| No | NAME | M | WS | BS | S | T | W | A | Ld | Sv | Base |
| Aun’Va (base: 40mm) | |||||||||||
| 1 | Aun’Va | 6" | 6+ | 4+ | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 5+ | 40mm |
| Ethereal Guard (base: 25mm) | |||||||||||
| 2 | Ethereal Guard | 6" | 3+ | 3+ | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5+ | 25mm |
WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D | ABILITIES |
| Supreme honour blade | ||||||
| Supreme honour blade | Melee | Melee | +2 | -1 | 2 | - |
ABILITIES | |
ABILITIES |
Inspired to Greatness Supreme Loyalty (Aura): While a friendly T’AU EMPIRE CORE unit (excluding FARSIGHT ENCLAVES and T’AU AUXILIARY units) is within 9" of this unit’s ETHEREAL model, models in that unit can use this unit’s Leadership characteristic instead of their own. Paradox of Duality: Models in this unit have a 5+ invulnerable save. Each time an attack is made against this unit, subtract 1 from that attack’s wound roll. Leadership Caste: This unit can be included in any T’AU EMPIRE Detachment (excluding FARSIGHT ENCLAVES Detachments) without preventing that Detachment from being a Sept Detachment and without preventing other units in your army from benefiting from a Sept Tenet, but this unit can only benefit from a Sept Tenet if every unit (excluding SUPREME COMMANDER units) in your army is from T’AU SEPT. |
| This unit’s Aun’va model knows three invocations from the Invocations of the Ethereals. In your Command phase, if this unit’s Aun’va model is on the battlefield, it can intone up to two invocations it knows that have not already been intoned by a friendly model this turn. Roll one D6: on a 2+, the intoned invocation is inspiring and takes effect until the start of your next Command phase. | |
WARLORD TRAIT! | |
WARLORD TRAIT! |
Through Unity, Devastation (Aura): While a friendly CORE unit is within 6" of this WARLORD, each time a CORE 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. |
| FACTION KEYWORDS: T’AU EMPIRE, T’AU SEPT | |
| KEYWORDS (Aun’Va): INFANTRY, CHARACTER, ETHEREAL, AUN’VA | |
| KEYWORDS (Ethereal Guard): INFANTRY, ETHEREAL GUARD | |
Datasheet-related Stratagems
Drones will dive into the path of incoming fire without a second thought if it means protecting T’au lives.
In their wisdom, the T’au Ethereals know how powerful the combined strength of the four other castes can be.
T’au combined arms groups are called Hunter Cadres for good reason. Working in close coordination, they hunt and destroy the most dangerous enemy targets.
- That attack can only target that enemy unit (and only if it is an eligible target).
- Improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
Invocations of the Ethereals
| D6 | INVOCATION |
| 1 | STORM OF FIRE The steady gaze of the Ethereal reminds those of the Fire Caste that there lies within the heart of every storm a zone of silence that remains serene even as fury rages all about it. So inspired, they apply themselves to their assigned tasks with hard-eyed calm even as they continue to hammer the foe with unrelenting firepower. If this invocation is inspiring, select one friendly T’AU EMPIRE CORE unit (excluding FARSIGHT ENCLAVES units) within 6" of this ETHEREAL. That unit can make ranged attacks without any action it is performing failing. |
| 2 | SENSE OF STONE As stone resists the onslaught of the other elements in their endless quest to wear it away, so do the T’au exhibit that same unbending resilience. The result is a nigh-supernatural fortitude that sees them shrug off even the most punishing blows. If this invocation is inspiring, select one friendly T’AU EMPIRE CORE unit (excluding FARSIGHT ENCLAVES units) within 6" of this ETHEREAL. Each time a CORE model in that unit would lose a wound, roll one D6: on a 5+, that wound is not lost. |
| 3 | ZEPHYR’S GRACE As a breath of air slips unseen and unheard through blades of grass in a night-time forest, so do the T’au filter swift and silent across the battlefield. If this invocation is inspiring, select one friendly T’AU EMPIRE CORE unit (excluding FARSIGHT ENCLAVES units) within 6" of this ETHEREAL. Each time a ranged attack is made against that unit, if it did not Remain Stationary in your previous Movement phase, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll. |
| 4 | POWER OF TIDES It is not only the T’au who are inspired by the presence of the Ethereals. As surely as a world’s moons govern the tides of its oceans, so are even the strangest alien auxiliaries given fresh heart by such a serene presence. If this invocation is inspiring, select one friendly T’AU AUXILIARY unit within 6" of this ETHEREAL. Each time a model in that unit makes an attack, add 1 to that attack’s wound roll. |
| 5 | UNIFYING MANTRA (AURA) With simple eloquence does the chanting of the Ethereal remind their comrades of their place within the Greater Good, and of how those of all castes are stronger when they stand shoulder to shoulder against adversity than when they strive alone. If this invocation is inspiring, then while a friendly T’AU EMPIRE CORE unit (excluding FARSIGHT ENCLAVES units) is within 6" of this ETHEREAL:
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| 6 | WISDOM OF THE GUIDES An unspoken sense of serene enlightenment flows through the T’au ranks. None questions its source, for all understand this is the wisdom of the Ethereals made manifest amongst them. Thus offered the calm for fresh perspective amidst the mayhem of battle, the T’au commanders swiftly glean insights into the strategic ebb and flow. If this invocation is inspiring, you gain 1 Command point. |
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.
- 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 T’AU AUXILIARY keyword is used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
- Invulnerable save: Saving throw that is never modified by attacking weapon’s AP.
- A model with an invulnerable save can use it instead of its normal Sv.
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If the result of the wound roll is less than the required number, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends. An unmodified wound roll of 6 always successfully wounds the target, and an unmodified wound roll of 1 always fails. A wound roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1. This means that if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a wound roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be -2 or worse, it is changed to be -1. Similarly, if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a wound roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be +2 or better, it is changed to be +1.
The T’AU EMPIRE keyword is used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
and others...
The keyword is used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
The and DRONE keywords are used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
– if equipped with Drones this unit may have DRONE models.
This datasheet has HQ Battlefield Role. Full list of T’au Empire units sharing same Battlefield Role follows:
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
The CHARACTER keyword is used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
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- Starting number of Command points varies with battle size.
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If a model has more than one melee weapon, select which it will use before resolving any attacks. If a model has more than one melee weapon and can make several attacks, it can split them between these weapons however you wish – declare which attacks are being made with which weapons before any attacks are resolved. If the selected weapon has more than one profile that you must choose between, you must declare which profile is being used at the same time. Different attacks made with such a weapon can be made using different profiles if you wish.
If your unit is making attacks with more than one melee weapon against a unit, and those weapons have different characteristics profiles, then after you have resolved an attack with one of those weapons you must, if any other weapons with the same characteristics profile are also being used to make attacks against that unit, resolve those attacks before resolving any attacks against the target with a weapon that has a different characteristics profile. Note that all the attacks you have declared are always resolved against the target unit even if, when you come to resolve an individual attack, no models in the target unit remain in range (this can happen because of models being destroyed and removed from the battlefield as the result of resolving other attacks made by the attacking model’s unit first).
- Each close combat attack is made with a melee weapon.
- A model makes attacks using the close combat weapon profile if it has no other melee weapons.
- If a unit attacks with multiple weapons, all attacks made with weapons that have the same profile must be resolved before resolving attacks with the next.
The T’AU EMPIRE and CORE keywords are used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
The FARSIGHT ENCLAVES keyword is used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
- Remain Stationary: Models cannot move this phase.
- Combat Attrition tests: Roll one D6 for each remaining model in unit; for each 1, one additional model flees.
- Subtract 1 from Combat Attrition tests if unit is below Half-strength.
The T’AU SEPT keyword is used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
The SUPREME COMMANDER keyword is used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
The AUN’VA keyword is used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
