Slaves to Darkness – The Oathsworn Kin
5" 3 5+ 1 Gunnar Brand is a hero amongst the Darkoath tribes of Aqshy, but he could not have won his greatest victories without the aid of his companions. The Oathsworn Kin form his closest circle of confidants – Dendrel Direbrand and Warqueen Tanari cave in skulls with hammer and spear while Broken Nadja trails behind, her deadly incantations reducing foes to madness. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Gnarled Staff | |||||||
| Gnarled Staff | 3 | 4+ | 4+ | - | D3 | ||
| Heavy Darkoath Weapon [Crit (Mortal)] | |||||||
| Heavy Darkoath Weapon Crit (Mortal) | 4 | 4+ | 3+ | - | 2 | ||
- Warqueen Tanari and Dendrel Direbrand are each armed with a Heavy Darkoath Weapon.
- Broken Nadja is armed with a Gnarled Staff.
 Passive |
BROKEN NADJA: Broken Nadja wields the energies of ruin itself through dark incantations.
Effect: While this unit’s Broken Nadja is on the battlefield, it has WIZARD (1).
 Your Hero Phase | 5 |
WITHERING DEATH: Nadja spits a vile curse in the Dark Tongue, drawing unnatural shadows to coil around an enemy champion and sap their life force.
Declare: Pick a visible enemy HERO within 18" of this unit to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Inflict 1 mortal damage on the target and subtract 1 from the Attacks characteristic of the target’s melee weapons until the start of your next turn.
Effect: Inflict 1 mortal damage on the target and subtract 1 from the Attacks characteristic of the target’s melee weapons until the start of your next turn.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
KEYWORDS | UNIQUE, INFANTRY |
| CHAOS, SLAVES TO DARKNESS, DARKOATH, GUNNAR’S OATHSWORN |
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.
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. | ||
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).
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 |
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Slaves to Darkness warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Infantry
The CHAOS keyword is used in the following Slaves to Darkness warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
Infantry
The SLAVES TO DARKNESS keyword is used in the following Slaves to Darkness warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
War Machine Hero
Infantry
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.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.
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.
The UNIQUE keyword is used in the following Slaves to Darkness warscrolls:
Monster Hero
The DARKOATH keyword is used in the following Slaves to Darkness warscrolls:
Beast
Cavalry
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.
The GUNNAR’S OATHSWORN keyword is used in the following Slaves to Darkness warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Infantry