Space Marines

Masters of clandestine warfare and the art of the shadowed blade, when the Raven Guard engage in open warfare, it is already too late for their enemies. The bloody conclusion to a campaign of sabotage, guerrilla tactics and targeted strikes is a peerless coordination of assets by which the Raven Guard apply exactly the right amount of power to utterly destroy their foe.

Contents

Books

FAQ

Keywords

Army Rules

Combat Doctrines

Transhuman Strategist

Librarius

Space Marine Chapters

Special Move Types

Gladius Task Force

Tactical Brethren

Devastator Brethren

Terminator Storm Force

Tacticus Attack Force

Tacticus Firestorm Force

Phobos Shadow Force

Phobos Shock Force

Gravis Linebreaker Force

Gravis Siege Force

Stormlance Task Force

Detachment Rules

Lightning-fast Strike

Enhancements

Stratagems

Ironclad Champions

Gauntlet Task Force

Ironstorm Spearhead

Detachment Rules

Ironstorm Auto-targeters

Deathwatch Support

Mustering a Boarding Patrol

Mustering a Boarding Patrol

Mustering a Boarding Patrol

Books

Book	Kind	Edition	Version	Last update
Space Marines
Space Marines	App	11	2.7.1	October 2026
Raven Guard
Raven Guard	App	11	2.7.1	October 2026
Deathwatch
Deathwatch	App	11	2.7.1	October 2026
Boarding Actions
Boarding Actions	Expansion	10	1.1	July 2025

Keywords

ADEPTUS ASTARTES (191);

AIRCRAFT (4);

ANCIENT (3);

ARTILLERY (3);

BATTLELINE (8);

CAPTAIN (23);

CENTURION (2);

CHAMPION (2);

CHAPLAIN (7);

CHAPTER MASTER (6);

CHARACTER (75);

DEATHWATCH (11);

DEATHWING (28);

DEDICATED TRANSPORT (7);

DREADNOUGHT (9);

EPIC HERO (41);

EXPLOSIVES (89);

FLY (29);

FORTIFICATION (1);

FRAME (46);

GRAVIS (10);

IMPERIUM (189);

INFANTRY (116);

JUMP PACK (15);

KILL TEAM (10);

MOUNTED (10);

PHOBOS (12);

PSYKER (7);

RAVEN GUARD (2);

RAVENWING (20);

SMOKE (47);

SPEEDER (6);

TACTICUS (65);

TERMINATOR (15);

TITANIC (4);

TRANSPORT (20);

VEHICLE (64);

WALKER (11)

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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.

Example: In a battle round, a psyker level 3 PSYKER unit could use three psychic level 1 abilities, or one psychic level 1 ability and one psychic level 2 ability, or one psychic level 3 ability.

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.

SHOCK DISEMBARK MOVE18.07

SET-UP DISTANCE: 3"

ELIGIBLE IF:

Embarked within a TRANSPORT on the battlefield
Did not embark within that TRANSPORT this phase

EFFECT: Set up as described in Set Up (03.02).

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.

ASSAULT DISEMBARK MOVE18.06

SET-UP DISTANCE: 3"

ELIGIBLE IF:

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

EFFECT: Set up as described in Set Up (03.02).

WHILE MOVING: Set up each model wholly within the set-up distance of that TRANSPORT.

Gladius Task Force3DP

THE PERFECTLY BALANCED BLADE OF A GLADIUS TASK FORCE CAN SLAY ANY FOE

Detachment Rules

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

Standard of the Emperor Ascendant 25 pts

This venerable banner was carried in the Great Crusade, and its presence is a constant inspiration.

ANCIENT model only. This model has:

+1 OC and Ld.
Feel No Pain 5+.
The following ability:

Ancient Exhortation (Once per battle, per army): When this unit is selected to fight, you can use this ability. If you do, this unit’s melee attacks have +1 A until the end of the phase.

Laurels of Triumph 20 pts

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:

+1 S and AP.
Or: If the assault doctrine is active for this unit, +2 S and AP.

Adept of the Codex 20 pts

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.

Artificer Armour 15 pts

Crafted by the Chapter’s finest artificers, this suit of armour provides superior protection.

ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. This model has:

2+ Sv.
Feel No Pain 5+.

Stratagems

ARMOUR OF CONTEMPT

1CP

Gladius Task Force Stratagem

The belligerence of the Adeptus Astartes combined with their post-human physiology makes them unyielding foes to face.

WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, when an enemy unit targets a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.

TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.

EFFECT: Attacks that target your unit have -1 AP until that enemy unit has attacked.

Errata

Show

Ordo Xenos Alien Hunters Detachment, Armour of Contempt Stratagem, Effect Section

Change to:

‘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.’

A WORTHY DEATH

1CP

Gladius Task Force Stratagem

Those Space Marines who specialise in close assault are ready to fight to their last breath and beyond to cut down more foes.

WHEN: Fight phase, when an enemy unit targets a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.

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.

MIGHT OF ANGELS

1CP

Gladius Task Force Stratagem

Relentless assault training allows these warriors to focus their already impressive might into a truly devastating close-quarters onslaught.

WHEN: Fight phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit is selected to fight.

TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.

EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks have [Lance].

ADAPTIVE STRATEGY

1CP

Gladius Task Force Stratagem

The tenets of the Codex Astartes allow for unorthodox use of combat tactics and the employment of divergent doctrines if doing so will lead to victory.

WHEN: Your Command phase.

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.

STORM OF DEVASTATION

1CP

Gladius Task Force Stratagem

Masters of the art of long-ranged warfare, these warriors unleash utter devastation upon their enemies.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit is selected to shoot.

TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.

EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks have [IGNORES COVER].

RESPONSIVE TACTICS

1CP

Gladius Task Force Stratagem

Space Marines know precisely when to give ground to leave enemies floundering, before surging back and driving them from the field in disarray.

WHEN: Your opponent’s Movement phase, when an enemy unit ends a move within 8" of a friendly unengaged ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY/MOUNTED unit.

TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY/MOUNTED unit.

EFFECT: Your unit can make a normal move of up to D6".

UNIQUE: DOCTRINES

Assault Brethren1DP

THE CHAPTER’S CLOSE-COMBAT SPECIALISTS TEAR INTO THE FOE WITH LETHAL INTENT

Detachment Rules

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

Imperium's Sword 20 pts

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:

MELEE WEAPONS	RANGE	A	WS	S	AP	D
Imperium’s Sword
Imperium’s Sword	Melee	6	2+	7	-3	3

Furious AssaultUPGRADE 10 pts

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

ARMOUR OF CONTEMPT

1CP

Assault Brethren Stratagem

The belligerence of the Adeptus Astartes combined with their post-human physiology makes them unyielding foes to face.

GENE-WROUGHT MIGHT

1CP

Assault Brethren Stratagem

Space Marines are blessed with incredible strength.

WHEN: Fight phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit is selected to fight.

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.

DUTY IN DEATH

1CP

Assault Brethren Stratagem

Imminent death does not prevent a Space Marine from enacting their final justice upon the Emperor’s foes.

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.

UNIQUE: DOCTRINES

Tactical Brethren1DP

A CORE OF TACTICALLY VERSATILE WARRIORS STRENGTHENS THE SPACE MARINE BATTLE LINE

Detachment Rules

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

Laurels of Vigilance 10 pts

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.

Tactical Insight 15 pts

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

ARMOUR OF CONTEMPT

1CP

Tactical Brethren Stratagem

The belligerence of the Adeptus Astartes combined with their post-human physiology makes them unyielding foes to face.

DOMINATION FIRE

1CP

Tactical Brethren Stratagem

The Codex Astartes dictates when firepower is best used to dismay, disrupt and debilitate the enemy.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit has shot.

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.

MASTERFUL TACTICS

1CP

Tactical Brethren Stratagem

Such is the Space Marines’ grasp of adaptive tactics that even the most canny enemies soon find themselves out of position.

Up to D6".
Or: If the tactical doctrine is active for your unit, up to 6".

UNIQUE: DOCTRINES

Devastator Brethren1DP

HEAVILY ARMED SPACE MARINES RAIN THUNDEROUS DEATH UPON THE EMPEROR’S FOES

Detachment Rules

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

Master-forged Firearms 15 pts

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.

Honour of Vigilance 20 pts

A savant of applied firepower, this warrior ensures their comrades’ big guns are always optimally positioned and targeted.

ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only.

This unit’s ranged attacks have [Lethal Hits].
If the devastator doctrine is active for this unit, this unit can re-roll advance rolls.

Stratagems

ARMOUR OF CONTEMPT

1CP

Devastator Brethren Stratagem

The belligerence of the Adeptus Astartes combined with their post-human physiology makes them unyielding foes to face.

STORM OF FIRE

1CP

Devastator Brethren Stratagem

There is no escaping the wrath of the Space Marines, and they use their weapons to bring swift death to their foes wherever they may hide.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit is selected to shoot.

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.

HAIL OF VENGEANCE

2CP

Devastator Brethren Stratagem

Space Marines’ incredible battlefield awareness enables them to instinctively identify the origin of any enemy fire and punish their attackers.

WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, when an enemy unit has shot, if those attacks destroyed a model in a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.

TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit.

EFFECT: Your unit shoots using normal shooting, but while doing so your unit can only target that enemy unit.

UNIQUE: TERMINATOR

Terminator Storm Force1DP

TERMINATOR-ARMOURED FIRST COMPANY VETERANS UNLEASH THEIR MIGHT UPON THE BATTLEFIELD

Detachment Rules

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

Champion of the First Company 20 pts

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].

Corporeum Reliquary 25 pts

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

TACTICAL DREADNOUGHT FORTITUDE

2CP

Terminator Storm Force Stratagem

The combination of Tactical Dreadnought armour and transhuman physiology is redoubtable indeed.

WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, when an enemy unit targets a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR unit.

TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR unit.

EFFECT: Attacks that target your unit have -1 D until that enemy unit has attacked.

MERCILESS VETERANS

1CP

Terminator Storm Force Stratagem

Cumulative centuries of military experience help these veterans’ firepower hit home with murderous precision.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR unit is selected to shoot.

TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR unit.

EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks have:

[Lethal Hits].
[Sustained Hits 1].

GUNSHIP EXTRACTION

1CP

Terminator Storm Force Stratagem

Armoured gunships are often assigned to swoop in and relocate Terminator Squads in the midst of battle.

WHEN: End of your opponent’s Fight phase.

TARGET: One friendly unengaged ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR unit.

EFFECT: Place your unit in strategic reserves.

UNIQUE: TACTICUS

Tacticus Attack Force1DP

CHARGING INTO BATTLE, TACTICUS-ARMOURED BATTLE-BROTHERS CUT A BLOODY PATH THROUGH THE FOE

Detachment Rules

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

Martial Paragon 10 pts

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:

Re-roll one hit roll.
Re-roll one wound roll.

Spearpoint War Leader 15 pts

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

RELENTLESS ASSAULT

1CP

Tacticus Attack Force Stratagem

Pressing mercilessly forward, these warriors place shots and blows perfectly, no matter their targets.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase, when a friendly TACTICUS unit is selected to attack.

TARGET: That TACTICUS unit.

EFFECT: Your unit’s attacks have:

[Sustained Hits 1: non-Monster/Vehicle].
Or: [Lethal Hits: Monster/Vehicle].

TRANSHUMAN SWIFTNESS

1CP

Tacticus Attack Force Stratagem

Poised and aware of their foes’ every move, these warriors strike at the most tactically advantageous moment.

WHEN: Fight phase, when an enemy unit has fought.

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.

TACTICAL FOCUS

1CP

Tacticus Attack Force Stratagem

Even amidst the fiercest fighting, this squad retains sight of their assigned mission.

WHEN: Fight phase, when a friendly TACTICUS unit is selected to make a consolidation move.

TARGET: That TACTICUS unit.

EFFECT: When making that consolidation move, your unit can move up to D3+3".

UNIQUE: TACTICUS

Tacticus Firestorm Force1DP

TACTICUS-ARMOURED WARRIORS LAY DOWN DISCIPLINED FIRE TO DOMINATE THE BATTLEFIELD

Detachment Rules

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

Cyber-familiar 15 pts

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.

Tempered in Battle (Aura) 10 pts

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

FOR THE EMPEROR!

1CP

Tacticus Firestorm Force Stratagem

Unflinching in their loyalty to Chapter and Primarch, battle-brothers seize and hold their objectives with unrelenting determination and zealous fury.

WHEN: Command phase.

TARGET: One friendly TACTICUS unit that is within range of an objective.

EFFECT: Your unit has +1 OC until the end of the turn.

RELENTLESS ASSAULT

1CP

Tacticus Firestorm Force Stratagem

Pressing mercilessly forward, these warriors place shots and blows perfectly, no matter their targets.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase, when a friendly TACTICUS unit is selected to attack.

TARGET: That TACTICUS unit.

EFFECT: Your unit’s attacks have:

[Sustained Hits 1: non-Monster/Vehicle].
Or: [Lethal Hits: Monster/Vehicle].

POINT-BLANK BRUTALITY

1CP

Tacticus Firestorm Force Stratagem

Transhuman skill and reaction times render these Space Marines’ firearms as deadly up close as any blade.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly engaged TACTICUS unit is selected to shoot.

TARGET: That TACTICUS unit.

EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks (excluding [Blast] attacks) have:

[Close-Quarters].
[Ignores Cover].

UNIQUE: PHOBOS

Phobos Shadow Force1DP

PHOBOS-ARMOURED STEALTH ADEPTS HUNT THEIR ENEMIES UNSEEN

Detachment Rules

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

Venator Omni-auspex 15 pts

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:

Re-roll wound rolls of 1.
Or: If the assault doctrine is active for this unit, re-roll wound rolls of 1 and 2.

Execute and Redeploy 25 pts

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

STRIKE FROM THE SHADOWS

1CP

Phobos Shadow Force Stratagem

To evade one’s enemies and sow confusion can be a deadly weapon in itself.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase, when a friendly hidden PHOBOS unit is selected to attack.

TARGET: That PHOBOS unit.

EFFECT: Your unit’s attacks have:

+1 S.
[Lethal Hits].

MORTIS SNARES

1CP

Phobos Shadow Force Stratagem

These stealth operatives lace the battlefield with explosive devices that trigger by mico-auspex and las-wire when foes blunder into them.

WHEN: End of your Movement phase.

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.

TACTICAL WITHDRAWAL

1CP

Phobos Shadow Force Stratagem

At an opportune moment, Space Marine infiltration units slip away from battle, only to relocate ready to strike the foe again.

WHEN: End of your opponent’s Fight phase.

TARGET: One friendly unengaged PHOBOS/SCOUT SQUAD unit.

EFFECT: Place your unit in strategic reserves.

UNIQUE: PHOBOS

Phobos Shock Force1DP

EXPLODING FROM THE SHADOWS, PHOBOS-ARMOURED KILLERS CATCH THE FOE IN A BLOODY AMBUSH

Detachment Rules

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

Seal of Shrouding 15 pts

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.

Venator Omni-auspex 15 pts

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:

Re-roll wound rolls of 1.
Or: If the assault doctrine is active for this unit, re-roll wound rolls of 1-2.

Stratagems

STRIKE FROM THE SHADOWS

1CP

Phobos Shock Force Stratagem

To evade one’s enemies and sow confusion can be a deadly weapon in itself.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase, when a friendly hidden PHOBOS unit is selected to attack.

TARGET: That PHOBOS unit.

EFFECT: Your unit’s attacks have:

+1 S.
[Lethal Hits].

TRANSHUMAN REACTIONS

1CP

Phobos Shock Force Stratagem

Seemingly with the speed of instinct, these warriors reposition in response to the enemy’s movements.

WHEN: Your opponent’s Movement phase, when an enemy unit ends a move within 8" of a friendly unengaged PHOBOS unit.

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".

UMBRAL EVASION

1CP

Phobos Shock Force Stratagem

A combination of technological arcana and expert training help these warriors to evade the eyes of the foe.

WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, when an enemy unit targets a friendly PHOBOS unit.

TARGET: That PHOBOS unit.

EFFECT: Ranged attacks that target your unit have -1 to hit rolls.

UNIQUE: GRAVIS

Gravis Linebreaker Force1DP

RELENTLESS AND UNSTOPPABLE, GRAVIS-ARMOURED WARRIORS MARCH OUT ON THE ATTACK

Detachment Rules

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

Indefatigable Fortitude 20 pts

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.

Relentless Advance 20 pts

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

ANNIHILATING FORCE

1CP

Gravis Linebreaker Force Stratagem

Knowing well their duty to shatter the foe’s lines, these warriors strike with devastating strength.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase, when a friendly GRAVIS unit is selected to attack.

TARGET: That GRAVIS unit.

EFFECT: Your unit’s attacks have [Lethal Hits].

PURGATION PUSH

1CP

Gravis Linebreaker Force Stratagem

Gravis assault tactics stipulate a relentless advance coupled with unfaltering firepower.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly GRAVIS unit has shot.

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.

ARMOURED IMPACT

1CP

Gravis Linebreaker Force Stratagem

Throwing their armoured mass into an assault, a Space Marine in Gravis armour can crush and trample their foe.

WHEN: Your Charge phase, when a friendly GRAVIS unit ends a charge move.

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.

UNIQUE: GRAVIS

Gravis Siege Force1DP

GRAVIS-ARMOURED SPACE MARINES SEIZE AND HOLD VITAL STRATEGIC SITES AGAINST ANY THREAT

Detachment Rules

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

Immovable ConquerorsUPGRADE 15 pts

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.

Narthecis Gauntlet 20 pts

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

ANNIHILATING FORCE

1CP

Gravis Siege Force Stratagem

Knowing well their duty to shatter the foe’s lines, these warriors strike with devastating strength.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase, when a friendly GRAVIS unit is selected to attack.

TARGET: That GRAVIS unit.

EFFECT: Your unit’s attacks have [Lethal Hits].

STAND UNYIELDING

1CP

Gravis Siege Force Stratagem

Ground claimed by Gravis-clad Adeptus Astartes cannot be taken back with ease.

WHEN: End of your Movement phase.

TARGET: One friendly GRAVIS unit.

EFFECT: Select one objective your unit is controlling. That objective is secured.

SUPPRESSION VOLLEYS

1CP

Gravis Siege Force Stratagem

Laying down hails of heavy fire, these warriors pin or drive back the foe.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly GRAVIS unit has shot.

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 Force1DP

SPACE MARINE BIKE SQUADRONS, SPEEDERS AND LIGHT ARMOUR RACE INTO BATTLE

Detachment Rules

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

Supercharged EnginesUPGRADE 10 pts

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.

Auspex Triangulation ShrinesUPGRADE 10 pts

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:

While a unit is spotted, that unit has +3" detection range.

Stratagems

WIND-SWIFT EVASION

1CP

Stormlance Task Force Stratagem

Employing their steeds’ pace to utmost effect, these warriors stay ever on the move.

WHEN: End of the Fight phase.

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.

SUDDEN ONSLAUGHT

1CP

Stormlance Task Force Stratagem

Speed and shock are key to the Space Marine way of war: never more so than on rapid-strike missions.

WHEN: Your Movement phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED/SPEEDER unit is selected to make an advance move.

TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED/SPEEDER unit.

EFFECT: Your unit can change its advance rolls to a 6.

HURTLING TARGETS

1CP

Stormlance Task Force Stratagem

With nerves of steel and transhuman reactions, the Space Marines jink and weave cooly through incoming fire.

WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, when an enemy unit targets a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED/SPEEDER unit.

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

Detachment Rules

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

Artificer SarcophagusUPGRADE 40 pts

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.

Venerable Champion (Aura)UPGRADE 30 pts

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

ADAMANTINE TERROR

1CP

Ironclad Champions Stratagem

Booming war cries through his vox-amplifiers, this Dreadnought rampages through the terrified foe.

WHEN: Start of the Fight phase.

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.

MERCY IS WEAKNESS

1CP

Ironclad Champions Stratagem

Once a foe is marked for destruction, the Angels of Death must not relent until the target is annihilated.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase, when a friendly DREADNOUGHT unit is selected to attack.

TARGET: That DREADNOUGHT unit.

EFFECT: Your unit’s attacks have:

[lethal hits].
Or: [Sustained Hits 1].

UPSTOPPABLE ADVANCE

1CP

Ironclad Champions Stratagem

Ruins, barricades, bunkers; few such structures can impede the relentless advance of an Adeptus Astartes Dreadnought.

WHEN: Your Movement/Charge phase, when a friendly DREADNOUGHT unit is selected to move or declares a charge.

TARGET: That DREADNOUGHT unit.

EFFECT: Your unit has MOBILE.

Gauntlet Task Force1DP

SQUADS OF BATTLE-BROTHERS RACE INTO BATTLE ABOARD INDOMITABLE ARMOURED TRANSPORTS

Detachment Rules

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

Linebreaker Onslaught 20 pts

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:

This unit can re-roll charge rolls.
Enemy units cannot target this unit with snap shooting attacks.

Damocles-class Uplink 15 pts

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

AGGRESSIVE DISEMBARKATION

1CP

Gauntlet Task Force Stratagem

Bursting out of their transport, the Space Marines are already on the move before their foes can react.

WHEN: Any phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit embarked within a TRANSPORT is selected to move.

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.

DUTY IS NEVER DONE

1CP

Gauntlet Task Force Stratagem

There is no time to rest upon laurels while any portion of the Emperor’s realm remains in enemy hands.

WHEN: End of the Fight phase.

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.

STORM AND SECURE

1CP

Gauntlet Task Force Stratagem

The advanced mechanised assault tactics employed by this force allow ground to be seized rapidly while on the move.

WHEN: End of your Movement phase.

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.

UNIQUE: IRONSTORM

Ironstorm Spearhead1DP

SPACE MARINE TANKS DEPLOY AT SQUADRON STRENGTH TO PUNCH THROUGH ENEMY LINES

Detachment Rules

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

Redoubtable Machine SpiritUPGRADE 25 pts

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:

Has 5+ InSv.
At the end of your Command phase, heals 1 wound.

Gunnery HonoursUPGRADE 15 pts

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

LAYERED CERAMITE

1CP

Ironstorm Spearhead Stratagem

The labours of artisans in the Chapter armoury now bear fruit.

WHEN: Any phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE unit suffers a mortal wound.

TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE unit.

EFFECT: Your unit has Feel No Pain 5+ against mortal wounds.

MIGHT OF THE MACHINE SPIRIT

1CP

Ironstorm Spearhead Stratagem

There are many tales of machine spirits wreaking havoc on the foe, even after the crews of their vehicles are slain.

WHEN: Your Command phase.

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.

HEADHUNTER DOCTRINE

1CP

Ironstorm Spearhead Stratagem

Exhaustive tactical training aids Space Marine gunners in exploiting any weakness in their targets’ armour.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE unit (excluding DEDICATED TRANSPORT/FLY/WALKER units) is selected to shoot.

TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES VEHICLE unit.

EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks have [Lethal Hits: Monster/Vehicle].

UNIQUE: PHOBOS

Shadowmark Talon2DP

Detachment Rules

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:

Unparalleled Tactician: (Once per battle round, per army) When you use the Into Darkness stratagem, that use is -1CP.

Enhancements

Blackwing Shroud 25 pts

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.

Umbral Raptor 15 pts

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:

Fights First.
Lone Operative.

Hunter's Instincts 25 pts

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.

Coronal Susurrant 30 pts

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

INTO DARKNESS

1CP

Shadowmark Talon Stratagem

At the opportune moment, Raven Guard infiltration units slip away from battle, only to relocate ready to strike the foe again.

WHEN: End of your opponent’s Fight phase.

TARGET: One unengaged ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit.

EFFECT: Place your unit in strategic reserves.

RAPTORIAL VIGILANCE

1CP

Shadowmark Talon Stratagem

The Raven Guard are swift to exploit the movements of their foes, whether to pursue their prey and complete the kill or to make use of an opportunity to fade once more from sight.

WHEN: Your opponent’s Movement phase, when an enemy unit ends a move within 8" of a friendly unengaged ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit.

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".

MURDEROUS FUSILLADE

1CP

Shadowmark Talon Stratagem

From darkness and obscuring cover, Raven Guard battle-brothers open fire as one, striking their unaware targets with precision fire.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit that made an ingress move this turn is selected to shoot.

TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit.

EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks have:

+1 BS.
+1 AP.

SUPPRESSED WEAPONS

1CP

Shadowmark Talon Stratagem

The Raven Guard commonly utilise integral suppressors, flash-hiders and other technology to dampen weapon reports and conceal muzzle flare, enabling battle-brothers to fire on unsuspecting foes without giving away their positions.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit has shot.

TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit.

EFFECT: Those attacks do not prevent your unit from being hidden.

FEINT AND THRUST

1CP

Shadowmark Talon Stratagem

Retreating from the fight, these warriors lure their enemies on before swiftly turning the tables and hurling themselves into their now overextended foe.

WHEN: Your Command phase.

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.

LAY LOW THE TYRANTS

1CP

Shadowmark Talon Stratagem

In a storm of blade thrusts and bludgeoning strikes, enemy champions and commanders are laid low, leaving their troops in leaderless disarray.

WHEN: Fight phase, when a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit is selected to fight.

TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY.

EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks have [Precision].

Deathwatch Support1DP

Detachment Rules

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

Beacon Angelis 25 pts

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:

Deep Strike.
When you target this unit with the Rapid Ingress Stratagem, that use is -1CP.

Stratagems

KRAKEN ROUNDS

1CP

Deathwatch Support Stratagem

Kraken rounds utilise adamantine cores and improved propellants to penetrate the thickest hide.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase when a KILL TEAM unit is selected to shoot.

TARGET: That KILL TEAM unit.

EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks have:

Have +6" R.
Have +1 S.

DRAGONFIRE ROUNDS

1CP

Deathwatch Support Stratagem

Dragonfire rounds are designed to explode just before contact, saturating foes in cover with searing gas and flames.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase when a KILL TEAM unit is selected to shoot.

TARGET: That KILL TEAM unit.

EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks:

Can re-roll wound rolls of 1.
Have [IGNORES COVER].

HELLFIRE ROUNDS

1CP

Deathwatch Support Stratagem

Hellfire rounds douse their targets in voracious acids that are utterly lethal to organic life.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase when a KILL TEAM unit is selected to shoot.

TARGET: That KILL TEAM unit.

EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks (excluding [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] attacks) have [ANTI-non-VEHICLE 4+].

BLACKSTAR EXTRACTION

1CP

Deathwatch Support Stratagem

Swooping low with transport bays yawning wide, Corvus Blackstar gunships extract Deathwatch warriors from the battlefield and convey them to locations where their lethal talents are most required.

WHEN: End of your opponent’s Fight phase.

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.

ARMY FACTION
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.

ARMY RULE
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~~

You can include up to three of each of the following units:

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)

You can include up to one of each of the following units:

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)

You can include up to one of the following units:

~~ERADICATOR SQUAD~~ (3 models)
HELLBLASTER SQUAD (5 models)

You can include up to one of the following units:

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 ~~SICARIUS~~ model loses the Knight Champion of Macragge ability.
The ~~URIEL VENTRIS~~ model 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 RIFLES~~ unit loses the Visions of Heresy ability.
The ~~THE SANGUINOR~~ model loses the Miraculous Saviour ability.

Army Rule

Units from your army with the Oath of Moment ability retain that 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

IN THE EMPEROR’S NAME

1CP

Boarding Strike – Battle Tactic Stratagem

Space Marines will suffer any hardship and endure the savagery of the most monstrous foes to see their duty done.

WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

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.

CERAMITE BULWARK

1CP

Boarding Strike – Battle Tactic Stratagem

The Space Marines present a wall of ceramite and plasteel shoulder guards to the breach as they force passage through.

WHEN: Fight phase.

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.

DUTY AND DEFIANCE

1CP

Boarding Strike – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Even when wounded unto death, still the Adeptus Astartes fight on in hopes their final efforts will spell the difference between defeat and victory.

WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

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.

VOX-AMPLIFIED ROAR

1CP

Boarding Strike – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

In the echoing confines of a voidship, the deafening battle cries of the Space Marines evoke terror in the foe.

WHEN: Your Charge phase, just after an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army declares a charge.

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 LIBRARIAN~~
~~PHOBOS LIEUTENANT~~

You can include up to three of each of the following units:

INCURSOR SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
INFILTRATOR SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
REIVER SQUAD (5 or 10 models)

You can include up to one of the following unit:

~~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.

Army Rule

Units from your army with the Oath of Moment ability retain that 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

KNIFE WORK

1CP

Pilum Strike Team – Battle Tactic Stratagem

These warriors strike at their enemies'weak spots, aiming to silence the foe without raising the alarm.

WHEN: Fight phase.

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.

ENHANCED EFFICIENCY

1CP

Pilum Strike Team – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Moving with alacrity, clearing each new space with exceptional speed and skill, the warriors of the strike team advance on their main objective.

WHEN: Your Movement phase.

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.

FIGHTING RETREAT

1CP

Pilum Strike Team – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

These warriors employ cover fire and frag charges to batter the foe as they fall back to new positions.

WHEN: Your Movement phase, just after an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army is selected to Fall Back.

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.

MASTER MARKSMEN

1CP

Pilum Strike Team – Battle Tactic Stratagem

Every shot these warriors fire is placed for maximum impact and swift, decisive kills.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase.

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 LIBRARIAN~~
~~WOLF GUARD BATTLE LEADER IN TERMINATOR ARMOUR~~
~~WOLF GUARD PACK LEADER IN TERMINATOR ARMOUR~~

You can include up to two of each of the following units:

~~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 CIRCLE~~ ability.
The ~~LOGAN GRIMNAR~~ model loses the The Great Wolf ability.
The ~~WOLF GUARD~~ unit loses the Chosen Companions ability.
The ~~WOLF GUARD PACK LEADER IN TERMINATOR ARMOUR~~ model loses the Pack Leader ability.

Army Rule

Units from your army with the Oath of Moment ability retain that 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

TOWER OF STRENGTH

1CP

Terminator Assault – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Each individual Terminator is a walking fortress. When they stand together they are truly indomitable.

WHEN: Start or end of any phase.

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.

FOCUSING SHRINE

1CP

Terminator Assault – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

An ancient device built into the structure of the teleportarium, this relic allows for incredibly accurate teleport assaults.

WHEN: Your Movement phase, at the start of the Reinforcements step.

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.

CARVE A PATH

1CP

Terminator Assault – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Power fists, chainfists, and sheer servo-actuated armoured mass ensure that Terminators’ paths are never barred for long.

WHEN: Your Movement phase or your Charge phase.

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.

CLEANSING SWEEP

1CP

Terminator Assault – Battle Tactic Stratagem

Refined during the clearance of infested space hulks, these methodical tactics ensure no angle of approach goes undefended.

WHEN: Your opponent's Movement or Charge phase.

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.

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

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

Q:	Does my model or unit become engaged* while moving through a enemy units engagement range during a move?*
A:	No

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

Q:	If a rule says a unit can embark into a TRANSPORT in a turn that unit disembarked, does this ignore the core rules restriction on embarking in a turn that unit made a set up move (see 18.02)?
A:	Yes

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

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

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.

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.