| No | NAME | M | WS | BS | S | T | W | A | Ld | Sv | Base |
5 Chaos Cultist (base: 25mm) |
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| 9‑19 | 5 Chaos Cultist |
6" | 4+ | 4+ | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6+ | 25mm |
5 Cultist Champion (base: 25mm) |
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| 1 | 5 Cultist Champion |
6" | 4+ | 4+ | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6+ | 25mm |
WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D | ABILITIES |
| Autopistol | ||||||
| Autopistol | 12" | Pistol 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Bolt pistol | ||||||
| Bolt pistol | 12" | Pistol 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Cultist firearm | ||||||
| Cultist firearm | 24" | Rapid Fire 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Cultist grenade launcher | ||||||
| Cultist grenade launcher | 24" | Assault 1 | 6 | -1 | D3 | - |
| Flamer | ||||||
| Flamer | 12" | Assault D6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | Each time an attack is made with this weapon, that attack automatically hits the target. |
| Each time an attack is made with this weapon, that attack automatically hits the target. | ||||||
| Heavy stubber | ||||||
| Heavy stubber | 36" | Heavy 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Brutal assault weapon | ||||||
| Brutal assault weapon | Melee | Melee | User | 0 | 1 | Each time the bearer fights, it makes 1 additional attack with this weapon. |
| Each time the bearer fights, it makes 1 additional attack with this weapon. | ||||||
| Frag grenade | ||||||
| Frag grenade | 6" | Grenade D6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | Blast |
| Blast | ||||||
| Krak grenade | ||||||
| Krak grenade | 6" | Grenade 1 | 6 | -1 | D3 | - |
WARGEAR OPTIONS | |
WARGEAR OPTIONS |
• Any number of models can each have their autopistol and brutal assault weapon replaced with 1 Cultist firearm. • 1 Chaos Cultist’s autopistol and brutal assault weapon can be replaced with 1 flamer*. • 1 Chaos Cultist’s autopistol and brutal assault weapon can be replaced with 1 heavy stubber*. • 1 Chaos Cultist’s autopistol and brutal assault weapon can be replaced with 1 Cultist grenade launcher*. • The Cultist Champion’s autopistol can be replaced with 1 bolt pistol. * If this unit contains 15 or more models, you can select each of these wargear options a second time.
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| FACTION KEYWORDS: CHAOS, TRAITORIS ASTARTES, | |
| KEYWORDS: INFANTRY, CULTISTS, CULTISTS MOB | |
Datasheet-related Stratagems
Fervent mortal followers flock to the champions of the Word Bearers, damning their souls seeking promises of dark power.
- You can re-roll charge rolls made for that unit.
- Each time a model in that unit makes a melee attack, you can re-roll that attack’s hit roll.
Veterans of centuries or millennia, the Long War’s most embittered warriors have learnt how best to focus their need for vengeance.
Even as the foe take aim at Vashtorr’s faithful, every artificial light source blinks out at once. Their stuttering reignition is slow, grudging and incomplete.
Employing technoparasitic neuro-jacks and crude scrapcode prayers, the faithful of Vashtorr force their awarenesses into flickering auspicator webs to help them range and triangulate the foe.
Vashtorr is a being unfettered by linear time and possessed of infinite patience and inventiveness. He thinks nothing of setting in motion centuries-long chains of cause and effect that transform reality into a mechanism of death calibrated to do his bidding and leave his foes with nowhere to hide from his worshippers’ wrath.
The visceral sensation of every fresh kill causes the warriors of the Emperor’s Children to enter an ecstatic frenzy of butchery and dismemberment.
With unceasing firepower do the Iron Warriors prevail.
- When resolving that unit’s attacks, you can re-roll one damage roll.
- Each time a model in that unit makes an attack with a weapon that has the Blast ability, for the purposes of determining how many attacks are made with that weapon, double the number of models in the target unit.
- If that unit is a VEHICLE unit, it can make attacks with Blast weapons against units within Engagement Range; however, if it does so, each time it makes an attack with a Blast weapon this phase, on an unmodified hit roll of 1 that unit suffers 1 mortal wound after all of its attacks have been resolved.
The machine spirits of bellicose weapons blaze in Vashtorr’s sight just as mortal souls do to other daemons. With but a flicker of his will, the Arkifane twists and redirects those fierce energies back against the weapons’ wielders.
To be snatched away for experimentation by Fabius Bile and his followers is an altogether nightmarish fate.
- Subtract 1 from the Leadership characteristic of every model in your opponent’s army.
- Your opponent cannot use the Insane Bravery Stratagem.
- Your opponent cannot use any rules to re-roll a Morale test.
Ancient artefacts have exchanged hands many times, but only the most ambitious champions have the strength to wield them.
The Black Legion let nothing stand in their way.
- That unit can ignore any or all modifiers to its Move characteristic, Advance rolls and charge rolls.
- That unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge, even if it Falls Back this turn.
The galaxy is filled with countless pathetic wretches hiding in the shadows and waiting for their opportunity to give themselves willingly to Chaos for the chance to win power and glory.
Those unfortunate enough to be taken alive by Chaos Cultists only serve as fuel for their fanatical devotions.
- That CULTISTS unit automatically passes Morale tests.
- Each time a model in that CULTISTS unit makes a melee attack, add 1 to that attack’s hit roll.
Allies are of little concern when a hated foe must be obliterated.
- Models in that unit can target that enemy unit even if that enemy unit is within Engagement Range of other friendly units, provided those other friendly units are all units.
- Each time a model in that unit makes an attack against that enemy unit, you cannot re-roll the hit roll, and on an unmodified hit roll of 1, that attack scores a hit against one friendly unit of your choice within Engagement Range of that enemy unit instead (resolve any attacks against friendly units after resolving any attacks that hit that enemy unit).
Where the Cult of the Arkifane makes war, the influence of Vashtorr flickers through vital systems seemingly at random. Foes attempting to access them may find themselves confronted with gheist-laced static, scrolling infernal runes or myriad even more sinister and impenetrable techno-phenomena.
Woe betide those who put their trust in unsecured mechanical systems when battling the faithful of Vashtorr: hatches slam shut like hungry maws on those passing through them; long dormant sentry systems wake to sudden, violent fury; even the simple act of passing through a bulkhead door may prove a fatal error…
Many and far-scattered are the imps, gremlets, wredjinn and cakosparks of Vashtorr. They manifest around his followers, triggering mechanical systems with seemingly random impulses of motive force.
Having raided a techno-arcane facility following the inloaded insights of their daemonic patron, these warriors rig a priceless teleportarium for a scrap-code-laced one-way trip.
The honourable fight is a laughable concept to the Night Lords, who employ darting strikes, feigned retreats and all manner of dirty tactics to win the battle.
The sons of Nostramo strike from the dark, outmanoeuvring the foe in the murk of war before surging forward like bloodhungry spectres.
The gibbering of Vashtorr’s imps replicates itself through the enemy’s command and control networks, a data-daemonic wall of binharic gibberish that fouls the best-laid plans.
These clandestine warriors can disappear at a moment’s notice, employing psychocrystalline camouflage, distorting warp-emitters or silenced servos coupled with obscuration skills honed over millennia.
The Hydra knows all. Accessing scan-feeds from hidden Legion ships, interpreting the whispers of warp gheists or acting on data from embedded traitors, few esoteric incursions are unexpected by the Alpha Legion.
Daring pre-emptive strikes against the enemy’s supply lines and rearguard ensure that their reinforcements are either diverted or delayed by logistical anarchy.
Death is but another thrilling experience, and the Emperor’s Children are loathe to deny the enemy such vistas of ecstatic sensation.
The Alpha Legion are as illusive as a shadow, their operatives stealing forward to occupy advanced positions or swiftly outmanoeuvre the foes carefully laid fire lanes.
The Iron Warriors see their thrall-servants as mere tools, fit only to soak up the foes ammunition and clog their blades.
A wise commander never takes their eyes off the Alpha Legion for a moment, for they will disappear in an instant, biding their time before reappearing for the final strike.
The ploys and machinations of the Alpha Legion are ineffable to outsiders, the heretics' foes kept guessing or else deliberately fed contradictory disinformation.
Alpha Legion agents and saboteurs infiltrate enemy targets long before the foe join the battle.
Hideous screams of an aggressive techno-virus infiltrate the communication systems of the target, temporarily rendering it incapable of command.
Diabolical wards of protection can turn aside the enemy’s blows.
Crafted on tainted forge worlds and infused with warp energy, these shells release a mind-sickening scream as they are launched, voicing a craving to consume the soul of their target.
- Add 6" to the Range characteristic of all bolt weapons models in that unit are equipped with.
- Each time a model in that unit makes a ranged attack with a bolt weapon, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
When a model shoots a Rapid Fire weapon, double the number of attacks it makes if its target is within half the weapon’s range.
- Double number of attacks made if target is within half range.
- If a Blast weapon targets a unit that has between 6 and 10 models, it always makes a minimum of 3 attacks. So if, when determining how many attacks are made with that weapon, the dice rolled results in less than 3 attacks being made, make 3 attacks instead. For example, if a Grenade D6 weapon with the Blast rule targets a unit that has 6 or more models, and you roll a 2 to determine how many attacks are made, that roll is counted as being a 3 and that weapon makes three attacks against that unit.
- When a Blast weapon targets a unit that has 11 or more models, do not roll dice to randomly determine how many attacks are made – instead, make the maximum possible number of attacks. For example, if a Grenade D6 weapon with the Blast rule targets a unit that has 11 or more models, that weapon makes six attacks against that unit.
- Blast Weapons: Minimum three attacks against units with 6+ models. Always make maximum number of attacks against units with 11+ models.
- Can never be used to attack units within the firing unit’s Engagement Range.
When an INFANTRY model shoots a Heavy weapon, subtract 1 from the hit rolls when resolving that weapon’s attacks if the firing model’s unit has moved for any reason this turn (e.g. it made a Normal Move this turn).
- Subtract 1 from hit rolls if firing model is INFANTRY and its unit has moved this turn.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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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 TRAITORIS ASTARTES keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
With skills honed in vast, bloody wars against the most heavily armoured or dug-in opposition, Chaos Space Marines punish such enemies with malicious barrages of utter destruction.
While this unit is engaged in Wanton Destruction, each time a model in this unit makes an attack with a Heavy, Rapid Fire or Grenade weapon, an unmodified hit roll of 6 scores 1 additional hit.Barbarous firefights and the indiscriminate slaying of foes have been notorious hallmarks of the Heretic Astartes wars for millennia.
While this unit is engaged in Wanton Massacre, each time a model in this unit makes an attack with a Rapid Fire, Assault or Pistol weapon, an unmodified hit roll of 6 scores 1 additional hit.Close assaults are the favoured tactics of many traitors, coupling murderous short-ranged firepower with the unrestrained slaughter of hand-to-hand execution.
While this unit is engaged in Wanton Slaughter, each time a model in this unit makes an attack with an Assault, Pistol or melee weapon, an unmodified hit roll of 6 scores 1 additional hit.The CHAOS keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
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The TRAITORIS ASTARTES keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
The VEHICLE keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines 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.
- Advance: Models move up to M+D6".
- Cannot move within Engagement Range of enemy models.
- Units that Advance cannot shoot or charge this turn.
- 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.
A model can make attacks with a Pistol even when its unit is within Engagement Range of enemy units, but it must target an enemy unit that is within Engagement Range of its own unit when it does so. In such circumstances, the model can target an enemy unit even if other friendly units are within Engagement Range of the same enemy unit.
When a model equipped with both a Pistol and another type of ranged weapon (e.g. a Pistol and a Rapid Fire weapon) shoots, it can either shoot with its Pistol(s) or with its other ranged weapons. Choose which it will fire (Pistols or non-Pistols) before selecting targets.
- Can be shot even if firing model’s unit is within Engagement Range of enemy unit.
- Cannot be shot alongside any other type of weapon.
- Combat Attrition tests: Roll one D6 for each remaining model in unit; for each 1, one additional model flees.
- Subtract 1 from Combat Attrition tests if unit is below Half-strength.
- Fall Back: Models move up to M".
- Units that Fall Back cannot charge this turn.
- Units that Fall Back cannot shoot or manifest psychic powers this turn unless they are TITANIC.
- 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 CULTISTS keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
- 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.
This datasheet has Troops Battlefield Role. Full list of Chaos Space Marines units sharing same Battlefield Role follows:
Bolt pistol used in the following datasheets:
– may take Bolt pistol as an option.Frag grenade used in the following datasheets:
When a unit shoots, one model that is equipped with a Grenade in that unit can resolve attacks with it instead of shooting any other weapons.
- Only one model can use a Grenade when its unit shoots.
Krak grenade used in the following datasheets:
Autopistol used in the following datasheets:
Brutal assault weapon used in the following datasheets:
- Normal Move: Models move up to M".
- Cannot move within Engagement Range of any enemy models.
Flamer used in the following datasheets:
– may take Flamer as an option.The EMPEROR’S CHILDREN and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
The NIGHT LORDS and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
The IRON WARRIORS and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
The IRON WARRIORS and CULTISTS keywords are used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
The ALPHA LEGION and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
The Power Rating on a datasheet is for a minimum-sized unit. A unit’s Power Rating can be increased if additional models are added to the unit, and occasionally if other options are taken for the unit (such as equipping a unit with jump packs) - in either case the unit's datasheet will make it clear if the Power Rating listed at the top of the datasheet is increased as a result.
- Power Ratings: Quick measure of a unit's efficacy.
The NIGHT LORDS and BIKER keywords are used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
The DAEMONKIN keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
Heavy stubber used in the following datasheets:
The TRAITORIS ASTARTES and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
The TRAITORIS ASTARTES and BIKER keywords are used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
Note that CHARACTERS cannot use their Aura Abilities while performing actions.
The CULTISTS keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
The WORD BEARERS and CULTISTS keywords are used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
The WORD BEARERS and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
- Both Models B and C are within Engagement Range of Model A, as the shortest distance between them passes through an open Hatchway and they are within 2" of one another.
- However, Model D is not within 2" of Model A and so these two are not within Engagement Range.
If a Hatchway opens and units on opposite sides of that Hatchway now find themselves within Engagement Range of each other, then those units will be eligible to fight during the subsequent Fight phase, but neither of those units count as having made a charge move this turn.
Before opening the Hatchway, Model A and Model B are not within Engagement Range of one another.
After Model A opens the Hatchway, it is within Engagement Range of Model B as the shortest distance between them passes through an open Hatchway and they are within 2" of one another. In the following Fight phase, both units will be eligible to fight, but Model A’s unit will not count as having charged that turn.
At the start of the battle, each objective marker on the battlefield is contested, and so is not controlled by either player. Unless otherwise noted, a player will control an objective marker at the end of any phase if they have more models within range of it than their opponent does.
The TRAITORIS ASTARTES and CULTISTS keywords are used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
HYPER-GROWTH BOLTS
These rounds contain Bile’s most unstable growth-inducing serums, causing victims to explode in eruptions of swelling flesh.
CREATIONS OF BILE model with bolt weapon only. When you give a model this Relic, select one bolt weapon that the bearer is equipped with. That weapon is considered to be a Relic for all rules purposes. Each time the bearer is selected to shoot, you can choose for that weapon to fire a hyper-growth bolt. If you do so, the bearer can only make one attack with that weapon this phase, but if that attack scores a hit, unless the target is a VEHICLE unit, it automatically wounds the target, has an Armour Penetration characteristic of -1, and has a Damage characteristic of D3+3.MAELSTROM’S BITE
This weapon heretically blends the pinnacle of Imperial thermal technology with the twisted energies of the immaterium.
RED CORSAIRS model with combi-melta only. This Relic replaces a combi-melta and has the following profile:Before selecting targets, select one or both of the profiles below to make attacks with. If you select both, then each time an attack is made with this weapon this phase, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll.
WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| Warp-twisted meltagun | |||||
| Warp-twisted meltagun | 18" | Assault 1 | 9 | -4 | D6+2 |
| Master-crafted boltgun | |||||
| Master-crafted boltgun | 24" | Rapid Fire 1 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
ASHEN AXE
A malefic nexus for the warp’s denizens, foes of the Word Bearers find themselves unable to flee the Ashen Axes blows, as invisible claws seem to root them to the spot. In truth, their minds are assailed by the entities, who circle impatiently for the soul feast the Ashen Axe will deliver.
WORD BEARERS model with power axe, exalted power axe, daemonic axe, axe of dismemberment or accursed weapon only. This Relic replaces a power axe, exalted power axe, daemonic axe, axe of dismemberment or accursed weapon and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| Ashen Axe | |||||
| Ashen Axe | Melee | Melee | +2 | -3 | 2 |
Abilities: Each time the bearer fights, if any enemy models are destroyed as the result of an attack made with this weapon, roll 2D6. If the result equals or exceeds the Leadership characteristic of the destroyed model’s unit, then until the end of the battle, that unit cannot Advance or Fall Back, and that unit is not eligible to fight in the Fight phase until after all eligible units from your army have done so. | |||||
THE ARMOUR DIABOLUS
This ancient battle plate is etched with a thousand and one dark runes of vengeance. Should the wearer’s blood flow into one of these graven sigils, it glows white hot and the infidels who dealt the blow burst into warpflame.
WORD BEARERS model only.- The bearer has a Save characteristic of 2+.
- Each time an enemy unit shoots or fights and the bearer was selected as a target of any of that units attacks, after that unit has finished making its attacks:
- Roll one D6 for each wound the bearer lost as a result of those attacks: for each 4+, the attacking unit suffers 1 mortal wound.
- If the bearer was destroyed by those attacks, before removing it from play, roll one D6: on a 4+, the attacking unit suffers D3 mortal wounds.
VIPER’S SPITE
This ornate bolt pistol has a wide, serpent head muzzle and a magazine that never seems to run dry. When fired, it makes no noise louder than a dry hiss, but a cacophony of screams is never far behind. The projectiles it fires glow with acrid viridian witchfire so virulent that they can sizzle through even Terminator war plate.
ALPHA LEGION model with bolt pistol only. This Relic replaces a bolt pistol and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| Viper’s Spite | |||||
| Viper’s Spite | 18" | Pistol 6 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
The ALPHA LEGION and CULTISTS keywords are used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
Models do not suffer this penalty to their hit rolls when making an attack with a ranged weapon that targets an AIRCRAFT unit, or a unit that includes any models with a Wounds (W) characteristic of 18 or more, even if this terrain feature is between it and the firing model (note that the reverse is not true).
- Subtract 1 from hit rolls made for ranged weapons if at least 3” tall.
- Does not apply to models that are only shooting through their own terrain feature.
- No penalty when shooting at AIRCRAFT and units with W characteristic of 18+.
ICON OF THE HYDRA CULT
This unassuming, apparently meanly finished sigil hides a powerful device beneath its serpentine exterior. Within its coils lies unknown cloaking technology that emits a gloomy pall to hide the vilest of deeds from the most vigilant of sentinels.
ALPHA LEGION model only. This Relic can be given to a CULTISTS model. The bearer has the following ability:Icon of the Hydra Cult (Aura): While a friendly ALPHA LEGION CULTISTS unit is within 6" of the bearer, each time a ranged attack targets that unit, if the attacker is more than 12" away, the target is treated as having the benefits of Dense Cover against that attack.
DISTORTION
The unblemished sheen of this faultless blade reflects an alluring countenance to the bearer, their seemingly unmatched beauty a peerless example of perfection. In reality, the bearer is a hideous wretch, every ounce of elegance leached away to power the blade’s fearsome edge.
EMPEROR’S CHILDREN model with power sword, force sword or accursed weapon only. This Relic replaces a power sword, force sword or accursed weapon and has the following profile:Each time an attack is made with this weapon, select one of the profiles below to make that attack with.
WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| Elegant incision | |||||
| Elegant incision | Melee | Melee | User | -2 | 1 |
Abilities: Each time an attack is made with this weapon profile, make 2 hit rolls instead of 1. | |||||
| Inelegant slash | |||||
| Inelegant slash | Melee | Melee | x2 | -4 | 2 |
ARMOUR OF ABHORRENCE
A canvas of the perverse, this suit of armour is adorned with fleshy mementos of captured warriors. The war plate turns its wearer into an effigy of excess, a mosaic of dark exuberance that delights the Emperors Children, but instils sheer horror in their enemies. In battle, enemy warriors experience utter revulsion at this ghastly display, yet they are unable to turn away from its mesmerising repulsiveness.
EMPEROR’S CHILDREN model only. The bearer has the following ability:Armour of Abhorrence (Aura): Each time an enemy unit (excluding TITANIC units) within 3" of the bearer is selected to Fall Back, roll one D6: on a 4+, that unit cannot Fall Back this turn.
The NIGHT LORDS and FLY keywords are used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
– if equipped with the Wings this unit gains the FLY keyword.
– if equipped with the Jump pack this unit gains the FLY keyword.TALONS OF THE NIGHT TERROR
Attached to armoured boots or melded with daemonic flesh, these talons give the wielder the appearance of some eldritch raptor-beast that has evolved to better disembowel prey. Should the bearer descend feet first into the ranks of his quarry, these talons will eviscerate all those too slow to evade them.
NIGHT LORDS FLY model only.- Each time the bearer makes a Normal Move or Advances, after the bearer has moved, select one enemy unit it moved across this phase and roll one D6, subtracting 1 from the result if that enemy unit is a CHARACTER unit: on a 2+, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds.
- Each time the bearer finishes a charge move, select one enemy unit within Engagement Range of the bearer and roll one D6: on a 2+, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds.
CLAW OF THE STYGIAN COUNT
This vicious taloned gauntlet has spilt the blood of thousands of victims since its creation for the infamous champion known as the Stygian Count. When plunged into flesh, nano-barbs slide out of each of the weapons claws, tearing open cratered wounds when yanked out.
NIGHT LORDS model with lightning claw, malefic talons or accursed weapon only. This Relic replaces a lightning claw, malefic talons or accursed weapon and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| Claw of the Stygian Count | |||||
| Claw of the Stygian Count | Melee | Melee | +2 | -3 | 2 |
Abilities: Each time the bearer fights, it makes 2 additional attacks with this weapon. Each time an attack made with this weapon is allocated to an enemy model, that enemy model cannot use any rules to ignore the wounds it loses. | |||||
SPITESPITTER
For each servant of the Corpse Emperor destroyed, this hate-filled weapon allows its wielder one step towards victory in the Long War, and one closer to damnation.
IRON WARRIORS model with combi-bolter, combi-flamer, combi-melta or combi-plasma only. This weapon replaces a combi-bolter or the ‘boltgun’ profile of a combi-flamer, combi-melta or combi-plasma (note that that weapon still keeps any of its other profiles, and you can select which of its profiles to make attacks with as normal, as specified in that weapons profile). If this Relic replaces a combi-bolter, it has the ‘combi-bolter’ profile below; otherwise, its ‘boltgun’ profile is replaced with the ‘combi-weapon’ profile below.WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| Combi-bolter | |||||
| Combi-bolter | 30" | Rapid Fire 2 | 5 | -3 | 2 |
| Combi-weapon | |||||
| Combi-weapon | 30" | Rapid Fire 1 | 5 | -3 | 2 |
AXE OF THE FORGEMASTER
Masters of the soul forges have long had to ensure dominance over their creations. Such are the energies of unmaking bound into this axe’s haft that a single blow can turn an armoured tank into a pile of rusted scrap.
IRON WARRIORS model with power axe, exalted power axe, axe of dismemberment or daemonic axe only. This Relic replaces a power axe, exalted power axe, axe of dismemberment or daemonic axe and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| Axe of the Forgemaster | |||||
| Axe of the Forgemaster | Melee | Melee | +3 | -3 | 2 |
Abilities: Each time an attack is made with this weapon, on an unmodified wound roll of 6, the target suffers 1 mortal wound in addition to any normal damage (if the target is a VEHICLE unit, it suffers 3 mortal wounds in addition to any normal damage instead). | |||||
LOYALTY’S REWARD
This daemon-infused machine spirit earned its name at the Siege of Terra, transforming a fell bolter into a terrifying weapon that has slain countless loyalists. Over the millennia, this gheist-like entity has delighted in slaughtering those faithful to the Emperor.
BLACK LEGION model with bolt weapon only. Select one bolt weapon that the bearer is equipped with.- That weapon is now a Relic for all rules purposes.
- Each time the bearer makes an attack with that weapon, if the target has the IMPERIUM keyword and a hit is scored, the target suffers 1 mortal wound and the attack sequence ends.
- Each time the bearer makes an attack with that weapon, if the target does not have the IMPERIUM keyword and that attack successfully wounds the target, the target suffers 1 mortal wound and the attack sequence ends.
TROPHIES OF SLAUGHTER
This gore-crusted and sigil-carved trophy rack carries gruesome spoils taken from defeated challengers all over the galaxy, and cements the bearers right to lead.
BLACK LEGION model only.- Add 3" to the range of the bearer’s aura abilities (to a maximum of 9"). This does not increase the range of aura abilities that are psychic powers.
- The bearer has the following ability: ‘Trophies of Slaughter (Aura): While an enemy unit is within 9" of the bearer, subtract 1 from Combat Attrition tests taken for that enemy unit.’
THE BLACK MACE
This malefic mace is said to have been cursed by each of the Daemon Primarchs. One who is struck by it instantly collapses into a mouldering pile of bones, while the curse spreads in a deadly shock wave.
Model with power maul, accursed crozius or accursed weapon only. This Relic replaces a power maul, accursed crozius or accursed weapon and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| The Black Mace | |||||
| The Black Mace | Melee | Melee | +2 | -2 | 3 |
Abilities: Each time an attack is made with this weapon, excess damage it inflicts is not lost. Instead, keep allocating excess damage to another model in the target unit until either all the excess damage has been allocated or the target unit is destroyed. | |||||
THE WARP’S MALICE
From the dawn of the Horus Heresy until now, this accursed bolt pistol has murdered countless heroes of the Imperium, its wielders mere conduits for its malignity. The weapons hatred is bloated with the malice of the warp and its fury is fanned by ten thousand years of treachery and betrayal.
Model with bolt pistol only. This Relic replaces a bolt pistol and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| The Warp’s Malice | |||||
| The Warp’s Malice | 18" | Pistol 2 | 5 | -2 | 2 |
Abilities: While the bearer is engaged in Wanton Massacre or Wanton Slaughter, this weapon’s Type is changed to Pistol 4. Each time an attack is made with this weapon, on an unmodified hit roll of 6, the target suffers 2 mortal wounds and the attack sequence ends. | |||||
BLADE OF THE RELENTLESS
Fabled to have once been known as the Imperator Blade, this weapon has long been titled for the deeds of he that wields it. As it feeds on the blood of its victims, so too does it feed on their souls.
Model with power sword, daemon blade or accursed weapon only. This Relic replaces a power sword, daemon blade or accursed weapon and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| Blade of the Relentless | |||||
| Blade of the Relentless | Melee | Melee | +1 | -4 | 2 |
Abilities: Each time the bearer fights, it can make 1 additional attack with this weapon. Each time an attack is made with this weapon, on an unmodified hit roll of 6, the target suffers 2 mortal wounds and the attack sequence ends. | |||||
BLACK RUNE OF DAMNATION
This accursed rune, forged of sentient shadow, hovers in black warp-light above the forehead of the damned like a malefic electoo-hologram. The malign influence of the warp emanates from it, disrupting the flow of the empyrean, as the bearer burns a portion of their soul to protect themselves from mortal harm.
This Relic can be given to a CULTISTS model.- Each time an attack is made against the bearers unit, subtract 1 from that attack’s wound roll.
- The bearer has the following ability: ‘Black Rune of Damnation (Aura): While an enemy PSYKER unit is within 18" of the bearer, each time a Psychic test is taken for that unit, it suffers Perils of the Warp on a roll of any double.’
Cultist grenade launcher used in the following datasheets:
The CULTISTS MOB keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
