Coven of Agonies

The Drukhari are a race of sadistic killers who feed upon the exquisite agony of their victims. From the Dark City of Commorragh, hidden deep within the twisting passages of the webway, their reaver-fleets strike forth in a never-ending search for new souls to torment.

Contents
Books
FAQ
Keywords
Army Rules
Power from Pain
Corsairs and Travelling Players
Primary Mission
Coven of Agonies
Datasheets
Detachment Rules
Pain Enlivens
Enhancements
Stratagems
Datasheets
Xatrophos Nuul
Coven of Agonies Cronos
Coven of Agonies Talos
Coven of Agonies Wracks

Books

BookKindEditionVersionLast update
  Warhammer 40,000: The App
  Warhammer 40,000: The AppRulebook112.7.1October 2026

Keywords

AELDARI (4);
BATTLELINE (1);
CHARACTER (1);
COVEN OF AGONIES (4);
DRUKHARI (4);
FLY (2);
HAEMONCULUS COVENS (4);
INFANTRY (2);
MONSTER (2)

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Army Rules

Power from Pain

The Drukhari feed on suffering and terror. Every arc of blood that jets from a blade-slit artery, every scream of agonised horror, every vertiginous moment of shock or despair experienced by their prey surges through the Drukhari like an intoxicant. As the battle rages, the denizens of the Dark City drink deep of the floodtide of pain. Sinews singing with stolen strength, motions blurred to preternatural swiftness, they howl in exhilarated bloodlust and fight all the harder to extract yet sweeter agonies from those who dare resist them.

Pain Abilities
All DRUKHARI units have a Pain ability, tagged with the word ‘Pain’. Pain abilities only apply to a unit while it is Empowered. If your Army Faction is DRUKHARI, you can Empower units from your army with Pain abilities by spending Pain tokens (see below).

Designer’s Note: You can also spend Pain tokens to activate additional effects in certain other rules such as Enhancements and Stratagems.

Gaining Pain Tokens
If your Army Faction is DRUKHARI, you gain Pain tokens as follows:
  • 1 Pain token at the start of your Command phase.
  • 1 Pain token each time an enemy unit is destroyed.
  • 1 Pain token each time an enemy unit fails a Battle-shock test.
Each time you gain a Pain token, keep it to one side - this is your Pain token pool. Each time you spend a Pain token, reduce your Pain token pool by the same amount.

Empowered Through Pain
Each Pain ability will state when you can spend Pain tokens to Empower that unit. When you do, until the end of the phase, that unit is Empowered and all Pain abilities it has take effect. While an Attached unit is Empowered, the Pain abilities of all Leader and Bodyguard units in that unit take effect - you do not need to spend additional Pain tokens to activate each of those Pain abilities.

Example: At the start of your Charge phase, you spend 1 Pain token to Empower a unit of Wyches. The unit becomes Empowered, and so its Acrobatic Gladiators ability takes effect until the end of the phase. A Succubus is leading the unit, and so its Lithe Agility ability also takes effect until the end of the phase (no additional Pain token is required to activate that ability as well).

Corsairs and Travelling Players

If your Army Faction is DRUKHARI, you can include HARLEQUINS and ANHRATHE units in your army, even though they do not have the DRUKHARI Faction keyword. The combined points value of HARLEQUINS and/or ANHRATHE units you can include in your army depends on the battle size, as follows:
  • Incursion: Up to 250 pts
  • Strike Force: Up to 500 pts
  • Onslaught: Up to 750 pts
No HARLEQUINS or ANHRATHE models included in your army in this way can be your WARLORD, and they cannot be given Enhancements.

Primary Mission

ARCHITECTS OF AGONY
Coven of Agonies

Inflict unspeakable agonies upon the enemy and let their pain empower you to victory.

SECOND BATTLE ROUND ONWARDS
WHEN: End of your turn.
You control your opponent’s home objective.5VP
You control one or more expansion objectives.5VP
ANY BATTLE ROUND
WHEN: End of your turn.
An enemy unit was destroyed in this or the previous turn.5VP

Coven of Agonies1DP

Datasheets


Detachment Rules

Pain Enlivens

All pain nourishes the souls of nearby Drukhari, even the suffering of their own.

When a friendly COVEN OF AGONIES unit is destroyed, you gain 1 Pain token.

Enhancements

Toxin-laced Blades

Masters of alchemy and dark science, Haemonculi excel at creating potent toxins whose effects are almost always grotesque and lethal. They coat their blades with these poisons prior to battle and delight in testing them upon the foe.

COVEN OF AGONIES HAEMONCULUS model only. This unit’s melee attacks have +1 AP.

Superior SoulcraftUPGRADE

Crafted by Xatrophos Nuul’s own hand, this Cronos’ soul-draining weapons have been refined by the Haemonculus, rendering their agonising effects even more pronounced and horrific.

COVEN OF AGONIES CRONOS unit only. This unit can re-roll rolls to determine the A of a weapon.


Stratagems

HARDENED PHYSIOLOGY
1CP
Coven of Agonies Stratagem
Nuul’s Exquisite fleshcraft and alchemical tinkering have provided his Wracks with formidable, hardened skin, quite capable of absorbing bullets and deflecting blades.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, when an enemy unit targets a friendly COVEN OF AGONIES WRACKS unit.

TARGET: That COVEN OF AGONIES WRACKS unit.

EFFECT: Attacks that target your unit have -1 to wound rolls.
POWERFUL CREATIONS
1CP
Coven of Agonies Stratagem
Drawing upon the alchemical might of the dark sciences that fashioned it, this Pain Engine rampages across the battlefield with nightmarish vitality.
WHEN: Fight phase, when a friendly COVEN OF AGONIES MONSTER unit is selected to fight.

TARGET: That COVEN OF AGONIES MONSTER unit.

EFFECT: Your unit’s attacks that target a MONSTER/VEHICLE unit have:
  • +1 to wound rolls.
  • +1 AP.
AGONISING ONSLAUGHT
1CP
Coven of Agonies Stratagem
Driven to inflict maximum agony upon their targets, Nuul’s menagerie unleashes relentless fusillades or flurries of savage blows, channelling harvested pain to empower their efforts.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase, when a friendly COVEN OF AGONIES unit is selected to attack.

TARGET: That COVEN OF AGONIES unit.

EFFECT: Your unit’s attacks:
  • Can re-roll hit rolls of 1.
  • Or: If you spend 1 Pain token, can re-roll hit rolls.

Datasheets


Xatrophos Nuul
(⌀25mm)
M
7"
T
4
SV
5+
W
5
LD
7+
OC
1
INSV
6+
RANGED WEAPONS
RANGE
A
BS
S
AP
D
Stinger Pistol Anti-Infantry 2+ CLOSE-QUARTERS Precision
Stinger Pistol Anti-Infantry 2+ CLOSE-QUARTERS Precision
12"
1
2+
2
-1
D3
MELEE WEAPONS
RANGE
A
WS
S
AP
D
Haemonculus Tools and Scissorhands Anti-Infantry 2+ Precision
Haemonculus Tools and Scissorhands Anti-Infantry 2+ Precision
Melee
5
2+
3
-1
D3
ARMY RULESCorsairs and Travelling Players, Power from Pain
ABILITIES
Pain Adept: In your Command phase, if a model with this ability is on the battlefield, roll one D6:
  • On a 4+, you gain 1 Pain token.
Fear Incarnate (Aura): While an enemy unit is within 6" of this model:
  • That enemy unit has -1 Ld.
  • In the Battle-shock step of your opponent’s Command phase, if that enemy unit is below starting strength, it makes a battle-shock roll.
Vile Weaponry:
In the Fight phase, when this unit is selected to fight, you can spend 1 Pain token to Empower this unit. If you do, this model’s attacks have 3 D.
UNIT COMPOSITION
  • 1 Xatrophos Nuul model
This model is equipped with: 1 Haemonculus Tools and Scissorhands; 1 Stinger Pistol.
LEADER
This model can be attached to the following unit:
KEYWORDS: HAEMONCULUS; HAEMONCULUS COVENS; COVEN OF AGONIES; INFANTRY; CHARACTER; AELDARI
FACTION KEYWORDS:
DRUKHARI
STRATAGEMS
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Core
C
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Core
C
FIRE OVERWATCH
1CP
Core
C
HEROIC INTERVENTION
1CP
Core
C
EPIC CHALLENGE
1CP
Core
C
COUNTEROFFENSIVE
2CP
Core
C
AGONISING ONSLAUGHT
1CP
Coven of Agonies Stratagem
DETACHMENT ABILITY
Pain Enlivens
ENHANCEMENTS
Toxin-laced Blades


Coven of Agonies Cronos
(⌀60mm flying base)
M
7"
T
7
SV
3+
W
7
LD
7+
OC
2
INSV
6+
RANGED WEAPONS
RANGE
A
BS
S
AP
D
Spirit Syphon Ignores Cover Torrent
Spirit Syphon Ignores Cover Torrent
12"
D6
-
5
-1
1
Spirit Vortex BLAST 1 Ignores Cover
Spirit Vortex BLAST 1 Ignores Cover
18"
D6
3+
5
-1
1
MELEE WEAPONS
RANGE
A
WS
S
AP
D
Spirit Leech tentacles Anti-Infantry 2+
Spirit Leech tentacles Anti-Infantry 2+
Melee
6
3+
5
-1
1
ARMY RULESCorsairs and Travelling Players, Power from Pain
ABILITIES
Empowered Engines:
When this unit is selected to make a normal/advance/fall-back move, you can spend 1 Pain token to Empower this unit. If you do, this unit has +2" M.
Pain Engine (Aura): While a friendly unit is within 9" of this unit, when you spend 1 Pain token to Empower that friendly unit, roll one D6, with +1 to the result if a model in this unit does not have a spirit vortex weapon:
  • On a 5+, you gain 1 Pain token.
UNIT COMPOSITION
  • 1 Cronos model
This model is equipped with: 1 Spirit Leech tentacles; 1 Spirit Syphon; 1 Spirit Vortex.
KEYWORDS: COVEN OF AGONIES; MONSTER; AELDARI; HAEMONCULUS COVENS; FLY
FACTION KEYWORDS:
DRUKHARI
STRATAGEMS
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Core
C
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Core
C
FIRE OVERWATCH
1CP
Core
C
HEROIC INTERVENTION
1CP
Core
C
COUNTEROFFENSIVE
2CP
Core
C
AGONISING ONSLAUGHT
1CP
Coven of Agonies Stratagem
POWERFUL CREATIONS
1CP
Coven of Agonies Stratagem
DETACHMENT ABILITY
Pain Enlivens
ENHANCEMENTS
Superior Soulcraft


Coven of Agonies Talos
(⌀60mm flying base)
M
7"
T
7
SV
3+
W
7
LD
7+
OC
2
INSV
6+
RANGED WEAPONS
RANGE
A
BS
S
AP
D
Twin Liquifier Gun Anti-Infantry 3+ Torrent Twin-linked
Twin Liquifier Gun Anti-Infantry 3+ Torrent Twin-linked
12"
D6
-
4
-1
1
Twin Splinter Cannon Anti-Infantry 3+ Sustained Hits 1 Twin-linked
Twin Splinter Cannon Anti-Infantry 3+ Sustained Hits 1 Twin-linked
36"
3
3+
3
-1
2
MELEE WEAPONS
RANGE
A
WS
S
AP
D
Chain-flails
Chain-flails
Melee
8
3+
6
-1
1
ARMY RULESCorsairs and Travelling Players, Power from Pain
ABILITIES
Mindless Killing Machines:
At the start of the Fight phase, you can spend 1 Pain token to Empower this unit. If you do, when a model in this unit is destroyed, if this unit has not been selected to fight this phase, roll one D6: on a 2+, do not remove that model from the battlefield. When this unit has fought, or at the end of the phase (whichever comes first), that model is removed from the battlefield.
Torture Device: When this unit destroys an enemy unit, you gain 1 Pain token.
UNIT COMPOSITION
  • 1 Talos model
This model is equipped with: 1 Chain-flails; 1 Twin Liquifier Gun; 1 Twin Splinter Cannon.
KEYWORDS: HAEMONCULUS COVENS; MONSTER; COVEN OF AGONIES; FLY; AELDARI
FACTION KEYWORDS:
DRUKHARI
STRATAGEMS
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Core
C
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Core
C
FIRE OVERWATCH
1CP
Core
C
HEROIC INTERVENTION
1CP
Core
C
COUNTEROFFENSIVE
2CP
Core
C
AGONISING ONSLAUGHT
1CP
Coven of Agonies Stratagem
POWERFUL CREATIONS
1CP
Coven of Agonies Stratagem
DETACHMENT ABILITY
Pain Enlivens


Coven of Agonies Wracks
M
7"
T
4
SV
5+
W
2
LD
7+
OC
2
Wrack(⌀25mm)
7"
4
5+
2
7+
2
Wrack with Ossefactor(⌀25mm)
7"
4
5+
2
7+
2
Acothyst(⌀25mm)
INSV
6+
RANGED WEAPONS
RANGE
A
BS
S
AP
D
Hexrifle Heavy Precision
Hexrifle Heavy Precision
36"
1
3+
8
-2
3
Ossefactor anti-infantry 4+ Devastating Wounds
Ossefactor anti-infantry 4+ Devastating Wounds
24"
1
3+
2
-2
2
MELEE WEAPONS
RANGE
A
WS
S
AP
D
Torturer's Tool anti-infantry 4+
Torturer's Tool anti-infantry 4+
Melee
2
3+
4
-1
1
Twin Torturer's Tools anti-infantry 4+ Twin-linked
Twin Torturer's Tools anti-infantry 4+ Twin-linked
Melee
2
3+
4
-1
1
ARMY RULESCorsairs and Travelling Players, Power from Pain
ABILITIES
Torturer’s Craft: In your Shooting phase or the Fight phase, after this unit has attacked, you can select one enemy unit (excluding VEHICLE units) hit by those attacks. That enemy unit makes a battle-shock roll.
Experimental Enhancements:
In the Fight phase, when this unit is selected to fight, you can spend 1 Pain token to Empower this unit. If you do:
  • This unit’s melee attacks (excluding CHARACTER models’ attacks) have 3 A.
  • Or: This unit’s melee attacks (excluding CHARACTER models’ attacks) have:
    • 4 A.
    • [Hazardous].
UNIT COMPOSITION
  • 1 Acothyst model
  • 1 Wrack with Ossefactor model
  • 3 Wrack models
The Acothyst is equipped with: 1 Hexrifle; 1 Torturer's Tool.

The Wrack with Ossefactor is equipped with: 1 Ossefactor; 1 Torturer's Tool.

Every Wrack is equipped with: 1 Twin Torturer's Tools.
KEYWORDS: INFANTRY; HAEMONCULUS COVENS; AELDARI; BATTLELINE; COVEN OF AGONIES
FACTION KEYWORDS:
DRUKHARI
STRATAGEMS
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Core
C
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Core
C
FIRE OVERWATCH
1CP
Core
C
HEROIC INTERVENTION
1CP
Core
C
COUNTEROFFENSIVE
2CP
Core
C
AGONISING ONSLAUGHT
1CP
Coven of Agonies Stratagem
HARDENED PHYSIOLOGY
1CP
Coven of Agonies Stratagem
LED BY
This unit can be led by the following unit:
DETACHMENT ABILITY
Pain Enlivens

The AELDARI keyword is used in the following Coven of Agonies datasheets:

Datasheets

The BATTLELINE keyword is used in the following Coven of Agonies datasheets:

Datasheets

The CHARACTER keyword is used in the following Coven of Agonies datasheets:

Datasheets

The COVEN OF AGONIES keyword is used in the following Coven of Agonies datasheets:

Datasheets

The DRUKHARI keyword is used in the following Coven of Agonies datasheets:

Datasheets

The FLY keyword is used in the following Coven of Agonies datasheets:

Datasheets

The HAEMONCULUS COVENS keyword is used in the following Coven of Agonies datasheets:

Datasheets

The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Coven of Agonies datasheets:

Datasheets

The MONSTER keyword is used in the following Coven of Agonies datasheets:

Datasheets
01.07.01 Battlefield Morale
The morale and organisation of troops can waver and break during battle. This is checked using battle-shock rolls, most commonly in the Command phase. Failing such a roll represents the unit’s courage faltering due to taking casualties or through other disruption, reducing its battlefield effectiveness. Similarly, some rules will require you to check a unit’s readiness by making a leadership roll.
01.07.02 Battle-shock Test
The term Battle-shock test is the same as battle-shock roll.
01.07 Battle-shock Rolls
To make a battle-shock roll for a unit, its controlling player makes a leadership roll for it (see above).
  • If that roll succeeds, that unit does not become battle-shocked.
  • If that roll fails, that unit, and each model in it, is battle-shocked.

While a unit is battle-shocked:
  • The Objective Control (OC) characteristic of all of its models is modified to ‘-’ (02.02).
  • Its controlling player cannot target that unit with stratagems (15).
  • It is not eligible to start an action (16), and any action it has started cannot be completed.

SEE ALSO
  • Battlefield Morale 01.07.01
  • Battle-shock Test 01.07.02

BATTLEFIELD MORALE
The morale and organisation of troops can waver and break during battle. This is checked using battle-shock rolls, most commonly in the Command phase. Failing such a roll represents the unit’s courage faltering due to taking casualties or through other disruption, reducing its battlefield effectiveness. Similarly, some rules will require you to check a unit’s readiness by making a leadership roll.

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
LEADER 24.22 / SUPPORT 24.34

Mighty heroes fight at the forefront of battle.

Before the battle, in the Muster Armies step, for each leader and support unit in your army, you can select one friendly bodyguard unit that unit can lead. That unit will then lead that bodyguard unit for the battle and form an attached unit with it.

Unless otherwise stated, each bodyguard unit can only have one leader unit and one support unit attached to it.
05.04.04 Destroyed
Throughout a battle, models will suffer damage, lose wounds and be destroyed. When every model in a unit has been destroyed, that unit is destroyed.

When a model is destroyed, first resolve any rules that are triggered when it is destroyed, then it is removed from the battlefield. If any such rules apply, and if the model was destroyed as the result of an attack, unless otherwise stated, those rules are only resolved and that model is only removed after the attacking unit’s attacks have been resolved. Unless otherwise stated, destroyed models and units cannot use abilities or be selected or targeted by rules.

Some rules only trigger if an enemy model or unit was destroyed by you, or by a model or unit from your army. This means that the enemy model or unit was destroyed by an attack made by a model from your army, or by a player rule you have. Enemy models or units that are destroyed by any other means are not destroyed by you, or by a model or unit from your army.
[DEVASTATING WOUNDS]24.10

The most potent weapons strike with such power that they make a mockery of armour and can cleave through several foes.

Each time an attack made with a [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] weapon results in a critical wound, the attack sequence for that attack ends and the target unit suffers a number of mortal wounds equal to the D characteristic of that weapon. These are inflicted after resolving any normal damage inflicted by those attacks.

Mortal wounds inflicted by [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] weapons can damage a maximum of one model for each critical wound; any remaining mortal wounds inflicted by that attack are lost.

Example: An attack made with a [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] weapon with a D characteristic of 3 results in a critical wound against an Intercessor Squad, so inflicts 3 mortal wounds. The first 2 mortal wounds are sufficient to destroy 1 Intercessor model, so the remaining mortal wound is lost.
05.02.01 Multiple Toughness Characteristics
When resolving attacks that target a unit in which the models have two or more different T characteristics, follow the first instruction that applies from below:
  • If the target unit is an attached unit, use the highest T characteristic amongst bodyguard models in that unit that are on the battlefield.
  • Use the highest T characteristic amongst models in that unit that are on the battlefield.
Wound Roll
Make one wound roll for each hit by rolling one D6. For each result, check if it fails or is a wound by matching the first condition below that applies:

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

CRITICAL WOUNDS
Critical wounds are still wounds. In addition, other rules can be triggered by a critical wound, such as [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] (24).


SEE ALSO
  • Multiple Toughness Characteristics 05.02.01

The COVEN OF AGONIES and MONSTER keywords are used in the following Coven of Agonies datasheets:

Datasheets
04.01.05 Selected to Attack
Some rules use the term selected to attack. If a unit is selected to fight, selected to shoot or chosen to make attacks, that unit is selected to attack.
[LETHAL HITS]24.23

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

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

Designer’s Note: Choosing to automatically wound the target means that no wound roll is made for that attack. You may decide against this, as it means that attack cannot result in a critical wound and so cannot trigger other abilities such as [DEVASTATING WOUNDS].
06.01 Visibility
Line of sight is used to determine visibility between models. For an observing model to have line of sight, it must be possible to draw an imaginary straight line, 1 mm wide, from any part of that model to any part of the model being observed. This line is the line of sight. While doing so, other models in the observing model’s unit and in the observed model’s unit are ignored.

Other models and units can be either visible or fully visible to the observing model, as shown below. Note that terrain applies additional rules to visibility (13.07).

Model Visible
If any part of another model is visible to the observing model, that model is visible.

Model Fully Visible
If every part of another model that is facing the observing model is visible to the observing model (so the only thing blocking visibility to any part of that other model is that model itself), that model is fully visible.

Unit Visible
If one or more models in a unit are visible to the observing model, that unit is visible.

Unit Fully Visible
If every model in a unit is fully visible to the observing model, that unit is fully visible. When determining this, the observing model can see through other models in that unit.

FAQ

Q:When checking line of sight from one model to another, is this drawn between the bases of those models, or between any part of them?
A:
Line of sight is drawn from any part of the observing model to any part of the model being observed.
SNAP SHOOTING15.09
ELIGIBLE IF: As stated in the rule allowing this shooting type.
EFFECT: Your unit shoots as described in Making Attacks (04).
WHILE SHOOTING:
  • You can only target one visible enemy unit within 24" of your unit (and only if it is an eligible target).
  • Each attack only hits on an unmodified hit roll of 6 (irrespective of the attacking weapon’s BS characteristic or any modifiers).
  • You cannot re-roll hit rolls.
AFTER SHOOTING: Until the end of the phase, your unit is not eligible to start an action.
Hit Roll
Make one hit roll for each attack dice by rolling one D6. For each result, check if it fails or is a hit by matching the first condition below that applies:

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

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

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.
Corsairs and Travelling Players
If your Army Faction is DRUKHARI, you can include HARLEQUINS and ANHRATHE units in your army, even though they do not have the DRUKHARI Faction keyword. The combined points value of HARLEQUINS and/or ANHRATHE units you can include in your army depends on the battle size, as follows:
  • Incursion: Up to 250 pts
  • Strike Force: Up to 500 pts
  • Onslaught: Up to 750 pts
No HARLEQUINS or ANHRATHE models included in your army in this way can be your WARLORD, and they cannot be given Enhancements.
Power from Pain

The Drukhari feed on suffering and terror. Every arc of blood that jets from a blade-slit artery, every scream of agonised horror, every vertiginous moment of shock or despair experienced by their prey surges through the Drukhari like an intoxicant. As the battle rages, the denizens of the Dark City drink deep of the floodtide of pain. Sinews singing with stolen strength, motions blurred to preternatural swiftness, they howl in exhilarated bloodlust and fight all the harder to extract yet sweeter agonies from those who dare resist them.

Pain Abilities
All DRUKHARI units have a Pain ability, tagged with the word ‘Pain’. Pain abilities only apply to a unit while it is Empowered. If your Army Faction is DRUKHARI, you can Empower units from your army with Pain abilities by spending Pain tokens (see below).

Designer’s Note: You can also spend Pain tokens to activate additional effects in certain other rules such as Enhancements and Stratagems.

Gaining Pain Tokens
If your Army Faction is DRUKHARI, you gain Pain tokens as follows:
  • 1 Pain token at the start of your Command phase.
  • 1 Pain token each time an enemy unit is destroyed.
  • 1 Pain token each time an enemy unit fails a Battle-shock test.
Each time you gain a Pain token, keep it to one side - this is your Pain token pool. Each time you spend a Pain token, reduce your Pain token pool by the same amount.

Empowered Through Pain
Each Pain ability will state when you can spend Pain tokens to Empower that unit. When you do, until the end of the phase, that unit is Empowered and all Pain abilities it has take effect. While an Attached unit is Empowered, the Pain abilities of all Leader and Bodyguard units in that unit take effect - you do not need to spend additional Pain tokens to activate each of those Pain abilities.

Example: At the start of your Charge phase, you spend 1 Pain token to Empower a unit of Wyches. The unit becomes Empowered, and so its Acrobatic Gladiators ability takes effect until the end of the phase. A Succubus is leading the unit, and so its Lithe Agility ability also takes effect until the end of the phase (no additional Pain token is required to activate that ability as well).
01.02.01 Starting Strength and Half-Strength
The number of models a unit contains at the start of the first battle round is its starting strength. The starting strength of an attached unit is the number of models that unit contains at the start of the first battle round.

Some rules refer to units being below starting strength, or at – or below – half-strength. The meaning of these terms varies depending on a unit’s starting strength, as shown below.

UNIT STRENGTH
STARTING STRENGTH OF 1STARTING STRENGTH OF 2 OR MORE
BELOW STARTING STRENGTHModel’s remaining wounds are less than its W characteristic.Number of remaining models in the unit is less than its starting strength.
AT HALF-STRENGTHModel’s remaining wounds are half of its W characteristic.Number of remaining models in the unit is half of its starting strength.
BELOW HALF-STRENGTHModel’s remaining wounds are less than half of its W characteristic.Number of remaining models in the unit is less than half of its starting strength.

Example: A Captain (1 model) is attached to a unit of Intercessors (5 models). This attached unit has a starting strength of 6. If three Intercessors were destroyed, the unit would be at half-strength. If four Intercessors were destroyed, the unit would be below half-strength. If all of the Intercessors were destroyed, the remaining Captain would be below half-strength, despite having his full wounds remaining.

SOME UNITS CANNOT BE AT HALF-STRENGTH
If a model’s W characteristic or a unit’s starting strength cannot be evenly divided in half, that model or unit cannot be at half-strength (but can be below half-strength as described above).
Before selecting targets for this weapon, select one of its eligible profiles to make attacks with.
[ANTI]24.03

Certain weapons are the bane of particular foes.

This ability always takes the form [ANTI-X Y+]. Each time an attack is made with an [ANTI] weapon, if the target unit has the keyword denoted by X, an unmodified wound roll of Y+ is a critical wound.

Example: An attack made with an [ANTI-VEHICLE 4+] weapon against a VEHICLE unit will result in a critical wound on an unmodified wound roll of 4+, while an attack made with an [ANTI-PSYKER 2+] weapon against a PSYKER unit will result in a critical wound on an unmodified wound roll of 2+.
03.04 Engagement
A model’s engagement range is the area of the battlefield within 2" horizontally and 5" vertically of it.
  • While a friendly model is within engagement range of one or more enemy models, those models – and the units they belong to – are engaged with each other.
  • While a unit contains no engaged models, that unit is unengaged.

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

ENGAGEMENT
These two units have at least one model within 2" of the opposing unit, and are therefore engaged with each other.

FAQ

Q:Does my model or unit become engaged while moving through a enemy units engagement range during a move?
A:
No
ADVANCE MOVE09.06
MAXIMUM DISTANCE: Advance roll + your unit’s M characteristic.
ELIGIBLE IF: Your unit is on the battlefield and unengaged.
EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
BEFORE MOVING: Make an advance roll by rolling one D6.
AFTER MOVING:
[BLAST]24.05

High-explosive rounds can fell several warriors in a single blast, but firing them too close to comrades is unwise.

Each time you gather attack dice for a [BLAST] weapon, add one additional attack dice for every five models that were in the target unit in the Select Targets step (rounding down).

If this ability takes the form [BLAST X], each time you gather attack dice for such a weapon, add X additional attack dice for every five models that were in the target unit in the Select Targets step (rounding down) instead.

Example: If a [BLAST 2] weapon with an A characteristic of 3 targets a unit containing 12 models, you would gather four additional attack dice for that weapon (for a total of seven for that weapon).
CLOSE-QUARTERS SHOOTING10.06
ELIGIBLE IF: All of the following apply to your unit:
  • Engaged and did not make an advance move this turn.
  • Has one or more [CLOSE-QUARTERS] weapons or is a MONSTER/VEHICLE unit.
EFFECT: Your unit shoots as described in Making Attacks (04).
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.
AFTER SHOOTING: Until the end of the phase, your unit is not eligible to start an action.
[CLOSE-QUARTERS]24.07

Weapons designed for close-quarters fighting can be wielded effectively even in the press of melee combat.

Units containing one or more models with a [CLOSE-QUARTERS] weapon can shoot using close-quarters shooting (10.06).

When using another shooting type, for each model in that unit (excluding MONSTER/VEHICLE models), you can only select one of the following to make attacks with:
  • One or more of its [CLOSE-QUARTERS] weapons.
  • One or more of its other ranged weapons.
Save Rolls
The opposing player resolves the following sequence:
  1. Create Groups: Divide all models in the target unit into the following groups, as many times as required:
    • One group for each CHARACTER model.
    • One group for all other models with the same W, Sv and InSv characteristics.
  2. Allocation Order: Declare the order in which those groups will have attacks allocated to them, applying all of the following:
    • If a non-CHARACTER group contains a model that has lost one or more wounds, that group must be first in the allocation order.
    • No CHARACTER group can be earlier in the allocation order than a non-CHARACTER group.
    • CHARACTER groups containing a model that has lost one or more wounds must be earlier in the allocation order than CHARACTER groups containing no wounded models.
  3. Make Save Rolls: The opposing player makes one save roll for each attack that wounded the target by rolling one D6.

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.
05.04.01 Current Allocation Group
The first group in the allocation order begins as the current group. Once all models in an allocation group are destroyed, the next group in the allocation order becomes the current one.
[PRECISION]24.28

Precision attacks can pick high-value targets out in a crowd.

While resolving attacks made with one or more [PRECISION] weapons, at the start of the Allocation Order step (05.03), if the target unit contains one or more CHARACTER models visible to one or more of the attacking models, the active player can select one allocation group that contains one of those visible CHARACTER models. If they do, until those attacks are resolved, or until that CHARACTER group is destroyed (whichever happens first), that CHARACTER group is the current allocation group.
02.02.03 Random Characteristics
Random Movement: When a unit with a random M characteristic is selected to move, determine the entire unit’s move distance by rolling the indicated number of dice.

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.
[HAZARDOUS]24.15

Weapons powered by unstable and dangerous energy sources pose a substantial risk to the wielder and those that stand beside them.

Each time a unit is selected to shoot or selected to fight, after that unit has resolved all of its attacks, make a number of hazard rolls (06.03) for that unit equal to the number of [HAZARDOUS] weapons you selected in the Select Weapons step.
06.02.01 Normal Damage
Normal Damage is damage that was inflicted on a model as a result of a weapon’s D characteristic, rather than by other means such as mortal wounds. Mortal wounds dealt in addition to normal damage from an attack are part of that same attack.
06.02 Mortal Wounds
Some attacks or rules inflict mortal wounds on units. Each time a unit suffers one or more mortal wounds, its controlling player must resolve the following sequence for each of those mortal wounds, until either all of them have been inflicted or that unit is destroyed:
  1. Select Model: Select one model in that unit by following the first instruction below that applies:

    		If a non-CHARACTER model in that unit has lost one or more wounds, you must select that model.
    		Otherwise, if that unit contains one or more non-CHARACTER models, you must select one of those models.
    		Otherwise, if one or more CHARACTER models in that unit have lost one or more wounds, you must select one of those models.
    		Otherwise, you must select one CHARACTER model in that unit.

  2. Resolve Damage: The selected model loses 1 wound. If this reduces that model’s remaining wounds to 0, it is destroyed.

MORTAL WOUNDS AND NORMAL DAMAGE
When resolving attack dice, if those attacks inflict a mixture of both mortal wounds and normal damage, resolve all of the normal damage first, then resolve all of the mortal wounds.

SEE ALSO
  • Normal Damage 06.02.01

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).
06.03 Hazard Rolls
To make a hazard roll for a unit, roll one D6: on a 1-2, that roll fails and that unit suffers 1 mortal wound, or 3 mortal wounds instead if each model in that unit is a MONSTER/VEHICLE model. If more than one hazard roll is required for a unit, make all of those rolls simultaneously.

FAQ

Q:I failed hazard rolls from [Hazardous] weapons, do those mortal wounds have to be allocated to the models with the [HAZARDOUS] weapons?
A:
No, you allocate the mortal wounds to the unit as per Mortal Wounds (06.02). (This represents Bob the guardsmen picking up his fallen squad mates plasma gun or that the twisting power of James the Chaos Sorcerer pulling his followers into the warp.)
Q:If a rule says my unit must make a hazard roll does every model in the unit make a hazard roll?
A:
No, the unit would make 1 single hazard roll.
COMMAND RE-ROLL15.02
1CP
Core Stratagem
A great commander can bend even the vagaries of fate and fortune to their will, the better to ensure victory.
WHEN: Any phase, just after you make one of the following rolls for a friendly unit or model:
  • Advance roll
  • Charge roll
  • Damage roll
  • Hazard roll
  • Hit roll
  • Save roll
  • Wound roll
  • A roll to determine the number of attacks generated with a weapon.

TARGET: That unit or model.

EFFECT: You re-roll that roll. If you are rolling more than one dice together, select one of those dice to re-roll (excluding charge rolls, which you must re-roll in full).
01.05.01 Automatically Successful/Passes/Hits/Wounds
When a dice roll or test is automatically successful or automatically passes/hits/wounds, do not roll the dice and instead move to the next step of the sequence for that roll as if the required result had been rolled. Any rules that take effect on a particular dice result or roll result do not take effect.

Example: If a hit roll is automatically successful, move straight to the Wound Rolls step for that attack. Such a hit roll is not a critical hit.

Example: If a wound roll is automatically successful, move straight to the Save Rolls step for that attack. Such a wound roll is not a critical wound.
INSANE BRAVERY15.04
1CP
Core Stratagem
Indifferent to their own survival, these warriors hold their ground against seemingly impossible odds.
WHEN: Battle-shock step of your Command phase, just before you make a battle-shock roll for a friendly unit.

TARGET: That unit.

EFFECT: That battle-shock roll is automatically successful.

RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this stratagem more than once per battle.
SNAP SHOOTING15.09
ELIGIBLE IF: As stated in the rule allowing this shooting type.
EFFECT: Your unit shoots as described in Making Attacks (04).
WHILE SHOOTING:
  • You can only target one visible enemy unit within 24" of your unit (and only if it is an eligible target).
  • Each attack only hits on an unmodified hit roll of 6 (irrespective of the attacking weapon’s BS characteristic or any modifiers).
  • You cannot re-roll hit rolls.
AFTER SHOOTING: Until the end of the phase, your unit is not eligible to start an action.
FIRE OVERWATCH15.08
1CP
Core Stratagem
A hail of fire can drive back advancing foes.
WHEN: End of your opponent’s Movement phase.

TARGET: One friendly unengaged unit (excluding TITANIC units).

EFFECT: Your unit shoots using snap shooting.
HEROIC INTERVENTION15.11
1CP
Core Stratagem
Voices raised in furious war cries, your warriors surge forth to meet the enemy’s onslaught head-on.
WHEN: End of your opponent’s Charge phase.

TARGET: One friendly unengaged unit within 12" of one or more enemy units. You can only select a VEHICLE unit if it is a CHARACTER/WALKER unit.

EFFECT: Resolve a charge with your unit (11.02). While doing so, before making the charge roll, you must select one of the following modes:

  • Leap to Defend: When selecting charge targets, you can only select enemy units that made a charge move this phase and are within the maximum distance.
+1CP
  • Into the Fray:
    • When making the charge roll, if the result is greater than 6 (after modifiers), change it to 6.
    • When selecting charge targets, you can select any enemy units that are within 6" of your unit and within the maximum distance.
EPIC CHALLENGE15.03
1CP
Core Stratagem
The legends of the 41st millennium are replete with deadly duels between mighty champions.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after a friendly CHARACTER unit is selected to fight.

TARGET: That CHARACTER unit.

EFFECT: Select one CHARACTER model in your unit. Until the end of the phase, that model’s melee weapons have the [PRECISION] ability.
FIGHTS FIRST24.13

Those possessed of lightning-fast reactions may strike before the opponent can react.

While every model in a unit has this ability, that unit is a Fights First unit.

See the Resolve Fights First Combats step in the Fight phase (12.04).
COUNTEROFFENSIVE15.12
2CP
Core Stratagem
In close-quarters combat, the slightest hesitation can leave an opening for a swift foe to exploit.
WHEN: Fight step of your opponent’s Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has resolved its attacks.

TARGET: One friendly unit that is eligible to fight.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit has the Fights First ability and it must be the next unit you select to fight (12.04).
AGONISING ONSLAUGHT
1CP
Coven of Agonies Stratagem
Driven to inflict maximum agony upon their targets, Nuul’s menagerie unleashes relentless fusillades or flurries of savage blows, channelling harvested pain to empower their efforts.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase, when a friendly COVEN OF AGONIES unit is selected to attack.

TARGET: That COVEN OF AGONIES unit.

EFFECT: Your unit’s attacks:
  • Can re-roll hit rolls of 1.
  • Or: If you spend 1 Pain token, can re-roll hit rolls.
Pain Enlivens
Coven of Agonies Detachment

All pain nourishes the souls of nearby Drukhari, even the suffering of their own.

When a friendly COVEN OF AGONIES unit is destroyed, you gain 1 Pain token.
Toxin-laced Blades
Coven of Agonies Detachment

Masters of alchemy and dark science, Haemonculi excel at creating potent toxins whose effects are almost always grotesque and lethal. They coat their blades with these poisons prior to battle and delight in testing them upon the foe.

COVEN OF AGONIES HAEMONCULUS model only. This unit’s melee attacks have +1 AP.

NORMAL MOVE09.05
MAXIMUM DISTANCE: Your unit’s M characteristic.
ELIGIBLE IF: Your unit is on the battlefield and unengaged.
EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
AFTER MOVING: Your unit must be unengaged.
FALL-BACK MOVE09.07
MAXIMUM DISTANCE: Your unit’s M characteristic.
ELIGIBLE IF: Your unit is engaged.
EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
BEFORE MOVING: Select fall-back mode:
  • Ordered Retreat: If your unit is not battle-shocked, you can select this mode.
  • Desperate Escape: Otherwise, you must select this mode. Make a hazard roll for each model in your unit (06.03).
WHILE MOVING:
  • Desperate Escape: Each model that is moved can be moved through enemy models.
AFTER MOVING:
13.01 Placing Terrain
Before the battle, place a selection of terrain features on the battlefield using one or more of the following methods:
  • Place a well-defined boundary (such as a base or mat) in each location you want to furnish with terrain, then place one or more terrain features wholly within that boundary.
  • Place one terrain feature directly on the battlefield.
  • Place two or more terrain features directly on the battlefield in such a way that together they define the boundary of an area.

In each case, the area of the battlefield occupied by that boundary or terrain feature is known as a terrain area. A mission’s deployment map may define the location and dimensions of each terrain area. Otherwise, players must agree on this before the battle.

FAQ

Q:Are models that are within the boundary of a terrain area, but not on the ground floor of a terrain area (e.g. overhanging parts of FRAME VEHICLES or models on terrain features that are within that terrain area) within that terrain area?
A:
Yes
13.08 Benefit of Cover
Each time a ranged attack targets a unit, if every model in that unit meets one or more of the following conditions, that unit has the benefit of cover against that attack:
  • That model has the INFANTRY/BEASTS/SWARM keyword and is within a terrain area.
  • That model is not fully visible to the attacking model due to one or more intervening terrain features and/or one or more intervening obscuring terrain areas (see below).

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

FAQ

Q:When my unit shoots at another unit, how does it work if some models in the target unit are fully visible to some models in my unit, while others are within a terrain area/not fully visible?
A:
For each attacking model in your unit, determine whether the target unit has the benefit of cover, as described in Terrain and Visibility. In this scenario, the target unit will likely have the benefit of cover against some of the attacking models, but not all.

This means that, in an example unit where all attacking models are using the same weapon, when you get to the Resolve Attacks step of the Attack Sequence, you will collect dice for attacks made by models against which the target unit has the benefit of cover separately from the dice for attacks made by models against which the target unit does not have the benefit of cover.
STEALTH24.33

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

If every model in a unit has this ability, each time a ranged attack targets that unit, that unit has the benefit of cover against that attack (13.08).
[IGNORES COVER]24.18

Some weapons are designed to root enemy formations out of entrenched positions.

Each time an attack is made with an [IGNORES COVER] weapon, the target cannot have the benefit of cover against that attack (13.08), including from rules that give a model or unit the benefit of cover (e.g. Stealth).
[TORRENT]24.37

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

Each time an attack is made with a [TORRENT] weapon, that attack automatically hits the target.
POWERFUL CREATIONS
1CP
Coven of Agonies Stratagem
Drawing upon the alchemical might of the dark sciences that fashioned it, this Pain Engine rampages across the battlefield with nightmarish vitality.
WHEN: Fight phase, when a friendly COVEN OF AGONIES MONSTER unit is selected to fight.

TARGET: That COVEN OF AGONIES MONSTER unit.

EFFECT: Your unit’s attacks that target a MONSTER/VEHICLE unit have:
  • +1 to wound rolls.
  • +1 AP.
Superior SoulcraftUPGRADE
Coven of Agonies Detachment

Crafted by Xatrophos Nuul’s own hand, this Cronos’ soul-draining weapons have been refined by the Haemonculus, rendering their agonising effects even more pronounced and horrific.

COVEN OF AGONIES CRONOS unit only. This unit can re-roll rolls to determine the A of a weapon.

[TWIN-LINKED]24.38

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

Each time an attack is made with a [TWIN-LINKED] weapon, you can re-roll the wound roll.
[SUSTAINED HITS]24.36

Some weapons possess a punishing rate of fire, or can land devastating flurries of blows, tearing the foe apart with relentless ferocity.

This ability always takes the form [SUSTAINED HITS X]. Each time an attack made with a [SUSTAINED HITS] weapon results in a critical hit, that attack results in a number of additional hits on the target as denoted by X.

Example: An attack made with a [SUSTAINED HITS 2] weapon results in a critical hit. That attack therefore hits the target three times (once from the critical hit, and twice more from the [SUSTAINED HITS 2] ability).
[HAZARDOUS]24.15

Weapons powered by unstable and dangerous energy sources pose a substantial risk to the wielder and those that stand beside them.

Each time a unit is selected to shoot or selected to fight, after that unit has resolved all of its attacks, make a number of hazard rolls (06.03) for that unit equal to the number of [HAZARDOUS] weapons you selected in the Select Weapons step.
[HEAVY]24.16

Heavy weapons are amongst the biggest guns on the battlefield, but require bracing to fire at full effect.

In your Shooting phase, each time an attack is made with a [HEAVY] weapon, add 1 to the hit roll if all of the following apply to the attacking unit:
  • That unit is unengaged.
  • That unit was not set up on the battlefield this turn.
  • No model in that unit has moved more than 3" this turn.
HARDENED PHYSIOLOGY
1CP
Coven of Agonies Stratagem
Nuul’s Exquisite fleshcraft and alchemical tinkering have provided his Wracks with formidable, hardened skin, quite capable of absorbing bullets and deflecting blades.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, when an enemy unit targets a friendly COVEN OF AGONIES WRACKS unit.

TARGET: That COVEN OF AGONIES WRACKS unit.

EFFECT: Attacks that target your unit have -1 to wound rolls.
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