Soulblight Gravelords
Beneath the pallid yet strangely beguiling appearance of a Soulblight vampire lies an inhuman terror that forever lusts after the taste of blood. Impossibly strong and preternaturally skilled in necromantic sorceries, they lead their resurrected legions against the living, fighting a relentless war in service to their monstrous hunger.
This page contains all of the rules you need to field your Soulblight Gravelords 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 | |
 Soulblight Gravelords | ||||
| Soulblight Gravelords | Battletome | 4 | April 2025 | |
 Rules Updates | ||||
| Rules Updates | Rulebook | 4 | August 2026 | |
 Legends Warscrolls | ||||
| Legends Warscrolls | Warscroll | 4 | July 2026 | |
| Armies of Renown | ||||
| Armies of Renown | Warscroll | 4 | July 2026 | |
| Battle Profiles | ||||
| Battle Profiles | Rulebook | 4 | July 2026 | |
 Ogor Mawtribes | ||||
| Ogor Mawtribes | Battletome | 4 | July 2026 | |
 Scourge of Aqshy - Soulblight Gravelords | ||||
| Scourge of Aqshy - Soulblight Gravelords | Expansion | 4 | July 2026 | |
| Spearhead: Soulblight Gravelords – Deathrattle Tomb Host | ||||
| Spearhead: Soulblight Gravelords – Deathrattle Tomb Host | Expansion | 4 | April 2026 | |
| Spearhead: Soulblight Gravelords - Bloodcrave Hunt | ||||
| Spearhead: Soulblight Gravelords - Bloodcrave Hunt | Expansion | 4 | April 2026 | |
 Sylvaneth | ||||
| Sylvaneth | Battletome | 4 | March 2026 | |
 Disciples of Tzeentch | ||||
| Disciples of Tzeentch | Battletome | 4 | February 2026 | |
 Ossiarch Bonereapers | ||||
| Ossiarch Bonereapers | Battletome | 4 | February 2026 | |
 Scourge of Ghyran - Soulblight Gravelords | ||||
| Scourge of Ghyran - Soulblight Gravelords | Expansion | 4 | September 2025 | |
| Regiments of Renown | ||||
| Regiments of Renown | Warscroll | 4 | September 2025 | |
 Grotmas Advent: Regiments of Renown | ||||
| Grotmas Advent: Regiments of Renown | Warscroll | 4 | September 2025 | |
 Nighthaunt | ||||
| Nighthaunt | Battletome | 4 | August 2025 | |
 Flesh-eater Courts | ||||
| Flesh-eater Courts | Battletome | 4 | August 2025 | |
 Kharadron Overlords | ||||
| Kharadron Overlords | Battletome | 4 | July 2025 | |
 Cities of Sigmar | ||||
| Cities of Sigmar | Battletome | 4 | July 2025 | |
| Battletome Supplement: Soulblight Gravelords | ||||
| Battletome Supplement: Soulblight Gravelords | Supplement | 4 | April 2025 | |
 Sons of Behemat | ||||
| Sons of Behemat | Faction Pack | 4 | January 2025 | |
Faction Rules
Battle Traits
Soulblight Gravelords armies can use the following abilities:
 Once Per Battle (Army), Deployment Phase |
ANCIENT BURIAL SITES: Across the Mortal Realms stand time-worn mausoleums and barrows, housing the remains of the long dead.
Effect: If there is a friendly Cursed Sepulchre on the battlefield, you can set up up to 2 additional Cursed Sepulchres on the battlefield. The first must be set up more than 3" from all units, objectives and other terrain features. The second must be set up wholly outside enemy territory and more than 3" from all units, objectives and other terrain features.
Designer’s Note: The original Cursed Sepulchre is set up in Step 1 of the deployment phase using the ‘Deploy Faction Terrain’ ability. This ability allows you to set up a second and third such terrain feature and is used in Step 3 of the deployment phase, after armies have been deployed.
Designer’s Note: The original Cursed Sepulchre is set up in Step 1 of the deployment phase using the ‘Deploy Faction Terrain’ ability. This ability allows you to set up a second and third such terrain feature and is used in Step 3 of the deployment phase, after armies have been deployed.
| Deployment Phase |
THE UNQUIET DEAD: Animated by necromancy, the undead rise from their graves, balefire eyes blazing with dark purpose.
Declare: Pick a friendly DEATHRATTLE or DEADWALKERS unit that has not been deployed.
Effect: Set up that unit in reserve in the grave. It has now been deployed. You cannot set up more friendly units in the grave than there are on the battlefield.
Effect: Set up that unit in reserve in the grave. It has now been deployed. You cannot set up more friendly units in the grave than there are on the battlefield.
| KEYWORDS | DEPLOY |
 Your Movement Phase |
THE RISING DEAD: Clawing their way through the soil and rock, more undead warriors join the fight.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is in the grave.
Effect: Set up that unit wholly within 6" of a friendly Cursed Sepulchre and more than 9" from all enemy units, or wholly within 6" of the edge of the battlefield, wholly within friendly territory and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Set up that unit wholly within 6" of a friendly Cursed Sepulchre and more than 9" from all enemy units, or wholly within 6" of the edge of the battlefield, wholly within friendly territory and more than 9" from all enemy units.
| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Hero Phase |
DEATHLY INVOCATION: Skilled wielders of death magic can summon hordes of undead.
Declare: Pick a friendly SOULBLIGHT GRAVELORDS HERO to use this ability, then pick up to 3 friendly DEATHRATTLE or DEADWALKERS units wholly within 12" of that HERO to be the targets.
Effect: For each target:
Effect: For each target:
- If the target is damaged, Heal (3) the target.
- If the target is not damaged, return a number of slain models to it with a combined Health characteristic of up to 3.
 Once Per Battle Round (Army), Any Movement Phase |
ENDLESS LEGIONS: To the Gravelords, the dead are mere chattel to be raised and expended.
Declare: Pick a friendly non-UNIQUE DEATHRATTLE or DEADWALKERS unit that started the battle with 2 or more models and that has been destroyed to be the target.
Effect: Set up a replacement unit with half the number of models from the target unit (rounding up) wholly within 12" of a friendly SOULBLIGHT GRAVELORDS HERO or wholly within 6" of a friendly Cursed Sepulchre. It must be set up more than 9" from all enemy units.
If it is your movement phase, you can set up the replacement unit more than 3" from all enemy units instead of more than 9", but if you set it up within 9" of any enemy units, it cannot use CHARGE abilities this turn.
Effect: Set up a replacement unit with half the number of models from the target unit (rounding up) wholly within 12" of a friendly SOULBLIGHT GRAVELORDS HERO or wholly within 6" of a friendly Cursed Sepulchre. It must be set up more than 9" from all enemy units.
If it is your movement phase, you can set up the replacement unit more than 3" from all enemy units instead of more than 9", but if you set it up within 9" of any enemy units, it cannot use CHARGE abilities this turn.
 Once Per Turn (Army), End of Any Turn |
THE HUNGER: Soulblight vampires are revitalised by feasting upon the blood of their foes.
Declare: Pick each friendly VAMPIRE unit that used a FIGHT ability this turn to be the targets.
Effect: Heal (D3) each target. Heal (2D3) the target instead if it destroyed an enemy unit this turn using a FIGHT ability.
Effect: Heal (D3) each target. Heal (2D3) the target instead if it destroyed an enemy unit this turn using a FIGHT ability.
Battle Formations
You can pick 1 of the following battle formations for a Soulblight Gravelords army. Each battle formation grants a different ability you can use in the battle.
BATTLE PROFILE
| Name | Points |
| Legion of Shyish | 0 |
| Deathstench Drove | 0 |
| Bacchanal of Blood | 0 |
| Deathmarch | 0 |
| Legions of Ulfenkarn | 0 |
| Cryptmasters | 0 |
| Skinshifters | 0 |
Legion of Shyish
| Passive |
HORROR UNENDING: The never-ending waves of deathly minions summoned by a Legion of Shyish shatter all hopes of victory for those who stand against them.
Effect: You can pick 1 additional target when using the ‘Deathly Invocation’ ability.
Deathstench Drove
 Once Per Turn (Army), End of Any Turn |
DRAGGED DOWN AND TORN APART: Hordes of shambling Deadwalker Zombies flow around and over their victims like a rotten tide, bearing them to the ground through sheer weight of numbers before tearing them limb from limb.
Declare: Pick up to 3 friendly DEADWALKERS units in combat to be the targets.
Effect: For each target:
Effect: For each target:
- Make a pile-in move.
- 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.
Bacchanal of Blood
| Passive |
ARISTOCRACY OF THE NIGHT: These vampires are expected to excel in all martial and mystical disciplines.
Effect: Add 1 to casting rolls for friendly VAMPIRE units that are not in combat and add 1 to wound rolls for combat attacks made by friendly VAMPIRE units that charged in the same turn.
Deathmarch
| Passive |
TIDE OF BONES AND BLADES: The relentless advance of these skeletal undead can overwhelm even the most tenacious resistance.
Effect: Add 1 to the Rend characteristic of melee weapons used by friendly DEATHRATTLE units that charged in the same turn for attacks that target a unit that has fewer models than the attacking unit.
Legions of Ulfenkarn
Currently, the rules in battletome supplement are still legal for use in competitive play. However, on 1 June 2026, these rules will move over to Warhammer Legends. This means that they will no longer be legal for competitive play.| Passive |
WARDENS OF THE WOLF: The might of Ulfenkarn marches forth from the shattered city, its graves emptied to bolster the tides of endless dead, as the howls of feral vampires echo across the battlefield.
Effect: Each time 1 or more slain models are returned to a friendly SOULBLIGHT GRAVELORDS INFANTRY or BEASTS unit wholly within 12" of a friendly BELLADAMMA VOLGA, RADUKAR THE WOLF, RADUKAR THE BEAST, IVYA VOLGA, LADY ANNIKA, KRITZA, TORGILLIUS THE CHAMBERLAIN, GORSLAV THE GRAVEKEEPER or WATCH CAPTAIN HALGRIM, add 1 to the number of slain models returned to that unit.
Cryptmasters
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase |
UNHOLY SITE: Some gravesites have witnessed such horrors that the death magic suffusing them makes them even more difficult to cleanse of the undead’s influence.
Declare: Pick a friendly Cursed Sepulchre to be the target.
Effect: The target has WARD (4+) until the start of your next turn.
Effect: The target has WARD (4+) until the start of your next turn.
Skinshifters
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase |
THE SPEED OF DEATH: Many vampires are capable of swiftly traversing nearly any terrain by assuming a different form or through the application of the sheer bestial strength and agility granted them by their curse.
Declare: Pick a friendly INFANTRY VAMPIRE HERO to be the target.
Effect: The target can move up to 12" and has <KY>FLY</KY> when it does so. It cannot end that move in combat.
Effect: The target can move up to 12" and has <KY>FLY</KY> when it does so. It cannot end that move in combat.
Heroic Traits
The Cursed Bloodlines
HERO only| Your Hero Phase |
LASH OF THE SIRE: Such is the domineering force of this undead overlord’s willpower that it can imbue nearby vassals with sudden impetus.
Declare: Pick another friendly SOULBLIGHT GRAVELORDS unit within this unit’s combat range to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 2+:
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 2+:
- If the target is not in combat, it can move D6" but cannot move into combat during any part of that move.
- If the target is in combat, it can make a pile-in move.
 Your Hero Phase |
UNBENDING WILL: This immortal tyrant and their minions are a force of unliving conquest like no other.
Declare: Pick a friendly DEATHRATTLE or DEADWALKERS unit that has 2 or more models and is wholly within 12" of this unit to be the target.
Effect: Add D6 to the target’s control score for the rest of the turn.
Effect: Add D6 to the target’s control score for the rest of the turn.
| Passive |
UNHINGED RAMPAGER: This creature’s bestial hunger sees them close on the foe without hesitation.
Effect: You can re-roll charge rolls for this unit in your charge phase.
Undying Tyrants
HERO only| Passive |
IMMORTAL EGO: Few mortals would claim to be the mightiest slayer in the Mortal Realms or to have a peerless mastery of the blade, given the existence of gods, daemons, demigods and more besides.
Effect: Each phase, you can re-roll 1 hit roll, 1 wound roll and 1 save roll for this unit.
| Passive |
FRIGHTENING VITALITY: This deathless champion is an undead juggernaut, capable of a type of regeneration that is rare even amongst the ranks of the unliving.
Effect: Each time an ability would heal exactly 1 or 2 of this unit’s damage points, heal 3 damage points instead.
| Passive |
A WASTREL AND A VAGABOND: This spiteful creature is an embarrassment to their undead peers: perhaps a vampire fallen from favour, a wight who failed in their duty to their king, or a Necromancer who pushed their luck one time too many. Regardless of the reason, they seem to have an affinity with the basest undead minions.
Effect: While a friendly Deadwalker Zombies or Deathrattle Skeletons unit is wholly within 12" of this unit:
- Add 2 to run rolls for that unit.
- Add 3" to the distance that unit can move when it piles in.
The Cursed Bloodlines
HERO only| Passive |
IMMORTAL EGO: Few mortals would claim to be the mightiest slayer in the Mortal Realms or to have a peerless mastery of the blade, given the existence of gods, daemons, demigods and more besides.
Effect: Each phase, you can re-roll 1 hit roll, 1 wound roll and 1 save roll for this unit.
| Passive |
FURIOUS ENDINGS: This being can harness the power created when Shyishan and Aqshian magics mingle, which often occurs when arcane manifestations meet their end in the Bright Realm.
Effect: Each time a MANIFESTATION within 12" of this unit is removed from play, gain 1 rage dice.
| Deployment Phase |
ETERNAL THRALL: Such is this warlord’s notoriety that they have acquired something of a cult following. One of their most ardent supporters is renowned in their own right, and they bask in the adulation of this follower the most.
Declare: Pick another friendly non-UNIQUE SOULBLIGHT GRAVELORDS INFANTRY HERO to be the target.
Effect: For the rest of the battle, while the target is on the battlefield:
Effect: For the rest of the battle, while the target is on the battlefield:
- If this unit is a Necromancer, add 1 to this unit’s power level.
- If this unit is a VAMPIRE, add 1 to unbinding rolls for this unit.
- If this unit is DEATHRATTLE, ignore the first damage point that would be allocated to this unit in each phase.
Artefacts of Power
Deathly Heirlooms
HERO only| Your Hero Phase |
TERMINUS CLOCK: Created by a mad clockwright of Ulfenkarn, this bizarre cogwork piece ticks without rhyme or reason. Whenever its eclectic count ends, however, the power of magic seems to deaden across the field.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, until the start of your next turn, subtract 1 from casting rolls for enemy WIZARDS while they are within 18" of this unit.
| Passive |
SHARD OF NIGHT: This undead lord’s armour was crafted using elements of an abyssal stalker and grants the bearer that awful creature’s shadowy aura.
Effect: Ignore modifiers to save rolls for shooting attacks that target this unit (positive and negative).
| Once Per Battle, Your Hero Phase |
AMULET OF GRAVES: The bearer of this amulet can call upon a long-dead soul in Shyish, manifesting their final resting place onto the battlefield in a storm of necromantic energy.
Effect: If there are fewer than 3 friendly Cursed Sepulchres on the battlefield, set up a Cursed Sepulchre on the battlefield more than 9" from all enemy units, more than 1" from all friendly units and more than 3" from all objectives and other terrain features.
Spell Lore
Lore of Undeath
| Your Hero Phase | 7 |
VILE TRANSFERENCE: The caster siphons the animus from nearby enemies and uses it to restore their deathless form.
Declare: Pick a friendly SOULBLIGHT GRAVELORDS 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: Roll a number of dice equal to the number of models in the target unit. For each 6, inflict 1 mortal damage on that unit. If any enemy models were slain by this spell, Heal (D3) the caster.
Effect: Roll a number of dice equal to the number of models in the target unit. For each 6, inflict 1 mortal damage on that unit. If any enemy models were slain by this spell, Heal (D3) the caster.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, UNLIMITED |
| Your Hero Phase | 7 |
PRISON OF GRIEF: Victims of this curse relive their tragedies, their will to fight replaced by overwhelming self-pity.
Declare: Pick a friendly SOULBLIGHT GRAVELORDS WIZARD to cast this spell, pick a visible enemy unit within 12" of them to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: The target has STRIKE-LAST until the start of your next turn.
Effect: The target has STRIKE-LAST until the start of your next turn.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
| Your Hero Phase | 7 |
WASTE AWAY: The wizard causes the muscles of the foe to atrophy, robbing them of their strength.
Declare: Pick a friendly SOULBLIGHT GRAVELORDS WIZARD to cast this spell, pick a visible enemy unit within 12" of them to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, subtract 1 from the Damage characteristic of the target’s melee weapons.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, subtract 1 from the Damage characteristic of the target’s melee weapons.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
Origins of terrifying Folk Tales
Origins of Terrifying Folk Tales are unique enhancements that can be given to non-HERO SOULBLIGHT GRAVELORDS INFANTRY units. A unit can only have 1 Origin of Terrifying Folk Tales.
| Deployment Phase |
THE EMPTY GRAVEYARD: Folks tell of a cemetery where the day after a mass funeral, each newly filled burial plot was found empty, with footprints leading away from them into the wilds…
Effect: Remove this unit from the battlefield and set it up again more than 9" from all enemy units and either wholly within 7" of a terrain feature or wholly within 7" of the battlefield edge. This unit cannot use MOVE abilities in the first turn of the first battle round.
| Any Hero Phase |
THE NEVER-DEAD: It is said that there is a rampaging band of warriors who yearn for the sweet release of death, but as punishment for transgressions past, Elder Bones refuses to let them die.
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.
Then, for the rest of the turn, each time you make an unmodified save roll of 5+ for an attack that targets this unit, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends.
Then, for the rest of the turn, each time you make an unmodified save roll of 5+ for an attack that targets this unit, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends.
| End of Any Turn |
THE INCARNADINE KILLERS: Beware the Incarnadine Killers, for they are cursed with an insatiable lust for slaughter. Do not think that distance shall keep you safe; should you spy their bloodied forms upon the horizon one moment, their blades will be lodged in your throat the next.
Effect: If this unit is not in combat and an enemy unit was destroyed by its combat attacks this turn, this unit can move up to D6". It can end that move in combat.
Manifestation Lore
Manifestations of the Grave
| Your Hero Phase | 7 |
SUMMON HAND OF NAGASH: From out a yawning portal looms a colossal skeletal arm, infused to its cursed marrow with the magic of Shyish.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Hand of Nagash on the battlefield, pick a friendly SOULBLIGHT GRAVELORDS WIZARD to cast this spell, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Set up a Hand of Nagash wholly within 12" of and visible to the caster and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Set up a Hand of Nagash wholly within 12" of and visible to the caster and more than 9" from all enemy units.
| KEYWORDS | SUMMON, SPELL |
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
SUMMON SANGUINE SWARM: The skies darken as screeching swarms of spectral bats descend upon the battlefield, hungry for blood.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Sanguine Swarm on the battlefield, pick a friendly SOULBLIGHT GRAVELORDS WIZARD to cast this spell, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Set up a Sanguine Swarm wholly within 12" of and visible to the caster and more than 9" from all enemy units. A Sanguine Swarm spell has 2 parts that must be set up within 9" of each other.
Effect: Set up a Sanguine Swarm wholly within 12" of and visible to the caster and more than 9" from all enemy units. A Sanguine Swarm spell has 2 parts that must be set up within 9" of each other.
| KEYWORDS | SUMMON, SPELL |
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
SUMMON UNHOLY RELIQUARY: Pulled forth from the underworlds, the remains of a long perished vampire rises from the ground amidst a vortex of death magic.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Unholy Reliquary on the battlefield, pick a friendly SOULBLIGHT GRAVELORDS WIZARD to cast this spell, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Set up an Unholy Reliquary wholly within 18" of the caster, visible to them and more than 3" from all enemy units.
Effect: Set up an Unholy Reliquary wholly within 18" of the caster, visible to them and more than 3" from all enemy units.
| KEYWORDS | SUMMON, SPELL |
Army of Renown
Barrow Legion
When you pick the Soulblight Gravelords faction for your army, you can choose it to be a Barrow Legion Army of Renown. If you do so, use the faction rules in this section instead of the Soulblight Gravelords 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 BARROW LEGION keyword. Wight King and Wight King on Skeletal Steed units in your army gain WARMASTER.
ROSTER OPTIONS
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Battle Traits
| Once Per Battle, Deployment Phase |
THE ROYAL CRYPT: These crumbling ruins marks the ancient holdings of a powerful wight.
Declare: This ability must be used instead of the ‘Deploy Faction Terrain Feature’ ability.
Effect: Set up 3 Cursed Sepulchres wholly within friendly territory, each within ½" of any of the others and more than 3" from all objectives and other terrain features. After you have done so, they have been deployed and they are considered to be a single Cursed Sepulchre terrain feature that has a Health characteristic of 24 instead of 8.
Effect: Set up 3 Cursed Sepulchres wholly within friendly territory, each within ½" of any of the others and more than 3" from all objectives and other terrain features. After you have done so, they have been deployed and they are considered to be a single Cursed Sepulchre terrain feature that has a Health characteristic of 24 instead of 8.
| KEYWORDS | DEPLOY TERRAIN |
| Passive |
GRAVE SENTINELS: Unwavering in their eternal vigilance, the deathly warriors of this legion’s overlord guard his ancient resting place.
Effect: The melee weapons used by friendly BARROW LEGION units have Anti-charge (+1 Rend) while they are wholly within 9" of a friendly Cursed Sepulchre.
| Passive |
ALL TO DUST: Acting as a conduit to the Shyish Nadir, the death magic that swirls around this barrow legion’s tomb causes trespassers to atrophy and their armour to corrode under the weight of ages.
Effect: In the third and subsequent battle rounds, while a friendly Cursed Sepulchre is on the battlefield, subtract 1 from save rolls for enemy units.
| Once Per Battle, Deployment Phase |
GIFTS TO THE PETTY KINGDOMS: To each of his vassal kingdoms, this legion’s monarch bestowed a gift bearing a curse that bound them to his service for evermore.
Declare: Pick up to 2 friendly non-UNIQUE BARROW LEGION HEROES that do not have an artefact of power to be the targets (you can pick units in reserve).
Effect: Give each target 1 artefact of power from the ‘Barrow Legion’ Army of Renown rules.
Designer’s Note: These artefacts of power are given to the HEROES during the deployment phase, not during army composition.
Effect: Give each target 1 artefact of power from the ‘Barrow Legion’ Army of Renown rules.
Designer’s Note: These artefacts of power are given to the HEROES during the deployment phase, not during army composition.
| Once Per Battle Round (Army), Any Movement Phase |
ENDLESS LEGIONS OF BONE: When the Deathrattle armies are roused to war, their numbers are unending.
Declare: Pick a friendly non-UNIQUE BARROW LEGION unit that has been destroyed to be the target.
Effect: Set up a replacement unit with half the number of models from the target unit (rounding up) wholly within 12" of a friendly BARROW LEGION HERO or wholly within 6" of a friendly Cursed Sepulchre. It must be set up more than 9" from all enemy units.
If it is your movement phase, you can set up the replacement unit more than 3" from all enemy units instead of more than 9", but if you set it up within 9" of any enemy units, it cannot use CHARGE abilities this turn.
Effect: Set up a replacement unit with half the number of models from the target unit (rounding up) wholly within 12" of a friendly BARROW LEGION HERO or wholly within 6" of a friendly Cursed Sepulchre. It must be set up more than 9" from all enemy units.
If it is your movement phase, you can set up the replacement unit more than 3" from all enemy units instead of more than 9", but if you set it up within 9" of any enemy units, it cannot use CHARGE abilities this turn.
Heroic Traits
| Your Movement Phase |
RESTLESS TYRANT: The skeletal warriors under this one’s command are driven ever forward.
Declare: Pick a friendly BARROW LEGION unit wholly within 12" of this unit to be the target.
Effect: Add 2" to the target’s Move characteristic for the rest of the turn.
Effect: Add 2" to the target’s Move characteristic for the rest of the turn.
| End of Any Turn |
SPIRIT-EATER: The souls of slain enemies are drawn into this king of undeath, imbuing him with unholy might.
Effect: If any models were slain by your general this turn, Heal (D6) your general.
| Deployment Phase |
LORD OF THE ARCANE AEGIS: Even in undeath, this wight still recalls all manner of warding cantrips to protect his forces from the enemy.
Effect: Pick 1 of the following keywords:
- INFANTRY
- CAVALRY
- MONSTER
- BEAST
Artefacts of Power
| Passive |
RING OF STRICKEN SOULS: Violet clouds swirl within the Shyishan amethyst set in this ring, which grants the bearer uncanny protection.
Effect: This unit has WARD (5+).
| Once Per Turn, Any Hero Phase |
CROWN OF COLD COMMAND: This eldritch crown compels this king’s warriors from ages past to rise from their graves and fight once more.
Declare: Pick a friendly BARROW LEGION unit wholly within 12" of this unit to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+:
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+:
- If the target is damaged, Heal (3) the target.
- If the target is not damaged, return a number of slain models to it with a combined Health characteristic of up to 3.
| Once Per Battle, End of Any Turn |
CRYPT DAGGER: Foul sorcery flickers and dances across the ancient iron of this cursed blade, and its bite can bring instant death.
Declare: Pick an enemy HERO in combat with this unit to be the target.
Effect: Inflict D6 mortal damage on the target.
Effect: Inflict D6 mortal damage on the target.
| Passive |
GRAVE-SAND PENDANT: When shattered, the Shyishan realmstone within this talisman can forestall the bearer’s final destruction, granting them one last chance to claim revenge.
Effect: If 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 (1) this unit. This unit cannot use this ability again for the rest of the battle.
| Once Per Battle, Any Combat Phase |
AMULET OF NIGHTMARES: The nightmares of the bearer, who endures a torturous existence trapped in their mouldering undead form, are projected into the minds of the living by this onyx talisman.
Declare: Pick an enemy unit within 9" of this unit to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 2+, the target has STRIKE-LAST this phase.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 2+, the target has STRIKE-LAST this phase.
Army of Renown
Knights of the Crimson Keep
When you pick the Soulblight Gravelords faction for your army, you can choose it to be a Knights of the Crimson Keep Army of Renown. If you do so, use the faction rules in this section instead of the Soulblight Gravelords 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 CRIMSON KEEP keyword.
ROSTER OPTIONS
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Battle Traits
| Deployment Phase |
THE CRIMSON KEEP: None can predict where the Crimson Keep will manifest next, but wherever it appears, the slaughter its occupants will wreak will be total.
Declare: Pick a friendly CRIMSON KEEP unit that has not been deployed.
Effect: Set up that unit in reserve in the Crimson Keep. It has now been deployed. You cannot set up more friendly units in the Crimson Keep than there are on the battlefield.
Effect: Set up that unit in reserve in the Crimson Keep. It has now been deployed. You cannot set up more friendly units in the Crimson Keep than there are on the battlefield.
| KEYWORDS | DEPLOY |
| Your Charge Phase | 1 |
CARVE A BLOODY PATH: With unstoppable force, a wedge of Blood Knights punches through the enemy’s lines leaving a trail of broken foes in their wake.
Declare: Pick a friendly Blood Knights unit that is in combat to use this ability.
Effect: That unit can use a CHARGE ability even though it is in combat and even if it has already used a CHARGE ability this turn.
Effect: That unit can use a CHARGE ability even though it is in combat and even if it has already used a CHARGE ability this turn.
| Once Per Battle (Army), Any Movement Phase |
FROM A QUARTER UNSEEN: Prince Vhordrai has mastered the art of trapping the foe between his main force and reserves that sally forth from the Crimson Keep at his signal.
Declare: You cannot use this ability in the first battle round. Pick each friendly unit that is in the Crimson Keep to be the targets.
Effect: Set up each target wholly within 9" of the battlefield edge and more than 9" from all enemy units. If you set up any units using this ability in the third or a subsequent battle round, do not spend any command points when using the ‘Carve a Bloody Path’ command this turn.
Effect: Set up each target wholly within 9" of the battlefield edge and more than 9" from all enemy units. If you set up any units using this ability in the third or a subsequent battle round, do not spend any command points when using the ‘Carve a Bloody Path’ command this turn.
| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Combat Phase |
BLOOD RAMPAGE: The nightmarish behemoths that roost among the upper spires of the Crimson Keep tear through the enemy’s ranks, sending bloody chunks and gore flying in all directions.
Declare: Pick a friendly CRIMSON KEEP MONSTER that is in combat and has not used any RAMPAGE abilities this turn to use this ability, then pick an enemy unit in combat with it to be the target.
Effect: This unit can make a move of 2D6". It must end that move in combat with the target unit. Then, roll a dice. If the roll exceeds the target unit’s Health characteristic, 1 model in the target unit is slain.
After this ability has been resolved, this unit cannot use RAMPAGE abilities for the rest of the turn.
Effect: This unit can make a move of 2D6". It must end that move in combat with the target unit. Then, roll a dice. If the roll exceeds the target unit’s Health characteristic, 1 model in the target unit is slain.
After this ability has been resolved, this unit cannot use RAMPAGE abilities for the rest of the turn.
| KEYWORDS | RAMPAGE |
Heroic Traits
| Any Combat Phase |
IMMORTAL DEDICATION: Having spent centuries in undeath honing their martial skill, this Gravelord is a master of combat.
Effect: This unit receives D3 martial prowess tokens. Each martial prowess token can be spent to do 1 of the following:
At the start of the next turn, remove all this unit’s martial prowess tokens.
- Re-roll a hit roll for this unit.
- Re-roll a wound roll for this unit.
- Re-roll a save roll for this unit.
At the start of the next turn, remove all this unit’s martial prowess tokens.
Artefacts of Power
| Once Per Battle, End of Any Turn |
CHALICE OF THE BLOOD DRAGON: Said to have been possessed by the Crimson Keep’s first castellan, this chalice can be drained to renew a vampire’s vigour.
Effect: Heal (3D3) this unit.
Spell Lore
| Your Hero Phase | 7 |
SIPHON STRENGTH: The vampire draws on the life essence of the enemy to flood their limbs with strength and heighten their senses.
Declare: Pick a friendly CRIMSON KEEP 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: Inflict D3 mortal damage on the target. For the rest of the turn, add 1 to hit rolls for attacks made by the caster.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on the target. For the rest of the turn, add 1 to hit rolls for attacks made by the caster.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, UNLIMITED |
| Your Hero Phase | 7 |
DEATHLY GALE: A foul wind carrying a stench of death and decay races across the battlefield, speeding the charge of the Knights of the Crimson Keep.
Declare: Pick a friendly CRIMSON KEEP WIZARD to cast this spell, pick a visible friendly CRIMSON KEEP unit wholly within 12" of them to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 1 to the number of dice rolled when making charge rolls for the target, to a maximum of 3.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 1 to the number of dice rolled when making charge rolls for the target, to a maximum of 3.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
| Your Hero Phase | 7 |
AWAKENED FURY: At the sorcerer’s gesture, hooves are wreathed in balefire and monstrous talons grow elongated and wickedly sharp.
Declare: Pick a friendly CRIMSON KEEP WIZARD to cast this spell, pick a visible friendly CRIMSON KEEP unit wholly within 12" of them to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Add 1 to the Damage characteristic of the target’s Companion melee weapons until the start of your next turn.
Effect: Add 1 to the Damage characteristic of the target’s Companion melee weapons until the start of your next turn.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
Manifestation Lore
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
SUMMON UNHOLY RELIQUARY: Pulled forth from the underworlds, the remains of a long perished vampire rises from the ground amidst a vortex of death magic.
Declare: If there is not a friendly Unholy Reliquary on the battlefield, pick a friendly CRIMSON KEEP WIZARD to cast this spell, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: Set up an Unholy Reliquary wholly within 18" of the caster.
Effect: Set up an Unholy Reliquary wholly within 18" of the caster.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, SUMMON |
Army of Renown
Scions of Nulahmia
When you pick the Soulblight Gravelords faction for your army, you can choose for it to be a Scions of Nulahmia Army of Renown. If you do so, use the faction rules on these pages instead of the Soulblight Gravelords 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 SCIONS OF NULAHMIA keyword.
ROSTER OPTIONS
REGIMENT OPTIONS SCIONS OF NULAHMIA Vampire Lord units can be added to regiments led by a SCIONS OF NULAHMIA HERO. | ||
Battle Traits
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase |
THAUMIC REALIGNMENT: The seeding of deathly energies soon sees the fell winds rise…
Declare: You can only use this ability if you have not used any EXQUISITE PLOT abilities this turn. Pick a friendly WIZARD to be the target.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 1 to casting rolls for the target. In addition, at the end of this turn, if the target successfully cast any spells this turn, add 1 to its power level for the rest of the battle.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 1 to casting rolls for the target. In addition, at the end of this turn, if the target successfully cast any spells this turn, add 1 to its power level for the rest of the battle.
| KEYWORDS | EXQUISITE PLOT |
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase |
RECRUITMENT DRIVE: The butchery of a few peons yields a reserve of future ‘recruits’.
Declare: You can only use this ability if you have not used any EXQUISITE PLOT abilities this turn. Pick a friendly unit to be the hunter and an enemy unit with 5 or more models to be the target.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 1 to hit rolls for the hunter’s combat attacks that target that enemy unit. In addition, if the target is destroyed this turn by the hunter, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of the hunter’s melee weapons for the rest of the battle.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 1 to hit rolls for the hunter’s combat attacks that target that enemy unit. In addition, if the target is destroyed this turn by the hunter, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of the hunter’s melee weapons for the rest of the battle.
| KEYWORDS | EXQUISITE PLOT |
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase |
SEEK WORTHY BLOOD: Only the finest ichor will suffice for the vampires of Nulahmia. It is considered an art to eviscerate an enemy champion whilst collecting as much of their blood as possible.
Declare: You can only use this ability if you have not used any EXQUISITE PLOT abilities this turn. Pick a friendly unit to be the target.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, the target’s weapons have Anti-HERO (+1 Rend). In addition, if the target destroys any enemy HEROES this turn, the target’s weapons have Anti-HERO (+1 Rend) for the rest of the battle.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, the target’s weapons have Anti-HERO (+1 Rend). In addition, if the target destroys any enemy HEROES this turn, the target’s weapons have Anti-HERO (+1 Rend) for the rest of the battle.
| KEYWORDS | EXQUISITE PLOT |
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase |
THE QUEEN’S PRIZE: What Neferata desires, Neferata receives.
Declare: You can only use this ability if you have not used any EXQUISITE PLOT abilities this turn. Pick a friendly unit to be the target.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 5 to the target’s control score.
In addition, at the end of this turn, after determining control of objectives, if the target is contesting an objective that you control and that was controlled by your opponent at the start of this turn, add 5 to the target’s control score for the rest of the battle.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 5 to the target’s control score.
In addition, at the end of this turn, after determining control of objectives, if the target is contesting an objective that you control and that was controlled by your opponent at the start of this turn, add 5 to the target’s control score for the rest of the battle.
| KEYWORDS | EXQUISITE PLOT |
Heroic Traits
HERO only| Your Hero Phase |
KEEPER OF THE ROYAL MENAGERIE: Those vampires who maintain the bleak menageries of Nulahmia have an instinctive bond with undead beasts.
Declare: Pick a friendly Dire Wolves or Fell Bats unit that has been destroyed to be the target.
Effect: Set up a replacement unit with half the number of models from the target unit (rounding up) wholly within 12" of this unit and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Effect: Set up a replacement unit with half the number of models from the target unit (rounding up) wholly within 12" of this unit and more than 9" from all enemy units.
Artefacts of Power
HERO only| Passive |
AMULET OF LEECHES: This ancient and corroded talisman allows the wielder to draw upon the necromantic energies of their minions for protection.
Effect: While this unit is within the combat range of a friendly Dire Wolves or Fell Bats unit:
- This unit has WARD (5+).
- Each time you make a successful ward roll for this unit, allocate 1 damage point to a friendly Dire Wolves or Fell Bats unit within this unit’s combat range after the damage sequence for this unit has been resolved (ward rolls cannot be made for those damage points).
Spell Lore
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
INVOCATION OF NULAHMIA: This ancient spell, said to hail from the sun-blasted birthplace of necromancy, is wielded by each of Neferata’s chosen.
Declare: Pick a friendly SCIONS OF NULAHMIA WIZARD to cast this spell, pick a visible friendly Dire Wolves or Fell Bats unit wholly within 18" of them to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: You can return 1 slain model to that unit.
Effect: You can return 1 slain model to that unit.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL, UNLIMITED |
| Your Hero Phase | 7 |
THRALL DRAIN: Vampires are consummate and ruthless survivors; they will gladly drain the energy of their subordinates in order to heal their own wounds.
Declare: Pick a friendly SCIONS OF NULAHMIA WIZARD to cast this spell, pick a friendly unit wholly within 12" of them to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: D3 models in the target are slain. Then, remove all damage points from the caster.
Effect: D3 models in the target are slain. Then, remove all damage points from the caster.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
| Your Hero Phase | 7 |
SCARLET THIRST: At the wizard’s command, a fierce compulsion to feed flares up inside the vampiric court, who eagerly await the chance to indulge their blood hunger without restraint.
Declare: Pick a friendly SCIONS OF NULAHMIA WIZARD to cast this spell, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons used by friendly SCIONS OF NULAHMIA VAMPIRE units while they are wholly within 12" of the caster.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons used by friendly SCIONS OF NULAHMIA VAMPIRE units while they are wholly within 12" of the caster.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
PATH TO GLORY
Here, you will find additional rules to use with a Soulblight Gravelords army while playing through a Path to Glory campaign. The Path to Glory content in this book is divided into two parts: the Anvil of Apotheosis and Paths for Soulblight Gravelords units.
The Anvil of Apotheosis
You can have 1 Anvil of Apotheosis hero on your Order of Battle and/ or army roster, unless otherwise specified in the battlepack you are using. They can be your warlord.
There are 7 steps to follow to create your hero:
1. Set a destiny point limit.
2. Fill out the starting warscroll.
3. Choose an Archetype.
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.
There are 7 steps to follow to create your hero:
1. Set a destiny point limit.
2. Fill out the starting warscroll.
3. Choose an Archetype.
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 Soulblight Gravelords units. These follow the rules outlined for Paths in the Path to Glory battlepack you are using (e.g. Path to Glory: Ascension in the Core Book). | ||
Step 1 - Set a Destiny Point Limit
The Anvil of Apotheosis uses a currency called destiny points. First, you need to set a destiny point limit. This will determine how many destiny points you have to spend on your hero, what type of hero they will be and what their battle profile points cost will be.Pick 1 of the following:
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Over the next few steps, you will pick options for your hero. Each option has a destiny point cost, abbreviated as DP. Keep a record of the number of destiny points you have spent. You cannot exceed the limit you have set.
Martial Vampire -3DP
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Necromancer 0DP
UNDEAD MINIONS: Necromancers are obsessed with staving off death and will sacrifice any number of their resurrected servants to protect themselves.
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Arcane Vampire -3DP
DARK INTRIGUE: With a sibilant incantation, the caster is granted the ability to see the thoughts of their enemies and manipulate their desires. Effect: Until the start of your next turn, each time the target uses a command, you receive 1 command point.
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Wight King -4DP
IMMORTAL RETAINERS: Wight Kings fight accompanied by their most skilled warriors, who serve even in death.
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Step 4 - Pick Your Hero's Origin And/Or Flaw
You can pick up to 1 origin and up to 1 flaw for your hero. Each adds an ability to your hero’s warscroll. However, instead of costing destiny points, flaws give you extra destiny points to spend elsewhere.Origins
FABLED HEIRLOOMS: This warrior's vaults are filled with many ancient and arcane treasures of their dynasty.
ACOLYTE OF NECROS: This warrior has journeyed to distant Necros to learn the deepest and darkest secrets of Shyishan magic.
BEAST FORM: A dark ritual from ancient times grants this one the ability to transform into a creature of the night.
The beast form unit can use MOVE and CORE abilities in your next movement phase. If the beast form unit is destroyed, before it is removed from play, set up this unit on the battlefield once more within 1" of it. In addition, in any combat phase before FIGHT abilities are used, or at the end of any turn, you can have the beast form unit transform back into this unit. If you do so, set up this unit within l" of the beast form unit and remove the beast form unit from the battlefield. This ability can only be used by an INFANTRY hero. | ||||||||||||||
Flaws
REPULSED BY THE SACRED: This champion of Nagash fears and despises the divine power of enemy priests.
TENUOUS GRIP ON UNDEATH: If this warrior does not regularly feed on blood or stolen life force, they are wracked by painful convulsions or they begin to wither and crumble. Effect: Allocate 1 damage point to this unit (a ward roll cannot be made for that damage point).
FRACTURED MIND: Undeath has taken its toll on this warrior's psyche, and their grip on reality has begun to slip.
PICKY EATER: This aristocrat of the night will only feed on enemies they deem not to be tainted in some way. | ||||||||||||||||||
Passive Battle Mount -5DP UNDEAD STEED: Many heroes of the grave are borne into battle upon steeds compelled to ride to war eternally in undeath. In addition, make the following changes to your hero’s warscroll:Add the following weapon to your hero’s warscroll:
Battle Mount -10DP SPECTRAL PALANQUIN: Some of the more aloof champions of the Soulblight Gravelords are carried to battle on a palanquin borne by a procession of gheists. In addition, make the following changes to your hero’s warscroll:Add the following weapon to your hero’s warscroll:
Battle Mount -20DP MIGHTY GRAVE BEAST: The strongest of Nagash’s servants may be granted a terrifying beast from the grave upon which to ride into battle, perhaps a powerful Zombie Dragon, shrieking Terrorgheist or fabled dread abyssal. In addition, make the following changes to your hero’s warscroll:Add the following weapon to your hero’s warscroll:
BATTLE DAMAGEDEffect: While this unit has 10 or more damage points, the Attacks characteristic of its Mighty Grave Beast’s Talons is 5.
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Mighty Grave Beast's TalonsStep 6 - 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 Undying(SOULBLIGHT GRAVELORDS HERO only)ASPIRING: When a unit on this Path gains this rank, pick 1 of the following abilities for them:
SIPHON SPIRIT: This champion possesses the ability to drain the animus from nearby thralls. Effect: Allocate D3 damage points to the target (ward rolls cannot be made), then Heal (D3) this unit.
UNHOLY STRENGTH: In death, this warrior has been granted blasphemous strength, each swing of their weapon making a mockery of even the stoutest protection.
PROTECTION OF SHYISH: This Gravelord is surrounded by a sinister aura that shields them from all things holy and righteous.
SHADOWY TRANSLOCATION: Swirling darkness swallows this undead chainpion before they reappear where the enemy least expects.
HEXED WEAPONS: This warrior's gheist-touched weapons bear spectral edges that enable them to easily cleave through the defences of their target.
COLD COMMANDER: This warrior is a ruthless taskmaster who drives their legions ever forward.
CURSE-BOUND SENTINEL: The necrotic power that binds this warrior's undead form is stronger when they are near the site that holds their mortal remains.
ETERNAL CHAMPION: This warrior is cursed never to rest while Nagash's foes still stand. Effect: Roll 2D6. On a 7+, set up a replacement unit on the battlefield more than 9" from all enemy units. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Path of Revenant(non-HERO SOULBLIGHT GRAVELORDS unit only)ASPIRING: When a unit on this Path gains this rank, pick 1 of the following abilities for them:
THE VIGILANT DEAD: These undead warriors stand unyielding in the face of the enemy, giving no quarter to the living.
RELENTLESS SHAMBLERS: Cursed to never know rest, these warriors pursue their enemies without a moment's pause.
UNHOLY PRESENCE: The fell aura that shrouds these undead warriors is of such malevolence that it burns the souls of the righteous. Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on the target. If the target is a PRIEST, inflict 3 mortal damage on it instead.
THE RESTLESS DEAD: These undead warriors are cursed to return to the battlefield in an endless cycle until the enemies of the Great Necromancer are silenced.
EMPOWERED BY SHYISH: A boon from the Great Necromancer is said to have been gifted to these warriors, warding them from the attacks of the enemy.
WITHERING TOUCH: Mere contact with these accursed undead causes weapons and armour to corrode as if they had seen the passing of aeons.
CURSED WEAPONS: Bearing weapons imbued with fell enchantments, these warriors leave their victim's very souls scarred with each strike.
DOOMED WARRIORS: These warriors are doomed to rise again and again, their sentence to serve the Undying King until they are naught but dust. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SPEARHEAD
Bloodcrave Hunt
Though the great vampiric bloodlines maintain wildly different traditions of war, there is one thing they all have in common: the love of the hunt. Even those who adopt the airs and graces of noble courts struggle to keep the blood-craving beasts within them contained behind their gilded veneers. Such is the power of the Soulblight Curse that the vampiric nobility that revel in its blessings will often strike out on Bloodcrave Hunts to chase down foes to replenish their feeding supplies – or, oftentimes, just to enjoy indulging their fell urges.
Each hunt is led by a Vampire Lord, who directs both members of their court and ranks of their skeletal servants alike to do their bidding. No backline leaders are these, as they would much rather revel in the carnage of battle, slashing apart enemies with their ornate weapons or taking great gulps of blood. Though they fight violently, they use this vital lifestuff to heal their own injuries as they go. An elite guard of mounted Blood Knights attends their lord, charging through enemy lines to skewer them with sword and lance. Many will bring along Vargheists to aid in the hunt, for these grotesque creatures were once members of their court as well, though having fallen to the urges of their curse, they are now good for little more than chasing and killing. Should their masters not take care of the enemy, Deathrattle Skeletons will be raised to clean up straggling footsoldiers or overwhelm their foes with sheer numbers. With their lord nearby, they can get up and resume fighting countless times after being destroyed.
Each hunt is led by a Vampire Lord, who directs both members of their court and ranks of their skeletal servants alike to do their bidding. No backline leaders are these, as they would much rather revel in the carnage of battle, slashing apart enemies with their ornate weapons or taking great gulps of blood. Though they fight violently, they use this vital lifestuff to heal their own injuries as they go. An elite guard of mounted Blood Knights attends their lord, charging through enemy lines to skewer them with sword and lance. Many will bring along Vargheists to aid in the hunt, for these grotesque creatures were once members of their court as well, though having fallen to the urges of their curse, they are now good for little more than chasing and killing. Should their masters not take care of the enemy, Deathrattle Skeletons will be raised to clean up straggling footsoldiers or overwhelm their foes with sheer numbers. With their lord nearby, they can get up and resume fighting countless times after being destroyed.
| This Spearhead army consists of the following units: General
Units
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Battle Traits
DEATH'S DESCENT
Vargheists swoop on their victims from on high, suddenly overwhelming them in a flurry of claws and fangs.
Your Vargheists unit is not set up during the deployment phase. Instead, from the third battle round onwards, it can use the Swoop Down ability.| Your Movement Phase |
SWOOP DOWN: The sky darkens as the Vargheists descend.
Effect: Set up this unit anywhere on the battlefield more than 6" from all enemy units.
| KEYWORDS | CORE |
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THE HUNGER: Those who bear the Soulblight Curse constantly crave blood and are empowered by feasting upon their foes.
Effect: Each time a friendly VAMPIRE unit uses a FIGHT ability, after all of its attacks have been resolved, Heal (X) that VAMPIRE unit where X is the number of damage points allocated by those attacks.
Regiment Abilities
Pick 1 of the following regiment abilities.| Once Per Battle, Your Movement Phase |
ENDLESS LEGIONS: To the Soulblight aristocracy, the dead are mere chattel to be expended at will.
Declare: Pick a friendly Deathrattle Skeletons unit that has been destroyed.
Effect: You can set up a replacement unit with D6 models in friendly territory more than 6" from enemy units.
Effect: You can set up a replacement unit with D6 models in friendly territory more than 6" from enemy units.
| KEYWORDS | CORE |
| Any Charge Phase |
RUINOUS CHARGERS: The Blood Knights of this army leave a trail of destruction as they trample anything that lies between them and their prey.
Declare: Pick your Blood Knights unit to use this ability if it charged this turn.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on each enemy unit it passed across during that CHARGE ability.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on each enemy unit it passed across during that CHARGE ability.
Enhancements
Give your general 1 of the following enhancements.| Once Per Battle, Reaction: You declared the ‘Skeleton Legion’ ability for a unit within 9" of your general |
GRAVE-SAND SHARD: By crushing this gem of vitrified grave-sand, the Vampire Lord can draw upon a surge of death magic to reinvigorate their resurrected warriors.
Effect: Add 1 to each legion roll made for that unit.
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AURA OF NIGHT: This black leather brigandine was crafted from the hide of an abyssal stalker and grants the wearer that creature’s shadowy aura.
Effect: Ignore negative modifiers to save rolls for shooting attacks that target your general.
| Once Per Battle, Your Movement Phase |
CLOUD OF BATS: Your Vampire Lord dissolves into a swarm of bats before reappearing elsewhere.
Effect: Remove your general from the battlefield and set them up again anywhere on the battlefield more than 6" from all enemy units.
| KEYWORDS | CORE |
| Your Hero Phase |
SPIRIT GALE: Your general calls forth spectral winds that tear the souls of the foe from their bodies.
Declare: Make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: On a 7+, inflict 1 mortal damage on each enemy unit on the battlefield.
Effect: On a 7+, inflict 1 mortal damage on each enemy unit on the battlefield.
Warscrolls
6" 5 3+ 2 6+ Vampire Lords are elder undead whose dark powers have only intensified over the long centuries. Each is a warrior to be feared, with an instinctive command of death magic. In battle, they fight with selfassurance and a cold sense of pride, knowing that at the flick of their finger they can raise more skeletal servants to overwhelm their foe or siphon the soul energies from their victims in order to live anew. Each fights with an heirloom of their vampiric bloodline, which is both an expertly crafted relic and a symbol of dread to their enemies. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Dynastic War-relic | |||||||
| Dynastic War-relic | 5 | 3+ | 3+ | 1 | 2 | ||
| Your Hero Phase |
VILE TRANSFERENCE: The Vampire Lord siphons the animus from nearby enemies and uses it to rejuvenate their ageless form.
Declare: Pick a visible enemy unit within 6" of this unit to be the target, then make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: On a 6+, roll a number of dice equal to the target’s Health characteristic. For each 5+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target and Heal (1) this unit.
Effect: On a 6+, roll a number of dice equal to the target’s Health characteristic. For each 5+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target and Heal (1) this unit.
KEYWORDS | HERO, WIZARD, INFANTRY, VAMPIRE, WARD (6+) |
12" 4 5+ 1 6+ The leather-winged horrors known as Vargheists are vampires who were overwhelmed by their bloody thirst. Now reduced to savage and near-uncontrollable beasts, they viciously attack any prey within reach. Though they are a common sight in hunting parties for their speed and overwhelming strength, their courtly brethren often treat them with contempt. Deep down, vampires know that they are only a few steps away from transforming into a ravening, blood-maddened Vargheist themselves. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Murderous Fangs and Talons [Crit (2 Hits)] | |||||||
| Murderous Fangs and Talons Crit (2 Hits) | 3 | 4+ | 3+ | 1 | 2 | ||
| Passive |
THE SCENT OF GORE: The taste of hot blood on the tongue sends these abominations into a killing mania.
Effect: Add 1 to wound rolls for attacks made by this unit that target a damaged unit.
KEYWORDS | INFANTRY, VAMPIRE, FLY, WARD (6+) |
4" 1 5+ 1 6+ Skulls locked in an eternal grimace, Deathrattle Skeletons are the footsoldiers of the undead. To stand before these clattering companies demands great courage, for they are the fate of all mortals given horrifying animus, and their rusted weapons have retained their killing edge. Th ough these macabre soldiers are slow and their bodies brittle, they can rise again and again under the right circumstances. In this way they overwhelm the enemy, who become locked in a perpetual struggle with the skeletal hordes that can end only in their own demise. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Ancient Weapon | |||||||
| Ancient Weapon | 2 | 4+ | 4+ | - | 1 | ||
| Your Combat Phase |
SKELETON LEGION: As necromantic energies blanket the battlefi eld, long-dead warriors stagger to their feet once more, eye sockets aglow with killing light.
Effect: For each slain model from this unit, make a legion roll of D6. For each 6, return 1 slain model to this unit.
KEYWORDS | INFANTRY, WARD (6+) |
10" 3 3+ 1 6+ Blood Knights are vampires obsessed with battle, and their codes of chivalric honour are warped indeed. Mounted atop imposing Nightmares, they seek out war wherever it can be found, trampling straight over lesser foes to reach the worthiest challenges. They excel at mounted combat and can spear enemies through the heart in an instant with finely wrought blade or lance. Their skeletal steeds are fearsome creatures armoured from head to hoof, their savage bites and lashing kicks adding to the carnage of their rider’s charge. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Templar Lance or Templar Blade [Charge (+1 Damage)] | |||||||
| Templar Lance or Templar Blade Charge (+1 Damage) | 3 | 3+ | 3+ | 1 | 1 | ||
| Nightmare’s Hooves and Teeth [Companion] | |||||||
| Nightmare’s Hooves and Teeth Companion | 3 | 5+ | 3+ | - | 1 | ||
| Passive |
RIDERS OF RUIN: Blood Knights barge through lesser foes to strike at more worthy challengers.
Effect: Models in this unit can pass across enemy INFANTRY models as if this unit had <KY>FLY</KY>.
KEYWORDS | CAVALRY, VAMPIRE, WARD (6+) |
Deathrattle Tomb Host
The dead march upon the lands of the living, and they will not stop until all resistance has been crushed beneath their timeworn boots. Rank after rank of fleshless spearmen and tomb champions advance under the baleful gaze of their Wight King master, each of them driven by a soulless imperative to conquer and kill.
The military might of the barrow kingdoms is exemplified by the Deathrattle Tomb Hosts. These armies are raised when a Wight King’s entire barrow kingdom is emptied for war, its undead citizenry taking up blades and spears at the unspoken command of their eternal overlord. Deathrattle Skeletons are many in number, so flushed with necromantic energy that even when shattered by an axe or hammer they can reconstitute. Broken bones knit together and skulls reattach as these passionless killing machines rise once more, and their horrified foes find themselves helplessly embroiled in a battle of attrition they cannot win. These doomed souls are easy prey for units of elite Barrow Guard and the heavy cavalry known as Barrow Knights, who charge into their exposed flanks to sow terror and death.
The military might of the barrow kingdoms is exemplified by the Deathrattle Tomb Hosts. These armies are raised when a Wight King’s entire barrow kingdom is emptied for war, its undead citizenry taking up blades and spears at the unspoken command of their eternal overlord. Deathrattle Skeletons are many in number, so flushed with necromantic energy that even when shattered by an axe or hammer they can reconstitute. Broken bones knit together and skulls reattach as these passionless killing machines rise once more, and their horrified foes find themselves helplessly embroiled in a battle of attrition they cannot win. These doomed souls are easy prey for units of elite Barrow Guard and the heavy cavalry known as Barrow Knights, who charge into their exposed flanks to sow terror and death.
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Units
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Battle Traits
THE UNQUIET DEAD
Animated by necromancy, the undead rise from their graves, balefire eyes blazing with dark purpose
One of your Deathrattle Skeletons units is not set up during the deployment phase. Instead, from the third battle round onwards, it can use The Rising Dead ability.| Once Per Battle (Army), Your Movement Phase |
THE RISING DEAD: Clawing their way through the soil and rock, more undead warriors join the fight.
Effect: Set up this unit anywhere on the battlefield wholly within 3" of a battlefield edge and more than 6" from all enemy units.
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Combat Phase |
AURA OF ANTIQUITY: Prolonged exposure to the necrotic energies that animate these Deathrattle warriors can cause the equipment of their foes to corrode and crumble with unnatural speed.
Declare: Pick an enemy unit in combat with any friendly units to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, subtract 1 from the Rend characteristic of the target’s melee weapons until the start of your next turn.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, subtract 1 from the Rend characteristic of the target’s melee weapons until the start of your next turn.
Regiment Abilities
Pick 1 of the following regiment abilities.| Passive |
OVERWHELMING HORDES: The relentless advance of these skeletal undead can overwhelm even the most tenacious resistance.
Effect: Add 1 to wound rolls for combat attacks made by friendly non-HERO units that target a unit that has fewer models than the attacking unit.
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase |
DEATHMARCH: With rusted armour clattering, the skeletons advance in eerie lockstep, unburdened by pain or doubt.
Declare: Pick a friendly non-HERO unit that is not in combat to be the target.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 1" to the target’s Move characteristic and add 3 to its control score.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 1" to the target’s Move characteristic and add 3 to its control score.
Enhancements
Give your general 1 of the following enhancements.| Passive |
SHYISHAN BLADE: Sorcerous shadows dance across the deadly sharp edge of this obsidian sword.
Effect: The Rend characteristic of your general’s Baleful Tomb Blade is 2.
| Your Charge Phase |
PROPELLED BY HATE: This warrior’s insatiable urge to slaughter the enemies of Nagash drives their deathless soldiers forward with sudden haste.
Declare: Pick another friendly unit wholly within 12" of your general to be the target.
Effect: You can re-roll charge rolls for the target for the rest of the turn.
Effect: You can re-roll charge rolls for the target for the rest of the turn.
| Passive |
STOLEN ANIMUS: This Wight King draws their unholy vitality from spilling blood in great measure.
Effect: Each time your general scores a critical hit, Heal (2) your general after the ATTACK ability has been resolved.
| Once Per Battle, Any Combat Phase |
SOUL-DRAIN PENDANT: When the cursed words of awakening are uttered, this amethyst pendant saps the vigour of the living.
Declare: Pick an enemy unit in combat with your general to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 2+, the target has STRIKE-LAST for the rest of the turn.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 2+, the target has STRIKE-LAST for the rest of the turn.
Warscrolls
4" 5 3+ 2 6+ Wight Kings are deathless tyrants, ruling over barrow empires populated entirely by skeletal thralls. They exist only to dominate others, having long ago sacrificed emotion and passion on the altar of their obsessive lust for triumph. In battle, few can withstand their relentless assault. Those foolish enough to challenge their supremacy are soon hacked to pieces by the monarch’s cursed blade, a weapon capable of snuffing out a soul with a single scratch. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Baleful Tomb Blade [Crit (Mortal)] | |||||||
| Baleful Tomb Blade Crit (Mortal) | 5 | 4+ | 3+ | 1 | 2 | ||
| Your Hero Phase |
KING OF SHAMBLING BONES: In the presence of their sovereign, the footsoldiers of the Deathrattle kingdoms assume a sliver of their former warlike vigour.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit wholly within 12" of this unit to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 2+, add 1 to hit rolls for combat attacks made by the target for the rest of the turn.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 2+, add 1 to hit rolls for combat attacks made by the target for the rest of the turn.
KEYWORDS | HERO, INFANTRY, WARD (6+) |
10" 3 4+ 1 6+ The finest warriors of a Deathrattle kingdom are granted the rank of Barrow Knight and a prestigious place at the side of their undead monarch. These skeletal cavaliers ride forth to conquer in the name of their liege, and rare are the warriors who can withstand their charge. Even if knocked from the saddle or shattered by cannonfire, these elite riders shall eventually rise again, for the oaths they have sworn will last until the end of time itself. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Barrow Lance [Crit (Mortal), Charge (+1 Damage)] | |||||||
| Barrow Lance Crit (Mortal), Charge (+1 Damage) | 2 | 4+ | 3+ | 1 | 1 | ||
| Skeletal Steed’s Hooves and Teeth [Companion] | |||||||
| Skeletal Steed’s Hooves and Teeth Companion | 2 | 5+ | 3+ | - | 1 | ||
| End of Your Turn |
CURSED TO RISE ONCE MORE: Necrotic flames wreathe the shattered remains of an undead knight, compelling them to rejoin the battle.
Effect: You can return 1 slain model to this unit.
KEYWORDS | CAVALRY, WARD (6+) |
4" 1 5+ 1 6+ Clattering forwards in formation, their yellowed skulls devoid of expression, the Deathrattle Skeletons go forth to annihilate the living. These undead automatons have no free will and are imbued only with the imperative to slay as swiftly and efficiently as possible. Even if a skeletal warrior is smashed to pieces, the horror continues – with the battlefield steeped in necromantic energies, the Deathrattle Skeleton’s bones will lock together once more as it clambers upright, ready to kill again. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Ancient Weapon | |||||||
| Ancient Weapon | 2 | 4+ | 4+ | - | 1 | ||
| End of Any Turn |
SKELETON LEGION: As necromantic energies blanket the battlefield, long-dead warriors stagger to their feet once more, eye sockets aglow with killing light.
Effect: You can return D3 slain models to this unit.
KEYWORDS | INFANTRY, WARD (6+) |
4" 1 4+ 1 6+ Surrounding a Wight King is a coterie of favoured praetorians, champions and housecarls: the Barrow Guard. These are the elite footsoldiers of the Deathrattle legions, imbued with memories of loyalties pledged and oaths of eternal service. Some favour the traditional sword and shield of a monarch’s bodyguard, while others swing huge two-handed blades to carve foes in twain. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Wight Blade [Crit (Mortal)] | |||||||
| Wight Blade Crit (Mortal) | 2 | 4+ | 3+ | 1 | 1 | ||
| Passive |
GUARDIANS OF THE KING: The Barrow Guard stand alongside the liege lord to whom they are bound.
Effect: While your general is within this unit’s combat range, both this unit and your general have WARD (5+).
KEYWORDS | INFANTRY, WARD (6+) |
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. | ||
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.
| Deployment Phase |
DEPLOY FACTION TERRAIN: The army has taken to the field surrounding an important and powerful landmark.
Declare: Pick a friendly faction terrain feature that has not been deployed to be the target.
Effect: Set up the target faction terrain feature wholly within friendly territory, more than 3" from all objectives and other terrain features. After you have done so, it has been deployed.
Effect: Set up the target faction terrain feature wholly within friendly territory, more than 3" from all objectives and other terrain features. After you have done so, it has been deployed.
| KEYWORDS | DEPLOY TERRAIN |
The DEATHRATTLE keyword is used in the following Soulblight Gravelords warscrolls:
Cavalry
The DEADWALKERS keyword is used in the following Soulblight Gravelords warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
The SOULBLIGHT GRAVELORDS and HERO keywords are used in the following Soulblight Gravelords warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
21.0 Healing
Some abilities allow you to heal a unit. To heal a unit, remove a number of damage points from the unit equal to the number in brackets after ‘Heal’, e.g. Heal (2).18.3 Slain Models
The commander of a unit must pick which model(s) in the unit are slain. However, after each slain model is removed, the unit must be in a single coherent group (see 15.1). If this is not possible, continue to remove models, one at a time, until the unit is in a single coherent group. You must remove the fewest models possible to make the unit a single coherent group.The non-UNIQUE DEATHRATTLE keyword is used in the following Soulblight Gravelords warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Cavalry
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. | ||
The VAMPIRE keyword is used in the following Soulblight Gravelords warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
Beast
Cavalry
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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| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Hero Phase |
DEATHLY INVOCATION: Skilled wielders of death magic can summon hordes of undead.
Declare: Pick a friendly SOULBLIGHT GRAVELORDS HERO to use this ability, then pick up to 3 friendly DEATHRATTLE or DEADWALKERS units wholly within 12" of that HERO to be the targets.
Effect: For each target:
Effect: For each target:
- If the target is damaged, Heal (3) the target.
- If the target is not damaged, return a number of slain models to it with a combined Health characteristic of up to 3.
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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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).
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. | ||
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 |
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.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.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 |
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Soulblight Gravelords warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
The BEAST keyword is used in the following Soulblight Gravelords warscrolls:
The INFANTRY, VAMPIRE and HERO keywords are used in the following Soulblight Gravelords warscrolls:
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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| 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.
The HERO keyword is used in the following Soulblight Gravelords warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
The SOULBLIGHT GRAVELORDS keyword is used in the following Soulblight Gravelords warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
Infantry
Faction Terrain
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. | ||
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 |
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). | ||
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.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 |
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.
16.0 Picking Targets
When declaring an ATTACK ability for a unit, you must pick the target unit(s) for its attacks. The number of attacks each model can make is equal to the Attacks characteristic of the weapons it is using. In most cases, models attack with every weapon on their warscroll (melee weapons for combat attacks, ranged weapons for shooting attacks), though some warscrolls specify that certain models in the unit are armed with special weapons or that the unit must pick between multiple weapons when it attacks.If the unit is in combat, it can only target units that are in combat with it. If a model has more than one attack, you can split the attacks between eligible targets as you wish.
- Combat attacks are made with melee weapons. The target unit(s) must be within the combat range of the attacking model and visible to it. The model must attack with all of the melee weapons it is armed with.
- Shooting attacks are made with ranged weapons. The target unit(s) must be within a distance equal to the Range characteristic of the weapon being used and visible to the attacking model. Models cannot make shooting attacks if their unit is in combat, unless otherwise specified (see 20.0 Weapon Abilities).
Shooting attacks
Shooting attacks are made with ranged weapons. The target unit(s) must be within a distance equal to the Range characteristic of the weapon being used and visible to the attacking model. Models cannot make shooting attacks if their unit is in combat, unless otherwise specified (see 20.0 Weapon Abilities). Your Shooting Phase |
SHOOT: The warriors take aim and unleash a deadly volley.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that has not used a RUN or RETREAT ability this turn to use this ability. Then, pick one or more enemy units as the target(s) of that unit’s attacks (see 16.0).
Effect: Resolve shooting attacks against the target unit(s).
Effect: Resolve shooting attacks against the target unit(s).
| KEYWORDS | CORE, ATTACK, SHOOT |
| 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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The non-UNIQUE SOULBLIGHT GRAVELORDS, INFANTRY and HERO keywords are used in the following Soulblight Gravelords warscrolls:
1.1 Power Level
Each WIZARD and PRIEST has a power level shown after the keyword, e.g. WIZARD (2). A WIZARD’s casting power level determines how many Spell abilities they can use per phase. A PRIEST’s chanting power level determines how many PRAYER abilities they can use per phase.
Unbind
| Reaction: Opponent declared a SPELL ability |
UNBIND: The wizard saps the energy from an enemy’s spell, nullifying its effects.
Used By: A friendly WIZARD within 30" of the enemy WIZARD casting the spell.
Effect: Make an unbinding roll of 2D6. If the roll exceeds the casting roll tor the spell, then the spell is unbound and its effect is not resolved. This reaction cannot be used more than once per casting roll.
Effect: Make an unbinding roll of 2D6. If the roll exceeds the casting roll tor the spell, then the spell is unbound and its effect is not resolved. This reaction cannot be used more than once per casting roll.
| KEYWORDS | UNBIND |
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 Soulblight Gravelords warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
Infantry
The SOULBLIGHT GRAVELORDS and WIZARD keywords are used in the following Soulblight Gravelords warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
Infantry
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. | ||
The non-HERO SOULBLIGHT GRAVELORDS and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Soulblight Gravelords warscrolls:
The BARROW LEGION keywords are used in the following warscrolls:
Cavalry
3.5 Regiments of Renown
In addition to creating your own regiments, you can also spend points to include 1 Regiment of Renown. Regiments of Renown are pre-built regiments, each with their own special abilities. The rules for each Regiment of Renown will specify which factions can include it. A unit in a Regiment of Renown cannot be your general even if it is a WARMASTER.- You cannot include more than one Regiment of Renown in your army unless otherwise specified in the notes column of that regiment’s battle profile.
- Units in a Regiment of Renown cannot use (but can be picked as the target of, if otherwise eligible) any faction rules from the faction they are allied into, including enhancements and lores.
- If an ability allows you to set up a replacement unit (Core Rules, 24.2) for a unit in a Regiment of Renown, that unit also counts as being part of that Regiment of Renown.
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 non-UNIQUE DEATHRATTLE and HERO keywords are used in the following Soulblight Gravelords warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
24.1 Reserve Units
Some abilities allow you to set up units in reserve. These units are placed to one side instead of being set up on the battlefield. At the start of the fourth battle round, units that were set up in reserve using a DEPLOY ability and that are still in reserve are destroyed.
The DEATHRATTLE and HERO keywords are used in the following Soulblight Gravelords 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. Your general’s regiment can include up to 4 non-HERO units in addition to your general.
The CRIMSON KEEP keywords are used in the following warscrolls:
Monster
Monster Hero
Cavalry Hero
Cavalry
Beast
The CRIMSON KEEP MONSTER keywords are used in the following warscrolls:
Monster
Monster Hero
The CRIMSON KEEP WIZARD keywords are used in the following warscrolls:
Monster Hero
Cavalry Hero
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 SCIONS OF NULAHMIA keywords are used in the following Soulblight Gravelords warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
3.1 Regiments
Armies are made up of one or more regiments, each of which is led by a Hero. You must have at least 1 regiment in your army, and you can include a maximum of 5 regiments. To add a regiment, pick 1 HERO from your faction, then pick up to 3 non‑HERO units to accompany them.Each HERO’s battle profile lists which units can be added to their regiment, and each non-HERO unit’s battle profile lists any relevant keywords it has. The battle profiles of some HEROES may say that they can be added to the regiment of another HERO in place of a non-HERO unit in that regiment.
Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a Scions of Nulahmia Hero.
The WIZARD keywords are used in the following Soulblight Gravelords SCIONS OF NULAHMIA warscrolls:
32.1 Contesting Objectives
Unless otherwise specified, if an objective is within a model’s combat range, that model is contesting that objective. If any models in a unit are contesting an objective, that unit is contesting that objective.Each unit can only count as contesting a single objective for the purposes of determining objective control (see 32.2). Before determining objective control, for each of their units contesting two or more objectives, the active player must pick one of those objectives for it to contest. Then, their opponent does the same.
Designer’s Note: For purposes other than determining objective control, a unit can contest more than one objective.
The VAMPIRE keywords are used in the following Soulblight Gravelords SCIONS OF NULAHMIA warscrolls:
The HERO keyword is used in the following Soulblight Gravelords warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Soulblight Gravelords warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
The WARD keyword is used in the following Soulblight Gravelords warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
Infantry
Faction Terrain
The DEATH keyword is used in the following Soulblight Gravelords warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
Infantry
Faction Terrain
The SOULBLIGHT GRAVELORDS keyword is used in the following Soulblight Gravelords warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
Infantry
Faction Terrain
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.
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.Crit (Mortal)
If an attack made with this weapon scores a critical hit, that attack inflicts mortal damage on the target unit equal to the Damage characteristic of that weapon and the attack sequence ends.The DEATHRATTLE and CAVALRY keywords are used in the following Soulblight Gravelords warscrolls:
Cavalry
The DEATHRATTLE and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Soulblight Gravelords warscrolls:
| Once Per Turn (Army), End of Any Turn |
THE HUNGER: Soulblight vampires are revitalised by feasting upon the blood of their foes.
Declare: Pick each friendly VAMPIRE unit that used a FIGHT ability this turn to be the targets.
Effect: Heal (D3) each target. Heal (2D3) the target instead if it destroyed an enemy unit this turn using a FIGHT ability.
Effect: Heal (D3) each target. Heal (2D3) the target instead if it destroyed an enemy unit this turn using a FIGHT ability.
Charge (+1 Damage)
Add 1 to this weapon’s Damage characteristic if the attacking unit charged this turn.23.0 Tokens
Tokens are not considered to be models for rules purposes and can be ignored or moved out of the way for purposes of visibility, coherency or abilities. They cannot be picked as the target of abilities. Their purpose is to indicate persisting effects on units they are placed next to. Each time a unit with a token finishes a move or is set up, place the token next to the unit.
The non-HERO SOULBLIGHT GRAVELORDS keyword is used in the following Soulblight Gravelords warscrolls:
Infantry
Faction Terrain
| Reaction: You declared an ATTACK ability | 1 |
ALL-OUT ATTACK: The warriors fight with a frenzied vigour.
Used By: The unit using that ATTACK ability.
Effect: Add 1 to hit rolls for attacks made as part of that ATTACK ability. This also affects weapons that have the Companion weapon ability.
Effect: Add 1 to hit rolls for attacks made as part of that ATTACK ability. This also affects weapons that have the Companion weapon ability.
18.2 Allocating Damage
After resolving the effect of any ability that inflicts damage points (whether via attacks, mortal damage or both), you must allocate the damage points.When allocating damage points to a unit, the damage points in its damage pool are allocated to it one at a time. Each time the number of damage points allocated to the unit equals the Health characteristic of that unit, 1 model in that unit is slain (and removed from play) and the number of damage points allocated to that unit is reset to 0. Keep allocating damage points until there are none left in the damage pool.
If the number of damage points allocated to a unit is not enough to slay a model, keep track of the number of damage points currently allocated to the unit (most players place a dice or markers next to the unit). While a unit has any damage points allocated to it, it is damaged.