTALS, DEATHMARKS or LYCHGUARD unit’) refers to a model/unit that has any one of those keywords.
- A rule with multiple adjacent keywords (e.g. ‘an AELDARI GUARDIANS unit’) only refers to a model/unit that has all of those keywords.
- Some older rules use keywords without specifying model or unit: for example, MONSTER/VEHICLE or TRANSPORT. These rules refer to units with those keywords.
- Singular and plural instances of the same keyword function in the same way.
Some rules are linked to one or more keywords. For example, a rule might say that it applies to INFANTRY units. This means it only applies to units that have the INFANTRY keyword. Singular and plural instances of the same keyword function in the same way.
- Using Keywords & Mixed Keywords in Units 02.05.01
FAQ
| Q: | Do rules that affect a keyword include multi-word keywords that contain that keyword? For example, would rules that affect COMMISSAR units affect a unit that has the COMMISSAR GRAVES keyword? |
| A: | No. |
The VEHICLE and FLY keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The SPACE WOLVES and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The WOLF PRIEST keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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.
The Space Marines draw upon the combat doctrines of the Codex Astartes as they flow through each phase of battle: first hammering the enemy with devastating firepower, then raking them with close-ranged volleys while manoeuvring to deliver a final, crushing assault.
At the start of your Command phase, you can select one combat doctrine listed below. If you do, that combat doctrine is active for friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES units with this ability until the start of your next Command phase.ASSAULT DOCTRINE
When this unit is selected to make an advance move, that advance move does not prevent this unit from being eligible to declare a charge.DEVASTATOR DOCTRINE
This unit’s ranged attacks have [ASSAULT].TACTICAL DOCTRINE
When this unit is selected to make a fall-back move, that fall-back move does not prevent this unit from being eligible to shoot and eligible to declare a charge.Unless otherwise stated:
- You can only select each combat doctrine once per battle.
- Only one combat doctrine can be active for each unit. If a rule makes a combat doctrine active for a unit, any combat doctrine previously active for that unit is no longer active for that unit.
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.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.
The most potent weapons strike with such power that they make a mockery of armour and can cleave through several foes.
Each time an attack made with a [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] weapon results in a critical wound, the attack sequence for that attack ends and the target unit suffers a number of mortal wounds equal to the D characteristic of that weapon. These are inflicted after resolving any normal damage inflicted by those attacks.Mortal wounds inflicted by [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] weapons can damage a maximum of one model for each critical wound; any remaining mortal wounds inflicted by that attack are lost.
- If the target unit is an attached unit, use the highest T characteristic amongst bodyguard models in that unit that are on the battlefield.
- Use the highest T characteristic amongst models in that unit that are on the battlefield.
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- Multiple Toughness Characteristics 05.02.01
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.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).
FAQ
| Q: | When checking line of sight from one model to another, is this drawn between the bases of those models, or between any part of them? |
| A: | Line of sight is drawn from any part of the observing model to any part of the model being observed. |
| Q: | When a model overhangs the edge of the battlefield, how does that affect its visibility? |
| A: | That model’s controlling player can draw line of sight from any part of that model that is not overhanging the edge of the battlefield. Their opponent can draw line of sight to any part of that model. |
- 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. |
The stealthiest warriors can evade the attentions, and the bullets, of their foes.
If every model in a unit has this ability, each time a ranged attack targets that unit, that unit has the benefit of cover against that attack (13.08).Some weapons are designed to root enemy formations out of entrenched positions.
Each time an attack is made with an [IGNORES COVER] weapon, the target cannot have the benefit of cover against that attack (13.08), including from rules that give a model or unit the benefit of cover (e.g. Stealth).The ADEPTUS ASTARTES and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES and MOUNTED keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
AFTER MOVING: Your unit must be unengaged.
The DOCTRINES tag is used in the following Space Marines detachments:
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.EFFECT: Your unit shoots as described in Making Attacks (04).
WHILE SHOOTING:
- You can only target one visible enemy unit within 24" of your unit (and only if it is an eligible target).
- Each attack only hits on an unmodified hit roll of 6 (irrespective of the attacking weapon’s BS characteristic or any modifiers). Those hits are not critical hits.
- You cannot re-roll hit rolls.
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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. |
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.EFFECT: Your unit shoots as described in Making Attacks (04).
WHILE SHOOTING:
- You can only target one visible enemy unit within 24" of your unit (and only if it is an eligible target).
- Each attack only hits on an unmodified hit roll of 6 (irrespective of the attacking weapon’s BS characteristic or any modifiers). Those hits are not critical hits.
- You cannot re-roll hit rolls.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged unit (excluding TITANIC units).
EFFECT: Your unit shoots using snap shooting.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged unit within 12" of one or more enemy units. You can only select a VEHICLE unit if it is a CHARACTER/WALKER unit.
EFFECT: Resolve a charge with your unit (11.02). While doing so, before making the charge roll, you must select one of the following modes:
- Leap to Defend: When selecting charge targets, you can only select enemy units that made a charge move this phase and are within the maximum distance.
- Into the Fray:
- When making the charge roll, if the result is greater than 6 (after modifiers), change it to 6.
- When selecting charge targets, you can select any enemy units that are within 6" of your unit and within the maximum distance.
The BATTLELINE and ADEPTUS ASTARTES keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
Some weapons can channel the bearer’s psychic might to empower their blows.
Each time an attack is made with a [PSYCHIC] weapon, you can ignore any or all modifiers to that attack’s BS or WS characteristic and any or all modifiers to the hit roll. Attacks made with [PSYCHIC] weapons are known as psychic attacks (this can be important for the triggering of other rules).EFFECT: Your unit shoots as described in Making Attacks (04).
AFTER SHOOTING: Until the end of the phase, your unit is not eligible to start an action.
The TERMINATOR tag is used in the following Space Marines detachments:
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES and TERMINATOR keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
EFFECT: Your unit is set up as described in Set Up (03.02).
BEFORE MOVING: Your unit is set up as described in Set Up (03.02).
WHILE MOVING: Set up your unit wholly within the set-up distance of one or more battlefield edges and more than 8" horizontally from all enemy units.
- Before the Third Battle Round: While doing so, no models can be set up within your opponent’s deployment zone.
The TACTICUS tag is used in the following Space Marines detachments:
Scouts form the vanguard of many armies. Unnoticed by the enemy, they range ahead of the main force.
This ability always takes the form Scouts X". In the Resolve Pre-battle Abilities step, if every model in a unit has this ability, you can do one of the following:- If that unit is in strategic reserves, you can set up that unit anywhere that is wholly within your deployment zone.
- If that unit is wholly within your deployment zone, it can make a scout move (see below).
- If that unit is embarked within a DEDICATED TRANSPORT that is wholly within your deployment zone, and if every model embarked within that DEDICATED TRANSPORT has the Scouts ability, that DEDICATED TRANSPORT can make a scout move.
EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
AFTER MOVING: Your unit must be more than 8" horizontally from all enemy units.
Those possessed of lightning-fast reactions may strike before the opponent can react.
While every model in a unit has this ability, that unit is a Fights First unit.See the Resolve Fights First Combats step in the Fight phase (12.04).
EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
BEFORE MOVING: Select consolidation mode:
- Ongoing Consolidation:If your unit is engaged, you must select this mode and select every enemy unit it is engaged with.
- Engaging Consolidation:Otherwise, if your unit is within 3" of one or more enemy units, you must select this mode and select one or more of those enemy units.
- Objective Consolidation:Otherwise, if your unit is within 3" of one or more objectives, you must select this mode and select one of those objectives.
- Ongoing Consolidation:Models in base-contact with one or more enemy models cannot be moved. Each model that is moved must end its move closer to the closest selected enemy unit, and engaged with it if possible.
- Engaging Consolidation:Each model that is moved must end its move closer to the closest selected enemy unit, and engaged with it if possible.
- Objective Consolidation:Each model that is moved must end its move within range of the selected objective if possible, or closer to it if not.
- Ongoing Consolidation:Each model that started this move engaged with an enemy unit must still be engaged with that enemy unit.
- Engaging Consolidation:Your unit must be engaged with all of the selected enemy units. If one or more enemy units engaged with your unit have not been selected to fight this phase, your opponent must select each of those units, one at a time; when each is selected, it becomes eligible to fight and is selected to fight (12.04).
- Objective Consolidation:Your unit must be unengaged and within range of the selected objective.
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).
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.
- 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.
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.
The PHOBOS tag is used in the following Space Marines detachments:
- That model has the INFANTRY/BEASTS/SWARM keyword and is within a terrain area that contains one or more light/dense terrain features.
- That model’s unit did not make one or more ranged attacks during this turn or during the previous turn.
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The GRAVIS tag is used in the following Space Marines detachments:
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.
- 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.
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.
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.
- 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.
- 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). |
- If that unit has one or more models that does not have its full wounds remaining, select one of those models; that model regains one lost wound.
- If all models in that unit have their starting number of wounds, but one or more models from that unit are currently destroyed, revive one of those destroyed models (excluding CHARACTER models), with one wound remaining.
If a rule states that a model heals or regains a number of wounds, only that model can regain wounds up to its starting number of wounds. Any excess regained wounds are lost and do not cause a destroyed model from that unit to revive.
FAQ
| Q: | If my unit has taken control of an objective at the end of my movement phase and that unit has as an ability that secures an objective they control, can they secure that objective? |
| A: | Yes |
- If that roll succeeds, that unit does not become battle-shocked.
- If that roll fails, that unit, and each model in it, is battle-shocked.
While a unit is battle-shocked:
- The Objective Control (OC) characteristic of all of its models is modified to ‘-’ (02.02).
- Its controlling player cannot target that unit with stratagems (15).
- It is not eligible to start an action (16), and any action it has started cannot be completed.
- Battlefield Morale 01.07.01
- Battle-shock Test 01.07.02
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 |
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES and SPEEDER keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES and DREADNOUGHT keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
- Exposed/Light: All models can move horizontally and vertically through exposed and light terrain features.
- Dense:
- INFANTRY/BEASTS/SWARM/MOBILE models can move horizontally through dense terrain features.
- INFANTRY/BEASTS/SWARM models can move vertically through dense terrain features.
- Other models can move horizontally through dense terrain features provided that all sections of that terrain feature that the moving model’s base would move through are 2" or less in height. Otherwise, the moving model must move vertically to ascend or descend such sections. They cannot move through ceilings and floors while doing so, and they cannot end that move on any surface of that terrain feature that is not on ground level (see below).
- Solid Terrain and Movement 13.06.01
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES and TRANSPORT keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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.
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.
- Rapid/Tactical Disembark: 3"
- Combat Disembark: 6"
- 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.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- Persisting Rules Effects 01.02.02
- Hazard Rolls 06.03
- Rapid Disembark And Limitations 18.04.01
- Rapid/Tactical Disembark: 3"
- Combat Disembark: 6"
- 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.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- Embarked within a TRANSPORT on the battlefield
- Did not embark within that TRANSPORT this phase
- That TRANSPORT has not made an advance/fall-back move this phase
WHILE MOVING: Set up each model wholly within the set-up distance of that TRANSPORT.
- Embarked within a TRANSPORT on the battlefield
- Did not embark within that TRANSPORT this phase
WHILE MOVING: Set up each model wholly within the set-up distance of that TRANSPORT.
AFTER MOVING: Your unit is not eligible to declare a charge until the end of the turn.
FAQ
| Q: | If a unit makes any disembark move in a turn (i.e. Disembark move, Emergency Disembark move etc.) has it disembarked that turn? |
| A: | Yes. |
The IRONSTORM tag is used in the following Space Marines detachments:
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES and VEHICLE keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
- Create Groups: Divide all models in the target unit into the following groups, as many times as required:
- One group for each CHARACTER model.
- One group for all other models with the same W, Sv and InSv characteristics.
- Allocation Order: Declare the order in which those groups will have attacks allocated to them, applying all of the following:
- If a non-CHARACTER group contains a model that has lost one or more wounds, that group must be first in the allocation order.
- No CHARACTER group can be earlier in the allocation order than a non-CHARACTER group.
- CHARACTER groups containing a model that has lost one or more wounds must be earlier in the allocation order than CHARACTER groups containing no wounded models.
- Make Save Rolls: The opposing player makes one save roll for each attack that wounded the target by rolling one D6.
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. |
Unless otherwise stated, that rule allows you to ignore modifiers to the unit’s rolls and the unit’s profile and weapon characteristics.
When a rule states you can ignore modifiers to a stated roll or characteristic, you can choose to ignore all of those modifiers, or only some of them. For example, you can still choose to apply positive/beneficial modifiers while ignoring negative/detrimental modifiers.
Random Attacks: If a weapon has a random A characteristic, that characteristic is determined when generating attacks for that weapon at the Resolve Attacks step (04.03). If several weapons with random A characteristics are making identical attacks, generate the attacks for each of those weapons individually, and group them all together.
Random Damage: If a weapon has a random D characteristic, then each time an attack made with it inflicts damage, the controlling player determines that weapon’s characteristic when the opposing player has selected a model in the target unit to allocate that attack to.
When determining a random D characteristic, the dice roll made is called a damage roll.
Where a D characteristic includes an operator (e.g. a ‘+’, as in D6+1), the value after the operator is part of that D characteristic – it is not a modifier.
Other Random Characteristics: For all other characteristics, roll to determine the value on an individual, per-model or per-weapon basis each time that characteristic is required.
The TECHMARINE keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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.
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").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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The many Chapters of Space Marines are spread perilously thin across the Imperium’s countless war zones. Though it is not unheard of for them to fight alongside one another on the same battlefield, far more commonly their strike forces operate alone to defeat seemingly impossible odds.
If an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit has a second Faction keyword on its datasheet, that Faction keyword is the name of that unit’s Chapter. For example, Marneus Calgar has both the ADEPTUS ASTARTES and ULTRAMARINES Faction keywords,and is therefore from the Ultramarines Chapter.You cannot include units from more than one Chapter in your army.
- 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.
These Space Marines are experts in fighting from rapidly prepared defensive positions. They are able to maximise the potential of almost any terrain to serve as an ad-hoc strongpoint, rapidly assessing optimal firing lines and punishing the foe’s every attempt to advance and dislodge them.
- While a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit is within a terrain area, that unit’s attacks can re-roll wound rolls of 1.
- Friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES units are entrenched while all of the following apply:
- That unit is within a terrain area.
- That unit was not set up this turn.
- No model in that unit moved more than 3" this turn.
- Friendly DARNATH LYSANDER/TOR GARADON units have the following ability:
DARNATH LYSANDER’s/TOR GARADON’s unit is always entrenched, regardless of the conditions listed above.
Restrictions: Your army can include IMPERIAL FISTS units, but it cannot include any ADEPTUS ASTARTES units drawn from any other Chapter.
TARGET: One unengaged ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit.
EFFECT: Place your unit in strategic reserves.
Many armies employ reconnaissance units who can sit concealed, waiting for the right moment to strike.
During deployment, if every model in a unit has this ability, it can be set up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 8" horizontally from your opponent’s deployment zone and all enemy units.Assassins and other covert agents are difficult to pinpoint in the storm of battle.
Unless part of an attached unit, this unit is not visible to enemy models unless they are within 12" of this unit, and it cannot be targeted by [INDIRECT FIRE] weapons unless the attacking model is within 12" of this unit.If this ability takes the form Lone Operative X", unless part of an attached unit, this unit is not visible to enemy models unless they are within X" of this unit, and it cannot be targeted by [INDIRECT FIRE] weapons unless the attacking model is within X" of this unit.
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.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.Melta weapons are powerful heat rays whose fury is magnified at close range.
This ability always takes the form [MELTA X]. Each time a model makes an attack with a [MELTA] weapon, if the target unit was within half range of that weapon in the Select Targets step, until the attacking unit’s attacks have been resolved, add X to that weapon’s D characteristic.- The rule allowing this move type has been triggered.
- Your unit is not battle-shocked.
- Your unit is unengaged.
- Your unit has not moved this phase.
BEFORE MOVING: Select the closest enemy unit to be the surge target.
WHILE MOVING:
- Each model must end its move engaged with the surge target if possible.
- Each model that cannot end its move engaged with the surge target must end its move as close as possible to the surge target.
- Your unit cannot be engaged with one or more enemy units that were not the surge target.
- Your unit cannot move again this phase.
EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
BEFORE MOVING: Select one or more enemy units that are within 12" of your unit and within the maximum distance of your unit; until the end of this move, each of those enemy units is a charge target.
WHILE MOVING:
- Each model must end its move closer to one or more charge targets.
- Each model that can end its move within 1" of one or more charge targets must do so.
- Each model that can end its move engaged with one or more charge targets must do so.
- Your unit must be engaged with all of the charge targets.
- Your unit cannot be engaged with one or more enemy units that are not charge targets.
- Until the end of the turn, each model in your unit has the Fights First ability (24.13).
EFFECT: Your unit can make one additional pile-in move, then fights as described in Making Attacks (04).
- It is engaged.
- It made a charge move this turn.
- It was selected to make an overrun fight this phase (12.06).
BEFORE MOVING: Select pile-in targets:
- If your unit is engaged, select every enemy unit it is engaged with.
- Otherwise, select one or more enemy units within 5" of your unit.
- Models in base-contact with one or more enemy models cannot be moved.
- Each model that is moved must end its move closer to the closest pile-in target, and engaged with it if possible.
- Your unit must be engaged.
- Each model that started this move engaged with an enemy unit must still be engaged with that enemy unit.
The BLOOD ANGELS and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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The ADEPTUS ASTARTES and JUMP PACK keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The RAVENWING and FLY keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The RAVENWING and MOUNTED keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The DEATHWING and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
Whether its true significance is kept a secret or not, there is a singular prize here that the Inner Circle have come to either secure or destroy. They will pursue this strategic objective with cold ferocity.
In your Command phase, you can use this ability. If you do, select one objective. That objective is your vowed objective until your next Command phase.- Friendly DEATHWING INFANTRY unit’s attacks that target an enemy unit within range of your vowed objective have +1 to wound rolls.
Restrictions: Your army can include DARK ANGELS units, but it cannot include any ADEPTUS ASTARTES units drawn from any other Chapter.
There are many ways by which to deploy troops to the field of battle including tunnels, teleportation devices and other esoteric means of transportation.
Each time this unit makes an ingress move (20.04), if every model in this unit has this ability, it can be set up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 8" horizontally from all enemy units, even if that is within your opponent’s deployment zone.The ADEPTUS ASTARTES and MONSTER keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES, TERMINATOR and CAPTAIN keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
TARGET: One friendly unit that is in strategic reserves (excluding AIRCRAFT).
EFFECT: Your unit makes an ingress move (20.04).
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this stratagem during the first battle round.
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES and WALKER keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES and DEATHWATCH keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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.Unless otherwise stated:
- Only CHARACTER units can be given enhancements. If such a unit contains more than one model, select one CHARACTER model in that unit to have that enhancement.
- EPIC HEROES models cannot be given enhancements.
- Your army cannot include more than one of the same enhancement.
Upgrades: Some enhancements are tagged with ’Upgrade’. Unlike other enhancements:
- These can be given to non-CHARACTER units.
- You can include up to three of the same Upgrade in your army (the second and third instances of the same Upgrade do not count towards the total number of enhancements in your army, but you must still spend the stated points cost each time).
If you are playing an Incursion battle, you can select a 3DP detachment as your only detachment.
The INFANTRY and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The CHARACTER and TERMINATOR keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The APOTHECARY keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The CHAPLAIN and JUMP PACK keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The DEATH COMPANY and CAPTAIN keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The PHOBOS and CAPTAIN keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The TERMINATOR and CAPTAIN keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets: