Once known for their unpredictable berserker fury and eschewing of wider strategy, the Minotaurs are a highly mysterious Chapter who vanished without trace in the mid-38th Millennium, only to reappear in a much changed form. The returned Minotaurs fought with far greater control and cohesion, utilising vanguard strikes, fast encirclements and excellent reserves of heavy armour to crush all manner of foes, but their enigmatic nature continued to attract great suspicion and acrimony. Often linked to the cursed 21st Founding, the Minotaurs are rumoured to possess a 'chimeric' geneseed, and are even alleged to hold shadowy ties with the High Lords of Terra.
DESIGNER'S NOTEThough the Minotaurs are technically part of the so-called Cursed Founding and their origins are shrouded in mystery, their expertise at siegecraft and attrition warfare are closely aligned with the combat methodology of the Imperial Fists. For all rules purposes, we suggest that the Minotaurs are considered to be an Imperial Fists successor Chapter, and so can use all the rules for an Imperial Fists successor Chapter that are presented in Codex: Space Marines and Codex Supplement: Imperial Fists. We also recommend that Minotaurs use the Duellists and Stalwart Successor Chapter Tactics, as described in Codex: Space Marines, to best reflect their Chapter's style of waging war.
Books
| Book | Kind | Edition | Version | Last update |
 Space Marines | ||||
| Space Marines | Codex | 9 | Indomitus 1.3 | February 2022 |
 The Balance Dataslate | ||||
| The Balance Dataslate | Rulebook | 9 | Q2 2023 | April 2023 |
 Games Workshop: Strike Force Agastus | ||||
| Games Workshop: Strike Force Agastus | Datasheet | 9 | March 2023 | |
 Imperial Armour: Compendium | ||||
| Imperial Armour: Compendium | Index | 9 | Indomitus 1.9 | February 2023 |
| Arks of Omen: Angron | ||||
| Arks of Omen: Angron | Expansion | 9 | February 2023 | |
 Munitorum Field Manual 2023 Mk I | ||||
| Munitorum Field Manual 2023 Mk I | Expansion | 9 | January 2023 | |
| War Zone Nachmund: Rift War | ||||
| War Zone Nachmund: Rift War | Expansion | 9 | Indomitus 1.0 | July 2022 |
 Horus Heresy: Kratos | ||||
| Horus Heresy: Kratos | Datasheet | 9 | June 2022 | |
| War Zone Nachmund: Vigilus Alone | ||||
| War Zone Nachmund: Vigilus Alone | Expansion | 9 | Indomitus 1.0 | March 2022 |
| Power Rating Update 2022 | ||||
| Power Rating Update 2022 | Rulebook | 9 | March 2022 | |
| Warhammer Store Anniversary 2022: Primaris Company Champion | ||||
| Warhammer Store Anniversary 2022: Primaris Company Champion | Datasheet | 9 | January 2022 | |
 Torchbearers Crusade Force | ||||
| Torchbearers Crusade Force | White Dwarf | 9 | July 2021 | |
 Warhammer Legends: Forge World | ||||
| Warhammer Legends: Forge World | Index | 9 | 1.0 | December 2020 |
 Imperial Fists | ||||
| Imperial Fists | Supplement | 8 | Indomitus 1.1 | October 2020 |
 Imperium Nihilus: Vigilus Defiant | ||||
| Imperium Nihilus: Vigilus Defiant | Expansion | 8 | Indomitus 1.1 | July 2020 |
 Warhammer Legends: Legion of the Damned | ||||
| Warhammer Legends: Legion of the Damned | Datasheet | 8 | December 2019 | |
| Warhammer Legends: Space Marines | ||||
| Warhammer Legends: Space Marines | Datasheet | 8 | December 2019 | |
FAQ
Codex: Space Marines
| Q: | If a full strength Space Marine squad that has an upgrade, such as a Teleport Homer, an Armorium Cherub or a Watcher in the Dark, uses the Combat Squads ability to split into two separate units, can only one of those units use that ability and do I have to declare which of those units gets to use that ability when the unit splits up? |
| A: | If a unit has split into two units because of its Combat Squads ability, only one of those units can use the Teleport Homer/Armorium Cherub/Watcher in the Dark ability. You do not have to declare which unit will get to use that ability when the unit splits up – either unit can use that ability during the battle. Once used, we recommend removing any model used to represent the Teleport Homer/Armorium Cherub/Watcher in the Dark as a reminder that the ability has now been resolved. |
Expansion: Imperium Nihilus: Vigilus Defiant
| Q: | When paying Command Points to upgrade a Detachment into a Specialist Detachment, is the Relic they are able to give to a CHARACTER in addition to the Relic they would typically get from their Warlord’s faction? |
| A: | No. The Relic(s) listed within a Specialist Detachment can be given to a CHARACTER from your army instead of one from your Warlord’s codex. Don’t forget, however, that many codexes contain Stratagems that enable you to gain additional Relics. |
| Q: | If a unit makes a shooting attack outside of the Shooting phase (such as a Soulburst action in the Fight phase) against a Liberator Strike Force unit, can it retaliate with the Paragons of Dorn Stratagem? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | If High Marshal Helbrecht is part of a Sword Brethren Specialist Detachment, can he have the Master Swordsman Warlord Trait from that Detachment? |
| A: | No. High Marshal Helbrecht must always have the Oathkeeper Warlord Trait as detailed in Codex: Space Marines. |
| Q: | Is the Vengeful Arbiter a bolt weapon, for rules that interact with such weapons (e.g. the Bolter Drill Stratagem)? |
| A: | Yes. |
The <CHAPTER> Keyword
All ADEPTUS ASTARTES units are drawn from a Chapter. When you include such a unit in your army, you must nominate which Chapter it is from and then replace the <CHAPTER> keyword in every instance on its datasheet with the name of your chosen Chapter. This could be one of the Chapters detailed in a Warhammer 40,000 publication, or one of your own design.
Example: If you include a Captain in your army, and you decide he is from the Blood Ravens Chapter, his <CHAPTER> keyword becomes BLOOD RAVENS and his Rites of Battle ability reads 'While a friendly BLOOD RAVENS CORE unit is within 6" of this model, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, re-roll a hit roll of l.’
If your army is Battle-forged, you cannot include units from two different Chapters in the same Detachment.
Non-Codex Compliant Chapters
You cannot select Grey Knights or Legion of the Damned when nominating which Chapter a unit is from. In addition, the following restrictions apply:- Black Templars: LIBRARIAN units cannot be from the Black Templars Chapter.
- Dark Angels: STERNGUARD VETERAN SQUAD and VANGUARD VETERAN SQUAD units cannot be from the Dark Angels Chapter (or any of their successor Chapters).
- Deathwatch: The following units cannot be from the Deathwatch Chapter: ASSAULT SQUAD; ATTACK BIKE SQUAD; BIKE SQUAD; DEVASTATOR SQUAD; STERNGUARD VETERAN SQUAD; TACTICAL SQUAD; SCOUT units.
- Space Wolves: The following units cannot be from the Space Wolves Chapter (or any of their successor Chapters): APOTHECARY; ASSAULT SQUAD; DEVASTATOR SQUAD; STERNGUARD VETERAN SQUAD; TACTICAL SQUAD; VANGUARD VETERAN SQUAD.
Successor Chapters
Some rules refer to successor Chapters. If your unit is not from the Deathwatch or a First Founding Chapter (Dark Angels, White Scars, Space Wolves, Imperial Fists, Blood Angels, Iron Hands, Ultramarines, Salamanders or Raven Guard), it is from a successor Chapter, and you must decide which of the aforementioned First Founding Chapters it is a successor of. If the successor Chapter you have chosen is one established in the background, its founding Chapter will often be known (e.g. the Howling Griffons Chapter is a successor of the Ultramarines).If your successor Chapter does not have a known founding Chapter but has the Inheritors of the Primarch Successor Tactic, it is a successor of the Chapter whose Chapter Tactic you selected. Otherwise, select a First Founding Chapter that best fits your Chapters character. In any case, write down on your army roster which of the First Founding Chapters your Chapter is a successor of.
Abilities
A units 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.
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.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.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.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.
Martial Legacy
If your army is Battle-forged, then when this unit is included in a Detachment, increase that Detachment’s Command Cost by 1CP.Deployment Abilities
The following abilities, which are used during deployment, are common to many ADEPTUS ASTARTES units.
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.Concealed Positions
Vanguard forces often infiltrate the battlefield ahead of the main advance, taking up forward positions to ambush the foe.
During deployment, when you set up this unit, if every model in this unit has this ability then it can be set up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" away from the enemy deployment zone and any enemy models.Death From Above
The Angels of Death launch their attack from all directions. Troops equipped with jump packs and grav-chutes descend from the heavens, guns blazing as they slam into battle.
During deployment, if every model in this unit has this ability, then you can set up this unit high in the skies 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.Outflank
When necessary, Space Marine units can operate behind enemy lines indefinitely, awaiting the perfect opportunity to appear on the enemy’s flank and wreak havoc.
During deployment, if every model in this unit has this ability, then you can set up this unit behind enemy lines 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 wholly within 6" of any battlefield edge and more than 9" away from any enemy models.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.Weapon Definitions
Some rules refer to ‘bolt weapons’, ‘flame weapons’, ‘melta weapons’ or ‘plasma 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’ (bolt rifle, boltstorm gauntlet, storm bolter etc.), and any Relic that replaces a bolt weapon (e.g. Primarch’s Wrath). Rules that apply to bolt weapons only apply to the boltgun profile of combi-weapons, and the boltgun profile of Relics that replace combi-weapons. If a bolt weapon has a shooting and melee profile, rules that apply to bolt weapons only apply to the shooting profile of that weapon. Note that the following weapons found in Codex supplements are also bolt weapons:- Blackout
- Blood Song (master-crafted boltgun profile)
- The Deliverer
- Dorns Arrow
- Gauntlets of Ultramar
- Vigil spear
- Gorgon’s Wrath
- Infernus (master-crafted boltgun profile)
- Lion’s Wrath (master-crafted boltgun profile)
- Quietus
- Auto-flamer (auto bolt rifle profile)
- Auto-plasma (auto bolt rifle profile)
- Ferocity (bolt rifle profile)
Flame Weapons
A flame weapon is any weapon whose profile includes the word ‘flame’ (flamer, flamestorm gauntlet, heavy flamer etc.), any Relic that replaces a flame weapon, and any incendium cannons. Rules that apply to flame weapons only apply to the flamer profile of combi-flamers, and the flamer profile of Relics that replace combi-flamers. If a flame weapon has a shooting and melee profile, rules that apply to flame weapons only apply to the shooting profile of that weapon. Note that the following weapons found in Codex supplements are also flame weapons:- Drakkis
- Gauntlet of the Forge
- Infernus (flamer profile)
- Auto-flamer (flamer profile)
- Pyre pistol
- Pyreblaster
Melta Weapons
A melta weapon is any weapon whose profile includes the word ‘melta’ (meltagun, melta destroyer, multi-melta etc.), any Relic that replaces a melta weapon, and any inferno pistols. Rules that apply to melta weapons only apply to the meltagun profile of combi-meltas, and the meltagun profile of Relics that replace combi-meltas. Note that the following weapons found in Codex supplements are also melta weapons:- Blood Song (meltagun profile)
- Ferocity (meltagun profile)
Plasma Weapons
A plasma weapon is any weapon whose profile includes the word ‘plasma’ (plasma gun, plasma pistol, heavy plasma cannon etc.), and any Relic that replaces a plasma weapon. Rules that apply to plasma weapons only apply to the plasma gun profile of combi-plasmas, and the plasma gun profile of Relics that replace combi-plasmas. Note that the following weapons found in Codex supplements are also plasma weapons:- Lion’s Wrath (plasma gun profile)
- Auto-plasma (plasma gun profile)
Chapter Command
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.
Each time you upgrade a unit, it gains a new keyword, as shown in the Chapter Command Keyword column of the table below. It also gains one or more additional abilities, as shown in the appropriate section below, as well as access to bespoke Warlord Traits and Relics (these are considered to be Chapter Relics for all rules purposes). 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.
A Crusade force cannot start with any upgraded CHARACTER units - to include one in a Crusade force, you must use the Chapter Command Requisition.
You cannot upgrade named characters using these rules. An army (and a Crusade force) cannot contain more than one model from the same Chapter that has the same Chapter Command keyword (e.g. it cannot contain two ULTRAMARINES CHAPTER MASTERS, or two SALAMANDERS CHIEF LIBRARIANS etc.). A BLACK TEMPLARS COMPANY CHAMPION cannot be upgraded to be a CHAPTER CHAMPION. A DEATHWATCH CAPTAIN cannot be upgraded to be a CHAPTER MASTER. A BLOOD ANGELS ANCIENT cannot be upgraded to be a CHAPTER ANCIENT.
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Chapter Master
Chapter Masters are some of the greatest military minds in the galaxy. There are few elements of strategy and tactics they have not studied and mastered, and they have tested their skills against innumerable enemies. They are magnificent leaders able to inspire their warriors to acts of legendary valour. There is no task to which they will set their battle-brothers that they have not completed themselves, and when they lead from the front, they wield their blades with incomparable ability, slaughtering more of the foe than any of their warriors.
A CHAPTER MASTER model gains the following ability:
'Chapter Master: In your Command phase, select one friendly <CHAPTER> CORE or <CHAPTER> 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 CHAPTER MASTER is excluded from the Company Command rule. This means a Detachment can include both one CHAPTER MASTER unit and one other CAPTAIN unit.
RELICS AND WARLORD TRAITS
You can give a CHAPTER MASTER model the Angel Artifice Relic, instead of giving them a Chapter Relic. In addition, you can give them the Master of the Codex Warlord Trait instead of giving them another Warlord Trait.
Chapter Masters have spent centuries studying the hallowed pages of the Codex Astartes, poring over its wisdom and analysing its teachings in detail. Many commit its content to memory word for word, ready to draw upon what they have learned even when battle is raging at its fiercest.
At the start of your Command phase, if this WARLORD is on the battlefield, roll one D6: on a 4+, you gain 1 Command point.Angel Artifice (Relic)
The surface of this exquisite battle plate is woven with a super-dense alloy, the exact nature of which has been lost to history. Whatever its origin, it absorbs and refracts incoming energy, rendering the wearer all but invulnerable. Such a priceless relic is bestowed upon only the greatest heroes of the Adeptus Astartes.
- The bearer has a Save characteristic of 2+.
- Add 1 to the bearer's Wounds and Toughness characteristics.
Master of Sanctity
Masters of Sanctity are the High Chaplains of the Space Marine Chapters. They maintain the spiritual well-being of their brothers, ensuring none falter in their responsibilities. Their mere presence inspires fervent aggression amongst their kin, though they are just as capable of delivering retribution first-hand. With word and deed a Master of Sanctity guides his brothers to glory.
A MASTER OF SANCTITY model has the following ability:
‘Master of Sanctity: This model knows one additional litany from the Litanies of Battle. In your Command phase, if this model is on the battlefield, it can recite one additional litany it knows that has not already been recited by a friendly model that turn.’
RELICS AND WARLORD TRAITS
You can give a MASTER OF SANCTITY model the Emperor's Judgement Relic, instead of giving them a Chapter Relic. In addition, you can give them the Wise Orator Warlord Trait instead of giving them another Warlord Trait:
A veteran of the battlefield and of the sermon, this warlord intones his litanies and galvanises his brothers with every word.
- Each time this WARLORD recites a litany, add 1 to the roll to see if it is inspiring.
- Each time this WARLORD is selected to use the Commanding Oratory Stratagem, that Stratagem costs 1 Command point.
Legend has it that the golden, skull-faced death mask known as the Emperor's Judgement was crafted in the years following the Horus Heresy, and its crimson, crystal eye lenses are imbued with droplets of his own lifeblood. Regardless of the truth of its origins, several influential Masters of Sanctity have been granted the honour of wearing the Emperor's Judgement in battle. Both heretics and xenos cower in the face of its grim majesty.
- Each time an attack is made against the bearer, your opponent cannot re-roll the hit roll, cannot re-roll the wound roll and cannot re-roll the damage roll.
- The bearer has the following ability: 'The Emperor's Judgement (Aura): While an enemy unit is within 6" of the bearer, each time a Morale test is taken for that unit, roll one additional D6 and discard the lowest result.’
Master of the Forge
Masters of the Forge are the chief artificers of the Space Marines, responsible for maintaining the arms, armour and vehicles of their Chapter. Peerless mechanics and technicians, they are the foremost experts within the Adeptus Astartes on the intricacies that surround the machine. Having distinguished themselves from their brother Techmarines, Masters of the Forge oversee the Chapter's armoury, and have an intimate knowledge of its workings and the machine spirits that reside there.
A MASTER OF THE FORGE model has the following ability: 'Master of the Forge: Each time this model repairs a model using its Blessing of the Omnissiah ability, that model regains up to 3 lost wounds instead of up to D3'.
You can give a MASTER OF THE FORGE model the Mortis Machina Relic, instead of giving them a Chapter Relic. In addition, you can give them the Warden of the Ancients Warlord Trait instead of giving them another Warlord Trait.
Warden of the Ancients (Warlord Trait, Aura)
This warlord has an affinity with the Dreadnoughts of his Chapter. He meticulously tends to his bellicose, ill-tempered charges, ensuring that when the time comes for them to take to the battlefield, they fight with unrivalled fury.
While a friendly <CHAPTER> DREADNOUGHT is within 6" of this WARLORD, add 1 to its Strength and Attacks characteristics.Mortis Machina (Relic)
Forged deep within the subterranean vaults of Mars, this axe hews through not just the metal armour of war engines and vehicles, but through their very machine spirit. Even a glancing blow can gut an enemy tank or walker.
Model equipped with an Omnissian power axe only. This Relic replaces an Omnissian power axe and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| Mortis Machina (Relic) | |||||
| Mortis Machina (Relic) | Melee | Melee | +3 | -2 | 3 |
Abilities: Each time an attack is made with this weapon against a VEHICLE unit, if the saving throw is failed, the target suffers 1 mortal wound in addition to any normal damage. | |||||
Chief Librarian
At head of each Chapter's Librarius can be found the Chief Librarian. Battle scholars with vast experience and immense psychic power, they are as much invaluable warriors as they are dependable advisors. When mastery of the warp is required, none are better equipped to deal with its turbulent nature. On the battlefield, Chief Librarians direct the energies of the immaterium with unrivalled precision and power.
A CHIEF LIBRARIAN model gains the following ability: 'Chief Librarian: This model knows one additional psychic power from their chosen discipline and can attempt to deny one additional psychic power in your opponent's Psychic phase'.
RELICS AND WARLORD TRAITS
You can give a CHIEF LIBRARIAN model the Neural Shroud Relic, instead of giving them a Chapter Relic. In addition, you can give them the Psychic Mastery Warlord Trait instead of giving them another Warlord Trait.
This Librarian has reached a level of psychic mastery that allows him to delve deep into the warp, to depths that would cause lesser psykers to be consumed by its ravenous energies.
Add 1 to Psychic tests taken for this WARLORD.Neural Shroud (Relic)
A neural shroud is a specially modified psychic hood sometimes worn by the most senior members of a Chapter's Librarius. The resonating crystals within its neurokinetic housing have been supercharged with empyric energy. Though wearing such a device demands incredible focus and willpower, it projects an extremely potent anti-psychic field.
Increase the range of the bearer's Psychic Hood ability to 24".Chief Apothecary
Chief Apothecaries are the most senior surgeons and battle medics available to Space Marine Chapters. Calm and resolute, they maintain the life force of their battle-brothers on and off the battlefield. Most importantly, they are responsible for their Chapter's future in the preservation of Space Marine gene-seed. With vast experience to draw upon, a Chapter's Chief Apothecary is its ultimate practitioner of the healer's art.
A CHIEF APOTHECARY model gains the following ability: ‘Chief Apothecary: At the end of your Movement phase, this model can use its Combat Restoratives ability twice instead of once’.
RELICS AND WARLORD TRAITS
You can give a CHIEF APOTHECARY model the Acquittal Relic, instead of giving them a Chapter Relic. In addition, you can give them the Selfless Healer Warlord Trait instead of giving them another Warlord Trait.
This altruistic warlord will go to any lengths to heal his brothers.
- Each time this WARLORD uses its Combat Restoratives ability, the model being healed regains up to 3 lost wounds instead of D3.
- Each time this WARLORD is selected to return a destroyed model to a unit by using the Combat Revival Stratagem, that Stratagem costs 0 Command points.
Acquittal is a master-crafted pistol equipped with a powerful bio-auspex scope. This allows the wielder to both dispatch his foes with surgical precision and grant swift and painless oblivion to his wounded battle-brothers.
Model equipped with a bolt pistol or absolvor bolt pistol only. This Relic replaces a bolt pistol or absolvor bolt pistol and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| Acquittal | |||||
| Acquittal | 18" | Pistol 1 | 5 | -3 | 2 |
Abilities: Each time an attack is made with this weapon against an INFANTRY unit, that attack always wounds on an unmodified wound roll of 2+ and has a Damage characteristic of 4. | |||||
Chapter Ancient
Only the most distinguished Space Marines are granted the title of Chapter Ancient. Given the sacred task of bearing the Chapter's standard to war, they selflessly fly the colours even as they slay their foes. The sight of such a holy relic flying high above the battlefield inspires the Ancients' brethren to give their all. The mere presence of the Chapter's standard is worth a fortified bastion to the warriors of the Adeptus Astartes.
A CHAPTER ANCIENT model gains the following ability: 'Chapter Banner: In your Command phase, select one friendly <CHAPTER> CORE unit within 6" of this model. Until the start of your next Command phase, each time a model in that unit makes a melee attack, add 1 to that attack's hit roll:
RELICS AND WARLORD TRAITS
You can give a CHAPTER ANCIENT model the Pennant of the Fallen Relic, instead of giving them a Chapter Relic. In addition, you can give them the Steadfast Example Warlord Trait instead of giving them another Warlord Trait.
This warlord vows to secure victory no matter the cost, and inspires his brethren to take a similar oath.
While a friendly <CHAPTER> CORE unit is within 6" of this WARLORD, that unit has the Objective Secured ability. If a model in such a unit already has this ability, that model counts as one additional model when determining control of an objective marker.Pennant of the Fallen (Relic)
This hallowed standard records the names of legendary Space Marines of the Chapter, mighty heroes who have fa lien in glorious battle against the xenos and the heretic. The last stands of these warriors are grand tales of defiance in the face of overwhelming odds. Warring in the shadow of such a proud legacy inspires battle-brothers to fight until their final breath.
Each time a friendly model is destroyed and makes attacks as a result of the bearer's Astartes Banner ability, that model can make 2 attacks with one of its melee weapons instead of 1.Chapter Champion
The honorific of Chapter Champion is bestowed only upon the mightiest of Adeptus Astartes warriors. These martial masters fight for the glory and honour of their battle-brothers. In combat, they will seek out worthy opponents to cross blades with, and can single-handedly turn the tide of conflict. Only the most noble and accomplished of warriors ascend to this rank, each a shining example of their Chapter's glory and martial capabilities.
A CHAPTER CHAMPION model gains the following abilities:
‘Skilful Parry: Each time a melee attack is made against this
model, subtract 1 from the hit roll’.
‘Exquisite Swordsman: Each time this model makes a melee attack against an enemy CHARACTER unit, you can re-roll the wound roll’.
‘Chapter Champion: This model has an Attacks characteristic of 5 and a Leadership characteristic of 9’.
RELICS AND WARLORD TRAITS
You can give a CHAPTER CHAMPION model the Blade of Triumph Relic, instead of giving them a Chapter Relic. In addition, you can give them the Martial Exemplar Warlord Trait instead of giving them another Warlord Trait.
This warlord is an exquisite warrior and an exemplar of the Chapter, whose deeds inspire those around him.
While a friendly <CHAPTER> CORE or <CHAPTER> CHARACTER unit is within 6" of this WARLORD, you can re-roll charge rolls made for that unit.Blade of Triumph (Relic)
This gleaming broadsword is a masterpiece of artifice and a weapon befitting any Chapter Champion. Its perfectly weighted blade is etched with the names of its previous wielders and a catalogue of their most magnificent deeds. By pressing an indentation in the sword's electrum grip the wielder can overcharge its power field with a surge of fiery energy, allowing the Blade of Triumph to cleave through even the thickest armour.
Model with master-crafted power sword only. This Relic replaces a master-crafted power sword and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| Blade of Triumph | |||||
| Blade of Triumph | Melee | Melee | +3 | -3 | 3 |
Detachment Rules
- ADEPTUS ASTARTES Detachments gain the Company Command ability.
- ADEPTUS ASTARTES units in ADEPTUS ASTARTES Detachments gain the Chapter Tactics ability.
- Troops units in ADEPTUS ASTARTES Detachments gain the Objective Secured ability.
- At the end of your Command phase, if one or more ADEPTUS ASTARTES Troops units from your army are within range of an objective marker you control, that objective marker remains under your control, even if there are no models within range of it, unless your opponent controls it at the end of any subsequent phase.
Company Command
When Space Marines are deployed to battle, the honour of leading them often falls to the Captain of a company and his esteemed Lieutenants.
You can include a maximum of one CAPTAIN model and two LIEUTENANT models in each Detachment in your army.Chapter Tactics
Each Chapter has its own combat philosophy suited to the unique skills of its battle-brothers.
All ADEPTUS ASTARTES units (other than SERVITOR andExample: An ULTRAMARINES unit with the Chapter Tactics ability gains the Codex Discipline tactic.
If your Chapter does not have an associated Chapter Tactic, you must instead select Successor Tactics for them, as described on page 96; this allows you to customise the rules for your successor Chapter. In either case, write down all of your Detachments' Chapter Tactics / Successor Tactics on your army roster.
Imperial Fists Detachment Rules
In this section you’ll find rules for Battle-forged armies that include IMPERIAL FISTS Detachments – that is, Detachments that only include IMPERIAL FISTS units.
Abilities
If your army is Battle-forged, then in addition to the Detachment abilities gained from Codex: Space Marines, units in your army with the Combat Doctrines ability gain the Legacy of Dorn ability so long as, with the exception of UNALIGNED units, every unit from your army is an IMPERIAL FISTS unit or every unit from your army is from the same Imperial Fists successor Chapter.Legacy of Dorn
The Imperial Fists are peerless siegers, demonstrating an uncanny knack for identifying and exploiting the weak spots of enemy vehicles and fortifications.
Whilst the Devastator Doctrine is active, each time a model with this ability makes an attack with a Heavy weapon against a VEHICLE or BUILDING unit, if that attack has a Strength characteristic of 7 or more, add 1 to the Damage characteristic of that attack.In each of the Space Marines Codex Supplements, you will find a detachment ability that confers additional bonuses to units with the Combat Doctrines ability while a particular doctrine is active for your army (e.g. Scions of Guilliman in Codex Supplement: Ultramarines, Savage Fury in Codex Supplement: Space Wolves etc). Whenever a rule allows a unit to gain the bonus of a particular doctrine even though it is not active for the rest of your army (e.g. the Adaptive Strategy Stratagem), then whilst that rule applies to that unit, that unit will also gain the benefit from any such detachment ability.
Successor Chapters
When you include an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit in your army that has the <CHAPTER> keyword, you must decide what Chapter that unit is from. Unless you choose one of the First Founding Chapters available to you (White Scars, Imperial Fists, Iron Hands, Ultramarines, Salamanders or Raven Guard), then your Chapter is a successor Chapter, and you should decide which of the aforementioned First Founding Chapters it is a successor of.If the successor Chapter you have chosen is one established in the background of our publications, its founding Chapter will often be known (for example, the Crimson Fists are a known successor of the Imperial Fists). If the successor Chapter you have chosen does not have a known founding Chapter but has the Inheritors of the Primarch Successor Tactic, and you selected the Chapter Tactic of a First Founding Chapter, your chosen Chapter is a successor of that First Founding Chapter. Otherwise, choose a founding Chapter that best fits your successor Chapter’s character.
If your Chapter is a successor of the Imperial Fists, the following rules apply:
Warlord Traits
If your Warlord is a CHARACTER model from an Imperial Fists successor Chapter (other than CRIMSON FISTS), you can use the Imperial Fists Warlord Traits table opposite to determine what Warlord Trait they have. Replace the IMPERIAL FISTS keyword in all instances in that Warlord Trait (if any) with your WARLORD’s <CHAPTER> keyword. CRIMSON FISTS Warlords instead have access to the Crimson Fists Warlord Traits.
Chapter Relics
Imperial Fists successor Chapters have access to the Special-issue Wargear Relics; Relics of the Fists cannot be given to a CHARACTER model from a successor Chapter other than Crimson Fists unless you use the Champion of Blades Stratagem.
Stratagems
All units from Imperial Fists successor Chapters are considered to have the IMPERIAL FISTS keyword for the purpose of using Imperial Fists Stratagems.
Psychic Powers
LIBRARIAN models from Imperial Fists successor Chapters can know psychic powers from the Geokinesis discipline in the same manner as LIBRARIAN models in IMPERIAL FISTS Detachments. When such a model uses one of these psychic powers, replace the IMPERIAL FISTS keyword in all instances on that power (if any) with that model’s <CHAPTER> keyword.
Specialist Detachments
Indomitus Crusaders
Through the actions of brave and determined warriors, the Indomitus Crusade changed the face of the galaxy in the wake of the Great Rift. It lasted over a century, and many of the Primaris Marines that typified its forces became learned veterans of the battlefield over that time.
If your army is Battle-forged, you can use the Specialist Detachment Stratagem below:
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INDOMITUS CRUSADERS Specialist Detachment Stratagem In the wake of the Great Rift, the Indomitus Crusade battled to retake Imperial worlds plagued by the forces of Chaos. Use this Stratagem when choosing your army. Pick a Space Marines Detachment from your army to be an Indomitus Crusaders Specialist Detachment. PRIMARIS CAPTAINS, PRIMARIS LIEUTENANTS, PRIMARIS ANCIENTS, INTERCESSOR SQUADS and INCEPTOR SQUADS in that Detachment gain the INDOMITUS CRUSADER keyword. | ||
WARLORD TRAIT
If an INDOMITUS CRUSADER CHARACTER is your WARLORD, you can give them the following Warlord Trait.
GREY SHIELD
During the Indomitus Crusade, this battle-brother served in a unit of Grey Shields. These strike forces were comprised of Space Marines from a range of different Chapters, allowing for a multitude of combat styles to be galvanised as one. Now, leading his own warriors into battle, this warlord is able to employ versatile strategies, switching tactics even in the thick of battle.
Once per battle, at the start of your Movement phase, if your WARLORD is on the battlefield, you can choose for INDOMITUS CRUSADER units in the same Detachment as your Warlord to gain an additional Chapter Tactics until the start of your next turn. Pick the additional Chapter Tactic from the following: Codex Discipline, Lightning Assault, Siege Masters, Righteous Zeal, Forged in Battle, Shadow Masters, The Flesh is Weak, No Matter the Odds.Until the start of your next turn, friendly INDOMITUS CRUSADERS gain the benefit of that Chapter Tactic in addition to any others they already have. They are considered to have the keyword of the Chapter that Chapter Tactic belongs to for the purposes of resolving that Chapter Tactic.
RELICS OF THE INDOMITUS CRUSADE
If your army includes any Indomitus Crusaders Specialist Detachments, you can give one of the following relics to an INDOMITUS CRUSADER CHARACTER from your army.
STANDARD OF THE ULTIMA FOUNDING
This banner stood defiant when a daemonic incursion besieged Terra at the birth of the Noctis Aeterna and threatened to crush the Indomitus Crusade even before it had begun. Now, it has been planted into the soil of a hundred worlds, and inspires any veteran of the Indomitus Crusade to fight harder to rid the galaxy of the enemies of Mankind.
PRIMARIS ANCIENT only. Once per battle, at the start of your Movement phase, the bearer can choose to plant this banner. If they do so, until the bearer next makes a move, friendly INDOMITUS CRUSADER INFANTRY models can re-roll hit rolls of 1 and wound rolls of 1 whilst they are within 6" of the bearer.| STRATAGEMS If your army includes any Indomitus Crusaders Specialist Detachments, you can use Command Points (CPs) to use the following Stratagems:
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Imperial Fists Siegebreaker Cohort
The Imperial Fists are renowned experts in siege warfare, stubbornly holding the enemy back for months if necessary. Should a foe manage to fight their way through to the outer rings of their defences, the Imperial Fists will collapse their own fortifications to turn them into an inescapable death-trap.
Designer’s Note: If you have created your army using the additional rules found in Codex Supplement: Imperial Fists, you cannot select The Eye of Hypnoth Relic, or the Indomitable Warlord Trait from this Specialist Detachment. They are replaced with a new Relic and a new Warlord Trait with the same names in Codex Supplement: Imperial Fists.If your army is Battle-forged, you can use the Specialist Detachment Stratagem below:
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IMPERIAL FISTS SIEGEBREAKER COHORT Specialist Detachment Stratagem Countless fortifications have fallen to the concentrated fury of an Imperial Fists Siegebreaker Cohort. Use this Stratagem when choosing your army. Pick an IMPERIAL FISTS Detachment from your army to be a Siegebreaker Cohort Specialist Detachment. CAPTAINS, CENTURIONS, DREADNOUGHTS and VINDICATORS in that Detachment gain the SIEGEBREAKER COHORT keyword. | ||
WARLORD TRAIT
If a SIEGEBREAKER COHORT CHARACTER is your WARLORD, you can give them the following Warlord Trait.
INDOMITABLE
This warlord can never be driven back once he has set his mind to a task. He stands stoic, unrelenting, and inspires his allies to hold fast.
Friendly IMPERIAL FISTS INFANTRY units within 6" of your WARLORD automatically pass Morale tests and receive the benefit to their saving throws for being in cover, even while they are not wholly on or within a terrain feature, unless your WARLORD moved in your previous Movement phase.RELICS OF PHALANX
If your army includes any Siegebreaker Cohort Specialist Detachments, you can give the following relic to a SIEGEBREAKER COHORT CHARACTER from your army:
The Eye of Hypnoth was presented to the Imperial Fists in late M39 to honour their defence of the forge world Hypnoth against Waaagh! Kromak. This device is a highly sophisticated and long-ranged auspex array; tradition dictates that it is best employed to detect hidden weaknesses in enemy armour and fortifications.
Re-roll wound rolls of 1 for shooting attacks made by friendly SIEGEBREAKER COHORT units within 6" of the bearer.| STRATAGEMS If your army includes any Siegebreaker Cohort Specialist Detachments, you can use Command Points (CPs) to use the following Stratagems:
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Chapter Tactics
Imperial Fists: Siege Masters
The Imperial Fists drill tirelessly with their armaments, perfecting the art of purging their enemies from behind heavy ramparts with hails of pinpoint fire.
- Each time a model with this tactic makes a ranged attack, the target does not recieve the benefits of Light Cover against that attack.
- Each time a model with this tactic makes attack with a bolt weapon, an unmodified hit roll of 6 scores 1 additional hit.
Successor Chapter Tactics
Bolter Fusillades
With rigorous drilling and singular focus, this Chapter trains its battle-brothers to optimise the killing fury of their bolt weaponry and annihilate their enemies in firefights.
Each time a model with this tactic makes a ranged attack with a bolt weapon, re-roll a hit roll of 1.Born Heroes
Like demigods of war do the champions of this Chapter bestride the battlefield, taking their blades to any foe who dares challenge them and leaving nought but bloodied corpses in their wake.
Each time a model with this tactic makes a melee attack, if that model's unit made a charge move this turn, add 1 to that attack's hit roll.Duellists
This Chapter prizes skill and precision in close-quarters combat above simple ferocity. Its warriors are deadly combatants, their attacks flowing around their enemies' guard like smoke.
Each time a model with this tactic makes a melee attack against an INFANTRY or BIKER unit, an unmodified hit roll of 6 automatically wounds the target.You cannot select this tactic if you have already selected the Whirlwind of Rage tactic.
Fearsome Aspect
Whether through ominous trappings and iconography, deafening vox-amplified war cries or simply the sheer force of their presence, this Chapter's warriors sow terror amongst the enemy ranks.
Units with this tactic have the following ability: 'Fearsome Aspect (Aura): While an enemy unit is within 3" of this unit, subtract 1 from the Leadership characteristic of models in that enemy unit.’Hungry for Battle
For this Chapter's warriors, all else is but a prelude to the glorious moment in which their warriors' charge crashes home.
Add 1 to Advance rolls and charge rolls made for units with this tactic.Indomitable
No matter what horrors they face, nor what catastrophic losses they might suffer, this Chapter's warriors stand immovable and fearless before even the most ghastly foe.
Each time a Combat Attrition test is taken for a unit with this tactic, it is automatically passed.Inheritors of the Primarch
So closely do this Chapter's warriors cleave to the strategic doctrines of their genetic forebears that only their heraldry marks them out as unique from the First Founding Chapter they emulate.
You cannot select this Successor Tactic if you have selected any other Successor Tactic, and if you select this tactic you cannot select a second. Select one of the following Chapters and use the Chapter Tactic of that Chapter as follows: Dark Angels, White Scars, Space Wolves, Imperial Fists, Blood Angels, Iron Hands, Ultramarines, Salamanders or Raven Guard.Designer's Note: If, in the background of our publications, your Chapter is a known successor of a specific First Founding Chapter, then if you select this Successor Tactic you must select the Chapter Tactic of that First Founding Chapter.
Knowledge is Power
Vast are the data-stacks and Librarius cloisters of this Chapter, and esoteric is the knowledge possessed by its psykers. In battle, they swiftly establish empyric dominance.
Each time a Psychic test or Deny the Witch test is taken for a PSYKER unit with this tactic, re-roll any or all dice results of 1.Long-range Marksmen
This Chapter's warriors are able to extend the maximum effective range of their firearms through a combination of modified targeting rituals and precision adjustments by their skilled armourers.
Add 3" to the Range characteristic of Rapid Fire and Heavy weapons (excluding Flame weapons) models with this tactic are equipped with.Master Artisans
Far and wide spreads the fame of this Chapters craftsmen, who fashion the finest masterwork weaponry for their battle-brothers.
Each time a unit with this tactic is selected to shoot or fight, you can re-roll one hit roll when resolving that unit's attacks.Preferred Enemy
Time and time again, the warriors of this Chapter have faced the same foes. Through bloody defeat and hate-fuelled victory they have learned their enemies' weaknesses well.
When you select this tactic, select one of the following Faction keywords: CHAOS KNIGHTS; TYRANIDS; AELDARI; ORK; HERETIC ASTARTES; NECRONS; T'AU EMPIRE. Each time a model with this tactic makes a melee attack against a unit with that Faction keyword, re-roll a hit roll of 1.Rapid Assault
Firing from the hip, tracking their targets with enhanced runic displays that flicker lightning-fast across their auto-senses, the warriors of this Chapter lay down punishing fusillades even as they close with the foe.
Models with this tactic do not suffer the penalty incurred to their hit rolls for firing Assault weapons in the same turn their unit Advanced.Scions of the Forge
This Chapter's warriors are expert armourers, their tanks and Dreadnoughts maintained to levels that even the Adeptus Mechanicus would admire.
Models with this tactic whose characteristics can change as they suffer damage are considered to have double the number of wounds remaining for the purposes of determining what those characteristics are.Stalwart
How does one defeat warriors whose willpower and determination are so ferocious that they can shrug off even the most catastrophic injuries and keep on fighting?
Each time an attack is made against a unit with this tactic, an unmodified wound roll of 1 or 2 always fails, irrespective of any abilities that the weapon or the attacker may have.Stealthy
This Chapter makes a virtue of deception and cunning, and drills its battle-brothers in evasive techniques that allow them to hug the shadows and close upon their foes unseen and unsuspected.
Each time a ranged attack is made against a unit with this tactic, if the attacker is more than 18" away, the unit with this tactic is treated as having the benefits of light cover against that attack.Stoic
Bravery runs in the blood of this Chapter's battle-brothers.
Add 1 to the Leadership characteristic of models with this tactic.Tactical Withdrawal
This Chapter's warriors are well drilled in the art of disengaging only to hurl themselves back into the fray with fresh impetus.
Units with this tactic are eligible to declare a charge with even if they Fell Back this turn.Warded
Whether through latent psychic talent, personal energy shielding, enhanced reflexes or sheer zealotry, the battle-brothers of this Chapter can shrug off even the most devastating attacks.
Each time a model with this tactic would lose a wound as a result of a mortal wound, roll one D6: on a 5+, that wound is not lost.Whirlwind of Rage
Like ravening beasts this Chapter's battle-brothers fall upon the foe.
Each time a model with this tactic makes a melee attack, if that model's unit made a charge move, was charged or performed a Heroic Intervention this turn, an unmodified hit roll of 6 scores 1 additional hit.You cannot select this tactic if you have already selected the Duellists tactic.
Stratagems by Phase
HERO OF THE CHAPTER (Adeptus Astartes – Requisition)
RELIC OF THE CHAPTER (Adeptus Astartes – Requisition)
GIFT OF THE PHALANX (Imperial Fists – Requisition)
SENTINEL OF TERRA (Imperial Fists – Requisition)
IMPERIAL FISTS SIEGEBREAKER COHORT (Specialist Detachment)
INDOMITUS CRUSADERS (Specialist Detachment)
CHAMPION OF BLADES (Imperial Fists – Requisition)
Battle Round
PAIN IS A LESSON (Imperial Fists – Strategic Ploy)
ADAPTIVE STRATEGY (Adeptus Astartes – Strategic Ploy)
ORBITAL BOMBARDMENT (Adeptus Astartes – Strategic Ploy)
POWER OF THE MACHINE SPIRIT (Adeptus Astartes – Epic Deed)
TERROR TROOPS (Adeptus Astartes – Strategic Ploy)
WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS (Adeptus Astartes – Epic Deed)
VOXBREAKER AUSPEX (Vanguard Spearhead – Wargear)
STEADY ADVANCE (Space Marines – Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy)
COMMANDING ORATORY (Adeptus Astartes – Epic Deed)
BOLSTER DEFENCES (Imperial Fists – Battle Tactic)
PRAETORIAN’S WRATH (Imperial Fists – Battle Tactic)
GUERILLA TACTICS (Adeptus Astartes – Strategic Ploy)
HIT-AND-RUN WARFARE (Adeptus Astartes – Strategic Ploy)
STEADY ADVANCE (Adeptus Astartes – Strategic Ploy)
GRAV PULSE (Adeptus Astartes – Wargear)
SABOTEUR EXPLOSIVE PACK (Vanguard Spearhead – Wargear)
COMBAT REVIVAL (Adeptus Astartes – Epic Deed)
AUSPEX SCAN (Adeptus Astartes – Wargear)
COMMANDING ORATORY (Adeptus Astartes – Epic Deed)
SIEGE MASTERS (Space Marines – Imperial Fists – Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic)
COMMANDING ORATORY (Adeptus Astartes – Epic Deed)
FURY OF THE FIRST (Adeptus Astartes – Battle Tactic)
SEISMIC DEVASTATION (Imperial Fists)
FLAKK MISSILE (Adeptus Astartes – Wargear)
HELLFIRE SHELLS (Adeptus Astartes – Wargear)
SHOCK AND AWE (Adeptus Astartes – Wargear)
SUPPRESSION FIRE (Adeptus Astartes – Strategic Ploy)
TREMOR SHELLS (Adeptus Astartes – Wargear)
UNCOMPROMISING FIRE (Adeptus Astartes – Strategic Ploy)
BOLTER DRILL (Imperial Fists – Battle Tactic)
CLEARANCE PROTOCOLS (Imperial Fists – Strategic Ploy)
CLOSE-RANGE BOLTER FIRE (Imperial Fists – Strategic Ploy)
MARKSMAN TARGET-TRACKER (Vanguard Spearhead – Wargear)
PIVOTAL MOMENT (Vanguard Spearhead – Epic Deed)
TACTICAL AUGURY (Vanguard Spearhead – Wargear)
SAPPERS (Imperial Fists – Battle Tactic)
TANK HUNTERS (Imperial Fists – Battle Tactic)
OCULAR NETWORKING (Vanguard Spearhead – Battle Tactic)
RAPID FIRE (Adeptus Astartes – Battle Tactic)
SKILLED RIDERS (Adeptus Astartes – Strategic Ploy)
TRANSHUMAN PHYSIOLOGY (Space Marines – Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic)
SMOKESCREEN (Adeptus Astartes – Wargear)
TRANSHUMAN PHYSIOLOGY (Adeptus Astartes – Battle Tactic)
UNYIELDING IN THE FACE OF THE FOE (Adeptus Astartes – Battle Tactic)
ASSAULT LAUNCHERS (Adeptus Astartes – Wargear)
COMMANDING ORATORY (Adeptus Astartes – Epic Deed)
HAMMER OF WRATH (Adeptus Astartes – Strategic Ploy)
LIBERATORS (Space Marines)
ONLY IN DEATH DOES DUTY END (Space Marines – Boarding Actions – Epic Deed)
THE STRENGTH OF THE EMPEROR (Space Marines – Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic)
COMMANDING ORATORY (Adeptus Astartes – Epic Deed)
FURY OF THE FIRST (Adeptus Astartes – Battle Tactic)
ONLY IN DEATH DOES DUTY END (Adeptus Astartes – Epic Deed)
SEISMIC DEVASTATION (Imperial Fists)
BITTER ENMITY (Imperial Fists – Battle Tactic)
DEATH TO THE TRAITORS! (Adeptus Astartes – Battle Tactic)
GENE-WROUGHT MIGHT (Adeptus Astartes – Battle Tactic)
MELTA BOMB (Adeptus Astartes – Wargear)
SAPPERS (Imperial Fists – Battle Tactic)
TANK HUNTERS (Imperial Fists – Battle Tactic)
A STORM OF DEATH (Vanguard Spearhead – Battle Tactic)
OCULAR NETWORKING (Vanguard Spearhead – Battle Tactic)
HONOUR THE CHAPTER (Adeptus Astartes – Battle Tactic)
DISPERSAL PROTOCOLS (Vanguard Spearhead – Strategic Ploy)
LIBERATORS (Space Marines)
ONLY IN DEATH DOES DUTY END (Space Marines – Boarding Actions – Epic Deed)
THE STRENGTH OF THE EMPEROR (Space Marines – Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic)
FURY OF THE FIRST (Adeptus Astartes – Battle Tactic)
ONLY IN DEATH DOES DUTY END (Adeptus Astartes – Epic Deed)
SEISMIC DEVASTATION (Imperial Fists)
BITTER ENMITY (Imperial Fists – Battle Tactic)
DEATH TO THE TRAITORS! (Adeptus Astartes – Battle Tactic)
GENE-WROUGHT MIGHT (Adeptus Astartes – Battle Tactic)
MELTA BOMB (Adeptus Astartes – Wargear)
SAPPERS (Imperial Fists – Battle Tactic)
TANK HUNTERS (Imperial Fists – Battle Tactic)
A STORM OF DEATH (Vanguard Spearhead – Battle Tactic)
OCULAR NETWORKING (Vanguard Spearhead – Battle Tactic)
HONOUR THE CHAPTER (Adeptus Astartes – Battle Tactic)
DISPERSAL PROTOCOLS (Vanguard Spearhead – Strategic Ploy)
COMMANDING ORATORY (Adeptus Astartes – Epic Deed)
THE SHIELD UNWAVERING (Imperial Fists – Battle Tactic)
ONLY IN DEATH DOES DUTY END (Space Marines – Boarding Actions – Epic Deed)
ARMOUR OF CONTEMPT (Adeptus Astartes – Epic Deed)
ONLY IN DEATH DOES DUTY END (Adeptus Astartes – Epic Deed)
STRUCTURAL DEMOLITION (Imperial Fists)
Stratagems
If your army includes any ADEPTUS ASTARTES Detachments (excluding Auxiliary Support, Super-heavy Auxiliary or Fortification Network Detachments), you have access to these Stratagems, and can spend CPs to use them. When one of these Stratagems instructs you to select a unit from your army, replace all instances of <CHAPTER> on that Stratagem (if any) with the name of the Chapter that your selected unit is drawn from.
Of all Humanity’s foes, none are as hated as the Heretic Astartes, for they have betrayed their ancient oaths.
Every Chapter has forged its own tales of heroism, and none of its battle-brothers would see that noble record besmirched.
When the fighting is at its fiercest, the Terminator-armoured warriors of the Chapter truly show their quality.
Space Marines can fight through even the most grievous of wounds.
The combination of superhuman reflexes and bolter-drills means Space Marine Intercessors can produce a devastating rate of fire.
Blessed with incredible strength, Primaris Space Marines deliver blows that inflict terrifying damage.
Those clad in Gravis armour are walking ceramite strongpoints.
Imminent death does not prevent a Space Marine from enacting his final justice upon the enemies of the Imperium.
The belligerency of some Adeptus Astartes machine spirits makes them unyielding foes to face.
There are many tales of machine spirits wreaking havoc on the foe, even after their crew are slain and critical systems are failing.
Each fallen champion who rests within the sarcophagus of a Dreadnought has seen a thousand battles and slain foes beyond counting. All such noble warriors are immensely inspiring to their battle-brothers.
- Rites of Battle (Aura): While a friendly <CHAPTER> 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.
- Tactical Precision (Aura): While a friendly <CHAPTER> CORE unit is within 6" of this model, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, re-roll a wound roll of 1.
Fuelled by battlefield adrenaline, the Chaplain recites his litanies with even greater fervour, inspiring the warriors around him.
With decades of experience, the Apothecary confidently works with at high speed to return wounded brothers to the fray.
In times of great need, the Space Marine Chapters will unleash the full power of their armouries, equipping their battle-brothers with artefacts of extraordinary power.
Every Space Marine is a champion in their own right, a posthuman demigod who stands between Mankind and the darkness.
Space Marine pilots receive advanced training in handling their vehicles, and have preternatural reaction speeds.
Space Marines with jump packs crash into combat with bonebreaking force.
Space Marine riders and pilots rely on their post-human reflexes to weave around incoming fire.
Switching weapons to full auto, the Space Marines unleash a short-lived but inescapable hail of fire.
A measured advance allows Space Marines to unleash a steady stream of fire.
The tenets of the Codex Astartes allow for unorthodox use of combat tactics and the employment of divergent strategic doctrines if doing so will lead to victory.
Few indeed are the foes who can hope to escape the savage barrage of Space Marine artillery with their wits intact.
At the most critical time, Reivers engage their armour's enhanced features to terrify and disrupt the enemy as much as possible.
- That unit gains the following ability: 'Terror Troops (Aura): Until the start of your next Command phase, while an enemy unit is within 3" of that unit, it loses the Objective Secured ability and any similar abilities that allow them to control an objective marker regardless of the number of enemy models within range of that objective marker.
- Until the end of the turn, each time that REIVER unit ends a Normal Move, an Advance or a charge move within 3" of an enemy unit that is performing an action, roll 2D6: if the total exceeds that enemy unit's Leadership characteristic, the action the unit is attempting to perform immediately fails.
At the opportune moment, Space Marine infiltration units slip away from battle, only to relocate and strike the foe again.
The Chapter's orbiting star ships stand ready to unleash hell.
Nearby motion and radiation signatures are detected by a handheld device, forewarning the bearer of ambushes.
These shells burrow deep into the ground before detonating; though the force of the blast is reduced, the resulting shock wave is sufficient to hurl the foe from their feet.
Space Marine forces use shock grenades and similar weapons to stun and distract the enemy with blinding light and raucous noise.
- The selected unit cannot fire Overwatch or Set to Defend.
- Each time a model in the selected unit makes an attack, subtract 1 from that attack's hit roll.
Assault launchers fire salvoes of explosive charges at the enemy, causing horrific damage to those who are caught out of cover.
- If that unit braces, it suffers D3 mortal wounds.
- If that unit ducks for cover, then until the end of the turn, subtract 1 from the Attacks characteristic of models in that unit, and that unit cannot fire Overwatch or Set to Defend.
Melta bombs are fusion charges designed to burn through an armoured hull in a matter of seconds.
Crews of gravitic battle tanks can discharge directed pulses of gravitic force through their ventral plates.
- Your Movement phase, when an ADEPTUS ASTARTES REPULSOR FIELD unit from your army Falls Back. Until the end of the turn, that unit is still eligible to shoot even though it Fell Back.
- Your opponent’s Charge phase, when an ADEPTUS ASTARTES REPULSOR FIELD unit from your army is selected as a target of a charge. Until the end of the phase, subtract 2 from charge rolls made for any unit that declares a charge against that REPULSOR FIELD unit.
Originally devised to counter large Tyranid bio-forms, hellfire rounds fill the target with mutagenic acid upon detonation.
Flakk missiles are designed to eliminate aircraft by unleashing a payload of shrapnel that shreds armour and vital systems.
Throwing down a hail of smoke grenades or deploying their smoke launchers, the Space Marines screen themselves from the enemy.
Imperial Fists Stratagems
If your army is Battle-forged and includes any IMPERIAL FISTS Detachments (excluding Auxiliary Support Detachments), you have access to the Stratagems shown here, and can spend Command Points to use them. These reflect the unique strategies used by the Imperial Fists on the battlefield.
The Imperial Fists’ hatred for their old rivals the Iron Warriors has only grown more intense as the centuries have passed.
Every true son of Dorn knows how to swiftly fortify even the most untenable of positions.
There is no bastion or fastness, no redoubt, bulwark or strongpoint that the Imperial Fists cannot reduce to ruin.
To the Imperial Fists, pain is but another didactic tool, a reminder of what their forebears endured without complaint and which they, too, must weather unwavering.
The ability to hose your foe in bolter fire while battling toe to toe has proven vital across countless trenches and battlements.
The sons of Dorn maintain strict fire discipline, standing shoulder to shoulder as they unleash devastating volleys of bolt rounds into the foe.
The Imperial Fists are masters in the art of crippling the enemy’s mobile artillery and siege engines.
Victory in the Feast of Blades brings rewards of favour and recognition for he who earns them.
The most accomplished officers amongst the Imperial Fists’ ranks are true paragons of battle, masters of the Codex Astartes’ tenets and unfaltering heroes to the last.
A hail of handheld ordnance deployed at the crucial moment can sweep an area clear in a bloody heartbeat.
The sons of Dorn favour heavy weaponry and explosives, applying these blunt and decisive solutions wherever possible.
It is not unheard of for especially accomplished Imperial Fists Sergeants to be granted an artefact from the Phalanx’s Reclusiam.
Once the Imperial Fists have captured a site of strategic importance, they dig in and hold their position no matter what the enemy hurls at them.
Librarius Discipline
Before the battle, generate the psychic powers for PSYKER models from your army that know powers from the Librarius 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 <CHAPTER> keyword on that psychic power (if any) with the name of the Chapter that your PSYKER is drawn from.
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| 1 | VEIL OF TIME The psyker projects his will beyond the regular passage of time, altering the temporal flow to sway the tide of battle. Blessing: Veil of Time has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select one friendly <CHAPTER> unit within 18" of this PSYKER.
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| 2 | MIGHT OF HEROES The psyker cages the immense power of the immaterium within the physical form of one of his brothers, making the blessed warrior the Emperor’s vengeance made manifest. Blessing: Might of Heroes has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select one friendly <CHAPTER> CORE or <CHAPTER> CHARACTER model within 12" of this PSYKER. Until the start of your next Psychic phase, add 1 to that models Strength, Toughness and Attacks characteristics (if a unit has more than one Toughness characteristic, use the lowest Toughness characteristic in that unit when resolving any rules). |
| 3 | NULL ZONE The psyker unleashes the full might of his mind to cast down his opponents defences, both technological and mystical, rendering them vulnerable to the retribution of the Adeptus Astartes. Blessing (Aura): Null Zone has a warp charge value of 7. If manifested, then:
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| 4 | PSYCHIC SCOURGE The psyker pits his superhuman willpower against that of his enemies in a battle of mental fortitude, seeking to destroy their minds in a burst of psychic fury. Witchfire: Psychic Scourge has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select one enemy unit within 18" of and visible to this PSYKER. Then, roll one D6 and add this PSYKER’s Leadership characteristic to the result. Your opponent then rolls one D6 and adds that unit’s Leadership characteristic to the result. If your total is higher than your opponents, the selected unit suffers D3 mortal wounds; if it is equal to your opponents total, the selected unit suffers 1 mortal wound; if it is less than your opponent’s total, nothing happens. |
| 5 | FURY OF THE ANCIENTS Calling upon the myths of his Chapters home world, the psyker sends forth a terrifying monstrosity wrought from psychic energy. Witchfire: Fury of the Ancients has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select one enemy model that is within 18" of and visible to this PSYKER. Draw a line between any part this PSYKER’s base and any part of the selected model’s base (or hull); the selected models unit, and every other enemy unit that this line passes over or through, suffers 1 mortal wound. |
| 6 | PSYCHIC FORTRESS Drawing on boundless reserves of inner strength, the psyker constructs a powerful field of shimmering psychic energy around himself as well as any nearby battle brothers, protecting them from harm. Blessing (Aura): Psychic Fortress has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, then until the start of your next Psychic phase, while a friendly <CHAPTER> unit is within 6" of this PSYKER, models in that unit have a 5+ invulnerable save. |
Obscuration Discipline
Before the battle, generate the psychic powers for PSYKER models that know powers from the Obscuration 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 <CHAPTER> keyword on that psychic power (if any) with the name of the Chapter that your PSYKER is drawn from.
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| 1 | SHROUDING The psyker uses his mastery of the warp to fog the minds of his enemies, clouding their senses so that his allies appear as nothing more than indistinct shadows. Blessing: Shrouding has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select one friendly <CHAPTER> PHOBOS unit within 18" of this PSYKER. Until the start of your next Psychic phase, unless that unit is the closest eligible target, enemy models cannot target that unit with ranged attacks. |
| 2 | SOUL SIGHT The psyker shares his warp-sight with his brethren, causing their eyes to glow with an ethereal light. So empowered, no foe can escape their omniscient gaze; the souls of their targets flare like flaming beacons in the dark. Blessing: Soul Sight has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select one friendly <CHAPTER> PHOBOS unit within 18" of this PSYKER. Until the start of your next Psychic phase, each time a model in that unit makes a ranged attack, you can re-roll the hit roll and the target does not receive the benefits of cover against that attack. |
| 3 | MIND RAID The psyker peers into the mind of the foe, raiding their thoughts for secret codes, battle plans, the location of hidden forces and any other tactical information that might be useful. Such brute psychic interrogation doubtless inflicts severe cerebral trauma on its victim. Witchfire: Mind Raid has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select one enemy model within 18" of and visible to this PSYKER.
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| 4 | HALLUCINATION The psyker instils terror and panic within his foes by conjuring images out of their memories - from past allies seemingly returned from the dead, to apparitions wrought from nightmares. Malediction: Hallucination has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select one enemy unit within 18" of and visible to this PSYKER.
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| 5 | TENEBROUS CURSE As the psyker twists his hand, a psychic bolt lances through the minds of his enemies. As they reel from the assault, their own shadows seemingly come to life, pulling their casters to the ground with frenzied determination. Malediction: Tenebrous Curse has a warp charge value of 7. If manifested, select one enemy unit that cannot FLY and is within 18" of and visible to this PSYKER.
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| 6 | TEMPORAL CORRIDOR The psyker creates an invisible corridor in which the passage of time is altered, allowing his allies to traverse the battlefield with supernatural swiftness. Blessing: Temporal Corridor has a warp charge value of 5. If manifested, select one friendly <CHAPTER> PHOBOS unit within 6" of this PSYKER.
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Geokinesis Discipline
Those scions of Rogal Dorn who have power over the warp are masters of stone and iron. Using aetheric energies, they can shatter fortress walls, cast the enemy into great pits in the ground or fortify themselves and their allies with strength drawn from the very bones of the earth.
LIBRARIAN models in IMPERIAL FISTS Detachments can know all of their psychic powers from the Geokinesis discipline instead of the Librarius or Obscuration disciplines. Before the battle, generate the psychic powers for PSYKER models that know powers from the Geokinesis 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.| D6 | PSYCHIC POWER |
| 1 | TECTONIC PURGE (AURA) The Librarian interlocks his fingers, raises his hands high and brings them down in a clubbing blow upon the ground. Psychic energies pour from the impact site, causing the ground to convulse and shudder violently and enemies to be flung from their feet. Blessing: Tectonic Purge has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, then until the start of your next Psychic phase, when a charge roll is made for an enemy unit within 12" of this psyker, subtract 2 from the result. |
| 2 | WRACK AND RUIN Reaching out with his mind, the Librarian senses every fault, hairline crack and structural weakness in an enemy fortification, then builds empyric resonance within them until the stronghold shakes itself violently apart. Witchfire: Wrack and Ruin has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select one BUILDING unit, or one enemy unit that is wholly on or within an Area Terrain feature and is within 18" of and visible to this PSYKER. Roll nine D6, adding 1 to the result if the unit you selected was a BUILDING; for each roll of 5+ that unit suffers 1 mortal wound. |
| 3 | IRON INFERNO The Librarian sends his mind questing outward to locate seams of metal, the iron spars of girders and foundations, and any other metallic deposit he can sense. Then, with a furious mental blast, he superheats them all to trigger a devastating pyrometallic eruption. Witchfire: Iron Inferno has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select one point on the battlefield within 18" of and visible to this psyker. Roll one D6 for each enemy unit within 6" of that point; on a 4+ that unit suffers 1 mortal wound. |
| 4 | FORTIFY The Librarian envisions a mighty citadel, ravaged by battle but under swift repair. As he does so he lets his powers wash out across his battle-brothers, compelling their flesh to knit and their bones to set just as the mental fortress is restored to its original magnificence. Blessing: Fortify has a warp charge value of 4. If manifested, select one friendly IMPERIAL FISTS INFANTRY or IMPERIAL FISTS BIKER model within 12" of the psyker; that model regains up to D3 lost wounds. |
| 5 | ASPECT OF STONE Thrumming geokinetic energies wreath the Librarian’s fists. Iron strengthens his sinews while his flesh becomes unyielding as ferrocrete – in such a state, he becomes all but unstoppable. Blessing: Aspect of Stone has a warp charge value of 5. If manifested, then until the start of your next Psychic phase, add 2 to this psyker’s Strength and Toughness characteristics. |
| 6 | CHASM The psyker slams his palms together, and then pulls them slowly apart. As he does, a wide chasm opens beneath the feet of his enemy and they plunge screaming to their doom in the darkness below. Witchfire: Chasm has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select one enemy unit that cannot FLY and is within 18" of and visible to this psyker. Roll 2D6: if the result is less than the lowest Move characteristic in that unit it suffers 1 mortal wound; if the result equals the lowest Move characteristic in that unit it suffers D3 mortal wounds; if the result is greater than the lowest Move characteristic in that unit it suffers 3 mortal wounds. |
Litanies of Battle
All CHAPLAINS know the Litany of Hate (see below). In addition, before the battle, generate the additional litanies for PRIEST models from your army that know litanies from the Litanies of Battle using the table below. You can either roll one D6 to generate each litany randomly (re-rolling duplicate results), or you can select which litanies the priest knows.
When a PRIEST unit from your army recites a litany, replace all instances of the <CHAPTER> keyword on that litany (if any) with the name of the Chapter that your PRIEST is drawn from.
Litany of Hate (Aura)
The Chaplain fuels his battle brothers with hatred and exhorts them to strike the foe harder and harder, without mercy.
If this litany is inspiring, then while a friendly <CHAPTER> CORE or <CHAPTER> CHARACTER unit is within 6" of this PRIEST, each time a model in that unit makes a melee attack, you can re-roll the hit roll.| D6 | LITANIES OF BATTLE |
| 1 | LITANY OF FAITH (AURA) The Chaplain exhorts his charges to steel themselves against even the most dangerous weapons the enemy can bring to bear. If this litany is inspiring, then while a friendly <CHAPTER> CORE or <CHAPTER> CHARACTER unit is within 6" of this Priest, each time a model in that unit would lose a wound as the result of a mortal wound, roll one D6: on a 5+, that wound is not lost. |
| 2 | CATECHISM OF FIRE The Chaplain calls upon his brothers to unleash a relentless storm of close-range firepower. If this litany is inspiring, select one friendly <CHAPTER> CORE or <CHAPTER> CHARACTER unit within 6" of this PRIEST. Each time a model in that unit makes a ranged attack against the closest eligible target, add 1 to that attack’s wound roll. |
| 3 | EXHORTATION OF RAGE The Chaplain bellows his fury at the enemy, his brothers surging forwards to strike them down. If this litany is inspiring, select one friendly <CHAPTER> CORE or <CHAPTER> CHARACTER unit within 6" of this PRIEST. Each time a model in that unit makes a melee attack, add 1 to that attack’s wound roll. |
| 4 | MANTRA OF STRENGTH The Chaplain focuses his mind on the purity of the blood that runs through his veins, bestowed upon him by the Primarch himself. If this litany is inspiring:
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| 5 | RECITATION OF FOCUS The Chaplain recites creeds that focus the minds of his brothers to ensure their shots strike true. If this litany is inspiring, select one friendly <CHAPTER> CORE or <CHAPTER> CHARACTER unit within 6" of this PRIEST. Each time a model in that unit makes a ranged attack, add 1 to that attack’s hit roll. |
| 6 | CANTICLE OF HATE (AURA) Bellowing his hatred of the foe, the Chaplain leads his brothers in the wholesale destruction of the enemy. If this litany is inspiring, then while a friendly <CHAPTER> CORE or <CHAPTER> CHARACTER unit is within 6" of this PRIEST:
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Warlord Traits
If an ADEPTUS ASTARTES CHARACTER model is your WARLORD, you can use the Space Marines 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. If a PHOBOS CHARACTER model is your WARLORD, you can instead use the Vanguard Warlord Traits table below to determine what Warlord Trait they have in the same manner. If you wish, instead of selecting a Warlord Trait from either of the tables below, you can select a Chapter Warlord Trait for your WARLORD, but only if they are from the relevant Chapter.
When you have determined a Warlord Trait for an ADEPTUS ASTARTES CHARACTER model, replace all instances of the <Chapter> keyword in their Warlord Trait (if any) with the name of the Chapter that your model is drawn from.
Space Marines Warlord Traits
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| 1 | FEAR MADE MANIFEST (AURA) The Emperor’s enemies quail beneath this champion’s wrathful gaze. While an enemy unit is within 6" of this WARLORD:
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| 2 | THE IMPERIUM’S SWORD This warlord hurls himself forwards with unbridled ferocity, cutting down the foe like a reaping whirlwind.
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| 3 | IRON RESOLVE Faith and duty drive this warlord relentlessly onwards as he shrugs off injuries that would lay lesser warriors low.
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| 4 | CHAMPION OF HUMANITY This commander has slain enemy generals beyond counting.
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| 5 | STORM OF FIRE (AURA) This warlord expertly guides his warriors’ fire. While a friendly <CHAPTER> CORE unit is within 6" of this WARLORD, each time a model in that unit makes a ranged attack, on an unmodified wound roll of 6, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1. |
| 6 | RITES OF WAR (AURA) This commander and his warriors have vowed to secure victory. While a friendly <CHAPTER> CORE or <CHAPTER> CHARACTER unit is within 6" of this WARLORD, that unit has the Objective Secured ability. |
Vanguard Warlord Traits
| D6 | WARLORD TRAIT |
| 1 | SHOOT AND FADE This warrior harries the foe before returning to the shadows. Once per turn, in your Shooting phase, after shooting with a friendly <CHAPTER> PHOBOS unit within 6" of this WARLORD, that unit can make a Normal Move or it can Advance; in either case, if it does, that unit is not eligible to declare a charge with this turn. |
| 2 | LORD OF DECEIT This leader is adept at subterfuge and spreading misinformation. After both players have deployed their armies, select up to three <CHAPTER> PHOBOS units from your army and redeploy them. 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. |
| 3 | MASTER OF THE VANGUARD (AURA) This living legend of the Vanguard is an inspiration to his brothers. While a friendly <CHAPTER> PHOBOS unit is within 6" of this WARLORD:
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| 4 | STEALTH ADEPT This warlord slips through enemy territory like a spectre. Unless this WARLORD is the closest eligible target, enemy models cannot target it with ranged attacks. |
| 5 | TARGET PRIORITY This tactician is constantly seeking prime targets. In your Command phase, you can select one friendly <CHAPTER> PHOBOS unit within 6" of this WARLORD. Until the start of your next Command phase, each time a model in that unit makes a ranged attack, add 1 to that attack’s hit roll. |
| 6 | MASTER MARKSMAN This warlord is one of the finest sharpshooters in the galaxy. Add 1 to the Damage characteristic of ranged weapons this WARLORD is equipped with (excluding Grenades and Relics). |
Chapter Warlord Traits
Imperial Fists: Architect of War (Aura)
Imperial Fist leaders have a gift for bolstering defensive positions.
While a friendly IMPERIAL FISTS CORE unit that is receiving the benefits of cover is within 6” of this WARLORD, each time an attack with an Armour Penetration characteristic of-1 is allocated to a model in that unit, that attack has an Armour Penetration characteristic of 0 instead.Imperial Fists Warlord Traits
The lords of the Imperial Fists epitomise all their Primarch stood for, both to his gene-sons and to the wider Imperium he protected. Stoic in defence, unrelenting in attack, expertly versed in every strategic doctrine of the Codex Astartes and utterly determined to see their foes brought low, these warriors are amongst Humanity’s greatest champions.
If an IMPERIAL FISTS CHARACTER model is your WARLORD, you can use the Imperial Fists 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. If a CRIMSON FISTS CHARACTER is your Warlord, you can use the Crimson Fists Warlord Traits table below to determine what Warlord Trait they have.Imperial Fists Warlord Traits
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| 1 | SIEGE MASTER There are few who have a deeper understanding of the tenets of siege warfare than this son of Dorn. When resolving an attack made by this WARLORD against a BUILDING or VEHICLE unit, add 1 to the wound roll. |
| 2 | INDOMITABLE This Imperial Fist refuses to yield whilst foes remain before him. When resolving an attack made against this WARLORD, an unmodified wound roll of 1-3 always fail, irrespective of any abilities that the weapon or the model making that attack may have. |
| 3 | FLEETMASTER Orbital firepower is often called upon by this leader. Once per battle, at the end of your Fight phase, if this WARLORD remained stationary and did not make any attacks this turn it can call down an orbital strike. If it does, select one point on the battlefield and roll one D6 for each unit within D6" of that point, subtracting 1 from the result if the unit being rolled for is a CHARACTER. On a 4+ the unit being rolled for suffers D3 mortal wounds. |
| 4 | STUBBORN HEROISM Unyielding are the Imperial Fists, refusing to relent and exacting the bloody price of victory from their foes even when retreat might prove more prudent. This WARLORD cannot Fall Back. When resolving an attack against this WARLORD, halve any damage inflicted (rounding up). |
| 5 | ARCHITECT OF WAR (AURA) Imperial Fist leaders have a gift for bolstering defensive positions. While a friendly IMPERIAL FISTS CORE unit that is receiving the benefits of cover is within 6" of this WARLORD, each time an attack with an Armour Penetration characteristic of -1 is allocated to a model in that unit, that attack has an Armour Penetration characteristic of 0 instead. |
| 6 | HAND OF DORN This champion of the Chapter is a true inheritor of the tactical acumen of his Primarch. Before the battle, if your army is Battle-forged, roll one D3; you gain a number of Command Points equal to the result. |
Crimson Fists Warlord Traits
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| 1-2 | REFUSE TO DIE Like the Chapter itself, this Crimson Fists champion defies death against all odds. The first time this WARLORD it destroyed, you can choose to roll one D6 at the end of the phase instead of using any rules that are triggered when a model is destroyed (e.g. the Only in Death Does Duty End Stratagem) If you do, then on a 4+, set this WARLORD back up on the battlefield as close as possible to where they were destroyed and more than 1" away from any enemy models, with D3 wounds remaining. |
| 3-4 | TENACIOUS OPPONENT This champion fights all the harder when he is outnumbered by his foes. When you choose this WARLORD to fight with, if there are at least five enemy models within 6" of them, add D3 to this WARLORD’s Attacks characteristic until the end of the phase. |
| 5-6 | STOIC DEFENDER (AURA) This leader and his warriors hold their ground no matter the odds. While a friendly CRIMSON FISTS CORE or CRIMSON FISTS CHARACTER unit is within 6" of this WARLORD, that unit has the Objective Secured ability. If a unit already has this ability, each model in that unit counts as one additional model for the purposes of determining control of objective markers. |
Named CharactersIf one of the following characters is your Warlord, they must have the associated Warlord Trait shown below:
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Chapter Approved Rules
If every model in your army (excluding AGENT OF THE IMPERIUM and UNALIGNED models) has the ADEPTUS ASTARTES keyword, and your WARLORD has the ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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), select one of them to be from the ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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.).
Purge the Enemy
The Codex Astartes has proven its worth as a superb treatise on warfare over countless battlefields, and has remained so even after ten thousand years. Many Space Marines hold its teachings in awe, following its guidance in all ways, trusting in its ability to give them victory. Their belief has been rewarded on battlefield after battlefield.
- Score 1 victory point at the end of the battle (to a maximum of 5 victory points) for each enemy unit that was destroyed as the result of an attack made with a Heavy or Grenade weapon by an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army while the Devastator Doctrine was active for your army.
- Score 1 victory point at the end of the battle (to a maximum of 5 victory points) for each enemy unit that was destroyed as the result of an attack made with a Rapid Fire or Assault weapon by an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army while the Tactical Doctrine was active for your army.
- Score 1 victory point at the end of the battle (to a maximum of 5 victory points) for each enemy unit that was destroyed as the result of an attack made with a Pistol or Melee weapon by an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army while the Assault Doctrine was active for your army.
Battlefield Supremacy
The Space Marines are the Emperor's finest shock troops, striking at the foe before they can react or even know they are under threat. In their lightning assaults, Space Marines smash aside the enemy, slaughtering them without mercy, to achieve their goals.
No Mercy, No Respite
Before battle, Space Marines take all manner of oaths. They swear to never falter, to never give up, to never yield and to fight until their last breath. Made before their battle-brothers, commanders and Chaplains, the Space Marines take fewer things more seriously.
- Oath of Valour: Score 1 victory point if any CHARACTER, VEHICLE or MONSTER unit was destroyed by an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army during that battle round.
- Oath of Honour: Score 1 victory point at the end of the battle round so long as no ADEPTUS ASTARTES units from your army failed a Morale test, and provided no ADEPTUS ASTARTES units from your army Fell Back during that battle round.
- Oath of Duty: Score 2 victory points at the end of the battle round if an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army is wholly within 6" of the centre of the battlefield.
Crusade Rules
In this section you'll find additional rules for playing Crusade battles with Space Marines, such as Agendas, Battle Traits and Crusade Relics that are bespoke to Adeptus Astartes units. You can find out more about Crusade armies in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book.
Agendas
If your Crusade army includes any ADEPTUS ASTARTES units, you can select one Agenda from the Adeptus Astartes 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).For the Space Marines, only the total destruction of the Emperor's enemies is acceptable.
The Space Marines know no fear. Superhuman courage in the face of terrifying horrors and overwhelming odds are expected from each and every battle-brother. Fleeing from the conflict is as anathema to them as allowing the enemies of the Emperor to draw breath.
The warriors of the Chapter who bear the Mark of Censure have submitted themselves to the reclusiam for their failures, and been set upon a quest for absolution in their Chapter's eyes. Only by striking down the mightiest foes of the Emperor will their shame be absolved.
The standards of the Space Marines are inspirational icons and symbols of the Emperor's dominance. To plant one is to claim that ground in the name of the Imperium.
If you selected this Agenda, then ADEPTUS ASTARTES ANCIENT units in your army can attempt the following action:
Plant the Standard (Action): At the end of your Movement phase, one ADEPTUS ASTARTES ANCIENT unit from your army that is within 6" of the centre of the battlefield can start to perform this action. The action is completed at the end of your turn. Once completed the Ancient's Standard has been planted, and remains so until that model makes a Normal Move, Advances, Falls Back or makes a charge move.
Each unit gains a number of experience points equal to their Honour the Standard tally.
In the confusion of battle, the fallen body of a mighty hero was left on the field, his progenoids not recovered. It is of vital import this precious resource is found.
Recover Progenoids (Action): At the end of your Movement phase, one ADEPTUS ASTARTES APOTHECARY unit from your army that is within 3" of the fallen Space Marine hero 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 fallen Space Marine hero objective marker from the battlefield. If an APOTHECARY unit successfully performs this action, it gains 5 experience points and your Crusade force gains 1 bonus Requisition point.
Requisitions
If your Crusade force includes any ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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.A mortally wounded Space Marine may be interred in the sarcophagus of a Dreadnought, allowing him to bring death to his foes in a new form.
Through heroism on the field of battle and unwavering commitment to duty, Space Marines can ascend the ranks.
Many Primaris Space Marines served as part of the Indomitus Crusade before joining their Chapters, bringing vital experience of the fractured Imperium.
To cross the Rubicon Primaris is not a decision taken lightly, for not all warriors survive the transformation. Those who do become even more potent avatars of war.
Battle Traits
When an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit gains a Battle Trait, you can use one of the tables below instead of one of the tables in the Warhamrner 40,000 Core Book to determine what Battle Trait the unit has gained. To do so, roll one D6 and consult the appropriate table, 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 <CHAPTER> keyword on that Battle Trait (if any) with the name of the Chapter that your unit is drawn 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 Warhamrner 40,000 Core Book.
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Honorifics
Honorifics are a new type of Battle Honour that can be given to ADEPTUS ASTARTES CAPTAIN units. When such a unit from your army would gain a Battle Honour, you can instead choose for it to gain one of the Honorifics listed below. You cannot give an Honorific to a unit from the Deathwatch Chapter or the Space Wolves Chapter (or any of its successor Chapters).Each CAPTAIN unit can only have a single Honorific, and your Order of Battle cannot include more than one such unit from the same Chapter with the same Honorific (e.g. you cannot have two BLOOD ANGELS CAPTAIN units with the Master of the Watch Honorific, or two SILVER SKULLS CAPTAIN units with the Master of Recruits Honorific). As with any Battle Honour, make a note on the unit's Crusade card when it gains an Honorific, and increase its Crusade points total by 1.
If a CAPTAIN unit from your army is upgraded to be a Chapter Master using the Chapter Command Requisition, that unit loses any Honorific it has (if so, its Crusade points are reduced by 1).
MASTER OF THE KEEP In some Chapters the 1st Company Captain serves as Master of the Keep. These mighty warriors may serve as the Chapter Master's second in command, be responsible for the Chapter's fortress monastery and speak for the Chapter Master in his absence. Once per battle, if this unit is on the battlefield, when you use an Adeptus Astartes Battle Tactic Stratagem, that Stratagem costs 0 Command points. |
MASTER OF THE WATCH The Captain of the 2nd Company is often responsible for the defence of the Chapter's home world. They are heavily involved with system-wide defence and intelligence assessment of threats to their Chapter's seat of power. Regardless of how much a Chapter involves itself in the affairs of its home world's population, the Master of the Watch takes a keen interest in them. If this unit is part of your Crusade army and you are the Defender, then you start the battle with an additional 2 Command points. |
MASTER OF THE ARSENAL This Captain, often of the 3rd Company, is responsible for managing and overseeing the Chapter's vast inventory of munitions. Once per battle, if this unit is on the battlefield, when you use an Adeptus Astartes Wargear Stratagem, that Stratagem costs 0 Command points. |
MASTER OF THE FLEET The Master of the Fleet is often the Captain of the 4th Company, and is responsible for the Chapter's armada of spacefaring warships. He is expected to be highly skilled not only in commanding a single ship in battle, but also in coordinating all of the Chapter's vessels in the highly complex matters of ship-to-ship combat.
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MASTER OF THE MARCHES This warrior oversees the deployment of all the Chapter's assets, in addition to their role as Captain of the 5th Company. In so doing they hear all pleas for the Chapter's aid, dismissing those he deems the most unworthy before presenting those that remain to the Chapter Master. If this unit is part of your Crusade army and you are using the Strategic Reserves rule, you can halve the Command point cost required to place units into Strategic Reserves (rounding fractions down). |
MASTER OF THE RITES The Master of the Rites is often the Captain of the 6th Company. Among his many duties he is often responsible for preserving and recording the Chapter's martial traditions and ceremonial conventions. If this unit is part of your Crusade force, then the Warlord Trait Requisition costs 0 Requisition points if the model being given the Warlord Trait is from the same Chapter as this unit. |
CHIEF VICTUALLER Traditionally held by the Captain of the 7th Company, a warrior with this title is responsible for the non-armament provisions the Chapter requires to continue its operations, as well as thousands of serfs and servitors. In this role, a battle-brother must prove himself a master logistician. If this unit is part of your Crusade force, then the Rearm and Resupply Requisition costs 0 Requisition points if the unit selected for that Requisition is from the same Chapter as this unit. |
LORD EXECUTIONER The Captain of the 8th Company is a martial example to his Chapter's warriors. As Lord Executioner, he dispenses the Chapter's justice - whether that be to the Chapter's hated foes or those within its ranks who fail to meet enormously stringent disciplinary requirements. If this unit is part of your Crusade army and you are the Attacker, then you start the battle with an additional 2 Command points. |
MASTER OF RELICS The Captain of the 9th Company is often responsible for the maintenance, security and care of the Chapter’s priceless relics, as well as the recovery of relics that lie as yet undiscovered throughout the galaxy. If this unit is part of your Crusade force, then the Relic Requisition costs 0 Requisition points if the model gaining the Relic is from the same Chapter as this unit. |
MASTER OF RECRUITS AND MASTER OF RECONNAISSANCE The 10th Company Captain is responsible for training the Chapter's future generations. With ten Vanguard squads at his command, he also serves as the Chapter Master's eyes and ears, and possesses vast amounts of intelligence. If this unit is part of your Crusade force, then the Fresh Recruits Requisition costs 0 Requisition points if the unit gaining the Fresh Recruits is from the same Chapter as this unit. |
Crusade Relics
When an ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 (see Battle Honours).When a model from your army is given a Crusade Relic, replace all instances of the <CHAPTER> keyword on that Crusade Relic's rules (if any) with the name of the Chapter that your model is drawn from.
Artificer Relics
An ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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.Halo lndomitus This Iron Halo protects the bearer from harm, whilst proclaiming them to be a mighty hero of the Imperium.
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Adamantine Cuirass This chest plate bears an Aquila crest wrought in adamantine, rendering it proof against even the mightiest blow. Add 1 to the bearer's Wounds and Toughness characteristics. |
Astartes Teleportation Transponder Incorporating arcane technology found in suits of Terminator armour, this unassuming device allows the bearer to be teleported accurately into the thick of battle from their orbiting spacecraft. The bearer has the Teleport Strike ability. |
Antiquity Relics
An ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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.Paragon Blade This blade is a relic of the Great Crusade and is rumoured to have been crafted on Terra. It is now borne by only the greatest heroes of the Space Marine Chapters. Model with a power sword, master-crafted power sword, relic blade, xenophase blade or executioner relic blade only. This Relic replaces the model's power sword, master-crafted power sword, relic blade, xenophase blade or executioner relic blade and has the following profile:
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Standard of Righteous Hatred This bloodstained banner lists the atrocities and injustices committed by the Emperor's foes, a reminder of the duty of the Adeptus Astartes to purge the stars of the heretic and the alien. ANCIENT model only. Each time a friendly model is destroyed and make an attack as a result of the bearer's Astartes Banner ability, that attack scores a hit on a hit roll of 2+, irrespective of any modifiers. |
Legendary Relics
An ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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 an additional 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.Vortex Bolts Crafted long ago in forges lost to the mist of time, these immensely rare rounds create a miniature vortex within the target upon their detonation. Such an event causes catastrophic damage to even the largest enemies, and psykers who miraculously survive are driven mad by the creatures of the warp that flow from the tear in reality. Model with a bolt weapon only. When you select this Relic, select one bolt weapon the bearer is equipped with. Once per battle, when the bearer shoots with that weapon, you can choose for it to fire a vortex bolt. If you do, you can only make one attack with that weapon, but if it scores a hit, the target suffers D3+3 mortal wounds and the attack sequence ends. In addition, until the end of the battle, subtract 1 from Psychic tests taken for a PSYKER unit hit by a vortex bolt. |
Relic of the Primarch In the deepest vaults of every Chapter are ancient relics inherited from the personal wargear of their genefather. Only in the direst circumstances are these brought to the battlefield to inspire battle-brothers to even greater deeds; if these relics were to be lost, it would be a tragedy on par with the blackest days in the Chapter's history. Once per battle, in your Command phase, the bearer can unveil the Relic of the Primarch. If it does so, then until the start of your next Command phase:
RECOVER THE RELIC Adeptus Astartes Agenda The loss of one of the Primarch's priceless relics is an unthinkable shame that cannot be allowed to pass. If you control the Relic of the Primarch objective marker at the end of the battle, you can select one unit that is within 3" of that objective marker; that unit gains 3 experience points. If you do not control that objective marker at the end of the battle, then you lose 10 victory points (to a minimum of 0). |
Banners of Renown
The banners carried by the hosts of the Adeptus Astartes are often storied relics, carried by the Chapter’s warriors into battles uncounted. These banners have seen more battlefields than the veteran warriors that carry them, and are potent symbols of the indomitability of the Space Marines and the righteousness of their cause.
In this section you will find a series of rules for your Adeptus Astartes Crusade army allowing your Ancients and the banners they carry to accrue great renown for their deeds on the battlefield. Whether the Chapter banner, carried by the Chapter’s warriors for millennia, or a crusade banner, created to inspire the Chapter’s warriors on their current engagement, these simple pieces of cloth provide inspiration to humanity’s greatest warriors in their darkest hours, as well as proudly displaying their achievements.If your Order of Battle includes any ADEPTUS ASTARTES ANCIENT models, you can spend Requisition points on the Banner of Renown Requisition (see below).
The Ancient carries a banner of unmatched glory or humbling prestige. Its intricate design has been restitched countless times after being borne onto the deadliest battlefields. The warriors who march to war in its shadow do so inspired by the renowned battles it commemorates.
Ancient Standards
While your Army Roster contains any BANNER OF RENOWN models, keep a Renown tally for each such model.At the end of each battle round, add 1 to a model’s Renown tally if any of the following apply (to a maximum of 10 per battle):
- That model is within range of an objective marker you control.
- That model is within 6" of any enemy units.
- That model destroyed any enemy CHARACTER units during that battle round.
- That model is wholly within your opponent’s deployment zone.
- That model performed the Plant the Standard action as part of the Honour the Standard Agenda.
At the end of the battle, add 1 to a model’s Renown tally for each of the following that apply:
- That model lost any wounds during the battle, but was not destroyed.
- You won the battle.
After each battle, each BANNER OF RENOWN model gains a number of Renown points equal to that model’s Renown tally. Renown points can be spent to purchase Banner of Renown upgrades. Each time you purchase any of the following upgrades (excluding Artisanal Ministrations), increase that unit’s Crusade points total by 1.
Banner of Renown Upgrades
While some highly trained Chapter thralls can effect a reasonable repair to any damage this banner suffers, a few are considered to be true artisans with vexillor-needles and cleansing oils, the damaged sections nigh-indistinguishable from the original.
This elaborate emblem surmounts the banner and incorporates an energy field generator. Those who fight in the shadow of the glories depicted on this banner are held to be warded in the victory's radiance.
Glorious Finial (Aura): While a friendly <CHAPTER> CORE or <CHAPTER> CHARACTER unit is within 6" of this model, models in that unit have a 5+ invulnerable save.
Painstakingly etched upon strips of neo-parchment, ritually purified xenos hide or perhaps wafer-thin steel, the names of every honoured bearer of this banner hang from this standard, save only its current custodian. The tally of such worthy guardians is a potent reminder to the Ancient of their privileged duty.
This banner's artificer-wrought staff contains a potent energy generator. Wielded as a deadly pole arm in extremis - should the standard itself be in danger - even a glancing blow from the hyper-dense alloy of the stave can crack armour and bludgeon the foe into submission.
Often represented as a gilded halo that radiates an auric light, these sculpted symbols reflect the purity of the deeds illuminated upon the banner and blind any who stand against the Emperor's chosen. Those with the temerity to aim at warriors marching below this banner find themselves averting their gaze.
Within a graven aquila, a grim death's head or one of many symbols employed by the Chapter are fitted micro-vox transmitters. These broadcast bellicose sermons penned by the Chaplains, ensuring that the righteous rage of the banner's defenders is never quenched.
Aquila of Spiritual Fury (Aura): While a friendly <CHAPTER> CORE unit is within 6" of the bearer, each time a model in that unit makes a melee attack, on an unmodified hit roll of 6:
- Add 1 to that attack’s Strength characteristic.
- Improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1. This bonus is cumulative with Combat Doctrines.
While this banner may originally have been composed of more mundane textiles, each successive repair has incorporated woven threads of adamantine, tinted by arcane thermochromatic processes by the Chapter's Techmarines. After centuries of battle and hundreds of restorations, it is now creation of rippling resilience capable of enduring the worst the foe can unleash.
- Improve this model’s Save characteristic by 1 (to a maximum of 2+).
- Each time this model suffers any Banner Damage, roll one D6: on a 4+, that Banner Damage is ignored.
Golden cords or streamers hang from this banner or its stave, each woven in a complex tri-fold braid denoting the intertwined responsibilities expected of a warrior of the Adeptus Astartes: the destruction of their foe; the defence of their allies; and completion the mission granted by their commander, each filtered through the unique traditions of their Chapter.
Tassels of Duty (Aura): While a friendly <CHAPTER> CORE unit that is performing an action is within 6" of the bearer, that unit can make ranged attacks without that action failing.
Woven into the standard's tapestry, this potent symbol depicts the Ancients current campaign. While those who stand beneath it fight, none are in doubt about the righteousness of their cause, and none will take a step back until their crusade is complete.
- The bearer has the Objective Secured ability.
- The bearer has the following ability:
Banner Damage
A unit can have more than one Banner Damage effect, but it cannot have the same Banner Damage effect more than once (if a duplicate result is rolled, roll again until a different result is rolled). If a model gains three Banner Damage effects, remove that model from your Order of Battle.
Make a note of any Banner Damage effects a model has on its Crusade card and subtract 1 from that unit’s Crusade points for each Banner Damage effect it currently has (this can mean a unit has a negative number of Crusade points). If a model gains three Banner Damage effects, remove that model from your Order of Battle.
This banner's material, heavy and resilient as it is, has been set ablaze, burning large areas of it into unrecognisable charred ruin.
Scorched Form (Aura): While a friendly <CHAPTER> CORE unit is within 6" of this model, subtract 1 from the Leadership characteristic of models in that unit.
Whether reduced in stature, faded of colour or torn despite the Ancients devoted efforts, this standard has lost much of its glory.
This banner has been damaged and hastily repaired too often, awaiting the dedicated attention of artisans away from battle. It resembles more a collage of colour than a proud battle standard.
Warden Raiders
Haarken Worldciaimer’s rapid advance along the Nachmund Gauntlet saw many Space Marine strike forces, from numerous Chapters of the Wardens of the Gauntlet and others, scattered in the wake of the heretic hordes. Unable to reach the Sanctus Wall, they fought a guerrilla campaign to slow Haarken Worldclaimer down.
When mustering your army from your Order of Battle, you can choose for it to be a Warden Raiders Force. A Warden Raiders Force has the following rules:
- It can only contain ADEPTUS ASTARTES units.
- It cannot contain units with the Lord of War Battlefield Role.
- It cannot contain VEHICLE models with a Move characteristic of less than 10".
- Every INFANTRY unit must start the battle either embarked within a TRANSPORT model, or be set up using the Death From Above, Concealed Positions, or Teleport Strike rules.
- It cannot include any Spearhead Detachments.
Raid Points
At the end of the battle, instead of gaining 1 experience point from the Battle Experience rule, units in a Warden Raiders Force gain 1 Raid point. If a unit does not have a Raid points tally, start one for it on its Crusade Card.Raid points function in a similar manner to experience points. If a unit has accrued enough Raid points, it will gain a promotion and go up a Raider rank (from Raider to Hardened Guerrilla to Reaver). Each time a unit gains a Raider rank, it will gain one Raider Force Battle Trait; make a note of the unit’s new Raider rank and its Raider Force Battle Trait on its Crusade card.
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Additional Raid points can be earned for units by selecting Raider Force Agendas.
Raider Force Agendas
If your Crusade army is a Warden Raider Force, you can select one Agenda from the Raider Force 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).Space Marine Chapters recognised that their numbers were too few to defeat the forces of Chaos in the Nachmund Gauntlet. They resorted to guerrilla tactics, determined to cause as much damage as possible.
- During the first battle round, each time an enemy unit is destroyed by a model from your army, add 1 to the Guerrilla Strike tally of that model’s unit.
- From the second battle round onwards, each time an enemy unit is destroyed by a model from your army, if that model’s unit was set up on the battlefield for the first time during its previous Movement phase, add 1 to the Guerrilla Strike tally of that model’s unit.
Warden Raiders made a point of striking rapidly to kill enemy commanders and elite troops before withdrawing.
Cutting enemy supply lines was a vital task for the Space Marines caught behind Worldclaimer's armies. Without resources, the forces of Chaos could be slowed down.
Sabotage Supply Lines (Action): One or more INFANTRY or BIKER units from your army can start to perform this action at the start of your Movement phase. Each unit from your army that starts to perform this action must be in range of a different objective marker that has not been sabotaged by your army (see below). The action is completed at the end of your turn. If this action is successfully completed, the objective marker is said to have been sabotaged by your army.
Each unit gains a number of Raid points equal to its Sabotage Supply Lines tally.
Warden Raiders were as adept at lightning assaults with battle-tanks and light vehicles as they were on foot.
Add 1 to a unit’s Mechanised Assault tally each time:
- A model in that VEHICLE unit destroys an enemy unit.
- A model that started the battle embarked within that VEHICLE unit destroys an enemy unit.
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Torchbearers Crusade Force
Though made up of many different units from several different factions, a Torchbearer fleet is, nonetheless, a formidable fighting force. Here we present new rules for fielding a Torchbearers Crusade force on the field of battle.
Search Phase
At the start of the Search phase:- Select one Adeptus Astartes Chapter to reinforce and note it down on your Order of Battle.
- Start a Search Points tally for your Crusade force.
- ADEPTUS MECHANICUS units
- ADEPTUS CUSTODES units
- ADEPTUS ASTARTES PRIMARIS units with the GREYSHIELDS Chapter keyword
Chapter Tactic
GREYSHIELDS units have the following Chapter Tactic and are not considered to be the successor of any Chapter:Blooded Reinforcements:
- Add 1 to the Leadership characteristic of models with this tactic.
- Each time a unit with this tactic is selected to shoot or fight, you can re-roll one hit roll when resolving that unit’s attacks.
Mustering a Torchbearers Army
- A TORCHBEARERS Detachment is one that only includes models with the TORCHBEARERS keyword.
- A TORCHBEARERS Detachment counts as an ADEPTUS MECHANICUS, ADEPTUS CUSTODES and ADEPTUS ASTARTES Detachment for the purpose of any Detachment abilities your army gains (e.g. Stratagems you can use).
- When mustering your army:
- In order to include any ADEPTUS MECHANICUS units that do not have the Troops Battlefield Role, your army must contain at least one ADEPTUS MECHANICUS Troops unit.
- In order to include any ADEPTUS CUSTODES units that do not have the Troops Battlefield Role, your army must contain at least one ADEPTUS CUSTODES Troops unit.
- In order to include any ADEPTUS ASTARTES units that do not have the Troops Battlefield Role, your army must contain at least one ADEPTUS ASTARTES Troops unit.
- The inclusion of a TORCHBEARERS unit in your army does not prevent any units in your army from using any rules that require every model in your army to have a particular keyword.
- While in a TORCHBEARERS Detachment, ADEPTUS ASTARTES units, and all the models in them, can still gain a Chapter Tactic, regardless of what other units may be in that Detachment.
Agendas
If your Crusade army includes any TORCHBEARERS units, you can select one Agenda from the Torchbearers Agendas, listed below. This is a new category of Agendas, and it follows all the normal rules for Agendas (for example, when you select Agendas, you cannot choose more than one from each category).Torchbearer fleets send out scry-probes, intel nodes and data harvesting automata to locate their target Chapter. The self-terminating augury data they reap is invaluable to their search, and if any of these nodes are damaged, they must be secured and retrieved before the data is lost.
At the end of each battle round, if you control the Decaying Intel Node, your Crusade force gains 1 Search Point.
At the end of the battle, you can select one unit from your army that was within range of the Decaying Intel Node for one or more battle rounds while you controlled it. That unit gains 2 experience points.
An emissary dispatched by the Torchbearer fleet to gauge the target Chapter’s response is clinging to life in a crashed scout craft. The emissary’s detailed knowledge of the Chapter to be reinforced must be secured by safely extracting the warrior.
At the end of the battle, if you control the Crash Survivor:
- Your Crusade force gains D6 Search Points.
- Select one unit from your army within range of the Crash Survivor. That unit gains 3 experience points.
The energy signature of a barely functioning Servitor has been detected, one separated from the Chapter the fleet is searching for. If the fleet’s Tech-Priests can retrieve it, they may be able to crack its machine spirit’s encrypted scripture-logs for details on the Chapter’s location.
ADEPTUS MECHANICUS CHARACTER units from your army can attempt the following action:
‘Harvest Scripture-Logs (Action): At the end of your Movement phase, one ADEPTUS MECHANICUS CHARACTER unit from your army that is within range of the Damaged Servitor can start to perform this action. This action is completed at the end of the turn. When this action is completed roll one D6: on a 2+, your Crusade force gains D6 Search Points and the Damaged Servitor is removed from the battlefield. If an ADEPTUS MECHANICUS CHARACTER unit successfully performs this action, it gains 5 experience points.’
Personal glory and honour must be sacrificed by Torchbearer fleets in pursuance of their true directive: finding the Chapter in need of reinforcement. The fleet’s forces are focused on locating clues of the Chapter’s passing in this region above all else.
Requisitions
If your Crusade force includes any TORCHBEARERS units and is in the Search phase, you can spend Requisition points (RPs) on any of the following Requisitions in addition to those presented in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book.When a Torchbearer fleet’s sensors uncover a wealth of potential traces, the fleet’s entire resources are bent towards scouring the region for every hint of the Chapter’s whereabouts.
The fleet’s commander believes they are nearing the end of their search. Disparate clues and data suggest that they are closing in on the Chapter at long last.
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If your Crusade force successfully finds the Chapter, it moves to the Bonding phase, and its Supply Limit is increased by 15.
Bonding Phase
During the Bonding phase, in addition to the units that you can add to it during the Search phase, you can also add ADEPTUS ASTARTES units (excluding PRIMARIS units) to your Order of Battle, so long as they are drawn from the Chapter that you are reinforcing.Battle-brothers
After having fought enough battles, the Greyshields will have become more close-knit with their new brethren and will be better able to coordinate with them. When entering the Bonding phase, or when adding a new GREYSHIELDS unit to your Crusade force while in the Bonding phase, start a Battle-brothers tally for each GREYSHIELDS unit in your Crusade force that does not already have one. Each time that unit fights in a battle alongside a friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES model that does not have the PRIMARIS keyword, at the end of the battle, add 1 to that unit’s Battle-brothers tally.Requisitions
If your Crusade force includes any TORCHBEARERS units and is in the Bonding phase, you can spend Requisition points (RPs) on any of the following Requisitions in addition to those presented in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book.The experienced Space Marines delivered by the Torchbearer fleet have formed strong bonds with the battle-brothers of their Chapter. They have fought shoulder to shoulder with their new-found kin and have become integrated into the Chapter’s battle rites and warrior traditions.
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Those units have their GREYSHIELDS keyword replaced with that of the Chapter that you are reinforcing, and they are considered to be drawn from that Chapter for the purpose of which Chapter Tactic they gain and any other rules. Replace all instances of the GREYSHIELDS keyword on their datasheets with the Chapter keyword of the Chapter that you have reinforced.
Once five or more units have been inducted into the reinforced Chapter in this manner, you are able to add ADEPTUS ASTARTES PRIMARIS units to your Order of Battle that are drawn from the Chapter that you have reinforced.
Battle Traits
When a TORCHBEARERS 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, or choose a Battle Trait from the appropriate table that tells the best narrative for your unit. 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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Artificer Relics
A TORCHBEARERS INFANTRY CHARACTER can be given one of the following Artificer Relics instead of one of the ones presented in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book.Stalker Helm Elements of this artificer-wrought sensor-net are thought to date back to the Dark Age of Technology. Data stacks deep below Mars’ surface record that it has been fitted into the helmets or wired into the face masks of the greatest hunters of every age. Within its node-lattice, sigil-etched lens arrays and auto-blessed ocular scanners allow the wearer to analyse their prey’s every movement, detect their frailties and predict the fatal misstep that seals their doom.
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Blade of Bonding Fashioned by a dozen master artisans in reverent similitude of the legendary blade of the Emperor, this finely balanced sword was designed to be taken by a Torchbearer fleet into the darkness. At the mission’s end, should the fleet find the Chapter they sought, this sword is to be gifted to their commander. It symbolises the Chapter’s reforging, alloying advanced power field technology and nano-razor regeneration alongside traditional artifice that recalls the heroes of legend. ADEPTUS ASTARTES model with a power sword, master-crafted power sword, relic blade, xenophase blade or executioner relic blade only. This Relic replaces the model’s power sword, master-crafted power sword, relic blade, xenophase blade or executioner relic blade and has the following profile:
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Helix-pattern Narthecium This surgical multi-tool is an enhanced version of the equipment commonly used by the healers of the Adeptus Astartes. Fitted with multi-spectral analysers, cocktails of bio-engineered nerve-stimms and flesh catalysts, as well as cortical augurs and fulcrite-toothed nanosaws to shear through the toughest armour, the bearer is able to drag even mortally wounded brothers back from the brink of death. APOTHECARY or |
Antiquity Relics
A TORCHBEARERS INFANTRY CHARACTER of Heroic rank 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.Orb of Cleansing First gifted to the commander of the Torchbearers task force assigned to locate the Silver Phoenixes Chapter, this arcane sphere is able to push back malignant energies. In the darkest regions beyond the Cicatrix Maledictum, its pulsating waves of purity have been seen to cloud psykers’ control of their powers and even burn away the minds of witch-spawn. Once per battle, at the end of your Movement phase, the bearer can unleash this Relic. If it does:
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Army of Renown: Vanguard Spearhead
Drawn from a Scout Company, the warriors of a Chapter’s Vanguard contingent sometimes deploy en masse in mobile and adaptable Spearheads. Trained in full-spectrum superiority, these forces outmanoeuvre their foes at every turn and are masters of the precision strike.
Vanguard Spearheads employ all the advanced training and hard-won experience their warriors have gained supporting their Chapter’s more eonventional assaults, but brought to the fore as an overarching strategy to dissect and disrupt far larger enemy threats. Masters of convoy elimination, assassination, sabotage and terror tactics, a full strike force of these specialists conduct extended guerrilla wars to take their enemies apart piece by piece. Their warriors strike with sudden pmyer and shocking speed, and then fade into the shadows before the enemy’s remaining strength can be brought to bear.
RESTRICTIONS
- Your army can only include PHOBOS, SUPPRESSOR SQUAD, INVICTOR TACTICAL WARSUIT and IMPULSOR units.
- Your army cannot include any DEATHWATCH units.
BENEFITS
- All of the units in your army gain the VANGUARD SPEARHEAD keyword.
- You have access to the Vanguard Spearhead Chapter Relics, Stratagems and Tools of the Vanguard.
- VANGUARD SPEARHEAD units in your army gain the Vanguard Operations ability (see below).
- If your army is Battle-forged, INCURSOR SQUAD, INFILTRATOR SQUAD and REIVER SQUAD units in your army gain the Objective Secured ability.
Battle-brothers that fight as part of a Vanguard Spearhead utilise covert hit-and-run tactics, continually repositioning and raining precision shots into their bewildered foe from the shadows before retribution can be brought to bear.
- This unit never gains a Chapter Tactic.
- Each time a ranged attack is made against a unit with this ability, if the attacker is more than 18" away, the unit with this ability is treated as having the benefits of Light Cover against that attack.
- Each time an INFANTRY unit with this ability is selected to make a Normal move, if every model in that unit ends that move at least 4" away from where it started, until the end of the turn, each time a model in that unit makes a ranged attack, add 1 to that attack’s hit roll.
- Each time a unit with this ability consolidates, each model can move up to 6" instead of 3".
Relics
These Relics can be selected by VANGUARD SPEARHEAD CHARACTER models instead of any other Relics they have access to. They are considered to be Chapter Relics in all regards.This поп-reflective blade lacks the ornamentation seen on many Adeptus Astartes legendary weapons. Its seemingly humble design belies its dreaded power, and a number of dark myths surround reports of Space Marines wielding such a weapon. The killing edge of The Nights Blade contains a neural-shock net. ’This device overloads the victims senses as it pierces their flesh, silencing unsuspecting sentries who fall without so much as a whimper.
VANGUARD SPEARHEAD model equipped with a combat knife or paired combat blades only. This Relic replaces a combat knife or paired combat blades and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
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THE ARMOUR UMBRAL
This artificer suit of Phobos armour is not near-silent like others of its kind. While its power plant and fibre bundles operate with hardly a whisper, the Armour Umbral projects a barely-perceptible aural rendering of the surrounding soundscape, masking the wearers presence with the sigh of the wind and the rustle of vegetation. Coupled with a shrouding field that returns a wash of false signals to targeting systems, the warrior is as good as a ghost.
VANGUARD SPEARHEAD model only.- Each time a model makes an attack against the bearer, an unmodified hit roll of 1-3 fails, irrespective of any abilities that the weapon or the model making that attack may have.
- The bearer is eligible to charge in a turn in which it Advanced.
The psycho-crystalline matrix at this blades core responds to the bearers mastery of psychic shadow and deceit. Just as the bearer is able to pass the barriers of the foe unseen, so this blade passes through his opponents defences in kind, slipping through armour, energy fields and flesh with ease.
VANGUARD SPEARHEAD model equipped with a force sword only. This Relic replaces a force sword and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| Shadow’s Touch | |||||
| Shadow’s Touch | Melee | Melee | +3 | -4 | 2 |
Abilities: In your Psychic phase, if the bearer manifests any psychic powers from the Obscuration discipline, then until the start of your next Psychic phase, each time an attack is made with this weapon, invulnerable saving throws cannot be made against that attack. | |||||
MORBIDUS BOLTS
Morbidus bolts are a perfection of the specialist shells used by Reiver operatives behind enemy lines. These silent projectiles streak unseen, and unerringly through the weak spots of a foes armour before shattering and dispensing potent toxins through their ruined flesh, slaying them instantly and silently. From the wound, the shells final act is to expel a gaseous hallucinogen, rendering the silent victim doubly horrific to their shocked allies.
VANGUARD SPEARHEAD model only. When you give a model this Relic, select one bolt weapon that model is equipped with. When that model is chosen to shoot with, you can choose for that weapon to fire a Morbidus bolt. If you do so, you can only make one attack with that weapon, but if that attack scores a hit:- The target suffers 2 mortal wounds and the attack sequence ends.
- Until the end of the turn, subtract 1 from Combat Attrition tests taken for that enemy unit.
Tools of the Vanguard
When engaged on special operations, Space Marines can make use of a variety of additional pieces of equipment alongside their standard Phobos armour and weaponry. Usually carried by a specialist with the squad, such tools are employed to deadly effect by their users.Infiltrator Squad
If your army is a Vanguard Spearhead, then when you are mustering your army, you can upgrade models within INFILTRATOR SQUAD units with the following additional wargear options:- 1 Infiltrator that is not equipped with a helix gauntlet, Infiltrator comms array or voxbreaker auspex can be equipped with 1 saboteur explosive pack.
- 1 Infiltrator that is not equipped with a helix gauntlet, Infiltrator comms array or saboteur explosive pack can be equipped with 1 voxbreaker auspex.
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Incursor Squad
If your army is a Vanguard Spearhead, then when you are mustering your army, you can upgrade models within INCURSOR SQUAD units with the following additional wargear options:- 1 Incursor that is not equipped with a haywire mine can be equipped with 1 marksman target-tracker.
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Stratagems
If your army is a Vanguard Spearhead, you have access to these Stratagems, and can spend CPs to use them.Reiver Squads attack in a barrage of disorienting roars and a storm of stabbing blades. With their foes reeling under the assault, every weak spot of their foe is identified and exploited.
When fighting as part of Vanguard Spearhead, Space Marines utilise the sophisticated ocular systems of their Phobos armour to greater efficacy. Sharing combat data across inter-squad networks, they identify weaknesses in even the most resilient foe, deficiencies which precise attacks can take advantage of.
Vanguard squads are trained to rapidly disengage from their foe, moving to new positions before attacking once more.
Infiltrator saboteurs often carry a deadly array of munitions for breaching enemy structures and other demolitions work. These packs can also be used against enemy war engines or hulking monstrosities, clamped onto their foe before remote detonation.
Equipped with an elaborate auspex unit, some Infiltrator specialists are skilled in cracking the foe's transmissions and scanning for threats. Relayed information from the data-spectral realm enables their allies to anticipate enemy activity.
- Each time a model in that enemy unit makes a ranged attack, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll.
- If that unit declares a charge, you can select one unit from your army that is a target of that charge to Hold Steady or Set to Defend.
Specialised target acquisition devices coupled with their bearer's exceptional marksman instincts enable their squad to identify key enemy combatants, feeding targeting data directly to their visors.
Vanguard Spearheads utilise advanced scanning equipment and orbital augurs to grant them an awareness of the battle-sphere's layout few forces can match. With such tactical advantage, they make pinpoint shots into enemy strongpoints and through dense defence lines, driving the foe out of cover and onto the blades of the Spearhead's encircling executioners.
There comes a crucial juncture in many battles where opportunity presents a key enemy target for the perfect shot. Whether the culmination of patiently outmanoeuvring the enemy or sheer fate, if the moment is seized, it can turn the tide of whole wars, sending far larger forces into rout.
Boarding Actions
Few warriors in Humanity’s armies are the equal of the Space Marines. Possessing post-human strength, speed and toughness, and equipped with the finest armour and weapons, they are the doom of the Emperor’s foes.
Mustering a Boarding Patrol
When mustering a Boarding Patrol, if your Faction is ADEPTUS ASTARTES, then the following rules apply when adding units to your Boarding Patrol Detachment, and they take priority over the normal rules for mustering a Boarding Patrol.- All <CHAPTER> units in your Boarding Patrol must be from the same Chapter.
- You can include one Lord of War unit, but only if it is a
PRIMARCHunit. - You can include one Fast Attack unit, but only if it is an ASSAULT SQUAD unit that is not equipped with jump packs or a
FENRISIAN WOLVESunit. If you include a FENRISIAN WOLVES unit, it can only have a Starting Strength of 5 models – additional models cannot be added to it. - You can include one Heavy Support unit, but only if it is a HELLBLASTER SQUAD or an ERADICATOR SQUAD unit. If you include a HELLBLASTER SQUAD unit, it can only have a Starting Strength of 5 models – additional models cannot be added to it.
- You can only add one COMPANY VETERANS unit if your Boarding Patrol Detachment includes at least one CAPTAIN model. This unit must have a Starting Strength of 5 models.
- You can only add one SERVITORS unit if your Boarding Patrol Detachment includes a TECHMARINE model.
Rules Adaptations
If your Faction is ADEPTUS ASTARTES, then the following rules adaptations apply to Space Marines rules found in Codex: Space Marines and Codex: Space Wolves.- The Combat Squads rule does not apply. Instead, units split by forming Boarding Squads.
- If your Chapter is not one of the following, then you can use the Enhancement and Stratagem associated with the Chapter your Chapter is a successor of: Ultramarines, White Scars, Dark Angels, Blood Angels, Flesh Tearers, Imperial Fists, Crimson Fists, Black Templars, Iron Hands, Salamanders, Raven Guard, Deathwatch, Space Wolves. If you do so, replace all instances of the keyword of that Chapter where it appears on that Enhancement or Stratagem with the name of the Chapter you are using.
- When an enemy model makes a ranged attack that targets a unit with the Shadow Masters or Stealthy Chapter Tactics, if the attacking model is more than 6" away from that target unit, that target unit is treated as having the benefits of cover against that attack.
FENRISIAN WOLVESunits cannot perform actions.- Models with the Outflank ability lose that ability for the battle.
Enhancements
If your WARLORD has the ADEPTUS ASTARTES keyword, then when mustering your Boarding Patrol, they can be given one of the following Enhancements instead of one from Arks of Omen: Abaddon.THE IMPERIUM’S BLADE This formidable warrior is an exemplar of the ideals of the Adeptus Astartes. Add 1 to the bearer s Attacks characteristic and add 1 to charge rolls made for the bearer. |
MASTERS OF WAR Beyond mere warrior skill, Space Marines are careful students of war, masters of strategy and tactics. In your Command phase, you can select one friendly ADEPTUS ASTARTES CORE 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. |
ARTIFICER ARMOUR Not only is this armour ornately decorated, it also provides superlative protection to the wearer. The bearer has a Save characteristic of 2+ and a 4+ invulnerable save. |
Boarding Action Stratagems
If your Faction is ADEPTUS ASTARTES, then when playing a Boarding Action game you will have access to the following Stratagems, and can spend CP to use them.Space Marines can fight through even the most grievous of wounds.
Blessed with incredible strength, Space Marines deliver blows that inflict terrifying damage.
Imminent death does not prevent a Space Marine from enacting his final justice upon the enemies of the Imperium.
A measured advance allows Space Marines to unleash a steady stream of accurate fire on the move.
Imperial Fists Boarding Action Rules
In the close confines of boarding actions, the Imperial Fists know that failing to destroy targets with a single overwhelming salvo is to invite death.
IMPERIAL FISTS model only. In your Command phase, select one friendly IMPERIAL FISTS unit within 9" of the bearer. Until the end of the turn, each time a model in that unit makes a ranged attack, add 1 to the Strength characteristic of that attack.The Imperial Fists drill tirelessly with their armaments, perfecting the art of purging their foes from defensive positions with hails of pinpoint fire.
Chapter Relics
If your army is led by an ADEPTUS ASTARTES WARLORD, you can, when mustering your army, give one of the following Chapter Relics to an ADEPTUS ASTARTES CHARACTER model from your army. Named characters and VEHICLE models cannot be given any of the following Relics.
When a model from your army is given a Chapter Relic, replace all instances of the <CHAPTER> keyword in that Relics rules (if any) with the name of the Chapter that your model is drawn from.
Note that some Relics replace one of the models 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 Chapter Relics your models have on your army roster.
BELLICOS BOLT RIFLE
The forge world of Bellicos was a hidden weapons-testing facility given dispensation to practise near heretical levels of technological innovation. Before it was swallowed by the Great Rift, the planet managed to dispatch a single cargo hauler containing prototype bolt rifles of an incredibly advanced pattern. These weapons are regarded with a borderline religious reverence for their bellicose lethality, and to wield one is considered a paramount honour.
Model equipped with a master-crafted auto bolt rifle only. This Relic replaces a master-crafted auto bolt rifle and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| Bellicos bolt rifle | |||||
| Bellicos bolt rifle | 24" | Assault 4 | 5 | -1 | 2 |
BENEDICTION OF FURY
Borne on a dozen bloody and hard-fought crusades, this weapons unique empathokinetic circuitry has absorbed the bellicosity and righteous wrath of every Chaplain who has ever wielded it. As a result, it now strikes with the force of a thunderbolt.
CHAPLAIN model only. This Relic replaces a Crozius Arcanum and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| Benediction of Fury | |||||
| Benediction of Fury | Melee | Melee | +2 | -2 | 3 |
Abilities: Each time an attack is made with this weapon, an unmodified wound roll of 6 inflicts 1 mortal wound on the target in addition to any normal damage. | |||||
GHOSTWEAVE CLOAK
Hand-stitched by blinded servitors and anointed with the distilled blood of a thousand sentries who failed at their posts, this cloak contains strands of mnemothread spun from a thrice-blessed dataloom imbued with obfuscatory data-spirits. It throws up a field of techno-spiritual dissonance that veils its wearer from sight and sensors, allowing them to slip across the battlefield like a wraith.
PHOBOS model with a camo cloak only.- Each time the bearer makes a Normal Move, Advances or Falls Back, it can move across models as if they were not there.
- Each time an attack is made against the bearer, subtract 1 from that attacks hit roll.
LAMENT
Dark rumours abound that this weapon is so cruel of essence that those who wield it doom themselves as surely as those who fall under their sights. It is telling of the Space Marines’ selfless courage that they utilise the weapon regardless.
Model equipped with a master-crafted stalker bolt rifle only. This Relic replaces a master-crafted stalker bolt rifle and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| Lament | |||||
| Lament | 36" | Heavy 1 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
Abilities: Each time an attack is made with this weapon, if the attack successfully wounds the target, it inflicts 1 mortal wound on the target in addition to any normal damage. | |||||
PRIMARCH’S WRATH
The ancient boltgun known as the Primarch’s Wrath is believed to have come from the personal weapons collection of Roboute Guilliman himself. Perhaps the finest example of its kind ever crafted, it has dispensed thunderous death to the foes of Mankind for millennia. Chased in Theldrite moonsilver and inscribed in microscopic lettering with every treatise on tactics that Guilliman ever penned, this weapon’s quality is such that it allows its wielder to sweep away great swathes of the enemy with a storm of armour-piercing, fragmenting bolts.
Model equipped with a boltgun, master-crafted boltgun or special issue bolt carbine only. This Relic replaces a boltgun, master-crafted boltgun or special issue bolt carbine and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| Primarch’s Wrath | |||||
| Primarch’s Wrath | 24" | Rapid Fire 2 | 5 | -2 | 2 |
PURGATORUS
This bolt pistol is a true work of the artificers art. Since its forging in M35, many battle-brothers have used the pistol to purge traitors, tyrants and heretics from the Emperor’s realm. The weapon’s machine spirit is wrathful, its aim inescapable; in many ways, Purgatorus epitomises the very warriors who wield it.
Model equipped with a bolt pistol, heavy bolt pistol, master-crafted special issue bolt pistol or absolvor bolt pistol only. This Relic replaces a bolt pistol, heavy bolt pistol, master-crafted special issue bolt pistol or absolvor bolt pistol and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| Purgatorus | |||||
| Purgatorus | 18" | Pistol 3 | 5 | -3 | 2 |
RELIQUARY OF GATHALAMOR
By the time the Indomitus Crusade reached the world of Gathalamor, daemonic hordes had already carved a bloody path across much of the planet. Its final defence was led by Knight Centura Ordela Grendoth, whose null-field was anathema to the warp creatures. Gathalamor was liberated by Guilliman, but Grendoth was slain in the battle. Her bones have since been placed inside a reliquary that now possesses a fraction of her power.
PRIMARIS model only. The bearer has the following ability:‘Reliquary of Gathalamor (Aura): While an enemy PSYKER unit is within 18" of the bearer, subtract 1 from Psychic tests taken for that unit, and each time a Psychic test is failed for that unit, roll one D6: on a 4+, that unit suffers D3 mortal wounds.’
STANDARD OF THE EMPEROR ASCENDANT
Woven from threads of spun adamantine in the early days of the Unification of Terra, this banner was carried at the head of the Emperors guard. It is said that its constant proximity to the Master of Mankind has imbued within it indelible traces of his psychic signature. Whatever the truth of this, its presence is a constant inspiration to those loyal to the Emperors cause, instilling them with valour and determination even as their foes quail in its presence.
ANCIENT model only.- Add 3" to the range of the bearer’s Astartes Banner ability.
- Each time a Morale test is taken for a friendly <CHAPTER> CORE unit within range of the bearers Astartes Banner ability, you can re-roll that test.
TEETH OF TERRA
The origins of the Teeth of Terra lie shrouded in mystery. Mentions of this large, obsidian-toothed chainsword can be found dotted throughout the histories of many Space Marine Chapters, yet the weapon itself can be traced to no artisans hand, nor can it be found in any Chapter’s Armoury save in times of the greatest need. What is certain is that, when wielded in battle by a true hero of the Imperium, the Teeth of Terra strikes with the force of a thunderbolt, leaving a bloody trail of broken bodies in its wake.
Model equipped with an Astartes chainsword only. This Relic replaces an Astartes chainsword and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| Teeth of Terra | |||||
| Teeth of Terra | Melee | Melee | +1 | -2 | 2 |
Abilities: Each time the bearer fights, it makes 3 additional attacks with this weapon. | |||||
THE ARMOUR INDOMITUS
The Armour lndomitus was forged long before the Horus Heresy. Unlike the plasteel and ceramite of normal power armour, the artefact is made from plates of raw adamantine, making it all but unbreachable by conventional weaponry. When rained upon with heavier fire, the Armour lndomitus manifests a shimmering force field, the secrets of which have long been lost to modern artificers.
- Add 1 to the Wounds characteristic of the bearer.
- The bearer has a Save characteristic of 2+.
- Once per battle, before making a saving throw for the bearer, it can activate its armour’s force field. If it does, then until the end of the phase, the bearer has a 3+ invulnerable save.
THE BURNING BLADE
This ancient broadsword is so large and dense that no mere Human could lift it, let alone wield it in battle. It was recovered from the wreckage of Horus’ battle barge, the only unblemished artefact in a chamber crawling with the filthy taint of Chaos. Some artificers have posited that it is the Master of Mankind’s greatness that shines out from its sacred steel. In the heat of battle, the sword blazes so brightly that it can melt through even the thickest armour.
Model equipped with a power sword or master-crafted power sword only. This Relic replaces a power sword or master-crafted power sword, and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| The Burning Blade | |||||
| The Burning Blade | Melee | Melee | +3 | -5 | 2 |
THE HONOUR VEHEMENT
A single stanza of script, the original of which was said to have been penned by the Emperor himself, the Honour Vehement is inscribed on thrice-blessed parchment and affixed with a purity seal upon its bearer's armour. So potent is the inspirational value of the Emperor’s own evocation that not only those who bear it, but all their battle-brothers are driven into a relentless killing fury.
The bearer has the following ability:‘The Honour Vehement (Aura): While a friendly <CHAPTER> CORE unit is within 6" of the bearer, each time that unit fights, until that fight is resolved, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of models in that unit. This is not cumulative with the additional attack granted by the Shock Assault ability.’
THE SHIELD ETERNAL
The Shield Eternal was a gift from Rogal Dorn to his seneschal during the dark days of the Horus Heresy. This magnificently worked storm shield is a bulwark against which all the wrath of a hateful galaxy can crash. Its warding powers turn aside the maleficent attentions of the witch and the daemon, safeguarding its wearer from mortal blows and perfidious warpcraft alike.
Model with a storm shield, relic shield or combat shield only. This Relic replaces a storm shield, relic shield or combat shield.- The bearer has a 4+ invulnerable save.
- Add 1 to armour saving throws made for the bearer.
- Each time the bearer would lose a wound, roll one D6: on a 5+, that wound is not lost.
THE VOX ESPIRITUM
Developed by Archmagos Cawl, the Vox Espiritum is a powerful neural amplifier that causes its wearer’s voxed utterances to resonate on a modulated and heavily warded frequency. Though still highly experimental and not altogether safe, it allows its user to project their bellowed commands - and sometimes even unspoken mental imperatives - directly into the minds of friend and foe alike.
PRIMARIS model only. Add 3" to the range of the bearer’s aura abilities (to a maximum of 9"). This does not increase the range of aura abilities that are psychic powers.TOME OF MALCADOR
Malcador the Sigillite was the trusted aide of the Emperor himself. The most potent Human psyker of the time, the tome he penned on the nature of reality enhances the mind of the reader.
LIBRARIAN model only. The bearer knows one additional psychic power from any discipline it has access to.Relics of the Fists
The armouries of the Dorn’s sons are filled with storied weapons and equipment. From glory-drenched banners to legendary weapons, the mightiest heroes of the Chapter can draw upon a variety of ancient and remarkably powerful artefacts of war with which to drive back the Emperor’s foes.
If your army is led by an IMPERIAL FISTS or CRIMSON FISTS WARLORD, you can give one of the following Relics of the Fists to an IMPERIAL FISTS or CRIMSON FISTS CHARACTER model from your army instead of giving them a Relic from Codex: Space Marines. These are considered to be Chapter Relics for all rules purposes. Named characters and VEHICLE models cannot be given the following Relics.Note that some Relics are weapons that replace one of the model’s existing weapons. Where this is the case, you must, if you are using points values, still pay the cost of the weapon that is being replaced. Write down any Relics your models have on your army roster.
DUTY’S BURDEN
Presented to Chapter Master Kantor by Roboute Guilliman upon the day of his departure from Rynn’s World, this masterfully crafted bolt rifle serves as a mark of the Primarch’s recognition for all the Crimson Fists have achieved, and a stark reminder of all there is still yet to do. Bestowed upon those champions of the Chapter who face especially trying and crucial battles, Duty’s Burden is an exceptionally lethal and utterly trustworthy weapon whose determined machine spirit echoes that of the Crimson Fists themselves.
CRIMSON FISTS model with a master-crafted auto bolt rifle or master-crafted stalker bolt rifle only. This Relic replaces a master-crafted auto bolt rifle or master-crafted stalker bolt rifle, and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| Duty’s Burden | |||||
| Duty’s Burden | 30" | Rapid Fire 2 | 5 | -2 | 2 |
FIST OF VENGEANCE
This master-crafted power fist is blood red, and chipped and marked with hundreds of battle scars. Forged many years before the cataclysm that almost destroyed the Crimson Fists, the Fist of Vengeance was recovered from the ruins of the Chapter’s fortress monastery. In the years since that dark day, this symbol of resilience and defiance has been borne into battle by many heroes of the Chapter.
CRIMSON FISTS model with a power fist only. This Relic replaces a power fist and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| Fist of Vengeance | |||||
| Fist of Vengeance | Melee | Melee | x2 | -3 | 3 |
THE BANNER OF STAGANDA
The Staganda War was one of the most gruelling campaigns undertaken by the Imperial Fists. Staganda had been severed from Mankind since the Dark Age of Technology and, by the time an Explorator fleet rediscovered the world, the population had been living under brutal Ork occupation for millennia. Though the entire Imperial Fists Chapter was mobilised to reclaim the planet, it was the 3rd Company that bore the brunt of the fighting. In the aftermath, a new standard was fashioned in honour of this epic victory.
IMPERIAL FISTS ANCIENT model only. The bearer has the following ability:Banner of Staganda (Aura): While a friendly IMPERIAL FISTS CORE or IMPERIAL FISTS CHARACTER unit is within 6" of the bearer, each time a model in that unit makes a melee attack, add 1 to that attack’s hit roll.
THE BONES OF OSRAK
The legends concerning Chief Librarian Malandar Osrak lie greatly shadowed by the passage of time, dating as they do from late M32 – a period on which Chapter records are notoriously silent. The stories of Osrak’s defeat of the nine Daemon Lords of the Maelstrom may well be apocryphal, as might his cleansing of the plague vessel Morbiditus. The toppling of the Gallowfortress, the sundering of the Inimical Gate and the single-handed liberation of Shormidar – all of these are deeds attributed to Osrak that may have grown in the telling. Whatever the truth of these stories, none contest Osrak’s sheer psychic might. Even now, centuries after his death, the scrimshawed remains of his skull radiate a formidable power. With proper training, a Librarian of the same gene-seed can bend the Bones of Osrak to his will, accomplishing feats beyond the ken of his fellow psykers.
IMPERIAL FISTS LIBRARIAN only. When a Psychic test is taken for a model with this Relic that is attempting to manifest a psychic power from the Geokinesis discipline, you can re-roll the result.THE EYE OF HYPNOTH
The Eye of Hypnoth was presented to the Imperial Fists in late M39 in honour of the assistance they provided in defending the forge world of Hypnoth from Waaagh! Kromak. This device is a highly sophisticated and long-ranged auspex array; tradition dictates that it is best employed to detect hidden weaknesses in enemy fortifications.
IMPERIAL FISTS model only. The bearer has the following ability:Eye of Hypnoth (Aura): While a friendly IMPERIAL FISTS CORE unit is within 6" of the bearer, each time a model in that unit makes a ranged attack, re-roll a wound roll of 1.
THE SPARTEAN
This bolt pistol is a true work of the artificer’s art. Since its forging in M35, hundreds of warriors have used the pistol to myriad enemies of Mankind. All of its bearers have remarked upon the weapon’s potent and noble machine spirit, a presence so manifest that it felt as though the weapon was a battle-brother stood always at their side.
IMPERIAL FISTS model with a bolt pistol or heavy bolt pistol only. This Relic replaces a bolt pistol or heavy bolt pistol and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| The Spartean | |||||
| The Spartean | 18" | Pistol 2 | 4 | -3 | 2 |
Abilities: Each time you select a target for this weapon, you can ignore the Look Out, Sir rule. | |||||
Imperial Fists Special-issue Wargear
Just as they recruit from many worlds, so the Imperial Fists can draw upon the industrial artifice of all those planets – along with the armoury of Phalanx itself – to furnish their warriors with weapons and wargear. Some of these potent pieces of equipment were crafted upon Terra itself, and thus bear all the hallmarks of the throneworld’s peerless craftsmanship.
If your army is led by an IMPERIAL FISTS WARLORD or a WARLORD drawn from an Imperial Fists successor Chapter, you can give one of the following Special-issue Wargear Relics to an IMPERIAL FISTS CHARACTER model from your army, or a CHARACTER model from your army that is drawn from an Imperial Fists successor Chapter, instead of giving them a Relic from Codex: Space Marines. These are considered to be Chapter Relics for all rules purposes. Named characters and VEHICLES cannot be given any of the following Relics.Note that some Relics are weapons that replace one of the model’s existing weapons. Where this is the case, you must, if you are using points values, still pay the cost of the weapon that is being replaced. Write down any Relics your models have on your army roster.
ADAMANTINE MANTLE
These flowing cloaks are laced through with threads of braided adamantine. When combined with armour and energy fields, it has been shown time and again that these symbols of office are proof against even the very strongest attacks.
When a model with this Relic would lose a wound, roll one D6; on a 5+ that wound is not lost.ARTIFICER ARMOUR
Crafted by the finest artificers of the Chapter, these ornately detailed suits of armour provide superior protective capabilities that rival even Terminator plate. All who set eyes upon the wearer know that an honoured champion of the Imperium stands before them.
A model with this Relic has a Save characteristic of 2+ and a 5+ invulnerable save.AURIC AQUILA
When these shining, golden aquila icons are forged, shavings of metal taken from the Phalanx’s own armour plates are worked into their makeup. They thus benefit from a fragment of the mighty warship’s fortitude and the protective aegis of its ancient machine spirit that helps to shield their bearers from hurts both physical and malefic.
A model with this Relic has a 4+ invulnerable save. When a model with this Relic would lose a wound as a result of a mortal wound in the Psychic phase, roll one D6; on a 5+ that wound is not lost.DIGITAL WEAPONS
Digital weapons are concealed lasers fitted into finger rings, bionic implants or the knuckles of a power-armoured gauntlet. Short-ranged and powerful, they are typically triggered in the midst of melee in order to blast the enemy point-blank from an unexpected angle when a weakness in their guard is spotted.
When a model with this Relic fights, it can make 1 additional attack using the close combat weapon profile. When resolving that attack, if a hit is scored the target suffers 1 mortal wound and the attack sequence ends.FIST OF TERRA
These ornate power fists are reputed to be remaining examples of the vaunted Solarite gauntlets used in the fighting on the walls of Terra at the height of the Horus Heresy. Crafted from the most potent materials and rare amongst the Imperial Fists even ten thousand years ago, these finely crafted weapons have sundered the foes of Mankind across the galaxy.
Model with a power fist only. This Relic replaces a power fist and has the following profile:WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| Fist of Terra | |||||
| Fist of Terra | Melee | Melee | x2 | -3 | 2 |
Abilities: When the bearer fights, it makes 1 additional attack with this weapon. | |||||
GATEBREAKER BOLTS
An unusual adaptation originally designed to aid Imperial Fists in blasting open the reinforced doors of enemy-held bunkers, these bolt rounds contain an unstable reservoir of hyper-dense liquid theldrite. Upon hitting their target, this substance catapults forwards within its canister and solidifies, adding battering-ram force and a Land Raider’s worth of unexpected weight to the impact of the shell.
When you give a model this Relic, select one bolt weapon that model is equipped with. When the bearer shoots with that weapon, you can choose for it to fire a gatebreaker bolt. If you do, you can only make one attack with that weapon, but if that attack hits, make D3 wound rolls instead of one (each successful wound roll results in a wound that must be allocated). When resolving that attack, the weapon has an Armour Penetration characteristic of -5 and a Damage characteristic of 1 for that attack.MASTER-CRAFTED WEAPON
Within the armouries of each Space Marine Chapter, the finest artificers seek to fashion weapons of ornate magnificence and utter lethality. Those forged upon Macragge are breathtaking examples of the weaponsmith’s craft, be they potent firearms or gilt-chased blades.
When you give a model this Relic, select one weapon that model is equipped with (this cannot be 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.WARDEN’S CUIRASS
In the past millennia of war, these resplendent golden plates have graced the chest of many a son of Rogal Dorn. Proudly displaying the flawless sigil of the Primarch, they declare an unbreakable allegiance to the Imperium and the Emperor. Forged with metallic ores whose composition is no longer understood in the Imperium, each of these chest-plates also provides formidable defence, bolstering the wearer’s fortitude to that of the heroes of yore.
Add 1 to the Wounds characteristic of a model with this Relic.
Optional Wargear
Wargear Reference
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- Starting number of Command points varies with battle size.
Note that CHARACTERS cannot use their Aura Abilities while performing actions.
To the Ynnari, the life forces released by the newly dead are invigorating in the extreme, the souls of the fallen spurring a burst of activity.
When a unit is destroyed, units from your army with this ability draw strength from death until the end of the turn.If a unit is drawing strength from death, that unit fights first in the Fight phase, even if it did not charge. If the enemy has units that have charged, or that have an ability that allows them to fight first in the Fight phase, then alternate choosing units to fight with, starting with the player whose turn is taking place.
When resolving an attack made with a melee weapon by a model that is drawing strength from death, and that made a charge move this turn or has another ability that allows it to fight first in the Fight phase, add 1 to the hit roll.
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.
The LIBRARIAN keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The STERNGUARD VETERAN SQUAD keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The VANGUARD VETERAN SQUAD keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The ASSAULT SQUAD keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The ATTACK BIKE SQUAD keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The BIKE SQUAD keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The DEVASTATOR SQUAD keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The TACTICAL SQUAD keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The SCOUT keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The APOTHECARY keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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:
The CENTURION keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The TERMINATOR keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The BIKER keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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.
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:
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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:
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:
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.- 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.
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.
The number of attacks a model makes is determined by its Attacks (A) characteristic, which can be found on its datasheet. For example, if a model has an A of 2, it can make two attacks.
- Number of attacks made by each model that can fight = A.
- Remain Stationary: Models cannot move this phase.
- 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.
- Heroic Intervention: Move up to 3".
- Must end closer to the closest enemy model.
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.
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.
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.
LION’S WRATH
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 the hit roll.WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D |
| Master-crafted boltgun | |||||
| Master-crafted boltgun | 24" | Rapid Fire 1 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| Master-crafted plasma gun | |||||
| Master-crafted plasma gun | 24" | Rapid Fire 1 | 8 | -4 | 2 |
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The CAPTAIN keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The CHAPLAIN keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The TECHMARINE keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The ANCIENT keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The COMPANY CHAMPION keyword is used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The Power Rating on a datasheet is for a minimum-sized unit. A unit’s Power Rating can be increased if additional models are added to the unit, and occasionally if other options are taken for the unit (such as equipping a unit with jump packs) - in either case the unit's datasheet will make it clear if the Power Rating listed at the top of the datasheet is increased as a result.
- Power Ratings: Quick measure of a unit's efficacy.
- Points limit: Sum of all points values in army cannot exceed this.
- Points values: Detailed measure of a unit's efficacy.
Through heroism on the field of battle and unwavering commitment to duty, Space Marines can ascend the ranks.
- Named characters always have a Warlord Trait (even if they are not your WARLORD).
The MINOTAURS and CORE keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The MINOTAURS and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
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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.
- 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 MINOTAURS and DREADNOUGHT keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
If an attack inflicts mortal wounds in addition to the normal damage, resolve the normal damage first. If an attack inflicts mortal wounds in addition to the normal damage, but the normal damage is subsequently saved, the target unit still suffers the mortal wounds, as described before. If an ability modifies the damage inflicted by a weapon, and that weapon can inflict mortal wounds in addition to the normal damage, the modifier does not apply to any mortal wounds that are inflicted (unless the rule specifically states otherwise).
- Each mortal wound inflicted on a unit causes one model in the unit to lose one wound.
- No saving throws can be made against mortal wounds.
- Mortal wounds inflicted by attacks in addition to normal damage always apply, even if normal damage saved.
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If 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.
- 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.
- 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 MINOTAURS and APOTHECARY keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets:
The MINOTAURS and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Space Marines datasheets: