Chaos Space Marines – Cypher
| No | NAME | M | WS | BS | S | T | W | A | Ld | Sv | Base |
90 Cypher (base: 32mm) |
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| 1 | 90 Cypher |
6" | 2+ | 2+ | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 3+ | 32mm |
Cypher is equipped with: Cypher’s bolt pistol; Cypher’s plasma pistol; frag grenades; krak grenades. Your army can only include one CYPHER model.
WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D | ABILITIES |
| Cypher’s bolt pistol | ||||||
| Cypher’s bolt pistol | 18" | Pistol 6 | 4 | -1 | 1 | - |
| Cypher’s plasma pistol | ||||||
| Cypher’s plasma pistol | 12" | Pistol 3 | 8 | -3 | 2 | - |
| Frag grenade | ||||||
| Frag grenade | 6" | Grenade D6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | Blast |
| Blast | ||||||
| Krak grenade | ||||||
| Krak grenade | 6" | Grenade 1 | 6 | -1 | D3 | - |
ABILITIES | |
ABILITIES |
Let the Galaxy Burn Mysterious Protection: This model has a 4+ invulnerable save. Each time an attack is made against this model, an unmodified hit roll of 1-3 always fails, irrespective of any abilities that the weapon or the model making the attack may have. Escape: Once per battle, at the end of any Shooting phase or Fight phase, you can remove this model from the battlefield and place it into Strategic Reserves. If the battle ends and this model is not on the battlefield, it is destroyed. Blazing Weapons: This model is eligible to shoot in a turn in which it Fell Back or Advanced. Enigmatic Ally: If your army is Battle-forged and a CHAOS SPACE MARINES Detachment in your army includes any CHAOS LORD models, CYPHER can be included in that Detachment without taking up an additional Battlefield Role slot. Agent of Discord: Each time your opponent uses any rule that would allow them to generate Command points or have Command points refunded (excluding the Battle-forged CP bonus), roll one D6. On a 4+, your opponent does not gain those Command points or have those Command points refunded. |
WARLORD TRAIT! | |
WARLORD TRAIT! |
Unholy Fortitude: Each time this WARLORD would lose a wound, roll one D6: on a 5+, that wound is not lost. |
| FACTION KEYWORDS: CHAOS, HERETIC ASTARTES, TRAITORIS ASTARTES, FALLEN | |
| KEYWORDS: CHARACTER, INFANTRY, AGENT OF CHAOS, CYPHER | |
Datasheet-related Stratagems
DEATH TO THE FALSE EMPEROR!1CP
Chaos Space Marines – Battle Tactic Stratagem
The seething hatred that the Heretic Astartes harbour for the Corpse Emperor and his weakling, thin-blooded Space Marines is a weapon unto itself.
Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase, when a TRAITORIS ASTARTES unit from your army is selected to fight. Until the end of the phase, each time a HERETIC ASTARTES model in that unit makes a melee attack against an ADEPTUS ASTARTES or SANCTIC ASTARTES unit, you can re-roll the hit roll.
VETERANS OF THE LONG WAR2CP
Chaos Space Marines – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Veterans of centuries or millennia, the Long War’s most embittered warriors have learnt how best to focus their need for vengeance.
Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase or the Fight phase, when a TRAITORIS ASTARTES INFANTRY or TRAITORIS ASTARTES BIKER unit from your army is selected to shoot or fight. Until the end of the phase, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, add 1 to that attack’s wound roll.
ETERNAL HATRED1CP/2CP
Chaos Space Marines – Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic Stratagem
The hatred the warriors of the Traitor Legions hold for the Imperium and the Emperor has burned for millennia.
Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase, when a TRAITORIS ASTARTES unit from your army is selected to shoot, or in the Fight phase, when a TRAITORIS ASTARTES unit from your army is selected to fight. Until the end of the phase, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, add 1 to that attack’s wound roll. If that unit has the TERMINATOR or POSSESSED keyword, this Stratagem costs 2CP; otherwise, it costs 1CP.
TAKEN ALIVE1CP
Chaos Space Marines – Creations of Bile – Boarding Actions – Epic Deed Stratagem
To be snatched away for experimentation by Fabius Bile and his creations is a truly horrifying fate.
Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase, when an enemy CHARACTER unit is destroyed by a melee attack made by a TRAITORIS ASTARTES unit from your army. Until the end of the battle:
- Subtract 1 from the Leadership characteristic of every enemy model.
- Your opponent cannot use the Insane Bravery Stratagem.
- Your opponent cannot use the Command Re-roll Stratagem to re-roll a Morale test.
FALLEN ANGELS1CP
Specialist Detachment – Requisition Stratagem
When the Fallen gather in numbers, the machinations of Cypher gain incredible momentum.
Use this Stratagem before the battle, when you are mustering your army. You can include one Fallen Angels Specialist Detachment in your army.
A Fallen Angels Specialist Detachment is a Vanguard Detachment that contains only:
Sorcerer units in a Fallen Angels Specialist Detachment:
Chaos Rhino units in a Fallen Angels Specialist Detachment:
A Fallen Angels Specialist Detachment is a Vanguard Detachment that contains only:
- FALLEN units
- Sorcerer units
- Chaos Rhino units
Sorcerer units in a Fallen Angels Specialist Detachment:
- Have their <MARK OF CHAOS>, HERETIC ASTARTES and Faction keywords replaced with the IMPERIUM and FALLEN Faction keywords.
- Have their Death to the False Emperor ability replaced with the Fallen Angels ability (see the Fallen datasheet in Codex: Chaos Space Marines).
Chaos Rhino units in a Fallen Angels Specialist Detachment:
- Have their <MARK OF CHAOS>, HERETIC ASTARTES and Faction keywords replaced with the IMPERIUM and FALLEN Faction keywords.
- Have their Transport section replaced with the following: ‘This model has a transport capacity of 10 FALLEN INFANTRY models. It cannot transport JUMP PACK models.’
UNENDING DESTRUCTION2CP
Chaos Space Marines – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Chaos Space Marines are not easily diverted from their obsessive need to kill, and can accomplish their battlefield goals without having to relent in their acts of destruction.
Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase. Select one TRAITORIS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit from your army (excluding CULTISTS units) that is performing an action. That unit can shoot this phase without that action failing.
RELENTLESS DEVASTATION1CP
Chaos Space Marines – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
The wrath of Chaos Space Marines is inescapable.
Use this Stratagem in your Movement phase, when a TRAITORIS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit (excluding CULTISTS units) from your army makes a Normal Move or Advances. Until the end of your Shooting phase, provided that unit does not move again, it is considered to have Remained Stationary.
DAEMON SHELLS1CP
Chaos Space Marines – Wargear Stratagem
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.
Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase, when a TRAITORIS ASTARTES unit from your army is selected to shoot. Until the end of the phase:
- 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.
Blast Weapons
Some weapons have ‘Blast’ listed in their profile’s abilities. These are referred to as Blast weapons. In addition to the normal rules, the following rules apply to Blast weapons:- 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.
Hit Roll
When a model makes an attack, make one hit roll for that attack by rolling one D6. If the result of the hit roll is equal to or greater than the attacking model’s Ballistic Skill (BS) characteristic (if the attack is being made with a ranged weapon) or its Weapon Skill (WS) characteristic (if the attack is being made with a melee weapon), then that attack scores one hit against the target unit. If not, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends.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.
Wound Roll
Each time an attack scores a hit against a target unit, make a wound roll for that attack by rolling one D6 to see if that attack successfully wounds the target. The result required is determined by comparing the attacking weapon’s Strength (S) characteristic with the target’s Toughness (T) characteristic, as shown on the following table:
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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.
The TRAITORIS ASTARTES keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
HQ
Elites
Fast Attack
The AGENT OF CHAOS keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
- If this model is your WARLORD it gains the AGENT OF CHAOS keyword.The datasheets using UNALIGNED keyword can be found in the following Factions:
Unaligned: Unaligned.Imperium: Astra Militarum, Space Marines.
The UNALIGNED keyword is used in the following datasheets:
Troops
Fortifications
The ABADDON THE DESPOILER keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
Wanton Destruction
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.Wanton Massacre
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.Wanton Slaughter
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.Let the Galaxy Burn
Drawing upon countless years of festering bitterness and hate, Chaos Space Marines attack with a ferocity that is terrible to behold. Whether annihilating the foe at range or butchering them without mercy at close quarters, there is no aspect of death unknown to these traitors. Unencumbered by stultifying doctrines, they are capable of adapting their murderous priorities with horrifying ease, and there are no limits to the levels of devastation they will unleash to vent their anger.
If every unit from your army has the TRAITORIS ASTARTES keyword (excluding models with the AGENT OF CHAOS or UNALIGNED keyword) and every unit from your army (excluding ABADDON THE DESPOILER) is from the same Legion, this unit gains the following rules:- Each time a model in this unit shoots with a flame weapon, when determining how many attacks are made with that weapon this phase, add 2 to the result (e.g. a model shooting with a flamer makes D6+2 attacks).
- This unit gains a bonus (see below) depending on which wanton act it is engaged in, as follows:
- During the first battle round, your army (and every unit from it) is engaged in Wanton Destruction.
- During the second battle round, your army (and every unit from it) is engaged in Wanton Massacre.
- At the start of the third battle round, select either Wanton Massacre or Wanton Slaughter; until the end of that battle round, your army (and every unit from it) is engaged in the wanton act you selected.
- During the fourth and subsequent battle rounds, your army (and every unit from it) is engaged in Wanton Slaughter.
Saving Throw
The player commanding the target unit then makes one saving throw by rolling one D6 and modifying the roll by the Armour Penetration (AP) characteristic of the weapon that the attack was made with. For example, if the weapon has an AP of -1, then 1 is subtracted from the saving throw roll. If the result is equal to, or greater than, the Save (Sv) characteristic of the model the attack was allocated to, then the saving throw is successful and the attack sequence ends. If the result is less than the model’s Save characteristic, then the saving throw fails and the model suffers damage. An unmodified roll of 1 always fails.
Invulnerable Saves
Some models have an invulnerable save. Each time an attack is allocated to a model with an invulnerable save, you can choose to use either its normal Save (Sv) characteristic or its invulnerable save, but not both. If a model has more than one invulnerable save, it can only use one of them – choose which it will use. If you use a model’s invulnerable save, it is never modified by a weapon’s Armour Penetration value.- 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 the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
HQ
Troops
Elites
and others...
The HERETIC ASTARTES keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
HQ
Elites
Fast Attack
The TRAITORIS ASTARTES keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
HQ
Elites
Fast Attack
The TERMINATOR keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
HQ
Elites
The POSSESSED keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
Elites
Advance
When a unit makes an Advance, make an Advance roll for the unit by rolling one D6. Add the result in inches to the Move (M) characteristic of each model in that unit until the end of the current phase. Each model in that unit can then move a distance in inches equal to or less than this total, but no model can be moved within Engagement Range of enemy models. A unit cannot shoot or declare a charge in the same turn that it made an Advance.- 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 Tests
To take a Morale test, roll one D6 and add the number of models from the unit that have been destroyed this turn. If the result is equal to or less than the highest Leadership (Ld) characteristic in the unit, the Morale test is passed and nothing else happens. An unmodified roll of 1 also always results in a passed Morale test, irrespective of the total result. In any other case, the Morale test is failed, one model flees that unit, and you must then take Combat Attrition tests for the remaining models in the unit. You decide which model from your unit flees – that model is removed from play and counts as having been destroyed, but it never triggers any rules that are used when a model is destroyed.- 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.
PISTOL
Due to their compact size, pistols can even be used in melee to shoot at point-blank range.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.
Characters
Some models have the CHARACTER keyword. These models can make Heroic Interventions in Charge Phase and are not easy targets in the Shooting Phase (see Look out, Sir, rule). If your Warlord has the CHARACTER keyword he may be able to have a Warlord Trait (see Warlord Trait section on model’s faction page).Note that CHARACTERS cannot use their Aura Abilities while performing actions.
INSANE BRAVERY2CP
Boarding Action – Epic Deed Stratagem
To commit to battle within the claustrophobic corridors and gothic chambers of a void ship necessitates near-suicidal courage, or else sufficient fear of the consequences of refusal. To stand their ground against impossible odds during such a fight requires warriors to exhibit a kind of single-minded madness.
Use this Stratagem before you take a Morale test for a unit from your army. That test is automatically passed. You can only use this Stratagem once.
COMMAND RE-ROLL1CP
Boarding Action – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Battle aboard a void ship is anarchic and confusing. Auspicators and map-slates must be watched constantly. Enemy contacts ghost in and out of sight as steam billows in clouds, lumen flicker and gunfire roars on every side. Amidst such conditions, the steady hand of a veteran commander is more important than ever, and can spell the difference between triumph and disaster.
Use this Stratagem after you have made a hit roll, a wound roll, a damage roll, a saving throw, an Advance roll, a charge roll, a Psychic test, a Deny the Witch test or you have rolled the dice to determine the number of attacks made by a weapon. Re-roll that roll, test or saving throw.
Fall Back
When a unit Falls Back, each model in that unit can move a distance in inches equal to or less than the Move (M) characteristic shown on its datasheet, and when doing so you can move it within Engagement Range of enemy models, but it cannot end its move within Engagement Range of any enemy models – if it cannot do this then it cannot Fall Back. A unit cannot declare a charge in the same turn that it Fell Back. A unit cannot shoot or attempt to manifest a psychic power in the same turn that it Fell Back unless it is TITANIC.- 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.
Remain Stationary
If a unit Remains Stationary, none of its models can be moved for the rest of the phase. Any units from your army that were on the battlefield and were not selected to move in the Move Units step of the Movement phase are assumed to have Remained Stationary that phase.- Remain Stationary: Models cannot move this phase.
Normal Move
When a unit makes a Normal Move, each model in that unit can move a distance in inches equal to or less than the Move (M) characteristic shown on its datasheet, but no model can be moved within Engagement Range of enemy models.- Normal Move: Models move up to M".
- Cannot move within Engagement Range of any enemy models.
The CULTISTS keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
Elites
Army List
Datasheets collatedTroops
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Fast Attack
Flyers
Heavy Support
Lords of War
Fortifications
Transport Capacity
All TRANSPORT models have a transport capacity listed on their datasheet. This determines how many friendly models, and of what type, can embark within them. A model’s transport capacity can never be exceeded.Units can start the battle embarked within a TRANSPORT instead of being set up separately – declare what units are embarked within a TRANSPORT model before you set it up.
- Transport capacity: Maximum number of models that can embark within the Transport.
- Units can start the battle embarked in a TRANSPORT.
This datasheet has HQ Battlefield Role. Full list of Chaos Space Marines units sharing same Battlefield Role follows:
The CHARACTER keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
HQ
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
HQ
Troops
Elites
The CHAOS LORD keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
HQ
Frag grenade used in the following datasheets:
HQ
GRENADE
Grenades are handheld explosive devices that a warrior throws at the enemy while their squad mates provide covering fire.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:
HQ
Command Points
The starting number of CPs each player starts with for Battle-forging their army depends on the size of the battle you are playing. This is usually defined in the mission pack that is being played, but if one is not presented in the mission pack, use the following table. Note that the total Power Level is based on the combined power of all the models used in the battle (so the combined Power Level of both your and your opponent's armies). If you are using a game that uses points values, then the points limit is the maximum points limit per side.
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- Starting number of Command points varies with battle size.
The TRAITORIS ASTARTES and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
HQ
Elites
The TRAITORIS ASTARTES and BIKER keywords are used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
Fast Attack
The AGENT OF CHAOS keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
- If this model is your WARLORD it gains the AGENT OF CHAOS keyword.The CYPHER keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
HQ
The FALLEN keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
HQ
