Chaos Space Marines – Vashtorr the Arkifane
| No | NAME | M | WS | BS | S | T | W! | A | Ld | Sv | Base |
260 Vashtorr the Arkifane (base: 80mm) |
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| 1 | 260 Vashtorr the Arkifane |
12" | 2+ | 3+ | 7 | 7 | 8-14 | 7 | 9 | 2+ | 80mm |
| 10" | 2+ | 3+ | 7 | 7 | 4-7 | 6 | 9 | 2+ | |||
| 8" | 2+ | 3+ | 7 | 7 | 1-3 | 5 | 9 | 2+ | |||
Vashtorr the Arkifane is equipped with: Vashtorr’s claw; Vashtorr’s hammer. Your army can only include one VASHTORR THE ARKIFANE model.
WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D | ABILITIES |
| Vashtorr’s claw | ||||||
| Vashtorr’s claw | 12" | Assault D6 | 5 | -2 | 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. | ||||||
| Vashtorr’s hammer | ||||||
| Vashtorr’s hammer | Melee | Melee | x2 | -2 | 3 | Each time an attack is made with this weapon against a VEHICLE unit, on a successful unmodified wound roll of 5+, the target suffers 4 mortal wounds and the attack sequence ends. |
| Each time an attack is made with this weapon against a VEHICLE unit, on a successful unmodified wound roll of 5+, the target suffers 4 mortal wounds and the attack sequence ends. | ||||||
ABILITIES | |
ABILITIES |
Warp Strike Body of Unholy Artifice: This model has a 4+ invulnerable save. Each time an attack is allocated to this model, subtract 1 from the Damage characteristic of that attack (to a minimum of 1).
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WILL OF THE ARKIFANE | |
WILL OF THE ARKIFANE |
In your Command phase you can select one of the following abilities: Unholy Mechanisms: When you select this ability, select one friendly TRAITORIS ASTARTES DAEMON ENGINE model (excluding CHARACTER, AIRCRAFT or TITANIC units) within 3" of this model. Until the start of your next Command phase, each time that model makes an attack, add 1 to that attack’s hit roll.
Ghost in the Machine: When you select this ability, select one enemy unit within 18" of and visible to this model. Until the start of your next Command phase, halve the Range characteristic of ranged weapons models in that unit are equipped with. Agonise Machine Spirits: When you select this ability, select one enemy VEHICLE unit within 18" of and visible to this model. Until the start of your next Command phase, halve the Move and Attacks characteristics of models in that unit. |
WARLORD TRAIT! | |
WARLORD TRAIT! |
Lord of Terror (Aura): While an enemy unit is within 6" of this WARLORD:
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| FACTION KEYWORDS: CHAOS, HERETIC ASTARTES, TRAITORIS ASTARTES | |
| KEYWORDS: MONSTER, CHARACTER, FLY, DAEMON, AGENT OF CHAOS, VASHTORR THE ARKIFANE | |
Datasheet-related Stratagems
MASTER’S GUIDANCE2CP
Cogs of Vashtorr – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Under the burning gaze of the entity to whom they are indebted, the daemons bound into Vashtorr’s infernal engines do as their master bids. So do they hope to work off their impossible debts all the quicker.
Use this Stratagem at the start of your Shooting phase or the start of the Fight phase. Until the end of the phase, your WARLORD has the following ability:
Master’s Guidance (Aura): While a friendly DAEMON ENGINE unit is with 6" of this model, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, you can re-roll the hit roll.
Master’s Guidance (Aura): While a friendly DAEMON ENGINE unit is with 6" of this model, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, you can re-roll the hit roll.
COGITATED FATES1CP
Cogs of Vashtorr – Battle Tactic Stratagem
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.
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, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, the target cannot receive the Benefits of Cover against that attack.
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.
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.
GLITCHCURSE1CP
Cogs of Vashtorr – Epic Deed Stratagem
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.
Use this Stratagem in your opponent’s Shooting phase, when an enemy unit within 18" of and visible to your WARLORD has finished making its attacks. If any of those attacks targeted a TRAITORIS ASTARTES unit from your army that was within 6" of your WARLORD, roll one D6: on a 2-4, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds; on a 5+, that enemy unit suffers 3 mortal wounds.
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.
CAKOSPARK PRATTLE1CP
Cogs of Vashtorr – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
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.
Use this Stratagem after your opponent uses a Stratagem (excluding Command Re-roll), if your WARLORD is on the battlefield. Until the end of the battle, the CP cost your opponent must pay to use that Stratagem again is increased by 1. You can only use this Stratagem once.
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VESSELS FOR THE NEVERBORN Chaos Space Marines Stratagem The proximity of a Master of Possession allows Daemon and mortal to bond more closely, allowing even greater power to be unleashed. Use this Stratagem at the start of the Fight phase. Pick a DAEMONKIN RITUALISTS DAEMON unit from your army that is within 6" of a friendly DAEMONKIN RITUALISTS MASTER OF POSSESSION. Add 1 to the Strength and Attacks characteristics of models in the unit you picked until the end of the phase. | ||
ASSAULT
Assault weapons fire so rapidly or indiscriminately that they can be shot from the hip as warriors dash forwards into combat.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.
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.
Mortal Wounds
Some attacks inflict mortal wounds – these are so powerful that no armour or force field can withstand their fury. Each mortal wound inflicts 1 point of damage on the target unit, and they are always applied one at a time. Do not make a wound roll or saving throw (including invulnerable saves) against a mortal wound – just allocate it as you would any other attack and inflict damage to a model in the target unit. Unlike damage inflicted by normal attacks, excess damage from mortal wounds is not lost. Instead, keep allocating damage to another model in the target unit until either all the damage has been allocated or the target unit is destroyed.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.
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.
Select Weapon
When a model makes a close combat attack, it must do so using a melee weapon (i.e. a weapon that has the ‘Melee’ type). The weapons a model is equipped with are described on its datasheet. If a model is not equipped with any melee weapons, or if it cannot make an attack with any of the melee weapons it is equipped with, then that model makes its attacks using a close combat weapon, which has the following profile:
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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:
HQ
Elites
Fast Attack
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
Terrain and Cover
Some pieces of terrain can provide certain bonuses to units in your army. Each bonus and how to acquire it is described in the Terrain Features section of the Core Rules. There are ways for some models to ignore such bonuses while making an attack, but it should be known what kind of benefit is ignored (see the Rare Rules for clarification).
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.
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.
The Warlord
While mustering your army, you can nominate one model (except a model with the FORTIFICATION keyword) to be your Warlord. That model gains the WARLORD keyword. If this model is a CHARACTER, you can also assign a Warlord Trait to it. Note, that more than one model in your army can have a Warlord Trait (e.g. by using Stratagems), but they are only considered your Warlord for the purpose of that trait.
Combat Attrition Tests
If a unit fails a Morale test, then after the first model has fled the unit, you must take Combat Attrition tests. To do so, roll one D6 for each remaining model in that unit, subtracting 1 from the result if the unit is below Half-strength; for each result of 1, one additional model flees that unit. You decide which models from your unit flee – those models are removed from play and count as having been destroyed, but they never trigger any rules that are used when a model is destroyed.- 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.
COMMAND RE-ROLL1CP
Core Stratagem
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.
Army List
Datasheets collatedTroops
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Fast Attack
Flyers
Heavy Support
Lords of War
Fortifications
The TRAITORIS ASTARTES and DAEMON ENGINE keywords are used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
Elites
Flyers
The TITANIC keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
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 DAEMON keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
HQ
Flyers
The DAEMON ENGINE keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
Elites
Flyers
The MASTER OF POSSESSION keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
The FLY keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
HQ
Flyers
– if equipped with the Wings this unit gains the FLY keyword.
– if equipped with the Jump pack this unit gains the FLY keyword.Warp Strike
Chaos Space Marines launch their deadly assaults from all directions. Whether utilising ancient teleporter technologies corrupted by the Ruinous Powers, employing arcane forces to breach the warp directly, or launching warriors equipped with archaic jump packs to descend on pillars of warp-tainted fire, these fell warriors strike into the very heart of battle.
During deployment, you can set up this unit in blasphemous reserves instead of setting it up on the battlefield. If you do so, then in the Reinforcements step of one of your Movement phases you can set up this unit anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" away from any enemy models.The AIRCRAFT keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
Flyers
The VASHTORR THE ARKIFANE keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
The MONSTER keyword is used in the following Chaos Space Marines datasheets:
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.