Creatures of primal malevolence, Daemons are birthed from the accumulated sins and passions of the mortal races, and given form and will by the Dark Gods of Chaos. Invested with the cruel malice of their creators, they will not rest until reality itself is torn asunder and every soul in the galaxy devoured.
This section contains all of the datasheets that you will need in order to fight battles with your Chaos Daemons miniatures. Each datasheet includes the characteristics profiles of the unit it describes, as well as any wargear and abilities it may have. Some rules are common to several Chaos Daemons units – these are described below and referenced on the datasheets.Books
| Book | Kind | Edition | Version | Last update |
 Chaos Daemons | ||||
| Chaos Daemons | Codex | 8 | Indomitus 1.1 | January 2021 |
 Chapter Approved ’2020 | ||||
| Chapter Approved ’2020 | Expansion | 9 | Indomitus 1.2 | January 2021 |
 Psychic Awakening: Engine War | ||||
| Psychic Awakening: Engine War | Expansion | 8 | Indomitus 1.2 | January 2021 |
 Warhammer Legends: Forge World | ||||
| Warhammer Legends: Forge World | Index | 9 | 1.0 | December 2020 |
 Imperial Armour: Compendium | ||||
| Imperial Armour: Compendium | Index | 9 | Indomitus 1.0 | December 2020 |
 Imperium Nihilus: Vigilus Ablaze | ||||
| Imperium Nihilus: Vigilus Ablaze | Expansion | 8 | Indomitus 1.0 | July 2020 |
 Warhammer Legends: Chaos Daemons | ||||
| Warhammer Legends: Chaos Daemons | Dataslate | 8 | December 2019 | |
FAQ
Codex: Chaos Daemons
| Q: | When a Stratagem from Codex: Chaos Daemons uses the DAEMON keyword, can it be used to affect any unit with the DAEMON keyword, or only units with the DAEMON Faction keyword? |
| A: | These Stratagems can only affect units with the DAEMON Faction keyword. |
| Q: | Does the Blue Scribes’ Xirat’p’s Sorcerous Barrage ability allow them to manifest a psychic power that has already been manifested? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | If I include Be’lakor in a Detachment in which every other unit owes its allegiance to the same Chaos God, does that Detachment benefit from the Daemonic Loci ability? |
| A: | No, as Be’lakor does not owe allegiance to any one Chaos God. |
| Q: | What Warlord Traits can Be’lakor have? |
| A: | Be’lakor can have the Inspiring Leader Warlord Trait from the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book. |
| Q: | If I upgrade a Burning Chariot to have Chanting Horrors, do I pay 5 points for each Chanting Horror, or 5 points for all three? |
| A: | 5 points for all three. |
| Q: | Can a CHARACTER that has been set up on the battlefield using the Denizens of the Warp Stratagem use the Daemonic Ritual ability to summon a DAEMON unit during the same phase? |
| A: | No – units that arrive as reinforcements count as having moved for all rules purposes and the Daemonic Ritual ability is used instead of moving. |
| Q: | If a GREY KNIGHTS unit deals the final wound on a DAEMON equipped with the Impossible Robe, the player uses the Robe to re-roll the failed save, and the result is a 1 (meaning the Daemon is immediately slain), does the DAEMON count as being slain by a GREY KNIGHTS unit for purposes of using the Daemonic Incursion Stratagem? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | If a unit of Plaguebearers has had the Plague Banner Stratagem used on them, and is currently under the effects of the Virulent Blessing psychic power, what damage do their Plagueswords inflict on wound rolls of 7+? |
| A: | 4. |
| Q: | Is the Miasma of Pestilence psychic power from Codex: Chaos Daemons considered to be the same psychic power as in Codex: Death Guard for the purpose of whether a psychic power has already been manifested? |
| A: | Yes. More generally, if psychic powers have the same name, they are considered to be the same psychic power. |
| Q: | If a CHARACTER is being treated as part of the opponent’s army due to the Treason of Tzeentch psychic power, must units from that CHARACTER’s actual army fight it in the Fight phase if they are within Engagement Range of that CHARACTER? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | Are mortal wounds considered to be an attack with a Damage characteristic of 1 for the purposes of a Nurgling’s Squishable rule? |
| A: | No. That means that this rule cannot be used against mortal wounds. |
Keywords
Throughout this book you will come across a keyword that is within angular brackets, specifically <ALLEGIANCE>. This is shorthand for a keyword of your own choosing, as described below:
<ALLEGIANCE>
With the exception of Be’lakor, all Chaos Daemons owe allegiance to one of the four Chaos Gods. Most datasheets specify which Chaos God the unit owes allegiance to (e.g. a Great Unclean One has the NURGLE keyword, so owes allegiance to Nurgle). If a Chaos Daemons datasheet does not specify which Chaos God it owes allegiance to, it will have the <ALLEGIANCE> keyword. When you include such a unit in your army, you must choose which of the Chaos Gods it owes its allegiance to. It then replaces its <ALLEGIANCE> keyword in every instance on its datasheet with the name of its patron Chaos God: KHORNE, TZEENTCH, NURGLE or SLAANESH.For example, if you were to include a Daemon Prince of Chaos in your army, and you decided it owed allegiance to Khorne, its <ALLEGIANCE> Faction keyword is changed to KHORNE and its Prince of Chaos ability would say: ‘You can re-roll hit rolls of 1 made for friendly KHORNE DAEMON units within 6" of this model.’
Abilities
The following abilities are common to several CHAOS DAEMON units:
Daemonic
The denizens of the warp do not have a true physical form; they are beings of energy, given fell shape and terrible purpose. Such a creature defies the natural laws of the universe, and many of the most powerful weapons are all but useless against them.
Units with this ability have a 5+ invulnerable save.Daemonic Ritual
Through dark pacts and blasphemous rituals, a champion of Chaos can weaken the fabric of reality to create a gateway to the warp. From this rent pour forth the Daemons of that realm, ready to rend and tear those who stand against the Ruinous Powers.
Instead of moving in their Movement phase, any CHAOS CHARACTER can, at the end of their Movement phase, attempt to summon a DAEMON unit with this ability by performing a Daemonic Ritual (the character cannot do so if they arrived as reinforcements this turn, or if they were themselves summoned to the battlefield this turn).If they do so, first choose one of the four Chaos Gods – KHORNE, TZEENTCH, NURGLE or SLAANESH. A CHARACTER who owes allegiance to one of the Dark Gods can only attempt to summon the units of their patron – for example, a KHORNE CHARACTER could only attempt to summon KHORNE DAEMONS.
Roll up to 3 dice – this is your summoning roll. You can summon one new unit with the Daemonic Ritual ability to the battlefield that has a Power Rating equal to or less than the total result so long as it has the same Chaos God keyword you chose at the start (in the case of units that have a choice of allegiance, such as Furies, the unit when summoned will have this keyword). This unit is treated as reinforcements for your army and can be placed anywhere on the battlefield that is wholly within 12" of the character and more than 9" from any enemy model. If the total rolled is insufficient to summon any unit, the ritual fails and no new unit is summoned.
If your summoning roll included any doubles, your character then suffers a mortal wound. If it contained any triples, it instead suffers D3 mortal wounds.
Disgustingly Resilient
Daemons of Nurgle are inured to pain, their rotting bodies shrugging off all but the most traumatic damage with ease.
Each time a model with this ability loses a wound, roll a dice; on a 5+, the model does not lose that wound.Ephemeral Form
Daemons of Tzeentch reflect their master’s manipulative and capricious nature, their immortal forms forever in flux.
Add 1 to any invulnerable saving throws made for this unit.Quicksilver Swiftness
Slaanesh’s Daemons are graceful and impossibly quick, moving to strike their foes faster than the eye can see.
This unit always fight first in the Fight phase, even if it didn’t charge. If the enemy has units that have charged, or that have a similar ability, then alternate choosing units to fight with, starting with the player whose turn is taking place.Unstoppable Ferocity
Khorne Daemons hunger to spill blood and claim skulls, and their fury in the midst of battle is without limit.
If this unit makes a charge move, is charged, or performs a Heroic Intervention, then until the end of the turn add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of all its models and add 1 to the Strength characteristic of all the melee weapons the unit is armed with.Detachment Rules
In this section you’ll find rules for Battle-forged armies that include Chaos Daemons Detachments – that is, any Detachment which only includes units with both the CHAOS and DAEMON Faction keywords.
Daemonic Legions
When the armies of the Ruinous Powers go to war, waves of daemonic infantry march across the battlefield, corrupting the ground itself with their very presence.
If your army is Battle-forged, all Troops units in Chaos Daemons Detachments gain this ability. Such a unit that is within range of an objective marker controls it even if there are more enemy models within range of it. If an enemy unit within range of the objective marker has a similar ability, then it is controlled by the player who has the most models within range as normal.Daemonic Loci
The champions of the Daemonic legions act as focal points for the will of the Chaos Gods themselves, infusing nearby minions with a measure of their master’s power.
If your army is Battle-forged, all CHARACTERS in Chaos Daemons Detachments gain a Daemonic Locus, so long as every unit in that Detachment owes its allegiance to the same Chaos God. The Daemonic Locus gained depends upon their allegiance, as shown in the table below. For example, all CHARACTERS in a NURGLE Chaos Daemons Detachment gain the Locus of Virulence.
Specialist Detachments
Legion of Skulls
Legions of Skulls are formed in the brazen heart of Khorne’s domain. Sent through the roiling tides of the Cicatrix Maledictum to drive a spike of hatred into Mankind’s realm, a Legion of Skulls will never rest in its quest to spill blood for the Blood God and claim skulls for the Skull Throne.
If your army is Battle-forged, you can use the Specialist Detachment Stratagem below:
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LEGION OF SKULLS Specialist Detachment Stratagem The teeming masses of Khorne’s lesser Daemons can shatter worlds when they are gathered in large numbers. Use this Stratagem when choosing your army. Pick a KHORNE Chaos Daemons Detachment (that is, a Chaos Daemons Detachment in which every unit has the KHORNE keyword) from your army to be a Legion of Skulls Specialist Detachment. BLOODLETTER units in that Detachment gain the LEGION OF SKULLS keyword. | ||
WARLORD TRAIT
If a LEGION OF SKULLS CHARACTER is your Warlord, you can give them the following Warlord Trait.
BLOODBLESSED
This warlord has bathed in the blood of a thousand champions.
Add 1 to your Warlord’s Attacks characteristic. In addition, while there are any enemy CHARACTERS within 6" of your Warlord, add another 1 to your Warlord’s Attacks characteristic.RELICS OF KHORNE
If your army includes any Legion of Skulls Specialist Detachments, you can give the following relic to a LEGION OF SKULLS CHARACTER from your army.
These brass plates absorb the arterial sprays from slain foes, invigorating the wearer.
Roll one D6 at the end of the Fight phase if any enemy models were slain by the bearer that phase, adding 2 to the result if any of the slain models was a CHARACTER; on a 4+, the bearer regains D3 lost wounds.| STRATAGEMS If your army includes any Legion of Skulls Specialist Detachments, you can use Command Points (CPs) to use the following Stratagems:
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Daemonic Loci
Khorne: Locus of Rage
The Daemons of Khorne perceive everything through a red mist of undiluted rage. They cannot wait to spill blood, and so surge across the battlefield to get to grips with their foes as quickly as possible so that the slaughter can begin in earnest.
You can re-roll charge rolls for KHORNE DAEMON units that are within 6" of a friendly model with the Locus of Rage in the Charge phase.Nurgle: Locus of Virulence
The Daemons of Nurgle are surrounded by an aura of pestilence and disease that infects all nearby, and their talons and blades drip with thrice-ripened plagues. The merest touch of such a weapon in the presence of such a creature can cause a mortal to wither and die in seconds.
Each time you make a wound roll of 6+ for a NURGLE DAEMON unit within 6" of any friendly model with the Locus of Virulence, that attack inflicts 1 additional damage.Slaanesh: Locus of Swiftness
The Daemons of Slaanesh dance across the battlefield with a grace and speed that belies belief. They can close the killing fields of a battlefield in a heartbeat, falling upon their surprised and panicstricken prey with psychotic delight.
All SLAANESH DAEMON units within 6" of a friendly model with the Locus of Swiftness in the Charge phase can declare a charge even if they advanced in their Movement phase.Tzeentch: Locus of Trickery
The Daemons of Tzeentch surround themselves in layer upon layer of mind-traps and illusions, each mirage shifting into the next. The result utterly confounds those nearby that would do the Daemons harm, and means their attacks are often ineffective.
Roll 2 dice at the start of each Fight phase and discard the highest result. Until the end of that phase, each time your opponent targets a TZEENTCH DAEMON unit within 6" of a friendly model with the Locus of Trickery and makes a hit roll that, after re-rolls but before modifiers, matches your remaining dice result, that hit roll fails.
Exalted Greater Daemons
- A Stratagem that upgrades a Greater Daemon to be Exalted and gifts them with new abilities. If you have an army roster, specify on it which model(s) you have used these Stratagems on.
- A number of powerful Hellforged Artefacts that can only be wielded by EXALTED Greater Daemons. Some are weapons that replace one of the model’s existing weapons. Where this is the case, if you are playing a matched play battle, or otherwise using points values, you must still pay the cost of the weapon that is being replaced. Write down any Hellforged Artefacts your models have on your army roster.
| Matched Play Rule – Daemonic Jealousy In a matched play game, you can only select each Exalted ability once. This does not prevent other EXALTED Greater Daemons from having the same Exalted ability (or abilities), but only if they have been rolled for randomly. If you are randomly rolling for Exalted abilities, write ‘Random’ on your army list for that unit and roll the dice before the battle in front of your opponent. | ||
Exalted Bloodthirsters
Vessels of distilled rage drenched in gore, Exalted Bloodthirsters are the greatest servants of the Brass Throne and their lust for battle is exceeded only by Khorne himself. Blessed with murderous rampages of star-spanning violence, wars lead by such Daemons result in oceans of blood and mountains of skulls.
If your army is Battle-forged and includes any Chaos Daemons Detachments (excluding Auxiliary Support Detachments), you can use the Stratagem below.
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EXALTED BLOODTHIRSTER Khorne Daemons Stratagem Use this Stratagem before the battle. Select one BLOODTHIRSTER model from your army that is not a named character. Until the end of the battle, that model gains the EXALTED keyword, and you select one of the Exalted Bloodthirster abilities below for this model for the duration of the battle. Alternatively, you can randomly determine two abilities by rolling two D6 and applying them both to this model for the duration of the battle (if a double is rolled, roll again until two different results are rolled). Each model can only be affected by this Stratagem once.
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If your army is led by a Warlord with the KHORNE DAEMON Faction keywords, you can give one of the following Hellforged Artefacts to an EXALTED BLOODTHIRSTER model from your army, instead of giving them a Hellforged Artefact from another source.
G’RMAKHT THE DESTROYER
The black blade of this enormous axe contains the essence of G’rmakht, a Bloodthirster whose cyclic imprisonment is an eternal torment. Should the axe’s wielder fall, and its death be sufficiently violent, G’rmakht uses its banishment to temporarily unbind its soul-chains, manifesting in the former Daemon’s place and venting its unbridled anger upon any it finds before the axe’s inescapable power ensnares it once more.
Model with an axe of Khorne only. This Relic replaces an axe of Khorne and has the following profile:
WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| G’rmakht the Destroyer | |||||
| G’rmakht the Destroyer | Melee | Melee | +3 | -4 | D6 |
Abilities: When resolving an attack made with this weapon, a damage roll of 1 or 2 counts as 3 instead. | |||||
In addition, the first time a model with this Relic is destroyed, roll one D6. On a 4+, set that model up again, at the end of the phase, as close as possible to its previous position and more than 1" from any enemy models, with D6 wounds remaining. That model loses all Warlord Traits, Relics and Exalted abilities it had – instead, it always has the Rage Unchained Exalted ability (see left). If the destroyed model was your Warlord, that model is no longer your Warlord, and your Warlord counts as having been destroyed.
BLOOD-DRINKER TALISMAN
This living, rune-etched ruby, swallowed by the Exalted Bloodthirster, has an endless appetite for gore. As the Daemon fells each foe, the talisman boils their blood, reforging the Daemon’s flesh as it absorbs every drop.
Roll one D6 each time an attack made with a melee weapon by a model with this Relic destroys an enemy model; on a 5+, the model with this Relic regains 1 lost wound after it has resolved all of its close combat attacks for that fight. A model with this Relic cannot regain more than 8 lost wounds during the same turn as the result of this artefact.
RUNE OF BRASS
Etched into the Daemon’s armour – or embedded into its flesh – the Rune of Brass retains the heat of creation, the glare of its still-molten form painful for witches to look upon, their powers twisting against them.
Enemy PSYKERS suffer Perils of the Warp on any Psychic test that includes any double whilst they are within 16" of this model. Enemy PSYKERS that suffer Perils of the Warp whilst they are within 16" of this model suffer 3 mortal wounds (do not roll to determine how many mortal wounds are inflicted).
Exalted Great Unclean Ones
Mountains of corruption and giants of filth, there are no more bounteous creatures in existence than Exalted Great Unclean Ones, granting Nurgle’s gifts with a charitable largesse. Each has successfully led a Plague Legion in every stage of the cycle of virulence, perpetuating and taking lives in their millions.
If your army is Battle-forged and includes any Chaos Daemons Detachments (excluding Auxiliary Support Detachments), you can use the Stratagem below.
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EXALTED GREAT UNCLEAN ONE Nurgle Daemons Stratagem Use this Stratagem before the battle. Select one GREAT UNCLEAN ONE model from your army that is not a named character. Until the end of the battle, that model gains the EXALTED keyword, and you select one of the Exalted Great Unclean One abilities below for this model for the duration of the battle. Alternatively, you can randomly determine two abilities by rolling two D6 and applying them both to this model for the duration of the battle (if a double is rolled, roll again until two different results are rolled). Each model can only be affected by this Stratagem once.
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If your army is led by a Warlord with the NURGLE DAEMON Faction keywords, you can give one of the following Hellforged Artefacts to an EXALTED GREAT UNCLEAN ONE model from your army, instead of giving them a Hellforged Artefact from another source.
EFFLUVIOR
Inside each of the lumpen and pockmarked skulls hanging from the chains of this dread flail lies a portal to the bottomless Marren Mere within the Garden of Nurgle. Into the Mere seeps all the concentrated filth drained from the Garden’s limitless bounty and every swing of Effluvior sends out a spray of this flesh-eating and rock-melting soup. Those not crushed by the heavy skulls are left as greasy pools of stinking effluvia.
This Relic replaces a plague flail and has the following profile:
WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| Effluvior | |||||
| Effluvior | 7" | Assault 6 | +1 | -3 | 2 |
Abilities: The bearer can make attacks with this weapon whilst within 1" of an enemy unit, and attacks with this weapon can target enemy units within 1" of friendly units. Excess damage from this weapon is not lost; instead, keep allocating damage to another model in the target unit until either all the damage has been allocated or the unit has been destroyed. | |||||
TOME OF A THOUSAND POXES
How this rotten volume found its way out of the diseased libraries of the scholar Ku’gath may never be known, but within its wet pages of daemonhide are the secrets of many of the Plaguefather’s most ruinous plagues. Even the simplest infection can bloom into new and vibrant potency by using the arcane incantations within its pages, each inscribed in divine ichor.
A model with this Relic knows one additional psychic power from the Nurgle discipline. In addition, if the unmodified result of a Psychic test taken for a model with this Relic is 7, the psychic power being manifested cannot be denied.
THE ENDLESS GIFT
Waxing strong within Grandfather Nurgle’s benevolence, only the truly favoured of the deity’s servants are granted the Endless Gift. A disease of such septic and life-giving malignancy, the host’s bulging folds of flesh undergo a constant renewal in ever fouler guises. The Endless Gift is granted to those whose own bequests to existence are far too interesting to be allowed to wither away.
A model with this Relic regains one lost wound at the end of each phase in which it lost any wounds.
Exalted Keepers of Secrets
Glamour-wreathed, stiletto-clawed and black-hearted, Exalted Keepers of Secrets are the ultimate expressions of every obsession, their sickening presence enough to drive lesser warriors to rapturous seizures. Perverse acts of tortuous intensity are committed with lightning speed and dark glee.
If your army is Battle-forged and includes any Chaos Daemons Detachments (excluding Auxiliary Support Detachments), you can use the Stratagem below.
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EXALTED KEEPER OF SECRETS Slaanesh Daemons Stratagem Use this Stratagem before the battle. Select one KEEPER OF SECRETS model from your army that is not a named character. Until the end of the battle, that model gains the EXALTED keyword, and you select one of the Exalted Keeper of Secrets abilities below for this model for the duration of the battle. Alternatively, you can randomly determine two abilities by rolling two D6 and applying them both to this model for the duration of the battle (if a double is rolled, roll again until two different results are rolled). Each model can only be affected by this Stratagem once.
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If your army is led by a Warlord with the SLAANESH DAEMON Faction keywords, you can give one of the following Hellforged Artefacts to an EXALTED KEEPER OF SECRETS model from your army, instead of giving them a Hellforged Artefacts from another source.
SILVERSTRIKE
The blinding speed with which this blade flicks out makes it appear as if it does not even occupy the space between thrust and strike. In a heartbeat, limbs and heads part from bodies or choice cuts suddenly appear in, marring faces which sag in blissful ignorance.
This Relic replaces a witstealer sword and has the following profile:
WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
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| Silverstrike | Melee | Melee | +2 | -3 | 3 |
Abilities: When the bearer fights, it makes 2 additional attacks with this weapon. In addition, subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks made by a model that has lost any wounds from this weapon. | |||||
WHIP OF AGONY
This twitching lash coils lazily and deceptively around its master’s limbs, until willed into a serpentine strike. The Whip of Agony exudes a psychic poison, linking its sentience with the nerves of any it touches. With the connection made, the whip’s febrile imagination pours pain and horror into the sensorium of its victims.
Model with living whip only. This Relic replaces a living whip and has the following profile:
WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| Whip of Agony | |||||
| Whip of Agony | 6" | Assault 6 | 6 | -3 | 2 |
Abilities: Attacks made with this weapon automatically wound (no wound roll is made) unless the target is a VEHICLE or TITANIC unit. | |||||
JEWEL OF EXCESS
Seeming as one perfect ornament among many worn by the Daemon, the Jewel of Excess is in fact a tormenting prison, housing the souls of every psyker ever slain by the Keeper of Secrets, their power now the Daemon’s.
When a model with this Relic takes a Psychic test whilst attempting to manifest psychic powers from the Slaanesh discipline, add 1 to the result. In addition, when a Deny the Witch test is taken for a model with this Relic, add 1 to the result.
Exalted Lords of Change
Duplicitous, manipulating and possessing knowledge spanning every time and realm of existence, Exalted Lords of Change ensure the Changer of the Ways’ schemes are carried out as intended. They are foci upon which fate turns, terrifying mutators and bewildering magisters far beyond the ken of mortals.
If your army is Battle-forged and includes any Chaos Daemons Detachments (excluding Auxiliary Support Detachments), you can use the Stratagem below.
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EXALTED LORD OF CHANGE Tzeentch Daemons Stratagem Use this Stratagem before the battle. Select one LORD OF CHANGE model from your army that is not a named character. Until the end of the battle, that model gains the EXALTED keyword, and you select one of the Exalted Lord of Change abilities below for this model for the duration of the battle. Alternatively, you can randomly determine two abilities by rolling two D6 and applying them both to this model for the duration of the battle (if a double is rolled, roll again until two different results are rolled). Each model can only be affected by this Stratagem once.
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If your army is led by a Warlord with the TZEENTCH DAEMON Faction keywords, you can give one of the following Hellforged Artefacts to an EXALTED LORD OF CHANGE model from your army, instead of giving them a Hellforged Artefact from another source.
WARPFIRE BLADE
Existing in nine times nine dimensions, the Warpfire Blade flickers with the bearer’s sorcerous power. Every iteration of the blade strikes in differing forms and at varying angles – a plane of sharpened will, an outstretched hand of friendship, a wave of stellar fire – seeking through every sub-existence to sever the soul of those it strikes.
Model with baleful sword only. This Relic replaces a baleful sword and has the following profile:
WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
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| Warpfire Blade | Melee | Melee | +2 | -3 | D6 |
Abilities: When resolving an attack made with this weapon, an unmodified wound roll of 6 inflicts D3 mortal wounds on the target in addition to the normal damage. | |||||
SOUL-EATER STAVE
Invisible to those without witch-sight, ethereal pseudopods, grasping talons and maws of non-matter surround this twisted staff, ever alert to the cry of a soul newly torn from its body. Riding the power channelled by the staff’s bearer, they hungrily devour every scrap of soul-stuff they can catch before it is lost to the maelstrom of the warp’s other predators, invigorating the Daemon with stolen vigour.
Roll one D6 when a psychic power manifested by a model with this Relic destroys an enemy model; on a 4+, the model with this Relic immediately regains 1 lost wound. A model cannot regain more than 9 lost wounds during the same turn as the result of this Relic.
THE CRYSTAL TOME
Feared even by many of Tzeentch’s servants for its reputed sentience, the Crystal Tome is said by some to contain the true name of every being who might have been, including those who never were. Invoking a creature’s true name grants tremendous power over it, yet there have been some known to resist. Whether this is due to a trait of their own or some perversity on behalf of the tome itself may never be known.
At the beginning of your opponent’s turn, select one enemy CHARACTER model within 12" of a model with this Relic. You and your opponent then roll off; your opponent adds the Leadership characteristic of their model to the result, and you add the Leadership characteristic of the model with this Relic to your result. If your total equals or beats your opponent’s, then all aura abilities that their CHARACTER model has cannot be used until the beginning of your opponent’s next turn.
Stratagems by Phase
REWARDS OF CHAOS
BANNER OF BLOOD (Khorne Daemons)
BLASTED STANDARD (Tzeentch Daemons)
PLAGUE BANNER (Nurgle Daemons)
RAPTUROUS STANDARD (Slaanesh Daemons)
EXALTED BLOODTHIRSTER (Khorne Daemons)
EXALTED GREAT UNCLEAN ONE (Nurgle Daemons)
EXALTED KEEPER OF SECRETS (Slaanesh Daemons)
EXALTED LORD OF CHANGE (Tzeentch Daemons)
DENIZENS OF THE WARP
Battle Round
DAEMONIC PACT
SOUL SACRIFICE
WARP SURGE
LOCUS OF FECUNDITY (Nurgle Daemons)
WARP PORTAL (Tzeentch Daemons)
REVOLTING REGENERATION (Nurgle Daemons)
NURGLING INFESTATION (Nurgle Daemons)
WARP SURGE
LOCUS OF FECUNDITY (Nurgle Daemons)
NURGLING INFESTATION (Nurgle Daemons)
WARP SURGE
DAEMONIC POSSESSION
LOCUS OF CONJURATION (Tzeentch Daemons)
LOCUS OF FECUNDITY (Nurgle Daemons)
MINIONS OF MAGIC (Tzeentch Daemons)
MAGICAL BOON (Tzeentch Daemons)
NURGLING INFESTATION (Nurgle Daemons)
WARP SURGE
LOCUS OF FECUNDITY (Nurgle Daemons)
NURGLING INFESTATION (Nurgle Daemons)
WARP SURGE
LOCUS OF FECUNDITY (Nurgle Daemons)
FLAMES OF MUTATION (Tzeentch Daemons)
NURGLING INFESTATION (Nurgle Daemons)
WARP SURGE
LOCUS OF FECUNDITY (Nurgle Daemons)
NURGLING INFESTATION (Nurgle Daemons)
BOUND IN BRASS AND BONE (Khorne Daemons)
SINUOUS UNDULATION (Slaanesh Daemons)
WARP SURGE
LOCUS OF FECUNDITY (Nurgle Daemons)
THE SCENT OF BLOOD (Khorne Daemons)
BRASS STAMPEDE (Khorne Daemons)
NURGLING INFESTATION (Nurgle Daemons)
WARP SURGE
LOCUS OF FECUNDITY (Nurgle Daemons)
NURGLING INFESTATION (Nurgle Daemons)
WARP SURGE
AURA OF ACQUIESCENCE (Slaanesh Daemons)
LOCUS OF FECUNDITY (Nurgle Daemons)
LOCUS OF GRACE (Slaanesh Daemons)
LOCUS OF WRATH (Khorne Daemons)
ACIDIC SLOBBER (Nurgle Daemons)
FLENSING IMPACT (Slaanesh Daemons)
RAGE ETERNAL (Khorne Daemons)
RAZOR-SHARP CARESS (Slaanesh Daemons)
RUST AND DECAY (Nurgle Daemons)
WARP JAWS (Tzeentch Daemons)
FRENETIC BLOODLUST (Khorne Daemons)
NURGLING INFESTATION (Nurgle Daemons)
WARP SURGE
AURA OF ACQUIESCENCE (Slaanesh Daemons)
LOCUS OF FECUNDITY (Nurgle Daemons)
LOCUS OF GRACE (Slaanesh Daemons)
LOCUS OF WRATH (Khorne Daemons)
ACIDIC SLOBBER (Nurgle Daemons)
FLENSING IMPACT (Slaanesh Daemons)
RAGE ETERNAL (Khorne Daemons)
RAZOR-SHARP CARESS (Slaanesh Daemons)
RUST AND DECAY (Nurgle Daemons)
WARP JAWS (Tzeentch Daemons)
FRENETIC BLOODLUST (Khorne Daemons)
NURGLING INFESTATION (Nurgle Daemons)
WARP SURGE
LOCUS OF FECUNDITY (Nurgle Daemons)
SONG OF DISCORDANT DESPAIR (Slaanesh Daemons)
NURGLING INFESTATION (Nurgle Daemons)
WARP SURGE
LOCUS OF FECUNDITY (Nurgle Daemons)
NURGLING INFESTATION (Nurgle Daemons)
DAEMONIC INCURSION
PUTRID DEMISE (Nurgle Daemons)
Stratagems
If your army is Battle-forged and includes any Chaos Daemons Detachments (excluding Auxiliary Support Detachments), you have access to the Stratagems shown here, meaning you can spend Command Points to activate them. These help to reflect the unique strategies used by Chaos Daemons on the battlefield.
1CP/2CP | ||
DENIZENS OF THE WARP Chaos Daemons Stratagem Ever lurking in the warp, Daemons will wait until the barriers between realms thin before tearing their way into realspace. Use this Stratagem during deployment. If you spent 1 CP, set up one of your DAEMON units that has a Power Rating of 8 or less in the warp instead of placing it on the battlefield. If you spent 2 CPs, you can choose a DAEMON unit that has a Power Rating of 9 or more instead. At the end of any of your Movement phases that unit can tear its way into reality – set it up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" away from any enemy models. | ||
2CP | ||
DAEMONIC INCURSION Chaos Daemons Stratagem When the Knights of Titan deploy to battle, it is often to combat a full-blown daemonic invasion. Use this Stratagem when one of your DAEMON units (other than a named character) is destroyed by a GREY KNIGHTS unit. The destroyed unit is returned to your army at full strength, and is set up on the battlefield at the end of your next Movement phase, anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" from any enemy models. This does not cost you any reinforcement points in a matched play game. | ||
2CP | ||
SOUL SACRIFICE Chaos Daemons Stratagem A daemonic pact of terrible power can be assured for a price… Use this Stratagem before a CHAOS CHARACTER from your army attempts to summon a unit of DAEMONS to the battlefield using a Daemonic Ritual. That character suffers D3 mortal wounds, but you can roll up to 4 dice rather than 3 for the summoning roll. In addition, re-roll hit rolls of 1 for the summoned unit while it is within 6" of the character that performed the Daemonic Ritual. | ||
1CP/3CP | ||
REWARDS OF CHAOS Chaos Daemons Stratagem The Dark Gods sometimes bestow their daemonic lieutenants with powerful artefacts and rewards. Use this Stratagem before the battle. Your army can have one extra Hellforged Artefact for 1 CP, or two extra Hellforged Artefacts for 3 CPs. All of the Hellforged Artefacts that you include must be different and be given to different DAEMON CHARACTERS. You can only use this Stratagem once per battle. | ||
1CP | ||
DAEMONIC PACT Chaos Daemons Stratagem Many foul champions are adept at summoning daemonic allies. Use this Stratagem after a CHAOS CHARACTER from your army summons a unit of DAEMONS to the battlefield using a Daemonic Ritual. That character can immediately attempt to summon a second unit of Daemons to the battlefield by performing another Daemonic Ritual. | ||
1CP | ||
DAEMONIC POSSESSION Chaos Daemons Stratagem Every time a psyker draws upon the warp, they disturb its flow and attract the attention of those that dwell within. Use this Stratagem when an enemy PSYKER unit suffers Perils of the Warp. That unit suffers 2D3 mortal wounds instead of D3. | ||
2CP | ||
WARP SURGE Chaos Daemons Stratagem The winds of the warp blow strong, invigorating daemonkind. Use this Stratagem at the start of any phase. Select a unit of DAEMONS from your army; until the end of the phase, you cannot re-roll saving throws for this unit, but its invulnerable save is improved by 1 (to a maximum of 4+). | ||
1CP | ||
BANNER OF BLOOD Khorne Daemons Stratagem This brass standard constantly drips with blood, the smell of which drives Khorne’s Daemons into an unbridled battle-lust. Use this Stratagem before the battle. Choose one of your KHORNE models with a Daemonic Icon. That icon is upgraded to a Banner of Blood. In addition to its normal ability, the power of the banner can be used once per battle, just before the bearer’s unit declares a charge. When used, the bearer’s unit can charge 3D6" instead of 2D6". | ||
2CP | ||
LOCUS OF WRATH Khorne Daemons Stratagem Khorne’s wrath empowers those who fight beside his champions. Use this Stratagem at the start of any Fight phase. Select a KHORNE DAEMON CHARACTER from your army – until the end of the phase you can re-roll any failed hit rolls made for friendly KHORNE DAEMON units within 6" of that model. | ||
3CP | ||
FRENETIC BLOODLUST Khorne Daemons Stratagem The bloodlust of Khorne’s Daemons is never sated. Use this Stratagem at the end of any Fight phase. Select one of your KHORNE DAEMON units – that unit can immediately fight again. | ||
2CP | ||
REVOLTING REGENERATION Nurgle Daemons Stratagem As the tolling of bells echoes through the warp, the flesh of Nurgle’s Daemons flows like wax to seal gaping wounds. Use this Stratagem at the end of your Movement phase. Select one of your NURGLE DAEMON units. One model in the unit regains D3 lost wounds. If there are no wounded models in the unit, and that unit has suffered any casualties, a single slain model from the unit is returned to play with one wound remaining. | ||
1CP | ||
PLAGUE BANNER Nurgle Daemons Stratagem A pervasive aura of pestilence surrounds this icon, causing rusted blades to weep with even fouler and more toxic diseases. Use this Stratagem before the battle. Choose one of your NURGLE models with a Daemonic Icon. That icon is upgraded to a Plague Banner. In addition to its normal ability, the power of the banner can be used once per battle, just before the bearer’s unit fights. When used, increase the Damage characteristic of all plagueswords carried by the bearer’s unit to 2 until the end of the phase. | ||
2CP | ||
LOCUS OF FECUNDITY Nurgle Daemons Stratagem Wherever Nurgle’s champions walk, disease blooms and maggots hatch from rotten flesh, sustaining his minions. Use this Stratagem at the start of any phase. Select a NURGLE DAEMON CHARACTER from your army – until the end of the phase you can re-roll Disgustingly Resilient rolls of 1 made for friendly NURGLE DAEMON units within 6" of that model. | ||
1CP | ||
BLASTED STANDARD Tzeentch Daemons Stratagem So saturated is this icon with the power of change that it is wreathed in warpfire that leaps out to consume Tzeentch’s foes. Use this Stratagem before the battle. Choose one of your TZEENTCH models with a Daemonic Icon. That icon is upgraded to a Blasted Standard. In addition to its normal ability, the power of the banner can be used once per battle, at the beginning of any Psychic phase. When used, roll 9 dice; for each roll of 6, the closest visible enemy unit within 9" suffers a mortal wound. | ||
1CP | ||
MAGICAL BOON Tzeentch Daemons Stratagem Arcane knowledge and mystical power have ever been the domain of Tzeentch and his minions. Use this Stratagem at the end of your Psychic phase. Select a TZEENTCH DAEMON PSYKER from your army; it can immediately attempt to manifest one additional psychic power this turn. | ||
2CP | ||
LOCUS OF CONJURATION Tzeentch Daemons Stratagem Sorcerous power surrounds Tzeentch’s chosen champions. Use this Stratagem at the start of your Psychic phase. Select a TZEENTCH DAEMON CHARACTER from your army – until the end of the phase you can re-roll any failed Psychic tests made for friendly TZEENTCH DAEMON units within 6" of that model. | ||
1CP | ||
LOCUS OF GRACE Slaanesh Daemons Stratagem Slaanesh’s favoured Daemons lead their minions in an exquisite choreographed dance, every movement of which severs an enemy’s limb or lops off their head. Use this Stratagem at the start of any Fight phase. Select a SLAANESH DAEMON CHARACTER from your army – until the end of the phase, each time you make a wound roll of 6+ for a friendly SLAANESH DAEMON unit within 6" of that character, the model that made that attack can immediately make an extra attack against the same target using the same weapon. These bonus attacks cannot themselves generate any further attacks. | ||
1CP | ||
AURA OF ACQUIESCENCE Slaanesh Daemons Stratagem Dark whispers speak to the minds of those that oppose Slaanesh, promising pleasures should they lower their weapons. Use this Stratagem at the start of any Fight phase. Select a SLAANESH DAEMON unit from your army – enemy units within 3" of that unit reduce their Attacks characteristic by 1 (to a minimum of 1) until the end of that phase. | ||
1CP | ||
RAPTUROUS STANDARD Slaanesh Daemons Stratagem This icon fills all who gaze upon it with such euphoria that they lower their guard and forget to defend themselves from attack. Use this Stratagem before the battle. Choose one of your SLAANESH models with a Daemonic Icon. That icon is upgraded to a Rapturous Standard. In addition to its normal ability, the power of the banner can be used once per battle, just before the bearer’s unit fights. When used, you can re-roll all failed hit rolls made for the bearer’s unit until the end of the phase. | ||
Stratagems (Engine War)
If your army is Battle-forged and includes any Chaos Daemons Detachments – that is, any Detachment that includes only units with both the CHAOS and DAEMONS Faction keywords – (excluding Auxiliary Support Detachments), you have access to the Stratagems shown here.
1CP | ||
RAZOR-SHARP CARESS Slaanesh Daemons Stratagem Gorging on their prey’s emotions, Daemonettes rake their talons through the stoutest armour. Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase. Select one DAEMONETTE INFANTRY unit from your army. Until the end of the phase, the Armour Penetration characteristic of melee weapons models in that unit are equipped with is improved by 1 (e.g. AP -1 becomes AP -2). | ||
1CP | ||
SINUOUS UNDULATION Slaanesh Daemons Stratagem Swift beyond mortal comprehension, Steeds of Slaanesh flow like a serpentine blur, near impossible to hit. Use this Stratagem in your opponent’s Shooting phase when a DAEMONETTE CAVALRY unit from your army is chosen as the target of an attack. Until the end of the phase, when resolving an attack made against that unit, subtract 1 from the hit roll. | ||
1CP | ||
SONG OF DISCORDANT DESPAIR Slaanesh Daemons Stratagem The keening psychic call of hunting Fiends disturbs mental equilibrium, inducing terror and despair. Use this Stratagem at the start of the Morale phase. Select one enemy unit within 6" of a FIENDS unit from your army. Until the end of the phase, subtract 2 from that enemy unit’s Leadership characteristic. | ||
1CP | ||
FLENSING IMPACT Slaanesh Daemons Stratagem Every surface of these dread pain engines is covered in a riot of blades, their merest cut inflicting agony. Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase. Select one DAEMONETTE CHARIOT unit from your army that made a charge move this turn. Until the end of the phase, when resolving an attack made by a model in that unit, an unmodified hit roll of 6 scores 1 additional hit. | ||
1CP | ||
RUST AND DECAY Nurgle Daemons Stratagem Vectors of every contagion from across time and space, Daemon-forged plagueswords are generous to all. Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase. Select one PLAGUEBEARER INFANTRY unit from your army. Until the end of the phase, when resolving an attack made by a model in that unit, an unmodified hit roll of 6 automatically scores a hit and successfully wounds the target (do not make a wound roll). | ||
1CP | ||
PUTRID DEMISE Nurgle Daemons Stratagem Nurgle’s favoured erupt in a putrid shower upon death. Use this Stratagem when a PLAGUEBEARER CAVALRY model from your army is destroyed. Before removing that model, roll one D6 for every unit within 6" (excluding NURGLE units). On a 2+, the unit being rolled for suffers 1 mortal wound. | ||
1CP | ||
ACIDIC SLOBBER Nurgle Daemons Stratagem With imbecilic affection, Beasts shower their ‘friends’ in bile so rotten there is soon no distinguishing the victim. Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase. Select one BEASTS OF NURGLE unit from your army. Until the end of the phase, when resolving an attack made by a model in that unit, an unmodified wound roll of 6 inflicts 1 mortal wound on the target in addition to any other damage. | ||
1CP | ||
NURGLING INFESTATION Nurgle Daemons Stratagem Nurgle’s mites are as numerous as his blessings. Use this Stratagem at the end of any phase except the Morale phase. Select one NURGLING unit from your army. Roll one D6 for each model in that unit that was destroyed that phase. For each roll of 5+, return one destroyed model to that unit with all of its wounds remaining, placing them in unit coherency (if a model cannot be placed in this way, it is not returned to the battlefield). | ||
3CP | ||
RAGE ETERNAL Khorne Daemons Stratagem A rage as limitless as that of Khorne’s soldiers overcomes even death’s boundary in its intensity. Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase when a model in a BLOODLETTER INFANTRY unit from your army is destroyed. Until the end of the phase, roll one D6 each time a model from that unit is destroyed; on a 4+, that model is not removed until after all of the attacking unit’s close combat attacks have been resolved, and the destroyed model can make all of its close combat attacks against the unit that destroyed it before being removed (this model can make these close combat attacks even if it would not normally be able to target that unit). | ||
1CP | ||
BRASS STAMPEDE Khorne Daemons Stratagem Few things can withstand the thunderous and bloody charge of Khorne’s chosen knights. Use this Stratagem in your Charge phase when a BLOODLETTER CAVALRY unit from your army finishes a charge move. For each model in that unit, you can select one enemy unit within 1" of that model and roll one D6; on a 2+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound; on a 6, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds. If these mortal wounds destroy all enemy units within 1" of your unit, it can, if you wish, immediately declare another charge. | ||
1CP | ||
THE SCENT OF BLOOD Khorne Daemons Stratagem The rich odour of freshly spilled blood will draw loping Flesh Hounds from the foot of Khorne’s throne itself. Use this Stratagem in your Charge phase. Select one FLESH HOUNDS unit from your army. That unit can be chosen to charge with this phase even if it Advanced this turn. In addition, add 2 to the result of that charge roll if any enemy models (excluding VEHICLES) have been destroyed this turn. | ||
1CP | ||
BOUND IN BRASS AND BONE Khorne Daemons Stratagem Khorne’s constructs manifest as armour-plated horrors, their dense forms proof against the worst attacks. Use this Stratagem in any phase when a BLOODLETTER CHARIOT unit from your army is chosen as the target of an attack. Until the end of the phase, when resolving an attack made against that unit, halve the damage inflicted (rounding up). | ||
1CP | ||
MINIONS OF MAGIC Tzeentch Daemons Stratagem Sorcery is intrinsic to the gangling servants of Tzeentch, fate and mutating flames theirs to manipulate. Use this Stratagem at the start of your Psychic phase. Select one HORRORS INFANTRY unit from your army. The first time that unit attempts to manifest a psychic power this phase, do not roll any dice for its Psychic test – instead, assume a 9 was rolled for that Psychic test. | ||
1CP | ||
WARP JAWS Tzeentch Daemons Stratagem Burning maws capable of boring through the hull of stranded starships are little hindered by thick hides. Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase. Select one SCREAMERS unit from your army. Until the end of the phase, when resolving an attack made by a model in that unit against a MONSTER or VEHICLE unit, add 1 to the wound roll. | ||
1CP | ||
FLAMES OF MUTATION Tzeentch Daemons Stratagem A cloud of iridescent light or a charred lump of meat – none foresee the fate of those touched by warpfire. Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase. Select one FLAMER unit from your army. Until the end of the phase, when resolving an attack made by a model in that unit, an unmodified wound roll of 6 inflicts 1 mortal wound on the target in addition to any other damage. | ||
1CP | ||
WARP PORTAL Tzeentch Daemons Stratagem Like a shimmering patch of wrong sky, a floating doorway disgorges soaring Daemons wreathed in fire. Use this Stratagem in your Movement phase. Select one FLUXMASTER, FATESKIMMER or BURNING CHARIOT model from your army. Remove that model from the battlefield and set it back up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" from any enemy models. This model cannot move further this phase. | ||
Psychic Powers
Daemons are made of the stuff of the warp, and many can wield the power of the immaterium itself in battle as easily as a mortal man can breathe. The sorcerers of the daemonic legions unleash fell energies against their enemies with but a flick of a finger, and conjure the blessings of their dark masters to bolster their minions with unnatural power.
Before the battle, generate the psychic powers for PSYKERS that can use powers from the Tzeentch, Nurgle or Slaanesh discipline using the table below. You can either roll a D6 to generate their powers randomly (re-roll any duplicate results), or you can select the psychic powers you wish the psyker to have.Tzeentch
| D6 | PSYCHIC POWER | |||||||||
| 1 | BOON OF CHANGE As the Daemon chants, its minions begin to twist and new forms take shape as the will of Tzeentch demands. Boon of Change has a warp charge value of 7. If manifested, select a friendly TZEENTCH DAEMON unit within 18" of the psyker and roll a D3. Consult the table below to discover what characteristic bonus all models in that unit receive until the start of your next Psychic phase.
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| 2 | BOLT OF CHANGE The Daemon unleashes a bolt of roiling warp energy that wracks the foe with sickening and uncontrollable mutations. Bolt of Change has a warp charge value of 8. If manifested, select an enemy unit that is within 18" of the psyker and visible to it. That unit suffers D3 mortal wounds. If a CHARACTER is slain by this power, you can add a Chaos Spawn to your army within 6” of the character and not within Engagement Range of any enemy models before they are removed as a casualty. |
| 3 | GAZE OF FATE The Daemon uses its powers of precognition to unravel the strands of destiny, and in doing so discovers the one true path to victory. Gaze of Fate has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, you can re-roll a single dice roll later during your turn. |
| 4 | TREASON OF TZEENTCH The psyker reaches into the mind of its victim, subverting their will and turning them upon their own allies. Treason of Tzeentch has a warp charge value of 8. If manifested, select an enemy CHARACTER that is within 18" of the psyker and visible to it (excluding the opponent’s Warlord) and roll 2D6. If the result is greater than the character’s Leadership characteristic, until the end of the following Fight phase treat that character as if it were a friendly model from your army in your Shooting, Charge and Fight phases. |
| 5 | FLICKERING FLAMES Cackling madly, the psyker’s minions are wreathed in pink and blue flames that leap forth to consume their foes. Flickering Flames has a warp charge value of 5. If manifested, pick a friendly TZEENTCH DAEMON unit within 18" of the psyker. Until your next Psychic phase, add 1 to any wound rolls made for that unit’s shooting weapons. |
| 6 | INFERNAL GATEWAY The psyker opens a portal to the warp, a tear in the fabric of the mortal plane that sucks foes into certain oblivion. Infernal Gateway has a warp charge value of 8. If manifested, identify the nearest enemy model that is within 12" of the psyker and visible to it; that model’s unit, and every other unit (friend and foe) within 3" of that model, suffers D3 mortal wounds. The number of mortal wounds inflicted is D6 instead if the power is manifested with a Psychic test of 12+. |
Nurgle
| D6 | PSYCHIC POWER |
| 1 | STREAM OF CORRUPTION The psyker spews forth a stream of disease on its enemies. Stream of Corruption has a warp charge value of 5. If manifested, the closest enemy unit within 7" of the psyker and visible to it suffers D3 mortal wounds if it has fewer than 10 models, or D6 mortal wounds if it has 10 or more models. |
| 2 | FLESHY ABUNDANCE Nurgle’s bountiful energies surge through the target, healing their wounds beneath new growths of swollen flesh. Fleshy Abundance has a warp charge value of 5. If manifested, select a friendly NURGLE DAEMON unit within 18" of the psyker. One model in that unit regains D3 lost wounds. |
| 3 | NURGLE’S ROT Gurgling praise to its god, the psyker exudes a wave of soul-pox that rapidly kills those who lack Nurgle’s blessings. Nurgle’s Rot has a warp charge value of 7. If manifested, roll a D6 for every unit (excluding NURGLE units) within 7" of the psyker. On a 4+ the unit being rolled for suffers D3 mortal wounds. |
| 4 | SHRIVELLING POX Muttering an unholy chant in a blighted tongue, the psyker calls down poxed blessings on a chosen foe. Shrivelling Pox has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select an enemy unit that is within 18" of the psyker and visible to it. Until the start of your next Psychic phase, subtract one from the target unit’s Toughness characteristic. |
| 5 | VIRULENT BLESSING The psyker blesses its allies with a bounty of fresh diseases with which to infect their enemies. Virulent Blessing has a warp charge value of 7. If manifested, select a friendly NURGLE DAEMON unit within 18" of the psyker. Add 1 to wound rolls made for that unit in the Fight phase. Furthermore, wound rolls of 7+ made for that unit in the Fight phase inflict double damage. |
| 6 | MIASMA OF PESTILENCE As the psyker chants in a phlegm-choked drone, a dark cloud of filth and flies shrouds its allies from view. Miasma of Pestilence has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select a friendly NURGLE DAEMON unit within 18" of the psyker. Until the start of your next Psychic phase, your opponent must subtract 1 from all hit rolls that target that unit. |
Slaanesh
| D6 | PSYCHIC POWER |
| 1 | CACOPHONIC CHOIR The psyker emits an ear-piercing chorus of screams that shatters the sanity of its foes. Cacophonic Choir has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, roll 2D6 (adding 2 to the result if the Psychic test result was more than 10). The closest enemy unit that is within 18" of the psyker and visible to it suffers a mortal wound for each point that the total exceeds their highest Leadership characteristic. |
| 2 | SYMPHONY OF PAIN The psyker’s chants unleash destructive Chaos energy. Symphony of Pain has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, the nearest enemy unit that is within 18" of the psyker and visible to it is struck by unbearable pain. Your opponent must subtract 1 from all hit rolls made for this unit until the start of your next Psychic phase. |
| 3 | HYSTERICAL FRENZY The psyker sends out a psychic lash that goads its allies. Hysterical Frenzy has a warp charge value of 8. If manifested, select a single friendly SLAANESH DAEMON unit within 18" of the psyker that is within 1" of an enemy unit. That unit can fight as if it were the Fight phase. |
| 4 | DELIGHTFUL AGONIES The psyker manipulates the pleasure centres of its allies’ minds, causing even great pain to register as sheer ecstasy. Delightful Agonies has a warp charge value of 5. If manifested, select a single friendly SLAANESH DAEMON unit within 18" of the psyker. Until the start of your next Psychic phase, roll a D6 each time a model in that unit loses a wound – on a 6 that model does not lose a wound. |
| 5 | PAVANE OF SLAANESH As the psyker sings, its spasming victims’ flesh tears and bones snap as they dance themselves to death. Pavane of Slaanesh has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select an enemy unit that is within 18" of the psyker and visible to them. Roll a D6 for each model in the unit; the unit suffers a mortal wound for each roll of 6. |
| 6 | PHANTASMAGORIA The psyker summons illusions to terrify and entice their foes. Phantasmagoria has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, enemy units must subtract 1 from their Leadership characteristic until the start of your next Psychic phase whilst they are within 12" of the psyker. |
Dark Hereticus Discipline
If your army includes Be’lakor, then before the battle, generate the psychic powers for him using the table below. You can either roll a D3 to generate his powers randomly (re-roll any duplicate results), or you can select the psychic powers you wish Be’lakor to have.
| D3 | PSYCHIC POWER |
| 1 | INFERNAL GAZE Unholy power streams from Be’lakor’s eyes, charring and melting everything caught in its path. Infernal Gaze has a warp charge value of 5. If manifested, select an enemy unit that is within 18" of Be’lakor and is visible to him and roll 3 dice. The target suffers one mortal wound for each roll of 4+. |
| 2 | DEATH HEX Be’lakor places a dire hex upon his enemies. Wards and energised shields flicker and fail, leaving the foe exposed. Death Hex has a warp charge value of 8. If manifested, select an enemy unit that is within 12" of Be’lakor and is visible to him. Until the start of your next Psychic phase, that unit cannot take invulnerable saves. |
| 3 | GIFT OF CHAOS As the power of the warp surges through Be’lakor’s victim, bones snap and flesh rips as a new form takes shape. Gift of Chaos has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select an enemy model that is within 6" of Be’lakor and is visible to him and roll a D6. If the result is greater than the target’s Toughness characteristic, its unit suffers D3+3 mortal wounds. If a CHARACTER is slain by this power, you can add a Chaos Spawn to your army and set it up within 1" of the character before it is removed. |
Chaos Spawn
There are several abilities and psychic powers available to Chaos Daemons that can transform their victims into Chaos Spawn. If such an ability or psychic power instructs you add a Chaos Spawn to your army, use the datasheet below for the model. Choose the Chaos Spawn’s allegiance when you set it up on the battlefield. In a matched play game, you must pay reinforcement points in order to use any Chaos Spawn that are created. Each has a points value of 23 (this includes all of its weapons).
| No | NAME | M | WS | BS | S | T | W | A | Ld | Sv | |
| Chaos Spawn | |||||||||||
| 1 | Chaos Spawn | 7" | 4+ | - | 5 | 5 | 4 | D6 | 9 | 5+ | |
WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D | ABILITIES |
| Hideous mutations | ||||||
| Hideous mutations | Melee | Melee | User | -2 | 2 | - |
ABILITIES | |||||||||
ABILITIES |
Fearsome: Enemy units within 1" of any Chaos Spawn must subtract 1 from their Leadership. Mutated Beyond Reason: When a Chaos Spawn makes its close combat attacks, roll a D3 and consult the table below:
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| FACTION KEYWORDS: CHAOS, | |||||||||
| KEYWORDS: BEAST, CHAOS SPAWN | |||||||||
Warlord Traits
A general of a daemonic legion is mighty champion, chosen by their dark master to bring ruin and destruction upon their foes. Possessed of dire power, they epitomise an aspect of the Chaos God in whose image they were created.
If a CHARACTER WITH THE DAEMON FACTION KEYWORD is your Warlord, it can generate a Warlord Trait from one of the following tables instead of the one in the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook. You can either roll on the appropriate table to randomly generate a Warlord Trait, or you can select the one that best suits the Warlord’s temperament and preferred style of warfare. Warlords can only generate Warlord Traits from their own Chaos God (e.g. KHORNE Warlords can only have a Khorne Warlord Trait).Khorne
| D6 | WARLORD TRAIT |
| 1 | ASPECT OF DEATH Such is the palpable aura of dread this Daemon emanates that its enemies often die of sheer terror. Each time an enemy unit fails a Morale test within 8" of your Warlord, one additional model flees from that unit. |
| 2 | GLORY OF BATTLE This Daemon knows no greater pleasure than being surrounded by foes in battle. Add 1 to your Warlord’s Attacks characteristic whilst there are more enemy models within 8" of it than there are friendly models. |
| 3 | OBLIVIOUS TO PAIN Nothing will keep this Daemon from the slaughter; not even injury will slow his advance, and only serves to stoke its anger. Roll a dice each time your Warlord loses a wound. On a roll of 6, your Warlord does not lose that wound and you can re-roll all failed hit and wound rolls made for it until the end of your next turn. |
| 4 | IMMENSE POWER The molten fury of the Lord of Battle has been poured into this Daemon, and its body is swollen with Khorne’s might. Add 1 to your Warlord’s Strength characteristic. |
| 5 | DEVASTATING BLOW The Blood God has granted this Daemon the strength to fell even the greatest enemies with a single, almighty blow. Each time your Warlord fights, it can make a single Devastating Blow attack instead of its normal close combat attacks. If it does, make a single hit roll; if successful, the target suffers D3 mortal wounds. |
| 6 | RAGE INCARNATE The fury with which this Daemon hurls itself at the enemy serves as a beacon of wrath to its like-minded minions. Re-roll hit rolls of 1 for friendly KHORNE DAEMON units that charged this turn and are within 8" of your Warlord when they fight. |
Tzeentch
| D6 | WARLORD TRAIT |
| 1 | BORN OF SORCERY Tapping into the infinite power of the warp comes as easily to this Daemon as breathing air does to a mortal. Add 1 to the result of the first Psychic tests made for your Warlord in each Psychic phase. |
| 2 | INCORPOREAL FORM This Daemon’s body flickers in and out of reality, making it difficult for adversaries to land a telling blow against it. Reduce all damage inflicted on your Warlord by 1 (to a minimum of 1). For example, if this Warlord failed a saving throw against a weapon that inflicts 3 damage, it will only lose 2 wounds. |
| 3 | WARP TETHER This Daemon is blessed with an iron grip on the mortal world, and is able to sustain its minions with the power of the warp. You can re-roll failed Morale tests for friendly TZEENTCH DAEMON units within 9" of your Warlord. |
| 4 | LOREKEEPER OF TZEENTCH Tzeentch has gifted this Daemon with stewardship of the Hidden Library within the Impossible Fortress. Intimate knowledge of mystical lore are the rewards for such a duty. Add 6" to the range of the first psychic power manifested by your Warlord in each Psychic phase. |
| 5 | TYRANT OF THE WARP The invasive attention of warp-spawned horrors – so often fatal to mortal psykers – are as nothing to this Daemon. Roll a dice each time your Warlord suffers Perils of the Warp; on a 2+ your Warlord’s psychic mastery is such that they do not suffer Perils of the Warp. |
| 6 | DAEMONSPARK This Daemon bears the mark of the Daemonspark, causing nearby Tzeentchian Daemons to blaze with deadly flames. Re-roll wound rolls of 1 in the Shooting phase for friendly TZEENTCH DAEMON units that are within 9" of your Warlord. |
Nurgle
| D6 | WARLORD TRAIT |
| 1 | BLESSED WITH CORPULENCE Nurgle’s blessing upon this Daemon is plain to see, for his frame is hideously bloated and riddled with corruption. Add 1 to your Warlord’s Wounds characteristic. |
| 2 | ACIDIC ICHOR Those that pierce this Daemon’s straining flesh are sprayed with sizzling bile that melts through armour, flesh and bone. Roll a dice each time your Warlord loses a wound in the Fight phase. On a 4+ the unit that inflicted that wound is splashed by acidic ichor and suffers a mortal wound after all of its own attacks have been resolved. |
| 3 | PLAGUEFLY HIVE This Daemon’s pockmarked hide conceals a colony of plagueflies that swarm forth to bite and bedevil the foe should they get too close. Your opponent must subtract 1 from all hit rolls that target your Warlord if the attacking unit is within 7". |
| 4 | VIRULENT TOUCH So saturated with noxious toxins and vile poisons is this Daemon that its merest touch ensures a gruesome and deadly demise. Add 1 to all wound rolls made by your Warlord in the Fight phase unless it is targeting a VEHICLE. |
| 5 | IMPENETRABLE HIDE Beneath this Daemon’s hide are layers of rotting blubber, a dense mass that must be dug through to reach the vitals buried beneath. Your Warlord has a Save characteristic of 4+. |
| 6 | PESTILENT MIASMA Those who venture too close to this Daemon find their injuries blackening in seconds and their infected flesh swiftly turning to rot. Roll a dice for each enemy unit that is within 1" of your Warlord at the start of your turn. On a roll of 4+ that unit suffers a mortal wound. |
Slaanesh
| D6 | WARLORD TRAIT |
| 1 | CELERITY OF SLAANESH This Daemon is possessed of an incredible swiftness, and is able to close upon its prey with impossible speed. Add 3" to your Warlord’s Movement characteristic. |
| 2 | QUICKSILVER DUELLIST This Daemon fights with phenomenal skill and grace when confronted by another champion. You can re-roll failed hit and wound rolls for attacks made by your Warlord in the Fight phase against CHARACTERS. |
| 3 | THE MURDERDANCE A performer of the maniacal dance of death, this Daemon hacks and cavorts its way through the enemy ranks without ever missing a step. If your Warlord charges in the Charge phase, add D3 to their Attacks characteristic until the end of the ensuing Fight phase (roll at the end of the Charge phase). |
| 4 | FATAL CARESS With a swift flick of a blade or razor-sharp claw, this Daemon can inflict agonising pleasures that drive the victim instantly insane. Each time you make a wound roll of 6+ for your Warlord in the Fight phase, the target suffers a mortal wound in addition to any other damage. |
| 5 | SAVAGE HEDONIST This Daemon is a glutton for violence, striking ever faster and harder to maintain the thrill of combat. Add 1 to your Warlord’s Attacks characteristic. |
| 6 | BEWITCHING AURA Even the most disciplined warriors can succumb to this Daemon’s beguilements, all thoughts of fighting lost as they stand slack-jawed in a haze of hallucinatory desire. Enemy models subtract 1 from their Attacks characteristic (to a minimum of 1) whilst they are within 6" of your Warlord. This does not affect enemy VEHICLES. |
Named Characters and Warlord TraitsIf one of the following named characters is your Warlord, they must be given the associated Warlord Trait shown below.
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Hellforged Artefacts
Hellforged Artefacts are items of legendary rarity, gifted only to those Daemons who have proved themselves worthy. To possess such a relic immediately sets a Daemon out amongst its peers, but as is always the way with Chaos, such power comes at a price. Should the Daemon fail in its task despite the boon they have received, they risk the eternal displeasure of their master.
If your army is led by a Warlord with the DAEMON Faction keyword, you may give one of the following Hellforged Artefacts to a CHARACTER WITH THE DAEMON FACTION KEYWORD in your army. Named characters such as Skarbrand already have one or more artefacts, and cannot be given any of the following artefacts. Note that some weapons replace one of the character’s existing weapons, or an item of wargear. Where this is the case, you must, if you are playing a matched play game or are otherwise using points values, still pay the cost of the weapon or item of wargear that is being replaced if it is not already included in the model’s points cost. Write down any Hellforged Artefacts your characters may have on your army roster.A’RGATH, THE KING OF BLADES
When a Daemon is bound within a weapon by its infernal master, it rarely submits willingly to this terrible incarceration. The same cannot be said for A’rgath. A lifetime of slaughter and zealous dedication saw this butcher granted daemonhood. Such was his devotion to Khorne that instead of accepting immortality as a Daemon Prince, he instead chose to take the form of a deadly blade so that he could spill the lifeblood of Khorne’s greatest enemies. Their hand guided by A’rgath’s spirit, the sword’s wielder becomes nigh unstoppable. Countless are the rival champions and mortal heroes that have fallen to his power.
KHORNE model with blade of blood or hellforged sword only. A’rgath, the King of Blades replaces the bearer’s blade of blood or hellforged sword and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
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| A’rgath | Melee | Melee | +1 | -4 | D3 |
Abilities: Re-roll all failed wound rolls for this weapon when targeting a CHARACTER. If wielded by a MONSTER, increase this weapon’s Damage characteristic to 3. | |||||
ARMOUR OF SCORN
Though this armour was forged in the Brass Citadel, it was the Blood God’s contempt for the weapons and sorceries of lesser warriors that gave it life. Aeons after its creation, it is this same burning scorn which shields its wearer in battle.
KHORNE MONSTER model only. The wearer of the Armour of Scorn has a 4+ invulnerable save and can attempt to deny one psychic power in each enemy Psychic phase.CORRUPTION
This fabled weapon is the literal manifestation of corruption. Constantly dripping with foul ooze, the merest scratch from its plague-ridden edge is enough to lay low the hardiest foe, and its toxins can effortlessly overcome even the resilience of a Space Marine.
NURGLE model with plaguesword, balesword, bileblade or hellforged sword only. Corruption replaces the model’s plaguesword, balesword, bileblade or hellforged sword and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
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| Corruption | Melee | Melee | +2 | -3 | D3 |
Abilities: Re-roll all failed wound rolls made for this weapon. | |||||
HORN OF NURGLE’S ROT
Those slain by a Daemon crowned with the fabled Horn of Nurgle’s Rot are doomed to rise once more, their soul infected with an aggressive strain of Nurgle’s Rot that decays and transforms them in a the space of a few heartbeats. The victim’s altered corpse soon stands once more to join the shambling ranks of Nurgle’s Plaguebearers.
NURGLE model only. Roll a D6 each time the bearer kills an enemy model in the Fight phase whilst within 7" of one or more friendly units of Plaguebearers. On a 4+ you can add a single Plaguebearer model to one of those units.SKULLREAVER
Carved with runes of death and ruin, the edge of this ebon blade glows with barely contained power. The Bloodthirster bound within this mighty axe channels every iota of its hate and rage into these runes until they glow with molten heat, and the greater the foe the wielder faces, the hotter the runes burn.
KHORNE model with axe of Khorne, great axe of Khorne or daemonic axe only. Skullreaver replaces the bearer’s axe and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
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| Skullreaver | Melee | Melee | +3 | -4 | D6 |
Abilities: Re-roll all failed wound rolls for this weapon when targeting a TITANIC unit. Each time you make a wound roll of 6+ for this weapon, the target suffers D3 mortal wounds in addition to the normal damage. | |||||
SLOTHFUL CLAWS
Formed from the essence of a Keeper of Secrets, these claws have taken many guises and been bound to the flesh of countless Heralds over the millennia. When the Slothful Claws strike, the blow appears clumsy and ponderous to its victim. This is but an illusion; in truth, these claws strike like lightning while the foe reels in sluggish confusion.
SLAANESH HERALD only. The slothful claws replace the bearer’s ravaging claws and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
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| Slothful Claws | Melee | Melee | +1 | -2 | 2 |
Abilities: Each time you make a wound roll of 4+ for this weapon, that hit is resolved with a AP of -4 instead of -2. | |||||
SOUL BANE
This incorporeal blade inflicts no harm upon its victim’s physical body, instead carving its way through the stuff of his very soul. So ephemeral and unreal is this strange weapon that it is impossible to cross blades with Soul Bane, for its ghostly edge will pass straight through any guard. Those struck by Soul Bane collapse in agony, writhing and screaming as their lacerated souls slowly bleed away into the aether.
TZEENTCH HERALD only. Soul Bane replaces the bearer’s ritual dagger and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
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| Soul Bane | Melee | Melee | User | -5 | 1 |
Abilities: Invulnerable saves cannot be taken against this weapon. | |||||
SOULSTEALER
This gluttonous blade gulps down the souls of its victims before invigorating body of its wielder. Its soulgreed stems from the starving Keeper of Secrets bound within – an arrogant entity that sought to devour enough Aeldari souls to challenge Slaanesh himself. As punishment for the Daemon’s monstrous hubris, Slaanesh trapped it within Soulstealer, condemning the Keeper of Secrets for eternity.
SLAANESH model with witstealer sword or hellforged sword only. Soulstealer replaces the sword and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
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| Soulstealer | Melee | Melee | +1 | -3 | 3 |
Abilities: Each time a model is slain by this weapon, the bearer regains 1 lost wound. Re-roll all failed wound rolls made for this weapon when targeting an AELDARI unit. | |||||
THE CRIMSON CROWN
It is said that this crown was created from a single drop of Khorne’s blood and forged by his withering gaze. A measure of the Blood God’s endless wrath is bound within the crown, and its effect upon his daemonic servants is palpable. Fuelled by the artefact’s fell presence, Khorne’s Daemons are driven to ever greater heights of savagery and slaughter.
KHORNE model only. Each time you make a wound roll of 6+ for a friendly KHORNE DAEMON unit within 6" of the bearer of the Crimson Crown, the model that made that attack can immediately make an extra attack against the same target using the same weapon. These bonus attacks cannot themselves generate any further attacks.THE ENDLESS GRIMOIRE
Within the pages of this magical tome lie the secrets of every cantrip, incantation and spell ever conceived by Tzeentch. Though the bearer of this grimoire has access to the infinite knowledge bound within, only the Changer of the Ways himself could hope to master the full scope of its power.
TZEENTCH PSYKER only. The bearer of the Endless Grimoire knows one additional psychic power from the Tzeentch discipline.THE ENTROPIC KNELL
To hear the grim tolling of this great bell upon the winds is a death sentence, for its sound heralds the arrival of the Plague Legions. Such is its dread power that a single peal reverberates for long minutes, spreading dread and despair even over the clangour of battle.
NURGLE model only. Enemy units must subtract 1 from their Leadership characteristic whilst they are within 7" of the bearer of the Entropic Knell.THE EVERSTAVE
This staff blazes with vibrant warpflame. As soon as its master takes up this staff, he too is wreathed in the same daemonic fire, though no harm befalls him. From within this magenta inferno, the Everstave’s daemonic bearer can hurl searing gouts of Tzeentch’s Pink Fire, turning armour to ash and immolating or irrevocably mutating the flesh beneath with coruscating empyric flames.
TZEENTCH model with rod of sorcery or staff of change only. Add 1 to the bearer’s Psychic tests whenever it attempts to manifest Smite.THE FORBIDDEN GEM
This gem was the purest diamond in the Aeldari empire in the time before the Fall. It was a source of jealous pride to its keeper, a noble by the name of Ydrisyll, who spent ever more time transfixed by its beauty. One of Slaanesh’s first deeds after his apocalyptic birth was to capture Ydrisyll’s soul and cage it within the very gem he once so coveted. Gazing upon this corrupted diamond now inspires uncontrollable jealousy, leaving mortal senses hopelessly addled.
SLAANESH model only. Once per game, at the start of any enemy phase, the bearer of the Forbidden Gem can use it to hypnotise a single enemy CHARACTER within 12". Roll 3D6; if the total exceeds that model’s Leadership characteristic, it cannot act until the end of the phase (i.e. it cannot move, manifest psychic powers, shoot, charge or fight) and it cannot use any abilities on its datasheet that affect another unit (e.g. aura abilities and abilities that heal other models).THE IMPOSSIBLE ROBE
The wearer of this robe exists between several realities at once. Thus can a daemonic commander potentially control Tzeentch’s interests in multiple times and places at once to further several aspects of the Great Plan. This effect makes it hard for foes to truly harm the wearer, who flickers in and out of reality in an unpredictable fashion. However, the robe is capricious, and has been known to rip its wearer out of reality altogether should he lose control of its powers.
TZEENTCH model only. The wearer of the Impossible Robe has a 4+ invulnerable save. In addition, once per game you can re-roll a single failed saving throw for the wearer, but if the re-roll results in a 1, the wearer is immediately slain.THE MARK OF EXCESS
A Daemon favoured with Slaanesh’s own Mark of Excess faces an existence of constant, desperate addiction. Whenever the cursed recipient sheds the lifeblood of a worthy foe it is rewarded by a sensory explosion of bliss so all-consuming that the Daemon will fight harder than ever to feel such sensations again.
SLAANESH models only. Add 1 to the bearer’s Attacks characteristic. Add a further 1 each time the bearer slays a CHARACTER or MONSTER.Reference
Wargear
To manifest the psychic power, you must first pass a Psychic test. The opposing player can then select one of their PSYKER units that is within 24" of the PSYKER unit attempting to manifest the power and attempt to deny that power before its effects are resolved by passing a Deny the Witch test.
So long as the Psychic test was successful and the psychic power was not denied by a successful Deny the Witch test, the psychic power is successfully manifested and its effects, which will be described in the power itself, are then resolved. If the PSYKER unit can attempt to manifest more than one psychic power in its Psychic phase, you can then attempt to manifest those, one at a time, as described above. The number of psychic powers each PSYKER unit can attempt to manifest in its Psychic phase is listed on its datasheet.
- Select psychic power.
- You cannot select the same psychic power more than once per battle round, unless that power is Smite.
- Attempt to manifest the psychic power by taking a Psychic test.
- The opponent can attempt to deny the psychic power by taking a Deny the Witch test.
- If successfully manifested, resolve the psychic power’s effects.
- Select another psychic power.
Note that CHARACTERS cannot use their Aura Abilities while performing actions.
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DENIZENS OF THE WARP Chaos Daemons Stratagem Ever lurking in the warp, Daemons will wait until the barriers between realms thin before tearing their way into realspace. Use this Stratagem during deployment. If you spent 1 CP, set up one of your DAEMON units that has a Power Rating of 8 or less in the warp instead of placing it on the battlefield. If you spent 2 CPs, you can choose a DAEMON unit that has a Power Rating of 9 or more instead. At the end of any of your Movement phases that unit can tear its way into reality – set it up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" away from any enemy models. | ||
The CHAOS and CHARACTER keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The KHORNE keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The TZEENTCH keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The NURGLE keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The SLAANESH keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The CHARACTER and KHORNE keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The KHORNE and DAEMON keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
Through dark pacts and blasphemous rituals, a champion of Chaos can weaken the fabric of reality to create a gateway to the warp. From this rent pour forth the Daemons of that realm, ready to rend and tear those who stand against the Ruinous Powers.
Instead of moving in their Movement phase, any CHAOS CHARACTER can, at the end of their Movement phase, attempt to summon a DAEMON unit with this ability by performing a Daemonic Ritual (the character cannot do so if they arrived as reinforcements this turn, or if they were themselves summoned to the battlefield this turn).If they do so, first choose one of the four Chaos Gods – KHORNE, TZEENTCH, NURGLE or SLAANESH. A CHARACTER who owes allegiance to one of the Dark Gods can only attempt to summon the units of their patron – for example, a KHORNE CHARACTER could only attempt to summon KHORNE DAEMONS.
Roll up to 3 dice – this is your summoning roll. You can summon one new unit with the Daemonic Ritual ability to the battlefield that has a Power Rating equal to or less than the total result so long as it has the same Chaos God keyword you chose at the start (in the case of units that have a choice of allegiance, such as Furies, the unit when summoned will have this keyword). This unit is treated as reinforcements for your army and can be placed anywhere on the battlefield that is wholly within 12" of the character and more than 9" from any enemy model. If the total rolled is insufficient to summon any unit, the ritual fails and no new unit is summoned.
If your summoning roll included any doubles, your character then suffers a mortal wound. If it contained any triples, it instead suffers D3 mortal wounds.
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DAEMONIC INCURSION Chaos Daemons Stratagem When the Knights of Titan deploy to battle, it is often to combat a full-blown daemonic invasion. Use this Stratagem when one of your DAEMON units (other than a named character) is destroyed by a GREY KNIGHTS unit. The destroyed unit is returned to your army at full strength, and is set up on the battlefield at the end of your next Movement phase, anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" from any enemy models. This does not cost you any reinforcement points in a matched play game. | ||
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PLAGUE BANNER Nurgle Daemons Stratagem A pervasive aura of pestilence surrounds this icon, causing rusted blades to weep with even fouler and more toxic diseases. Use this Stratagem before the battle. Choose one of your NURGLE models with a Daemonic Icon. That icon is upgraded to a Plague Banner. In addition to its normal ability, the power of the banner can be used once per battle, just before the bearer’s unit fights. When used, increase the Damage characteristic of all plagueswords carried by the bearer’s unit to 2 until the end of the phase. | ||
The DAEMON and NURGLE keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
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If the result of the wound roll is less than the required number, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends. An unmodified wound roll of 6 always successfully wounds the target, and an unmodified wound roll of 1 always fails. A wound roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1. This means that if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a wound roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be -2 or worse, it is changed to be -1. Similarly, if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a wound roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be +2 or better, it is changed to be +1.
VIRULENT BLESSING
The psyker blesses its allies with a bounty of fresh diseases with which to infect their enemies.
Virulent Blessing has a warp charge value of 7. If manifested, select a friendly NURGLE DAEMON unit within 18" of the psyker. Add 1 to wound rolls made for that unit in the Fight phase. Furthermore, wound rolls of 7+ made for that unit in the Fight phase inflict double damage.
If an attack is made with a weapon that has an ability that says it ‘automatically hits the target’, no hit roll is made – that attack simply scores one hit on the target unit. An unmodified hit roll of 6 always scores a hit, and an unmodified hit roll of 1 always fails. A hit roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1. This means that if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a hit roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be -2 or worse, it is changed to be -1. Similarly, if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a hit roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be +2 or better, it is changed to be +1.
MIASMA OF PESTILENCE
As the psyker chants in a phlegm-choked drone, a dark cloud of filth and rot flies shrouds his allies from view.
Blessing: Miasma of Pestilence has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select one friendly DEATH GUARD unit within 18" of this PSYKER. Until the start of your next Psychic phase, each time an attack is made against that unit, subtract 1 from that attacks hit roll.
TREASON OF TZEENTCH
The psyker reaches into the mind of its victim, subverting their will and turning them upon their own allies.
Treason of Tzeentch has a warp charge value of 8. If manifested, select an enemy CHARACTER that is within 18" of the psyker and visible to it (excluding the opponent’s Warlord) and roll 2D6. If the result is greater than the character’s Leadership characteristic, until the end of the following Fight phase treat that character as if it were a friendly model from your army in your Shooting, Charge and Fight phases.
- Engagement Range: 1" horizontally + 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.
If an attack inflicts mortal wounds in addition to the normal damage, resolve the normal damage first. If an attack inflicts mortal wounds in addition to the normal damage, but the normal damage is subsequently saved, the target unit still suffers the mortal wounds, as described before. If an ability modifies the damage inflicted by a weapon, and that weapon can inflict mortal wounds in addition to the normal damage, the modifier does not apply to any mortal wounds that are inflicted (unless the rule specifically states otherwise).
- Each mortal wound inflicted on a unit causes one model in the unit to lose one wound.
- No saving throws can be made against mortal wounds.
- Mortal wounds inflicted by attacks in addition to normal damage always apply, even if normal damage saved.
- Invulnerable save: Saving throw that is never modified by attacking weapon’s AP.
- A model with an invulnerable save can use it instead of its normal Sv.
- Invulnerable save: Saving throw that is never modified by attacking weapon’s AP.
- A model with an invulnerable save can use it instead of its normal Sv.
- Engagement Range: 1" horizontally + 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.
- Declare targets of the charge (must be within 12").
- Charge roll = 2D6".
- If insufficient to move charging unit into Engagement Range of all targets, charge fails.
- If charge successful, models make their charge move.
- Cannot make a charge move within Engagement Range of any unit that was not the target of the charge.
- Heroic Intervention: Move up to 3".
- Must end closer to the closest enemy model.
The BLOODLETTER keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
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- Starting number of Command points varies with battle size.
- Engagement Range: 1" horizontally + 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.
- Declare targets of the charge (must be within 12").
- Charge roll = 2D6".
- If insufficient to move charging unit into Engagement Range of all targets, charge fails.
- If charge successful, models make their charge move.
- Cannot make a charge move within Engagement Range of any unit that was not the target of the charge.
- Engagement Range: 1" horizontally + 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.
- Declare targets of the charge (must be within 12").
- Charge roll = 2D6".
- If insufficient to move charging unit into Engagement Range of all targets, charge fails.
- If charge successful, models make their charge move.
- Cannot make a charge move within Engagement Range of any unit that was not the target of the charge.
The SLAANESH and DAEMON keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
- Advance: Models move up to M+D6".
- Cannot move within Engagement Range of enemy models.
- Units that Advance cannot shoot or charge this turn.
The TZEENTCH and DAEMON keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
You can never re-roll a dice more than once, and re-rolls happen before modifiers (if any) are applied. Rules that refer to the value of an ‘unmodified’ dice roll are referring to the dice result after any re-rolls, but before any modifiers are applied.
- Re-roll: Roll dice again.
- Re-rolls are applied before modifiers (if any).
- A dice can never be re-rolled more than once.
- Unmodified dice: Result of roll after re-rolls, but before modifiers (if any).
- Perils of the Warp: The PSYKER unit manifesting the power suffers D3 mortal wounds.
- If PSYKER unit is destroyed, the psychic power fails to manifest.
- If PSYKER unit destroyed, every other unit within 6" suffers D3 mortal wounds.
- Psychic test: Passed if 2D6 equals or exceeds psychic power’s warp charge.
- If double 1 or double 6 rolled, PSYKER suffers Perils of the Warp.
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If a model has more than one melee weapon, select which it will use before resolving any attacks. If a model has more than one melee weapon and can make several attacks, it can split them between these weapons however you wish – declare which attacks are being made with which weapons before any attacks are resolved. If the selected weapon has more than one profile that you must choose between, you must declare which profile is being used at the same time. Different attacks made with such a weapon can be made using different profiles if you wish.
If your unit is making attacks with more than one melee weapon against a unit, and those weapons have different characteristics profiles, then after you have resolved an attack with one of those weapons you must, if any other weapons with the same characteristics profile are also being used to make attacks against that unit, resolve those attacks before resolving any attacks against the target with a weapon that has a different characteristics profile. Note that all the attacks you have declared are always resolved against the target unit even if, when you come to resolve an individual attack, no models in the target unit remain in range (this can happen because of models being destroyed and removed from the battlefield as the result of resolving other attacks made by the attacking model’s unit first).
- Each close combat attack is made with a melee weapon.
- A model makes attacks using the close combat weapon profile if it has no other melee weapons.
- If a unit attacks with multiple weapons, all attacks made with weapons that have the same profile must be resolved before resolving attacks with the next.
The BLOODTHIRSTER keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
- Engagement Range: 1" horizontally + 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.
- Declare targets of the charge (must be within 12").
- Charge roll = 2D6".
- If insufficient to move charging unit into Engagement Range of all targets, charge fails.
- If charge successful, models make their charge move.
- Cannot make a charge move within Engagement Range of any unit that was not the target of the charge.
- Heroic Intervention: Move up to 3".
- Must end closer to the closest enemy model.
- Engagement Range: 1" horizontally + 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.
- Declare targets of the charge (must be within 12").
- Charge roll = 2D6".
- If insufficient to move charging unit into Engagement Range of all targets, charge fails.
- If charge successful, models make their charge move.
- Cannot make a charge move within Engagement Range of any unit that was not the target of the charge.
- Heroic Intervention: Move up to 3".
- Must end closer to the closest enemy model.
- Psychic test: Passed if 2D6 equals or exceeds psychic power’s warp charge.
- If double 1 or double 6 rolled, PSYKER suffers Perils of the Warp.
- Deny the Witch: Passed if 2D6 exceeds result of the opposing PSYKER’s Psychic test.
- Only one attempt can be made to deny each psychic power.
If a unit includes any models equipped with Assault weapons, that unit is still eligible to shoot with in your Shooting phase even if it has Advanced this turn, but you can only resolve attacks using those Assault weapons when you select that unit to shoot with. If a model shoots an Assault weapon in the same turn in which its unit has Advanced, subtract 1 from hit rolls when resolving that weapon’s attacks.
- Can be shot even if firing model’s unit Advanced.
- Subtract 1 from hit rolls if the firing model’s unit Advanced.
The GREAT UNCLEAN ONE keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
Daemons of Nurgle are inured to pain, their rotting bodies shrugging off all but the most traumatic damage with ease.
Each time a model with this ability loses a wound, roll a dice; on a 5+, the model does not lose that wound.- Engagement Range: 1" horizontally + 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.
- Declare targets of the charge (must be within 12").
- Charge roll = 2D6".
- If insufficient to move charging unit into Engagement Range of all targets, charge fails.
- If charge successful, models make their charge move.
- Cannot make a charge move within Engagement Range of any unit that was not the target of the charge.
- Psychic test: Passed if 2D6 equals or exceeds psychic power’s warp charge.
- If double 1 or double 6 rolled, PSYKER suffers Perils of the Warp.
The KEEPER OF SECRETS keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
- Engagement Range: 1" horizontally + 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.
- Declare targets of the charge (must be within 12").
- Charge roll = 2D6".
- If insufficient to move charging unit into Engagement Range of all targets, charge fails.
- If charge successful, models make their charge move.
- Cannot make a charge move within Engagement Range of any unit that was not the target of the charge.
- Invulnerable save: Saving throw that is never modified by attacking weapon’s AP.
- A model with an invulnerable save can use it instead of its normal Sv.
- Heroic Intervention: Move up to 3".
- Must end closer to the closest enemy model.
- Consolidate: Move up to 3".
- Must end closer to the closest enemy model.
- Roll-off: Both players roll a D6 – highest wins.
- Roll again if a tie.
The LORD OF CHANGE keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
- Warp Charge 5: A Psychic test of 5+ is required to manifest Smite.
- Warp charge increases by 1 for each other attempt to manifest Smite made in this phase.
- If manifested, closest visible enemy unit in 18" suffers D3 mortal wounds.
- If manifested with a Psychic test result of 11+, enemy instead suffers D6 mortal wounds.
The DAEMON and CHARACTER keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
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REWARDS OF CHAOS Chaos Daemons Stratagem The Dark Gods sometimes bestow their daemonic lieutenants with powerful artefacts and rewards. Use this Stratagem before the battle. Your army can have one extra Hellforged Artefact for 1 CP, or two extra Hellforged Artefacts for 3 CPs. All of the Hellforged Artefacts that you include must be different and be given to different DAEMON CHARACTERS. You can only use this Stratagem once per battle. | ||
1CP | ||
BANNER OF BLOOD Khorne Daemons Stratagem This brass standard constantly drips with blood, the smell of which drives Khorne’s Daemons into an unbridled battle-lust. Use this Stratagem before the battle. Choose one of your KHORNE models with a Daemonic Icon. That icon is upgraded to a Banner of Blood. In addition to its normal ability, the power of the banner can be used once per battle, just before the bearer’s unit declares a charge. When used, the bearer’s unit can charge 3D6" instead of 2D6". | ||
1CP | ||
BLASTED STANDARD Tzeentch Daemons Stratagem So saturated is this icon with the power of change that it is wreathed in warpfire that leaps out to consume Tzeentch’s foes. Use this Stratagem before the battle. Choose one of your TZEENTCH models with a Daemonic Icon. That icon is upgraded to a Blasted Standard. In addition to its normal ability, the power of the banner can be used once per battle, at the beginning of any Psychic phase. When used, roll 9 dice; for each roll of 6, the closest visible enemy unit within 9" suffers a mortal wound. | ||
1CP | ||
RAPTUROUS STANDARD Slaanesh Daemons Stratagem This icon fills all who gaze upon it with such euphoria that they lower their guard and forget to defend themselves from attack. Use this Stratagem before the battle. Choose one of your SLAANESH models with a Daemonic Icon. That icon is upgraded to a Rapturous Standard. In addition to its normal ability, the power of the banner can be used once per battle, just before the bearer’s unit fights. When used, you can re-roll all failed hit rolls made for the bearer’s unit until the end of the phase. | ||
- Engagement Range: 1" horizontally + 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.
- Declare targets of the charge (must be within 12").
- Charge roll = 2D6".
- If insufficient to move charging unit into Engagement Range of all targets, charge fails.
- If charge successful, models make their charge move.
- Cannot make a charge move within Engagement Range of any unit that was not the target of the charge.
- Heroic Intervention: Move up to 3".
- Must end closer to the closest enemy model.
- Engagement Range: 1" horizontally + 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.
- Declare targets of the charge (must be within 12").
- Charge roll = 2D6".
- If insufficient to move charging unit into Engagement Range of all targets, charge fails.
- If charge successful, models make their charge move.
- Cannot make a charge move within Engagement Range of any unit that was not the target of the charge.
- Heroic Intervention: Move up to 3".
- Must end closer to the closest enemy model.
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EXALTED BLOODTHIRSTER Khorne Daemons Stratagem Use this Stratagem before the battle. Select one BLOODTHIRSTER model from your army that is not a named character. Until the end of the battle, that model gains the EXALTED keyword, and you select one of the Exalted Bloodthirster abilities below for this model for the duration of the battle. Alternatively, you can randomly determine two abilities by rolling two D6 and applying them both to this model for the duration of the battle (if a double is rolled, roll again until two different results are rolled). Each model can only be affected by this Stratagem once.
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Daemons of Nurgle are inured to pain, their rotting bodies shrugging off all but the most traumatic damage with ease.
Each time a model with this ability loses a wound, roll a dice; on a 5+, the model does not lose that wound.- Engagement Range: 1" horizontally + 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.
- Declare targets of the charge (must be within 12").
- Charge roll = 2D6".
- If insufficient to move charging unit into Engagement Range of all targets, charge fails.
- If charge successful, models make their charge move.
- Cannot make a charge move within Engagement Range of any unit that was not the target of the charge.
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EXALTED GREAT UNCLEAN ONE Nurgle Daemons Stratagem Use this Stratagem before the battle. Select one GREAT UNCLEAN ONE model from your army that is not a named character. Until the end of the battle, that model gains the EXALTED keyword, and you select one of the Exalted Great Unclean One abilities below for this model for the duration of the battle. Alternatively, you can randomly determine two abilities by rolling two D6 and applying them both to this model for the duration of the battle (if a double is rolled, roll again until two different results are rolled). Each model can only be affected by this Stratagem once.
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- Engagement Range: 1" horizontally + 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.
- Declare targets of the charge (must be within 12").
- Charge roll = 2D6".
- If insufficient to move charging unit into Engagement Range of all targets, charge fails.
- If charge successful, models make their charge move.
- Cannot make a charge move within Engagement Range of any unit that was not the target of the charge.
- Invulnerable save: Saving throw that is never modified by attacking weapon’s AP.
- A model with an invulnerable save can use it instead of its normal Sv.
- Heroic Intervention: Move up to 3".
- Must end closer to the closest enemy model.
- Consolidate: Move up to 3".
- Must end closer to the closest enemy model.
1CP | ||
EXALTED KEEPER OF SECRETS Slaanesh Daemons Stratagem Use this Stratagem before the battle. Select one KEEPER OF SECRETS model from your army that is not a named character. Until the end of the battle, that model gains the EXALTED keyword, and you select one of the Exalted Keeper of Secrets abilities below for this model for the duration of the battle. Alternatively, you can randomly determine two abilities by rolling two D6 and applying them both to this model for the duration of the battle (if a double is rolled, roll again until two different results are rolled). Each model can only be affected by this Stratagem once.
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EXALTED LORD OF CHANGE Tzeentch Daemons Stratagem Use this Stratagem before the battle. Select one LORD OF CHANGE model from your army that is not a named character. Until the end of the battle, that model gains the EXALTED keyword, and you select one of the Exalted Lord of Change abilities below for this model for the duration of the battle. Alternatively, you can randomly determine two abilities by rolling two D6 and applying them both to this model for the duration of the battle (if a double is rolled, roll again until two different results are rolled). Each model can only be affected by this Stratagem once.
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DAEMONIC PACT Chaos Daemons Stratagem Many foul champions are adept at summoning daemonic allies. Use this Stratagem after a CHAOS CHARACTER from your army summons a unit of DAEMONS to the battlefield using a Daemonic Ritual. That character can immediately attempt to summon a second unit of Daemons to the battlefield by performing another Daemonic Ritual. | ||
2CP | ||
SOUL SACRIFICE Chaos Daemons Stratagem A daemonic pact of terrible power can be assured for a price… Use this Stratagem before a CHAOS CHARACTER from your army attempts to summon a unit of DAEMONS to the battlefield using a Daemonic Ritual. That character suffers D3 mortal wounds, but you can roll up to 4 dice rather than 3 for the summoning roll. In addition, re-roll hit rolls of 1 for the summoned unit while it is within 6" of the character that performed the Daemonic Ritual. | ||
2CP | ||
WARP SURGE Chaos Daemons Stratagem The winds of the warp blow strong, invigorating daemonkind. Use this Stratagem at the start of any phase. Select a unit of DAEMONS from your army; until the end of the phase, you cannot re-roll saving throws for this unit, but its invulnerable save is improved by 1 (to a maximum of 4+). | ||
The NURGLE, DAEMON and CHARACTER keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
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LOCUS OF FECUNDITY Nurgle Daemons Stratagem Wherever Nurgle’s champions walk, disease blooms and maggots hatch from rotten flesh, sustaining his minions. Use this Stratagem at the start of any phase. Select a NURGLE DAEMON CHARACTER from your army – until the end of the phase you can re-roll Disgustingly Resilient rolls of 1 made for friendly NURGLE DAEMON units within 6" of that model. | ||
The FLUXMASTER keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The FATESKIMMER keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The BURNING CHARIOT keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
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WARP PORTAL Tzeentch Daemons Stratagem Like a shimmering patch of wrong sky, a floating doorway disgorges soaring Daemons wreathed in fire. Use this Stratagem in your Movement phase. Select one FLUXMASTER, FATESKIMMER or BURNING CHARIOT model from your army. Remove that model from the battlefield and set it back up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" from any enemy models. This model cannot move further this phase. | ||
2CP | ||
REVOLTING REGENERATION Nurgle Daemons Stratagem As the tolling of bells echoes through the warp, the flesh of Nurgle’s Daemons flows like wax to seal gaping wounds. Use this Stratagem at the end of your Movement phase. Select one of your NURGLE DAEMON units. One model in the unit regains D3 lost wounds. If there are no wounded models in the unit, and that unit has suffered any casualties, a single slain model from the unit is returned to play with one wound remaining. | ||
The NURGLINGS keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
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NURGLING INFESTATION Nurgle Daemons Stratagem Nurgle’s mites are as numerous as his blessings. Use this Stratagem at the end of any phase except the Morale phase. Select one NURGLING unit from your army. Roll one D6 for each model in that unit that was destroyed that phase. For each roll of 5+, return one destroyed model to that unit with all of its wounds remaining, placing them in unit coherency (if a model cannot be placed in this way, it is not returned to the battlefield). | ||
The NURGLINGS keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
1CP | ||
NURGLING INFESTATION Nurgle Daemons Stratagem Nurgle’s mites are as numerous as his blessings. Use this Stratagem at the end of any phase except the Morale phase. Select one NURGLING unit from your army. Roll one D6 for each model in that unit that was destroyed that phase. For each roll of 5+, return one destroyed model to that unit with all of its wounds remaining, placing them in unit coherency (if a model cannot be placed in this way, it is not returned to the battlefield). | ||
1CP | ||
DAEMONIC POSSESSION Chaos Daemons Stratagem Every time a psyker draws upon the warp, they disturb its flow and attract the attention of those that dwell within. Use this Stratagem when an enemy PSYKER unit suffers Perils of the Warp. That unit suffers 2D3 mortal wounds instead of D3. | ||
The TZEENTCH, DAEMON and CHARACTER keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
2CP | ||
LOCUS OF CONJURATION Tzeentch Daemons Stratagem Sorcerous power surrounds Tzeentch’s chosen champions. Use this Stratagem at the start of your Psychic phase. Select a TZEENTCH DAEMON CHARACTER from your army – until the end of the phase you can re-roll any failed Psychic tests made for friendly TZEENTCH DAEMON units within 6" of that model. | ||
The HORRORS and INFANTRY keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
1CP | ||
MINIONS OF MAGIC Tzeentch Daemons Stratagem Sorcery is intrinsic to the gangling servants of Tzeentch, fate and mutating flames theirs to manipulate. Use this Stratagem at the start of your Psychic phase. Select one HORRORS INFANTRY unit from your army. The first time that unit attempts to manifest a psychic power this phase, do not roll any dice for its Psychic test – instead, assume a 9 was rolled for that Psychic test. | ||
The TZEENTCH, DAEMON and PSYKER keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
1CP | ||
MAGICAL BOON Tzeentch Daemons Stratagem Arcane knowledge and mystical power have ever been the domain of Tzeentch and his minions. Use this Stratagem at the end of your Psychic phase. Select a TZEENTCH DAEMON PSYKER from your army; it can immediately attempt to manifest one additional psychic power this turn. | ||
The NURGLINGS keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
1CP | ||
NURGLING INFESTATION Nurgle Daemons Stratagem Nurgle’s mites are as numerous as his blessings. Use this Stratagem at the end of any phase except the Morale phase. Select one NURGLING unit from your army. Roll one D6 for each model in that unit that was destroyed that phase. For each roll of 5+, return one destroyed model to that unit with all of its wounds remaining, placing them in unit coherency (if a model cannot be placed in this way, it is not returned to the battlefield). | ||
The NURGLINGS keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
1CP | ||
NURGLING INFESTATION Nurgle Daemons Stratagem Nurgle’s mites are as numerous as his blessings. Use this Stratagem at the end of any phase except the Morale phase. Select one NURGLING unit from your army. Roll one D6 for each model in that unit that was destroyed that phase. For each roll of 5+, return one destroyed model to that unit with all of its wounds remaining, placing them in unit coherency (if a model cannot be placed in this way, it is not returned to the battlefield). | ||
The FLAMER keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
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FLAMES OF MUTATION Tzeentch Daemons Stratagem A cloud of iridescent light or a charred lump of meat – none foresee the fate of those touched by warpfire. Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase. Select one FLAMER unit from your army. Until the end of the phase, when resolving an attack made by a model in that unit, an unmodified wound roll of 6 inflicts 1 mortal wound on the target in addition to any other damage. | ||
The NURGLINGS keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
1CP | ||
NURGLING INFESTATION Nurgle Daemons Stratagem Nurgle’s mites are as numerous as his blessings. Use this Stratagem at the end of any phase except the Morale phase. Select one NURGLING unit from your army. Roll one D6 for each model in that unit that was destroyed that phase. For each roll of 5+, return one destroyed model to that unit with all of its wounds remaining, placing them in unit coherency (if a model cannot be placed in this way, it is not returned to the battlefield). | ||
The NURGLINGS keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
1CP | ||
NURGLING INFESTATION Nurgle Daemons Stratagem Nurgle’s mites are as numerous as his blessings. Use this Stratagem at the end of any phase except the Morale phase. Select one NURGLING unit from your army. Roll one D6 for each model in that unit that was destroyed that phase. For each roll of 5+, return one destroyed model to that unit with all of its wounds remaining, placing them in unit coherency (if a model cannot be placed in this way, it is not returned to the battlefield). | ||
The BLOODLETTER and CHARIOT keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
1CP | ||
BOUND IN BRASS AND BONE Khorne Daemons Stratagem Khorne’s constructs manifest as armour-plated horrors, their dense forms proof against the worst attacks. Use this Stratagem in any phase when a BLOODLETTER CHARIOT unit from your army is chosen as the target of an attack. Until the end of the phase, when resolving an attack made against that unit, halve the damage inflicted (rounding up). | ||
The DAEMONETTE and CAVALRY keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
1CP | ||
SINUOUS UNDULATION Slaanesh Daemons Stratagem Swift beyond mortal comprehension, Steeds of Slaanesh flow like a serpentine blur, near impossible to hit. Use this Stratagem in your opponent’s Shooting phase when a DAEMONETTE CAVALRY unit from your army is chosen as the target of an attack. Until the end of the phase, when resolving an attack made against that unit, subtract 1 from the hit roll. | ||
The FLESH HOUNDS keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
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THE SCENT OF BLOOD Khorne Daemons Stratagem The rich odour of freshly spilled blood will draw loping Flesh Hounds from the foot of Khorne’s throne itself. Use this Stratagem in your Charge phase. Select one FLESH HOUNDS unit from your army. That unit can be chosen to charge with this phase even if it Advanced this turn. In addition, add 2 to the result of that charge roll if any enemy models (excluding VEHICLES) have been destroyed this turn. | ||
The BLOODLETTER and CAVALRY keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
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BRASS STAMPEDE Khorne Daemons Stratagem Few things can withstand the thunderous and bloody charge of Khorne’s chosen knights. Use this Stratagem in your Charge phase when a BLOODLETTER CAVALRY unit from your army finishes a charge move. For each model in that unit, you can select one enemy unit within 1" of that model and roll one D6; on a 2+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound; on a 6, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds. If these mortal wounds destroy all enemy units within 1" of your unit, it can, if you wish, immediately declare another charge. | ||
The NURGLINGS keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
1CP | ||
NURGLING INFESTATION Nurgle Daemons Stratagem Nurgle’s mites are as numerous as his blessings. Use this Stratagem at the end of any phase except the Morale phase. Select one NURGLING unit from your army. Roll one D6 for each model in that unit that was destroyed that phase. For each roll of 5+, return one destroyed model to that unit with all of its wounds remaining, placing them in unit coherency (if a model cannot be placed in this way, it is not returned to the battlefield). | ||
The NURGLINGS keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
1CP | ||
NURGLING INFESTATION Nurgle Daemons Stratagem Nurgle’s mites are as numerous as his blessings. Use this Stratagem at the end of any phase except the Morale phase. Select one NURGLING unit from your army. Roll one D6 for each model in that unit that was destroyed that phase. For each roll of 5+, return one destroyed model to that unit with all of its wounds remaining, placing them in unit coherency (if a model cannot be placed in this way, it is not returned to the battlefield). | ||
1CP | ||
AURA OF ACQUIESCENCE Slaanesh Daemons Stratagem Dark whispers speak to the minds of those that oppose Slaanesh, promising pleasures should they lower their weapons. Use this Stratagem at the start of any Fight phase. Select a SLAANESH DAEMON unit from your army – enemy units within 3" of that unit reduce their Attacks characteristic by 1 (to a minimum of 1) until the end of that phase. | ||
The SLAANESH, DAEMON and CHARACTER keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
1CP | ||
LOCUS OF GRACE Slaanesh Daemons Stratagem Slaanesh’s favoured Daemons lead their minions in an exquisite choreographed dance, every movement of which severs an enemy’s limb or lops off their head. Use this Stratagem at the start of any Fight phase. Select a SLAANESH DAEMON CHARACTER from your army – until the end of the phase, each time you make a wound roll of 6+ for a friendly SLAANESH DAEMON unit within 6" of that character, the model that made that attack can immediately make an extra attack against the same target using the same weapon. These bonus attacks cannot themselves generate any further attacks. | ||
The DAEMON, KHORNE and CHARACTER keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
2CP | ||
LOCUS OF WRATH Khorne Daemons Stratagem Khorne’s wrath empowers those who fight beside his champions. Use this Stratagem at the start of any Fight phase. Select a KHORNE DAEMON CHARACTER from your army – until the end of the phase you can re-roll any failed hit rolls made for friendly KHORNE DAEMON units within 6" of that model. | ||
The BEASTS OF NURGLE keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
1CP | ||
ACIDIC SLOBBER Nurgle Daemons Stratagem With imbecilic affection, Beasts shower their ‘friends’ in bile so rotten there is soon no distinguishing the victim. Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase. Select one BEASTS OF NURGLE unit from your army. Until the end of the phase, when resolving an attack made by a model in that unit, an unmodified wound roll of 6 inflicts 1 mortal wound on the target in addition to any other damage. | ||
The DAEMONETTE and CHARIOT keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
1CP | ||
FLENSING IMPACT Slaanesh Daemons Stratagem Every surface of these dread pain engines is covered in a riot of blades, their merest cut inflicting agony. Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase. Select one DAEMONETTE CHARIOT unit from your army that made a charge move this turn. Until the end of the phase, when resolving an attack made by a model in that unit, an unmodified hit roll of 6 scores 1 additional hit. | ||
The BLOODLETTER and INFANTRY keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
3CP | ||
RAGE ETERNAL Khorne Daemons Stratagem A rage as limitless as that of Khorne’s soldiers overcomes even death’s boundary in its intensity. Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase when a model in a BLOODLETTER INFANTRY unit from your army is destroyed. Until the end of the phase, roll one D6 each time a model from that unit is destroyed; on a 4+, that model is not removed until after all of the attacking unit’s close combat attacks have been resolved, and the destroyed model can make all of its close combat attacks against the unit that destroyed it before being removed (this model can make these close combat attacks even if it would not normally be able to target that unit). | ||
The DAEMONETTE and INFANTRY keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
1CP | ||
RAZOR-SHARP CARESS Slaanesh Daemons Stratagem Gorging on their prey’s emotions, Daemonettes rake their talons through the stoutest armour. Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase. Select one DAEMONETTE INFANTRY unit from your army. Until the end of the phase, the Armour Penetration characteristic of melee weapons models in that unit are equipped with is improved by 1 (e.g. AP -1 becomes AP -2). | ||
The PLAGUEBEARER and INFANTRY keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
1CP | ||
RUST AND DECAY Nurgle Daemons Stratagem Vectors of every contagion from across time and space, Daemon-forged plagueswords are generous to all. Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase. Select one PLAGUEBEARER INFANTRY unit from your army. Until the end of the phase, when resolving an attack made by a model in that unit, an unmodified hit roll of 6 automatically scores a hit and successfully wounds the target (do not make a wound roll). | ||
The SCREAMERS keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
1CP | ||
WARP JAWS Tzeentch Daemons Stratagem Burning maws capable of boring through the hull of stranded starships are little hindered by thick hides. Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase. Select one SCREAMERS unit from your army. Until the end of the phase, when resolving an attack made by a model in that unit against a MONSTER or VEHICLE unit, add 1 to the wound roll. | ||
3CP | ||
FRENETIC BLOODLUST Khorne Daemons Stratagem The bloodlust of Khorne’s Daemons is never sated. Use this Stratagem at the end of any Fight phase. Select one of your KHORNE DAEMON units – that unit can immediately fight again. | ||
The NURGLINGS keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
1CP | ||
NURGLING INFESTATION Nurgle Daemons Stratagem Nurgle’s mites are as numerous as his blessings. Use this Stratagem at the end of any phase except the Morale phase. Select one NURGLING unit from your army. Roll one D6 for each model in that unit that was destroyed that phase. For each roll of 5+, return one destroyed model to that unit with all of its wounds remaining, placing them in unit coherency (if a model cannot be placed in this way, it is not returned to the battlefield). | ||
The BEASTS OF NURGLE keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
1CP | ||
ACIDIC SLOBBER Nurgle Daemons Stratagem With imbecilic affection, Beasts shower their ‘friends’ in bile so rotten there is soon no distinguishing the victim. Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase. Select one BEASTS OF NURGLE unit from your army. Until the end of the phase, when resolving an attack made by a model in that unit, an unmodified wound roll of 6 inflicts 1 mortal wound on the target in addition to any other damage. | ||
The BLOODLETTER and INFANTRY keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
3CP | ||
RAGE ETERNAL Khorne Daemons Stratagem A rage as limitless as that of Khorne’s soldiers overcomes even death’s boundary in its intensity. Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase when a model in a BLOODLETTER INFANTRY unit from your army is destroyed. Until the end of the phase, roll one D6 each time a model from that unit is destroyed; on a 4+, that model is not removed until after all of the attacking unit’s close combat attacks have been resolved, and the destroyed model can make all of its close combat attacks against the unit that destroyed it before being removed (this model can make these close combat attacks even if it would not normally be able to target that unit). | ||
The SCREAMERS keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
1CP | ||
WARP JAWS Tzeentch Daemons Stratagem Burning maws capable of boring through the hull of stranded starships are little hindered by thick hides. Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase. Select one SCREAMERS unit from your army. Until the end of the phase, when resolving an attack made by a model in that unit against a MONSTER or VEHICLE unit, add 1 to the wound roll. | ||
The NURGLINGS keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
1CP | ||
NURGLING INFESTATION Nurgle Daemons Stratagem Nurgle’s mites are as numerous as his blessings. Use this Stratagem at the end of any phase except the Morale phase. Select one NURGLING unit from your army. Roll one D6 for each model in that unit that was destroyed that phase. For each roll of 5+, return one destroyed model to that unit with all of its wounds remaining, placing them in unit coherency (if a model cannot be placed in this way, it is not returned to the battlefield). | ||
The FIENDS keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
1CP | ||
SONG OF DISCORDANT DESPAIR Slaanesh Daemons Stratagem The keening psychic call of hunting Fiends disturbs mental equilibrium, inducing terror and despair. Use this Stratagem at the start of the Morale phase. Select one enemy unit within 6" of a FIENDS unit from your army. Until the end of the phase, subtract 2 from that enemy unit’s Leadership characteristic. | ||
The NURGLINGS keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
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NURGLING INFESTATION Nurgle Daemons Stratagem Nurgle’s mites are as numerous as his blessings. Use this Stratagem at the end of any phase except the Morale phase. Select one NURGLING unit from your army. Roll one D6 for each model in that unit that was destroyed that phase. For each roll of 5+, return one destroyed model to that unit with all of its wounds remaining, placing them in unit coherency (if a model cannot be placed in this way, it is not returned to the battlefield). | ||
The NURGLINGS keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
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NURGLING INFESTATION Nurgle Daemons Stratagem Nurgle’s mites are as numerous as his blessings. Use this Stratagem at the end of any phase except the Morale phase. Select one NURGLING unit from your army. Roll one D6 for each model in that unit that was destroyed that phase. For each roll of 5+, return one destroyed model to that unit with all of its wounds remaining, placing them in unit coherency (if a model cannot be placed in this way, it is not returned to the battlefield). | ||
The PLAGUEBEARER and CAVALRY keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
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PUTRID DEMISE Nurgle Daemons Stratagem Nurgle’s favoured erupt in a putrid shower upon death. Use this Stratagem when a PLAGUEBEARER CAVALRY model from your army is destroyed. Before removing that model, roll one D6 for every unit within 6" (excluding NURGLE units). On a 2+, the unit being rolled for suffers 1 mortal wound. | ||
- Invulnerable save: Saving throw that is never modified by attacking weapon’s AP.
- A model with an invulnerable save can use it instead of its normal Sv.
- Engagement Range: 1" horizontally + 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.
- Declare targets of the charge (must be within 12").
- Charge roll = 2D6".
- If insufficient to move charging unit into Engagement Range of all targets, charge fails.
- If charge successful, models make their charge move.
- Cannot make a charge move within Engagement Range of any unit that was not the target of the charge.
Daemons of Nurgle are inured to pain, their rotting bodies shrugging off all but the most traumatic damage with ease.
Each time a model with this ability loses a wound, roll a dice; on a 5+, the model does not lose that wound.- Psychic test: Passed if 2D6 equals or exceeds psychic power’s warp charge.
- If double 1 or double 6 rolled, PSYKER suffers Perils of the Warp.
The FIENDS keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
- Engagement Range: 1" horizontally + 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.
- Declare targets of the charge (must be within 12").
- Charge roll = 2D6".
- If insufficient to move charging unit into Engagement Range of all targets, charge fails.
- If charge successful, models make their charge move.
- Cannot make a charge move within Engagement Range of any unit that was not the target of the charge.
The PLAGUEBEARER and CAVALRY keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The BEASTS OF NURGLE keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The NURGLINGS keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
Some rules allow you to add models to a unit during the battle; such models must always be set up in unit coherency with the unit they are being added to. Sometimes there will be insufficient room to set up all the models from a unit, or it will not be possible to set up all the models so that they are in unit coherency. When this is the case, any models that cannot be set up are considered to have been destroyed.
- Unit coherency: 2" horizontally + 5" vertically.
- Each model must be in unit coherency with one other model from own unit.
- While unit has 6+ models, each model must be in unit coherency with 2 other models from own unit.
The BLOODLETTER and INFANTRY keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The BLOODLETTER and CAVALRY keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
- Engagement Range: 1" horizontally + 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.
- Declare targets of the charge (must be within 12").
- Charge roll = 2D6".
- If insufficient to move charging unit into Engagement Range of all targets, charge fails.
- If charge successful, models make their charge move.
- Cannot make a charge move within Engagement Range of any unit that was not the target of the charge.
The FLESH HOUNDS keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
- Engagement Range: 1" horizontally + 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.
- Declare targets of the charge (must be within 12").
- Charge roll = 2D6".
- If insufficient to move charging unit into Engagement Range of all targets, charge fails.
- If charge successful, models make their charge move.
- Cannot make a charge move within Engagement Range of any unit that was not the target of the charge.
The BLOODLETTER and CHARIOT keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
- Psychic test: Passed if 2D6 equals or exceeds psychic power’s warp charge.
- If double 1 or double 6 rolled, PSYKER suffers Perils of the Warp.
The SCREAMERS keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The FLAMER keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The FLUXMASTER keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The FATESKIMMER keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The BURNING CHARIOT keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
- Engagement Range: 1" horizontally + 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.
- Psychic test: Passed if 2D6 equals or exceeds psychic power’s warp charge.
- If double 1 or double 6 rolled, PSYKER suffers Perils of the Warp.
- Psychic test: Passed if 2D6 equals or exceeds psychic power’s warp charge.
- If double 1 or double 6 rolled, PSYKER suffers Perils of the Warp.
- Invulnerable save: Saving throw that is never modified by attacking weapon’s AP.
- A model with an invulnerable save can use it instead of its normal Sv.
The CHAOS keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The BEAST keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The CHARACTER and DAEMON keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
- Morale test = D6 + number of models destroyed this turn.
- Unmodified roll of 1 always a success (no models flee).
- If Morale test exceeds unit’s Ld, one model flees and other models must take Combat Attrition tests.
- Psychic test: Passed if 2D6 equals or exceeds psychic power’s warp charge.
- If double 1 or double 6 rolled, PSYKER suffers Perils of the Warp.
The KHORNE and MONSTER keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
- Invulnerable save: Saving throw that is never modified by attacking weapon’s AP.
- A model with an invulnerable save can use it instead of its normal Sv.
The HERALD OF SLAANESH keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
The HERALD OF TZEENTCH keyword is used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
- Invulnerable save: Saving throw that is never modified by attacking weapon’s AP.
- A model with an invulnerable save can use it instead of its normal Sv.
The TZEENTCH and PSYKER keywords are used in following Chaos Daemons datasheets:
- Psychic test: Passed if 2D6 equals or exceeds psychic power’s warp charge.
- If double 1 or double 6 rolled, PSYKER suffers Perils of the Warp.
- Invulnerable save: Saving throw that is never modified by attacking weapon’s AP.
- A model with an invulnerable save can use it instead of its normal Sv.