Tristraen's Gilded Blades

The shining golden warriors known as the Adeptus Custodes are the elite bodyguard of the Emperor himself. Their word is law and their might in battle unsurpassed, even amongst the ranks of the Space Marines. Striding resplendent and fearless through the fog of war, they bring hope to the embattled civilisations of Mankind and swift death to their enemies.

Contents
Books
FAQ
Keywords
Army Rules
Martial Ka’tah
Primary Mission
Tristraen’s Gilded Blades
Datasheets
Detachment Rules
Fearless and Unrelenting
Enhancements
Stratagems
Datasheets
Tristraen of the Gilded Blades
Gilded Blades Allarus Custodians
Gilded Blades Custodian Guard
Gilded Blades Custodian Wardens

Books

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

Keywords

ADEPTUS CUSTODES (4);
BATTLELINE (1);
CHARACTER (1);
IMPERIUM (4);
INFANTRY (4);
TERMINATOR (1);
TRISTRAEN'S GILDED BLADES (4)

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Army Rules

Martial Ka’tah

Specialised disciplines mastered by Custodians over decades if not centuries, each ka’tah equips its practitioner to overmaster any foe in a particular discipline or philosophy. Martial katahs allow the warriors of the Adeptus Custodes to deploy stances, movements, war philosophies and lethal skills that enhance their already terrifying martial prowess and focus it against particular threats.

Each time a unit from your army with this ability is selected to fight, select one of the Ka’tah Stances below. Until that unit has finished making its attacks, the selected Stance is active for it and it gains the relevant ability:

Dacatarai Stance

Those Custodians skilled in the Dacatarai Ka'tah are able to turn their enemies numerical advantage against them. Reserved for when the Custodians must battle seething hordes of foes, this stance sees them reap a terrible tally

Melee weapons equipped by models in this unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability.

Rendax Stance

Masters of Rendax are superlative monster and war machine hunters. They have studied every aspect of how to do battle with a foe far larger than themselves, how to evade its powerful attacks, exploit its blind spots and lay it low.

Melee weapons equipped by models in this unit have the [LETHAL HITS] ability.


Primary Mission

DEFENDERS OF THE GOLDEN THRONE
Tristraen's Gilded Blades

Those who seek to despoil the Emperor's realm must be brought to justice and their plots shattered. Seize ground, dominate the battlefield and leave the foe in no doubt as to your superiority.

SECOND BATTLE ROUND ONWARDS
WHEN: End of your Command phase (or the end of your turn in the fifth battle round).
A friendly unit (excluding battle-shocked units) is within 3" of the centre of the battlefield.10VP
SECOND BATTLE ROUND ONWARDS
WHEN: End of your Command phase (or the end of your turn in the fifth battle round).
You control at least as many objectives as your opponent.5VP

Tristraen’s Gilded Blades1DP

Datasheets


Detachment Rules

Fearless and Unrelenting

Blade Champion Tristraen and his companions have earned renown for their fearless aggression. Always is Tristraen at the head of their assaults, his fellow Custodians following him in waves to ensure the destruction of the foe.


Enhancements

Comrades in WrathUPGRADE

Companions of Tristraen for long decades, these warriors share his burning hatred for the Emperor’s enemies. They hurl themselves eagerly into the jaws of danger in order to dispense His bloody wrath.

GILDED BLADES ALLARUS CUSTODIANS unit only. This unit has +1 to charge rolls.

Shattering Charge

Empowered by gene-alchemy and martial skill centuries in the making, Tristraen of the Gilded Blades is a terrifying opponent to face. Even the most monstrous and black-hearted of enemies quail before his thunderous charge.

TRISTRAEN’S GILDED BLADES BLADE CHAMPION model only. When this unit ends a charge move, you can select one enemy unit engaged with this unit. If you do, that enemy unit makes a battle-shock roll, with -1 to that battle-shock roll.


Stratagems

GILDED SPEAR
1CP
Tristraen's Gilded Blades Stratagem
Lunging with irresistible fury and speed, the Custodians pierce the enemy battle line and drive deep to deliver the killing thrust.
WHEN: Fight phase, when a friendly TRISTRAEN’S GILDED BLADES unit is selected to make a consolidation move.

TARGET: That TRISTRAEN’S GILDED BLADES unit.

EFFECT: When making that consolidation move, your unit can move up to D3+3".
INEVITABLE WRATH
1CP
Tristraen's Gilded Blades Stratagem
As incoming fire strikes his auramite plate, Tristraen of the Gilded Blades advances towards his assailants with vengeance in mind.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, when an enemy unit has shot.

TARGET: One friendly unengaged TRISTRAEN’S GILDED BLADES BLADE CHAMPION unit that lost a wound as a result of those attacks.

EFFECT: Your unit can make a surge move of up to D6+1".
NEVER OUTMATCHED
1CP
Tristraen's Gilded Blades Stratagem
When comrades fall around them, the Custodians’ fury reaches new heights, and they fight with all the savagery and violence of cornered lions.
WHEN: Fight phase when a friendly TRISTRAEN’S GILDED BLADES unit that is below starting strength is selected to fight.

TARGET: That TRISTRAEN’S GILDED BLADES unit.

EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks have +1 A.

Datasheets


Tristraen of the Gilded Blades
(⌀40mm)
M
6"
T
6
SV
2+
W
6
LD
6+
OC
2
INSV
4+
MELEE WEAPONS
RANGE
A
WS
S
AP
D
Vaultswords - Victus Devastating Wounds
Vaultswords - Victus Devastating Wounds
Melee
5
2+
6
-3
3
Vaultswords - Behemor Precision
Vaultswords - Behemor Precision
Melee
6
2+
7
-2
2
Vaultswords - Hurricanis Sustained Hits 1
Vaultswords - Hurricanis Sustained Hits 1
Melee
9
2+
5
-1
1
ARMY RULESMartial Ka’tah
ABILITIES
Rapid Strike: This unit can re-roll advance rolls.
UNIT COMPOSITION
  • 1 Tristraen model
This model is equipped with: 1 Vaultswords - Behemor.
KEYWORDS: INFANTRY; CHARACTER; TRISTRAEN'S GILDED BLADES; IMPERIUM; BLADE CHAMPION
FACTION KEYWORDS:
ADEPTUS CUSTODES
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
INEVITABLE WRATH
1CP
Tristraen's Gilded Blades Stratagem
GILDED SPEAR
1CP
Tristraen's Gilded Blades Stratagem
NEVER OUTMATCHED
1CP
Tristraen's Gilded Blades Stratagem
DETACHMENT ABILITY
Fearless and Unrelenting
ENHANCEMENTS
Shattering Charge


Gilded Blades Allarus Custodians
(⌀40mm)
M
5"
T
7
SV
2+
W
4
LD
6+
OC
2
INSV
4+
RANGED WEAPONS
RANGE
A
BS
S
AP
D
Balistus Grenade Launcher BLAST 1
Balistus Grenade Launcher BLAST 1
18"
D6
2+
5
-1
1
Guardian Spear ASSAULT
Guardian Spear ASSAULT
24"
2
2+
4
-1
2
MELEE WEAPONS
RANGE
A
WS
S
AP
D
Guardian Spear
Guardian Spear
Melee
5
2+
7
-2
2
ARMY RULESMartial Ka’tah
ABILITIES
Slayers of Tyrants: This unit’s attacks that target a CHARACTER/MONSTER/VEHICLE unit can re-roll wound rolls.
From Golden Light (Once per battle, per unit): At the end of your opponent’s turn, if this unit is unengaged, you can use this ability. If you do, place this unit in strategic reserves.
UNIT COMPOSITION
  • 2 Allarus Custodian models
  • 2 Allarus Custodians models
Every model is equipped with: 1 Balistus Grenade Launcher; 1 Guardian Spear.
KEYWORDS: IMPERIUM; TRISTRAEN'S GILDED BLADES; TERMINATOR; INFANTRY
FACTION KEYWORDS:
ADEPTUS CUSTODES
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
GILDED SPEAR
1CP
Tristraen's Gilded Blades Stratagem
NEVER OUTMATCHED
1CP
Tristraen's Gilded Blades Stratagem
DETACHMENT ABILITY
Fearless and Unrelenting
ENHANCEMENTS
Comrades in Wrath


Gilded Blades Custodian Guard
(⌀40mm)
M
6"
T
6
SV
2+
W
3
LD
6+
OC
2
INSV
4+
RANGED WEAPONS
RANGE
A
BS
S
AP
D
Sentinel Blade ASSAULT CLOSE-QUARTERS
Sentinel Blade ASSAULT CLOSE-QUARTERS
12"
2
2+
4
-1
2
MELEE WEAPONS
RANGE
A
WS
S
AP
D
Sentinel Blade
Sentinel Blade
Melee
5
2+
6
-2
1
ARMY RULESMartial Ka’tah
ABILITIES
Sentinel Storm (Once per battle, per unit): In your Shooting phase, when this unit has shot, you can use this ability. If you do, this unit can shoot again.
Stand Vigil: This unit’s melee attacks:
  • Can re-roll wound rolls of 1.
  • Or: That target a unit within range of an objective can re-roll wound rolls.
Praesidium Shield: This model has +1 W.
Praesidium Shield: Add 1 to the bearer’s Wounds characteristic.
UNIT COMPOSITION
  • 3 Custodian Guard models
Every model is equipped with: Praesidium Shield; 1 Sentinel Blade.
KEYWORDS: INFANTRY; BATTLELINE; IMPERIUM; TRISTRAEN'S GILDED BLADES
FACTION KEYWORDS:
ADEPTUS CUSTODES
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
GILDED SPEAR
1CP
Tristraen's Gilded Blades Stratagem
NEVER OUTMATCHED
1CP
Tristraen's Gilded Blades Stratagem
DETACHMENT ABILITY
Fearless and Unrelenting


Gilded Blades Custodian Wardens
M
6"
T
6
SV
2+
W
3
LD
6+
OC
2
Custodian Warden with Castellan Axe(⌀40mm)
6"
6
2+
3
6+
2
Custodian Warden with Guardian Spear(⌀40mm)
INSV
4+
RANGED WEAPONS
RANGE
A
BS
S
AP
D
Castellan Axe ASSAULT
Castellan Axe ASSAULT
24"
1
2+
4
-1
2
Guardian Spear ASSAULT
Guardian Spear ASSAULT
24"
2
2+
4
-1
2
MELEE WEAPONS
RANGE
A
WS
S
AP
D
Castellan Axe
Castellan Axe
Melee
4
2+
9
-1
3
Guardian Spear
Guardian Spear
Melee
5
2+
7
-2
2
ARMY RULESMartial Ka’tah
ABILITIES
Divine Protection: This unit has Feel No Pain 4+ against mortal wounds.
UNIT COMPOSITION
  • 1 Custodian Warden with Castellan Axe model
  • 2 Custodian Warden with Guardian Spear models
The Custodian Warden with Castellan Axe is equipped with: 1 Castellan Axe.

Every Custodian Warden with Guardian Spear is equipped with: 1 Guardian Spear.
KEYWORDS: IMPERIUM; TRISTRAEN'S GILDED BLADES; INFANTRY
FACTION KEYWORDS:
ADEPTUS CUSTODES
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
GILDED SPEAR
1CP
Tristraen's Gilded Blades Stratagem
NEVER OUTMATCHED
1CP
Tristraen's Gilded Blades Stratagem
DETACHMENT ABILITY
Fearless and Unrelenting

The ADEPTUS CUSTODES keyword is used in the following Tristraen's Gilded Blades datasheets:

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The BATTLELINE keyword is used in the following Tristraen's Gilded Blades datasheets:

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The CHARACTER keyword is used in the following Tristraen's Gilded Blades datasheets:

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The IMPERIUM keyword is used in the following Tristraen's Gilded Blades datasheets:

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The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Tristraen's Gilded Blades datasheets:

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The TERMINATOR keyword is used in the following Tristraen's Gilded Blades datasheets:

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The TRISTRAEN'S GILDED BLADES keyword is used in the following Tristraen's Gilded Blades datasheets:

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[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.
[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).
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
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
CONSOLIDATION MOVE12.08
MAXIMUM DISTANCE: 3"
ELIGIBLE IF: It is the Fight phase and your unit was eligible to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
BEFORE MOVING: Select consolidation mode:
  • Ongoing Consolidation:
    If your unit is engaged, you must select this mode and select every enemy unit it is engaged with.
  • Engaging Consolidation:
    Otherwise, if your unit is within 3" of one or more enemy units, you must select this mode and select one or more of those enemy units.
  • Objective Consolidation:
    Otherwise, if your unit is within 3" of one or more objectives, you must select this mode and select one of those objectives.
WHILE MOVING:
  • Ongoing Consolidation:
    Models in base-contact with one or more enemy models cannot be moved. Each model that is moved must end its move closer to the closest selected enemy unit, and engaged with it if possible.
  • Engaging Consolidation:
    Each model that is moved must end its move closer to the closest selected enemy unit, and engaged with it if possible.
  • Objective Consolidation:
    Each model that is moved must end its move within range of the selected objective if possible, or closer to it if not.
AFTER MOVING:
  • Ongoing Consolidation:
    Each model that started this move engaged with an enemy unit must still be engaged with that enemy unit.
  • Engaging Consolidation:
    Your unit must be engaged with all of the selected enemy units. If one or more enemy units engaged with your unit have not been selected to fight this phase, your opponent must select each of those units, one at a time; when each is selected, it becomes eligible to fight and is selected to fight (12.04).
  • Objective Consolidation:
    Your unit must be unengaged and within range of the selected objective.
01.04.03 As Close As Possible
  • If a rule instructs you to move a model as close as possible to a unit or model you must end that model’s move in base contact with that unit or model if its move is sufficient to do so without breaking any other restrictions (such as coherency), or as close as you can achieve if its move is not sufficient.
  • If a model is already as close as possible to a unit or model when it is instructed to make a move as close as possible towards a unit or model, that model cannot be moved, but still counts as having made the move in question.
  • If a rule instructs you to move a model as close as possible to an objective you must end that model’s move within range of an objective if its move is sufficient to do so without breaking any other restrictions (such as coherency), or as close as you can achieve if its move is not sufficient.
  • If that model is already within range of an objective it can move up to the maximum distance of that move but must end its move still within range of that objective.
Surge Move
SURGE MOVE21.02
MAXIMUM DISTANCE: As stated in the rule allowing this move type.
ELIGIBLE IF: All of the following apply:
  • The rule allowing this move type has been triggered.
  • Your unit is not battle-shocked.
  • Your unit is unengaged.
  • Your unit has not moved this phase.
EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
BEFORE MOVING: Select the closest enemy unit to be the surge target.
WHILE MOVING:
  • Each model must end its move engaged with the surge target if possible.
  • Each model that cannot end its move engaged with the surge target must end its move as close as possible to the surge target.
AFTER MOVING:
  • Your unit cannot be engaged with one or more enemy units that were not the surge target.
  • Your unit cannot move again this phase.
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).
Martial Ka’tah

Specialised disciplines mastered by Custodians over decades if not centuries, each ka’tah equips its practitioner to overmaster any foe in a particular discipline or philosophy. Martial katahs allow the warriors of the Adeptus Custodes to deploy stances, movements, war philosophies and lethal skills that enhance their already terrifying martial prowess and focus it against particular threats.

Each time a unit from your army with this ability is selected to fight, select one of the Ka’tah Stances below. Until that unit has finished making its attacks, the selected Stance is active for it and it gains the relevant ability:

Dacatarai Stance

Those Custodians skilled in the Dacatarai Ka'tah are able to turn their enemies numerical advantage against them. Reserved for when the Custodians must battle seething hordes of foes, this stance sees them reap a terrible tally

Melee weapons equipped by models in this unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability.

Rendax Stance

Masters of Rendax are superlative monster and war machine hunters. They have studied every aspect of how to do battle with a foe far larger than themselves, how to evade its powerful attacks, exploit its blind spots and lay it low.

Melee weapons equipped by models in this unit have the [LETHAL HITS] ability.

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:
Before selecting targets for this weapon, select one of its eligible profiles to make attacks with.
[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.
05.04.04 Destroyed
Throughout a battle, models will suffer damage, lose wounds and be destroyed. When every model in a unit has been destroyed, that unit is destroyed.

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

Some rules only trigger if an enemy model or unit was destroyed by you, or by a model or unit from your army. This means that the enemy model or unit was destroyed by an attack made by a model from your army, or by a player rule you have. Enemy models or units that are destroyed by any other means are not destroyed by you, or by a model or unit from your army.
Save Rolls
The opposing player resolves the following sequence:
  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.
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
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).
INEVITABLE WRATH
1CP
Tristraen's Gilded Blades Stratagem
As incoming fire strikes his auramite plate, Tristraen of the Gilded Blades advances towards his assailants with vengeance in mind.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, when an enemy unit has shot.

TARGET: One friendly unengaged TRISTRAEN’S GILDED BLADES BLADE CHAMPION unit that lost a wound as a result of those attacks.

EFFECT: Your unit can make a surge move of up to D6+1".
GILDED SPEAR
1CP
Tristraen's Gilded Blades Stratagem
Lunging with irresistible fury and speed, the Custodians pierce the enemy battle line and drive deep to deliver the killing thrust.
WHEN: Fight phase, when a friendly TRISTRAEN’S GILDED BLADES unit is selected to make a consolidation move.

TARGET: That TRISTRAEN’S GILDED BLADES unit.

EFFECT: When making that consolidation move, your unit can move up to D3+3".
NEVER OUTMATCHED
1CP
Tristraen's Gilded Blades Stratagem
When comrades fall around them, the Custodians’ fury reaches new heights, and they fight with all the savagery and violence of cornered lions.
WHEN: Fight phase when a friendly TRISTRAEN’S GILDED BLADES unit that is below starting strength is selected to fight.

TARGET: That TRISTRAEN’S GILDED BLADES unit.

EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks have +1 A.
Fearless and Unrelenting
Tristraen’s Gilded Blades Detachment

Blade Champion Tristraen and his companions have earned renown for their fearless aggression. Always is Tristraen at the head of their assaults, his fellow Custodians following him in waves to ensure the destruction of the foe.

Shattering Charge
Tristraen’s Gilded Blades Detachment

Empowered by gene-alchemy and martial skill centuries in the making, Tristraen of the Gilded Blades is a terrifying opponent to face. Even the most monstrous and black-hearted of enemies quail before his thunderous charge.

TRISTRAEN’S GILDED BLADES BLADE CHAMPION model only. When this unit ends a charge move, you can select one enemy unit engaged with this unit. If you do, that enemy unit makes a battle-shock roll, with -1 to that battle-shock roll.

[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).
ASSAULT SHOOTING10.05
ELIGIBLE IF: All of the following apply to your unit:
  • Unengaged and made an advance move this turn.
  • Has one or more [ASSAULT] weapons.
EFFECT: Your unit shoots as described in Making Attacks (04).
WHILE SHOOTING: You can only select [ASSAULT] weapons to make attacks with.
AFTER SHOOTING: Until the end of the phase, your unit is not eligible to start an action.
[ASSAULT]24.04

Folding stocks, shortened barrels or lightweight construction enable some weapons to be easily fired on the move.

Units containing one or more models with an [ASSAULT] weapon can shoot using assault shooting (10.05).
Comrades in WrathUPGRADE
Tristraen’s Gilded Blades Detachment

Companions of Tristraen for long decades, these warriors share his burning hatred for the Emperor’s enemies. They hurl themselves eagerly into the jaws of danger in order to dispense His bloody wrath.

GILDED BLADES ALLARUS CUSTODIANS unit only. This unit has +1 to charge rolls.

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.
FEEL NO PAIN24.12

The hardiest warriors refuse to be laid low, even by wounds that should by all rights prove lethal.

This ability always takes the form Feel No Pain X+. Each time a model with this ability would lose a wound, roll one D6: on an X+, that wound is not lost.
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