Gloomspite Gitz
In the dark corners of the Mortal Realms, a new power is stirring. Dripping tunnels and caverns echo to the clash of gongs, the thump of drums and the shrill war cries of massing grots. Armies of goblinoid warriors and lumbering monsters set out on the warpath, seeking to plunge the surface world into darkness for evermore.
This page contains all of the rules you need to field your Gloomspite Gitz 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:Books
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Show History | ||||
| Book | Kind | Edition | Last update | |
 Gloomspite Gitz | ||||
| Gloomspite Gitz | Battletome | 4 | March 2025 | |
 Legends Warscrolls | ||||
| Legends Warscrolls | Warscroll | 4 | October 2026 | |
 Armies of Renown | ||||
| Armies of Renown | Warscroll | 4 | October 2026 | |
| Battle Profiles | ||||
| Battle Profiles | Rulebook | 4 | October 2026 | |
| Rules Updates | ||||
| Rules Updates | Rulebook | 4 | October 2026 | |
| Regiments of Renown | ||||
| Regiments of Renown | Warscroll | 4 | October 2026 | |
 Sons of Behemat | ||||
| Sons of Behemat | Battletome | 4 | September 2026 | |
 Ogor Mawtribes | ||||
| Ogor Mawtribes | Battletome | 4 | July 2026 | |
 Scourge of Aqshy - Gloomspite Gitz | ||||
| Scourge of Aqshy - Gloomspite Gitz | Expansion | 4 | July 2026 | |
| Spearhead: Gloomspite Gitz - Bad Moon Madmob | ||||
| Spearhead: Gloomspite Gitz - Bad Moon Madmob | Expansion | 4 | April 2026 | |
| Spearhead: Gloomspite Gitz - Snarlpack Huntaz | ||||
| Spearhead: Gloomspite Gitz - Snarlpack Huntaz | Expansion | 4 | April 2026 | |
 Scourge of Ghyran - Gloomspite Gitz | ||||
| Scourge of Ghyran - Gloomspite Gitz | Expansion | 4 | February 2026 | |
 Disciples of Tzeentch | ||||
| Disciples of Tzeentch | Battletome | 4 | February 2026 | |
 Ossiarch Bonereapers | ||||
| Ossiarch Bonereapers | Battletome | 4 | February 2026 | |
 Grotmas Advent: Regiments of Renown | ||||
| Grotmas Advent: Regiments of Renown | Warscroll | 4 | September 2025 | |
 Cities of Sigmar | ||||
| Cities of Sigmar | Battletome | 4 | July 2025 | |
 Kharadron Overlords | ||||
| Kharadron Overlords | Battletome | 4 | July 2025 | |
 Orruk Warclans | ||||
| Orruk Warclans | Battletome | 4 | December 2024 | |
Designers’ Commentary
FAQ
| Q: | When using the Lunar Squigs effect of ‘Under the Light of the Bad Moon’ or the ‘The Moon and the Loon’ ability to use a value of 4 for the Move characteristic of a friendly SQUIG unit, does the 4 replace the entire Move characteristic of the unit with a 4, or just the dice roll? |
| A: | It replaces the dice roll. For example, if a unit of Squig Hoppers (with a Move characteristic of D6+8") were affected by one of these abilities, it could use a value of 4 instead of rolling the D6, resulting in a Move characteristic of 12" (4+8"). |
Battletome: Gloomspite Gitz
| Q: | Can the attacker choose to resolve their attacks one at a time for the Doom Diver Catapult? If so, how does the Rend reduction apply? |
| A: | Yes. As described in the rules for the attack sequence (17.0), attacks are resolved one at a time unless you choose to use fast dice rolling. Here’s an example attack sequence for the Doom Diver Catapult: 1. The Gloomspite Gitz player successfully hits and wounds for the first attack, then their opponent makes a save roll, subtracting the Rend (3) of the weapon from the roll. 2. The Gloomspite Gitz player fails the hit roll for the second attack, re-rolls it to be successful and successfully wounds. Then, their opponent makes a save roll subtracting the now-reduced Rend (2) from the roll. 3. The third attack fails to hit and fails again after the re-roll. The Rend is now reduced to 1. 4. The fourth attacks successfully hits and wounds. The opponent of the Gloomspite Gitz player subtracts the Rend (1) from their save roll. |
| Q: | When using the Lunar Squigs effect of ‘Under the Light of the Bad Moon’ or the ‘The Moon and the Loon’ ability to use a value of 4 for the Move characteristic of a friendly SQUIG unit, does the 4 replace the entire Move characteristic of the unit with a 4, or just the dice roll? |
| A: | It replaces the dice roll. For example, if a unit of Squig Hoppers (with a Move characteristic of D6+8") were affected by one of these abilities, it could use a value of 4 instead of rolling the D6, resulting in a Move characteristic of 12" (4+8"). |
Faction Rules
Battle Traits
Gloomspite Gitz armies can use the following abilities:
 Once Per Battle Round (Army), Start of Battle Round |
THE FACES OF THE BAD MOON: The Bad Moon hurtles erratically around the realms in madcap orbits, empowering its worshippers and troubling all others with insane visions.
Declare: You must use this ability at the start of the battle round. If multiple players are commanding a Gloomspite Gitz army, then instead, at the start of the battle round, those players roll off and only the winner declares and uses this ability this battle round.
Effect: If it is the first battle round, pick the starting face of the Bad Moon (Grinnin’, Scowlin’, Sulkin’ or Cacklin’). If it is not the first battle round, the face of the Bad Moon moves to the next face in the sequence.
Effect: If it is the first battle round, pick the starting face of the Bad Moon (Grinnin’, Scowlin’, Sulkin’ or Cacklin’). If it is not the first battle round, the face of the Bad Moon moves to the next face in the sequence.
 Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase |
CREEPING GLOOM: The Gloomspite Gitz seek to plunge the realms into an eternal, clammy gloaming known as the Everdank. The icky fungal growths and obscuring spore clouds that follow them are very conducive to such conditions.
Declare: Pick a terrain feature to be the target.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, while friendly non-MONSTER non-WAR MACHINE GLOOMSPITE GITZ units are wholly within 3" of that terrain feature, they are not visible to enemy units more than 9" away
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, while friendly non-MONSTER non-WAR MACHINE GLOOMSPITE GITZ units are wholly within 3" of that terrain feature, they are not visible to enemy units more than 9" away
| Passive |
UNDER THE LIGHT OF THE BAD MOON: Grots are always vicious little monsters, but depending on the face of the moon, they can become an order of magnitude more dangerous.
Effect: During the battle, the effects below apply to friendly GLOOMSPITE GITZ units based on the current face of the Bad Moon:
Frothing Zealots: While the Bad Moon is Cacklin’ or Grinnin’, add 5 to the control scores of friendly non-SQUIG MOONCLAN units.
Spiderfang Venom: While the Bad Moon is Cacklin’ or Grinnin’, combat attacks made by friendly SPIDERFANG units score critical hits on unmodified hit rolls of 5+. This also affects Companion weapons.
Moonlit Hide: While the Bad Moon is Grinnin’ or Scowlin’, subtract 1 from the Rend characteristic of combat attacks that target friendly TROGGOTH units.
Lunar Squigs: While the Bad Moon is Scowlin’ or Sulkin’, instead of rolling the dice to determine the Move characteristic of a friendly SQUIG unit, you can use a value of 4.
Sneaky Snarlfangs: While the Bad Moon is Sulkin’ or Cacklin’, friendly GITMOB units can use CHARGE and SHOOT abilities even if they used a RETREAT ability in the same turn.
Frothing Zealots: While the Bad Moon is Cacklin’ or Grinnin’, add 5 to the control scores of friendly non-SQUIG MOONCLAN units.
Spiderfang Venom: While the Bad Moon is Cacklin’ or Grinnin’, combat attacks made by friendly SPIDERFANG units score critical hits on unmodified hit rolls of 5+. This also affects Companion weapons.
Moonlit Hide: While the Bad Moon is Grinnin’ or Scowlin’, subtract 1 from the Rend characteristic of combat attacks that target friendly TROGGOTH units.
Lunar Squigs: While the Bad Moon is Scowlin’ or Sulkin’, instead of rolling the dice to determine the Move characteristic of a friendly SQUIG unit, you can use a value of 4.
Sneaky Snarlfangs: While the Bad Moon is Sulkin’ or Cacklin’, friendly GITMOB units can use CHARGE and SHOOT abilities even if they used a RETREAT ability in the same turn.
FAQ
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| Q: | When using the Lunar Squigs effect of ‘Under the Light of the Bad Moon’ or the ‘The Moon and the Loon’ ability to use a value of 4 for the Move characteristic of a friendly SQUIG unit, does the 4 replace the entire Move characteristic of the unit with a 4, or just the dice roll? |
| A: | It replaces the dice roll. For example, if a unit of Squig Hoppers (with a Move characteristic of D6+8") were affected by one of these abilities, it could use a value of 4 instead of rolling the D6, resulting in a Move characteristic of 12" (4+8"). |
Errata
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Battle Traits
Add the following ability:
Battle Traits
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase |
CREEPING GLOOM: The Gloomspite Gitz seek to plunge the realms into an eternal, clammy gloaming known as the Everdank. The icky fungal growths and obscuring spore clouds that follow them are very conducive to such conditions.
Declare: Pick a terrain feature to be the target.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, while friendly non-MONSTER non-WAR MACHINE GLOOMSPITE GITZ units are wholly within 3" of that terrain feature, they are not visible to enemy units more than 9" away.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, while friendly non-MONSTER non-WAR MACHINE GLOOMSPITE GITZ units are wholly within 3" of that terrain feature, they are not visible to enemy units more than 9" away.
Battle Formations
You can pick 1 of the following battle formations for a Gloomspite Gitz army. Each battle formation grants a different ability you can use in the battle.
BATTLE PROFILE
| Name | Points |
| Gloomspite Horde | 0 |
| Troggherd | 0 |
| Squigalanche | 0 |
| Gitmob Pack | 0 |
| Sunbiter Pack | 0 |
| Gittish Tide | 0 |
Gloomspite Horde
 Once Per Turn (Army), End of Your Turn |
SPREADING LOONACY: When the worshippers of the Bad Moon gather, the energies of the Gloomspite surge through them like a tide, sending them frothing mad.
Declare: Pick up to 3 friendly non-SQUIG MOONCLAN or SPIDERFANG units in combat to be the targets.
Effect: For each target:
Effect: For each target:
- Make a pile-in move with the target.
- Then, pick an enemy unit in combat with the target and roll a D3. On a 2+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on that enemy unit equal to the roll.
Troggherd
 Passive |
HERD HEALING: When troggoths gather in larger numbers, the sheer troggness of the herd serves as a catalyst for their regenerative abilities.
Effect: Each time a friendly TROGGOTH unit uses a FIGHT ability, after that ability has been resolved, Heal (D3) that unit.
Squigalanche
| Passive |
BOUNCING FURY: A veritable tide of vicious, impossibly hungry, fang-toothed monsters boing into enemy lines, biting, chewing and swallowing their victims whole.
Effect: Each time a friendly SQUIG unit charges, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of its Fang-filled Gobs, Massive Fang-filled Gobs or Huge Fang-filled Gobs for the rest of the turn.
Gitmob Pack
| Your Movement Phase |
GIT AND RUN: Even as Gitmob grots flee, they won’t turn down a prime opportunity for a stabbing.
Declare: Pick a friendly GITMOB unit that is in combat to use this ability. Then, you can pick an enemy unit in combat with that GITMOB unit to be the target. The same enemy unit cannot be picked to be the target of this ability more than once per phase.
Effect: If you picked a target, roll a D3. On a 2+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll. Then, the unit using this ability can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. It can move through the combat ranges of enemy units but cannot end that move in combat.
Effect: If you picked a target, roll a D3. On a 2+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll. Then, the unit using this ability can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. It can move through the combat ranges of enemy units but cannot end that move in combat.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE, RETREAT |
Sunbiter Pack
| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Combat Phase |
EXTRA SNAPPY: The enterprising Gitmob grots of this tribe have equipped their Snarlfangs with sunmetal tooth-caps that absorb Hyshian magic as they pelt towards the foe, giving them a nasty bite indeed.
Declare: Pick up to 3 friendly GITMOB units that charged this turn to be the targets.
Effect: Add 1 to the Rend characteristic of Companion weapons used by the targets for the rest of turn.
Effect: Add 1 to the Rend characteristic of Companion weapons used by the targets for the rest of turn.
Gittish Tide
 Once Per Turn (Army), End of Any Turn |
GROTS UPON GROTS: The lurking presence of the Moonclans and their constant, nerve-fraying cackling makes it difficult for the enemy to focus on their battle plans.
Declare: Pick a friendly non-SQUIG MOONCLAN unit that is contesting an objective to be the target.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 1 to the control score of the target unit for each model in that unit that is not contesting any objectives.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 1 to the control score of the target unit for each model in that unit that is not contesting any objectives.
Errata
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Battle Formations
Change the effect of ‘Grots Upon Grots’ to:
‘For the rest of the turn, add 1 to the control score of the target unit for each model in that unit that is not contesting any objectives.'
‘For the rest of the turn, add 1 to the control score of the target unit for each model in that unit that is not contesting any objectives.'
Heroic Traits
Blessings of the Bad Moon
HERO only Passive |
THE CLAMMY HAND: This boss is obviously destined for great things and can call upon vast troglodytic hordes.
Effect: Each time a friendly GLOOMSPITE GITZ unit wholly within 12" of this unit uses the ‘Rally’ command, you can make 3 additional rally rolls of D6.
| Passive |
LOONTOUCHED: This warlord’s magical prowess is boosted by the Bad Moon’s light.
Effect: If this unit is not a WIZARD, it has WIZARD (1). Otherwise, add 1 to casting rolls for this unit.
| Any Combat Phase |
FIGHT ANOTHER DAY: This warlord has mastered the ignoble art of striking then running away before the enemy can hit back.
Effect: If this unit is in combat, roll a dice. On a 3+, this unit can immediately use the ‘Retreat’ ability as if it were your movement phase without any mortal damage being inflicted on it.
Artefacts of Power
Troglodytic Treasures
HERO only| Passive |
THE CLAMMY COWL: This enchanted hood wreathes its wearer in damp gloom, causing enemies to swing wildly at their blurred outline and weapons to slip in suddenly moistened palms.
Effect: Subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks that target this unit.
| Once Per Battle, End of Any Turn |
BACKSTABBER’S BLADE: A slitta made from pure shadow and malice, this blade always finds its victim’s weak spots.
Declare: Pick an enemy HERO in combat with this unit to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 2+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 2+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll.
| Passive |
LEERING GITSHIELD: The spiteful enchantments woven into this hideous shield ensure terrible misfortune falls on any who dare attack its bearer.
Effect: Each time an unmodified hit roll for an attack that targets this unit is 1, inflict 1 mortal damage on the attacking unit after the ATTACK ability has been resolved.
Spell Lore
Lore of the Clammy Dank
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
BAD PORTENTS: The caster raises their staff and loudly proclaims that other mystics have incorrectly predicted the aspect of the Bad Moon; in fact, at this time, the face of the bad moon is…
Declare: Pick a friendly GLOOMSPITE GITZ WIZARD to cast this spell, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Roll a dice. On 1-2, nothing happens. On a 3-5, the face of the Bad Moon moves to the next face. On a 6, pick a new face of the Bad Moon for this battle round.
Effect: Roll a dice. On 1-2, nothing happens. On a 3-5, the face of the Bad Moon moves to the next face. On a 6, pick a new face of the Bad Moon for this battle round.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, UNLIMITED |
| Your Hero Phase | 7 |
SPORE MAWS: The caster causes the thick spores around them to coalesce into gnashing green mouths.
Declare: Pick a friendly GLOOMSPITE GITZ WIZARD to cast this spell, pick up to 3 visible enemy units within 12" of them to be the targets, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
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.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
| Your Hero Phase | 7 |
THE HAND OF GORK: A ghostly green hand carries a mob of gitz to where they are needed.
Declare: Pick a friendly GLOOMSPITE GITZ WIZARD to cast this spell, pick a visible friendly GLOOMSPITE GITZ unit wholly within 12" of them and not in combat to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Remove the target from the battlefield and set it up again on the battlefield wholly within 24" of the caster and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Remove the target from the battlefield and set it up again on the battlefield wholly within 24" of the caster and more than 9" from all enemy units.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
Lore of Frazzlegit
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
BRIGHT FRIGHT: Sensing that the Gitz might be getting stuck in a bit beyond their depth, or maybe because they think a bit more battlefield anarchy might be in order, the caster summons a great scowling image of Glareface Frazzlegit to spook the horde into moving away from the foe.
Declare: Pick a friendly GLOOMSPITE GITZ WIZARD to cast this spell, pick up to 3 friendly visible GLOOMSPITE GITZ units wholly within 12" of them to be the targets, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Each target can immediately use a RETREAT ability as if it was your movement phase. No mortal damage is inflicted on the targets by those RETREAT abilities.
Effect: Each target can immediately use a RETREAT ability as if it was your movement phase. No mortal damage is inflicted on the targets by those RETREAT abilities.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, UNLIMITED |
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
GITSPEED: Rubbing a bit of scavenged sunmetal between his clammy palms and spitting a curse that causes his tongue to sizzle, the caster imbues nearby Gitz with a dose of sneaky swiftness.
Declare: Pick a friendly GLOOMSPITE GITZ WIZARD to cast this spell, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, add 2" to the Move characteristic of friendly non-TROGGOTH GLOOMSPITE GITZ units while they are wholly within 12" of this unit.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, add 2" to the Move characteristic of friendly non-TROGGOTH GLOOMSPITE GITZ units while they are wholly within 12" of this unit.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
GAZE OF GLAREFACE: The caster redirects Frazzlegit’s fearsome glare at the enemy, forcing them to shield their eyes and stumble about blindly.
Declare: Pick a friendly GLOOMSPITE GITZ WIZARD to cast this spell, pick a visible enemy unit within 18" of them to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn:
Effect: Until the start of your next turn:
- The target cannot use RUN abilities.
- Halve the Range characteristic of the target’s ranged weapons.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
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Lore of Frazzlegit
In the effect of ‘Bright Fright’, replace:
‘No mortal damage is inflicted by those RETREAT abilities.’
With:
‘No mortal damage is inflicted on the targets by those RETREAT abilities.’
‘No mortal damage is inflicted by those RETREAT abilities.’
With:
‘No mortal damage is inflicted on the targets by those RETREAT abilities.’
Lore of the Little Waaagh!
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
BRIGHT FRIGHT: The shaman covers the land in a bristly slime, the hairs of which cause unbearable itching.
Declare: Pick a friendly GLOOMSPITE GITZ WIZARD to cast this spell, pick an objective within 18" of this unit to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, subtract 1 from wound rolls for attacks made by enemy units while they are contesting the target objective.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, subtract 1 from wound rolls for attacks made by enemy units while they are contesting the target objective.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, UNLIMITED |
| Your Hero Phase | 7 |
GITSPEED: The wizard shines with the eerie light of the Bad Moon, drawing in troglodytic hordes.
Declare: Pick a friendly GLOOMSPITE GITZ WIZARD to cast this spell, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, if a friendly Bad Moon Loonshrine uses the ‘Moonclan Lairs’ ability, you can set up the replacement unit wholly within 6" of this unit and more than 3" from all enemy units instead of wholly within 12" of that Bad Moon Loonshrine.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, if a friendly Bad Moon Loonshrine uses the ‘Moonclan Lairs’ ability, you can set up the replacement unit wholly within 6" of this unit and more than 3" from all enemy units instead of wholly within 12" of that Bad Moon Loonshrine.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
GAZE OF GLAREFACE: Bubble-like fungal growths appear all over nearby gitz that, when popped, shoot them into the air with a wet ‘thwip’.
Declare: Pick a friendly GLOOMSPITE GITZ WIZARD to cast this spell, pick a visible friendly GLOOMSPITE GITZ unit wholly within 12" of them to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, each time an ability inflicts damage points on the target, after the ability has been resolved, the target can move up to 3". It can move through the combat ranges of enemy units but can only end that move in combat with units it was in combat with at the start of that move. It does not have to end the move in combat.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, each time an ability inflicts damage points on the target, after the ability has been resolved, the target can move up to 3". It can move through the combat ranges of enemy units but can only end that move in combat with units it was in combat with at the start of that move. It does not have to end the move in combat.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
Manifestation Lore
Dank Manifestations
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
SUMMON MORK’S MIGHTY MUSHROOM: The shaman takes a small mushroom and hurls it with all his might. When it lands, it sprouts impossibly quickly into a gigantic skullshroom, a fungus said to grow between Mork’s own toes.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Mork’s Mighty Mushroom on the battlefield, pick a friendly GLOOMSPITE GITZ WIZARD to cast this spell, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Set up a Mork’s Mighty Mushroom wholly within 12" of the caster and visible to them.
Effect: Set up a Mork’s Mighty Mushroom wholly within 12" of the caster and visible to them.
| KEYWORDS | SUMMON, SPELL |
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
SUMMON SCUTTLETIDE: The shaman grasps a small jade amulet in which a skullback spider is imprisoned and uses it to call forth a seething mass of the trapped creature’s kin.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Scuttletide on the battlefield, pick a friendly GLOOMSPITE GITZ WIZARD to cast this spell, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Set up a Scuttletide wholly within 12" of the caster, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Set up a Scuttletide wholly within 12" of the caster, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units.
| KEYWORDS | SUMMON, SPELL |
| Your Hero Phase | 7 |
SUMMON SCRAPSKUTTLE’S ARACHNACAULDRON: The shaman whistles loudly, calling the squealing, bubbling Scrapskuttle’s Arachnacauldron to their side.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Scrapskuttle’s Arachnacauldron on the battlefield, pick a friendly GLOOMSPITE GITZ WIZARD to cast this spell, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Set up a Scrapskuttle’s Arachnacauldron wholly within 12" of the caster, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Set up a Scrapskuttle’s Arachnacauldron wholly within 12" of the caster, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units.
| KEYWORDS | SUMMON, SPELL |
| Your Hero Phase | 7 |
SUMMON MALEVOLENT MOON: The shaman transforms a loonstone statue into a huge glowing terror and lets it loose on the battlefield.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Malevolent Moon on the battlefield, pick a friendly GLOOMSPITE GITZ WIZARD to cast this spell, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Set up a Malevolent Moon wholly within 12" of the caster, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Set up a Malevolent Moon wholly within 12" of the caster, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units.
| KEYWORDS | SUMMON, SPELL |
Special Knick-Knacks
Special Knick-knacks are unique enhancements that can be given to non-HERO GLOOMSPITE GITZ units. A unit can only have 1 Special Knick-knack.
| Once Per Battle, Any Hero Phase |
FIZZCAP: Upon eating this fungus, the ingester’s brain fizzes and pops, and an arcane conjuration bursts out of their mouth, usually with fatal effect.
Effect: This unit can use a SUMMON SPELL ability from the manifestation lore you picked during army composition as if it had WIZARD (1). Instead of making a casting roll for that spell, the casting roll is 12 and cannot be modified. That spell cannot be unbound. Then, if this unit is not MOONCLAN, roll a dice. On a 1-4, 1 model in this unit is automatically slain.
| End of Any Turn |
SPOOFSHROOMS: These warriors carry a large number of these light, powdery fungi, which can be hurled on the ground for a quick, bouncy getaway.
Effect: Roll a dice. If this unit is GITMOB, roll D3+3 instead. This unit can move a distance in inches up to the roll. It can move through the combat ranges of enemy units but cannot end that move in combat.
| KEYWORDS | MOVE |
| Start of Any Turn |
GLITZY BITZ ROLLA: The owner of this highly polished dice often rolls it to see if today is a ‘lucky’ day. Troggoths, being as dumb as a bag of hammers, are especially susceptible to the effects.
Effect: Spend 1 rage dice. If your opponent’s fury level is lower than yours, they must increase their fury level by 1, to a maximum of 7.
If this unit is a non-TROGGOTH unit, add 1 to wound rolls for its attacks for the rest of the turn.
If this unit is a TROGGOTH, pick 1 of the following effects to apply for the rest of the turn:
If this unit is a non-TROGGOTH unit, add 1 to wound rolls for its attacks for the rest of the turn.
If this unit is a TROGGOTH, pick 1 of the following effects to apply for the rest of the turn:
- Set the Damage characteristic of this unit’s Colossal Boulder Club to 6.
- Set the Damage characteristic of this unit’s Throwin’ Boulders to 3.
- Set the Attacks characteristic of this unit’s Noxious Vomit to 3.
Army of Renown
Da King’s Gitz
By far the most successful Loonboss to have lived is Skragrott. This cunning wizard bears a fungal crown whose roots burrow into his brain, and a rare, crescent-shaped Bossfungus caps his staff – a clear sign of the Bad Moon’s favour. Though his followers are many, his closest allies are the skraps known as the King’s Gitz. These loyal Moonclanners enabled Skragrott to conquer Skrappa Spill, his personal gloomy paradise in the Realm of Metal. Emboldened by the centuries of success enjoyed by their master, they are considerably less cowardly than their peers and much more willing to throw themselves into the thick of battle. However, not even they are above the temptation of personal gain – in fact, they are amongst the most ambitious due to the power they wield as the biggest bullies around. The leaders of these skraps are constantly changing because of their habitual backstabbing.
When you pick the Gloomspite Gitz faction for your army, you can choose for it to be a Da King’s Gitz Army of Renown. If you do so, use the faction rules on these pages instead of the Gloomspite Gitz faction rules. Every unit in your army must be drawn from the units listed in the roster options below. All units in your army gain the KING’S GITZ keyword.Errata
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Army of Renown, Da King's Gitz
In ‘The Moon and the Loon’, change the first sentence to:
‘While a friendly unit is wholly within 9" of a friendly Skragrott, a friendly Malevolent Moon or a friendly Bad Moon Loonshrine:’
‘While a friendly unit is wholly within 9" of a friendly Skragrott, a friendly Malevolent Moon or a friendly Bad Moon Loonshrine:’
Army of Renown, Da King's Gitz
Change the declare step of ‘Da King’s Adjutant’ to:
‘Declare: You cannot use this ability and the Bad Moon Loonshrine’s ‘Moonclan Lairs’ ability in the same turn. If this unit is within 12" of a friendly Bad Moon Loonshrine, pick a friendly non-reinforced, non-HERO, non-MONSTER KING’S GITZ unit that has been destroyed to be the target.’
‘Declare: You cannot use this ability and the Bad Moon Loonshrine’s ‘Moonclan Lairs’ ability in the same turn. If this unit is within 12" of a friendly Bad Moon Loonshrine, pick a friendly non-reinforced, non-HERO, non-MONSTER KING’S GITZ unit that has been destroyed to be the target.’
Army of Renown, Da King's Gitz
Add the following to the effect of ‘Moonhoned Shiv’:
‘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.’
Army of Renown, Da King's Gitz
In the declare step of ‘Da Loonking’s Command’ and ‘Right Gitz in Da Right Place’ replace ‘within 18"’ with ‘wholly within 18"’.
ROSTER OPTIONS
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Battle Traits
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THE MOON AND THE LOON: The Bad Moon’s gaze frequently falls upon the Loonking and his court.
Effect: While a friendly unit is wholly within 9" of a friendly Skragrott, a friendly Malevolent Moon or a friendly Bad Moon Loonshrine:
- Add 5 to the control scores of friendly non-SQUIG MOONCLAN units.
- Instead of rolling the dice to determine the Move characteristic of a friendly SQUIG unit, you can use a value of 4.
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DA KING’S GUARDS: Skragrott keeps a personal retinue of troggoths to protect him and favoured members of his court.
Effect: While a friendly TROGGOTH unit is within the combat range of a friendly HERO:
- That HERO has WARD (4+).
- Each time you make a successful ward roll for that HERO, allocate 1 damage point to a friendly TROGGOTH unit within that HERO’s combat range after the damage sequence for that HERO has been resolved (ward rolls cannot be made for those damage points).
| Once Per Battle, Deployment Phase |
DA LOONKING’S COURT: The vast hoards of looted treasure held in the deepest, darkest caverns of the Loonking’s empire are legendary.
Declare: Pick up to D3 friendly non-UNIQUE KING’S GITZ HEROES that do not have an enhancement.
Effect: Give each HERO 1 enhancement from the ‘Da King’s Gitz’ Army of Renown rules.
Designer’s Note: These enhancements are given to the HEROES during the deployment phase, not during army composition.
Effect: Give each HERO 1 enhancement from the ‘Da King’s Gitz’ Army of Renown rules.
Designer’s Note: These enhancements are given to the HEROES during the deployment phase, not during army composition.
FAQ
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| Q: | When using the Lunar Squigs effect of ‘Under the Light of the Bad Moon’ or the ‘The Moon and the Loon’ ability to use a value of 4 for the Move characteristic of a friendly SQUIG unit, does the 4 replace the entire Move characteristic of the unit with a 4, or just the dice roll? |
| A: | It replaces the dice roll. For example, if a unit of Squig Hoppers (with a Move characteristic of D6+8") were affected by one of these abilities, it could use a value of 4 instead of rolling the D6, resulting in a Move characteristic of 12" (4+8"). |
Heroic Traits
HERO only| Once Per Battle (Army), End of Your Turn |
DA KING’S ADJUTANT: This grot is tasked with cajoling as many of the Loonking’s followers into battle as possible.
Declare: You cannot use this ability and the Bad Moon Loonshrine’s ‘Moonclan Lairs’ ability in the same turn. If this unit is within 12" of a friendly Bad Moon Loonshrine, pick a friendly non-reinforced, non-HERO, non-MONSTER KING’S GITZ unit that has been destroyed to be the target.
Effect: Set up a replacement unit wholly within 12" of a friendly Bad Moon Loonshrine and more than 3" from all enemy units.
Effect: Set up a replacement unit wholly within 12" of a friendly Bad Moon Loonshrine and more than 3" from all enemy units.
| Your Movement Phase |
GLAREJESTER: This grot thinks he’s the funniest in all of grotdom. Everyone else disagrees.
Declare: Pick a friendly INFANTRY unit within 3" of this unit and that is not in combat to be the target.
Effect: Roll a D3. Add the roll to the distance the target can move when using MOVE abilities this phase. If the target ends a move in this phase within 3" of this HERO, inflict an amount of mortal damage on this HERO equal to the roll.
Effect: Roll a D3. Add the roll to the distance the target can move when using MOVE abilities this phase. If the target ends a move in this phase within 3" of this HERO, inflict an amount of mortal damage on this HERO equal to the roll.
Artefacts of Power
HERO only| Deployment Phase |
MOONHONED SHIV: This grot is either the most or least trusted in Skragrott’s court, as the Loonking has gifted them a stabby thing that has been quenched in the light of the Bad Moon.
Effect: Pick 1 of this unit’s non-Companion melee weapons. Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of that weapon for the rest of the battle. In addition, each time this unit uses a RETREAT ability, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of that weapon for the rest of the battle. This unit can be affected by this ability multiple times and the effects are cumulative.
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LOONSTONE MEDALLION: The medallion hanging around this grot’s neck grants them uncanny luck, which means they must be crucial to the Loonking’s plans. It probably won’t end well for them.
Effect: This unit has WARD (6+). While this unit is contesting an objective that is not being contested by any other friendly units, it has WARD (5+).
| End of Any Turn |
WOTNOT OF PRESTIGE: The bearer of this junk-like trinket doesn’t really know what it does. The Loonking assured them it holds great power, and they weren’t really in a position to refuse. Now the question is how to make it work…
Declare: Pick a point on the battlefield within 9" of this unit. Each visible enemy unit within 3" of that point is a target.
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.
Spell Lore
| Your Hero Phase | 5 |
DA LOONKING’S COMMAND: With a puzzling gesture from the shaman, a greenish-yellow glow emanates from the best warriors of Da King’s Gitz, spurring them on to perform acts of even greater wickedness in Skragrott’s name.
Declare: Pick a friendly KING’S GITZ WIZARD to cast this spell, pick a visible friendly unit wholly within 18" of them to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn:
Effect: Until the start of your next turn:
- Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons used by champions in the target unit.
- If the target uses the ‘Rally’ command, you can make 1 additional rally roll of D6.
- Add 1 to the target’s control score.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, UNLIMITED |
| Your Hero Phase | 5 |
RIGHT GITZ IN DA RIGHT PLACE: While fiddling with a squig-skin pouch, the wild-eyed shaman mutters gobbledegook interspersed with the name of a hated enemy.
Declare: Pick a friendly KING’S GITZ WIZARD to cast this spell, pick a visible friendly unit wholly within 18" of them to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: The target’s weapons have Anti-HERO (+1 Rend) until the start of your next turn.
Effect: The target’s weapons have Anti-HERO (+1 Rend) until the start of your next turn.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
Manifestation Lore
| Your Hero Phase | 7 |
SUMMON MALEVOLENT MOON: The shaman transforms a loonstone statue into a huge glowing terror and lets it loose on the battlefield.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Malevolent Moon on the battlefield, pick a friendly GLOOMSPITE GITZ WIZARD to cast this spell, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Set up a Malevolent Moon wholly within 12" of the caster, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Set up a Malevolent Moon wholly within 12" of the caster, visible to them and more than 9" from all enemy units.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, SUMMON |
FAQ
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| Q: | When using the Lunar Squigs effect of ‘Under the Light of the Bad Moon’ or the ‘The Moon and the Loon’ ability to use a value of 4 for the Move characteristic of a friendly SQUIG unit, does the 4 replace the entire Move characteristic of the unit with a 4, or just the dice roll? |
| A: | It replaces the dice roll. For example, if a unit of Squig Hoppers (with a Move characteristic of D6+8") were affected by one of these abilities, it could use a value of 4 instead of rolling the D6, resulting in a Move characteristic of 12" (4+8"). |
Army of Renown
Droggz’s Gitmob
The Snarlfang-riding grots of the Gitmobs do not fear the light of day. Rather, they covet the power that so obviously rivals the Bad Moon’s own. Upon defeating their enemies, they scavenge the equipment of the fallen, accruing metal that they can use to rob Hysh of its power. From their mountain dens, they ride each day, chasing the light and capturing it in scrap blessed by their shamans for this purpose.
When you pick the Gloomspite Gitz faction for your army, you can choose for it to be a Droggz’s Gitmob Army of Renown. If you do so, use the faction rules below instead of the Gloomspite Gitz faction rules. Every unit in your army must be drawn from the units listed in the roster options box opposite. All units in your army gain the DROGGZ’S GITMOB keyword.Errata
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Army of Renown, Droggz's Gitmob
In the effect of ‘Stick ’Em and Run’, replace ‘Careening Destruction’ with ‘Frazzlegit’s Flame Stream’.
ROSTER OPTIONS
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Battle Traits
| Deployment Phase |
GET AROUND ’EM: With a cackle, groups of Gitmob grots race off into the distance to surround and outflank the foe.
Declare: Pick a friendly DROGGZ’S GITMOB unit that has not been deployed.
Effect: Set up that unit in reserve outflanking the enemy. It has now been deployed.
Effect: Set up that unit in reserve outflanking the enemy. It has now been deployed.
| KEYWORDS | DEPLOY |
| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Combat Phase |
GLOWERING LIGHT: Those who are suddenly bathed in Glareface Frazzlegit’s light are momentarily stunned by his fearsome gloweriness.
Declare: Pick an enemy unit in combat with a friendly DROGGZ’S GITMOB unit that has charged this turn to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, for the rest of the turn, the target cannot make a pile-in move when it is picked to use a FIGHT ability.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, for the rest of the turn, the target cannot make a pile-in move when it is picked to use a FIGHT ability.
| Your Movement Phase |
SURPRISE, YA GITZ!: When the front lines are engaged, the Gitmob flanking forces launch their ambush.
Declare: Pick a friendly DROGGZ’S GITMOB unit that is outflanking the enemy.
Effect: Set up that unit on the battlefield wholly within 6" of a battlefield edge and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Set up that unit on the battlefield wholly within 6" of a battlefield edge and more than 9" from all enemy units.
| Once Per Turn (Army), Enemy Combat Phase |
DIS FIGHT’S NOT FER ME: Gitmob grots are hard to pin down in combat, whether they are riding Snarlfangs or chariots - or just not up for a fight when the odds are against them.
Declare: Pick a friendly DROGGZ’S GITMOB unit that is in combat with any enemy units that charged this turn and is not in combat with any enemy units that did not charge this turn to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 4+, the target can immediately use the ‘Retreat’ ability as if it were your movement phase.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 4+, the target can immediately use the ‘Retreat’ ability as if it were your movement phase.
Heroic Traits
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STICK ’EM AND RUN: This grot might not be known for their bravery, but they're still alive - which is more than can be said for most of their rivals.
Effect: Each time this unit uses a RETREAT ability or the ‘Frazzlegit’s Flame Stream’ ability, before moving this unit, pick an enemy unit in combat with it and roll a D3. On a 2+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll.
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PLUCKY GIT: This swaggering boss radiates confidence, shouting encouragements' to the ladz and taunting the foe with obscene gestures. Confidence is a fragile thing for a grot, however...
Effect: While this unit has no damage points, friendly DROGGZ’S GITMOB units have WARD (6+) while they are wholly within 9" of this unit.
Artefacts of Power
(HERO only)| Once Per Battle (Army), Your Shooting Phase |
GLAREFACE’S GRIN: When this crescent-shaped shard of metal strikes the ground, it releases the concentrated Hyshian light trapped within it.
Declare: Pick a point on the battlefield within 9" of this unit. Each visible enemy unit within 3" of that point is a target.
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.
Spell Lore
| Your Hero Phase | 5 |
FRAZZLEBLAST: With a wild gesticulation, the shaman imbues the Gitmobs' weapons with Frazzlegit's burning light.
Declare: Pick a friendly WIZARD to cast this spell, pick a visible friendly DROGGZ’S GITMOB unit wholly within 12" of them to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, the target’s melee weapons have Crit (2 Hits).
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, the target’s melee weapons have Crit (2 Hits).
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, UNLIMITED |
Manifestation Lore
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
SUMMON MORK’S MIGHTY MUSHROOM: The shaman takes a small mushroom and hurls it with all his might. When it lands, it sprouts impossibly quickly into a gigantic skullshroom, a fungus said to grow between Mork's own toes.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Mork’s Mighty Mushroom on the battlefield, pick a friendly GLOOMSPITE GITZ WIZARD to cast this spell, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Set up a Mork’s Mighty Mushroom wholly within 12" of the caster and visible to them.
Effect: Set up a Mork’s Mighty Mushroom wholly within 12" of the caster and visible to them.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, SUMMON |
Army of Renown
Trugg’s Troggherd
When Trugg stomps into battle, he does so at the head of a lumbering mass of troggoths, from river-dwelling Fellwaters to mighty Dankholds. Drawn from their foetid lairs by the imposing aura of the Troggoth King, these lumpen brutes pulverise anything in their path, never questioning their monarch’s apparently random course.
When you pick the Gloomspite Gitz faction for your army, you can choose for it to be a Trugg’s Troggherd Army of Renown. If you do so, use the faction rules below instead of the Gloomspite Gitz 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 TRUGG’S TROGGHERD keyword.ROSTER OPTIONS
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Battle Traits
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HERD HEALING: When troggoths gather in larger numbers, the sheer troggness of the herd serves as a catalyst for their regenerative abilities.
Effect: Each time a friendly TROGGOTH unit uses a FIGHT ability, after that ability has been resolved, Heal (D3) that unit.
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AURA OF HAYWIRE MAGIC: Those who trudge beside the Troggoth King on his long march are imbued with the same mysterious powers their liege unwittingly channels.
Effect: The effects of a friendly Trugg’s ‘Malfunctioning Leystone’ ability affect friendly TRUGG’S TROGGHERD units anywhere on the battlefield instead of only those wholly within 12" of that friendly Trugg.
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MOON-TOUGHENED HIDE: The light of the Bad Moon illuminates the troggoths’ craggy hides, its madcap magic rendering them even more resilient than usual.
Effect: In battle rounds 2 and 3, subtract 1 from the Rend characteristic of melee weapons used for attacks that target friendly TRUGG’S TROGGHERD units.
| Once Per Battle (Army), Deployment Phase |
LIVING LANDMARK: Despite their great size, when some troggoths lie down for a snooze, they are easy to mistake for just another part of the landscape…
Declare: Pick a friendly TRUGG’S TROGGHERD unit that has not been deployed.
Effect: Set up that unit in reserve as a living landmark. It has now been deployed.
Effect: Set up that unit in reserve as a living landmark. It has now been deployed.
| KEYWORDS | DEPLOY |
| Your Movement Phase |
BROKEN SLUMBER: Disturbed by the approach of an enemy army, dozing troggoths – presumed till now to be part of the scenery – wake up in a blurry rage, fists and clubs swinging.
Declare: Pick a friendly TRUGG’S TROGGHERD unit that is a living landmark.
Effect: Set up that unit anywhere on the battlefield wholly within 3" of a terrain feature and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Set up that unit anywhere on the battlefield wholly within 3" of a terrain feature and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Heroic Traits
HERO only| Once Per Battle, Any Combat Phase |
LOONSTONE TEEF: This troggoth once jammed shards of loonstone into their gums to replace missing teeth. They have since been driven mad by a constant cackling that echoes around their skull, rendering them particularly irascible and dangerous.
Effect: This unit can use 2 FIGHT abilities this phase. After the first is used, however, this unit has STRIKE-LAST for the rest of the turn.
Artefacts of Power
HERO only| Once Per Battle, Any Movement Phase |
CRUNCHY SHINIES: When eaten, these glimmering crystal shards allow a troggoth to move with something approaching agility – a novel feeling for these naturally lumbering brutes.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 3 to run rolls and charge rolls for this unit.
PATH TO GLORY
Here, you will find additional rules to use wit h a Gloomspite Gitz army while playing through a Path to Glory campaign. These rules are divided into two parts: the Anvil of Apotheosis and Paths for Gloomspite Gitz 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. Pick a boss.
2. Set a destiny point limit.
3. Fill out the starting warscroll.
4. Pick your hero’s origin and/or flaw.
5. Choose a Battle Mount.
6. Pick any Battle Mount Upgrades.
7. Pick any other upgrades.
1. Pick a boss.
2. Set a destiny point limit.
3. Fill out the starting warscroll.
4. Pick your hero’s origin and/or flaw.
5. Choose a Battle Mount.
6. Pick any Battle Mount Upgrades.
7. Pick any other upgrades.
Your Hero's WarscrollYou 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 Gloomspite Gitz 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 2 - 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 l of the following:
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Step 3 - Fill Out The Starting Warscroll
To begin with, your hero has 1 of the following warscrolls:5" 4 5+ 2 | ||
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| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
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| Troggoth Club | 4 | 4+ | 2+ | 1 | D3+1 | ||
| Start of Any Turn |
GREATER REGENERATION: This troggoth's regenerative capacity is more pronounced than that of the average member of its kind.
Effect: Heal (D6) this unit.
KEYWORDS | HERO, INFANTRY |
| DESTRUCTION, GLOOMSPITE GITZ, TROGGOTH |
Step 4 - Pick Your Hero's Origin And/Or Flaw
You can pick up lo I origin and up to l flaw for your hero. Each adds an ability to your hero's warscroll.However, instead of costing destiny points, llaws give you extra destiny points to spend elsewhere.
Flaws
LAST TO THE FIGHT: This git prefers to let their underlings do their dirty work for them and will only engage in combat as a last resort.
SHROOMIST: This git loves munching on weird fungi, but sometimes their effects are... debilitating.
GITTISHLY OVERCONFIDENT: This git knows that they are the best and they're not gonna let anyone else think otherwise. | ||||||||||||||
Passive Step 5 - Choose a Battle Mount
If your hero does not have the TROGGOTH keyword, you can pick up to 1 Battle Mount for them. If you choose not to have a battle mount for your non-TROGGOTH hero, you can add 1 of the following keywords to their warscroll: MOONCLAN, SPIDERFANG or GITMOB.Battle Mount -5DP SNARLFANG: The large lupines known as Snarlfangs are extremely swift and just as spiteful as their riders. Like the grots, others of their kind usually fall into line behind the strongest and meanest specimens. In addition, make the following changes to your hero’s warscroll:Add the following weapon to your hero’s warscroll:
Battle Mount -8DP GIANT CAVE SQUIG: Only the most deranged or shroom-addled grots willingly ride one of these massive squigs into battle. In addition, make the following changes to your hero’s warscroll:Add the following weapon to your hero’s warscroll:
Battle Mount -10DP GIGANTIC SPIDER: In the darkest, dankest crevices, Gigantic Spiders lurk. Revered by the Spiderfang, they are captured to bear the bossiest grots into battle. In addition, make the following changes to your hero’s warscroll:Add the following weapon and ability to your hero’s warscroll:
WALL CRAWLER: The Spiderfang's arachnid allies can skitter up and down vertical surfaces as if they were flat ground.
Battle Mount -20DP MANGLER SQUIGS: Straining at their chains, Mangler Squigs launch themselves across the battlefield completely out of their riders’ control. In addition, make the following changes to your hero’s warscroll:Add the following weapons and abilities to your hero’s warscroll:
SQUIG RAGE: As Mangler Squigs are wounded in battle, they become even more irate and violent.
WATCH OUT!: Mangler Squigs are capable of great destruction even in their wildly bouncing death throes. Battle Mount -20DP ARACHNAROK SPIDER: These huge arachnids are worshipped by the Spiderfang as avatars of their god. In addition, make the following changes to your hero’s warscroll:Add the following weapons and abilities to your hero’s warscroll:
BATTLE DAMAGED: The Spiderfang's arachnid allies can skitter up and down vertical surfaces as if they were flat ground.
WALL CRAWLER: The Spiderfang's arachnid allies can skitter up and down vertical surfaces as if they were flat ground. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Gitboss(GLOOMSPITE GITZ HERO only)ASPIRING: When a unit on this Path gains this rank, pick 1 of the following abilities for them:
TOUGH GIT: This cranky and calloused git is known to be a right tough 'un.
EXTRA STABBY: This git has looted the pointiest weapon they could find.
FROTHING ENTHUSIASM: This git's fanatical fervour to get stabbing as quickly as possible is infectious.
SCALE-SPLITTER: Beasts recoil in fear at this git's glowering stare.
ALMOST BLESSED BY THE BAD MOON: This git tells anyone that will listen that they've been blessed by the Bad Moon, and somehow they seem to emerge from every fight unscathed. Right up until the moment they don't.
SADISTIK SCOUNDREL: This git loves to put the knife into a wounded enemy - and then gives it a good twist just to make sure. Effect: Roll a D3 for each target. On a 2+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll.
THE ANGRIEST GIT AROUND: This git's temperament is extremely volatile, and no other git wants to be seen to be running away while the boss is doing 'boss stuff'.
SNEAKY SIDESTEPPER: This git is so crafty that their enemies' attacks often seem to strike thin air. Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, pick 1 of the target’s weapons and subtract 3 from its Attacks characteristic for the rest of the turn. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Path of The Dank Hordes(non-HERO GLOOMSPITE GITZ unit only)ASPIRING: When a unit on this Path gains this rank, pick 1 of the following abilities for them:
FUNGUS BREW: These warriors have perfected a fungus brew that protects them from sentient magical manifestations.
NOTORIOUS AND VICIOUS: The backstabbing intimidation tactics of these warriors are infamous among their fellow gitz.
FUNGAL FREAKS: Before battle, these warriors apply cave moulds to their bodies that give off obscuring spore clouds.
DEVIOUS SURVIVORS: If the fight isn't in the favour of these warriors, they instinctively know when they should get out of trouble.
LOON CREW: These warriors have survived at least one battle and are now filled with the belief that the Bad Moon has blessed them with invincibility.
HIT 'EM BACK: These extremely vindictive gitz make sure that insults never go unanswered.
STAB 'EM AGAIN AND AGAIN: These vicious gitz are relentless as they plunge knives into flesh and club their enemies into the ground.
NASTY PRESS GANG: These gitz go to great lengths to get others to 'join da ranks'. It's hard to say no when the boss's goons are looming over you... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Snarlpack Huntaz
Gitmobs are always on the hunt, whether it is for prey, territory or Frazzlegit himself. When claiming new lands for their pack, a Snarlboss will ride out ahead alongside a hand-picked scouting party known as Snarlpack Huntaz. These are often grots who have survived more than two or three battles with only a few chunks bitten off, or else riders who have yet not tried to shove a blade into their Snarlboss’s back. They strike out at high speed in a chaotic flurry of fangs, claws and spears, ready to savage all who dare oppose them.
Accompanying their Snarlboss are the grot’s loyal Wolfgit Retinue, most ferocious of their pack’s riders and adept at protecting their leader with sun-charged spear and bow. Following behind come the giant wolves of the Snarlpack Cavalry, each bearing two bickering grots with great lances pointed forward on the thrust. These riders hit hard and fast, able to square up to larger foes that lone grot riders would struggle to manage. A savvy Snarlboss will also protect his rear and flanks with a few Sunsteala Wheelas, perfect for hitting fast and precisely – and for retreating just as quickly, should things go awry.
Accompanying their Snarlboss are the grot’s loyal Wolfgit Retinue, most ferocious of their pack’s riders and adept at protecting their leader with sun-charged spear and bow. Following behind come the giant wolves of the Snarlpack Cavalry, each bearing two bickering grots with great lances pointed forward on the thrust. These riders hit hard and fast, able to square up to larger foes that lone grot riders would struggle to manage. A savvy Snarlboss will also protect his rear and flanks with a few Sunsteala Wheelas, perfect for hitting fast and precisely – and for retreating just as quickly, should things go awry.
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Spearhead, Snarlpack Huntaz
Change the timing of ‘Flankin’ Force’ to ‘Once Per Battle, Deployment Phase’.
Change the timing of ‘Sunsteala Shard’ to ‘Once Per Battle, Enemy Movement Phase’.
Change the timing of ‘Sunsteala Shard’ to ‘Once Per Battle, Enemy Movement Phase’.
Spearhead, Snarlpack Huntaz
Change the effect of the Snarlboss’s ‘Great Snarlin’ Howl’ ability to: ‘Roll a dice. On a 3+, add 1 to the Rend characteristic and the Attacks characteristic of the targets’ Companion melee weapons for the rest of the turn.’
Spearhead, Snarlpack Huntaz
Change the Snarlpack Cavalry’s ‘Frazzleburned Scrap’ ability to:
| Passive |
FRAZZLEBURNED SCRAPEffect: This unit has STRIKE FIRST if it charged in the same turn.
| This Spearhead army consists of the following units: General
Units
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Battle Traits
| Passive |
FAST AS FRAZZLEGIT: The Gitmob packs are always on the move, a speeding melange of howling Snarlfangs and cackling grots.
Effect: Friendly units can use CHARGE abilities even if they used a RETREAT ability in the same turn. In addition, no mortal damage is inflicted on friendly units by RETREAT abilities.
Regiment Abilities
Pick 1 of the following regiment abilities.| Once Per Battle, Deployment Phase |
FLANKIN' FORCE: The Snarlboss has sent some of his warriors to sneakily outflank the enemy.
Effect: Pick up to 2 friendly units. Remove them from the battlefield and set them up again anywhere on the battlefield more than 6" from all enemy units.
| Passive |
FRAZZLEBOOM: When a Sunsteala Wheela is destroyed, the metal shards hammered into it become unstable, burning nearby enemies as the Hyshian energies trapped within them are released.
Effect: Each time a friendly WAR MACHINE is destroyed, before removing it from play, pick an enemy unit within 3" of that WAR MACHINE and roll a D3. On a 2+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on that unit equal to the roll.
Enhancements
Give your general 1 of the following enhancements.| Once Per Battle, Any Combat Phase |
KUNNIN' AS A SNARLFANG: This general knows the perfect time for the ladz to stab their enemies in the middle of a fight.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 1 to the Rend characteristic of melee weapons used by friendly units while they are wholly within 12" of the bearer.
| Once Per Battle, Enemy Movement Phase |
SUNSTEALA SHARD: This grot holds aloft a sliver of metal that absorbs ambient light, surrounding them in a patch of darkness that is perfect for the Gitmob to hide in.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, friendly units cannot be targeted by shooting attacks while they are wholly within 6" of this unit, unless the attacking unit is in combat with the target unit.
| Once Per Battle, Any Combat Phase |
GLARE OF FRAZZLEGIT: With a yell, the Snarlboss releases the Hyshian light captured within his jaggedy blade.
Declare: Pick an enemy unit in combat with your general to be the target.
Effect: Subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks made by the target for the rest of the turn.
Effect: Subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks made by the target for the rest of the turn.
| End of Any Turn |
DEVIOUS BACKSTABBA: This grot has a scary number of shivs secreted about their body, and they are always ready to stab anyone who they think is too bossy.
Declare: Pick an enemy HERO in combat with this unit to be the target.
Effect: Roll a D3. On a 2+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll.
Effect: Roll a D3. On a 2+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll.
Warscrolls
12" 5 5+ 2 Snarlbosses are the leaders of the Gitmobs. They prove their right to lead by somehow convincing an Alpha Snarlfang to carry them into battle – usually by demonstrating that they are much sneakier and meaner than their prospective mount. Doing so also means that the other Snarlfangs of their pack will follow their lead as they run rings around the enemy, filling them full of arrows before dashing in to finish the job when the smell of weakness is in the air. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Boss Loppa | |||||||
| Boss Loppa | 5 | 4+ | 4+ | 1 | 2 | ||
| Snarlfang’s Slavering Jaws [Companion] | |||||||
| Snarlfang’s Slavering Jaws Companion | 2 | 4+ | 3+ | - | 2 | ||
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase |
GREAT SNARLIN' HOWL: The howls of this boss’s Snarlfang Alpha drive its pack into a frenzy.
Declare: Pick this unit and another friendly unit within this unit’s combat range to be the targets.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, add 1 to the Rend characteristic and the Attacks characteristic of the targets’ Companion melee weapons for the rest of the turn.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, add 1 to the Rend characteristic and the Attacks characteristic of the targets’ Companion melee weapons for the rest of the turn.
KEYWORDS | HERO, CAVALRY |
12" 6 4+ 2 The Sunsteala Wheelas favoured by the Gitmobs are built with lightweight wicker frames, allowing them to close down on the foe quickly and hit hard before deftly weaving out of combat. Their drivers favour stikkas and bows, weapons perfect for sneaky strikes from a reasonably safe distance. | ||
| RANGED WEAPONS | Rng | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Grot Bow | ||||||||
| Grot Bow | 15" | 2 | 4+ | 5+ | - | 1 | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | |||
| Wheela Slicers and Stabbin’ Stikka | ||||||||
| Wheela Slicers and Stabbin’ Stikka | 4 | 4+ | 4+ | - | 1 | |||
| Snarlfangs’ Slavering Jaws [Companion] | ||||||||
| Snarlfangs’ Slavering Jaws Companion | 4 | 4+ | 3+ | - | 2 | |||
| Your Movement Phase |
CAREENING DESTRUCTION: Lurching uncontrollably across the battlefield at death-defying speed, Sunsteala Wheelas careen straight through their enemies leaving behind trails of devastation.
Effect: This unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. It can pass through other models and the combat ranges of enemy units, but it cannot end that move in combat. Then, pick up to 1 enemy INFANTRY unit that this unit passed across during that move to be the target. Inflict D3 mortal damage on the target.
Designer’s Note: This unit can use this ability even if it is in combat.
Designer’s Note: This unit can use this ability even if it is in combat.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE |
KEYWORDS | WAR MACHINE |
12" 3 4+ 1 Giant Snarlfangs are, as the name suggests, particularly large and impressive specimens of their kind. So big are they that a pair of grots can ride a single such beast into battle, each rider guarding one of their mount’s flanks with jabs from their ‘skewas’, freeing up the Snarlfang to tear into enemies directly in front at its leisure. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Pointy Skewas [Charge (+1 Damage)] | |||||||
| Pointy Skewas Charge (+1 Damage) | 4 | 4+ | 5+ | - | 1 | ||
| Giant Snarlfang’s Jaws [Companion] | |||||||
| Giant Snarlfang’s Jaws Companion | 3 | 4+ | 3+ | - | 2 | ||
| Passive |
FRAZZLEBURNED SCRAP: After the boss, Snarlpack Cavalry often get first dibs on loot, and they have an eye for the scrap and wotsits with the best light-absorbing properties. In battle, they have learned how to unleash these energies from their weapons at just the right moment, dazzling the enemy as their charge hits home.
Effect: This unit has STRIKE-FIRST if it charged in the same turn.
KEYWORDS | CAVALRY |
12" 2 5+ 1 Those lucky grots of a Snarlboss’s retinue are often hand-picked from the least cowardly of the pack. They ride close to their leader and fend off attackers with stikkas and bows. These canny and adaptable fighters are a cut above the rest of their wolf-riding kin, and they possess an excellent sense for danger. Unfortunately for Wolfgit Retinues, they are often seen by their Snarlboss as potential rivals. Should they get too big for their boots, the boss is close enough to dispose of them at the drop of his fancy hat. | ||
| RANGED WEAPONS | Rng | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Grot Bow | ||||||||
| Grot Bow | 15" | 2 | 4+ | 5+ | - | 1 | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | |||
| Stabbin’ Stikka | ||||||||
| Stabbin’ Stikka | 2 | 4+ | 5+ | - | 1 | |||
| Snarlfang’s Slavering Jaws [Companion] | ||||||||
| Snarlfang’s Slavering Jaws Companion | 2 | 4+ | 3+ | - | 2 | |||
1 model is armed with a Grot Bow and Snarlfang’s Slavering Jaws, and 1 model is armed with a Stabbin’ Stikka and Snarlfang’s Slavering Jaws.
| Passive |
I GOT DIS, BOSS: Wolfgitz look out for their Snarlboss in battle, if only because it makes knifin’ him later easier once he’s let his guard down.
Effect: While a friendly Snarlboss is within this unit’s combat range, both this unit and that Snarlboss have WARD (5+).
KEYWORDS | CAVALRY |
Bad Moon Madmob
When the Bad Moon careens through the sky and the realms are bathed in its loonlight, once-craven grots pour from tunnels and caves to overrun the Mortal Realms. Empowered by their lunar deity, these Madmobs overwhelm the enemy with sheer numbers. Waves of greenskins tear down foes with shivs, spears and squigs. At their rear swaggers their Loonboss, screaming orders and threats with wild abandon. Whilst their underlings do the dying, these moon-helmeted bullies circle about, waiting for a chance to pierce an enemy’s lung or slash open a throat with their crooked glaive.
At the fore come the Squig Hoppers, sailing over the battlefield with great bounces – and crushing anyone unfortunate enough to be under them when they land. While their rabid squig mounts wreak havoc behind enemy lines with their fang-filled gobs, the reeling foe faces the assault of Rockgut Troggoths wielding menhir-capped mauls. These stone-skinned creatures are so tough that it is near impossible to inflict any meaningful injuries upon them. Emboldened by these lumbering linebreakers, grot Stabbas bring up the rearguard, overwhelming any survivors with their seemingly endless numbers. Hurled nets ensnare targets and bring them to the ground, allowing the cackling grots to plunge rusty shivs into their victims’ flesh.
At the fore come the Squig Hoppers, sailing over the battlefield with great bounces – and crushing anyone unfortunate enough to be under them when they land. While their rabid squig mounts wreak havoc behind enemy lines with their fang-filled gobs, the reeling foe faces the assault of Rockgut Troggoths wielding menhir-capped mauls. These stone-skinned creatures are so tough that it is near impossible to inflict any meaningful injuries upon them. Emboldened by these lumbering linebreakers, grot Stabbas bring up the rearguard, overwhelming any survivors with their seemingly endless numbers. Hurled nets ensnare targets and bring them to the ground, allowing the cackling grots to plunge rusty shivs into their victims’ flesh.
Errata
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Gloomspite Gitz, Bad Moon Madmob
Change the timing of ‘The Hand of Gork’ to ‘Once Per Battle (Army), Your Movement Phase’.
Gloomspite Gitz, Bad Moon Madmob
Add the following to the Battle Traits:
‘One of your units of Squig Hoppers is not set up during the deployment phase. Instead, from the third battle round onwards, they can use the following ability:
‘One of your units of Squig Hoppers is not set up during the deployment phase. Instead, from the third battle round onwards, they can use the following ability:
Gloomspite Gitz, Bad Moon Madmob
| Your Movement Phase |
SQUIGALANCHE: A curious, arrhythmic pounding and cackles of wicked glee in the distance signal the approach of a mob of manic Squig Hoppers!
Effect: Set up this unit wholly within your territory, wholly within 3" of a battlefield edge and more than 6" from all enemy units.
Gloomspite Gitz, Bad Moon Madmob
Delete the REINFORCEMENTS keyword from the Moonclan Stabbas warscroll.
| This Spearhead army consists of the following units: General
Units
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Battle Traits
One of your units of Squig Hoppers is not set up during the deployment phase. Instead, from the third battle round onwards, they can use the Squigalanche ability.
| Your Movement Phase |
SQUIGALANCHE: A curious, arrhythmic pounding and cackles of wicked glee in the distance signal the approach of a mob of manic Squig Hoppers!
Effect: Set up this unit wholly within your territory, wholly within 3" of a battlefield edge and more than 6" from all enemy units.
| Once Per Battle, Start of the First Battle Round |
UNDER THE LIGHT OF THE BAD MOON: Grots are always vicious little monsters, but when their god’s light falls upon them, they become an order of magnitude more dangerous.
Declare: Pick a territory (either friendly territory or enemy territory) to be under the Light of the Bad Moon. If both players can use this ability, the players roll off and the winner picks a territory to be under the Light of the Bad Moon.
The territory picked remains under the Light of the Bad Moon in the first and second battle rounds. In the third and fourth battle rounds, the other territory is under the Light of the Bad Moon.
Effect: While a friendly unit is wholly within the territory that is under the Light of the Bad Moon, the appropriate effect below applies to it:
Frothing Zealots: If the unit is a Moonclan Stabbas unit, add 3 to its control score.
Lunar Squigs: If the unit is a Squig Hoppers unit, no mortal damage is inflicted on it when it uses Retreat abilities.
Moonlit Hide: If the unit is a Rockgut Troggoths unit, add 1 to save rolls for it.
The territory picked remains under the Light of the Bad Moon in the first and second battle rounds. In the third and fourth battle rounds, the other territory is under the Light of the Bad Moon.
Effect: While a friendly unit is wholly within the territory that is under the Light of the Bad Moon, the appropriate effect below applies to it:
Frothing Zealots: If the unit is a Moonclan Stabbas unit, add 3 to its control score.
Lunar Squigs: If the unit is a Squig Hoppers unit, no mortal damage is inflicted on it when it uses Retreat abilities.
Moonlit Hide: If the unit is a Rockgut Troggoths unit, add 1 to save rolls for it.
Regiment Abilities
Pick 1 of the following regiment abilities.| Your Hero Phase |
THE LUNATIC HORDES: From out of caves and darkened lairs, a stream of ravening grots pours forth into the lurid light of the Bad Moon.
Declare: Pick a friendly Moonclan Stabbas unit to use this ability.
Effect: You can return up to D3 slain models to that unit.
Effect: You can return up to D3 slain models to that unit.
| Once Per Battle, (Army) Your Movement Phase |
THE HAND OF GORK: A bizarre ritual worked before the battle calls down a ghostly green hand that can carry a mob to where they are most needed.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat to use this ability.
Effect: Remove that unit from the battlefield and set it up again more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Remove that unit from the battlefield and set it up again more than 9" from all enemy units.
| KEYWORDS | CORE |
Enhancements
Give your general 1 of the following enhancements.| End of Any Turn |
FIGHT ANOTHER DAY: Your general has mastered the ignoble art of striking then running away before the enemy can hit back.
Declare: Pick your general to use this ability if they used a FIGHT ability this turn.
Effect: Your general can make a 2D6" move but cannot end that move in combat.
Effect: Your general can make a 2D6" move but cannot end that move in combat.
| Passive |
HALLUCINOGENIC FUNGUS BREW: Stolen from the shamans of the Gobbapalooza, this potent brew makes the imbiber almost impervious to pain. However, as the battle progresses, the effects start to wear off.
Effect: Your general has WARD (4+) in the first battle round, WARD (5+) in the second battle round, and WARD (6+) in the third and fourth battle rounds.
| Passive |
THE CLAMMY COWL: This enchanted hood wreathes its wearer in damp gloom, causing enemies to swing wildly at their blurred outline and weapons to slip in suddenly moistened palms.
Effect: Subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks that target your general.
| Once Per Battle, Enemy Movement Phase |
NIGHTSHADE MUSHROOM: This black-capped fungus bursts into a cloud of pitch darkness when tossed into the air.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit within your general’s combat range.
Effect: That unit cannot be targeted by shooting attacks in the next shooting phase.
Effect: That unit cannot be targeted by shooting attacks in the next shooting phase.
Warscrolls
5" 5 4+ 2 6+ A Loonboss never fights fair, ducking and weaving around his enemies and hurling endless mobs of grots at them to wear them down, before finishing them off with a blade to the throat or between the shoulder blades. Some will don moon-shaped helms in homage to their deity, the Bad Moon, in the hopes that it will shine upon their battles and allow them to spread more madness and mayhem. Though they will lay about themselves with impressive commitment if pressed, Loonbosses prefer to lord it over their diminutive minions, urging them into the fray with ear-splitting shrieks of outrage should the grot assault falter. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Moon-slicer | |||||||
| Moon-slicer | 5 | 4+ | 4+ | 1 | D3 | ||
| Your Hero Phase |
I'M DA BOSS: Loonbosses prefer to make their minions do all the fighting.
Declare: Pick a friendly Moonclan Stabbas unit wholly within 12" of this unit to be the target.
Effect: Pick 1:
Beckon the Loonatic Hordes: If the target unit is not in combat, you can return D6 slain models to it.
Stab ’Em Good!: Add 1 to hit rolls for attacks made by the target unit until the start of your next turn.
Effect: Pick 1:
Beckon the Loonatic Hordes: If the target unit is not in combat, you can return D6 slain models to it.
Stab ’Em Good!: Add 1 to hit rolls for attacks made by the target unit until the start of your next turn.
KEYWORDS | HERO, INFANTRY, WARD (6+) |
D6+8" 2 6+ 1 Squig Hoppers bounce madly into battle, wreaking havoc on anything they collide with. Each ill-tempered squig has a cackling grot clinging to its back, who flails wildly at nearby enemies as he tries vainly to steer his weird steed. Only the most madcap of grots will attempt to enter the Squig Hoppers’ bounding ranks, for each fang-filled mount is nigh uncontrollable – its rider must simply cling to its bumpy body and hope not to be bucked off amidst the mayhem. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Slitta | |||||||
| Slitta | 2 | 4+ | 5+ | - | 1 | ||
| Squig’s Fang-filled Gob [Companion] | |||||||
| Squig’s Fang-filled Gob Companion | 3 | 4+ | 3+ | 1 | 1 | ||
| Any Movement Phase |
BOING! BOING! BOING!: Squig Hoppers can cause considerable damage simply by bouncing on top of their foes as they make their way across the battlefield.
Declare: Pick an enemy unit that any models in this unit passed across this phase to be the target, then roll a dice for each model in this unit that did so.
Effect: For each 4+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target.
Effect: For each 4+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target.
KEYWORDS | CAVALRY, FLY |
5" 1 5+ 1 Moonclan Stabbas form ragged ranks that advance upon the foe with gongs clanging and banners waving. Eyes filled with the madness of the Gloomspite, they pour over the enemy lines and stab wildly at everything in their path. Alone, a single grot can do little to an armoured foe, but when the Bad Moon shines and they surge forth in a never-ending horde, they can drag down warriors many times their size. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Stabba | |||||||
| Stabba | 2 | 4+ | 5+ | - | 1 | ||
| Any Combat Phase |
NETTERS: Moonclan grots use throwing nets to capture Cave Squigs and entangle their foes.
Declare: Pick an enemy INFANTRY unit in combat with this unit to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 2+, subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks made by the target unit this phase.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 2+, subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks made by the target unit this phase.
KEYWORDS | INFANTRY |
6" 5 4+ 2 5+ Rockgut Troggoths have stony hides that are proof against blade, bolt and magical blast alike. Their lumpen claws and rangy limbs have a steely strength, allowing them to wield huge but primitive clubs and hurl nearby boulders. Their leathery flesh can also regenerate with ease, rendering each beast almost impossible to kill. | ||
| RANGED WEAPONS | Rng | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Throwin’ Boulders | ||||||||
| Throwin’ Boulders | 10" | 1 | 5+ | 2+ | 2 | D3 | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | |||
| Massive Stone Maul | ||||||||
| Massive Stone Maul | 2 | 4+ | 2+ | 2 | 3 | |||
| Start of Any Turn |
REGENERATION: Troggoths are able to regrow injured flesh almost as quickly as it is harmed.
Effect: Heal (D3) this unit.
KEYWORDS | INFANTRY, WARD (5+) |
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. | ||
Errata
32.2 Objective Control
Change the first sentence to:
‘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:’
‘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:’
The non-SQUIG MOONCLAN keyword is used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
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.The SPIDERFANG keyword is used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
Cavalry
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). | ||
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.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 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.
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).
| 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 |
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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FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | If a model in base-to-base contact with an enemy model retreats 3" directly away from the enemy model, is it still in combat with that enemy model? |
| A: | No. |
Errata
Addenda: 7.0 Combat Range
Add the following:
‘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.’
Cover
Subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks that target a unit that is behind or wholly on this terrain feature, unless that unit charged this turn or has the FLY keyword.| 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.
Obscuring
While every model in a non-MONSTER non‐WAR MACHINE unit that does not have the FLY keyword is within 1" of this terrain feature, the following apply:- That unit is only visible to enemy units that are within its combat range.
- The Range characteristic of that unit’s ranged weapons is halved (rounding down to the nearest inch).
Unstable
Models can move across but cannot be set up on or end any type of move on any part of this terrain feature that is more than 1" tall.1.4.2 Obscuring Terrain
Examples: Wyldwood, fortress wallTerrain Abilities: Cover, Obscuring, Unstable
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. | ||
FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | If a non-FLY INFANTRY HERO (e.g. a Scinari Cathallar) is a Shrine Guardian of a Shrine Luminor, and that Shrine Guardian is within 1" of an obscuring terrain feature, is the Shrine Guardian visible to enemy abilities that target the Shrine Guardian? |
| A: | Yes. |
Errata
6.0 Visibility
Add the following:
‘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.’
‘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.’
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).
FAQ
| Q: | When making shooting attacks, can all models in the attacking unit shoot even if the target unit is not visible to some of those models? |
| A: | No, the only models in the attacking unit that can make shooting attacks are those that the target unit is visible to. |
| Q: | When a unit uses a SHOOT ability, does it have to shoot with all of the ranged weapons that it is armed with? |
| A: | Yes. |
 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 |
| 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 |
Shoot in Combat
This weapon can be used to make shooting attacks even if the attacking unit is in combat.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. Manifestations are not units but can be interacted with in similar ways, as explained next:
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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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| 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 (see 15.3). Then, if that unit is in combat, you must pick one or more enemy units as the target(s) of that unit’s attacks (see 16.0).
Effect: Resolve combat attacks against the target unit(s).
Effect: Resolve combat attacks against the target unit(s).
| KEYWORDS | CORE, ATTACK, FIGHT |
1.5 Faction Terrain
Some factions have special terrain features called faction terrain features. Faction terrain features have their own warscrolls. They are not considered to be units, with the following exceptions:- In the combat phase, they are treated as if they were units for the purposes of movement, combat range and being in combat.
- They are affected by all enemy abilities as if they were units.
- They can be damaged in the same manner as units. However, when they are removed from play, they count as being demolished instead of slain or destroyed (this means that they do not count as destroyed units for the purposes of abilities, scoring battle tactics, etc.).
- Enemy units can finish a charge move within ½" of a terrain feature that is garrisoned (see 1.5.1). Faction terrain features cannot contest objectives even while they are garrisoned.
- If a terrain feature has any melee or ranged weapons, it can use the 'Fight' and 'Shoot' CORE abilities as if it were a unit.
- Terrain features that have a Move characteristic of 0" ('-') cannot move (note that pile-in moves are a type of move).
- Faction terrain features with a Move characteristic greater than '-' are treated as if they were units in all phases for the purposes of movement, combat range, being in combat and setting up terrain features, other manifestations and other units.
Some faction terrain features allow you to place a unit on them (this will be clearly specified in that terrain feature’s rules). When doing so, instead of measuring range or visibility to and from the unit that is on that terrain feature, measure to and from the terrain feature instead. Unless otherwise specified, units on a faction terrain feature cannot use FIGHT abilities.
If a unit placed on a terrain feature is removed from it (e.g. if an ability removes them from the battlefield), that unit counts as having left that terrain feature and loses any special role or benefits it had as a result of being placed on it.
| The Citadel Terrain List shows the number of scenery pieces each terrain feature can consist of. If you are using terrain features that are not included on that list, agree with your opponent before setting up the battlefield how many scenery pieces make up each terrain feature. | ||
| Enemy Shooting Phase | 1 |
COVERING FIRE: The warriors unleash a quick volley at a nearby enemy unit before it charges into combat.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that did not use a RUN ability this turn and that is not in combat to use this ability, then pick the closest enemy unit (to that unit) that can be picked as the target of shooting attacks to be the target. You cannot pick MANIFESTATIONS or faction terrain features as the target of this ability.
Effect: Resolve shooting attacks for the unit using this ability against the target. You must subtract 1 from the hit rolls for those attacks.
Effect: Resolve shooting attacks for the unit using this ability against the target. You must subtract 1 from the hit rolls for those attacks.
| KEYWORDS | SHOOT, ATTACK |
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 TROGGOTH keyword is used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Monster
The SQUIG keyword is used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Monster Hero
Beast
Monster
The GITMOB keyword is used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
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UNDER THE LIGHT OF THE BAD MOON: Grots are always vicious little monsters, but depending on the face of the moon, they can become an order of magnitude more dangerous.
Effect: During the battle, the effects below apply to friendly GLOOMSPITE GITZ units based on the current face of the Bad Moon:
Frothing Zealots: While the Bad Moon is Cacklin’ or Grinnin’, add 5 to the control scores of friendly non-SQUIG MOONCLAN units.
Spiderfang Venom: While the Bad Moon is Cacklin’ or Grinnin’, combat attacks made by friendly SPIDERFANG units score critical hits on unmodified hit rolls of 5+. This also affects Companion weapons.
Moonlit Hide: While the Bad Moon is Grinnin’ or Scowlin’, subtract 1 from the Rend characteristic of combat attacks that target friendly TROGGOTH units.
Lunar Squigs: While the Bad Moon is Scowlin’ or Sulkin’, instead of rolling the dice to determine the Move characteristic of a friendly SQUIG unit, you can use a value of 4.
Sneaky Snarlfangs: While the Bad Moon is Sulkin’ or Cacklin’, friendly GITMOB units can use CHARGE and SHOOT abilities even if they used a RETREAT ability in the same turn.
Frothing Zealots: While the Bad Moon is Cacklin’ or Grinnin’, add 5 to the control scores of friendly non-SQUIG MOONCLAN units.
Spiderfang Venom: While the Bad Moon is Cacklin’ or Grinnin’, combat attacks made by friendly SPIDERFANG units score critical hits on unmodified hit rolls of 5+. This also affects Companion weapons.
Moonlit Hide: While the Bad Moon is Grinnin’ or Scowlin’, subtract 1 from the Rend characteristic of combat attacks that target friendly TROGGOTH units.
Lunar Squigs: While the Bad Moon is Scowlin’ or Sulkin’, instead of rolling the dice to determine the Move characteristic of a friendly SQUIG unit, you can use a value of 4.
Sneaky Snarlfangs: While the Bad Moon is Sulkin’ or Cacklin’, friendly GITMOB units can use CHARGE and SHOOT abilities even if they used a RETREAT ability in the same turn.
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THE MOON AND THE LOON: The Bad Moon’s gaze frequently falls upon the Loonking and his court.
Effect: While a friendly unit is wholly within 9" of a friendly Skragrott, a friendly Malevolent Moon or a friendly Bad Moon Loonshrine:
- Add 5 to the control scores of friendly non-SQUIG MOONCLAN units.
- Instead of rolling the dice to determine the Move characteristic of a friendly SQUIG unit, you can use a value of 4.
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.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.Crit (Auto-wound)
If an attack made with this weapon scores a critical hit, that attack automatically wounds the target. Make a save roll as normal.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.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.
FAQ
| Q: | If a HERO is able to join another HERO's regiment (e.g. The Shadow Queen joining Morathi-Khaine, do they take the place of a non-HERO unit in that regiment? |
| A: | Yes. |
Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a GRAND FORGEHOST WIZARD.
Monster Hero
Infantry Hero
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 |
FAQ
| Q: | Is mortal damage inflicted by a miscast considered to be ‘mortal damage inflicted by a SPELL ability’ for the purposes of abilities like a Morghast Archai unit’s ‘Ebon-wrought Armour’ ability? |
| A: | No. |
The HELSMITHS OF HASHUT keyword is used in the following Helsmiths of Hashut warscrolls:
Monster Hero
Infantry
| Your Hero Phase | 7 |
REINFORCE DAEMONSTEEL: At a sorcerer’s chanting, the sigils inscribed on their minions’ armour glow with protective power.
Declare: Pick a friendly GRAND FORGEHOST WIZARD to cast this spell, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, ignore the first damage point allocated to each friendly HELSMITHS OF HASHUT unit in each phase while they are wholly within 12" of the caster.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, ignore the first damage point allocated to each friendly HELSMITHS OF HASHUT unit in each phase while they are wholly within 12" of the caster.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, UNLIMITED |
17.0 The Attack Sequence
Resolve steps 1-4 below for each attack made against a target unit, one attack at a time. If you picked more than one target unit for the ATTACK ability, resolve all the attacks made against one unit before moving on to the next, in an order of your choosing. Once you are familiar with the attack sequence, see ‘Fast Dice Rolling’ (see 17.3) if you want to speed up play.- 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). - 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.
- 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.
- Determine Damage: The attack inflicts a number of damage points on the unit equal to the Damage characteristic of the weapon. Inflicted damage points are added to a temporary damage pool for the target unit.
Keep track of the number of damage points in the damage pools of target units. Placing dice next to those units is a handy way of doing this.
FAQ
| Q: | If an ability allows a unit to score critical hits on unmodified rolls of 5+, but that unit needs a 6 to hit (e.g. as a result of subtracting 1 from hit rolls), would unmodified hit rolls of 5 hit the target? If so, would they still trigger any critical hit effects? |
| A: | Although the hits would count as critical hits, the attacks would not score a successful hit. As the attack sequence ends if an attack fails, effects such as Crit (2 Hits) or Crit (Auto-wound) would have no effect. However, effects that are resolved immediately, such as Crit (Mortal), would still be triggered by those critical hits. |
| Q: | If a unit is affected by two different abilities (such as the Ashen Elder’s ‘Stoked Fanaticism’ and the Taar’s Grand Forgehost spell ‘Reinforce Daemonsteel’) that would let it ignore the first damage in a phase, will it ignore the first and second damage points in that phase? If a unit takes damage in a phase before being affected by an ability that would let it ignore the first damage in a phase (e.g. by killing models that brought it wholly within such an effect), will it ignore the next damage point it would take that phase? |
| A: | No and no. It will only ever ignore the first damage point that was dealt to that unit in that phase. |
Roll-off
If you are instructed to roll off, each player should roll a dice. Whichever player has a higher roll wins the roll-off. If the result is a tie, each player should roll off again until there is a clear winner, unless otherwise specified.The non-MONSTER non-WAR MACHINE GLOOMSPITE GITZ keyword is used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
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’).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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Errata
Addenda: fought
Add the following definition:
‘fought: A unit has fought if it used any FIGHT abilities in the same turn.’
‘fought: A unit has fought if it used any FIGHT abilities in the same turn.’
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SEED OF REBIRTH: Should the bearer of this seed ever fall, its rejuvenating energies will grant them new life.
Effect: The first time this unit would be destroyed, before removing it from play, roll a dice. On a 3+, this unit is not destroyed and any remaining damage points inflicted on it have no effect. Then, Heal (D3) this unit.
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).FAQ
| Q: | If an ability (e.g. ‘Seed of Rebirth’) would allow a unit that would be destroyed to negate all remaining damage points then heal to prevent that unit from being destroyed, and another ability (e.g. ‘Quenching the Flames’) prevents that unit from healing, would that unit still be destroyed? |
| A: | Yes. |
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 |
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.
Errata
32.1 Contesting Objectives
Change the second paragraph to:
‘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.’
‘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.’
Contesting
Change the definition of contesting to:
‘contesting: Models contest objectives within their combat range (3"). When determining objective control, the same unit cannot contest more than 1 objective at the same time; the player must pick 1 if more than 1 is within range. (Core Rules, 32.1)’
‘contesting: Models contest objectives within their combat range (3"). When determining objective control, the same unit cannot contest more than 1 objective at the same time; the player must pick 1 if more than 1 is within range. (Core Rules, 32.1)’
32.0 Objectives
Many battleplans award victory points for controlling objectives, which are represented by objective markers. Unless otherwise specified, objective markers are round and 40mm wide. Models can move over and end their moves on objective markers. If an objective marker is on the border between territories, it is within all those territories but wholly within none of them. Objective markers don’t block visibility.
The HERO keyword is used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
| Any Hero Phase | 1 |
RALLY: With an inspiring call to action, wounded soldiers get a second wind and fresh troops take the field to replace their fallen comrades.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat to use this ability.
Effect: Make 6 rally rolls of D6. For each 4+, you receive 1 rally point. Rally points can be spent in the following ways:
Effect: Make 6 rally rolls of D6. For each 4+, you receive 1 rally point. Rally points can be spent in the following ways:
- For each rally point spent, Heal (1) that unit.
- You can spend a number of rally points equal to the Health characteristic of that unit to return a slain model to that unit.
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.
The WIZARD keyword is used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
Infantry
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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FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | If a model in base-to-base contact with an enemy model retreats 3" directly away from the enemy model, is it still in combat with that enemy model? |
| A: | No. |
Errata
Addenda: 7.0 Combat Range
Add the following:
‘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.’
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 GLOOMSPITE GITZ and WIZARD keywords are used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
Infantry
The non-TROGGOTH GLOOMSPITE GITZ keyword is used in the following Gloomspite Gitz 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.
If the original unit was reinforced and the replacement unit has more than half the number of models from the original unit, the replacement unit is considered to be reinforced.
| 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. | ||
FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | If a destroyed unit had an enhancement, and an ability allows me to set up a replacement of that unit, would the replacement unit also have that enhancement? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | If an ability allows a replacement unit to be set up with half the models from the original unit, and the original unit has to have a certain proportion of models equipped with specific weapons, does the new unit also need to adhere to the same restrictions? |
| A: | No. As stated in 24.2, you can pick any models from the original unit to be set up in the replacement unit. |
| Q: | If an ability allows a replacement unit to be set up with half the models from the original unit, could I then use an ability such as ‘Rally’ to return models to that unit until it reached the unit size of the original unit? |
| A: | No. A replacement unit is treated as a new unit with a new unit size. |
Errata
Addenda: 24.2 Replacement Units
Add the following:
‘If the original unit was reinforced and the replacement unit has more than half the number of models from the original unit, the replacement unit is considered to be reinforced.'
‘If the original unit was reinforced and the replacement unit has more than half the number of models from the original unit, the replacement unit is considered to be reinforced.'
The GLOOMSPITE GITZ keyword is used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
4.1 Enhancements
Each set of faction rules include a number of enhancements that can be given to units, e.g. heroic traits and artefacts of power. You can take 1 enhancement from each enhancement table in your faction rules. Each enhancement table lists which units are eligible to be given that enhancement. UNIQUE units cannot be given enhancements.While some abilities allow you to take extra enhancements, the same unit can never have more than 1 enhancement of the same type, and you can never include the same enhancement in your army more than once. Enhancements cannot be given to Regiment of Renown units, unless they have a keyword that matches that faction’s name.
FAQ
| Q: | If an ability allows a unit to gain an enhancement during a battle (for example, the Kharadron Overlords ‘Special Procurement’ ability) and I pick an enhancement that costs points, do I need to have sufficient spare points in my army roster in order to pay for that enhancement? |
| A: | No. Enhancements added to your army during a battle do not cost any points. |
The non-HERO GLOOMSPITE GITZ keyword is used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
Beast
Cavalry
Infantry
Monster
Faction Terrain
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.
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 for 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 for 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 MOONCLAN keyword is used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
The KING’S GITZ keyword is used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
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 and they must lead a regiment. Your general’s regiment can include up to 4 non-HERO units in addition to your general.
The non-HERO TROGGOTH keyword is used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
Monster
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, unless they have a keyword that matches that faction’s name.
- 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.
Non-UNIQUE KING’S GITZ HEROES warscrolls:
Monster Hero
Infantry Hero
• Loonboss
Cavalry Hero
The KING’S GITZ and HERO keywords is used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
Monster Hero
Infantry Hero
• Loonboss
Cavalry Hero
3.3 Reinforced Units
When you add a unit to your army roster, you can add it as a reinforced unit. A reinforced unit has twice as many models as its minimum unit size and costs twice as many points. If a unit has a minimum unit size of 1, it cannot be reinforced. In addition, some units with a unit size of more than 1 can not be reinforced. This will be noted on their battle profile.
Non-HERO, non-MONSTER KING’S GITZ warscrolls:
Infantry
Beast
Faction Terrain
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
• Loonboss
Infantry
The KING’S GITZ and WIZARD keywords are used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
Infantry
1.0 Champions
Units with the CHAMPION keyword have one or more champion models. If there is a number after the CHAMPION keyword, that number indicates the proportion of models in that unit that can be champions. In any other case, 1 model in the unit can be a champion. Units with the CHAMPION keyword have the following passive ability:| Passive |
CHAMPION: A veteran fighter leads the charge.
Effect: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of weapons used by champions in this unit. If this unit is a BEAST, this ability affects this unit’s Companion weapons.
Errata
Champion
Change the definition of Champion to:
‘Champion: Model’s weapons have +1 to Attacks characteristic. (Command Models, 1.0)’
‘Champion: Model’s weapons have +1 to Attacks characteristic. (Command Models, 1.0)’
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.The DROGGZ’S GITMOB keyword is used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
The DROGGZ’S GITMOB and keywords is used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
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.The TRUGG’S TROGGHERD keyword is used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
Monster
1.5 Faction Terrain
Some factions have special terrain features called faction terrain features. Faction terrain features have their own warscrolls. They are not considered to be units, with the following exceptions:- In the combat phase, they are treated as if they were units for the purposes of movement, combat range and being in combat.
- They are affected by all enemy abilities as if they were units.
- They can be damaged in the same manner as units. However, when they are removed from play, they count as being demolished instead of slain or destroyed (this means that they do not count as destroyed units for the purposes of abilities, scoring battle tactics, etc.).
- Enemy units can finish a charge move within ½" of a terrain feature that is garrisoned (see 1.5.1). Faction terrain features cannot contest objectives even while they are garrisoned.
- If a terrain feature has any melee or ranged weapons, it can use the 'Fight' and 'Shoot' CORE abilities as if it were a unit.
- Terrain features that have a Move characteristic of 0" ('-') cannot move (note that pile-in moves are a type of move).
- Faction terrain features with a Move characteristic greater than '-' are treated as if they were units in all phases for the purposes of movement, combat range, being in combat and setting up terrain features, other manifestations and other units.
Some faction terrain features allow you to place a unit on them (this will be clearly specified in that terrain feature’s rules). When doing so, instead of measuring range or visibility to and from the unit that is on that terrain feature, measure to and from the terrain feature instead. Unless otherwise specified, units on a faction terrain feature cannot use FIGHT abilities.
If a unit placed on a terrain feature is removed from it (e.g. if an ability removes them from the battlefield), that unit counts as having left that terrain feature and loses any special role or benefits it had as a result of being placed on it.
| The Citadel Terrain List shows the number of scenery pieces each terrain feature can consist of. If you are using terrain features that are not included on that list, agree with your opponent before setting up the battlefield how many scenery pieces make up each terrain feature. | ||
The TRUGG’S TROGGHERD and HERO keywords are used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
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. | ||
FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | Can I use an ability that allows a friendly unit that does not have STRIKE-FIRST to fight immediately after a friendly unit that has STRIKE-FIRST if there are one or more enemy units with STRIKE-FIRST that have not yet been picked to fight? |
| A: | No. As mentioned in the sidebar next to 19.0, abilities that allow a unit to use a FIGHT ability immediately after another unit do not override the STRIKE-FIRST constraints, so you cannot pick a unit that does not have STRIKE-FIRST to fight until all other units that have STRIKE-FIRST have fought. |
| Q: | If a friendly unit is the only unit that has STRIKE-FIRST on the battlefield and it has an ability that allows a friendly unit to fight immediately after it, in what order would units be picked to fight? |
| A: | If you are the active player, the unit that has STRIKE-FIRST would fight first, then you could use the ability to allow another friendly unit to fight immediately after it, and then you would pick the next unit to fight (i.e. three friendly units would fight back to back). If your opponent is the active player, the unit that has STRIKE-FIRST would fight first, you could still use the ability to allow another friendly unit to fight, and then your opponent would pick the next unit to fight. |
| Q: | In the combat phase, if all eligible non-STRIKE‑LAST units have used a FIGHT ability, which player gets to pick the first STRIKE-LAST unit to fight? |
| A: | The alternating sequence of picking units to use a FIGHT ability would continue and so the player who did not pick the last non-STRIKE-LAST unit would get to pick the first eligible STRIKE-LAST unit in their army to use a FIGHT ability. |
Errata
19.0 STRIKE-FIRST and STRIKE-LAST
In the first sentence, replace ‘at the start of the phase’ with ‘after any non-FIGHT Combat Phase abilities have been used’.
STRIKE-LAST
Remove the following text from STRIKE-LAST:
‘If both players have units with STRIKE-LAST, they alternate fighting with those units after all other eligible units have fought, starting with the active player.’
‘If both players have units with STRIKE-LAST, they alternate fighting with those units after all other eligible units have fought, starting with the active player.’
STRIKE-LAST
In the glossary entry for STRIKE-LAST, remove ‘, starting with the active player’.
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 |
FAQ
| Q: | When using the ‘Charge’ ability, does my unit need to end the charge move within 1⁄2" of an enemy unit that was visible to the charging unit at the start of that charge move? |
| A: | No. It must end the charge move within 1⁄2" of an enemy unit that is visible to the charging unit when it finishes that charge move. |
| Q: | If an ability adds to or subtracts from the number of dice that make up a charge roll, is that a modifier to the charge roll? |
| A: | No. |
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:
The HERO keyword is used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
• Loonboss
Infantry
The DESTRUCTION keyword is used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
The GLOOMSPITE GITZ keyword is used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
The TROGGOTH keyword is used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Monster
1.1 Wholly on Terrain and Behind Terrain
A model is wholly on a terrain feature if its base is on that terrain feature and no part of its base extends past the edge of that terrain feature. A unit is wholly on a terrain feature if every model in that unit is wholly on that terrain feature.When a unit is targeted by an attack, if it is impossible to draw a straight line from the closest point on the attacking model’s base to the closest point on the base of a model in the target unit that is in range without that line passing over that terrain feature, the target unit is considered to be behind a terrain feature for the attack made by that attacking model. Ignore parts of the terrain feature within the attacking unit’s combat range for the purposes of determining if the target is behind that terrain feature.
| Once Per Battle Round (Army), Start of Battle Round |
THE FACES OF THE BAD MOON: The Bad Moon hurtles erratically around the realms in madcap orbits, empowering its worshippers and troubling all others with insane visions.
Declare: You must use this ability at the start of the battle round. If multiple players are commanding a Gloomspite Gitz army, then instead, at the start of the battle round, those players roll off and only the winner declares and uses this ability this battle round.
Effect: If it is the first battle round, pick the starting face of the Bad Moon (Grinnin’, Scowlin’, Sulkin’ or Cacklin’). If it is not the first battle round, the face of the Bad Moon moves to the next face in the sequence.
Effect: If it is the first battle round, pick the starting face of the Bad Moon (Grinnin’, Scowlin’, Sulkin’ or Cacklin’). If it is not the first battle round, the face of the Bad Moon moves to the next face in the sequence.
| 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.
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.Charge (+1 Damage)
Add 1 to this weapon’s Damage characteristic if the attacking unit charged this turn.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.
FAQ
| Q: | If a unit has multiple power levels (e.g. a HERO that is both a WIZARD and a PRIEST), and another ability modifies that unit’s power level (e.g. the ‘Witchbane Curse’ prayer), which power level does it modify? |
| A: | If that ability only targets WIZARDS or only targets PRIESTS, it modifies the corresponding power level. If it could target either or does not specify the target, it modifies both. |
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.
The GLOOMSPITE GITZ and HERO keywords are used in the following Gloomspite Gitz warscrolls:
Shoot in Combat
This weapon can be used to make shooting attacks even if the attacking unit is in combat.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. Manifestations are not units but can be interacted with in similar ways, as explained next:
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15.1 Coherency
Any time a unit is set up or ends a move, it must be in a single group. A unit is considered to be in a coherent group if each model in that unit is within coherency range, measured horizontally, of at least 1 other model in that unit (ignore differences in height between the two models).For the majority of units, coherency range is 1/2", though some units (particularly those with large models with overhanging parts) have a longer coherency range noted on their warscroll for ease of play. While there are 7 or more models in a unit, that unit is considered to be in a coherent group if each model in that unit is within coherency range of at least 2 other models in that unit.
If it is not possible for a unit to end a move in a single coherent group, that move cannot be made.
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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.FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | Do models removed as a result of a unit being out of coherency count as having been slain? |
| A: | Yes. |
Errata
Addenda: 18.3 Slain models
Add the following:
‘You must remove the fewest models possible to make the unit a single coherent group.’
‘You must remove the fewest models possible to make the unit a single coherent group.’
Addenda: removed from play/removed from the battlefield
Add the following definition:
‘removed from play/removed from the battlefield: When a model or unit is removed from the battlefield, it no longer has any effect on the battle, though it can still be relevant for abilities that allow you to return models or replace units.’
‘removed from play/removed from the battlefield: When a model or unit is removed from the battlefield, it no longer has any effect on the battle, though it can still be relevant for abilities that allow you to return models or replace units.’
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. | ||
FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | Can I use an ability that allows a friendly unit that does not have STRIKE-FIRST to fight immediately after a friendly unit that has STRIKE-FIRST if there are one or more enemy units with STRIKE-FIRST that have not yet been picked to fight? |
| A: | No. As mentioned in the sidebar next to 19.0, abilities that allow a unit to use a FIGHT ability immediately after another unit do not override the STRIKE-FIRST constraints, so you cannot pick a unit that does not have STRIKE-FIRST to fight until all other units that have STRIKE-FIRST have fought. |
| Q: | If a friendly unit is the only unit that has STRIKE-FIRST on the battlefield and it has an ability that allows a friendly unit to fight immediately after it, in what order would units be picked to fight? |
| A: | If you are the active player, the unit that has STRIKE-FIRST would fight first, then you could use the ability to allow another friendly unit to fight immediately after it, and then you would pick the next unit to fight (i.e. three friendly units would fight back to back). If your opponent is the active player, the unit that has STRIKE-FIRST would fight first, you could still use the ability to allow another friendly unit to fight, and then your opponent would pick the next unit to fight. |
| Q: | In the combat phase, if all eligible non-STRIKE‑LAST units have used a FIGHT ability, which player gets to pick the first STRIKE-LAST unit to fight? |
| A: | The alternating sequence of picking units to use a FIGHT ability would continue and so the player who did not pick the last non-STRIKE-LAST unit would get to pick the first eligible STRIKE-LAST unit in their army to use a FIGHT ability. |
Errata
19.0 STRIKE-FIRST and STRIKE-LAST
In the first sentence, replace ‘at the start of the phase’ with ‘after any non-FIGHT Combat Phase abilities have been used’.
STRIKE-LAST
Remove the following text from STRIKE-LAST:
‘If both players have units with STRIKE-LAST, they alternate fighting with those units after all other eligible units have fought, starting with the active player.’
‘If both players have units with STRIKE-LAST, they alternate fighting with those units after all other eligible units have fought, starting with the active player.’
STRIKE-LAST
In the glossary entry for STRIKE-LAST, remove ‘, starting with the active player’.