Space Marines – Kill Team Cassius
| No | NAME | M | WS | BS | S | T | W | A | Ld | Sv | Base |
| Veteran (base: 32mm) | |||||||||||
| 4 | Veteran | 6" | 3+ | 3+ | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3+ | 32mm |
| Watch Sergeant (base: 32mm) | |||||||||||
| 1 | Watch Sergeant | 6" | 3+ | 3+ | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3+ | 32mm |
| Terminator (base: 40mm) | |||||||||||
| 1 | Terminator | 5" | 3+ | 3+ | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2+ | 40mm |
| Veteran Biker (base: 75 x 42mm) | |||||||||||
| 1 | Veteran Biker | 14" | 3+ | 3+ | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3+ | 75 x 42mm |
| Vanguard Veteran (base: 32mm) | |||||||||||
| 2 | Vanguard Veteran | 12" | 3+ | 3+ | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3+ | 32mm |
• The Watch Sergeant is equipped with: Deathwatch boltgun; frag grenades; krak grenades.
• One Veteran is equipped with: plasma pistol; power sword; frag grenades; krak grenades.
• One Veteran is equipped with: Deathwatch boltgun; Astartes chainsword; frag grenades; krak grenades.
• One Veteran is equipped with: Deathwatch combi-melta; frag grenades; krak grenades.
• One Veteran is equipped with: Deathwatch frag cannon; frag grenades; krak grenades.
• The Terminator is equipped with: Deathwatch heavy flamer; meltagun; power fist; Deathwatch teleport homer.
• The Veteran Biker is equipped with: Deathwatch twin boltgun; power sword; frag grenades; krak grenades.
• One Vanguard Veteran is equipped with: 2 lightning claws; frag grenades; krak grenades.
• One Vanguard Veteran is equipped with: hand flamer; Astartes chainsword; frag grenades; krak grenades. Your army can only include one KILL TEAM CASSIUS unit.
• One Veteran is equipped with: plasma pistol; power sword; frag grenades; krak grenades.
• One Veteran is equipped with: Deathwatch boltgun; Astartes chainsword; frag grenades; krak grenades.
• One Veteran is equipped with: Deathwatch combi-melta; frag grenades; krak grenades.
• One Veteran is equipped with: Deathwatch frag cannon; frag grenades; krak grenades.
• The Terminator is equipped with: Deathwatch heavy flamer; meltagun; power fist; Deathwatch teleport homer.
• The Veteran Biker is equipped with: Deathwatch twin boltgun; power sword; frag grenades; krak grenades.
• One Vanguard Veteran is equipped with: 2 lightning claws; frag grenades; krak grenades.
• One Vanguard Veteran is equipped with: hand flamer; Astartes chainsword; frag grenades; krak grenades. Your army can only include one KILL TEAM CASSIUS unit.
WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D | ABILITIES |
| Hand flamer | ||||||
| Hand flamer | 12" | Pistol D6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | Each time an attack is made with this weapon, that attack automatically hits the target. |
| Each time an attack is made with this weapon, that attack automatically hits the target. | ||||||
Plasma pistol | ||||||
Before selecting targets, select one of the profiles below to make attacks with. | ||||||
Plasma pistol | Before selecting targets, select one of the profiles below to make attacks with. | |||||
| - Standard | ||||||
| - Standard | 12" | Pistol 1 | 7 | -3 | 1 | - |
| - Supercharge | ||||||
| - Supercharge | 12" | Pistol 1 | 8 | -3 | 2 | If any unmodified hit rolls of 1 are made for attacks with this weapon profile, the bearer is destroyed after shooting with this weapon. |
| If any unmodified hit rolls of 1 are made for attacks with this weapon profile, the bearer is destroyed after shooting with this weapon. | ||||||
| Deathwatch boltgun | ||||||
| Deathwatch boltgun | 24" | Rapid Fire 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | Special-issue Ammunition |
| Special-issue Ammunition | ||||||
Deathwatch combi-melta | ||||||
Before selecting targets, select one or both of the profiles below to make attacks with. If you select both, then each time an attack is made with this weapon this phase, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll. | ||||||
Deathwatch combi-melta | Before selecting targets, select one or both of the profiles below to make attacks with. If you select both, then each time an attack is made with this weapon this phase, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll. | |||||
| - Boltgun | ||||||
| - Boltgun | 24" | Rapid Fire 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | Special-issue Ammunition |
| Special-issue Ammunition | ||||||
| - Meltagun | ||||||
| - Meltagun | 12" | Assault 1 | 8 | -4 | D6 | Each time an attack made with this weapon profile targets a unit within half range, that attack has a Damage characteristic of D6+2. |
| Each time an attack made with this weapon profile targets a unit within half range, that attack has a Damage characteristic of D6+2. | ||||||
Deathwatch frag cannon | ||||||
Before selecting targets, select one of the profiles below to make attacks with. | ||||||
Deathwatch frag cannon | Before selecting targets, select one of the profiles below to make attacks with. | |||||
| - Frag | ||||||
| - Frag | 12" | Assault 2D3 | 6 | -1 | 1 | Blast |
| Blast | ||||||
| - Shell | ||||||
| - Shell | 24" | Assault 2 | 7 | -2 | 2 | - |
Deathwatch heavy flamer | ||||||
Before selecting targets, select one of the profiles below to make attacks with. Each time an attack is made with this weapon, that attack automatically hits the target. | ||||||
Deathwatch heavy flamer | Before selecting targets, select one of the profiles below to make attacks with. Each time an attack is made with this weapon, that attack automatically hits the target. | |||||
| - Hellfire | ||||||
| - Hellfire | 12" | Heavy D6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Each time an attack is made with this weapon profile, unless the target has the VEHICLE or TITANIC keywords, a wound roll of 2+ for that attack is always successful. |
| Each time an attack is made with this weapon profile, unless the target has the VEHICLE or TITANIC keywords, a wound roll of 2+ for that attack is always successful. | ||||||
| - Infernum | ||||||
| - Infernum | 12" | Heavy 2D6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | Blast |
| Blast | ||||||
| - Promethium | ||||||
| - Promethium | 12" | Heavy D6 | 5 | -1 | 1 | - |
| Deathwatch twin boltgun | ||||||
| Deathwatch twin boltgun | 24" | Rapid Fire 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | Special-issue Ammunition |
| Special-issue Ammunition | ||||||
| Meltagun | ||||||
| Meltagun | 12" | Assault 1 | 8 | -4 | D6 | Each time an attack made with this weapon targets a unit within half range, that attack has a Damage characteristic of D6+2. |
| Each time an attack made with this weapon targets a unit within half range, that attack has a Damage characteristic of D6+2. | ||||||
| Astartes chainsword | ||||||
| Astartes chainsword | Melee | Melee | User | -1 | 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. | ||||||
| Lightning claw | ||||||
| Lightning claw | Melee | Melee | User | -2 | 1 | Each time the bearer fights, it makes 1 additional attack with this weapon. Each time an attack is made with this weapon, you can re-roll the wound roll. |
| Each time the bearer fights, it makes 1 additional attack with this weapon. Each time an attack is made with this weapon, you can re-roll the wound roll. | ||||||
| Power fist | ||||||
| Power fist | Melee | Melee | x2 | -3 | 2 | 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. | ||||||
| Power sword | ||||||
| Power sword | Melee | Melee | +1 | -3 | 1 | - |
| Frag grenades | ||||||
| Frag grenades | 6" | Grenade D6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | Blast |
| Blast | ||||||
| Krak grenades | ||||||
| Krak grenades | 6" | Grenade 1 | 6 | -1 | D3 | - |
OTHER WARGEAR | ABILITIES | ||||||
Deathwatch teleport homer | |||||||
Once per battle, at the start of your Movement phase, if this unit contains a TERMINATOR model, you can remove this unit from the battlefield and then, in the Reinforcements step of your next Movement phase, you can set this unit back up on the battlefield, anywhere wholly within your own deployment zone and more than 9" away from any enemy models, or anywhere within 3" of a friendly DEATHWATCH model and more than 9" away from any enemy models. If the battle ends and this unit is not on the battlefield, it is destroyed. If this unit has split into two units because of its Combat Squads ability, only one of those units can use the Deathwatch Teleport Homer ability. We recommend placing a Death watch Teleport Homer model next to the unit as a reminder, removing it once this ability has been used (a Deathwatch Teleport Homer does not count as a model for any rulespurposes). | |||||||
Deathwatch teleport homer | Once per battle, at the start of your Movement phase, if this unit contains a TERMINATOR model, you can remove this unit from the battlefield and then, in the Reinforcements step of your next Movement phase, you can set this unit back up on the battlefield, anywhere wholly within your own deployment zone and more than 9" away from any enemy models, or anywhere within 3" of a friendly DEATHWATCH model and more than 9" away from any enemy models. If the battle ends and this unit is not on the battlefield, it is destroyed. If this unit has split into two units because of its Combat Squads ability, only one of those units can use the Deathwatch Teleport Homer ability. We recommend placing a Death watch Teleport Homer model next to the unit as a reminder, removing it once this ability has been used (a Deathwatch Teleport Homer does not count as a model for any rulespurposes). | ||||||
ABILITIES | |
ABILITIES |
Angels of Death, Combat Squads, Mixed Unit Crux Terminatus: This unit’s Terminator has a 5+ invulnerable save. Unflinching: This unit automatically passes Morale tests. |
| FACTION KEYWORDS: IMPERIUM, ADEPTUS ASTARTES, DEATHWATCH | |
| KEYWORDS: INFANTRY, CORE, SMOKESCREEN, KILL TEAM, KILL TEAM CASSIUS | |
Datasheet-related Stratagems
SPECIALISM EXTREMIS3CP
Kill Team Strike Force – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Specialised kill teams within a Kill Team Strike Force eliminate their chosen prey with extreme prejudice.
Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase or in the Fight phase, when you select a STRIKE FORCE AQUILA, STRIKE FORCE VENATOR, STRIKE FORCE MALLEUS, STRIKE FORCE DOMINATUS, STRIKE FORCE FUROR or STRIKE FORCE PURGATUS unit from your army to shoot or fight. Until the end of the phase, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, a successful hit roll automatically wounds the target if:
- The attack was made by an AQUILA model.
- The attack was made by a VENATOR model against a unit with the Fast Attack or Flyer Battlefield Role.
- The attack was made by a MALLEUS model against a unit with the Heavy Support, Lord of War or Dedicated Transport Battlefield Role.
- The attack was made by a DOMINATUS model against a unit with the Elites Battlefield Role.
- The attack was made by a FUROR model against a unit with the Troops Battlefield Role.
- The attack was made by a PURGATUS model against a unit with the HQ Battlefield Role.
THE STRENGTH OF THE EMPEROR1CP
Space Marines – Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Blessed with incredible strength, Space Marines deliver blows that inflict terrifying damage.
Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase, when an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army is selected to fight. Until the end of the phase, each time a model in that unit makes a melee attack, add 1 to the Strength characteristic of that attack and an unmodified hit roll of 6 automatically wounds the target.
SANCTION OF THE BLACK VAULT1CP
Deathwatch – Requisition Stratagem
In missions with certain classes of extremis threat rating, the wardens of the Black Vault may grant an exceptional artefact to a veteran warrior of proven skill in the eradication of the xenos.
Use this Stratagem before the battle, when you are mustering your army, if your WARLORD has the DEATHWATCH keyword. Select one DEATHWATCH model in your army that has the word ‘Sergeant’ in their profile. That model can have one of the following Relics of the Watch Fortresses, even though they are not a CHARACTER: Artificer Armour; Master-crafted Weapon; Digital Weapons; Banebolts of Eryxia; Artificer Bolt Cache. Each Relic in your army must be unique, and you cannot use this Stratagem to give a model two Relics. You can only use this Stratagem once.
BATTLEFIELD TELEPORTATION1CP
Kill Team Strike Force – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Site-to-site battlefield teleportation is a rare capability indeed, used only by the Deathwatch in extreme situations.
Use this Stratagem at the start of your Movement phase. Select one STRIKE FORCE KILL TEAM or STRIKE FORCE CHARACTER unit from your army. Remove that unit from the battlefield. In the Reinforcements step of your next Movement phase, you can set this unit back up on the battlefield, anywhere that is more than 9" from any enemy models. If the battle ends and this unit is not on the battlefield, it is destroyed.
TELEPORTARIUM1CP
Deathwatch – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Utilising the arcane secrets of teleportation technology, the Deathwatch burst from nowhere to attack.
Use this Stratagem during deployment. Select one DEATHWATCH INFANTRY, DEATHWATCH DREADNOUGHT or DEATHWATCH BIKER unit from your army. All models in that unit gain the Teleport Strike ability. You can only use this Stratagem once, unless you are playing a Strike Force battle (in which case you can use this Stratagem twice), or an Onslaught battle (in which case you can use this Stratagem three times).
STEADY ADVANCE1CP
Space Marines – Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
A measured advance allows Space Marines to unleash a steady stream of accurate fire on the move.
Use this Stratagem when an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army completes the Set Overwatch action. While that unit Sets Overwatch, it also Holds Steady.
BROTHERHOOD OF VETERANS1CP
Space Marines – Deathwatch – Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
The battle-brothers of the Deathwatch hail from many different Space Marine brotherhoods, resulting in the combination of many doctrines and tactics to use against the xenos threat.
Use this Stratagem in your Command phase. Select one DEATHWATCH unit from your army, then select one Chapter Tactic or Successor Tactic. Until the end of the turn, models in that unit have that Chapter Tactic or Successor Tactic instead of the Xenos Hunters Chapter Tactic.
UNCOMPROMISING FIRE2CP
Adeptus Astartes – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Switching weapons to full auto, the Space Marines unleash a short-lived but inescapable hail of fire.
Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase. Select one ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit from your army that is performing an action. That unit can shoot this phase without that action failing.
STEADY ADVANCE2CP
Adeptus Astartes – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
A measured advance allows Space Marines to unleash a steady stream of fire.
Use this Stratagem in your Movement phase, when an ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit from your army makes a Normal Move. Until the end of the turn, that unit is considered to have Remained Stationary.
BLACK VAULT BOLTS1CP
Kill Team Strike Force – Wargear Stratagem
Amongst the rarest forms of special issue ammunition available to the Deathwatch, these bolts are handed out, a few each, to warriors sent on investigative missions, lest they encounter a foe their usual wargear cannot best.
Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase, when you select a STRIKE FORCE KILL TEAM or STRIKE FORCE CHARACTER unit from your army to shoot. Until the end of the phase:
- The Type characteristic of all bolt weapons models in that unit are equipped with is changed to Heavy 1.
- Each time a model in that unit makes a ranged attack with a Bolt weapon, on an unmodified wound roll of 6 that attack inflicts 1 mortal wound on the target in addition to any normal damage (a maximum of 6 mortal wounds can be inflicted per phase via this Stratagem).
SPECIAL-ISSUE LOADOUT2CP
Deathwatch – Wargear Stratagem
Individual shells are loaded when optimised volleys are required.
Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase, when you select a DEATHWATCH INFANTRY unit from your army to shoot. Until the end of the phase, bolt weapons (excluding bolt sniper rifles) without the Special-issue Ammunition ability that models in that unit are equipped with gain that Special-issue Ammunition ability and their Type characteristic is changed to Heavy 1.
AUSPEX SCAN2CP
Adeptus Astartes – Wargear Stratagem
Nearby motion and radiation signatures are detected by a handheld device, forewarning the bearer of ambushes.
Use this Stratagem at the end of the Reinforcements step of your opponent's Movement phase. Select one ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit from your army that is not within Engagement Range of any enemy units. That unit can shoot as if it were your Shooting phase, but its models can only target a single eligible enemy unit that was set up as Reinforcements this turn and that is within 12" of their unit when doing so.
SMOKESCREEN1CP
Adeptus Astartes – Wargear Stratagem
Throwing down a hail of smoke grenades or deploying their smoke launchers, the Space Marines screen themselves from the enemy.
Use this Stratagem in your opponent's Shooting phase, when an ADEPTUS ASTARTES SMOKESCREEN unit from your army is selected as the target of an attack. Until the end of the phase, each time an attack is made against that unit, subtract 1 from that attack's hit roll.
RAPID FIRE
Rapid fire weapons are versatile armaments capable of aimed single shots at long range or controlled bursts of fire at close quarters.When a model shoots a Rapid Fire weapon, double the number of attacks it makes if its target is within half the weapon’s range.
- Double number of attacks made if target is within half range.
Engagement Range
Engagement Range represents the zone of threat that models present to their enemies. While a model is within 1" horizontally and 5" vertically of an enemy model, those models are within Engagement Range of each other. While two enemy models are within Engagement Range of each other, those models’ units are also within Engagement Range of each other. Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.- Engagement Range: 1" horizontally + 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.
Select Weapon
When a model makes a close combat attack, it must do so using a melee weapon (i.e. a weapon that has the ‘Melee’ type). The weapons a model is equipped with are described on its datasheet. If a model is not equipped with any melee weapons, or if it cannot make an attack with any of the melee weapons it is equipped with, then that model makes its attacks using a close combat weapon, which has the following profile:
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If a model has more than one melee weapon, select which it will use before resolving any attacks. If a model has more than one melee weapon and can make several attacks, it can split them between these weapons however you wish – declare which attacks are being made with which weapons before any attacks are resolved. If the selected weapon has more than one profile that you must choose between, you must declare which profile is being used at the same time. Different attacks made with such a weapon can be made using different profiles if you wish.
If your unit is making attacks with more than one melee weapon against a unit, and those weapons have different characteristics profiles, then after you have resolved an attack with one of those weapons you must, if any other weapons with the same characteristics profile are also being used to make attacks against that unit, resolve those attacks before resolving any attacks against the target with a weapon that has a different characteristics profile. Note that all the attacks you have declared are always resolved against the target unit even if, when you come to resolve an individual attack, no models in the target unit remain in range (this can happen because of models being destroyed and removed from the battlefield as the result of resolving other attacks made by the attacking model’s unit first).
- Each close combat attack is made with a melee weapon.
- A model makes attacks using the close combat weapon profile if it has no other melee weapons.
- If a unit attacks with multiple weapons, all attacks made with weapons that have the same profile must be resolved before resolving attacks with the next.
Frag grenades used in the following datasheets:
Elites
Troops
Fast Attack
HQ
and others...
Blast Weapons
Some weapons have ‘Blast’ listed in their profile’s abilities. These are referred to as Blast weapons. In addition to the normal rules, the following rules apply to Blast weapons:- If a Blast weapon targets a unit that has between 6 and 10 models, it always makes a minimum of 3 attacks. So if, when determining how many attacks are made with that weapon, the dice rolled results in less than 3 attacks being made, make 3 attacks instead. For example, if a Grenade D6 weapon with the Blast rule targets a unit that has 6 or more models, and you roll a 2 to determine how many attacks are made, that roll is counted as being a 3 and that weapon makes three attacks against that unit.
- When a Blast weapon targets a unit that has 11 or more models, do not roll dice to randomly determine how many attacks are made – instead, make the maximum possible number of attacks. For example, if a Grenade D6 weapon with the Blast rule targets a unit that has 11 or more models, that weapon makes six attacks against that unit.
- Blast Weapons: Minimum three attacks against units with 6+ models. Always make maximum number of attacks against units with 11+ models.
- Can never be used to attack units within the firing unit’s Engagement Range.
GRENADE
Grenades are handheld explosive devices that a warrior throws at the enemy while their squad mates provide covering fire.When a unit shoots, one model that is equipped with a Grenade in that unit can resolve attacks with it instead of shooting any other weapons.
- Only one model can use a Grenade when its unit shoots.
Krak grenades used in the following datasheets:
Elites
Troops
Fast Attack
HQ
and others...
And They Shall Know No Fear
Space Marines stand unafraid before the terrors of the galaxy.
Each time a Combat Attrition test is taken for this unit, ignore any or all modifiers.The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
HQ
and others...
The CENTURION keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
Elites
Heavy Support
The TERMINATOR keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
HQ
Elites
Heavy Support
– while a PROTEUS KILL TEAM unit only contains Deathwatch Terminators, it has the TERMINATOR keyword.The BIKER keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
HQ
Elites
– while a FORTIS KILL TEAM unit only contains Outriders, it has the BIKER keyword and loses the INFANTRY keyword.Bolter Discipline
To a Space Marine, the boltgun is more than a weapon - it is an instrument of Mankind’s divinity, the bringer of death to his foes.
Instead of following the normal rules for Rapid Fire weapons, models in this unit shooting Rapid Fire bolt weapons make double the number of attacks if any of the following apply:- The shooting model’s target is within half the weapon’s range.
- The shooting model is INFANTRY (excluding CENTURION models) and its unit Remained Stationary in your previous Movement phase.
- The shooting model is a TERMINATOR or BIKER.
Shock Assault
The Adeptus Astartes are elite troops who strike with the fury of a thunderbolt. Few opponents can withstand this onslaught.
Each time this unit 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.The ADEPTUS ASTARTES keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
HQ
and others...
The datasheets using AGENT OF THE IMPERIUM keyword can be found in the following Factions:
Imperium: Adepta Sororitas, Agents of the Imperium, Imperial Knights, Inquisition.The AGENT OF THE IMPERIUM keyword is used in the following datasheets:
HQ
Lords of War
The datasheets using UNALIGNED keyword can be found in the following Factions:
Unaligned: Unaligned.Imperium: Astra Militarum, Space Marines.
The UNALIGNED keyword is used in the following datasheets:
Troops
Fortifications
Combat Doctrines
When the Adeptus Astartes fight, they employ a set of combat doctrines to eliminate the enemy. After pounding the foe with heavy weapons, warriors advance to lay down a hail of bolter fire before charging forth with chainswords roaring to finish the foe.
If every unit from your army has the ADEPTUS ASTARTES keyword (excluding AGENT OF THE IMPERIUM and UNALIGNED units), this unit gains a bonus (see below) depending on which Combat Doctrine is active for your army. During the first battle round, the Devastator Doctrine is active for your army. From the second battle round onwards, at the start of the battle round, you can change which Combat Doctrine is active for your army, as follows:- If the Devastator Doctrine was active for your army during the previous battle round, you can change it so that the Tactical Doctrine is now active.
- If the Tactical Doctrine was active for your army during the previous battle round, you can change it so that the Assault Doctrine is now active.
Devastator Doctrine
The Codex Astartes explains in detail the strategic value of overwhelming firepower applied to key targets at the optimal time in order to eliminate threats and create tactical openings.
While this combat doctrine is active, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of every Heavy and Grenade weapon that models in this unit are equipped with by 1.Tactical Doctrine
As the warring armies close upon one another and vicious firefights erupt, the Codex lays out strategies for swiftly seizing the initiative and combining versatility with firepower.
While this combat doctrine is active, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of every Rapid Fire and Assault weapon that models in this unit are equipped with by 1.Assault Doctrine
The Codex Astartes leaves no doubt that the killing blow in most engagements must be delivered with a decisive close-quarters strike. It presents plentiful tactical means to achieve this end.
While this combat doctrine is active, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of every Pistol and Melee weapon that models in this unit are equipped with by 1.Angels of Death
Space Marines are amongst the finest warriors in the Imperium.
This unit has the following abilities, which are described below: And They Shall Know No Fear; Bolter Discipline; Shock Assault; Combat Doctrines.Hit Roll
When a model makes an attack, make one hit roll for that attack by rolling one D6. If the result of the hit roll is equal to or greater than the attacking model’s Ballistic Skill (BS) characteristic (if the attack is being made with a ranged weapon) or its Weapon Skill (WS) characteristic (if the attack is being made with a melee weapon), then that attack scores one hit against the target unit. If not, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends.If an attack is made with a weapon that has an ability that says it ‘automatically hits the target’, no hit roll is made – that attack simply scores one hit on the target unit. An unmodified hit roll of 6 always scores a hit, and an unmodified hit roll of 1 always fails. A hit roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1. This means that if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a hit roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be -2 or worse, it is changed to be -1. Similarly, if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a hit roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be +2 or better, it is changed to be +1.
Saving Throw
The player commanding the target unit then makes one saving throw by rolling one D6 and modifying the roll by the Armour Penetration (AP) characteristic of the weapon that the attack was made with. For example, if the weapon has an AP of -1, then 1 is subtracted from the saving throw roll. If the result is equal to, or greater than, the Save (Sv) characteristic of the model the attack was allocated to, then the saving throw is successful and the attack sequence ends. If the result is less than the model’s Save characteristic, then the saving throw fails and the model suffers damage. An unmodified roll of 1 always fails.
Invulnerable Saves
Some models have an invulnerable save. Each time an attack is allocated to a model with an invulnerable save, you can choose to use either its normal Save (Sv) characteristic or its invulnerable save, but not both. If a model has more than one invulnerable save, it can only use one of them – choose which it will use. If you use a model’s invulnerable save, it is never modified by a weapon’s Armour Penetration value.- Invulnerable save: Saving throw that is never modified by attacking weapon’s AP.
- A model with an invulnerable save can use it instead of its normal Sv.
The IMPERIUM keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
HQ
and others...
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
HQ
and others...
Normal Move
When a unit makes a Normal Move, each model in that unit can move a distance in inches equal to or less than the Move (M) characteristic shown on its datasheet, but no model can be moved within Engagement Range of enemy models.- Normal Move: Models move up to M".
- Cannot move within Engagement Range of any enemy models.
The Warlord
While mustering your army, you can nominate one model (except a model with the FORTIFICATION keyword) to be your Warlord. That model gains the WARLORD keyword. If this model is a CHARACTER, you can also assign a Warlord Trait to it. Note, that more than one model in your army can have a Warlord Trait (e.g. by using Stratagems), but they are only considered your Warlord for the purpose of that trait.
Characters
Some models have the CHARACTER keyword. These models can make Heroic Interventions in Charge Phase and are not easy targets in the Shooting Phase (see Look out, Sir, rule). If your Warlord has the CHARACTER keyword he may be able to have a Warlord Trait (see Warlord Trait section on model’s faction page).Note that CHARACTERS cannot use their Aura Abilities while performing actions.
Set Overwatch
One or more units from your army can start to perform this action at the end of the Move Units step of your Movement phase. The action is completed at the end of your turn. If completed, until the end of your opponent’s next turn, that unit is said to have Set Overwatch. Each time an enemy unit is set up on the battlefield or ends a Normal Move, an Advance move, a Fall Back move, a charge move, or opens a Hatchway, units from your army that have Set Overwatch can fire Overwatch at that enemy unit.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.
Hold Steady
Some rules will allow a unit to Hold Steady. If a model makes an Overwatch attack while its unit is under the effects of such a rule, an unmodified hit roll of 5+ for that attack will score a hit.
HEAVY
Heavy weapons are amongst the biggest guns on the battlefield, but they require bracing to fire at full effect and are unwieldy to bring to bear at close quarters.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.
ASSAULT
Assault weapons fire so rapidly or indiscriminately that they can be shot from the hip as warriors dash forwards into combat.If a unit includes any models equipped with Assault weapons, that unit is still eligible to shoot with in your Shooting phase even if it has Advanced this turn, but you can only resolve attacks using those Assault weapons when you select that unit to shoot with. If a model shoots an Assault weapon in the same turn in which its unit has Advanced, subtract 1 from hit rolls when resolving that weapon’s attacks.
- Can be shot even if firing model’s unit Advanced.
- Subtract 1 from hit rolls if the firing model’s unit Advanced.
Mortal Wounds
Some attacks inflict mortal wounds – these are so powerful that no armour or force field can withstand their fury. Each mortal wound inflicts 1 point of damage on the target unit, and they are always applied one at a time. Do not make a wound roll or saving throw (including invulnerable saves) against a mortal wound – just allocate it as you would any other attack and inflict damage to a model in the target unit. Unlike damage inflicted by normal attacks, excess damage from mortal wounds is not lost. Instead, keep allocating damage to another model in the target unit until either all the damage has been allocated or the target unit is destroyed.If an attack inflicts mortal wounds in addition to the normal damage, resolve the normal damage first. If an attack inflicts mortal wounds in addition to the normal damage, but the normal damage is subsequently saved, the target unit still suffers the mortal wounds, as described before. If an ability modifies the damage inflicted by a weapon, and that weapon can inflict mortal wounds in addition to the normal damage, the modifier does not apply to any mortal wounds that are inflicted (unless the rule specifically states otherwise).
- Each mortal wound inflicted on a unit causes one model in the unit to lose one wound.
- No saving throws can be made against mortal wounds.
- Mortal wounds inflicted by attacks in addition to normal damage always apply, even if normal damage saved.
Army List
Datasheets collatedHQ
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Fast Attack
Flyers
Heavy Support
Lords of War
PISTOL
Due to their compact size, pistols can even be used in melee to shoot at point-blank range.A model can make attacks with a Pistol even when its unit is within Engagement Range of enemy units, but it must target an enemy unit that is within Engagement Range of its own unit when it does so. In such circumstances, the model can target an enemy unit even if other friendly units are within Engagement Range of the same enemy unit.
When a model equipped with both a Pistol and another type of ranged weapon (e.g. a Pistol and a Rapid Fire weapon) shoots, it can either shoot with its Pistol(s) or with its other ranged weapons. Choose which it will fire (Pistols or non-Pistols) before selecting targets.
- Can be shot even if firing model’s unit is within Engagement Range of enemy unit.
- Cannot be shot alongside any other type of weapon.
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
HQ
and others...
Wound Roll
Each time an attack scores a hit against a target unit, make a wound roll for that attack by rolling one D6 to see if that attack successfully wounds the target. The result required is determined by comparing the attacking weapon’s Strength (S) characteristic with the target’s Toughness (T) characteristic, as shown on the following table:
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If the result of the wound roll is less than the required number, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends. An unmodified wound roll of 6 always successfully wounds the target, and an unmodified wound roll of 1 always fails. A wound roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1. This means that if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a wound roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be -2 or worse, it is changed to be -1. Similarly, if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a wound roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be +2 or better, it is changed to be +1.
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
HQ
and others...
Remain Stationary
If a unit Remains Stationary, none of its models can be moved for the rest of the phase. Any units from your army that were on the battlefield and were not selected to move in the Move Units step of the Movement phase are assumed to have Remained Stationary that phase.- Remain Stationary: Models cannot move this phase.
Morale Tests
To take a Morale test, roll one D6 and add the number of models from the unit that have been destroyed this turn. If the result is equal to or less than the highest Leadership (Ld) characteristic in the unit, the Morale test is passed and nothing else happens. An unmodified roll of 1 also always results in a passed Morale test, irrespective of the total result. In any other case, the Morale test is failed, one model flees that unit, and you must then take Combat Attrition tests for the remaining models in the unit. You decide which model from your unit flees – that model is removed from play and counts as having been destroyed, but it never triggers any rules that are used when a model is destroyed.- Morale test = D6 + number of models destroyed this turn.
- Unmodified roll of 1 always a success (no models flee).
- If Morale test exceeds unit’s Ld, one model flees and other models must take Combat Attrition tests.
The DEATHWATCH and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
HQ
Troops
Elites
The DEATHWATCH and DREADNOUGHT keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
Elites
Heavy Support
The DEATHWATCH and BIKER keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
– while a FORTIS KILL TEAM unit only contains Outriders, it has the BIKER keyword and loses the INFANTRY keyword.Teleport Strike
Space Marine strike cruisers and battle barges contain baroque chambers fitted with ancient technologies that can teleport the Angels of Death into the very heart of battle.
During deployment, if every model in this unit has this ability, then you can set up this unit in a teleportarium chamber instead of setting it up on the battlefield. If you do, 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.Special-issue Ammunition
The Deathwatch utilise a range of specialised bolt shells in many of their weapons. From rounds that douse their targets in acid to hollow shells filled with superheated gas, each type is designed to eliminate specific xenos foes.
Each time a unit is selected to shoot, if it contains any models that are equipped with a weapon with this ability, then before you select any targets, each weapon with this ability can fire special-issue ammunition. If any do, select one of the ammunition types below for that weapon; until the end of the phase, each time that weapon is fired, apply the modifiers and abilities associated with that special-issue ammunition:- Dragonfire Bolts: Each time an attack is made with a weapon firing this special-issue ammunition, the target does not receive the benefits of cover against that attack.
- Hellfire Rounds: Each time an attack is made with a weapon firing this special-issue ammunition against a unit that does not have the VEHICLE or TITANIC keyword, add 1 to that attack’s wound roll.
- Kraken Bolts: Each time an attack is made with a weapon firing this special-issue ammunition, add 6" to the Range characteristic and improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1 (this is cumulative with the Armour Penetration bonus conferred by the Combat Doctrines ability).
- Vengeance Rounds: Each time an attack is made with a weapon firing this special-issue ammunition, add 1 to the Damage characteristic of that attack.
This datasheet has Troops Battlefield Role. Full list of Space Marines units sharing same Battlefield Role follows:
Combat Squads
Space Marine squads can break down into smaller, tactically flexible formations known as combat squads.
At the start of deployment, before any units have been set up, if this unit contains the maximum number of models that it can, then it can be split into two units containing as equal a number of models as possible. When splitting a unit using this ability, make a note of which models form each of the two new units.The CORE keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
Troops
Elites
Fast Attack
The SMOKESCREEN keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
HQ
Elites
Heavy Support
– if equipped with the Smokescreen this unit gains the SMOKESCREEN keyword.– while a SPECTRUS KILL TEAM unit contains any Infiltrator or Incursor models, it has the SMOKESCREEN keyword.
– if equipped with the Auto launchers this unit gains the SMOKESCREEN keyword.ARTIFICER ARMOUR
Crafted by the finest artificers to the highest specifications, these ornate suits of armour provide superior protective capabilities that rival even Terminator plate. Some are engraved with depictions of the vile creatures the wearer has struck down during his long vigil.
The bearer has a Save characteristic of 2+ and has a 5+ invulnerable save.MASTER-CRAFTED WEAPON
Worked upon by the watch fortress’ experienced Techmarines, occupying the entire lives of mortal artificers and calibrated by specially sanctioned tech-magi, these priceless weapons are commissioned to honour the confirmed eradication of especially significant xenos horrors.
When you select this Relic, select one weapon the bearer is equipped with (this cannot be a Relic or a weapon whose profile includes the word 'master-crafted’). Add 1 to the Damage characteristic of that weapon. That weapon is considered to be a Chapter Relic.DIGITAL WEAPONS
Digital weapons are concealed armaments fitted into ornamentation, bionic implants or the knuckles of a power-armoured gauntlet. Some fire high-powered lasers, toxin-coated nano-needles or far less common ammunition; the Deathwatch possess a great deal of undisclosed technology.
Each time the bearer fights, it can make 1 additional attack using the close combat weapon profile. Each time you make that attack, if a hit is scored, the target suffers 1 mortal wound and the attack sequence ends.BANEBOLTS OF ERYXIA
Arch-Magister Eryxia spent her entire life in search of the perfect bolt shell. She spent decades working with the Deathwatch, perfecting not only the specialist ammunition of their Chapter, but also their magazines. Some of her finest creations are still extant, housed within ammunition clips chased in platinum. Whatever the nature of the foe, just one of Eryxias Banebolts, when delivered to the centre mass, can slay its target in a second.
When you select this Relic, select one bolt weapon the bearer is equipped with. When that model is chosen to shoot with, if it does not fire special-issue ammunition, you can choose for that weapon to fire a Banebolt of Eryxia. If you do, you can only make one attack with that weapon, but that attack has a Strength characteristic of 6, an AP characteristic of -2 and a Damage of 3.ARTIFICER BOLT CACHE
The greatest hunters of the Deathwatch may be gifted with autocalibrated bolts of exquisite and varied lethality, each uniquely forged for their personal weapons.
Bolt weapons that the bearer is equipped with gain the Special-issue Ammunition ability.The ADEPTUS ASTARTES and SMOKESCREEN keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
HQ
Elites
Heavy Support
– if equipped with the Smokescreen this unit gains the SMOKESCREEN keyword.– while a SPECTRUS KILL TEAM unit contains any Infiltrator or Incursor models, it has the SMOKESCREEN keyword.– if equipped with the Auto launchers this unit gains the SMOKESCREEN keyword.Price per unit
Power sword used in the following datasheets:
Troops
HQ
Elites
– may take Power sword as an option.Hand flamer used in the following datasheets:
Troops
HQ
Elites
Heavy Support
– may take Hand flamer as an option.Plasma pistol used in the following datasheets:
Troops
Elites
HQ
– may take Plasma pistol as an option.Astartes chainsword used in the following datasheets:
Elites
Troops
Fast Attack
HQ
– may take Astartes chainsword as an option.Lightning claw used in the following datasheets:
Elites
HQ
– may take Lightning claw as an option.Power fist used in the following datasheets:
Elites
Troops
HQ
– may take Power fist as an option.Meltagun used in the following datasheets:
Elites
Troops
Heavy Support
– may take Meltagun as an option.Deathwatch boltgun used in the following datasheets:
Fast Attack
– may take Deathwatch boltgun as an option.Deathwatch frag cannon used in the following datasheets:
Deathwatch teleport homer used in the following datasheets:
Mixed Unit
When faced with an array of missions to complete and varying enemies to lay low, the Deathwatch are highly adept at forming effective kill teams that mesh starkly diverse armour and equipment.
If this unit contains models with different Toughness characteristics, each time an attack is made against this unit, use the Toughness characteristic of the majority of the models in this unit when determining what roll is required for that attack to successfully wound. If two or more Toughness characteristics are tied for majority, the controlling player selects one of the tied values to be the majority value.For the purposes of the Bolter Discipline ability, performing actions, the Deathwatch teleport homer wargear, and for determining which models can embark within a TRANSPORT model, the following rules apply:
- Deathwatch Terminator and Terminator models have the TERMINATOR keyword.
- Veteran Biker models do not have the INFANTRY keyword and instead have the BIKER keyword.
- Vanguard Veteran models with jump packs have the JUMP PACK keyword.
- Inceptor models have the JUMP PACK keyword.
- Outrider models do not have the INFANTRY keyword and instead have the BIKER keyword.
Note that for the purposes of interacting with terrain features, if this unit contains at least one INFANTRY model, all models in this unit are treated as INFANTRY, even if this unit contains any BIKER models that might behave differently or have specific restrictions whilst interacting with a terrain feature.
Designer’s Note: This is a slight abstraction that means that a BIKER model in a mixed unit behaves slightly differently to BIKER models in other units, but it helps to minimise unusual and complicated effects that could come about from forcing one model from a unit to move and benefit from cover in a different way to other models from the same unit.
The DEATHWATCH keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
HQ