T’au Empire – Darkstrider
| No | NAME | M | WS | BS | S | T | W | A | Ld | Sv | Base |
60 Darkstrider (base: 32mm) |
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| 1 | 60 Darkstrider |
7" | 3+ | 2+ | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4+ | 32mm |
Darkstrider is equipped with: markerlight; Shade. Your army can only include one DARKSTRIDER model.
WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D | ABILITIES |
| Shade | ||||||
| Shade | 24" | Assault 2 | 5 | -2 | 2 | - |
OTHER WARGEAR | ABILITIES | ||||||
Markerlight | |||||||
The bearer gains the MARKERLIGHT keyword. | |||||||
Markerlight | The bearer gains the MARKERLIGHT keyword. | ||||||
ABILITIES | |
ABILITIES |
Structural Analyser: In your Command phase, you can select one friendly T’AU SEPT CORE unit within 6" of this model and one enemy unit visible to this model. Until the end of the turn, each time a model in that T’AU SEPT CORE unit makes a ranged attack against that enemy unit, add 1 to that attack’s wound roll. Target Uploaded: This unit can start the Fire Markerlights action at the end of your Movement phase, instead of at the start. Drone Familiar Cluster: Each time this model is selected to shoot, you can re-roll one hit roll and you can re-roll one wound roll when resolving this model’s attacks. Fighting Retreat (Aura): While a friendly T’AU SEPT CORE unit (excluding BATTLESUIT units) is within 6" of this model, that unit is eligible to shoot in a turn in which it Fell Back. Vanguard: At the start of the first battle round, this model can make a Normal Move of up to 7". They cannot end this move within 9" of any enemy models. |
WARLORD TRAIT! | |
WARLORD TRAIT! |
A Ghost Walks Among Us:
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| FACTION KEYWORDS: T’AU EMPIRE, T’AU SEPT | |
| KEYWORDS: INFANTRY, CHARACTER, PHOTON GRENADES, DARKSTRIDER | |
Datasheet-related Stratagems
SAVIOUR PROTOCOLS1CP
T’au Empire – Epic Deed Stratagem
Drones will dive into the path of incoming fire without a second thought if it means protecting T’au lives.
Use this Stratagem in any phase, when a saving throw is failed for a model in a unit from your army. Select one friendly DRONE model within 3" of that unit, or within 6" of that unit if it contains a model equipped with a drone controller. That DRONE model is destroyed and the Damage characteristic of that attack is changed to 0.
COORDINATED ENGAGEMENT1CP
T’au Empire – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
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.
Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase, before selecting a unit to shoot with. Select one enemy unit and two units from your army that are within 18" of and visible to that enemy unit. Until the end of the phase, each time a model in one of those units makes an attack:
- 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.
FIRING LINE1CP
T’au Empire – Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Even when under intense pressure, T’au warriors remain calm and resolute to break enemy charges with salvoes of fire.
Use this Stratagem when a T’AU EMPIRE unit from your army successfully completes the Set Overwatch action. While that unit is Set Overwatch it also Holds Steady.
PHOTON GRENADES1CP
T’au Empire – Wargear Stratagem
Hurling a volley of photon grenades, the T’au leave their enemies dazzled and disorientated, unable to close the distance into combat at a crucial moment.
Use this Stratagem in your opponent’s Charge phase, when a PHOTON GRENADES unit from your army is selected as a target of a charge declared with an enemy unit (excluding VEHICLE and MONSTER units). Until the end of the turn:
- Subtract 2 from that unit’s charge rolls.
- Each time a model in that unit makes an attack, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll.
PHOTON GRENADES1CP
T’au Empire – Boarding Actions – Wargear Stratagem
Hurling a volley of photon grenades, the T’au leave their enemies dazzled and disorientated, unable to close the distance into combat at a crucial moment.
Use this Stratagem in your opponent’s Charge phase, when a PHOTON GRENADES unit from your army is selected as the target of a charge. Until the end of the turn:
- Subtract 2 from the charging unit’s charge rolls (this is not cumulative with any other reductions to the charge roll).
- Each time a model in the charging unit makes an attack, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll.
ASSAULT
Assault weapons fire so rapidly or indiscriminately that they can be shot from the hip as warriors dash forwards into combat.If a unit includes any models equipped with Assault weapons, that unit is still eligible to shoot with in your Shooting phase even if it has Advanced this turn, but you can only resolve attacks using those Assault weapons when you select that unit to shoot with. If a model shoots an Assault weapon in the same turn in which its unit has Advanced, subtract 1 from hit rolls when resolving that weapon’s attacks.
- Can be shot even if firing model’s unit Advanced.
- Subtract 1 from hit rolls if the firing model’s unit Advanced.
Hit Roll
When a model makes an attack, make one hit roll for that attack by rolling one D6. If the result of the hit roll is equal to or greater than the attacking model’s Ballistic Skill (BS) characteristic (if the attack is being made with a ranged weapon) or its Weapon Skill (WS) characteristic (if the attack is being made with a melee weapon), then that attack scores one hit against the target unit. If not, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends.If an attack is made with a weapon that has an ability that says it ‘automatically hits the target’, no hit roll is made – that attack simply scores one hit on the target unit. An unmodified hit roll of 6 always scores a hit, and an unmodified hit roll of 1 always fails. A hit roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1. This means that if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a hit roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be -2 or worse, it is changed to be -1. Similarly, if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a hit roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be +2 or better, it is changed to be +1.
Markerlight used in the following datasheets:
Elites
Flyers
Lords of War
The MARKERLIGHT keyword is used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
Elites
Heavy Support
Lords of War
– if equipped with the Markerlight the bearer gains the MARKERLIGHT keyword.The AIRCRAFT and MARKERLIGHT keywords are used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
Lords of War
– if equipped with the Markerlight the bearer gains the MARKERLIGHT keyword.The VEHICLE and MARKERLIGHT keywords are used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
Fast Attack
Flyers
Heavy Support
Lords of War
– if equipped with the Markerlight the bearer gains the MARKERLIGHT keyword.The DRONE and MARKERLIGHT keywords are used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
Elites
Heavy Support
– if equipped with the Markerlight the bearer gains the DRONE keyword.– if equipped with the Markerlight the bearer gains the MARKERLIGHT keyword.The T’AU AUXILIARY keyword is used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
Troops
Markerlights
Units in your army can perform the following action:‘Fire Markerlights (Action): One or more MARKERLIGHT units from your army can start to perform this action at the start of your Movement phase. AIRCRAFT MARKERLIGHT units can perform this action. The action is completed at the start of your next Shooting phase. If this action is successfully completed, for each model in that unit that is equipped with one or more markerlights, for each markerlight that model is equipped with, select one enemy unit within 36" of that model that would be an eligible target for that model if its unit had been selected to shoot, and roll one D6: on a 3+, that enemy unit gains one Markerlight token.’
While a VEHICLE or DRONE unit is performing the Fire Markerlights action, that unit can move without that action failing. If it does, until the end of the turn, models in that unit without the VEHICLE or DRONE keyword that are equipped with any markerlights are treated as not being equipped with any markerlights for the purpose of the Fire Markerlights action.
Each time a T’AU EMPIRE unit (excluding T’AU AUXILIARY units) is selected to shoot:
- Each time a model in that unit makes a ranged attack against a unit with one or more Markerlight tokens, add 1 to that attack’s hit roll.
- After that unit has finished making attacks, for each enemy unit targeted by those attacks, remove one Markerlight token from that enemy unit.
Saving Throw
The player commanding the target unit then makes one saving throw by rolling one D6 and modifying the roll by the Armour Penetration (AP) characteristic of the weapon that the attack was made with. For example, if the weapon has an AP of -1, then 1 is subtracted from the saving throw roll. If the result is equal to, or greater than, the Save (Sv) characteristic of the model the attack was allocated to, then the saving throw is successful and the attack sequence ends. If the result is less than the model’s Save characteristic, then the saving throw fails and the model suffers damage. An unmodified roll of 1 always fails.
Engagement Range
Engagement Range represents the zone of threat that models present to their enemies. While a model is within 1" horizontally and 5" vertically of an enemy model, those models are within Engagement Range of each other. While two enemy models are within Engagement Range of each other, those models’ units are also within Engagement Range of each other. Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.- Engagement Range: 1" horizontally + 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.
Charging with a Unit
Once you have chosen an eligible unit to declare a charge with, you must select one or more enemy units within 12" of it as the targets of its charge. The target(s) of this charge do not need to be visible to the charging unit. You then make a charge roll for your unit by rolling 2D6. This is the maximum number of inches each model in the charging unit can now be moved if they can make the charge move. To make a charge move, the unit’s charge roll must be sufficient that it is able to end that move in unit coherency and within Engagement Range of every unit that was a target of its charge, without moving within Engagement Range of any enemy units that were not a target of its charge. If this is possible, then the charge is successful and the models in the unit make a charge move so as to fulfil the above conditions. If this is impossible, the charge fails and no models in the charging unit move this phase.- 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.
Wound Roll
Each time an attack scores a hit against a target unit, make a wound roll for that attack by rolling one D6 to see if that attack successfully wounds the target. The result required is determined by comparing the attacking weapon’s Strength (S) characteristic with the target’s Toughness (T) characteristic, as shown on the following table:
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If the result of the wound roll is less than the required number, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends. An unmodified wound roll of 6 always successfully wounds the target, and an unmodified wound roll of 1 always fails. A wound roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1. This means that if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a wound roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be -2 or worse, it is changed to be -1. Similarly, if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a wound roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be +2 or better, it is changed to be +1.
The T’AU EMPIRE keyword is used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
HQ
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Fast Attack
Flyers
Heavy Support
Fortifications
and others...
The keyword is used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
HQ
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Fast Attack
Flyers
Heavy Support
The and DRONE keywords are used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
HQ
Dedicated Transport
Elites
– if equipped with Drones this unit may have DRONE models.Set Overwatch
One or more units from your army can start to perform this action at the end of the Move Units step of your Movement phase. The action is completed at the end of your turn. If completed, until the end of your opponent’s next turn, that unit is said to have Set Overwatch. Each time an enemy unit is set up on the battlefield or ends a Normal Move, an Advance move, a Fall Back move, a charge move, or opens a Hatchway, units from your army that have Set Overwatch can fire Overwatch at that enemy unit.Overwatch is resolved like a normal shooting attack except that models can only target the enemy unit that has just finished moving, and an unmodified hit roll of 6 is always required for a successful hit roll, irrespective of the firing model’s Ballistic Skill or any modifiers. A unit cannot fire Overwatch while enemy units are within Engagement Range of it unless it is firing Overwatch at an enemy unit that has just finished making a charge move within Engagement Range of it. In this case it can do so even if other friendly units are within Engagement Range of the same enemy unit, and it can do so with any ranged weapon it is equipped with (excluding weapons with the Blast ability).
After a unit has fired Overwatch, it must complete the Set Overwatch action again before it can fire Overwatch again.
Hold Steady
Some rules will allow a unit to Hold Steady. If a model makes an Overwatch attack while its unit is under the effects of such a rule, an unmodified hit roll of 5+ for that attack will score a hit.
Army List
Datasheets collatedHQ
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Fast Attack
Heavy Support
This datasheet has HQ Battlefield Role. Full list of T’au Empire units sharing same Battlefield Role follows:
The Warlord
While mustering your army, you can nominate one model (except a model with the FORTIFICATION keyword) to be your Warlord. That model gains the WARLORD keyword. If this model is a CHARACTER, you can also assign a Warlord Trait to it. Note, that more than one model in your army can have a Warlord Trait (e.g. by using Stratagems), but they are only considered your Warlord for the purpose of that trait.
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
HQ
Elites
Heavy Support
The CHARACTER keyword is used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
HQ
Normal Move
When a unit makes a Normal Move, each model in that unit can move a distance in inches equal to or less than the Move (M) characteristic shown on its datasheet, but no model can be moved within Engagement Range of enemy models.- Normal Move: Models move up to M".
- Cannot move within Engagement Range of any enemy models.
The BATTLESUIT keyword is used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
HQ
Elites
Fall Back
When a unit Falls Back, each model in that unit can move a distance in inches equal to or less than the Move (M) characteristic shown on its datasheet, and when doing so you can move it within Engagement Range of enemy models, but it cannot end its move within Engagement Range of any enemy models – if it cannot do this then it cannot Fall Back. A unit cannot declare a charge in the same turn that it Fell Back. A unit cannot shoot or attempt to manifest a psychic power in the same turn that it Fell Back unless it is TITANIC.- Fall Back: Models move up to M".
- Units that Fall Back cannot charge this turn.
- Units that Fall Back cannot shoot or manifest psychic powers this turn unless they are TITANIC.
Advance
When a unit makes an Advance, make an Advance roll for the unit by rolling one D6. Add the result in inches to the Move (M) characteristic of each model in that unit until the end of the current phase. Each model in that unit can then move a distance in inches equal to or less than this total, but no model can be moved within Engagement Range of enemy models. A unit cannot shoot or declare a charge in the same turn that it made an Advance.- Advance: Models move up to M+D6".
- Cannot move within Engagement Range of enemy models.
- Units that Advance cannot shoot or charge this turn.
The PHOTON GRENADES keyword is used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
Fast Attack
The T’AU SEPT keyword is used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
HQ
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Fast Attack
Flyers
Heavy Support
The DARKSTRIDER keyword is used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
The T’AU SEPT and CORE keywords are used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
Fast Attack
Heavy Support
