Blades of Khorne
Mighty embodiments of the darkest of mortal emotions and compulsions, the Chaos Gods reside outside of reality. They are eternal beings of near limitless power, abominations who seek to corrupt all they survey. Constantly warring with each other, these deities vie for mastery over the Mortal Realms. In these conflicts there is one who most often stands ascendant.
This page contains all of the rules you need to field your Blades of Khorne miniatures on the battlefields of the Mortal Realms, from a host of exciting faction rules to a range of warscrolls. The rules are split into the following sections:Contents | ||
Books
| Book | Kind | Edition | Last update | |
 Blades of Khorne | ||||
| Blades of Khorne | Battletome | 4 | July 2025 | |
 Battle Profiles | ||||
| Battle Profiles | Rulebook | 4 | November 2025 | |
| Rules Updates | ||||
| Rules Updates | Rulebook | 4 | November 2025 | |
 Legends compendium | ||||
| Legends compendium | Warscroll | 4 | October 2025 | |
| Regiments of Renown | ||||
| Regiments of Renown | Warscroll | 4 | September 2025 | |
 Grotmas Advent: Regiments of Renown | ||||
| Grotmas Advent: Regiments of Renown | Warscroll | 4 | September 2025 | |
 Helsmiths of Hashut | ||||
| Helsmiths of Hashut | Battletome | 4 | September 2025 | |
| Battletome Supplement: Blades of Khorne | ||||
| Battletome Supplement: Blades of Khorne | Supplement | 4 | July 2025 | |
 Scourge of Ghyran - Blades of Khorne | ||||
| Scourge of Ghyran - Blades of Khorne | Expansion | 4 | May 2025 | |
 Sons of Behemat | ||||
| Sons of Behemat | Faction Pack | 4 | January 2025 | |
 Slaves to Darkness | ||||
| Slaves to Darkness | Battletome | 4 | December 2024 | |
 Skaven | ||||
| Skaven | Battletome | 4 | September 2024 | |
Designers’ Commentary
Battletome: Blades of Khorne
| Q: | Does the ‘Blood-drenched’ ability have any effect on Skarbrand in The Exiled One Regiment of Renown? |
| A: | No. That ability is a Blades of Khorne battle trait and so will have no effect on a unit in a Regiment of Renown. |
| Q: | Does Skarbrand’s ‘Skarbrand’s Rage’ ability mean that Skarbrand is affected by the ‘Blood-drenched’ ability in the first turn of a battle? |
| A: | No. |
Battletome: Helsmiths of Hashut
| Q: | When using ‘Harness Daemonic Power’, when daemonic power points are removed from units, are they retained to be reallocated to friendly units or are they lost? |
| A: | They are lost. |
Faction Rules
Battle Traits
Blades of Khorne armies can use the following abilities:
 Once Per Battle, Any Hero Phase |
BLOOD-DRENCHED: As blood gushes down blades, armour and teeth, the fervent warriors of the Blood God are driven into a divine frenzy.
Declare: You can use this ability if at least half the number of units on both players’ army rosters combined (rounding up) have been destroyed. For example, if your roster had 9 units and your opponent’s roster had 4 units, then 7 units would need to have been destroyed.
Effect: The following effects apply for the rest of the battle:
Wild-eyed Brutality: Ignore positive modifiers to save rolls for friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
Blood Haze: Blood-hungry weapons used by friendly BLOODBOUND units have Crit (Mortal).
Weapons of Murder: Add 1 to the Rend characteristic of Blood-hungry weapons used by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE non-MONSTER DAEMON units, including Blood-hungry Companion weapons.
Bloodlords Supreme: Add 1 to the Damage characteristic of Blood-hungry weapons used by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE MONSTER units.
Effect: The following effects apply for the rest of the battle:
Wild-eyed Brutality: Ignore positive modifiers to save rolls for friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
Blood Haze: Blood-hungry weapons used by friendly BLOODBOUND units have Crit (Mortal).
Weapons of Murder: Add 1 to the Rend characteristic of Blood-hungry weapons used by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE non-MONSTER DAEMON units, including Blood-hungry Companion weapons.
Bloodlords Supreme: Add 1 to the Damage characteristic of Blood-hungry weapons used by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE MONSTER units.
| Passive |
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD: Khorne cares not from where the blood flows...
Effect: Earn 1 blood tithe point each time a unit (friendly or enemy) is destroyed. Blood tithe points are spent to unlock BLOOD TITHE abilities. You can only use BLOOD TITHE abilities that are unlocked. Once a BLOOD TITHE ability is unlocked, you do not need to spend further blood tithe points to use it.
| Once Per Turn (Army), Start of Any Turn |
SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE: ...only that it flows.
Effect: Pick a BLOOD TITHE ability that you have not unlocked and spend the number of blood tithe points required to unlock that ability (shown in the top-right corner of the ability). That BLOOD TITHE ability is now unlocked for the rest of the battle.
Designer's Note: Unlocking a BLOOD TITHE ability does not lock you out of the other abilities on the same ‘tier’. For an ability to become available to unlock, an ability above it to which it is connected by an arrow needs to already be unlocked.
Blood Tithe Abilities
 Once Per Turn (Army), Reaction: You declared a CHARGE ability | 0 |
MURDERLUST: When worthy opponents are near, the impulse to kill becomes all-consuming.
You do not need to unlock this ability to use it. It is already unlocked.
Effect: Roll a dice. You can replace one of the dice in the charge roll with that value. If you do so, inflict D3 mortal damage on the unit using that CHARGE ability after that ability is resolved.
Effect: Roll a dice. You can replace one of the dice in the charge roll with that value. If you do so, inflict D3 mortal damage on the unit using that CHARGE ability after that ability is resolved.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Once per Turn, Start of Any Turn | 1 |
DIVINE SCORN: The battlefield is Khorne's temple, and Khorne's alone.
Declare: Pick up to 3 enemy WIZARDS or PRIESTS within 6" of any friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units to be the target(s).
Effect: Roll a dice for each target. On a 3+, subtract 1 from the target’s power level, to a minimum of 0, until the start of the next turn.
Effect: Roll a dice for each target. On a 3+, subtract 1 from the target’s power level, to a minimum of 0, until the start of the next turn.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
 Once Per Turn (Army), Your Combat Phase | 1 |
PUNISH THE PACIFIST: To shirk from combat is to sin against the War God.
Declare: Each unit (friendly and enemy) and enemy MANIFESTATION that is not in combat is a target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 1-2, inflict 1 mortal damage on each target. On a 3+, inflict 1 mortal damage on each enemy target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 1-2, inflict 1 mortal damage on each target. On a 3+, inflict 1 mortal damage on each enemy target.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase | 2 |
MURDER THE MYSTIC: Those who cower behind conjured spellcraft will be punished severely.
You can only unlock this ability if you have unlock this ability if you have unlocked ‘Divine Scorn’.
Declare: Pick up to 4 enemy MANIFESTATIONS to be the target(s).
Effect: Make a banishment roll of 2D6 for each target. If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on that MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, inflict D3 mortal damage on each enemy unit within 3" of it and then it is banished and removed from play.
Declare: Pick up to 4 enemy MANIFESTATIONS to be the target(s).
Effect: Make a banishment roll of 2D6 for each target. If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on that MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, inflict D3 mortal damage on each enemy unit within 3" of it and then it is banished and removed from play.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
 Passive | 2 |
GLORIOUS COMBAT OR NAUGHT: The air boils, charring arrows and melting musket shot.
You can only unlock this ability if you have unlock this ability if you have unlocked ‘Divine Scorn’ or ‘Punish the Pacifist’.
Effect: Subtract 1 from hit rolls for shooting attacks that target friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
Effect: Subtract 1 from hit rolls for shooting attacks that target friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Passive | 3 |
REVEL IN BATTLE: No tricks - no deceptions.
You can only unlock this ability if you have unlock this ability if you have unlocked ‘Punish the Pacifist’.
Effect: Other than the Companion weapon ability, weapon abilities for combat attacks made by enemy units that charged this turn and that target a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE unit have no effect.
Effect: Other than the Companion weapon ability, weapon abilities for combat attacks made by enemy units that charged this turn and that target a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE unit have no effect.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Passive | 4 |
SLAUGHTER TRIUMPHANT: Khorne's fury floods the field, burning out all thought but to slay.
You can only unlock this ability if you have unlock this ability if you have unlocked ‘Murder the Mystic’ or ‘Glorious Combat or Naught’.
Effect: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of weapons used by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units that charged in the same turn.
Effect: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of weapons used by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units that charged in the same turn.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Passive | 4 |
CLEAVE WIDE THE GRIN OF KHORNE: Gore begets gore, and death begets death.
You can only unlock this ability if you have unlock this ability if you have unlocked already ‘Revel in Battle’ or ‘Glorious Combat or Naught’.
Effect: Add 1 to hit rolls for combat attacks made by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
Effect: Add 1 to hit rolls for combat attacks made by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
Battle Formations
You can pick 1 of the following battle formations for a Blades of Khorne army. Each battle formation grants a different ability you can use in the battle.
BATTLE PROFILE
| Name | Points |
| Khornate Legion | 0 |
| Bloodbound Warhorde | 0 |
| Brass Stampede | 0 |
| Murderhost | 0 |
| Tournament of Skulls | 0 |
| The Goretide | 0 |
Khornate Legion
| Once Per Turn (Army), Reaction: You declared a FIGHT ability for a BLADES OF KHORNE DAEMON unit |
BUTCHERS OF NATIONS: When the daemonic hosts of Khorne join their Bloodbound followers in battle, they crush all before them in a storm of gore-splattered carnage.
Used By: The unit using that FIGHT ability.
Effect: Pick a friendly BLOODBOUND unit that has not used a FIGHT ability this turn and is wholly within 12" of the unit using this ability to be the target. The target can be picked to use a FIGHT ability immediately after the FIGHT ability used by this unit has been resolved.
Effect: Pick a friendly BLOODBOUND unit that has not used a FIGHT ability this turn and is wholly within 12" of the unit using this ability to be the target. The target can be picked to use a FIGHT ability immediately after the FIGHT ability used by this unit has been resolved.
Bloodbound Warhorde
| Passive |
TIRELESS CONQUERORS: The Bloodbound surge across the battlefield with blades held high, salivating and baying as they rip the enemy from their strongholds.
Effect: Add 1 to hit rolls for combat attacks made by friendly BLOODBOUND units that target an enemy unit that is contesting an objective you do not control.
Brass Stampede
| Passive |
DRAWN TO CARNAGE: Nothing can stop the thunderous onset of a Brass Stampede once it has begun to gain momentum.
Effect: Add X to charge rolls for friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units, where X is the number of friendly BLADES OF KHORNE CAVALRY or MONSTER units that have already charged this phase and that are wholly within 12" of the unit being rolled for.
Murderhost
| End of Your Turn |
EAGER KILLERS: Khorne's daemons care only for violence; any moment spent not slaying is a moment wasted.
Effect: Each friendly BLADES OF KHORNE DAEMON unit that has used a FIGHT ability this turn and is not in combat can move D6". It cannot end that move in combat.
Tournament of Skulls
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase |
BLOODY COMPETITORS: Where the mortal followers and daemons of Khorne fight next to one another, they compete to reap the most skulls in the name of their grim deity.
Declare: Pick a friendly non-HERO BLOODBOUND unit and a friendly non-HERO BLADES OF KHORNE DAEMON unit to be the targets.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, while the targets are wholly within 12" of each other, add 1 to wound rolls for the targets’ combat attacks.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, while the targets are wholly within 12" of each other, add 1 to wound rolls for the targets’ combat attacks.
The Goretide
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Movement Phase |
TIDE OF SAVAGERY: Since Korghos Khul’s ascension to daemonhood, the Goretide are filled with renewed purpose, rushing into battle with ever greater vigour.
Declare: Pick a friendly BLOODBOUND HERO and up to 2 other friendly BLOODBOUND units that are wholly within 12" of that HERO to be the targets.
Effect: Add 2" to the targets’ Move characteristic for the rest of the turn.
Effect: Add 2" to the targets’ Move characteristic for the rest of the turn.
Heroic Traits
Slaughterers of Thousands
HERO only.| Passive |
MAGICAL SCORN: This warrior's loathing of the arcane and esoteric exudes from them in waves.
Effect: Subtract 1 from casting rolls for WIZARDS while they are within 12" of this unit.
Subtract 1 from chanting rolls for enemy PRIESTS while they are within 12" of this unit.
Subtract 1 from chanting rolls for enemy PRIESTS while they are within 12" of this unit.
| Your Movement Phase |
FRENZIED TASKMASTER: This champion does not allow their followers to shirk the slaughter.
Declare: Pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE INFANTRY or CAVALRY unit within this unit’s combat range that is not in combat to be the target.
Effect: The target can move D6" but cannot end that move in combat. If the target ends that move within this unit’s combat range, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll.
Effect: The target can move D6" but cannot end that move in combat. If the target ends that move within this unit’s combat range, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll.
| End of Any Turn |
SKULL COLLECTOR: Even other warriors of Khorne are in awe of this champion's fixation on decapitation.
Effect: If any damage points were allocated to an enemy HERO by this unit’s combat attacks this turn and that enemy HERO has been destroyed, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of this unit’s melee weapons for the rest of the battle.
This unit can be affected by this ability multiple times and the effects are cumulative.
This unit can be affected by this ability multiple times and the effects are cumulative.
Artefacts of Power
Murderous Artefacts
HERO only| Passive |
COLLAR OF CONTEMPT: This thrice-damned brass collar is the bane of magical power.
Effect: This unit can use UNBIND abilities as if it had WIZARD (1). Each time this unit successfully unbinds a spell, inflict D3 mortal damage on the caster.
| End of Your Turn |
BUTCHER’S BLADE: One cut from this blade can see a target brutally exsanguinated.
Declare: Pick each enemy unit that had any damage points allocated to it this turn by this unit’s combat attacks to be the targets.
Effect: Roll a D3 for each target. On a 2+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll.
Effect: Roll a D3 for each target. On a 2+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll.
| Passive |
AR’GATH, THE KING OF BLADES: This daemonic blade hungers for the flesh of champions and will not be denied by trickery or magic.
Effect: Ward rolls cannot be made for enemy HEROES while they are in combat with this unit.
Manifestation Lore
Judgements of Khorne
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
SUMMON HEXGORGER SKULLS: Hexgorger Skulls are the physical manifestation of Khorne's hatred of the arcane arts. They drift across the battlefield, seeking to feed upon eldritch energy and those conjurers who attempt to use it.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Hexgorger Skulls invocation on the battlefield, pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE PRIEST to chant this prayer, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Set up a Hexgorger Skulls invocation wholly within 12" of the chanter, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units. A Hexgorger Skulls invocation has 2 parts that must be set up within 8" of each other.
Effect: Set up a Hexgorger Skulls invocation wholly within 12" of the chanter, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units. A Hexgorger Skulls invocation has 2 parts that must be set up within 8" of each other.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER, SUMMON |
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
SUMMON WRATH-AXE: A Wrath-axe is a manifestation of Khorne's otherworldly anger, its razor-sharp edges glowing from the heat of the Blood God's rage. As a chanting priest carves the ground open, these eldritch axes appear to tear the air in twain, reality set ablaze at its passage.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Wrath-axe on the battlefield, pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE PRIEST to chant this prayer, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Set up a Wrath-axe wholly within 12" of the chanter, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Set up a Wrath-axe wholly within 12" of the chanter, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER, SUMMON |
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
SUMMON BLEEDING ICON: A common sight in the crimson skies above Khorne's domain, a Bleeding Icon can be summoned to the Mortal Realms to signal the attention - and the displeasure - of the Lord of Battles.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Bleeding Icon on the battlefield, pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE PRIEST to chant this prayer, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Set up a Bleeding Icon wholly within 18" of the chanter and visible to them.
Effect: Set up a Bleeding Icon wholly within 18" of the chanter and visible to them.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER, SUMMON |
Prayer Lore
Blood Blesssings of Khorne
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
UNCONTROLLABLE RAGE: Opening their own veins while chanting hateful catechisms of worship, the priest spreads their own depthless fury to their allies.
Declare: Pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a visible friendly unit wholly within 12" of them to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, the effects of the ’Blood-drenched’ ability apply to the target. In addition, if the chanting roll was 8+, ignore the effect of ’Wild-eyed Brutality’ on the target.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, the effects of the ’Blood-drenched’ ability apply to the target. In addition, if the chanting roll was 8+, ignore the effect of ’Wild-eyed Brutality’ on the target.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER, UNLIMITED |
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
BLOOD BOIL: Spitting ritualistic words of wrath into the air, the priest turns the blood coursing through the veins of the enemy red-hot, burning them from the inside out.
Declare: Pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a visible enemy unit within 18" of them to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Roll a number of dice equal to the number of models in the target unit. For each 5+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target. In addition, if the chanting roll was 8+, subtract 1 from wound rolls for the target’s attacks until the start of your next turn.
Effect: Roll a number of dice equal to the number of models in the target unit. For each 5+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target. In addition, if the chanting roll was 8+, subtract 1 from wound rolls for the target’s attacks until the start of your next turn.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
FINAL ACT OF VIOLENCE: The spat invectives of this priest inspire their faithful to slaughter to their last breath.
Declare: Pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a visible friendly BLADES OF KHORNE unit wholly within 12" of them to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, each time a model in the target unit is slain by a combat attack and that model was in combat with the attacking unit, roll a dice. If the chanting roll was 8+, roll 2 dice instead. For each 5+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the attacking unit after the FIGHT ability has been resolved.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, each time a model in the target unit is slain by a combat attack and that model was in combat with the attacking unit, roll a dice. If the chanting roll was 8+, roll 2 dice instead. For each 5+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the attacking unit after the FIGHT ability has been resolved.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
Gifts of the Blood God
| Your Hero Phase | 3 |
GOREFLESH: Glistening, steaming blood flows over the flesh of the priest’s followers before coagulating into a gruesome second skin that dulls the strikes of the foe.
Declare: Pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a visible friendly BLADES OF KHORNE unit wholly within 12" of them to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, ignore the first damage point allocated to the target in each phase. If the chanting roll was 8+, you can pick another eligible unit to be a second target.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, ignore the first damage point allocated to the target in each phase. If the chanting roll was 8+, you can pick another eligible unit to be a second target.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER, UNLIMITED |
| Your Hero Phase | 3 |
RUNES OF LOATHING: With a guttural curse, the priest carves runes into their flesh that are antithetical to hated sorcery, which sympathetically manifest upon the armour of nearby followers.
Declare: Pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE unit wholly within 12" of them to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, the target has WARD (3+) against damage inflicted by SPELL abilities, PRAYER abilities and abilities used by MANIFESTATIONS (including FIGHT abilities). If the chanting roll was 8+, you can pick another eligible unit to be a second target.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, the target has WARD (3+) against damage inflicted by SPELL abilities, PRAYER abilities and abilities used by MANIFESTATIONS (including FIGHT abilities). If the chanting roll was 8+, you can pick another eligible unit to be a second target.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
| Your Hero Phase | 3 |
GIFT OF APOPLEXY: Chanting words of carnage, the Slaughterpriest invokes a murderous rage in their enemies that will drive them to tear each other apart with hands and teeth should the opportunity to unleash violence on their foes not present itself.
Declare: Pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a visible enemy unit within 18" of them to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, each time the target uses an ability that is not a MOVE, CHARGE or FIGHT ability, after that ability is resolved, inflict D3 mortal damage on the target. If the chanting roll was 8+, inflict 3 mortal damage instead of D3.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, each time the target uses an ability that is not a MOVE, CHARGE or FIGHT ability, after that ability is resolved, inflict D3 mortal damage on the target. If the chanting roll was 8+, inflict 3 mortal damage instead of D3.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
Army of Renown
Gorechosen Champions
When you pick the Blades of Khorne faction for your army, you can choose for it to be a Gorechosen Champions Army of Renown. If you do so, use the faction rules in this section instead of the Blades of Khorne faction rules. Every unit in your army must be drawn from the units listed in the roster options box below. All units in your army gain the GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS keyword.
ROSTER OPTIONS
REGIMENT OPTIONS
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Battle Traits
| Once Per Battle (Army), Deployment Phase |
MURDER-WON TROPHIES: The Gorechosen have ripped countless trophies from the carcasses of worthy foes.
Declare: Pick a friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS HERO to be the target.
Effect: Give the target 1 artefact of power from the ’Gorechosen Champions’ Army of Renown rules.
Designer’s Note: This artefact of power is given to the HERO during the deployment phase, not during army composition.
Effect: Give the target 1 artefact of power from the ’Gorechosen Champions’ Army of Renown rules.
Designer’s Note: This artefact of power is given to the HERO during the deployment phase, not during army composition.
| Passive |
BRUTAL LASHMASTER: A favoured Bloodstoker can drive even other champions to battle.
Effect: Each time a friendly Bloodstoker uses the ’Whipped to Fury’ ability, another friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS HERO within its combat range can be picked to be the target of that ability instead of a non-HERO BLOODBOUND unit.
| Passive |
LEGENDARY SLAYERS: To be Gorechosen is to have slain hundreds, if not thousands.
Effect: Blood-hungry weapons used by friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS units have Crit (Mortal).
| Passive |
THE RED GOD’S EYE: When the Gorechosen fight in unity, the Blood God's gaze is drawn. None would dare falter under such scrutiny.
Effect: Friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS units have WARD (6+).
| Passive |
HATE-FUELLED KILLERS: Anger, hate and violence run through the veins of the Gorechosen, allowing them to ignore otherwise fatal blows.
Effect: The first time each friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS unit would be destroyed, before removing it from play, roll a dice. On a 5+, that unit is not destroyed and any remaining damage points inflicted on it have no effect. Then, Heal (1) that unit.
Heroic Traits
HERO only Passive |
CROWNED IN BUTCHERY: To yoke the lords of the Gorechosen demands a champion of singular, terrifying will.
Effect: Add 20 to this unit’s control score while it is in combat.
Artefacts of Power
HERO only| Once Per Battle, Any Combat Phase |
WARMONGER’S ICON: The personal standard of a warhorde's master inspires a frenzied devotion.
Declare: Pick this unit and up to D3 friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS units within this unit’s combat range to be the targets.
Effect: The targets have STRIKE-FIRST for the rest of the turn.
Effect: The targets have STRIKE-FIRST for the rest of the turn.
| Any Combat Phase |
THE SCARRING BLADE: It is said that wounds caused by this dagger never cease leaking blood - and that one who turns it upon themselves in bleak reverence will earn great favour.
Effect: Allocate D3 damage points to this unit (ward rolls cannot be made for those damage points). For the rest of the turn, add X to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons used by friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS units for the rest of the turn, where X is equal to the number of damage points allocated to this unit this turn by this ability.
For the rest of the battle, this unit cannot use the ‘Hate-fuelled Killers’ ability and cannot be healed.
For the rest of the battle, this unit cannot use the ‘Hate-fuelled Killers’ ability and cannot be healed.
| Passive |
BLOODMIST SKULL: A thick sanguine pall spills from the mouth of this rune-carved skull, burning enemy projectiles to ash mid-flight.
Effect: This unit has WARD (3+) against damage inflicted by shooting attacks.
Manifestation Lore
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
SUMMON WRATH-AXE: A Wrath-axe is a manifestation of Khorne's otherworldly anger, its razor-sharp edges glowing red-hot from the Blood God's rage. At signs of weakness or wizardry, such a blazing axe appears in the air, splitting reality with its downwards stroke.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Wrath-axe on the battlefield, pick a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE PRIEST to chant this prayer, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Set up a Wrath-axe wholly within 12" of the chanter, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Set up a Wrath-axe wholly within 12" of the chanter, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER, SUMMON |
Prayer Lore
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
SKIN OF BRASS: A shimmering skull manifests over a chosen champion, spilling gore upon them and granting their skin the hue and toughness of freshly forged brass.
Declare: Pick a friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a visible friendly unit wholly within 12" of them to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, subtract 1 from the Rend characteristic of weapons used for attacks that target that friendly unit. If the chanting roll was 8+, you can pick another eligible unit to be a second target.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, subtract 1 from the Rend characteristic of weapons used for attacks that target that friendly unit. If the chanting roll was 8+, you can pick another eligible unit to be a second target.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER, UNLIMITED |
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
COWED AND BROKEN: The priest channels Khorne's seething hatred through a Gorechosen, causing the bones of foes who stand in the way of worthier targets to agonisingly twist and snap.
Declare: Pick a friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a visible enemy unit within 12" of them that is in combat with a friendly unit to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Roll 8 dice. If the chanting roll was 8+, add 1 to each roll. For each 4+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target.
Effect: Roll 8 dice. If the chanting roll was 8+, add 1 to each roll. For each 4+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
| Your Hero Phase | 4 |
ERUPTION OF APOPLEXY: The priest focuses the rage of all the battle's combatants into a single warrior, whose organs rupture under the strain - or whose entire body violently explodes in a magnificent shower of boiling gore and bone shrapnel.
Declare: Pick a friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS PRIEST to chant this prayer, pick a visible enemy unit within 12" of them that is in combat with a friendly unit to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Inflict D6 mortal damage on the target. If the target is destroyed, before removing the last model in that unit from play, inflict D3 mortal damage on every unit (friendly and enemy) within 6" of that model, or D6 mortal damage instead if the chanting roll was 8+.
Effect: Inflict D6 mortal damage on the target. If the target is destroyed, before removing the last model in that unit from play, inflict D3 mortal damage on every unit (friendly and enemy) within 6" of that model, or D6 mortal damage instead if the chanting roll was 8+.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
Army of Renown
The Baleful Lords
When you pick the Blades of Khorne faction for your army, you can choose for it to be a Baleful Lords Army of Renown. If you do so, use the faction rules in this section instead of the Blades of Khorne faction rules. Every unit in your army must be drawn from the units listed in the roster options box below. All units in your army gain the BALEFUL LORDS keyword.
ROSTER OPTIONS
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Battle Traits
 Once Per Turn, Your Movement Phase |
BORN OF BUTCHERY: So long as gore flows in rivers and hate chokes mortal souls, the Baleful Lords shall rise again and anew.
Declare: Pick a friendly BALEFUL LORDS unit that has been destroyed to be the target.
Effect: Roll a number of dice equal to the number of units (friendly and enemy) that have been destroyed this battle. If the roll contains 8 or more results of 4+, set up a replacement unit identical to the target anywhere on the battlefield more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Roll a number of dice equal to the number of units (friendly and enemy) that have been destroyed this battle. If the roll contains 8 or more results of 4+, set up a replacement unit identical to the target anywhere on the battlefield more than 9" from all enemy units.
| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Combat Phase |
BELLOW OF HATRED: The enmity released by this blood-curdling scream stuns nearby enemies.
Declare: Pick a friendly BALEFUL LORDS unit that has not used a RAMPAGE ability this turn to be the target.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, enemy units cannot use commands while they are in combat with the target. The target cannot use RAMPAGE abilities for the rest of the turn.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, enemy units cannot use commands while they are in combat with the target. The target cannot use RAMPAGE abilities for the rest of the turn.
| KEYWORDS | RAMPAGE |
| Reaction: Opponent declared a SPELL ability |
MAGE-EATERS: Those who dare wield spells in the presence of these daemons are soon punished.
Used By: A friendly BALEFUL LORDS unit targeted by that Spell ability.
Effect: Make a magic-eater roll of D6. On a 3+, that spell is unbound. If the spell was unbound and the magic-eater roll was 5+, inflict D3 mortal damage on the caster.
Effect: Make a magic-eater roll of D6. On a 3+, that spell is unbound. If the spell was unbound and the magic-eater roll was 5+, inflict D3 mortal damage on the caster.
| Once Per Turn (Army), End of Enemy Turn |
FIRST IN HIS SIGHT: Of all Khorne's daemon legions the Baleful Lords are highest in his favour, and the inferno of his rage burns hot in their immortal veins.
Effect: Heal (D3) each friendly BALEFUL LORDS HERO that is in combat.
| Once Per Turn (Army), End of Your Turn |
DRAWN BY BLOOD: For the Baleful Lords, nothing is more pressing than to commit atrocity.
Declare: Pick a friendly BALEFUL LORDS unit that has not used a RAMPAGE ability this turn to use this ability.
Effect: That unit can move D6". It can end that move in combat but only with units it was in combat with at the start of the phase.
If that unit destroyed any enemy units this turn, then instead:
That unit can move 2D6". It can end that move in combat with any units that had any damage points allocated to them this turn.
Effect: That unit can move D6". It can end that move in combat but only with units it was in combat with at the start of the phase.
If that unit destroyed any enemy units this turn, then instead:
That unit can move 2D6". It can end that move in combat with any units that had any damage points allocated to them this turn.
| KEYWORDS | RAMPAGE |
 Once Per Turn (Army), End of Your Turn |
THE PRICE OF MERCY: Inaction is hateful to all Khorne's daemons, but to the Baleful Lords, it is utterly anathemic.
Declare: You must use this ability. Pick each friendly BALEFUL LORDS unit that did not charge or use a FIGHT ability this turn to be a target.
Effect: Roll a D3 for each target. On a 2+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target.
Effect: Roll a D3 for each target. On a 2+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target.
| Once Per Turn (Army), End of Any Turn |
SUNDER THE SORCEROUS: The Baleful Lords are veterans of impossible battles across the mind-bending vistas of the Realm of Chaos. No mere spell, nor its caster, can oppose them.
Declare: Pick each enemy MANIFESTATION within 3" of a friendly BALEFUL LORDS unit to be a target.
Effect: Roll 2D6 for each target. If the roll equals or exceeds the banishment value of the target:
Effect: Roll 2D6 for each target. If the roll equals or exceeds the banishment value of the target:
- That target is banished and removed from play.
- Inflict D3 mortal damage on the enemy unit that summoned the target.
Heroic Traits
HERO only| Once Per Battle (Army), Any Combat Phase |
UNRIVALLED BATTLELUST: With a terrifying roar, this marshal amongst Bloodthirsters goads their kin to even greater heights of carnage.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of friendly BALEFUL LORDS units while they are wholly within 12" of this unit.
Artefacts of Power
HERO only| Passive |
CROWN OF THE SLAUGHTERBORN: A prize won on the battlefields of the Great Game, this spiked circlet of brass and iron torments stirring souls and ensures bloody wounds shall not heal.
Effect: Enemy units within 12" of this unit cannot be healed and cannot have slain models returned to them.
PATH TO GLORY
Here, you will find additional rules to use with a Blades of Khorne army while playing through a Path to Glory campaign. The Path to Glory content in this book is divided into two parts: the Anvil of Apotheosis and Paths for Blades ofKhorne units.
The Anvil of Apotheosis
You can have 1 Anvil of Apotheosis hero on your Order of Battle and/ or army roster, unless otherwise specified in the battlepack you are using. They can be your warlord.
There are 7 steps to follow to create your hero:
1. Set a destiny point limit.
2. Fill out the starting warscroll.
3. Pick an archetype.
4. Pick an origin and/or flaw.
5. Pick a Battle Mount.
6. Pick any Battle Mount Upgrades.
7. Pick any other upgrades.
There are 7 steps to follow to create your hero:
1. Set a destiny point limit.
2. Fill out the starting warscroll.
3. Pick an archetype.
4. Pick an origin and/or flaw.
5. Pick a Battle Mount.
6. Pick any Battle Mount Upgrades.
7. Pick any other upgrades.
| Your Hero's Warscroll You can download a blank warscroll from warhammer-community.com on which to record all of your hero’s details. | ||
| The Anvil of Apotheosis is a hero creator. Using the rules in this section, you can create a custom warscroll for a HERO to use in your Path to Glory campaign. This can represent any miniature of your choosing, including one you have lovingly kitbashed or converted. After the Anvil of Apotheosis, you will find 2 Paths for Blades of Khorne units. These follow the rules outlined for Paths in the Path to Glory battlepack you are using (e.g. Path to Glory: Ascension in the Core Book). | ||
Step 1 - Set a Destiny Point Limit
The Anvil of Apotheosis uses a currency called destiny points. First, you need to set a destiny point limit. This will determine how many destiny points you have to spend on your hero, what type of hero they will be and what their battle profile points cost will be.Pick 1 of the following:
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Over the next few steps, you will pick options for your hero. Each option has a destiny point cost, abbreviated as DP. Keep a record of the number of destiny points you have spent. You cannot exceed the limit you have set.
Khornate Warlord -2DP
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Daemon of Violence -2DP
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Priest of Khorne -4DP
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Locus of Battle -2DP
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Scorched Acolyte -4DP
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Step 4 - Pick Your Hero's Origin And/Or Flaw
You can pick up to 1 origin and up to 1 flaw for your hero. Each adds an ability to your hero’s warscroll. However, instead of costing destiny points, flaws give you extra destiny points to spend elsewhere.Flaws
A TRUE BERSERKER: Driven mad by their service to Khorne, this champion cares nothing for strategy nor holding ground; only battle, only war.
WILLING SACRIFICE: This champion refuses any attempt to stem or heal their wounds, for they welcome death and know that any blood - their own included - is sacred to the War God.
KHORNE'S RETRIBUTION: This warrior pledged themselves to battle and by their actions, they are judged. Effect: If an enemy unit has not been destroyed by this unit this battle, inflict 1 mortal damage on this unit.
KIN-KILLER: This warrior is infamous for sacrificing their own brethren on Khorne's altar. Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on every other friendly unit within 3" of this unit. | ||||||||||||||||||
Battle Mount -5DP BLOOD THRONE: Roaring, howling daemon engines with a taste for flesh, the Blood Thrones make for a fearsome sight. In addition, make the following changes to your hero's warscroll:Add the following weapon to your hero's warscroll:
Battle Mount -5DP JUGGERNAUT: A clanking, daemonic beast of brass and iron, a Juggernaut must be coaxed from the depths of the Brass Citadel. To force one into servitude is a true test of will. In addition, make the following changes to your hero's warscroll:Add the following weapon to your hero's warscroll:
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Step 6 - Pick any Battle Mount Upgrades
If your hero has a Battle Mount, you can pick any number of Battle Mount Upgrades for them. The same upgrade cannot be picked more than once.
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Step 7 - Pick any Other Upgrades
Pick any number of other upgrades for your hero. The same upgrade cannot be picked more than once.
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Path of The Slaughterer(BLADES OF KHORNE HERO only)ASPIRING: When a unit on this Path gains this rank, pick 1 of the following abilities for them:
INVIGORATED BY WRATH: The spray of blood over flesh sees this champion filled with new purpose.
BLOOD-BLIND: Those who attack this champion momentarily lose sight of who is friend and who is foe.
BRUTAL ONSLAUGHT: Charging into the fray with a howl fills this champion with a wild, bloodthirsty energy.
DOMINATING POWERHOUSE: This champion is always at the front, always seeking to kill.
BREAKER OF THE ARCANE: This champion has hardened their soul against craven magic. An enemy WIZARD can be affected by this ability multiple times and the effects are cumulative.
LOCUS OF RED DEVOTION: This champion has become a prophet of war, their prayers to the War God drowning out those of any others beseeching divine aid.
VESSEL OF MURDER: Khorne's elemental fury seethes through this champion, obliterating all. Effect: Roll 8 dice. For each roll of 3-5, inflict 1 mortal damage on each target. For each 6, inflict D3 mortal damage on each target.
WHIRLWIND OF ANNIHILATION: Dread legends are told of this champion's murderous nature: how they kill and kill, without relent, without pity, without regard for mortal limitation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Path of Brazen Butchery(non-HERO BLADES OF KHORNE unit only)ASPIRING: When a unit on this Path gains this rank, pick 1 of the following abilities for them:
SHIELD-BREAKERS: These warriors have a name for themselves by shattering the most determined defences.
PACK OF MURDERERS: These warriors excel at surrounding and tearing apart their prey. Effect: Roll a dice. On a 4+, the target cannot use RETREAT abilities until the start of your next turn.
SAVAGE CONQUERORS: This warband is obsessed with expanding the domain of their master.
SOUL-EATING RAGE: Infernal power has seized these warriors, rapidly stealing their individuality while melting through nearby magical wards.
SPELL-KILLERS: These warriors revel - and are well practised - in annihilating constructs of magic.
LOPING PURSUIT: Whether by dark blessing or sheer grit, these warriors have run down many foes.
INFAMOUS WARCRY: The murder-howl of these warriors sets the blood of Khorne's followers aflame. Effect: Roll a dice for each target. If the result exceeds the target’s Control characteristic, for the rest of the turn, add 1 to the Rend characteristic of the target’s melee weapons.
REVENANTS IN RED: Many times have these warriors cheated death, and many times ought they to have fallen; they neither eat nor drink now, for blood and massacre alone sustains them. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.1 Army Roster
These rules will explain how to create an army roster to prepare for a battle. You can find a blank army roster printable copy below:
Save Roll
The commander of the target unit rolls a dice, subtracting the attacking weapon’s Rend characteristic from the roll. Unmodified save rolls of 1 always fail. If the roll equals or exceeds the Save characteristic of the target unit, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends. If not, it is a successful attack: move on to the next step.The BLOODBOUND keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
Hit Roll
Roll a dice. If the roll equals or exceeds the attacking weapon’s Hit characteristic, the attack scores a successful hit: move on to the next step. If not, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends. Unmodified hit rolls of 1 always fail. If an unmodified hit roll for an attack made with a weapon is a 6, that attack is a critical hit.| Critical hits have no effect on their own but often trigger additional effects (see 20.0 Weapon Abilities). | ||
Crit (Mortal)
If an attack made with this weapon scores a critical hit, that attack inflicts mortal damage on the target unit equal to the Damage characteristic of that weapon and the attack sequence ends.The non-MONSTER DAEMON keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
Wound Roll
Roll a dice. If the roll equals or exceeds the attacking weapon’s Wound characteristic, the attack successfully wounds: move on to the next step. If not, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends. Unmodified wound rolls of 1 always fail.Companion
Unless otherwise specified, attacks made by this weapon are not affected by friendly abilities that modify hit rolls, wound rolls or weapon characteristics, except for those that apply negative modifiers (e.g. ‘Covering Fire’).The MONSTER keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
Battle Traits
| Once Per Battle, Any Hero Phase |
BLOOD-DRENCHED: As blood gushes down blades, armour and teeth, the fervent warriors of the Blood God are driven into a divine frenzy.
Declare: You can use this ability if at least half the number of units on both players’ army rosters combined (rounding up) have been destroyed. For example, if your roster had 9 units and your opponent’s roster had 4 units, then 7 units would need to have been destroyed.
Effect: The following effects apply for the rest of the battle:
Wild-eyed Brutality: Ignore positive modifiers to save rolls for friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
Blood Haze: Blood-hungry weapons used by friendly BLOODBOUND units have Crit (Mortal).
Weapons of Murder: Add 1 to the Rend characteristic of Blood-hungry weapons used by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE non-MONSTER DAEMON units, including Blood-hungry Companion weapons.
Bloodlords Supreme: Add 1 to the Damage characteristic of Blood-hungry weapons used by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE MONSTER units.
Effect: The following effects apply for the rest of the battle:
Wild-eyed Brutality: Ignore positive modifiers to save rolls for friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
Blood Haze: Blood-hungry weapons used by friendly BLOODBOUND units have Crit (Mortal).
Weapons of Murder: Add 1 to the Rend characteristic of Blood-hungry weapons used by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE non-MONSTER DAEMON units, including Blood-hungry Companion weapons.
Bloodlords Supreme: Add 1 to the Damage characteristic of Blood-hungry weapons used by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE MONSTER units.
3.5 Regiments of Renown
In addition to creating your own regiments, you can also spend points to include 1 Regiment of Renown. Regiments of Renown are pre-built regiments, each with their own special abilities. The rules for each Regiment of Renown will specify which factions can include it. A unit in a Regiment of Renown cannot be your general even if it is a WARMASTER.- You cannot include more than one Regiment of Renown in your army unless otherwise specified in the notes column of that regiment’s battle profile.
- Units in a Regiment of Renown cannot use (but can be picked as the target of, if otherwise eligible) any faction rules from the faction they are allied into, including enhancements and lores.
- If an ability allows you to set up a replacement unit (Core Rules, 24.2) for a unit in a Regiment of Renown, that unit also counts as being part of that Regiment of Renown.
The non-HOBGROT HELSMITHS OF HASHUT keyword is used in the following Helsmiths of Hashut warscrolls:
| Once Per Turn (Army), Start of Your Turn |
HARNESS DAEMONIC POWER: The Helsmiths of Hashut believe themselves above the fell influence of Chaos and readily harness daemonic power to embolden their spellcraft and ensorcelled weapons.
Effect: You must use this ability at the start of each of your turns. Remove all daemonic power points from each friendly unit. Then, gain 1 daemonic power point for each friendly desolation token on the battlefield.
Then, allocate your daemonic power points to friendly non-HOBGROT HELSMITHS OF HASHUT units. Each unit can have a maximum of 3 daemonic power points. Then, all unallocated daemonic power points are lost.
Designer’s Note: Non-HOBGROT units have abilities that become more powerful depending on how many daemonic power points they have. We recommend using coloured dice to track the number of points each unit has.
Then, allocate your daemonic power points to friendly non-HOBGROT HELSMITHS OF HASHUT units. Each unit can have a maximum of 3 daemonic power points. Then, all unallocated daemonic power points are lost.
Designer’s Note: Non-HOBGROT units have abilities that become more powerful depending on how many daemonic power points they have. We recommend using coloured dice to track the number of points each unit has.
14.3 Charge Phase
| Your Charge Phase |
CHARGE: With a mighty battle cry, the warriors charge into combat with the enemy.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat and has not used a RUN or RETREAT ability this turn to use this ability. Then, make a charge roll of 2D6.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to the value of the charge roll. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units and must end that move within 1/2" of a visible enemy unit. If it does so, the unit using this ability has charged.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to the value of the charge roll. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units and must end that move within 1/2" of a visible enemy unit. If it does so, the unit using this ability has charged.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE, CHARGE |
17.2 Mortal Damage
Some abilities inflict mortal damage. If an ability inflicts mortal damage on a unit, add that number of damage points to the unit’s damage pool for that ability (see 18.2 Allocating Damage).
Universal Core Abilities - Charge Phase
| Your Charge Phase |
CHARGE: With a mighty battle cry, the warriors charge into combat with the enemy.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat and has not used a RUN or RETREAT ability this turn to use this ability. Then, make a charge roll of 2D6.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to the value of the charge roll. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units and must end that move within 1/2" of a visible enemy unit. If it does so, the unit using this ability has charged.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to the value of the charge roll. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units and must end that move within 1/2" of a visible enemy unit. If it does so, the unit using this ability has charged.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE, CHARGE |
18.4 Destroyed Units
When the last model in a unit is slain, the unit is destroyed and all remaining damage points inflicted on that unit have no effect. Similarly, if something causes a unit to be destroyed, all models in the unit are slain and removed from play.
7.0 Combat Range
Each model has a combat range that extends 3" horizontally from its base and any distance vertically from that circle to form a cylinder. The combat range of a unit extends 3" horizontally and any distance vertically from every model in that unit. Units from opposing armies that are within each other’s combat range and that are visible to each other are in combat with each other. When a unit that is not in combat enters the combat range of a visible enemy unit, it moves into combat.
A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it’
A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it’
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6.0 Visibility
A target model is visible to another model (which we’ll call the ‘observing model’) if you can draw a straight line through the air (whether horizontal, diagonal or vertical) from any point on the observing model to any point on the target model that does not intersect any objects except for other models in the observing model’s unit. A target unit is visible to an observing unit if at least 1 model in the target unit is visible to at least 1 model in the observing unit. A model is always considered to be visible to itself.If a rule or ability requires a target to be both within a given range of and visible to the unit using that ability, or to a model in that unit, both conditions must be met by the same model in the target. You could not, for instance, target a unit where one model is within range but not visible and another model is not in range but is visible.
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| In some cases, it might not be immediately clear whether a model is visible. If so, stoop down to get a look from behind the observing model. If any part of the other model is visible, even if it is just the tip of a spear, then that model is visible for rules purposes. | ||
16.0 Picking Targets
When declaring an ATTACK ability for a unit, you must pick the target unit(s) for its attacks. The number of attacks each model can make is equal to the Attacks characteristic of the weapons it is using. In most cases, models attack with every weapon on their warscroll (melee weapons for combat attacks, ranged weapons for shooting attacks), though some warscrolls specify that certain models in the unit are armed with special weapons or that the unit must pick between multiple weapons when it attacks.If the unit is in combat, it can only target units that are in combat with it. If a model has more than one attack, you can split the attacks between eligible targets as you wish.
- Combat attacks are made with melee weapons. The target unit(s) must be within the combat range of the attacking model and visible to it. The model must attack with all of the melee weapons it is armed with.
- Shooting attacks are made with ranged weapons. The target unit(s) must be within a distance equal to the Range characteristic of the weapon being used and visible to the attacking model. Models cannot make shooting attacks if their unit is in combat, unless otherwise specified (see 20.0 Weapon Abilities).
Shooting attacks
Shooting attacks are made with ranged weapons. The target unit(s) must be within a distance equal to the Range characteristic of the weapon being used and visible to the attacking model. Models cannot make shooting attacks if their unit is in combat, unless otherwise specified (see 20.0 Weapon Abilities). Your Shooting Phase |
SHOOT: The warriors take aim and unleash a deadly volley.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that has not used a RUN or RETREAT ability this turn to use this ability. Then, pick one or more enemy units as the target(s) of that unit’s attacks (see 16.0).
Effect: Resolve shooting attacks against the target unit(s).
Effect: Resolve shooting attacks against the target unit(s).
| KEYWORDS | CORE, ATTACK, SHOOT |
Combat attacks
Combat attacks are made with melee weapons. The target unit(s) must be within the combat range of the attacking model and visible to it. The model must attack with all of the melee weapons it is armed with.| Any Combat Phase |
FIGHT: Locked in a deadly melee, the fighters strike out at their foes.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is in combat or that charged this turn to use this ability. That unit can make a pile-in move. Then, if that unit is in combat, you must pick one or more enemy units as the target(s) of that unit’s attacks.
Effect: Resolve combat attacks against the target unit(s).
Effect: Resolve combat attacks against the target unit(s).
| KEYWORDS | CORE, ATTACK, FIGHT |
7.0 Manifestations
There are two types of manifestation: endless spells, which can be summoned by WIZARDS, and invocations, which can be summoned by PRIESTS. Each manifestation has its own warscroll, and the spell or prayer that allows that manifestation to be summoned will be found in the appropriate manifestation lore. No more than 1 friendly WIZARD or PRIEST can attempt to summon the same manifestation per turn, and a friendly WIZARD or PRIEST cannot attempt to summon a friendly manifestation that was removed from play in the same turn.
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1.0 Wizards and Priests
WIZARDS are special units that can cast spells, and PRIESTS are special units that can chant prayers. Spells and prayers are powerful abilities that can have a dramatic impact on the battle.
Banish Manifestation
| Your Hero Phase |
BANISH MANIFESTATION: The wizard or priest disrupts the arcane forces sustaining a manifestation, wiping it from existence.
Declare: Pick a friendly WIZARD or PRIEST to use this ability, pick a MANIFESTATION within 30" of them that was not summoned this turn to be the target, then make a banishment roll of 2D6. Add 1 to the banishment roll for each additional enemy MANIFESTATION on the battlefield after the first. You cannot pick the same MANIFESTATION to be the target of this ability more than once per turn.
Effect: If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on the MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, it is banished and removed from play.
Effect: If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on the MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, it is banished and removed from play.
| KEYWORDS | BANISH |
7.2 Banishing Manifestations
Instead of using a SPELL or PRAYER ability (including when using the ‘Magical Intervention’ ability), each WIZARD and PRIEST can use the ‘Banish Manifestation’ ability:| Your Hero Phase |
BANISH MANIFESTATION: The wizard or priest disrupts the arcane forces sustaining a manifestation, wiping it from existence.
Declare: Pick a friendly WIZARD or PRIEST to use this ability, pick a MANIFESTATION within 30" of them that was not summoned this turn to be the target, then make a banishment roll of 2D6. Add 1 to the banishment roll for each additional enemy MANIFESTATION on the battlefield after the first. You cannot pick the same MANIFESTATION to be the target of this ability more than once per turn.
Effect: If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on the MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, it is banished and removed from play.
Effect: If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on the MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, it is banished and removed from play.
| KEYWORDS | BANISH |
13.1 Fight Abilities
Abilities with the FIGHT keyword follow a different sequence to other abilities. When the players are using Combat Phase
abilities as described in 13.0, they cannot use FIGHT abilities.After the players have finished using
Combat Phase
abilities that are not FIGHT abilities, they must alternate picking 1 eligible unit to use a FIGHT ability, starting with the active player. Each unit in combat must use a FIGHT ability if it is able to.Once a player has no more units that are eligible to use a FIGHT ability, the other player continues to pick units that are eligible to use a FIGHT ability, one after another, until there are no more units that are eligible to use a FIGHT ability.
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The BLADES OF KHORNE and DAEMON keywords are used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
• Karanak
32.1 Contesting Objectives
Unless otherwise specified, if an objective is within a model’s combat range, that model is contesting that objective. If any models in a unit are contesting an objective, that unit is contesting that objective.Each unit can only count as contesting a single objective for the purposes of determining objective control (see 32.2). Before determining objective control, for each of their units contesting two or more objectives, the active player must pick one of those objectives for it to contest. Then, their opponent does the same.
Designer’s Note: For purposes other than determining objective control, a unit can contest more than one objective.
The CAVALRY keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
The non-HERO BLOODBOUND keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
The non-HERO BLADES OF KHORNE and DAEMON keywords are used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
The BLOODBOUND and HERO keywords are used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
The HERO keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
• Karanak
18.1 Ward Saves
Units with the WARD keyword have the ‘Ward Save’ passive ability. The number after the WARD keyword indicates the ward value for the ward save. If a unit had WARD (5+), for example, its ward value would be 5. If a unit has more than one ward save, only the ward save with the lowest value applies to it; the other has no effect.| Passive |
WARD SAVE: Whether through their uncanny reflexes, unnatural toughness or a source of mystical protection, these warriors can avoid otherwise lethal attacks.
Effect: In step 1 of the damage sequence (see 18.0), make a ward roll of D6 for each damage point in this unit’s damage pool. If the roll equals or exceeds this unit’s ward value, remove that damage point from the damage pool.
2.0 Spells
The declare step of each spell will tell you to make a casting roll of 2D6. If the roll does not equal or exceed the spell’s casting value (at the top-right corner of the spell), the spell fails and its effect is not resolved.If the unmodified casting roll includes 2 or more rolls of 1, the spell is miscast: the spell fails, its effect is not resolved, D3 mortal damage is inflicted on the WIZARD that used it, and that WIZARD cannot use any more spells in that phase.
Enemy reactions can only be used if the casting roll equals or exceeds the spell’s casting value. So long as the spell is not unbound (see 4.0), then it is successfully cast: resolve its effect.
EXAMPLE SPELL
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
MYSTIC SHIELD: The caster's allies are bathed in an unearthly glow that protects them from harm.
Declare: Pick a visible friendly unit wholly within 12" of this WIZARD to be the target. Then, make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: The target has WARD (6+) this turn.
Effect: The target has WARD (6+) this turn.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
3.0 Prayers
The declare step of each prayer will tell you to make a chanting roll of D6. On an unmodified chanting roll of 1, the prayer fails, its effect is not resolved and you must remove D3 ritual points from the PRIEST using the prayer.Otherwise, pick one of the following
- Give a number of ritual points to the PRIEST equal to the chanting roll (ritual points can be accumulated over multiple turns).
- Add the PRIEST’s ritual points to the chanting roll. If the chanting roll equals or exceeds the prayer’s chanting value (at the top-right corner of the prayer), it is answered: resolve the effect of the prayer, then reset the PRIEST’s ritual points total to 0.
All PRIESTS know the following prayer:
| Your Hero Phase |
SACRED RITES: The priest focuses on safely setting their ritual into motion.
Declare: Pick a friendly PRIEST to use this ability, then make a chanting roll of D6. On an unmodified chanting roll of 1, remove 1 ritual point from that PRIEST instead of D3.
Effect: Give a number to ritual points to the PRIEST equal to the unmodified chanting roll and do not reset the PRIEST’s ritual points to 0.
Effect: Give a number to ritual points to the PRIEST equal to the unmodified chanting roll and do not reset the PRIEST’s ritual points to 0.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER, UNLIMITED |
EXAMPLE PRAYER
| Once Per Battle, Your Hero Phase | 7 |
RESURRECTION: A fallen hero is brought back from death, their vitality fully restored.
Declare: Make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Pick a friendly INFANTRY HERO that has been slain and return them to the battlefield. Set up that HERO wholly within 3" of this PRIEST.
Effect: Pick a friendly INFANTRY HERO that has been slain and return them to the battlefield. Set up that HERO wholly within 3" of this PRIEST.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
1.1 Power Level
Each WIZARD and PRIEST has a power level shown after the keyword, e.g. WIZARD (2). A WIZARD’s casting power level determines how many Spell abilities they can use per phase. A PRIEST’s chanting power level determines how many PRAYER abilities they can use per phase.MULTIPLE POWER LEVELS
- If an ability references a unit’s power level and that unit has more than one power level, use whichever power level is higher.
- If an ability modifies a unit’s power level and that unit has more than one power level, it modifies both.
4.0 Unbinding Spells
Each WIZARD can use the ‘Unbind’ reaction a number of times per phase equal to their power level. Th is is an exception to The Rules of One (Core Rules, 5.3).| Reaction: Opponent declared a SPELL ability |
UNBIND: The wizard saps the energy from an enemy’s spell, nullifying its effects.
Used By: A friendly WIZARD within 30" of the enemy WIZARD casting the spell.
Effect: Make an unbinding roll of 2D6. If the roll exceeds the casting roll tor the spell, then the spell is unbound and its effect is not resolved. This reaction cannot be used more than once per casting roll.
Effect: Make an unbinding roll of 2D6. If the roll exceeds the casting roll tor the spell, then the spell is unbound and its effect is not resolved. This reaction cannot be used more than once per casting roll.
| KEYWORDS | UNBIND |
The BLADES OF KHORNE and PRIEST keywords are used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
3.1 Regiments
Armies are made up of one or more regiments, each of which is led by a Hero. You must have at least 1 regiment in your army, and you can include a maximum of 5 regiments. To add a regiment, pick 1 HERO from your faction, then pick up to 3 non‑HERO units to accompany them.Each HERO’s battle profile lists which units can be added to their regiment, and each non-HERO unit’s battle profile lists any relevant keywords it has. The battle profiles of some HEROES may say that they can be added to the regiment of another HERO in place of a non-HERO unit in that regiment.
Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS.
Infantry Hero
3.2 The General
You must pick 1 HERO in your army that is leading a regiment to be your general. If any units in your army have the WARMASTER keyword, you must pick one of those units to be your general. Your general’s regiment can include up to 4 non-HERO units in addition to your general.
Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a Bloodbound Warmonger.
Infantry Hero
Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS HERO.
Infantry Hero
21.0 Healing
Some abilities allow you to heal a unit. To heal a unit, remove a number of damage points from the unit equal to the number in brackets after ‘Heal’, e.g. Heal (2).
32.2 Objective Control
In the deployment phase after all Deployment Phase abilities have been used and at the end of each turn, follow this sequence for each objective in an order chosen by the active player:- Starting with the active player, each player determines the control score of each of their units that is contesting that objective. A unit’s control score is the combined Control characteristics of all the models in that unit that are contesting the objective. Some abilities modify a unit’s control score, but it cannot be reduced to less than 1.
- Each player adds up the control scores of all of their units contesting that objective. This is their army control score for that objective.
- The players compare their army control scores for that objective. If one player’s score is higher, that player gains control of that objective. Once a player gains control of an objective, it remains under their control until their opponent gains control of it.
| Sometimes objective markers get accidentally nudged while you are moving models around. This is perfectly fine - just remember to put them back in their proper positions when determining objective control. | ||
15.3 Pile-in Moves
Some abilities, such as FIGHT abilities, allow a unit to make a short move called a pile-in move to get into a better position for combat. To do so:If your unit is in combat: Pick an enemy unit your unit is in combat with to be the target of the pile-in move. Each model in your unit can move up to 3". That move can pass through the combat ranges of any enemy units, but each model must end that move no further from the target unit. At the end of the move, your unit must still be in combat with all units that it was in combat with at the start of the move.
If your unit is not in combat: Each model in your unit can move 3" in any direction. That move can pass through and end within the combat ranges of any enemy units.
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19.0 Strike-first and Strike-last
If there are any STRIKE-FIRST units in combat after any non-FIGHT combat phase abilities have been used, other units cannot be picked to use a FIGHT ability until those units have been picked to use a FIGHT ability. After all those STRIKE-FIRST units have fought, the active player picks the next unit to fight.If there are any STRIKE-LAST units in combat, they cannot be picked to use a FIGHT ability if there are any units in combat that do not have STRIKE-LAST and have not yet used a FIGHT ability.
If a unit has STRIKE-FIRST and STRIKE-LAST, treat it as if it had neither.
| There may be situations when a unit that has STRIKE-FIRST is not in combat at the start of the phase, but because of moves such as pile-in moves, it is ‘pulled into combat’ later in the phase. In such cases, STRIKE-FIRST has no effect on that unit because it was not in combat at the start of the phase. Abilities that allow a unit to use a FIGHT ability immediately after another unit do not override the STRIKE-FIRST or STRIKE-LAST constraints, so you could not pick a unit with STRIKE-LAST to fight immediately after a unit with STRIKE-FIRST. | ||
| Passive |
HATE-FUELLED KILLERS: Anger, hate and violence run through the veins of the Gorechosen, allowing them to ignore otherwise fatal blows.
Effect: The first time each friendly GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS unit would be destroyed, before removing it from play, roll a dice. On a 5+, that unit is not destroyed and any remaining damage points inflicted on it have no effect. Then, Heal (1) that unit.
Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a GORECHOSEN CHAMPIONS PRIEST.
Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a BALEFUL LORDS.
The HERO, DAEMON and MONSTER keywords are used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
24.2 Replacement Units
Some abilities allow you to set up a replacement unit. When setting up that unit, it should have the same warscroll type, weapon options and number of models as the original unit, unless otherwise specified in the ability. Many of these abilities specify the proportion of models in the replacement unit (e.g. half the number of models from the original unit). In these cases, you can pick which models from the original unit are set up.The replacement unit is otherwise treated as a new unit; any keywords or abilities the original unit gained during the battle, and any persisting effects that applied to it, do not apply to the replacement unit. Each unit can only be replaced once, and you cannot replace replacement units.
| Because a replacement unit is treated as a completely new unit, it could, for instance, use a Once Per Battle ability on its warscroll even if the unit it replaced used that ability earlier in the battle. | ||
Unbind
| Reaction: Opponent declared a SPELL ability |
UNBIND: The wizard saps the energy from an enemy’s spell, nullifying its effects.
Used By: A friendly WIZARD within 30" of the enemy WIZARD casting the spell.
Effect: Make an unbinding roll of 2D6. If the roll exceeds the casting roll tor the spell, then the spell is unbound and its effect is not resolved. This reaction cannot be used more than once per casting roll.
Effect: Make an unbinding roll of 2D6. If the roll exceeds the casting roll tor the spell, then the spell is unbound and its effect is not resolved. This reaction cannot be used more than once per casting roll.
| KEYWORDS | UNBIND |
The BALEFUL LORDS and HERO keywords are used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
• Karanak
18.3 Slain Models
The commander of a unit must pick which model(s) in the unit are slain. However, after each slain model is removed, the unit must be in a single coherent group (see 15.1). If this is not possible, continue to remove models, one at a time, until the unit is in a single coherent group. You must remove the fewest models possible to make the unit a single coherent group.
The HERO keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
• Karanak
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
The CHAOS keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
• Karanak
The BLADES OF KHORNE keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
• Karanak
Crit (2 Hits)
If an attack made with this weapon scores a critical hit, that attack scores 2 hits on the target unit instead of 1. Make a wound roll for each hit.1.0 Wizards and Priests
WIZARDS are special units that can cast spells, and PRIESTS are special units that can chant prayers. Spells and prayers are powerful abilities that can have a dramatic impact on the battle.
Universal Core Abilities - Movement Phase
| Your Movement Phase |
NORMAL MOVE: The warriors advance across the battlefield.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat to use this ability.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit cannot move into combat during any part of that move.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit cannot move into combat during any part of that move.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE |
| Your Movement Phase |
RUN: The unit rushes into position.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat to use this ability.
Effect: Make a run roll of D6. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic added to the run roll. That unit cannot move into combat during any part of that move.
Effect: Make a run roll of D6. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic added to the run roll. That unit cannot move into combat during any part of that move.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE, RUN |
| Your Movement Phase |
RETREAT: The fighters disengage from combat, though at the cost of lowering their defences.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is in combat to use this ability.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on that unit. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units but cannot end that move within an enemy unit’s combat range.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on that unit. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units but cannot end that move within an enemy unit’s combat range.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE, RETREAT |
The non-HERO BLADES OF KHORNE keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
Anti-X (+1 Rend)
Add 1 to this weapon’s Rend characteristic if the target has the keyword after ‘Anti-’ or fulfils the condition after ‘Anti-’. Multiples of this ability are cumulative. For example, if a weapon has both Anti-charge (+1 Rend) and Anti-HERO (+1 Rend), then add 2 to the Rend characteristic of the weapon for attacks that target a HERO that charged in the same turn.| Passive |
FLY: Soaring above the battlefield, this unit can reach destinations that are inaccessible to other troops.
Effect: As this unit moves, it ignores other models, terrain features and the combat ranges of enemy units. It cannot end its move in combat unless specified in the ability that allowed it to move. Ignore any vertical distance moved for this unit.
1.1 Power Level
Each WIZARD and PRIEST has a power level, shown in brackets after the keyword, e.g. WIZARD (2). A WIZARD or PRIEST’s power level determines the number of SPELL, PRAYER or BANISH abilities they can use per phase, in any combination. For example, a WIZARD (2) unit could use 1 SPELL and 1 BANISH ability in their commander’s hero phase.
| Reaction: Opponent declared an ATTACK ability | 1 |
ALL-OUT DEFENCE: The soldiers close ranks to hold off an incoming attack.
Used By: A unit targeted by that ATTACK ability.
Effect: Add 1 to save rolls for that unit in this phase.
Effect: Add 1 to save rolls for that unit in this phase.
Army List
Warscrolls collatedBeast Hero
• Karanak
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
Beast
Infantry
Monster
War Machine
Faction Terrain
Regiment of Renown
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