Stormcast Eternals – Ionus Cryptborn, Warden of Lost Souls
12" 16 3+ 5 After several lifetimes in Sigmar’s service, Ionus has been called by the God-King to a higher purpose. He serves as his champion across every realm, reinforcing Stormhosts that have been repeatedly ground down and helping to guide their diminishing souls back towards the path of light. However, once a protracted campaign is finally shepherded to its end, he gathers up those Stormcasts barely clinging to their humanity and leads them to the Bleak Citadels of the Ruination chambers. | ||
| RANGED WEAPONS | Rng | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Spirit-scouring Flames [Shoot in Combat, Companion] | ||||||||
| Spirit-scouring Flames Shoot in Combat, Companion | 10" | 9 | 2+ | 4+ | 2 | 1 | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | |||
| Soulbreaker | ||||||||
| Soulbreaker | 4 | 3+ | 3+ | 1 | 2 | |||
 Cthorak’s Ancient Claws [Companion] | ||||||||
| Cthorak’s Ancient Claws Companion | 6 | 4+ | 2+ | 2 | 3 | |||
BATTLE PROFILE
Unit Size: 1 Points: 340
Base size: 100mm
Can be reinforced: No
Regiment Options: 0-1 Stormcast Exemplar, Any STORMCAST ETERNALS
 Passive |
BATTLE DAMAGEDEffect: While this unit has 10 or more damage points, the Attacks characteristic of Cthorak’s Ancient Claws is 4.
 Once Per Turn (Army), Any Shooting Phase |
SPIRIT-SCOURING FLAMES: Enemies engulfed by Cthorak’s pale-flame breath feel their very souls begin to burn away.
Declare: Pick an enemy unit that had any damage points allocated to it this turn by attacks made with this unit’s Spirit-scouring Flames to be the target.
Effect: The target has the SOULBURNED keyword for the rest of the battle.
Effect: The target has the SOULBURNED keyword for the rest of the battle.
| KEYWORDS | RAMPAGE |
 Any Shooting Phase |
SOULBURNED: Once an enemy has been burnt by Cthorak’s scouring flames, their soul ignites deep within their body.
Declare: This unit can use this ability even if it has been destroyed. Pick any number of SOULBURNED enemy units to be the targets.
Effect: Roll a D3 for each target. On a 2+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll.
Effect: Roll a D3 for each target. On a 2+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll.
| Your Hero Phase | 5 |
LIGHTNING TEMPEST: Ionus calls upon Sigmar to unleash the wrath of Azyr.
Declare: Pick a visible enemy unit within 12" of this unit to be struck by lightning, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on that unit, then roll a dice. On a 1-2, the sequence ends. On a 3+, pick another enemy unit within 3" of that unit to be struck by lightning and inflict D3 mortal damage on it. If the chanting roll was 10+, you can pick another enemy unit within 6" of that unit instead of 3". Keep rolling dice in this way until the sequence ends or there are no other enemy units eligible to be struck by lightning. A unit cannot be struck by lightning more than once per turn.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on that unit, then roll a dice. On a 1-2, the sequence ends. On a 3+, pick another enemy unit within 3" of that unit to be struck by lightning and inflict D3 mortal damage on it. If the chanting roll was 10+, you can pick another enemy unit within 6" of that unit instead of 3". Keep rolling dice in this way until the sequence ends or there are no other enemy units eligible to be struck by lightning. A unit cannot be struck by lightning more than once per turn.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
| Once Per Turn (Army), Reaction: This unit was picked as the target of a non-CORE ability |
RUINATION CHAMBER: These veterans march where others cannot tread, fighting upon battlefields transformed into scenes of apocalypse. Even the most corrosive magics find no purchase on their souls.
Effect: Make a resistance roll of D6. On a 4+, that ability has no effect on this unit.
KEYWORDS | WARMASTER, UNIQUE, HERO, MONSTER, PRIEST (2), FLY |
| ORDER, RUINATION CHAMBER, STORMCAST ETERNALS |
FAQ
| Q: | Can I use the ‘Ruination Chamber’ ability to react to enemy abilities that target a friendly unit with that ability if that ability takes place outside of the regular turn sequence (e.g. a Deployment Phase ability)? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | If I use the ‘Ruination Chamber’ ability to react to an ability that targets multiple units and/or has multiple effects (e.g. ‘Power Through’), and the roll is successful, should my opponent still resolve the parts of the ability that affect other units? |
| A: | Yes. The ‘Ruination Chamber’ ability only allows you to ignore the effect of that ability on that unit; it does not stop the effect from being resolved for other units. |
Errata
Ionus Cryptborn
Add the RUINATION CHAMBER keyword to the keywords bar.
Ionus Cryptborn
Add the ‘Ruination Chamber’ ability to the warscroll:
| Once Per Turn (Army), Reaction: is unit was picked as the target of a non-CORE ability |
RUINATION CHAMBER: These veterans march where others cannot tread, fighting upon battlefields transformed into scenes of apocalypse. Even the most corrosive magics find no purchase on their souls.
Effect: Make a resistance roll of D6. On a 4+, that ability has no effect on this unit.
17.2 Mortal Damage
Some abilities inflict mortal damage. If an ability inflicts mortal damage on a unit, add that number of damage points to the unit’s damage pool for that ability (see 18.2 Allocating Damage).
 Your Movement Phase |
RETREAT: The fighters disengage from combat, though at the cost of lowering their defences.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is in combat to use this ability.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on that unit. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units but cannot end that move within an enemy unit’s combat range.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on that unit. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units but cannot end that move within an enemy unit’s combat range.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE, RETREAT |
7.0 Combat Range
Each model has a combat range that extends 3" horizontally from its base and any distance vertically from that circle to form a cylinder. The combat range of a unit extends 3" horizontally and any distance vertically from every model in that unit. Units from opposing armies that are within each other’s combat range and that are visible to each other are in combat with each other. When a unit that is not in combat enters the combat range of a visible enemy unit, it moves into combat.
A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it’
A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it’
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FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | If a model in base-to-base contact with an enemy model retreats 3" directly away from the enemy model, is it still in combat with that enemy model? |
| A: | No. |
Errata
Addenda: 7.0 Combat Range
Add the following:
‘A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it.’
‘A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it.’
| End of Any Turn | 1 |
POWER THROUGH: The warriors use their sheer mass or resilience to drive through a group of weaker foes, leaving broken bodies in their wake.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that charged this turn to use this ability, then you must pick an enemy unit in combat with it to be the target. The target must have a lower Health characteristic than the unit using this ability.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on the target. Then, the unit using this ability can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. It can pass through and end that move within the combat ranges of enemy units that were in combat with it at the start of the move, but not those of other enemy units. It does not have to end the move in combat.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on the target. Then, the unit using this ability can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. It can pass through and end that move within the combat ranges of enemy units that were in combat with it at the start of the move, but not those of other enemy units. It does not have to end the move in combat.
| KEYWORDS | MOVE |
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). | ||
Cover
Subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks that target a unit that is behind or wholly on this terrain feature, unless that unit charged this turn or has the FLY keyword.| Passive |
FLY: Soaring above the battlefield, this unit can reach destinations that are inaccessible to other troops.
Effect: As this unit moves, it ignores other models, terrain features and the combat ranges of enemy units. It cannot end its move in combat unless specified in the ability that allowed it to move. Ignore any vertical distance moved for this unit.
Obscuring
While every model in a non-MONSTER non‐WAR MACHINE unit that does not have the FLY keyword is within 1" of this terrain feature, the following apply:- That unit is only visible to enemy units that are within its combat range.
- The Range characteristic of that unit’s ranged weapons is halved (rounding down to the nearest inch).
Unstable
Models can move across but cannot be set up on or end any type of move on any part of this terrain feature that is more than 1" tall.1.4.2 Obscuring Terrain
Examples: Wyldwood, fortress wallTerrain Abilities: Cover, Obscuring, Unstable
6.0 Visibility
A target model is visible to another model (which we’ll call the ‘observing model’) if you can draw a straight line through the air (whether horizontal, diagonal or vertical) from any point on the observing model to any point on the target model that does not intersect any objects except for other models in the observing model’s unit. A target unit is visible to an observing unit if at least 1 model in the target unit is visible to at least 1 model in the observing unit. A model is always considered to be visible to itself.If a rule or ability requires a target to be both within a given range of and visible to the unit using that ability, or to a model in that unit, both conditions must be met by the same model in the target. You could not, for instance, target a unit where one model is within range but not visible and another model is not in range but is visible.
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| In some cases, it might not be immediately clear whether a model is visible. If so, stoop down to get a look from behind the observing model. If any part of the other model is visible, even if it is just the tip of a spear, then that model is visible for rules purposes. | ||
FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | If a non-FLY INFANTRY HERO (e.g. a Scinari Cathallar) is a Shrine Guardian of a Shrine Luminor, and that Shrine Guardian is within 1" of an obscuring terrain feature, is the Shrine Guardian visible to enemy abilities that target the Shrine Guardian? |
| A: | Yes. |
Errata
6.0 Visibility
Add the following:
‘If a rule or ability requires a target to be both within a given range of and visible to the unit using that ability, or to a model in that unit, both conditions must be met by the same model in the target. You could not, for instance, target a unit where one model is within range but not visible and another model is not in range but is visible.’
‘If a rule or ability requires a target to be both within a given range of and visible to the unit using that ability, or to a model in that unit, both conditions must be met by the same model in the target. You could not, for instance, target a unit where one model is within range but not visible and another model is not in range but is visible.’
3.0 Prayers
The declare step of each prayer will tell you to make a chanting roll of D6. On an unmodified chanting roll of 1, the prayer fails, its effect is not resolved and you must remove D3 ritual points from the PRIEST using the prayer.Otherwise, pick one of the following:
- Give a number of ritual points to the PRIEST equal to the chanting roll (ritual points can be accumulated over multiple turns).
- You can add the PRIEST’s ritual points to the chanting roll. If the chanting roll equals or exceeds the prayer’s chanting value (at the top-right corner of the prayer), it is answered: resolve the effect of the prayer, then reset the PRIEST’s ritual points total to 0.
All PRIESTS know the following prayer:
| Your Hero Phase |
SACRED RITES: The priest focuses on safely setting their ritual into motion.
Declare: Pick a friendly PRIEST to use this ability, then make a chanting roll of D6. On an unmodified chanting roll of 1, remove 1 ritual point from that PRIEST instead of D3.
Effect: Give a number to ritual points to the PRIEST equal to the unmodified chanting roll and do not reset the PRIEST’s ritual points to 0.
Effect: Give a number to ritual points to the PRIEST equal to the unmodified chanting roll and do not reset the PRIEST’s ritual points to 0.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER, UNLIMITED |
EXAMPLE PRAYER
 Once Per Battle, Your Hero Phase | 7 |
RESURRECTION: A fallen hero is brought back from death, their vitality fully restored.
Declare: Make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Pick a friendly INFANTRY HERO that has been slain and return them to the battlefield. Set up that HERO wholly within 3" of this PRIEST.
Effect: Pick a friendly INFANTRY HERO that has been slain and return them to the battlefield. Set up that HERO wholly within 3" of this PRIEST.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
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 STORMCAST ETERNALS keyword is used in the following Stormcast Eternals warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
Cavalry
Infantry
and others...
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 HERO keyword is used in the following Stormcast Eternals warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
The ORDER keyword is used in the following Stormcast Eternals warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
Cavalry
The STORMCAST ETERNALS keyword is used in the following Stormcast Eternals warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
Cavalry
Infantry
and others...
Shoot in Combat
This weapon can be used to make shooting attacks even if the attacking unit is in combat.The MONSTER keyword is used in the following Stormcast Eternals warscrolls:
Monster Hero
| 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 |
15.4 Flying
Units with the FLY keyword have the following passive ability:| 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.
| When moving flying units, move them horizontally in any direction, ignoring intervening models and terrain, and place them where you wish, so long as they are allowed to end their move on that spot. Note that some units have the FLY keyword even if that unit can’t really fly. This often represents units that bounce, bound or skitter across the battlefield so adeptly that they might as well be flying! | ||
FAQ
| Q: | If an ability that allows a unit to move states that the unit cannot move into combat (e.g. Normal Move), does FLY allow that unit to move across an enemy unit’s combat range? |
| A: | Yes. |
The FLY keyword is used in the following Stormcast Eternals warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
Beast
Infantry
The UNIQUE keyword is used in the following Stormcast Eternals warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a Stormcast Exemplar.
Infantry Hero
Cavalry Hero
The WARMASTER keyword is used in the following Stormcast Eternals warscrolls:
The RUINATION CHAMBER keyword is used in the following Stormcast Eternals warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Monster Hero
The PRIEST keyword is used in the following Stormcast Eternals warscrolls: