The Leagues of Votann have emerged from the depths of the galactic core. To face their armies in battle is to stand before an armoured avalanche that crushes all in its path. It is to be appraised and then brusquely dealt with by attackers who see you as little more than an obstruction to profit – or worse, as a hated nemesis whose annihilation is worth any cost. To their partners in trade and war, the Kin are invaluable allies. Yet those they deem a risk to their peoples’ survival face destruction, meted out with the same relentless rigour that the Kin apply to all their undertakings.
This section contains all of the datasheets that you will need in order to fight battles with your Leagues of Votann 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 Leagues of Votann units – these are described below and referenced on the datasheets.Books
| Book | Kind | Edition | Version | Last update |
 Leagues of Votann | ||||
| Leagues of Votann | Codex | 9 | Indomitus 1.2 | January 2023 |
 Arks of Omen: Lion | ||||
| Arks of Omen: Lion | Expansion | 9 | April 2023 | |
 Munitorum Field Manual 2023 Mk I | ||||
| Munitorum Field Manual 2023 Mk I | Expansion | 9 | January 2023 | |
FAQ
Codex: Leagues of Votann
| Q: | Do weapons with the Beam ability affect friendly units along the line between the firing model and the target unit? |
| A: | Yes. A wound roll should be made against those friendly units in the same manner as attacks against enemy units. |
| Q: | If an attack with a beam weapon scores one or more additional hits on the target, do those additional hits also trigger wound rolls against any intervening units? |
| A: | Yes. Each time an additional hit is scored against the target, that hit counts as its own attack, and so will cause a wound roll to be made against any intervening units. |
| Q: | When a beam weapon causes a wound roll to be made against an intervening unit, does that unit count as having been hit by an attack for any other rules purposes? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | If an enemy unit embarked within a Transport destroys a Votann unit, does that embarked unit gain a Judgement token? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | If a unit with an ability that enables it to move after making a ranged attack (e.g. Strike and Fade, Battle Focus, etc.) is a potential target for the Reactive Reprisal Stratagem, in what order are the effects resolved? |
| A: | The attacking unit would be allowed to complete its move (if any) prior to the use of the Reactive Reprisal Stratagem being declared. |
Weapon Definitions
Some rules refer to ‘bolt weapons’, ‘beam weapons’ or ‘ion weapons’. The definitions of these weapons for the purposes of such rules can be found below:
Bolt Weapons
A bolt weapon is any weapon whose profile includes the word ‘bolt’ (Autoch-pattern bolter, bolt cannon, etc.), and any Relic that replaces a bolt weapon.Datasheet Rules
The <LEAGUE> Keyword
Many datasheets in this section have the <LEAGUE> keyword. This is a keyword that you can select for yourself, as described in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book, with the guidance detailed below.All VOTANN units are drawn from one of the Leagues. When you include a unit with the <LEAGUE> keyword in your army, you must nominate which League it is from and then replace the <LEAGUE> keyword in every instance on its datasheet with the name of your chosen League. This could be one of the Leagues detailed in a Warhammer 40,000 publication, or one of your own design.
Example: If you include a KÂHL unit in your army, and you decide they are from the Greater Thurian League, their keyword becomes GREATER THURIAN LEAGUE and their Kindred Hero ability reads ‘While a friendly GREATER THURIAN LEAGUE CORE unit is within 6" of this model, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, re-roll a hit roll of 1.’
If your army is Battle-forged, you cannot include units from two different Leagues in the same Detachment.
HunTR Weapons
Coupled with the natural steadiness and sturdiness of the Kin and their combat vehicles, the auto-calibration and gravitic nudge-assist provided by HunTR modules ensures a stable firing platform, even when on the move.
Many ranged Votann weapons have the type ‘HunTR’. The number of attacks that a model makes with a HunTR weapon is equal to the number written on that weapon’s profile after its type. For example, a model shooting a ‘HunTR 1’ weapon can make one attack with that weapon; a model firing a ‘HunTR 3’ weapon can make three attacks, and so on.Abilities
A unit’s datasheet will list all the abilities it has. Certain abilities that are common to many units are only referenced on the datasheets rather than described in full. These are described below.Eye of the Ancestors
Kin war leaders learn the ability to cast the Eye of the Ancestors, judging swiftly which foes take priority for destruction.
If every unit from your army has the VOTANN keyword and is from the same League (excluding models with the UNALIGNED keyword), then enemy units will gain Judgement tokens (to a maximum of 3) throughout the battle as follows:- Each time an enemy unit destroys a VOTANN unit from your army, that enemy unit gains 1 Judgement token.
- Each time an enemy unit successfully completes an action or a psychic action, it gains 1 Judgement token.
- At the end of each of your opponent’s turns, you can select one enemy unit within range of an objective marker that your opponent controls. That unit gains 1 Judgement token.
If a unit with one or more Judgement tokens splits up into two or more smaller units, each of those units gains a number of Judgement tokens equal to that of the original unit. If two or more units combine to form a single large unit, and any of those units had one or more Judgement tokens, make a note of how many are on the unit with the most just before they combined - the new larger unit has a number of Judgement tokens equal to this.
Each time a VOTANN model (excluding COG models) from your army makes an attack against a unit that has one or more Judgement tokens, apply the applicable bonus from the table below to that attack.
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Note, if an attack automatically wounds the target as the result of this ability, then for the purposes of any other rules that are triggered on a particular wound roll, that attack is never considered to have been made with an unmodified wound roll of 6.
Magna-rail
The Kin utilise linear accelerator weapons to fire hypervelocity projectiles, capable of punching holes through any target.
Some Votann weapons have the Magna-rail ability. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon:- Invulnerable saving throws cannot be taken against that attack.
- On an unmodified wound roll of 6, excess damage that weapon 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.
Steady Advance
The Kin stride into battle with an unwavering sense of purpose, their advance steady and deliberate.
- This unit can ignore any or all modifiers to its Move characteristic and any or all modifiers to its Advance or charge rolls.
- Each time this unit Advances, do not make an Advance roll. Instead, until the end of the phase, add 3" to the Move characteristic of each model in this unit (add 6" instead if this unit is ACCELERATED).
Void Armour
Void armour comprises hardened, jointed segments hooked into the void suit beneath. It is fashioned from magnaferrite weave, and often reinforced with adamantine and enhanced with micro-field generators.
- Each time an attack is made against this unit, your opponent cannot re-roll the wound roll and cannot re-roll the damage roll.
- Each time an attack is allocated to a model in this unit, the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack is reduced by 1 (to a minimum of 0).
Beam
The Brôkhyr of the Leagues of Votann are masters of focused energy beam technology. They have spent millennia perfecting the manufacture of focusing lenses, stream modulators, capacitor-shunts and other technological esoterica, which render these weapons as reliable as they are lethal. Beam weapons spit out a sustained stream of energy that bores through everything in its path, and can be played over the target region to wreak further havoc amongst the foe.
Some Votann weapons have the Beam ability. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, if a hit is scored, draw a line between the closest point of this model’s base (or hull) and that of the closest model in the target unit. Make one wound roll against the target unit, and each other unit this line passes over (excluding units that were not eligible to be targeted by this weapon when targets were selected). When a VEHICLE model makes an attack with beam weapons that targets an enemy unit in Engagement Range of it, that attack is only resolved against that target unit and it cannot hit any other unit.
Example 2: A VOTANN model with a beam weapon targets and hits Unit C. Unit A and B lie on a line between the attacking model and the closest point of the target unit. Unit B was not an eligible target for the original attack however (it is wholly behind a terrain feature with the Obscuring trait and, unlike the TITANIC unit, contains no models with a Wounds characteristic of 18 or higher) and so cannot be hit by the beam, but Unit A can.
Detachment Abilities
- VOTANN Detachments gain the Hero of the Oathband ability.
- VOTANN units in VOTANN Detachments gain the League Customs ability.
- HEARTHKYN WARRIORS and HERNKYN PIONEERS units in VOTANN Detachments gain the Objective Secured ability.
Hero of the Oathband
It is tradition for a single Kâhl either to lead each Oathband, or else to serve as its military figurehead and strategist alongside whichever hero has mustered its forces. So great is the store of strategic cunning martial prowess and inspirational courage possessed by each Kâhl, that they are of greatest benefit to the Kinhost divided in this fashion.
You can include a maximum of one KÂHL model in this Detachment.League Customs
Each of the Leagues of Votann are renowned for particular customs that have defined their approach to matters for so long that they have become tradition. Though individual Kindreds may choose to focus on particular aspects of their Leagues traditions, all observe them as cultural and military cornerstones.
All VOTANN units with this ability, and all the models in them, gain a League Custom so long as every VOTANN unit in your army is from the same League. The custom gained depends upon which League they are from, as shown below.Example: A GREATER THURIAN LEAGUE unit with the League Customs ability gains the Ruthless Efficiency League Custom.
If your League does not have an associated League Custom, you must instead select an Established League Custom for them; this allows you to customise the rules for your Established League. In either case, write down all of your Detachments’ customs on your army roster.
The Leagues
LEAGUE CUSTOMS
All <LEAGUE> units in a League Detachment will gain a League Custom. Below you will find the League Custom associated with each League, as well as the list of Established League Customs that you must use if your League does not have an associated custom. Note that each custom is made up of three rules, one of which has an ‘Ancestral Judgement’ label - this rule will only apply if every unit from your army is from the same League (excluding models with the UNALIGNED keyword).
WARLORD TRAITS
Each League has an associated League Warlord Trait. If a VOTANN <LEAGUE> CHARACTER model gains a Warlord Trait, they can have the relevant League Warlord Trait instead of a Votann Warlord Trait.
STRATAGEMS
Each League has an associated League Stratagem. If your army includes a League Detachment (excluding Auxiliary Support Detachments), then you have access to and can spend Command points to use this Stratagem, in addition to Votann Stratagems.
Each League has an associated League Ancestral Relic. If your army is led by a VOTANN <LEAGUE> WARLORD, you can give the relevant League Ancestral Relic to a VOTANN <LEAGUE> CHARACTER model from your army instead of giving them an Ancestral Relic. Named characters and IRONKIN ASSISTANT models can never be given one of these Relics.
Note that some Relics replace one of the model’s existing items of wargear. Where this is the case, you must, if you are using points values, still pay the cost of the wargear that is being replaced. Write down any Ancestral Relics your models have on your army roster.
Example: A Battle-forged army includes a VOTANN Detachment in which every unit has the URANI-SURTR REGULATES keyword. All URANI-SURTR REGULATES units in that Detachment gain the Dour Survivalists League Custom, an URANI-SURTR REGULATES CHARACTER model in that Detachment that is given a Warlord Trait can instead be given the Grim Pragmatism trait, you have access to the Waste Not Your Last Breath Stratagem and can spend CPs to use it, and if the army’s WARLORD is selected from this Detachment and is from the URANI-SURTR REGULATES, then an URANI-SURTR REGULATES CHARACTER model from your army that could be given an Ancestral Relic can instead be given The Abiding Mantle.
Greater Thurian League
The Greater Thurian League are as uncompromisingly mercenary as they are driven in the causes of exploration, resource acquisition and military conquest. Boasting scores of allied Kindreds and near-inexhaustible ranks of Kinhost warriors to enforce their will, the Greater Thurian League take pride in epitomising all that it means to be Kin.
The Kin of the Greater Thurian League are skilled warriors and ruthless expansionists, instinctively working together to defeat their foes and efficiently achieve their aims. As with everything, they approach war with a grim, methodical pragmatism that is an inspiration to other Leagues.
- Models with this custom (excluding COG models) count as 2 models when determining control of an objective marker, or 5 models if they have a Wounds characteristic of 10 or more.
- Each time a unit with this custom is selected to shoot or fight, you can re-roll one hit roll or one wound roll when making that unit’s attacks.
Ancestral Judgement
Each time a model (excluding a COG model) with this custom makes an attack against a target that has 1 or more Judgement tokens, that enemy unit is considered to have 1 more Judgement token than it actually has (to a maximum of 3) when determining what bonuses apply to the attacking model’s attacks.
WARLORD TRAIT: PRAGMATIC WISDOM
This warlord squeezes the most of out every strategic ploy, their command decisions optimising the reward for every expenditure.
While this WARLORD is on the battlefield, each time you spend a Command point to use a Stratagem you can roll one D6: on a 5+, that Command point is refunded.Few Kin can cast the Eye of the Ancestors with the swiftness and grim efficiency of this League’s Kâhls. Where their merciless gaze falls, the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy are laid bare, and there their warriors strike hardest.
RELIC: KÔRVYK’S CUIRASS
Amongst the earliest records of the Greater Thurian League is an account of the famed Brôkhyr Kôrvyk the Hammer fashioning this remarkable chest plate. Said to be crafted from one of only three small transubstantium deposits ever discovered by the Kin, and with the direct aid of the nascent Leagues still-lucid Votann, it is a truly remarkable piece of armour. It is said that Kôrvyk’s Cuirass is as unyielding and resilient as the very spirit of the Kin race.
GREATER THURIAN LEAGUE model only.- The bearer has a 4+ invulnerable save.
- Each time an attack is allocated to the bearer, the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack is reduced by 1 (to a minimum of 0). This is cumulative with the similar bonus from the Void Armour ability.
Trans-hyperian Alliance
The Kindreds of the Trans-Hyperian Alliance are scattered far and wide, with many of their Hold ships cruising at the heart of nomadic fleets. Observing a secular cult of ancestral veneration that surpasses the dedication of the rest of their race, the Kin of the Trans-Hyperian Alliance are ever on the move, always seeking new knowledge and conquests to enrich the Votann.
Ever on the move - and often strung out and under-strength - the Kin of the Trans-Hyperian Alliance are no strangers to fighting against the odds. They relish such hardships, however, and strive all the more fiercely to apply their hard won experience to every conflict, the better to honour the Votann.
- Each time a model with this custom makes an attack, if that model’s unit is below its Starting Strength, add 1 to that attack’s hit roll.
- Each time a model with this custom makes an attack, on an unmodified wound roll of 6, the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack is improved by 1.
Ancestral Judgement
Each time a model with this custom (excluding a COG model) makes an attack against a target that has 1 or more Judgement tokens, re-roll a wound roll of 1.
WARLORD TRAIT: NOMAD STRATEGIST
This warlord makes the most of their warriors’ desire to stay on the move, employing mobile strategies and swiftly repositioning their forces to exploit weaknesses in enemy battle lines.
At the start of the first battle round, you can select up to three friendly TRANS-HYPERIAN ALLIANCE units wholly within your deployment zone. Remove those units from the battlefield, then set them up anywhere on the battlefield that is wholly within your deployment zone. If the mission uses the Strategic Reserves rules, any of those units can be placed into Strategic Reserves without having to spend any additional CPs, regardless of how many units are already in Strategic Reserves. If both players have abilities that redeploy units, roll off; the winner chooses who redeploys their units first.The Ancestor worship within the Trans-Hyperian Alliance borders on the puritanical. So wholly determined are its Kin to live up to the impossible standards of their forebears, that they will endure unbelievable hardships and keep fighting to survive and prevail - even should they be terribly injured.
RELIC: THE CORV DUAS
Originally fashioned aboard the Hold ship of Urvû’s Kindred during the years of the Longest March, these CORV units contain shards of psychoactive crystal recovered from a scintillating anomaly. Like escorts around a capital ship, the CORV Duas employ their psycho-amplified resilience to shield their Grimnyr from harm. At the same time, the empyric resonance generated by their presence magnifies the fortitude of the Grimnyr’s barrier-tech, helping them to ward off harmful enemy manifestations.
TRANS-HYPERIAN ALLIANCE GRIMNYR model only.- Add 1 to the Wounds characteristics of this unit’s CORV models.
- While the bearer’s unit contains 1 or more CORV models, the bearer can attempt to deny one additional psychic power in each of your opponent’s Psychic phases.
- While the bearer’s unit contains 1 or more CORV models, add 1 to Deny the Witch tests taken for the bearer.
Kronus Hegemony
The Kronus Hegemony are ever on the march. Their Kindreds must fulfil quotas of martial conquest, and find the slightest excuse to launch into full-blown military invasions of alien-held systems. Over time, the temperament of these Kindreds has become ever more aggressive and ill-tempered, so that now there are few problems the Kin of the Kronus Hegemony will not seek to solve with violence.
The Kin of the Kronus Hegemony are vaunted warriors who are expected to display exceptional feats of strength and skill in combat. They never hesitate to hurl themselves into battle and, the steeper the odds, the harder they fight to prevail.
- Each time a unit with this custom fights, if it made a charge move, was charged or performed a Heroic Intervention this turn, then until that fight is resolved, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of models in this unit.
- Each time a model with this custom makes a melee attack, if that model’s unit made a charge move, was charged or performed a Heroic Intervention this turn, add 1 to that attack’s Strength characteristic.
Ancestral Judgement
Each time a model with this custom (excluding a COG model) makes a melee attack against a target that has 2 or more Judgement tokens, the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack is improved by 1.
WARLORD TRAIT: EXEMPLARY HERO
It is the duty of all war leaders within the Kronus Hegemony to set an unimpeachable example to their followers, employing their prodigious skills to lay low the greatest enemy threats in person.
Each time this WARLORD fights, if it is within Engagement Range of any enemy CHARACTER or MONSTER units, then until that fight is resolved, add 1 to this WARLORD’s Attacks characteristic.- Each time this WARLORD makes a melee attack, you can re-roll the hit roll.
- Each time this WARLORD makes a melee attack against an enemy CHARACTER or MONSTER unit, add 1 to the wound roll.
With a few stern words, the war leaders of the Kronus Hegemony remind their warriors what is expected of them. They must fight all the harder, for the Ancestors expect their due.
RELIC: THE JUST BLADE
Rumour has it that this mighty axe is the deadliest weapon ever to be fashioned in the Forges of the Kronus Hegemony. A phase-modulated plasma field wreathes a polytrinate blade that has been witnessed to cut through feet-thick armour plating - and even energy fields - as though they were not there. It is said within the Hegemony that so deadly a weapon must only be wielded in a truly justified conflict against a deserving foe.
KRONUS HEGEMONY model with a forgewrought plasma axe or dark star axe only.This Relic replaces a forgewrought plasma axe or dark star axe and has the following profile:
WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| The Just Blade | |||||
| The Just Blade | Melee | Melee | +1 | -4 | 2 |
Abilities: Each time an attack is made with this weapon, invulnerable saving throws cannot be made against that attack. | |||||
Ymyr Conglomerate
The Ymyr Conglomerate are renowned for two things above all else; their vast material wealth and the spectacular technologies that they craft with it. A League whose mantra is ever quality over quantity, the Ymyr Conglomerate deploy some of the most elite and heavily equipped Oathbands to be seen in any theatre of war.
The craftsmanship and quality of the Ymyr Conglomerate’s weapons and void armour are second to none. Kin who enter battle girded with such forgewrought masterpieces strive never to waste their tremendous potential.
- Add 4" to the Range characteristic of all ranged weapons (excluding Relics) models with this custom are equipped with.
- Models in a unit with this custom that have a Save characteristic of 2+ gain a 4+ invulnerable save; other models in a unit with this custom gain a 5+ invulnerable save.
Ancestral Judgement
Each time a model with this custom (excluding a COG model) makes a ranged attack that targets a unit within half range, if that target has 1 or more Judgement tokens, the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack is improved by 1.
WARLORD TRAIT: GUILD CONNECTIONS
It serves this warlord well to maintain strong contacts with the greatest Cthonian Guilds of the Ymyr Conglomerate. Such friendships yield rich gifts that can be put to good use upon the battlefield.
The Damage characteristic of all weapons this WARLORD is equipped with (excluding Relics) is increased by 1.With specific modifications it is possible to focus a beam weapon’s output into a more deadly stream of energy.
RELIC: THE LAST CREST OF JÂLUK
The tragic fall of the Hold world of Jâluk remains a cautionary tale to all those Brôkhyr tempted by wild experimentation. Only this one gilded crest was recovered from the storm-lost planet, pristine and seemingly untouched by the warp-madness that surrounded it. Its protective powers extend to its bearer, as does the weight of responsibility to prevent such a tragedy befalling their own Hold.
YMYR CONGLOMERATE SHIELD CREST model only.- Once per battle, before making a saving throw for the bearer, it can activate this Relic. If it does so, then until the end of the phase, the bearer has a 3+ invulnerable save.
- Each time the bearer would lose a wound as the result of a mortal wound, roll one D6: on a 4+, that wound is not lost.
Urani-Surtr Regulates
The Kindreds of the Urani-Surtr Regulates prize stoicism, self-reliance and - unusually for their race - inflexible determination no matter the odds of success. They disparage wastefulness above all else, and will subsist uncomplainingly upon the absolute minimum if doing so will bring them victory, and their Kindreds survival.
The URSR have suffered greatly over the millennia, yet still they endure. Their grim warriors have disdain for every foe, and are known to fight to the last. While they can still stand, they can fight.
- Add 1 to the Toughness characteristic of models in a unit with this custom.
- You can re-roll failed Morale tests taken for a unit with this custom.
Ancestral Judgement
Each time a model with this custom (excluding a COG model) makes an attack against a target that has 0 Judgement tokens, that enemy unit is considered to have 1 Judgement token when determining what bonuses apply to the attacking model’s attacks.
WARLORD TRAIT: GRIM PRAGMATISM
Dwelling on pain and discomfort only wastes valuable energy that could be put to better use.
Each time this WARLORD would lose a wound, roll one D6: on a 5+, that wound is not lost.It is incumbent upon the leaders of the URSR to set an example of absolute indomitability before their followers.
RELIC: THE ABIDING MANTLE
By their own insistence, the name of whichever skilled URSR craftsman fashioned this cloak was never recorded. Laced through with chamelioweave and contramotive optic damper-circuits, this seemingly plain garment causes its wearer to blend in amongst the ranks of their comrades - their survival aided by understated anonymity.
URANI-SURTR REGULATES model only. Unless the bearer is the closest eligible target, enemy models cannot target it with ranged attacks.Established League Customs
If your chosen League does not have an associated League Custom, you must instead create their custom by selecting rules from the list here. Unless otherwise stated, your League has three customs from the following list, one of which (and only one) must be from those with an Ancestral Judgement label.
Some Leagues emphasise cloneskeins throughout their populace, which promote physical strength and aggression. This better ensures a ready supply of soldiers of the line.
Ancestral Judgement
This League allows no insult or loss amongst their number to go unavenged. The fallen are always honoured in blood.
Ancestral Judgement
This League imposes a particularly punishing training regime upon all the warriors of its Oathbands, training them to eliminate their enemies with merciless efficiency.
Ancestral Judgement
The Kindreds of this League view firefights as but the first stage of battle, leading into a devastating headlong offensive to crush the foe in hand-to-hand battle.
Courage and fortitude are the watchwords of this League, its Kin dour and fearless no matter the enemy or the odds.
Ancestral Judgement
This League’s warriors are infamously ill-tempered and known to take the continued existence of their foes rather personally.
When their comrades fall in battle, the Kin of this League fight all the harder to honour them through unfaltering success.
It is customary within the Kindreds of this League to form indomitable shield walls in battle, and then to raise massed voices in an inspirational song of ancestral honour and defiance.
This League has such close ties with another League, that they are on the verge of forming an alliance.
- Use the custom of the League you selected.
- If a CHARACTER model with this custom gains a Warlord Trait, they can have a League Warlord Trait associated with the League you selected, instead of a Votann Warlord Trait. If a CHARACTER has such a Warlord Trait, replace all instances of the League keyword on that Warlord Trait (e.g. TRANSHYPERIAN ALLIANCE), if any, with the name of the League that this CHARACTER is from.
- Unless the only units with this custom are part of an Auxiliary Support Detachment, you will gain access to the League Stratagem associated with the League you selected. When using such a Stratagem, replace all instances of the League keyword on that Stratagem (e.g. TRANS-HYPERIAN ALLIANCE), if any, with the name of the League that the units with this custom have.
This League is known for processing highly refined power cells to fuel their war machines, lending them greater acceleration.
Ancestral Judgement
The Kin of this League waste no time in appraising their foe, and they are quick to pass judgement upon all who mean them harm.
The Brôkhyr of this League have refined the art of crafting superior energy capacitors and focal lenses to transform their continuous beam energy tools into deadly weapons capable of scything through enemy ranks.
- Add 1 to the Strength characteristic of all beam weapons equipped by models with this custom (including Relics).
- Each time a unit with this custom is selected for the Core-Buster Fire Pattern Stratagem, that Stratagem costs 0CP.
Ancestral Judgement
These Kin warriors are renowned for being stiff-necked and particularly disciplined. When their heroes mark a foe for destruction, they brook no distraction from their appointed task.
This League requires all its Kindreds to promote cloneskeins that render their peoples especially hardy and resilient.
The warriors of this League of Votann pride themselves on their martial skills and their proficiency in combat.
Whether through the skill of their Kindreds’ Brôkhyr, or access to sources of rare and highly perilous ballistic materials, the Kindreds of this League are able to deploy exceptionally potent firearms throughout their Oathbands.
Stratagems by Phase
BEQUEST OF THE VOTANN (Votann – Requisition)
IN THE RIGHT HANDS (Votann – Requisition)
LEGEND OF THE LEAGUE (Votann – Requisition)
Battle Round
MULTIWAVE SYSTEM JAMMER (Votann – Wargear)
APPRAISING GLARE (Greater Thurian League – Epic Deed)
BASTION RUNNING (Votann – Epic Deed)
COMBAT SURGERY (Votann – Epic Deed)
GRIMWROUGHT BARRIER (Votann – Epic Deed)
PERSONAL GRUDGE (Votann – Epic Deed)
ACCELERATED RESPONSE (Votann – Battle Tactic)
OUTFLANKING PIONEERS (Votann – Strategic Ploy)
SITE-TO-SITE TRANSPORT (Votann – Wargear)
WELL-ORDERED RETREAT (Votann – Strategic Ploy)
HATCHWAY OVERRIDES (Votann – Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy)
LUCK HAS. NEED KEEPS. TOIL EARNS. (Votann – Strategic Ploy)
HATCHWAY OVERRIDES (Votann – Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy)
PAN SPECTRAL WARNING (Votann – Wargear)
POINT-BLANK FUSILLADE (Votann – Battle Tactic)
THE MIGHT OF THE EINHYR (Votann – Battle Tactic)
ANCESTRAL SENTENCE (Votann – Battle Tactic)
CONCUSSION BLAST (Votann – Wargear)
CORE-BUSTER FIRE PATTERN (Votann – Battle Tactic)
HUNTR’S MARK (Votann – Battle Tactic)
ION STORM (Votann – Wargear)
LIGHT’EM UP (Votann – Strategic Ploy)
OPTIMISED VOLLEY (Votann – Battle Tactic)
PULSED BEAM DISCHARGE (Ymyr Conglomerate – Wargear)
SUBTERRANEAN EXPLOSIVES (Votann – Wargear)
EXACTING FOCUS (Votann – Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic)
FOCUSED GRAVITIC BLAST (Votann – Boarding Actions – Wargear)
MAG-RIDERS (Votann – Strategic Ploy)
REACTIVE REPRISAL (Votann – Battle Tactic)
HARDENED RESOLUTION (Votann – Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic)
OVERCHARGED SHIELD CREST (Votann – Wargear)
HARDENED RESOLUTION (Votann – Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic)
FAMILIAL LOYALTY (Votann – Strategic Ploy)
FAMILIAL LOYALTY (Votann – Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy)
KINBOND (Votann – Battle Tactic)
THE MIGHT OF THE EINHYR (Votann – Battle Tactic)
ANCESTRAL SENTENCE (Votann – Battle Tactic)
HARDENED RESOLUTION (Votann – Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic)
BLOODY EXPECTATIONS (Kronus Hegemony – Battle Tactic)
CYBERSTIMM INFUSION (Votann – Battle Tactic)
WASTE NOT YOUR LAST BREATH (Urani-Surtr Regulates – Epic Deed)
KINBOND (Votann – Battle Tactic)
THE MIGHT OF THE EINHYR (Votann – Battle Tactic)
ANCESTRAL SENTENCE (Votann – Battle Tactic)
HARDENED RESOLUTION (Votann – Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic)
BLOODY EXPECTATIONS (Kronus Hegemony – Battle Tactic)
CYBERSTIMM INFUSION (Votann – Battle Tactic)
WASTE NOT YOUR LAST BREATH (Urani-Surtr Regulates – Epic Deed)
CULT OF VENERATION (Trans-Hyperian Alliance – Battle Tactic)
NEW-FOUND NEMESIS (Votann – Strategic Ploy)
WASTE NOT YOUR LAST BREATH (Urani-Surtr Regulates – Epic Deed)
NEW-FOUND NEMESIS (Votann – Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy)
Stratagems
If your army includes any VOTANN Detachments (excluding Auxiliary Support Detachments), you have access to these Stratagems, and can spend CPs to use them.
It is a point of honour to Kin military forces that they be precisely where their leaders need them, exactly when they are required.
Some foes are so loathed that the Ancestors themselves are said to pass sentence upon them, marking them for death.
Originally perfected for explosively excavating especially resistant mining obstacles, this intersectional beam weapon fire pattern works equally well to blast the heart from the enemy battle line.
Cthonian Beserks are typically fitted with augmetic, sub-dermal shunts that can flood their systems with stimulant chemicals to help them fight their way out of dangerous situations.
Sensor-network calibration tied in to the HunTR modules on Kin weaponry can be used to part-automate targetting based on the casting of the Eye of the Ancestors. This ensures that, if the Votann have marked a victim, their will is carried out without fail.
A clone race with a deep-rooted bond of common thought and intent, the Kin can act with eerie - and wholly unspoken - coordination, which helps them to overwhelm and pick apart their foes upon the field of battle.
When the fighting is at its fiercest, a Kindred’s elite Einhyr warriors truly show their quality.
Should the foe gather in sufficient numbers, it becomes more efficient to hammer the tight-packed enemy targets with a full-auto hail of bolt fire than to conserve ammunition.
So resolute and steadfast are the Kin that their warriors are able to keep aiming and firing even in the midst of close-quarters battle.
Once an enemy target has been marked out by the Eye of the Ancestors, the Kin focus their efforts upon its destruction, redoubling their fury should it attempt to engage.
By carefully manipulating localised warp flow via their barrier tech implements, the Grimnyr are able to ward their allies against malefic empyric manifestations.
- That unit, and the models it contains, stop being affected by any psychic powers that had been affecting it that had been manifested by an enemy unit.
- Until the start of your next Command phase, that unit, and the models it contains, are not affected by any Malediction psychic powers manifested.
A damaged Hekaton Land Fortress can be temporarily rigged for bastion running by its crew, fortifying systems with a short-lived power surge that allows the war engine to smash and blast its way out of even the most perilous situations.
It is a tragic waste to let warriors die on the battlefield when there is a chance they can be revived to rejoin the fight.
Some amongst the Kin harbour extremely personal and long-standing Grudges against their most hated nemeses.
The Kin see little use in their most powerful and ancient technologies languishing in safety when - in the hands of their heroes - these devices can mean the difference between victory and defeat in battle.
Should a lower-ranking Kin hero show particular promise, they may be extended a Bequest of the Votann - an item of rarefied wargear they have proved themselves worthy of wielding.
This hero's name and reputation are known throughout their League, synonymous with exceptional conduct and skill.
The strong family bond between all members of a Kindred ensures that they will spare no effort to aid their imperilled comrades.
Hernkyn Pioneers can use their searchlights to illuminate priority targets for their comrades.
The Kin believe that rightful ownership lies with whoever strives hard enough to posses the prize.
- That unit automatically passes Morale tests.
- Unless that unit makes a ranged attack or declares a charge, that unit can ignore any rules that would cause any actions they are performing to fail.
- Each time a model in that unit would lose a wound, roll one D6: on a 6, that wound is not lost.
Kindred magna-coil tech allows a skilled rider to effect sudden, drastic jinking manoeuvres while flaring the polarity of their vehicles coils to throw out disruptive energy pulses.
- Subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll.
- If that unit has Advanced during its previous turn, that attack’s hit roll cannot be re-rolled.
To strike down a hero amongst the Kin is to earn the immediate and murderous ire of all their warrior comrades.
Hernkyn Pioneers often push their mounts to their limit to outflank the foe, knowing that their most effective strategic use amongst the ranks of the Oathband is as rapid, encircling raiders.
Not for the Kin the sudden panic of the rout. Instead, they fall back steadily and by squads, laying down furious suppressing fire to drive back pursuing foes.
Gravitic concussion grenades do not merely pulp flesh and crack bone, they also leave their foes disoriented from the blast wave.
- The selected enemy unit cannot fire Overwatch or Set to Defend.
- Each time a model in the selected enemy unit makes an attack, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll.
The Kindreds’ mastery of ion weaponry has been fine tuned over millennia.
Mole grenades can be set with a delayed fuse so that their underground detonation causes shock waves and subsidence.
- Halve the Move characteristic of models in the target unit.
- The target unit is not eligible to fight until after all other eligible units from your army have fought.
Designer’s Note: We recommend placing a Mole Grenade model next to enemy units while they are under the effects of this Stratagem, removing it at the start of your next Movement phase (a Mole Grenade does not count as a model for any rules purposes).
The comms arrays of the Leagues of Votann can decrypt enemy communications channels and temporarily drown them in static.
Kindred shield crests are capable of projecting strengthened energy fields to attenuate incoming attacks for short periods of time.
Kindred pan spectral scanners can give forewarning of enemies approaching from unseen quarters, or even through the warp.
Kin teleport crests are capable of performing short site-to-site transportations, but doing so drains their power cores.
The Votannic Council
Each time you upgrade one of the aforementioned units, its Power Rating is increased, as shown in the table below. If you are playing a matched play game, or a game that uses a points limit, then the points value of that unit is also increased by the amount shown in the same table. Make a note on your army roster each time you upgrade a unit using these rules. These units are still considered to be the same datasheet for the purposes of any mission rules that limit the number of times any particular datasheet can be included in your army.
Each time you upgrade a unit, one CHARACTER model in it gains a new keyword, as shown in the keyword column of the table below. It also gains access to bespoke Warlord Traits and gains two additional abilities, one of which is an Ancestral Judgement ability, as shown in the appropriate section below. A model can only use its Ancestral Judgement ability if every unit from your army has the VOTANN keyword (excluding models with the UNALIGNED keyword) and is from the same League. When you upgrade a VOTANN CHARACTER model with these rules, replace all instances of the <LEAGUE> keyword in their new abilities and Warlord Trait (if any) with the name of - the League that your model is from.
A Crusade force cannot start with any upgraded CHARACTER units - to include one in a Crusade force, you must use the A Great Honour Requisition.
An army (and a Crusade force) cannot contain more than one model from the same League that has the same Votannic Council keyword (e.g. it cannot contain two GREATER THURIAN LEAGUE HIGH KÂHL models, or two KRONUS HEGEMONY LORD GRIMNYR models, etc.).
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High Kâhl
To be named the High Kâhl of an entire Kindred is both a tremendous honour and an awesome responsibility. These heroes act as the ultimate military commander of their Kinhost, instructing their subordinate Kâhls as the final word in grand strategy, and the figurehead of the Votannic Council. For their peers - and the wider Hearthspake - to elect a High Kâhl, the incumbent must be more than just a tremendously capable warrior and indomitable battlefield leader. They must also demonstrate their cool head for strategic command over planet-wide - or even system-wide - theatres, and their merciless mastery of the cruel calculus of war It is said that one should never expect compassion from the High Kâhl, but always sense and surely.
ABILITIESA HIGH KÂHL model gains the following abilities:
High Kâhl: In your Command phase, select one friendly <LEAGUE> CORE or <LEAGUE> CHARACTER unit within 6" of this model. Until the start of your next Command phase, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, you can re-roll the hit roll.
A HIGH KÂHL is excluded from the Hero of the Oathband ability rule. This means a Detachment can include both one HIGH KÂHL unit and one other KÂHL unit.
Ancestral Judgement
Efficient Exemplar: Each time a HIGH KÂHL model destroys an enemy unit, if that unit had 1 or more Judgement tokens, you can select one enemy unit that is visible to this model. If you do so, that unit gains 1 Judgement token.
WARLORD TRAIT
You can give a HIGH KÂHL model the Experienced Eye Warlord Trait instead of giving them another Warlord trait.
Experienced Eye
This old warrior has fought in countless wars. and has witnessed first-hand much of the worst the galaxy has to offer. They can appraise the battlefield situation at a glance, and from bitter experience can select priority targets with pragmatic efficiency while directing the Kin in war.
In each of your Command phases, this WARLORD can use their Grim Efficiency ability one additional time, but only if you select an enemy unit that has not already been selected for this ability during this phase.Lord Grimnyr
The mechanism by which a Kindred’s Grimnyr choose their ultimate representative is unknown outside of their enigmatic circles. Yet all Kin know what this venerated figure embodies: wisdom, guidance and insight. Within the Volannic Council, the Lord Grimnyr is held to be the voice of the Ancestors themselves, as well as a walking conduit for both their lore and their gestalt might. Nor is this role a purely ceremonial or advisory one. It is incumbent upon the Lord Grimnyr to walk the battlefield as the eyes and curs and voice of the Votann, dispensing wisdom to friends and allies, even as they unleash the wrath of the glowering Ancestors upon the enemies of their Kindred.
ABILITIESA LORD GRIMNYR model gains the following abilities:
Lord Grimnyr: This model can attempt to manifest one additional psychic power in each of your Psychic phases.
Ancestral Judgement
Anger of the Ancestors: Each time a LORD GRIMNYR model attempts to manifest a psychic power from the Skeinwrought discipline, if there are any enemy units within 18" of this LORD GRIMNYR model with 1 or more Judgement tokens, add 1 to that Psychic test.
WARLORD TRAIT
You can give a LORD GRIMNYR model the Ancestral Power Warlord Trait instead of giving them another Warlord Trait.
Ancestral Power
This old and wisened soul has communed with the Votann for countless years. They have gleaned many incredible secrets and interpreted great truths in their time, and have immense skill in wielding the psycho-activated barrier technologies that are their birthright.
Add 6" to the range of psychic powers from the Skeinwrought discipline that are manifested by this WARLORD.Brôkhyr Forge-master
To become their Kindreds Forge-master, a Brôkhyr must prove not only their pre-eminence at the crafting of technological marvels, but also in overseeing their deployment. It is their duty to fashion the tools of war that will be wielded by their Kindred’s greatest heroes in the coming conflict, themselves included. They must further embody the fury of the Forge upon the battlefield, providing wise counsel on everything from siegecraft to field-repair, even as they blast and bludgeon their enemies to ruin.
ABILITIESA BRÔKHYR FORGE-MASTER model gains the following abilities:
Brôkhyr Forge-master: Once per battle round, if this model is on the battlefield when you use a Votann Wargear Stratagem, if the unit selected to use that Stratagem is a friendly <LEAGUE> unit within 6" of this BRÔKHYR FORGE-MASTER, reduce the CP cost of that Stratagem by 1CP. Note that the CP cost is only reduced by 1CP for that use of the Stratagem, any future usages of it cost the normal amount of CPs.
Ancestral Judgement
Forge-master’s Eye: Each time a BRÔKHYR FORGE-MASTER model makes an attack, on an unmodified wound roll of 6, if the target of that attack has 1 or more Judgement tokens, that attack inflicts a number of mortal wounds on the target equal to the damage characteristic of that attack, and the attack sequence ends. If a BRÔKHYR FORGE-MASTER model makes an attack with a beam weapon, this ability also applies to any intervening units that are ‘hit’ by that beam that have 1 or more Judgement tokens.
WARLORD TRAIT
You can give a BRÔKHYR FORGE-MASTER model the Master Armourer Warlord Trail instead of giving them another Warlord Trait.
Master Armourer
This Brôkhyr is a true craftsman, and their experience in executing battlefield repairs is second to none. Vehicle crews are much assured when this trusted old hand is on standby, even believing their touch to bestow good fortune.
- Each time this WARLORD repairs a model using its Brôkhyr’s Guild ability, the model being repaired regains up to 3 lost wounds instead of D3 (the model being repaired regains up to 4 lost wounds instead while this BRÔKHYR FORGE-MASTER’s unit includes 1 or more E-COG models, as described in the E-COG Support ability).
- Once per battle round, when a saving throw is failed for a friendly <LEAGUE> VEHICLE or <LEAGUE> EXO-FRAME model that is within 6" of this WARLORD, this WARLORD can use this trait. When it does so, the Damage characteristic of that attack is changed to 0.
Skeinwrought Discipline
Before the battle, generate the psychic powers for PSYKER models from your army that know powers from the Skeinwrought discipline using the table below. You can either roll one D6 to generate each power randomly (re-rolling duplicate results), or you can select which powers the psyker knows.
When a PSYKER unit from your army manifests a psychic power from this discipline, replace all instances of the <LEAGUE> keyword on that psychic power (if any) with the name of the League that your PSYKER is from.
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| 1 | INTERFACE ECHO The Grinmyr draws empyrically archived Votannic wisdom from within ward-tech augmentic neural buffers, and uses it to inform their comrades’ battle plan. Blessing: Interface Echo has a warp charge value of 5. If manifested, you gain 1 Command point. The limit of gaining or refunding 1CP per battle round does not apply to any Command points gained via this psychic power. |
| 2 | FORTIFY The Kin have a natural belief in their own indomitable fortitude. Employing controlled empyric energies, the Grinmyr causes these beliefs to manifest as temporary physical enhancement. Blessing: Fortify has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select one friendly <LEAGUE> CORE or <LEAGUE> CHARACTER unit within 12" of this PSYKER. Until the start of your next Psychic phase:
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| 3 | ANCESTRAL WRATH Channelling the grim hatred that all Kin believe the Ancestors hold for their foes, the Grinmyr transmutes it into furious destructive energies. White fire leaps from their eyes, their fingertips and their open mouth, blasting the foe to scattered ashes. Witchfire: Ancestral Wrath has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select one enemy unit within 18" of and visible to this PSYKER and roll 3 dice. If that enemy unit contains 11 or more models, roll 6 dice instead. In either case, add 1 to each result if that enemy unit has 1 or more Judgement tokens on it. For each roll of 4+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound. |
| 4 | GRUDGEPYRE Harnessing the Kin’s gestalt hatred for a begrudged foe, the Grinmyr engulfs their victim in a pillar of flame that scours them from existence. Witchfire: Grudgepyre has a warp charge value of 4. If manifested, select one enemy unit that is not a VEHICLE, MONSTER or CHARACTER within 18" of and visible to this PSYKER. Roll 2D6 and add the number of Judgement tokens that are next to that unit to the result: if the result is greater than the unmodified Leadership characteristic of that unit, one model selected by your opponent in that unit is destroyed. |
| 5 | NULL VORTEX Unleashing the full contra-empyric power of their barrier tech, the Grinmyr projects a null-probability field that causes enemy force shields to flicker and die, and even the most agile foes to fumble weakly in their efforts to evade harm. Malediction: Null Vortex has a warp charge value of 8. If manifested, select one enemy unit within 12" of this PSYKER. Until the start of your next Psychic phase, models in that unit cannot use any invulnerable saves. |
| 6 | CRUSHING CONTEMPT The glowering stare of the Grinmyr bores into the enemy, its manifest disdain and anger intensifying by the moment until they feel its weight as a physical force. It causes them to stagger and strain simply to keep from collapsing altogether. Malediction: Crushing Contempt has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select one enemy unit within 18" of this PSYKER. Roll 3D6:
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Warlord Traits
If a VOTANN CHARACTER model is your WARLORD, you can use the Votann Warlord Traits table below to determine what Warlord Trait they have. You can either roll one D6 to randomly generate one, or you can select one. IRONKIN ASSISTANT models can never be given a Warlord Trait.
When you have determined a Warlord Trait for a VOTANN CHARACTER model, replace all instances of the <LEAGUE> keyword in their Warlord Trait (if any) with the name of the League that your model is from.
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| 1 | ANCESTRAL BEARING This warlord carries themselves like the Ancestors of aeons past and commands much respect amongst the Kin.
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| 2 | WARRIOR LORD This warlord is a supremely skilled combatant. No axe blow or sword strike they make is wasted - when they put an enemy down, it stays down.
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| 3 | A LONG LIST This warlord holds the majority of the galaxy’s races in contempt, and seeks out their many nemeses with a keen and inescapable eye. No sooner have they settled a Grudge against one foe, than they move to the next name on their list.
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| 4 | GUILD AFFILIATE This warlord is always on the lookout for valuable resources and sites to claim for their Kindred’s ever-acquisitive Guilds. In your Command phase, you can select one friendly <LEAGUE> CORE unit within 6" of this WARLORD. Until the start of your next Command phase, that unit has the Objective Secured ability. If a model in that unit already has this ability, that model counts as one additional model when determining control of an objective marker. |
| 5 | UNRELENTING TOIL (AURA) This warlord is a tireless exemplar. They inspire similar dedication in their warriors, who redouble their efforts in this warlord's presence. While a friendly <LEAGUE> CORE unit that is performing an action is within 6" of this WARLORD, that unit can shoot without that action failing. |
| 6 | GRIM DEMEANOUR (AURA) This warlord’s grim countenance is legendary, and they are rumoured to have never smiled. Such a demeanour is, of course, an outward sign of how seriously this warlord undertakes their solemn tasks, and under their stern gaze no Kin will be found wanting. While a friendly <LEAGUE> CORE unit is within 6" of this WARLORD:
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Chapter Approved Rules
If every model from your army has the VOTANN keyword (excluding models with the UNALIGNED keyword), you can, if you are playing a matched play battle that instructs you to select secondary objectives (e.g. a mission from the Eternal War mission pack in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book), select one of them to be from the VOTANN secondary objectives listed below.
Like all other secondary objectives, each of the secondary objectives listed below has a category, and they follow all the normal rules for secondary objectives (for example, when you select secondary objectives, you cannot choose more than one from each category, you can score no more than 15 victory points from each secondary objective you select during the mission etc.).
No Mercy, No Respite
The Kin prioritise the destruction of those foes judged wanting by the Ancestors, the better to live up to those ancients' expectations.
Purge the Enemy
On occasion, the Kin develop such a Grudge that the elimination of certain enemies becomes all-consuming whether it is efficient to pursue such vendettas or not.
At the end of the battle, for each of the identified units that was destroyed by a VOTANN unit from your army, you score 1 victory point. If that unit had a points cost of 150 or more, you score 1 additional victory point, and/or if that unit was destroyed by a melee attack, you score 1 additional victory point (for a maximum of 3 victory points per unit). A unit’s points value includes the points of all weapons, other wargear and upgrades it has.
At the end of the battle, reduce the number of victory points you have earned from this secondary objective by 1 (to a minimum of 0) for each of the identified units that has not been destroyed. If a unit splits into several smaller units during a battle, all of those separate units (excluding DRONE units) must be destroyed at the end of the battle for the unit to be counted as being destroyed for the purposes of this objective.
Shadow Operations
The Kindreds of the Leagues of Votann are ever on the hunt for new sources of material wealth to strengthen their society.
Prospect (Action): One VOTANN INFANTRY or VOTANN BIKER unit from your army can start to perform this action at the end of your Movement phase if it is in range of an objective marker that is not within your deployment zone and has not already been prospected by your army. A unit cannot start this action while there are any enemy units (excluding AIRCRAFT units) in range of the same objective marker. The action is completed at the end of the turn. If completed, that objective marker is said to have been prospected by your army and you must roll one D6, adding 1 to the result if the unit that completed the action has the SCANNER keyword: on a 6+, that objective marker is a Rich Deposits objective marker.
Each time a unit from your army completes this action, you score 3 victory points. At the end of the battle, if you control one or more Rich Deposits markers, you score an additional 3 victory points.
Battlefield Supremacy
Having identified rare and valuable resources amidst the ruin of battle, the Kin move swiftly to secure them against the foe.
Crusade Rules
In this section you’ll find additional rules for playing Crusade battles with the Leagues of Votann, such as Agendas, Requisitions, Battle Traits and Crusade Relics that are bespoke to VOTANN units. You can find out more about Crusade armies in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book.
Crusade Faction
When you start a Crusade force, you must decide what its Crusade Faction will be, as described in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book. You can, if you wish, choose for that Crusade Faction to be ‘VOTANN’.You can also include VOTANN units in a Crusade force whose Crusade Faction is ‘IMPERIUM’, but only 25% of the supply limit of such a Crusade force can be comprised of VOTANN units.
Grudges
The Kin strive to keep a level head where lesser warriors would fly into fits of rage, however, there are insults and atrocities which simply cannot be borne, and that lead the Kin to declare a Grudge against their perpetrators. Once they have reached this point, the Kin will pursue their nemeses with a single-minded and reckless hatred that is frightening to behold.
While a unit has such a note on its Crusade card, it is said to be harbouring a Grudge against that faction (in the above example, the VOTANN unit would be harbouring a Grudge against ORKS units), and if your opponent’s army has, for example, the ORKS Crusade Faction, then such a VOTANN unit would be harbouring a Grudge against your opponent s army.
- At the start of every battle, if any VOTANN units in your Crusade army are harbouring a Grudge against your opponent’s army, the following rules apply:
At the start of the battle, after both sides have deployed, but before the first turn begins, you must roll a number of D6s equal to the number of units in your Crusade army that are harbouring a Grudge against your opponent’s army:- For each roll of 6, you can place 1 Grudge token next to one enemy unit that is on the battlefield. You can place more than 1 Grudge token next to the same unit if you wish. A Grudge token works exactly as if it was a Judgement token, except that they are only used to determine what bonuses apply to an attacking model’s attacks if that attacking models unit is harbouring a Grudge against your opponent’s army.
- For each roll of 1, you must reduce your army’s number of Command points by 1 (to a minimum of 0).
- Each time a model (excluding a COG model) in a unit from your army makes an attack, if that unit is harbouring a Grudge against your opponent’s army:
- If the target unit has 1-2 Grudge tokens, re-roll a hit roll of 1.
- If the target unit has 3 Grudge tokens, you can re-roll the hit roll.
- A unit from your army that is harbouring a Grudge against your opponent’s army:
- Cannot start an action if it is within 6" of one or more enemy units.
- Cannot Fall Back while it is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
- At the end of the battle, if a unit from your army that was harbouring a Grudge against your opponent’s army has a ‘Units destroyed during this battle’ tally of 3 or more, unless the unit harbouring the Grudge was destroyed during the battle, its Grudge has been settled - the Grudge note for your opponent’s Crusade Faction is removed from its Crusade card.
Kindred Acquisitions
If your Crusade force includes any VOTANN units, then as you progress through your Crusade campaign, you will acquire different types of resources that are required by your Kindred in order to construct new assets, upgrade them or maintain existing ones.Fundamental Resources
The Kin are masters of the process of harvesting raw materials from the galaxy at large. They exploit sources Humanity cannot begin to fathom, and stockpile them against times of need.
There are four types of resources you can acquire. In addition to your Order of Battle, you should have a
Kindred Acquisitions Record Sheet that you can use to keep a note of your Crusade forces current number of each type of resource. The resources you can acquire are:
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The amount of resource gained depends on the battle size of the battle just played, as shown in the table below:
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- Write the name of your Crusade force.
- Keep note of the amount of each type of resource you have.
- Each time you acquire or upgrade a Kindred Asset, write down its name and Crusade Effect. If one becomes inactive, make a note of that as well.
Rare Resources
Some extremely valuable substances occur only infrequently. The Kin seek such resources with particular acquisitiveness.
Rare Resources represent exotic minerals, especially valued materiel, experimental sources of power and extremely sensitive information. Each time you win a battle, after gaining resources from that battle roll one D6: on a 6+, you have also acquired one Rare Resource (roll on the table above to randomly determine what type of Rare Resource is acquired). If a rule tells you that you have acquired a rare type of resource, make a separate note of that on your Kindred Acquisitions Record Sheet. Rare Resources are used for the completion of certain special projects, but each time you acquire such a resource you can, if you choose to, convert it into 50 regular units of the same resources type. For example, if a rule says you gain 1 Rare Raw Mineral, you can either add ‘Rare Raw Minerals x 1’ to your Kindred Acquisitions Record Sheet, or you can add ‘Raw Minerals x 50’ to your Kindred Acquisitions Record Sheet.Kindred Assets
The Kin do not simply sit upon their resources, but funnel it back into their civilisation, ensuring its strength and survival.
After you have acquired resources after a battle, you can, if you have enough of all of the required resources, purchase one Kindred Asset. If you do so, add that asset’s name to your Kindred Acquisitions Record Sheet - you now gain the associated Crusade Effect for that Kindred Asset.If you have a Rare Resource, you can instead choose to upgrade a Kindred Asset, but only if you already have that Kindred Asset on your Kindred Acquisitions Record Sheet and only if you have the required Rare Resource and all the other required resources for that upgrade. If you do, add a note on your Kindred Acquisitions Record Sheet that the asset has now been upgraded - you now gain the associated Upgraded Crusade Effect for that Kindred Asset.
A Crusade force cannot have more than one of each Kindred Asset, and each can only be upgraded once.
The Cost of Failure
Lost battles waste resources that could have been used by the Kin.
After each battle, if you have four or more Kindred Assets and you lost the battle, you must, after acquiring resources (and before spending any) roll one D6. On a 1, one randomly selected Kindred Asset on your Kindred Acquisitions Record Sheet has ceased to work efficiently - either vital systems need replacing or key supplies are running short. Until you divert more resources to that Kindred Asset, you cannot use its Crusade Effect (including any Upgraded Crusade Effect it may have). Such an asset is said to be inactive, and you must make a note of this on your Kindred Acquisitions Record Sheet. To reactivate an asset, you must deduct half of the resources that were originally required to aquire that associated Kindred Asset from your Kindred Acquisitions Record Sheet. When you do so, that asset’s Crusade Effect (including any Upgraded Crusade Effect it has, if any) can then be used again as normal.Kindred Assets
After each battle, you gain an additional D3x10 Galactic Intel.
After each battle, you can choose to remove 1 Rare Galactic Intel from your Kindred Acquisitions Record Sheet. If you do so, select one GRIMNYR unit from your Order of Battle. That unit gains one Psychic Fortitude Battle Honour. You can only give each unit in your Crusade force one Psychic Fortitude in this manner.
Aftereach battle, you gain an additional D3x10 Energy Sources.
After each battle, roll one D6, adding 1 to the result if you won that battle. On a 5+, you gain 1 additional Requisition point.
The Rearm and Resupply Requisition costs 0 Requisition points to use.
After each battle, you can choose to remove 1 Rare Energy Sources from your Kindred Acquisitions Record Sheet. If you do so, select one VOTANN unit from your Order of Battle. That unit gains one Weapon Enhancement Battle Honour. You can only give each unit in your Crusade force one Weapon Enhancement in this manner.
Each time you roll to randomly determine a type of resource, you can roll two dice and choose one of the resultsto apply.
After each battle, you can choose to remove 1 Rare Biomatter from your Kindred Acquisitions Record Sheet. If you do so, select one VOTANN CHARACTER unit from your Order of Battle. That unit gains one Crusade Relic Battle Honour (it must be a Crusade Relic they can have). You can only give each unit in your Crusade force one Crusade Relic in this manner.
After each battle, you gain an additional D3x10 Raw Minerals.
Each time you roll a D6 to see if your Crusade force has acquired a Rare Resource, add 1 to the result.
The Fresh Recruits Requisition costs 0 Requisition points to use.
Aftereach battle, you can choose to remove 1 Rare Raw Minerals from your Kindred Acquisitions Record Sheet. If you do so, select one VOTANN unit from your Order of Battle. That unit gains one Battle Trait Battle Honour. You can only give each unit in your Order of Battle one Battle Trait in this manner.
Each time you exchange a Rare Resource, you can either do so for 70 units of that resource’s type, or for 30 units of a different type of resource.
After each battle, when you are determining how many resources are gained by your Crusade force, you can re-roll the dice.
After each battle, you gain an additional D3x10 Biomatter.
Each time you use the Increase Supply Limit Requisition, your Crusade force’s Supply Limit is increased by 10 Power instead of 5.
Agendas
If your Crusade army includes any VOTANN units, you can select one Agenda from the Leagues of Votann Agendas listed below. This is a new category of Agendas, and follows all the normal rules for Agendas (for example, when you select Agendas, you cannot choose more than one from each category).The warriors of the Kinhost bring honour to their Kindred by fighting in the most efficient manner possible. Trying and failing to destroy those units that have been specifically marked for destruction is a shameful waste of time and effort.
- If that enemy unit had 1 or 2 Judgement tokens next to it, add 1 to its No Waste tally.
- If that enemy unit had 3 Judgement tokens next to it, add 2 to its No Waste tally.
The Leagues of Votann are always seeking to acquire more supplies, from stocks of power cells and nutri-packs to rare metallic ores and ancient salvageable technology. All of it is required by the Kin, and all of it must be claimed.
Recover Acquisition (Action): At the end of your Movement phase, one VOTANN INFANTRY unit from your army that is within 3" of the Priority Acquisition objective marker can start to perform this action if no enemy units (excluding AIRCRAFT units) are within 3" of that objective marker. The Action is completed at the end of your turn. If completed, remove the Priority Acquisition objective marker from the battlefield.
A unit gains 3 experience points if it completed this action. If a unit completes this action and that unit is not destroyed at the end of the battle, you also gain 1 random Rare Resource, and, if that unit is a SCANNER unit, you can re-roll the dice when determining what that Rare Resource is.
Once the Kin have declared a Grudge against a particular foe, nothing will suffice short of that enemy’s absolute destruction. Yet even in prosecuting such vendettas, the Kin are pragmatic enough to learn from experience and seek wisdom to enrich the Votann in both the hunt for, and the slaying of, their enemy.
While interfacing with the Votann, Grimnyr are sometimes made party to fragments of revelations. Interpreted and debated at length, these hints often lead the Grimnyr to assemble a Prospect or full-blown Oathband to discover whatever wonders the Votann are attempting to show them. Once they have reached their destination, the Grimnyr uses the full power of their Embyr cloneskein to seek out their prize. Should they find it, then their discovery is declared a gift from the Ancestors. If there is nothing to be found, then surely some other impertinent interlopers have come before them and stolen away that which was rightfully the property of the Kin...
Psychic Prospecting (Psychic Action - Warp Charge 3): One GRIMNYR unit from your army can attempt this psychic action if it is in your deployment zone, in your opponent’s deployment zone or is more than 6" away from either player’s deployment zone. This psychic action can only be completed once in your deployment zone, once in your opponent’s deployment zone and once anywhere of the battlefield that is more than 6" away from either player’s deployment zone.
At the end of the battle, that unit earns:
- 1 experience point if its Psychic Prospecting tally is 1.
- 3 experience points if its Psychic Prospecting tally is 2.
- 6 experience points and one Psychic Fortitude if its Psychic Prospecting tally is 3.
Requisitions
If your Crusade force includes any VOTANN units, you can spend Requisition points (RPs) on any of the following Requisitions in addition to those presented in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book.It is often a good thing for individual Kin to cultivate contacts and friendships with representatives of various Guilds. Often such favourable relationships can lead to official Guild patronage, and all the material benefits that come with it.
Sometimes, victory brings with it the pleasing justification of additional, and highly valuable, resources to add to Kindred stockpiles.
Not all Grudges stem from immediate battlefield experiences. Should the Kin learn of suitably diabolical deeds perpetrated by foes elsewhere - especially against others of their Kindred - this is sometimes cause enough for a Grudge to be declared.
Should a hero of the Kin achieve suitably great deeds and display their capacity for shrewd strategic wisdom, they may be accorded the immense honour of elevation to their Kindred's Votannic Council.
The Kin view the act of accepting mercenary contracts with the Imperium as a practical means by which to gather wealth and intelligence.
When a great hero of the Kin is slain, nothing is wasted, least of all the years of experience they have accumulated. To live a long life full of accomplishments is to bring enrichment to the Votann, and to become one with the Ancestors.
- You gain D3xl0 Galactic Intel.
- Every other VOTANN unit from your Order of Battle gains 1 experience point.
Battle Traits
When a VOTANN unit gains a Battle Trait, you can use one of the tables below instead of one of the tables in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book to determine what Battle Trait the unit has gained. To do so, roll one D6 and consult the appropriate table to randomly determine what Battle Trait the unit gains, or choose a Battle Trait from the appropriate table that tells the best narrative for your unit. If a unit gains one of these Battle Traits, replace all instances of the <LEAGUE> keyword on that Battle Trait (if any) with the name of the League that your unit is from. All the normal rules for Battle Traits apply (e.g. a unit cannot have the same Battle Trait more than once). As with any Battle Honour, make a note on the unit s Crusade card when it gains a Battle Trait and increase its Crusade points accordingly, as described in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book.
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Crusade Relics
When a VOTANN CHARACTER gains a Crusade Relic, you can instead select one of the Relics listed below. All the usual rules for selecting Crusade Relics, as described in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book, apply. IRONKIN ASSISTANT models can never be given any Crusade Relics.Artificer Relics
A VOTANN CHARACTER model can be given one of the following Artificer Relics instead of one of the ones presented in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book.Forgestar This respected relic houses a unique power core that enables the weapon to maintain a constant beam of destructive energy. Model equipped with a volkanite disintegrator only. This Relic replaces a volkanite disintegrator and has the following profile:
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Kâhyrm’s War Plate Constructed over the lifetime of the Master Armourer Kâhyrm, this war plate can withstand a punishing amount of damage. Add 2 to the bearer’s Wounds characteristic. |
Iron Ambassador This exceptional weapon was named by a Brôkhyr with a typically ‘Kin’ sense of humour. It has been wielded by numerous heroes against the enemies of the Leagues of Votann, and has been the last word in many a failed negotiation with obdurate foes. Model equipped with an Autoch-pattern combi-bolter only. This Relic replaces an Autoch-pattern combi-bolter and has the following profile:
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Antiquity Relics
A VOTANN CHARACTER model of Heroic rank or higher can be given one of the following Antiquity Relics instead of one of the ones presented in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book. Add 1 to a unit’s total Crusade points for each Antiquity Relic it has - this is in addition to the +1 from gaining a Battle Honour, for a total of +2.Recyc Converter Waste not, want not. This module extracts minerals and biomatter from the energy streams of its host weapon, storing them in a quantum field until they are required by the Kin. Model with volkanite disintegrator, ion blaster or graviton rifle only (or a Relic that replaces such a weapon). Each time the bearer destroys an enemy model with an attack made with a volkanite disintegrator, an ion blaster or a graviton rifle only (or a Relic that replaces such a weapon), at the end of the battle you gain:
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Ythur’s Vengeance It was said of master Brôkhyr Ythur Glâureye that he held more Grudges than any other single Kin in his peoples’ history, especially against the Orks. He put his intolerance to good use by crafting this subtly worked ocular augmetic. It provides its user with an encyclopedic record of hostile species’ weak spots for them to exploit, as well as listing Ythur’s endless Grudges so that others can continue to exact his vengeance on his behalf.
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The Captive Abyss It is said this emitter contains a captive black hole lent vengeful sentience by the Ancestors. When hurled into the midst of hated foes, it triggers a microsecond burst of its ravening hunger and wreaks horrible carnage before falling quiescent again. This Relic has the following profile:
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Legendary Relics
A VOTANN CHARACTER model of Legendary rank can be given one of the following Legendary Relics instead of one of the ones presented in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book. In addition, in order to give a model a Legendary Relic, you must also pay 1 Requisition point (if you do not have enough Requisition points, you cannot give that model a Legendary Relic). Add 2 to a unit s total Crusade points for each Legendary Relic it has - this is in addition to the +1 from gaining a Battle Honour, for a total of +3.Tôrek’s Shard Ancient records suggest that a time-lost craftsman named Tôrek fashioned this plasma knife from the stuff of the first Votann - a primordial Ancestor and maybe even the sentience responsible forgiving the Kin life. Unsheathed and raised high, Tôrek’s Shard inspires the Kin as no banner or impassioned oratory ever could. KÂHL or GRIMNYR model only. Once per battle, at the start of any Fight phase, the bearer can unveil this Relic. If it does so:
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Boarding Actions
The Kin of the Leagues of Votann are calculating, pragmatic and resilient in mind, body and spirit. They face down the galaxy’s terrors with a stoic fortitude, and crush them with an avalanche of attacks from their advanced weapons.
Mustering a Boarding Patrol
When mustering a Boarding Patrol, if your Faction is VOTANN, then the following rules apply when adding units to your Boarding Patrol Detachment, and they take priority over the ‘mustering a Boarding Patrol’ rules.- All <LEAGUE> units in your Boarding Patrol must be from the same League.
- You can include one Heavy Support slot, but only if it is a THUNDERKYN unit.
- You cannot upgrade a BRÔKHYR IRON-MASTER unit to be a BRÔKHYR FORGE-MASTER unit.
Rules Adaptations
If your Faction is VOTANN, then the following rules adaptations apply to Leagues of Votann rules found in Codex: Leagues of Votann.- Enemy units do not gain Judgement tokens from completing the Set Overwatch, Set to Defend or Operate Hatchway actions.
- The Multiwave Comms Array wargear changes its rules to: ‘The bearer’s unit gains the COMMS keyword. While a friendly KÂHL model is on the battlefield, the bearer’s unit is considered to be within range of that model’s Kindred Hero aura ability.’
- When resolving the Crushing Contempt psychic power, if the result of the roll is greater than or equal to the Leadership characteristic of the enemy unit, if that unit has Set Overwatch or is Set to Defend, then it is no longer in either of those states.
Enhancements
If your WARLORD has the VOTANN keyword, then when mustering your Boarding Patrol, they can be given one of the following Enhancements instead of one from Arks of Omen: Abaddon.VYRDELVE PLATE This precious relic of the Leagues of Votann represents the pinnacle of many disparate Guilds’ artifice. Etched with microfine circuitry, the armour was forged from rare alloys and serves to insulate the wearer from all manner of malefic intent. Add 1 to the bearer’s Wounds characteristic and add 1 to armour saving throws made for the bearer. |
SHREWD EXPERTISE This warlord is ever alert to valuable resources and opportunities, as well as to any prizes sought by their rivals in both trade and war. In your Command phase, you can select one friendly VOTANN unit within 9" of the bearer. Until the start of your next Command phase, that unit has the Objective Secured ability. If a model in that unit already has this ability, that model counts as one additional model when determining control of an objective marker. |
THE STRENGTH OF THE HOLD (AURA) Embodying the fortitude of their Kindred’s Hold, this warlord exudes a grim strength that inspires the warriors around them to mount a tenacious defence. While a friendly unit is within 6" of the bearer, if that unit is not within Engagement Range of any enemy units, it counts as being Set to Defend (see Arks of Omen: Abaddon). |
Boarding Action Stratagems
If your Faction is VOTANN, then when playing a Boarding Action game you will have access to the following Stratagems, and can spend CP to use them.Ownership of a prize is earned through honest toil, the Kin believe, and where such effort has been expended, they will stubbornly refuse to let their hard-won gains fall from their grip.
Skilled in breaching space hulks and in defending their mining ventures, the Kin have perfected the art of unleashing blistering salvoes of focused fire in the confines of narrow passages.
With advanced breaching and sealing gear and the data-picking cogitations of the Ironkin, few hatches are beyond the Kin’s control.
The strong family bonds between all members of a Kindred ensure that they will spare no effort to aid their imperilled comrades.
To strike down a hero amongst the Kin is to earn the immediate and murderous ire of all their warrior comrades.
In the confines of boarding actions, gravitic concussion grenades are especially debilitating, the blast wave leaving foes reeling.
- Each time a model in the selected enemy unit makes an attack, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll.
- If that enemy unit has Set Overwatch or is Set to Defend, then it is no longer in either of those states.
- That enemy unit fails any actions it is performing.
Ancestral Relics
If your army is led by a VOTANN WARLORD, you can, when mustering your army, give one of the following Ancestral Relics to a VOTANN CHARACTER model from your army. Named characters and IRONKIN ASSISTANT models cannot be given any of the following Relics.
When a model from your army is given an Ancestral Relic, replace all instances of the <LEAGUE> keyword in that Relics rules (if any) with the name of the League that your model is from.
Note that some Relics replace one of the model’s existing items of wargear. Where this is the case, you must, if you are using points values, still pay the cost of the wargear that is being replaced. Write down any Ancestral Relics your models have on your army roster.
AKTÔL’S FORTRESS
This armour crest was the life’s work of the blind Brôkhyr Aktôl Vatyk. Painstakingly wrought using conflicting harmonic abrasion fields rather than hammer blows, and shot through with a core of hyperdense stelanictite, the crest projects a complex gravitic repulsion field that can be directed by the bearer against their foes. Bludgeoned and restrained by clashing grav-waves, the enemy is held at bay long enough for the crest’s bearer and their comrades to press forward and lay them low.
SHIELD CREST model only. At the start of the Fight phase, you can select one enemy unit within 3" of the bearer. That unit is not eligible to fight this phase until after all eligible units from your army have done so.ANCESTRAL CREST
This crest is inscribed with the runes of the great Ancestor Cores, and it is only bestowed in times of great need to a legendary warrior whose skills have been proven in a hundred battles. It is said that the crest acts like a mobile Fane, a node through which the wisdom and gestalt power of the Votann flows. It is a great honour and responsibility to bring such an artefact to war, and should the bearer fall in battle, it is said the Votann themselves will wreak their vengeance upon the foe.
- Once per battle, if the bearer is selected to use an Epic Deed Stratagem, that Stratagem costs 0 Command points.
- Once per battle, after making a hit roll, wound roll or saving throw for the bearer, you can change the result of that roll to a 6. For any rules purpose, this counts as an unmodified 6.
- If an enemy unit destroys the bearer, roll one D6 at the end of the phase: on a 2-5 that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds; on a 6, that enemy unit suffers 3 mortal wounds.
EXACTOR
This potent hammer was fashioned for High Kâhl Ynnôk Orkhunter by the notoriously irascible craftsman Krynn the Furious. Exactor requires its wielder to swing it at precisely the correct angle in order to get the best from the weapon - a testament to Krynn’s legendarily high expectations of all those around him. However, when it impacts correctly, Exactor unleashes a devastating shock wave of power that not even the most formidable foes can survive.
Model with a mass hammer only. This Relic replaces a mass hammer and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
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| Exactor | Melee | Melee | x2 | -3 | D3+3 |
Abilities: Each time an attack is made with this weapon, on an unmodified hit roll of 6 the target suffers D3+3 mortal wounds and the attack sequence ends. | |||||
FLÂYRE
This remarkable axe is said to contain the bound fury of a colossal solar flare, syphoned from amidst the nuclear fury of a raging star and trammelled within knotwerk energy fields. Whether this is some boast of the Brôkhyr, or how such immense energies could be contained and channelled, is unclear, but the puissant fury of Flâyre cannot be denied. The axes plasma blade burns so bright that it is painful to look upon as it streaks through the air. It is as swift and deadly as an unleashed star-storm, and leaves nought but charred enemy corpses in its wielder’s wake.
Model equipped with a forgewrought plasma axe only. This Relic replaces a forgewrought plasma axe and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
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| Flâyre | Melee | Melee | +2 | -3 | 2 |
Abilities: Each time the bearer fights, it makes 3 additional attacks with this weapon. | |||||
GRUDGE’S END
Manufactured over three centuries by a dedicated team of Brôkhyr and Ironkin savants, Grudges End is not one single object. Rather, it is an entire suite of conjoined adaptor modules which can autoadjust to integrate themselves with any forgewrought bolt weapon. Introducing intelligent ballistic calibrators, a hypermunition micro-factory and a bewildering host of additional one-off augmentations, Grudges End transforms the host weapon into a tool that will indeed bring about the fatal demise of many a loathed nemesis of the Kin.
Model equipped with a bolt weapon only. When you give a model this Relic, select one bolt weapon that model is equipped with.- That weapon is considered to be a Relic for all rules purposes.
- The Damage characteristic of that weapon is increased by 1.
- The Armour Penetration characteristic of that weapon is improved by 1.
- Each time an attack made by this weapon hits a unit that has 1 or more Judgement tokens, that attack automatically wounds the target.
THE FIRST KNIFE
Almost every Kâhl and Grimnyr carries with them a plasma knife. These are badges of high office, denoting that the individual speaks with the authority of the Ancestors. They are typically ceremonial - rarely used in combat unless as a weapon of last resort. The First Knife, however, is of particular cultural significance and greater offensive use. It is believed to have been crafted by the Votann themselves during the days before the Kin came to the galactic core. Containing a unique power source and worked with script so ancient that no Kin can read it, this blade can be triggered to project a beam of laser energy that scythes through the victim at point-blank range. More than one ambushing foe or doublecrossing faux ambassador has discovered, to their cost, just how deadly The First Knife can be.
KÂHL or GRIMNYR model only. Each time the bearer fights, it can make 1 additional attack using the close combat weapon profile. If that attack scores a hit, the target suffers D3 mortal wounds plus 1 additional mortal wound for each Judgement token the target unit has, and the attack sequence ends.THE GREY CREST
This cunningly wrought armour crest contains helical circuit-threads believed to have been traded from a mysterious alien race, long since lost to the darkness between the stars. It projects a veil of obfuscatory energies able to fool both organic and artificial targeting senses, and conceal the bearer from the enemy’s sights.
SHIELD CREST model only.- If the bearer is a CHARACTER model, each time an attack is made against the bearer’s unit, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll.
- If the bearer is not a CHARACTER model, each time an attack is made against the bearer’s unit, if the attacker is more than 12" away, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll.
THE HEARTHFIST
This gauntlet contains a thermoreactive plasma core of unique design. When clenched into a fist, it begins to blaze with what is said to be the raw and furious fire of the Hearth itself. Each blow from the Hearthfist discharges furious blasts of plasmic energy that scorch and disintegrate, and it is said that those foes marked for death by the Ancestors feel the burning wrath of the Hearth worst of all.
Model equipped with a mass gauntlet or concussion gauntlet only. This Relic replaces a mass gauntlet or concussion gauntlet and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| The Hearthfist | |||||
| The Hearthfist | Melee | Melee | +4 | -3 | 3 |
Abilities: Each time an attack made by this weapon is allocated to a model in a unit that has 1 or more Judgement tokens, that attack has a Damage characteristic of 4. | |||||
THE MURMURING STAVE
The psychocircuitry embedded within this ancient stave is of a unique design that enables the wielder to better access their otherworldly powers. Along with the Blade of the Ancestors, it is said to be one of only two weapons ever fashioned through immaculate forging by the Votann themselves, though prophecy speaks of a third still to be wrought. It is said that a suitably talented Grimnyr who holds this stave hears the faint voices of the Votann themselves in his or her mind, and can interface with them and gain their guidance at will.
GRIMNYR model only.- The bearer knows one additional psychic power from the Skeinwrought discipline.
- In your Psychic phase, if the bearer attempts to perform a psychic action, it can then still attempt to manifest one psychic power.
THYRIKITE PLATE
Few substances mined from within the galactic core are as rare or dangerous to obtain as thyrikite. Occurring only within the gravitic tsunamis of the Thykus Cluster - home to the abhorrent Skorvexi - this substance nonetheless serves as both a perfect insulator and phenomenally resilient, lightweight armour alloy. Only once has enough thyrikite been harvested to fashion an entire suit of void armour, but that suit remains a precious relic of the Leagues of Votann to this day.
This Relic cannot be taken by EXO-ARMOUR models.- Add 1 to armour saving throws made for the bearer.
- Add 1 to the bearer’s Wounds characteristic.
VÔLUMM’S MASTER ARTIFICE
The name Vôlumm is spoken with deep respect within Forges throughout the Leagues of Votann, for few Brôkhyr have ever surpassed her achievements. Her trusted rifie - reverently cared for over thousands of years - continues to be the finest example of hand-held graviton technology the Kin possess, able to project and maintain beams of ravening power instead of firing regular pulsed blasts.
Model equipped with a graviton rifle only. This Relic replaces a graviton rifle and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| Vôlumm’s Master Artifice | |||||
| Vôlumm’s Master Artifice | 18" | HunTR 3 | 5 | -3 | 2 |
Abilities: Beam. Each time an attack made with this weapon is allocated to a model with a Save characteristic of 3+ or better, that attack has a Damage characteristic of 3. | |||||
WÂRPESTRYK
Hailed as the physical proof of Kin technological superiority, this incredible armour crest nonetheless has a somewhat dark reputation. None knows who fashioned it, how or when, and all attempts to replicate Wârpestryk have seen ill fate befall those who tried. Nonetheless, the crest allows its bearer to step between realspace and the warp almost at will, crossing the battlefield in a series of flickering strides. Moreover, its mysterious inner workings project a directed field of intermingled energistic and empyric interference, which fouls nearby enemy communications and seems to jam all attempts to gain a teleport fix within proximity to Wârpestryk.
TELEPORTATION model only.- Each time the bearer makes a Normal Move, Advances, Falls Back or makes a charge move, until that move is finished, it can move horizontally through models and terrain features (it cannot finish a move on top of another model, or its base).
- Once per battle, when you use the Site-to-Site Transport Stratagem, if you select the bearer’s unit for that Stratagem, it costs 0CP.
- Enemy units that are set up on the battlefield as Reinforcements cannot be set up within 12" of this model’s unit.
WAYFARER’S GRACE
This one-of-a-kind void suit was crafted for the famed Hernkyn adventurer Simmka Farstryd as thanks for her saving the Hold world of Hyvôk’s Kindred. Incorporating ancient technological secrets interpreted from Votannic lore, Wayfarer’s Grace acts as a life support system for its wearer. Monitoring their vital statistics constantly, the suit provides medical support and can even restart its wearer’s stopped heart in extremis.
- At the start of each of your Command phases, the bearer regains 1 lost wound.
- The first time the bearer is destroyed, you can choose to use this Relic instead of using any rules that are triggered when that model is destroyed. If you do so, roll one D6 at the end of the phase; on a 3+, set that model back up on the battlefield as close as possible to where they were destroyed, and not in Engagement Range of any enemy models, with D3 wounds remaining.
YMMÂ’S SHIELD
It is said that the ore used in the forging of this remarkable shield was brought across the gulfs of space aboard the first fleets of the Kin. Nothing like it has been seen before or since, though the Kin have searched tirelessly for fresh deposits of what appears to be a nigh on invulnerable substance. It fell to the venerated Brôkhyr Ymmâ the Sure to fashion the unique deposit into a RAM shield of unsurpassed resilience and perfect balance. Foes who assail the bearer of Ymmâ’s Shield prove themselves doubly foolish; not only are their efforts futile against the unbreakable bulwark of the shield itself, but striking this beloved relic in anger is a mortal insult to the entire Kin species. One who dares land such a blow is rarely permitted to keep breathing long enough to aim for a second.
EINHYR CHAMPION model only. Once per battle round, when a saving throw is failed for the bearer, the bearer can use this Relic. When it does so, the Damage characteristic of that attack is changed to 0. Each time the bearer uses this Relic, roll one D6: on a 5+, if every model from your army has the VOTANN keyword and is from the same League (excluding UNALIGNED units) the unit that made that attack gains 1 Judgement token.Wargear Reference
Ranged Weapons
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+10 Ancestor’s vengeance warhead | ||||||
+10 Ancestor’s vengeance warhead | 36" | Heavy D6 | 6 | -2 | 2 | Indirect Fire. The bearer can only shoot with this weapon once per battle. This weapon can target units that are not visible to the bearer. Each time an attack is made with this weapon against a VEHICLE unit, that attack has a Damage characteristic of 3 and an unmodified wound roll of 4+ successfully wounds the target. |
| Indirect Fire. The bearer can only shoot with this weapon once per battle. This weapon can target units that are not visible to the bearer. Each time an attack is made with this weapon against a VEHICLE unit, that attack has a Damage characteristic of 3 and an unmodified wound roll of 4+ successfully wounds the target. | ||||||
| Autoch-pattem combi-bolter | ||||||
| Autoch-pattem combi-bolter | 24" | HunTR 4 | 4 | -1 | 1 | - |
| Autoch-pattern bolt pistol | ||||||
| Autoch-pattern bolt pistol | 12" | Pistol 1 | 4 | -1 | 1 | - |
| Autoch-pattern bolter | ||||||
| Autoch-pattern bolter | 24" | HunTR 2 | 4 | -1 | 1 | - |
| Bolt cannon | ||||||
| Bolt cannon | 36" | HunTR 3 | 6 | -2 | 2 | - |
| Bolt revolver | ||||||
| Bolt revolver | 9" | Pistol 1 | 5 | -1 | 1 | - |
| Bolt shotgun | ||||||
| Bolt shotgun | 12" | Assault 2 | 5 | -1 | 1 | - |
| Cyclic ion cannon | ||||||
| Cyclic ion cannon | 24" | Heavy 3D3 | 8 | -2 | 2 | Blast |
| Blast | ||||||
+10 EtaCarn plasma beamer | ||||||
+10 EtaCarn plasma beamer | 18" | HunTR 1 | 8 | -3 | 2 | Beam |
| Beam | ||||||
| EtaCarn plasma gun | ||||||
| EtaCarn plasma gun | 24" | HunTR 1 | 8 | -4 | 2 | - |
+5 EtaCarn plasma pistol | ||||||
+5 EtaCarn plasma pistol | 6" | Pistol 1 | 8 | -3 | 2 | - |
| Exo-armour grenade launcher | ||||||
| Exo-armour grenade launcher | 18" | HunTR D6 | 4 | -1 | 1 | Blast |
| Blast | ||||||
| Gravitic concussion grenades | ||||||
| Gravitic concussion grenades | 6" | Grenade D6 | 5 | -1 | 1 | Blast |
| Blast | ||||||
| Graviton blast cannon | ||||||
| Graviton blast cannon | 18" | HunTR D6 | 5 | -3 | 2 | Blast. Each time an attack made with this weapon is allocated to a model with a Save characteristic of 3+ or better, that attack has a Damage characteristic of 3. |
| Blast. Each time an attack made with this weapon is allocated to a model with a Save characteristic of 3+ or better, that attack has a Damage characteristic of 3. | ||||||
| Graviton rifle | ||||||
| Graviton rifle | 18" | HunTR 3 | 5 | -3 | 2 | Each time an attack made with this weapon is allocated to a model with a Save characteristic of 3+ or better, that attack has a Damage characteristic of 3. |
| Each time an attack made with this weapon is allocated to a model with a Save characteristic of 3+ or better, that attack has a Damage characteristic of 3. | ||||||
| Heavy magna-rail cannon | ||||||
| Heavy magna-rail cannon | 36" | Heavy 1 | 14 | -4 | 2D3+6 | Magna-rail |
| Magna-rail | ||||||
+5 HYLas auto rifle | ||||||
+5 HYLas auto rifle | 24" | HunTR 3 | 6 | -2 | 1 | - |
+20 HYLas beam cannon | ||||||
+20 HYLas beam cannon | 24" | Heavy 2 | 9 | -3 | D6 | Beam |
| Beam | ||||||
+10 HYLas rotary cannon | ||||||
+10 HYLas rotary cannon | 24" | HunTR 9 | 6 | -2 | 1 | - |
+5..10 Ion beamer | ||||||
+5..10 Ion beamer | 18" | HunTR 2 | 7 | -2 | 2 | Beam |
| Beam | ||||||
+1 Ion blaster | ||||||
+1 Ion blaster | 18" | HunTR 1 | 5 | -2 | 2 | - |
+5 Ion pistol | ||||||
+5 Ion pistol | 12" | Pistol 1 | 5 | -2 | 2 | - |
+10 Kin’s wrath warhead | ||||||
+10 Kin’s wrath warhead | 36" | Heavy 2D6 | 6 | -2 | 1 | Indirect Fire. Blast. The bearer can only shoot with this weapon once per battle. This weapon can target units that are not visible to the bearer. |
| Indirect Fire. Blast. The bearer can only shoot with this weapon once per battle. This weapon can target units that are not visible to the bearer. | ||||||
+10 L7 missile launcher | ||||||
Before selecting targets, select one of the profiles below to make attacks with: | ||||||
+10 L7 missile launcher | Before selecting targets, select one of the profiles below to make attacks with: | |||||
| - Focused | ||||||
| - Focused | 30" | HunTR 1 | 9 | -2 | D6 | - |
| - Blast | ||||||
| - Blast | 30" | HunTR D6 | 5 | -1 | 1 | Blast |
| Blast | ||||||
| Las-beam cutter | ||||||
| Las-beam cutter | 9" | Pistol 1 | 6 | -3 | 1 | Beam |
| Beam | ||||||
| Magna-coil autocannon | ||||||
| Magna-coil autocannon | 24" | HunTR 3 | 7 | -1 | 2 | - |
+20 Magna-rail rifle | ||||||
+20 Magna-rail rifle | 24" | HunTR 1 | 9 | -4 | D3+3 | Magna-rail |
| Magna-rail | ||||||
| MATR autocannon | ||||||
| MATR autocannon | 24" | Heavy 6 | 7 | -2 | 2 | - |
+10 Mole grenade launcher | ||||||
+10 Mole grenade launcher | 24" | HunTR D6 | 5 | -2 | 1 | Indirect Fire. Blast. This weapon can target units that are not visible to the bearer. |
| Indirect Fire. Blast. This weapon can target units that are not visible to the bearer. | ||||||
+10 Mountain breaker warhead | ||||||
+10 Mountain breaker warhead | 36" | Heavy 1 | 10 | -3 | 6 | Indirect Fire. The bearer can only shoot with this weapon once per battle. This weapon can target units that are not visible to the bearer. |
| Indirect Fire. The bearer can only shoot with this weapon once per battle. This weapon can target units that are not visible to the bearer. | ||||||
| Sagitaur missile launcher | ||||||
| Sagitaur missile launcher | 36" | Heavy 2 | 10 | -3 | 3 | - |
+5 SP conversion beamer | ||||||
+5 SP conversion beamer | 30" | HunTR 1 | 7 | -2 | 3 | Beam. Each time an attack made with this weapon hits a unit, if the unit that was hit is wholly more than 15" from the firing model, one additional hit is scored against that unit. |
| Beam. Each time an attack made with this weapon hits a unit, if the unit that was hit is wholly more than 15" from the firing model, one additional hit is scored against that unit. | ||||||
| SP heavy conversion beamer | ||||||
| SP heavy conversion beamer | 30" | HunTR 2 | 8 | -3 | 4 | Beam. Each time an attack made with this weapon hits a unit, if the unit that was hit is wholly more than 15" from the firing model, one additional hit is scored against that unit. |
| Beam. Each time an attack made with this weapon hits a unit, if the unit that was hit is wholly more than 15" from the firing model, one additional hit is scored against that unit. | ||||||
| Twin bolt cannon | ||||||
| Twin bolt cannon | 36" | HunTR 6 | 6 | -2 | 2 | - |
| Volkanite disintegrator | ||||||
| Volkanite disintegrator | 18" | HunTR 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | Each time an attack is made with this weapon, an unmodified hit roll of 6 inflicts 1 mortal wound on the target and the attack’s sequence ends. |
| Each time an attack is made with this weapon, an unmodified hit roll of 6 inflicts 1 mortal wound on the target and the attack’s sequence ends. | ||||||
Melee Weapons
WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D | ABILITIES |
| Ancestral ward stave | ||||||
| Ancestral ward stave | Melee | Melee | +3 | -2 | D3 | - |
| Blade of the Ancestors | ||||||
| Blade of the Ancestors | Melee | Melee | +1 | -4 | 2 | Each time an attack is made with this weapon, an unmodified hit roll of 6 inflicts 2 mortal wounds on the target and the attack sequence ends (it inflicts 3 mortal wounds instead if the target of that attack has 1 or more Judgement tokens). |
| Each time an attack is made with this weapon, an unmodified hit roll of 6 inflicts 2 mortal wounds on the target and the attack sequence ends (it inflicts 3 mortal wounds instead if the target of that attack has 1 or more Judgement tokens). | ||||||
+0..10 Concussion gauntlet | ||||||
+0..10 Concussion gauntlet | Melee | Melee | +3 | -2 | 2 | - |
+10 Concussion hammer | ||||||
+10 Concussion hammer | Melee | Melee | x2 | -2 | 3 | Each time an attack is made with this weapon, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll. |
| Each time an attack is made with this weapon, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll. | ||||||
| Concussion maul | ||||||
| Concussion maul | Melee | Melee | x2 | -3 | 3 | Each time an attack is made with this weapon, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll. |
| Each time an attack is made with this weapon, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll. | ||||||
| Darkstar axe | ||||||
| Darkstar axe | Melee | Melee | +1 | -3 | 1 | Each time an attack is made with this weapon, make 2 hit rolls instead of 1. Each time an attack made by this weapon is allocated to an enemy model, that enemy model cannot use any rules to ignore the wounds it loses. |
| Each time an attack is made with this weapon, make 2 hit rolls instead of 1. Each time an attack made by this weapon is allocated to an enemy model, that enemy model cannot use any rules to ignore the wounds it loses. | ||||||
| Forgewrought plasma axe | ||||||
| Forgewrought plasma axe | Melee | Melee | +1 | -3 | 2 | - |
| Graviton hammer | ||||||
| Graviton hammer | Melee | Melee | x2 | -2 | 2 | Each time an attack made with this weapon is allocated to a model with a Save characteristic of 3+ or better, that attack has a Damage characteristic of 3. |
| Each time an attack made with this weapon is allocated to a model with a Save characteristic of 3+ or better, that attack has a Damage characteristic of 3. | ||||||
Heavy plasma axe | ||||||
Each time an attack is made with this weapon, select one of the profiles below to make that attack with. | ||||||
Heavy plasma axe | Each time an attack is made with this weapon, select one of the profiles below to make that attack with. | |||||
| - Strike | ||||||
| - Strike | Melee | Melee | +1 | -3 | 2 | - |
| - Sweep | ||||||
| - Sweep | Melee | Melee | User | -3 | 1 | Each time an attack is made with this weapon profile, make 2 hit rolls instead of 1. |
| Each time an attack is made with this weapon profile, make 2 hit rolls instead of 1. | ||||||
| Manipulator arms | ||||||
| Manipulator arms | Melee | Melee | User | 0 | 1 | Each time the bearer fights, it makes 2 additional attacks with this weapon. |
| Each time the bearer fights, it makes 2 additional attacks with this weapon. | ||||||
+10 Mass gauntlet | ||||||
+10 Mass gauntlet | Melee | Melee | +3 | -3 | 3 | Each time an attack is made with this weapon, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll. |
| Each time an attack is made with this weapon, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll. | ||||||
+10 Mass hammer | ||||||
+10 Mass hammer | Melee | Melee | x2 | -3 | D3+3 | Each time an attack is made with this weapon, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll. |
| Each time an attack is made with this weapon, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll. | ||||||
+5 Plasma axe | ||||||
+5 Plasma axe | Melee | Melee | +1 | -3 | 1 | - |
| Plasma blade gauntlet | ||||||
| Plasma blade gauntlet | Melee | Melee | +1 | -3 | 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. | ||||||
+5 Plasma sword | ||||||
+5 Plasma sword | Melee | Melee | User | -3 | 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. | ||||||
| Plasma torch | ||||||
| Plasma torch | Melee | Melee | +4 | -4 | 2 | - |
+5 Twin concussion gauntlet | ||||||
+5 Twin concussion gauntlet | Melee | Melee | +3 | -2 | 2 | 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. | ||||||
Other Wargear
OTHER WARGEAR | ABILITIES | ||||||
+5 Medipack | |||||||
The bearer’s unit gains the MEDIC keyword. In addition, once per turn, the first time a saving throw is failed for the bearer’s unit, the Damage characteristic of that attack is changed to 0. | |||||||
+5 Medipack | The bearer’s unit gains the MEDIC keyword. In addition, once per turn, the first time a saving throw is failed for the bearer’s unit, the Damage characteristic of that attack is changed to 0. | ||||||
+5 Multiwave comms array | |||||||
The bearer’s unit gains the COMMS keyword. Whilst the bearer’s unit is within 24" of a friendly KÂHL model, the bearer’s unit is considered to be within range of that model’s Kindred Hero aura ability. | |||||||
+5 Multiwave comms array | The bearer’s unit gains the COMMS keyword. Whilst the bearer’s unit is within 24" of a friendly KÂHL model, the bearer’s unit is considered to be within range of that model’s Kindred Hero aura ability. | ||||||
+0..5 Pan spectral scanner | |||||||
The bearer’s unit gains the SCANNER keyword. In addition, each time a model in the bearer’s unit makes an attack with a ranged weapon, the target does not receive the benefits of Light Cover against that attack. | |||||||
+0..5 Pan spectral scanner | The bearer’s unit gains the SCANNER keyword. In addition, each time a model in the bearer’s unit makes an attack with a ranged weapon, the target does not receive the benefits of Light Cover against that attack. | ||||||
+0..10 Rampart crest | |||||||
The bearer’s unit gains the SHIELD CREST keyword. In addition, the bearer has the following ability:‘Rampart Shield (Aura): While a friendly INFANTRY or BIKER unit is within 6" of this model, models in that unit have a 5+ invulnerable save against ranged attacks. The range of this ability cannot be increased by any means (e.g. Ancestral Bearing).’ | |||||||
+0..10 Rampart crest | The bearer’s unit gains the SHIELD CREST keyword. In addition, the bearer has the following ability:‘Rampart Shield (Aura): While a friendly INFANTRY or BIKER unit is within 6" of this model, models in that unit have a 5+ invulnerable save against ranged attacks. The range of this ability cannot be increased by any means (e.g. Ancestral Bearing).’ | ||||||
+5 | |||||||
The bearer’s unit gains the SEARCHLIGHT keyword. In addition, each time a model in the bearer’s unit makes an attack with a ranged weapon, the target does not receive the benefits of Dense Cover against that attack. | |||||||
+5 | The bearer’s unit gains the SEARCHLIGHT keyword. In addition, each time a model in the bearer’s unit makes an attack with a ranged weapon, the target does not receive the benefits of Dense Cover against that attack. | ||||||
Teleport crest | |||||||
The bearer’s unit gains the TELEPORTATION keyword. During deployment, you can set up this unit in a teleportation dock 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. | |||||||
Teleport crest | The bearer’s unit gains the TELEPORTATION keyword. During deployment, you can set up this unit in a teleportation dock 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. | ||||||
Weavefield crest | |||||||
The bearer’s unit gains the SHIELD CREST keyword. In addition, the bearer increases its Wounds characteristic to 3 and has a 4+ invulnerable save. | |||||||
Weavefield crest | The bearer’s unit gains the SHIELD CREST keyword. In addition, the bearer increases its Wounds characteristic to 3 and has a 4+ invulnerable save. | ||||||
Weavefield crest | |||||||
The bearer’s unit gains the SHIELD CREST keyword. In addition, the bearer increases its Wounds characteristic to 6 and has a 4+ invulnerable save. | |||||||
Weavefield crest | The bearer’s unit gains the SHIELD CREST keyword. In addition, the bearer increases its Wounds characteristic to 6 and has a 4+ invulnerable save. | ||||||
Glossary
Below you will find a glossary that contains a number of terms used in this Codex.
Ancestral Relic: A type of Relic that can be given to VOTANN CHARACTER models.
Beam weapon: A weapon with the Beam ability.
Bolt weapon: A weapon whose profile includes the word ‘bolt’, or a Relic that replaces a bolt weapon.
All of the models in the unit can have their Weapon A replaced with 1 Weapon B each: When this option is selected for a unit, every single model in that unit that is equipped with Weapon A must have its weapon replaced with Weapon B. It is not possible for only some of the models in the unit to have their weapon replaced and for others not to.
Any number of models can each have their Weapon A replaced with 1 Weapon B: When this option is selected for a unit, any number of models in that unit that are equipped with Weapon A can each have its weapon replaced Weapon B. It is possible for only some of the models in that unit to have their weapon replaced and for others not to.
Drawn from: The League that a unit belongs to is the League they are drawn from. A unit is drawn from a certain League if they have that League’s name listed on their Faction keyword line.
Eye Of The Ancestors Bonus: Each time a VOTANN model (excluding COG models) makes an attack, if the target of that attack has 1 or more Judgement tokens, a bonus applies to that attack.
Grudge: Units in your Crusade force can harbour Grudges against certain Crusade Factions. If your opponent’s Crusade Faction is one that a unit in your Crusade force is harbouring a Grudge against, that unit is said to harbour a Grudge against your opponent’s army. When a unit harbouring a Grudge meets specified conditions, its Grudge is settled and its Crusade card updated accordingly.
Grudge Token: A token that works like Judgement tokens in all regards except they only apply when a model that is harbouring a Grudge against your opponent’s army is making an attack (they are ignored for all other rules reasons).
Hero of the Oathband: Detachment ability for VOTANN Detachments.
Inactive (Kindred Asset): If a Kindred Asset is inactive, its associated Crusade rules, and that of its upgrades (if any) cannot be used until it has been reactivated by paying an amount of resources.
Ion weapon: A weapon whose profile includes the word ‘ion’, or a Relic that replaces an ion weapon.
Judgement token: A token acquired by enemy units during a battle if every unit from your army has the VOTANN keyword and is from the same League (excluding models with the UNALIGNED keyword). Each time a unit gains a Judgement token, you can place one token next to it. The number of Judgement tokens an enemy unit has will determine what bonus applies when a VOTANN model attacks it. A unit cannot have more than 3 Judgement tokens.
League Ancestral Relic: An Ancestral Relic associated with one of the Leagues. These are only available to CHARACTER models that are part of a League Detachment (and only if they, and your WARLORD, are drawn from the associated League).
League Custom: Detachment ability for VOTANN Detachments. An ability gained by <LEAGUE> models and units based on the League they are drawn from, if all VOTANN units in your army are drawn from the same League.
League Detachment: A VOTANN Detachment in which every VOTANN unit is drawn from the same League.
League Stratagem: A Stratagem associated with one of the Leagues. These are only available to VOTANN units that are part of a League Detachment (and only if they are drawn from the associated League). All League Stratagems are considered to have the Votann Stratagem label (see below).
Leagues of Votann secondary objectives: Additional secondary objectives that can be used in certain matched play mission packs if every Detachment in your army is a VOTANN Detachment.
League Warlord Trait: A Warlord Trait associated with one of the Leagues. These are only available to League CHARACTER models that are part of a League Detachment (and only if they are drawn from the associated League).
Magna-rall weapon: A weapon with the Magna-rail ability.
Psychic power type: A psychic power’s type is written in bold at the start of its rules. There are three types of psychic power described in this Codex: Blessing, Malediction and Witchfire.
Resources: A Crusade force that contains VOTANN units can gain resources as part of the Kindred Acquisitions rules. There are four types of resources that can be gained: Raw Minerals; Biomatter; Energy Sources; Galactic Intel. Resources are commonly required to acquire, upgrade and reactivate Kindred Assets.
Rare Resources: A Rare Resource is a resource that is worth 50 units of its type.
Stratagem label: A Stratagem’s labels are written beneath its title and can include: Votann; Battle Tactic; Epic Deed; Strategic Ploy; Requisition; Wargear. A Stratagem can have more than one label, for example, a Stratagem with ‘Votann - Wargear Stratagem’ has both the Votann and Wargear labels.
Votannic Council: An upgrade that can be applied to VOTANN CHARACTER models (excluding named characters).
VOTANN Detachment: A Detachment in a Battle-forged army where every model has the VOTANN keyword (excluding models with the UNALIGNED keyword).
Reference
Below you will find a bullet pointed summary of several Leagues of Votann rules. In most games, you may find referencing this summary is all you need to resolve a rule, but if not, follow the link to read the entirety of the rule.
- Each time an attack that is made with such a weapon hits, draw a line between this model and the closest model in the target unit. Make one wound roll against the target unit, and each other unit this line passes over.
- Do not roll for intervening units that were not eligible to be targeted by this weapon when targets were selected.
- When VEHICLE models make an attack with a beam weapon against an enemy unit in Engagement Range of it, that attack is only resolved against that target (it cannot hit any other unit).
DETACHMENT ABILITIES
- VOTANN Detachments gain the Hero of the Oathband ability.
- VOTANN units in VOTANN Detachments gain the League Customs ability.
- HEARTHKYN WARRIORS and HERNKYN PIONEERS units in VOTANN Detachments gain the Objective Secured ability.
EYE OF THE ANCESTORS
- Eye Of The Ancestors only applies if every model in your army has the VOTANN keyword and is from the same League (excluding UNALIGNED models).
- An enemy unit will gain 1 Judgement token each time it does one of the following: destroys a VOTANN unit; completes an action or a psychic action; controls an objective marker at the end of their turn (one unit per turn).
- Each time a VOTANN model makes an attack against a target that has one or more Judgement tokens, apply the following applicable bonus to that attack:
- 1 Judgement Token: On an unmodified hit roll of 6, that attack automatically wounds the target.
- 2 Judgement Tokens: On an unmodified hit roll of 5+, if that attack hits, it automatically wounds the target.
- 3 Judgement Tokens: On an unmodified hit roll of 4+, if that attack hits, it automatically wounds the target.
GRUDGES
- VOTANN units in your Crusade force will, if they are destroyed and fail their Out of Action test, harbour a Grudge against the Crusade Faction of your opponent’s army.
- At the start of the battle, roll a number of D6s equal to the number of units in your Crusade army that are harbouring a Grudge against your opponent’s army: for each 6, place 1 Grudge token next to one enemy unit; for each 1, you lose 1CP.
- Each time a model in a unit makes an attack, if it is harbouring a Grudge against your opponent’s army, re-roll a hit roll of 1 (if the target unit has 3 Judgement tokens, you can re-roll the hit roll).
- A unit that is harbouring a Grudge against your opponent’s army cannot start an action if it is within 6" of one or more enemy units.
- A unit that is harbouring a Grudge against your opponent’s army cannot Fall Back while it is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
- At the end of each battle, if a unit that was harbouring a Grudge against your opponent’s army has destroyed 3 or more units, unless the unit harbouring the Grudge was destroyed, its Grudge has been settled.
- The number of attacks made with a HunTR weapon is equal to the number written on that weapon’s profile after its type, e.g. HunTR 3 = 3 attacks.
KINDRED ACQUISITIONS
- If your Crusade force includes any VOTANN units, you will gain resources after that battle.
- The type of resources gained is randomly determined by rolling a D6:1 = Raw Minerals; 2 = Biomatter; 3 = Energy Sources; 4 = Galactic Intel; 5-6 = Resource of your choice.
- The amount of resource gained depends on the battle size: Combat Patrol = D3x10; Incursion = D6x10; Strike Force = 2D6x10; Onslaught = 3D6x10
- If you win a battle, roll one D6: on 6, you also acquire 1xRare Resource (roll another D6 as above to determine its type).
- If you lose a battle, and you have 4 or more Kindred Assets, roll one D6. On a 1, one randomly selected Kindred Asset on your Kindred Acquisitions Record Sheet becomes inactive.
<LEAGUE> KEYWORD
- When you include a unit with the <LEAGUE> keyword, nominate which League it is drawn from.
- Replace every instance of the <LEAGUE> keyword on that unit’s datasheet with the name of your chosen League.
- A Detachment cannot include units from two different Leagues if your army is Battle-forged.
MAGNA-RAIL
- Invulnerable saving throws cannot be taken against attacks from such weapons.
- On an unmodified wound roll of 6, excess damage is not lost. Instead, keep allocating excess damage to another model in the target unit until either all excess damage has been allocated or the target unit is destroyed.
STEADY ADVANCE
- This unit can ignore any or all modifiers to its Move characteristic and any or all modifiers to Advance or charge rolls.
- Each time this unit Advances, do not make an Advance roll. Instead, until the end of the phase, add 3" to the Move characteristic of each model in this unit (add 6" instead if this model is ACCELERATED).
VOID ARMOUR
- Each time an attack is made against this unit, wound rolls and damage rolls cannot be re-rolled.
- Each time an attack is allocated to this model, the AP of that attack is reduced by 1 (to a minimum of 0).
VOTANNIC COUNCIL
- If your army is Battle-forged, you can upgrade KÂHL, BRÔKHYR IRON-MASTER and GRIMNYR units.
- Doing so increases the unit’s Power Rating and points value.
- One CHARACTER model in an upgraded unit will gain a new Votannic Council keyword, and additional abilities.
- Your army cannot contain more than one model from the same League with the same Votannic Council keyword.
- Crusade armies must use the A Great Honour Requisition to upgrade characters.
- You cannot upgrade named characters.
The Brôkhyr of the Leagues of Votann are masters of focused energy beam technology. They have spent millennia perfecting the manufacture of focusing lenses, stream modulators, capacitor-shunts and other technological esoterica, which render these weapons as reliable as they are lethal. Beam weapons spit out a sustained stream of energy that bores through everything in its path, and can be played over the target region to wreak further havoc amongst the foe.
Some Votann weapons have the Beam ability. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, if a hit is scored, draw a line between the closest point of this model’s base (or hull) and that of the closest model in the target unit. Make one wound roll against the target unit, and each other unit this line passes over (excluding units that were not eligible to be targeted by this weapon when targets were selected). When a VEHICLE model makes an attack with beam weapons that targets an enemy unit in Engagement Range of it, that attack is only resolved against that target unit and it cannot hit any other unit.
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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.
Units cannot normally do anything or be affected in any way while they are embarked. Unless specifically stated, other units’ abilities have no effect on units while they are embarked, and Stratagems cannot be used to affect units while they are embarked. For all rules purposes, units that are embarked within a TRANSPORT model that has made a Normal Move, Advanced, Fallen Back or Remained Stationary also count as having made the same kind of move that turn.
- Units can embark in a friendly TRANSPORT if every model ends a Normal Move, an Advance or a Fall Back within 3" of it.
- A unit cannot embark within a TRANSPORT that is within Engagement Range of any enemy models.
- A unit cannot embark and disembark in the same phase.
- Units cannot do anything, or be affected in any way, while they are embarked within a TRANSPORT.
The VOTANN keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
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:
The TRANSPORT keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
The COG keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
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.
Kin war leaders learn the ability to cast the Eye of the Ancestors, judging swiftly which foes take priority for destruction.
If every unit from your army has the VOTANN keyword and is from the same League (excluding models with the UNALIGNED keyword), then enemy units will gain Judgement tokens (to a maximum of 3) throughout the battle as follows:- Each time an enemy unit destroys a VOTANN unit from your army, that enemy unit gains 1 Judgement token.
- Each time an enemy unit successfully completes an action or a psychic action, it gains 1 Judgement token.
- At the end of each of your opponent’s turns, you can select one enemy unit within range of an objective marker that your opponent controls. That unit gains 1 Judgement token.
If a unit with one or more Judgement tokens splits up into two or more smaller units, each of those units gains a number of Judgement tokens equal to that of the original unit. If two or more units combine to form a single large unit, and any of those units had one or more Judgement tokens, make a note of how many are on the unit with the most just before they combined - the new larger unit has a number of Judgement tokens equal to this.
Each time a VOTANN model (excluding COG models) from your army makes an attack against a unit that has one or more Judgement tokens, apply the applicable bonus from the table below to that attack.
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Note, if an attack automatically wounds the target as the result of this ability, then for the purposes of any other rules that are triggered on a particular wound roll, that attack is never considered to have been made with an unmodified wound roll of 6.
The VOTANN and CORE keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
The HEARTHKYN WARRIORS keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
Once an enemy target has been marked out by the Eye of the Ancestors, the Kin focus their efforts upon its destruction, redoubling their fury should it attempt to engage.
The Kin utilise linear accelerator weapons to fire hypervelocity projectiles, capable of punching holes through any target.
Some Votann weapons have the Magna-rail ability. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon:- Invulnerable saving throws cannot be taken against that attack.
- On an unmodified wound roll of 6, excess damage that weapon 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 KÂHL keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
The GREATER THURIAN LEAGUE and CORE keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann 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.
- Advance: Models move up to M+D6".
- Cannot move within Engagement Range of enemy models.
- Units that Advance cannot shoot or charge this turn.
- 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 ACCELERATED keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
The HERNKYN PIONEERS keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
- Objective Secured: Player controls objective marker if any of their models in range have this ability.
The GREATER THURIAN LEAGUE keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
The VOTANN, and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
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- Starting number of Command points varies with battle size.
The IRONKIN ASSISTANT keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
- Points values: Detailed measure of a unit's efficacy.
The URANI-SURTR REGULATES keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
The URANI-SURTR REGULATES and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
GRIM PRAGMATISM
Dwelling on pain and discomfort only wastes valuable energy that could be put to better use.
Each time this WARLORD would lose a wound, roll one D6: on a 5+, that wound is not lost.
It is incumbent upon the leaders of the URSR to set an example of absolute indomitability before their followers.
THE ABIDING MANTLE
By their own insistence, the name of whichever skilled URSR craftsman fashioned this cloak was never recorded. Laced through with chamelioweave and contramotive optic damper-circuits, this seemingly plain garment causes its wearer to blend in amongst the ranks of their comrades - their survival aided by understated anonymity.
URANI-SURTR REGULATES model only. Unless the bearer is the closest eligible target, enemy models cannot target it with ranged attacks.Void armour comprises hardened, jointed segments hooked into the void suit beneath. It is fashioned from magnaferrite weave, and often reinforced with adamantine and enhanced with micro-field generators.
- Each time an attack is made against this unit, your opponent cannot re-roll the wound roll and cannot re-roll the damage roll.
- Each time an attack is allocated to a model in this unit, the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack is reduced by 1 (to a minimum of 0).
The GREATER THURIAN LEAGUE and KÂHL keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
The TRANS-HYPERIAN ALLIANCE keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
- Roll-off: Both players roll a D6 – highest wins.
- Roll again if a tie.
The TRANS-HYPERIAN ALLIANCE and GRIMNYR keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
- 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 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.
- Heroic Intervention: Move up to 3".
- Must end closer to the closest enemy model.
Note that CHARACTERS cannot use their Aura Abilities while performing actions.
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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 KRONUS HEGEMONY keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
The YMYR CONGLOMERATE and SHIELD CREST keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
– if equipped with the Weavefield crest this unit gains the SHIELD CREST keyword.
– if equipped with the Rampart crest this unit gains the SHIELD CREST keyword.– if equipped with the Weavefield crest this unit gains the SHIELD CREST keyword.The YMYR CONGLOMERATE keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann 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.
The and CORE keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
The CHARACTER keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
The VEHICLE keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
Originally perfected for explosively excavating especially resistant mining obstacles, this intersectional beam weapon fire pattern works equally well to blast the heart from the enemy battle line.
Should a lower-ranking Kin hero show particular promise, they may be extended a Bequest of the Votann - an item of rarefied wargear they have proved themselves worthy of wielding.
The VOTANN and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
The Kin see little use in their most powerful and ancient technologies languishing in safety when - in the hands of their heroes - these devices can mean the difference between victory and defeat in battle.
This hero's name and reputation are known throughout their League, synonymous with exceptional conduct and skill.
The VOTANN and COMMS keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
– if equipped with the Multiwave comms array this unit gains the COMMS keyword.The comms arrays of the Leagues of Votann can decrypt enemy communications channels and temporarily drown them in static.
Few Kin can cast the Eye of the Ancestors with the swiftness and grim efficiency of this League’s Kâhls. Where their merciless gaze falls, the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy are laid bare, and there their warriors strike hardest.
The HEKATON LAND FORTRESS keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
A damaged Hekaton Land Fortress can be temporarily rigged for bastion running by its crew, fortifying systems with a short-lived power surge that allows the war engine to smash and blast its way out of even the most perilous situations.
The VOTANN and MEDIC keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
– if equipped with the Medipack this unit gains the MEDIC keyword.It is a tragic waste to let warriors die on the battlefield when there is a chance they can be revived to rejoin the fight.
The GRIMNYR keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
By carefully manipulating localised warp flow via their barrier tech implements, the Grimnyr are able to ward their allies against malefic empyric manifestations.
- That unit, and the models it contains, stop being affected by any psychic powers that had been affecting it that had been manifested by an enemy unit.
- Until the start of your next Command phase, that unit, and the models it contains, are not affected by any Malediction psychic powers manifested.
Some amongst the Kin harbour extremely personal and long-standing Grudges against their most hated nemeses.
The VOTANN and ACCELERATED keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
The Kin stride into battle with an unwavering sense of purpose, their advance steady and deliberate.
- This unit can ignore any or all modifiers to its Move characteristic and any or all modifiers to its Advance or charge rolls.
- Each time this unit Advances, do not make an Advance roll. Instead, until the end of the phase, add 3" to the Move characteristic of each model in this unit (add 6" instead if this unit is ACCELERATED).
It is a point of honour to Kin military forces that they be precisely where their leaders need them, exactly when they are required.
Hernkyn Pioneers often push their mounts to their limit to outflank the foe, knowing that their most effective strategic use amongst the ranks of the Oathband is as rapid, encircling raiders.
The VOTANN and TELEPORTATION keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
– if equipped with the Teleport crest this unit gains the TELEPORTATION keyword.Kin teleport crests are capable of performing short site-to-site transportations, but doing so drains their power cores.
Not for the Kin the sudden panic of the rout. Instead, they fall back steadily and by squads, laying down furious suppressing fire to drive back pursuing foes.
With advanced breaching and sealing gear and the data-picking cogitations of the Ironkin, few hatches are beyond the Kin’s control.
The VOTANN, CORE and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
The Kin believe that rightful ownership lies with whoever strives hard enough to posses the prize.
- That unit automatically passes Morale tests.
- Unless that unit makes a ranged attack or declares a charge, that unit can ignore any rules that would cause any actions they are performing to fail.
- Each time a model in that unit would lose a wound, roll one D6: on a 6, that wound is not lost.
The VOTANN and SCANNER keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
– if equipped with the Pan spectral scanner this unit gains the SCANNER keyword.Kindred pan spectral scanners can give forewarning of enemies approaching from unseen quarters, or even through the warp.
The VOTANN and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
The VOTANN and BIKER keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
So resolute and steadfast are the Kin that their warriors are able to keep aiming and firing even in the midst of close-quarters battle.
The EINHYR keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
When the fighting is at its fiercest, a Kindred’s elite Einhyr warriors truly show their quality.
Some foes are so loathed that the Ancestors themselves are said to pass sentence upon them, marking them for death.
The VOTANN and CONCUSSION keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
Gravitic concussion grenades do not merely pulp flesh and crack bone, they also leave their foes disoriented from the blast wave.
- The selected enemy unit cannot fire Overwatch or Set to Defend.
- Each time a model in the selected enemy unit makes an attack, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll.
Sensor-network calibration tied in to the HunTR modules on Kin weaponry can be used to part-automate targetting based on the casting of the Eye of the Ancestors. This ensures that, if the Votann have marked a victim, their will is carried out without fail.
The Kindreds’ mastery of ion weaponry has been fine tuned over millennia.
The VOTANN and SEARCHLIGHT keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
– if equipped with the Rollbar searchlight this unit gains the SEARCHLIGHT keyword.Hernkyn Pioneers can use their searchlights to illuminate priority targets for their comrades.
Should the foe gather in sufficient numbers, it becomes more efficient to hammer the tight-packed enemy targets with a full-auto hail of bolt fire than to conserve ammunition.
With specific modifications it is possible to focus a beam weapon’s output into a more deadly stream of energy.
The SUBTERRANEAN EXPLOSIVES keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
- While a unit contains one or more models equipped with a mole grenade launcher, it has the SUBTERRANEAN EXPLOSIVES keyword.Mole grenades can be set with a delayed fuse so that their underground detonation causes shock waves and subsidence.
- Halve the Move characteristic of models in the target unit.
- The target unit is not eligible to fight until after all other eligible units from your army have fought.
Designer’s Note: We recommend placing a Mole Grenade model next to enemy units while they are under the effects of this Stratagem, removing it at the start of your next Movement phase (a Mole Grenade does not count as a model for any rules purposes).
Skilled in breaching space hulks and in defending their mining ventures, the Kin have perfected the art of unleashing blistering salvoes of focused fire in the confines of narrow passages.
The CONCUSSION keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
In the confines of boarding actions, gravitic concussion grenades are especially debilitating, the blast wave leaving foes reeling.
- Each time a model in the selected enemy unit makes an attack, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll.
- If that enemy unit has Set Overwatch or is Set to Defend, then it is no longer in either of those states.
- That enemy unit fails any actions it is performing.
Kindred magna-coil tech allows a skilled rider to effect sudden, drastic jinking manoeuvres while flaring the polarity of their vehicles coils to throw out disruptive energy pulses.
Ownership of a prize is earned through honest toil, the Kin believe, and where such effort has been expended, they will stubbornly refuse to let their hard-won gains fall from their grip.
The VOTANN and SHIELD CREST keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
– if equipped with the Weavefield crest this unit gains the SHIELD CREST keyword.– if equipped with the Rampart crest this unit gains the SHIELD CREST keyword.– if equipped with the Weavefield crest this unit gains the SHIELD CREST keyword.Kindred shield crests are capable of projecting strengthened energy fields to attenuate incoming attacks for short periods of time.
The strong family bond between all members of a Kindred ensures that they will spare no effort to aid their imperilled comrades.
The strong family bonds between all members of a Kindred ensure that they will spare no effort to aid their imperilled comrades.
A clone race with a deep-rooted bond of common thought and intent, the Kin can act with eerie - and wholly unspoken - coordination, which helps them to overwhelm and pick apart their foes upon the field of battle.
With a few stern words, the war leaders of the Kronus Hegemony remind their warriors what is expected of them. They must fight all the harder, for the Ancestors expect their due.
The VOTANN and BESERKS keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
Cthonian Beserks are typically fitted with augmetic, sub-dermal shunts that can flood their systems with stimulant chemicals to help them fight their way out of dangerous situations.
The Ancestor worship within the Trans-Hyperian Alliance borders on the puritanical. So wholly determined are its Kin to live up to the impossible standards of their forebears, that they will endure unbelievable hardships and keep fighting to survive and prevail - even should they be terribly injured.
To strike down a hero amongst the Kin is to earn the immediate and murderous ire of all their warrior comrades.
To strike down a hero amongst the Kin is to earn the immediate and murderous ire of all their warrior comrades.
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.
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.
The SHIELD CREST keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
– if equipped with the Weavefield crest this unit gains the SHIELD CREST keyword.– if equipped with the Rampart crest this unit gains the SHIELD CREST keyword.– if equipped with the Weavefield crest this unit gains the SHIELD CREST keyword.THE GREY CREST
This cunningly wrought armour crest contains helical circuit-threads believed to have been traded from a mysterious alien race, long since lost to the darkness between the stars. It projects a veil of obfuscatory energies able to fool both organic and artificial targeting senses, and conceal the bearer from the enemy’s sights.
SHIELD CREST model only.- If the bearer is a CHARACTER model, each time an attack is made against the bearer’s unit, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll.
- If the bearer is not a CHARACTER model, each time an attack is made against the bearer’s unit, if the attacker is more than 12" away, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll.
GRUDGE’S END
Manufactured over three centuries by a dedicated team of Brôkhyr and Ironkin savants, Grudges End is not one single object. Rather, it is an entire suite of conjoined adaptor modules which can autoadjust to integrate themselves with any forgewrought bolt weapon. Introducing intelligent ballistic calibrators, a hypermunition micro-factory and a bewildering host of additional one-off augmentations, Grudges End transforms the host weapon into a tool that will indeed bring about the fatal demise of many a loathed nemesis of the Kin.
Model equipped with a bolt weapon only. When you give a model this Relic, select one bolt weapon that model is equipped with.- That weapon is considered to be a Relic for all rules purposes.
- The Damage characteristic of that weapon is increased by 1.
- The Armour Penetration characteristic of that weapon is improved by 1.
- Each time an attack made by this weapon hits a unit that has 1 or more Judgement tokens, that attack automatically wounds the target.
THE HEARTHFIST
This gauntlet contains a thermoreactive plasma core of unique design. When clenched into a fist, it begins to blaze with what is said to be the raw and furious fire of the Hearth itself. Each blow from the Hearthfist discharges furious blasts of plasmic energy that scorch and disintegrate, and it is said that those foes marked for death by the Ancestors feel the burning wrath of the Hearth worst of all.
Model equipped with a mass gauntlet or concussion gauntlet only. This Relic replaces a mass gauntlet or concussion gauntlet and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| The Hearthfist | |||||
| The Hearthfist | Melee | Melee | +4 | -3 | 3 |
Abilities: Each time an attack made by this weapon is allocated to a model in a unit that has 1 or more Judgement tokens, that attack has a Damage characteristic of 4. | |||||
The TELEPORTATION keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
– if equipped with the Teleport crest this unit gains the TELEPORTATION keyword.- Normal Move: Models move up to M".
- Cannot move within Engagement Range of any enemy models.
- 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.
WÂRPESTRYK
Hailed as the physical proof of Kin technological superiority, this incredible armour crest nonetheless has a somewhat dark reputation. None knows who fashioned it, how or when, and all attempts to replicate Wârpestryk have seen ill fate befall those who tried. Nonetheless, the crest allows its bearer to step between realspace and the warp almost at will, crossing the battlefield in a series of flickering strides. Moreover, its mysterious inner workings project a directed field of intermingled energistic and empyric interference, which fouls nearby enemy communications and seems to jam all attempts to gain a teleport fix within proximity to Wârpestryk.
TELEPORTATION model only.- Each time the bearer makes a Normal Move, Advances, Falls Back or makes a charge move, until that move is finished, it can move horizontally through models and terrain features (it cannot finish a move on top of another model, or its base).
- Once per battle, when you use the Site-to-Site Transport Stratagem, if you select the bearer’s unit for that Stratagem, it costs 0CP.
- Enemy units that are set up on the battlefield as Reinforcements cannot be set up within 12" of this model’s unit.
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).
- Overwatch: Before charge roll made, all charge targets that can fire Overwatch can do so.
- Can never fire Overwatch while enemy units are in Engagement Range.
- When firing Overwatch, shoot with unit, but attacks only hit on unmodified 6s.
If every model in an INFANTRY unit is within 3" of an Obstacle terrain feature with this trait, then it can either Hold Steady or it can Set to Defend (see below) when an enemy unit declares a charge against it if, were you to draw a straight line, 1mm in thickness, between the closest parts of the bases (or hulls) of the two closest models in the two units, that line would pass over or through that terrain feature.
A unit cannot Hold Steady or Set to Defend while it is within Engagement Range of any enemy units.
If a unit Holds Steady, any Overwatch attacks made by that unit this phase will score hits on rolls of 5+. If a unit Sets to Defend, it cannot fire Overwatch this phase, but you add 1 to hit rolls when resolving attacks made with melee weapons by models in that unit until the end of the next Fight phase.
- INFANTRY units can Hold Steady or Set to Defend (if no enemy within Engagement Range).
- Hold Steady: Overwatch attacks hit on 5+.
- Set to Defend: Cannot fire Overwatch but add 1 to hit rolls in next Fight phase.
- FLY models can move over other models when they make a Normal Move, an Advance or when they Fall Back.
- FLY models ignore vertical distances when they make a Normal Move, an Advance or when they Fall Back.
The BRÔKHYR IRON-MASTER keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann 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.
- Points limit: Sum of all points values in army cannot exceed this.
All VOTANN units are drawn from one of the Leagues. When you include a unit with the keyword in your army, you must nominate which League it is from and then replace the keyword in every instance on its datasheet with the name of your chosen League. This could be one of the Leagues detailed in a Warhammer 40,000 publication, or one of your own design.
Example: If you include a KÂHL unit in your army, and you decide they are from the Greater Thurian League, their keyword becomes GREATER THURIAN LEAGUE and their Kindred Hero ability reads ‘While a friendly GREATER THURIAN LEAGUE CORE unit is within 6" of this model, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, re-roll a hit roll of 1.’
If your army is Battle-forged, you cannot include units from two different Leagues in the same Detachment.
Should a hero of the Kin achieve suitably great deeds and display their capacity for shrewd strategic wisdom, they may be accorded the immense honour of elevation to their Kindred's Votannic Council.
The and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann 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 and VEHICLE keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
- +1 to saving throws against ranged weapons.
- Invulnerable saving throws unaffected.
- A friendly unit that contains 1 or more VEHICLE or MONSTER models with a wounds characteristic of 10 or more.
- A friendly non-CHARACTER unit that contains 1 or more VEHICLE or MONSTER models.
- A friendly non-CHARACTER unit that contains 3 or more models.
- Cannot shoot at an enemy CHARACTER with 9 or less wounds while it is within 3" of a friendly unit that contains 1 MONSTER, 1 VEHICLE or 3+ other models (excluding CHARACTER models with 9 or less wounds) unless it is the closest target.
- 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.
The ÛTHAR THE DESTINED keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
ANCESTRAL BEARING
This warlord carries themselves like the Ancestors of aeons past and commands much respect amongst the Kin.
- Each time this WARLORD uses an ability in your Command phase that specifies a range, you can add 3" to the range of that ability (to a maximum of 12").
- Add 3" to the range of this WARLORD’s Aura abilities (to a maximum of 12").
EXPERIENCED EYE
This old warrior has fought in countless wars. and has witnessed first-hand much of the worst the galaxy has to offer. They can appraise the battlefield situation at a glance, and from bitter experience can select priority targets with pragmatic efficiency while directing the Kin in war.
In each of your Command phases, this WARLORD can use their Grim Efficiency ability one additional time, but only if you select an enemy unit that has not already been selected for this ability during this phase.
The DRONE keyword is used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
– if equipped with Drones this unit may have DRONE models.The SCANNER keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
– if equipped with the Pan spectral scanner this unit gains the SCANNER keyword.- Cannot be set up or end a move on top of this terrain feature.
- IMPERIUM
- CHAOS
- AELDARI
- TYRANIDS
- ORKS
- NECRONS
- T’AU EMPIRE
- Crusade Faction: All units in your Crusade force must share this keyword (or be UNALIGNED).
The Requisitions you can purchase can be found here. Each Requisition will tell you when it can be purchased; they can never be purchased during a battle. Unless stated otherwise, there is no limit on the number of Requisitions you can purchase, the number of times you can purchase each Requisition, nor on the combination of Requisitions you can purchase, so long as you have enough Requisition points. If you do not have enough Requisition points to purchase a Requisition, you cannot purchase it.
- Requisitions cost Requisition points to purchase.
- You can never have more than 5 Requisition points.
- Each battle you play earns you 1 Requisition point (win, lose or draw).
- Power Level: Sum of all Power Ratings in army.
The INQUISITOR and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Inquisition datasheets:
The ASTRA MILITARUM and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Astra Militarum datasheets:
Each time a unit gains a Battle Honour you must increase its Crusade points total by 1 (if the unit has a Power Rating of 10 or less) or 2 (if the unit has a Power Rating of 11 or higher).
- There are four types of Battle Honours:
- Battle Traits: New skills and abilities.
- Weapon Enhancements: Upgrade an item of wargear.
- Psychic Fortitudes: Boosts a unit's psychic might.
- Crusade Relic: Gain a rare and powerful artefact.
- Each time a unit gains a Battle Honour, increase its Crusade points by:
- 1 if unit has a Power Rating of 10 or less.
- 2 if unit has a Power Rating of 11 or more.
The EINHYR and HEARTHGUARD keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
Coupled with the natural steadiness and sturdiness of the Kin and their combat vehicles, the auto-calibration and gravitic nudge-assist provided by HunTR modules ensures a stable firing platform, even when on the move.
Many ranged Votann weapons have the type ‘HunTR’. The number of attacks that a model makes with a HunTR weapon is equal to the number written on that weapon’s profile after its type. For example, a model shooting a ‘HunTR 1’ weapon can make one attack with that weapon; a model firing a ‘HunTR 3’ weapon can make three attacks, and so on.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.
Not all Grudges stem from immediate battlefield experiences. Should the Kin learn of suitably diabolical deeds perpetrated by foes elsewhere - especially against others of their Kindred - this is sometimes cause enough for a Grudge to be declared.
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.
The Factions that a unit belongs to will be listed in the Faction keywords section of its datasheet.
- Faction: Described by Faction keywords on a unit's datasheet.
- If Detachment requires all units to be from the same Faction, they must all share at least one Faction Keyword.
The BRÔKHYR THUNDERKYN keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
Overwatch is resolved like a normal shooting attack except that models can only target the enemy unit that has just finished moving, and an unmodified hit roll of 6 is always required for a successful hit roll, irrespective of the firing model’s Ballistic Skill or any modifiers. A unit cannot fire Overwatch while enemy units are within Engagement Range of it unless it is firing Overwatch at an enemy unit that has just finished making a charge move within Engagement Range of it. In this case it can do so even if other friendly units are within Engagement Range of the same enemy unit, and it can do so with any ranged weapon it is equipped with (excluding weapons with the Blast ability).
After a unit has fired Overwatch, it must complete the Set Overwatch action again before it can fire Overwatch again.
- 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.
The COMMS keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
– if equipped with the Multiwave comms array this unit gains the COMMS keyword.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 EXO-ARMOUR keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
The EINHYR and CHAMPION keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
Ancestor’s vengeance warhead used in the following datasheets:
Autoch-pattem combi-bolter used in the following datasheets:
Autoch-pattern bolt pistol used in the following datasheets:
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.
Autoch-pattern bolter used in the following datasheets:
Bolt cannon used in the following datasheets:
Bolt revolver used in the following datasheets:
Bolt shotgun used in the following datasheets:
Cyclic ion cannon used in the following datasheets:
- 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.
EtaCarn plasma beamer used in the following datasheets:
EtaCarn plasma gun used in the following datasheets:
EtaCarn plasma pistol used in the following datasheets:
Exo-armour grenade launcher used in the following datasheets:
Gravitic concussion grenades used in the following datasheets:
Graviton blast cannon used in the following datasheets:
Graviton rifle used in the following datasheets:
Heavy magna-rail cannon used in the following datasheets:
HYLas auto rifle used in the following datasheets:
HYLas beam cannon used in the following datasheets:
HYLas rotary cannon used in the following datasheets:
Ion beamer used in the following datasheets:
Ion blaster used in the following datasheets:
Ion pistol used in the following datasheets:
Kin’s wrath warhead used in the following datasheets:
L7 missile launcher used in the following datasheets:
Las-beam cutter used in the following datasheets:
Magna-coil autocannon used in the following datasheets:
Magna-rail rifle used in the following datasheets:
MATR autocannon used in the following datasheets:
Mole grenade launcher used in the following datasheets:
Mountain breaker warhead used in the following datasheets:
Sagitaur missile launcher used in the following datasheets:
SP conversion beamer used in the following datasheets:
SP heavy conversion beamer used in the following datasheets:
Twin bolt cannon used in the following datasheets:
Volkanite disintegrator used in the following datasheets:
Ancestral ward stave used in the following datasheets:
Blade of the Ancestors used in the following datasheets:
Concussion gauntlet used in the following datasheets:
Concussion hammer used in the following datasheets:
Concussion maul used in the following datasheets:
Darkstar axe used in the following datasheets:
Forgewrought plasma axe used in the following datasheets:
Graviton hammer used in the following datasheets:
Heavy plasma axe used in the following datasheets:
Manipulator arms used in the following datasheets:
Mass gauntlet used in the following datasheets:
Mass hammer used in the following datasheets:
Plasma axe used in the following datasheets:
Plasma blade gauntlet used in the following datasheets:
Plasma sword used in the following datasheets:
Plasma torch used in the following datasheets:
Twin concussion gauntlet used in the following datasheets:
Medipack used in the following datasheets:
The MEDIC keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
– if equipped with the Medipack this unit gains the MEDIC keyword.Multiwave comms array used in the following datasheets:
Pan spectral scanner used in the following datasheets:
Rampart crest used in the following datasheets:
The and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
Rollbar searchlight used in the following datasheets:
The SEARCHLIGHT keyword is used in the following Leagues of Votann datasheets:
– if equipped with the Rollbar searchlight this unit gains the SEARCHLIGHT keyword.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+.
Teleport crest used in the following datasheets:
Weavefield crest used in the following datasheets:
