Blighted Wilds
Over the following pages, you will find all the rules and content for the Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds battlepack.
Path to Glory battlepacks allow you to play through a campaign, a system of rules that links your battles together in an ongoing narrative. To begin with, your army will be small and untested in battle. As the campaign progresses, not only will your army grow in size but the warriors under your command will also unlock powerful new abilities that they can use in battle.
The Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds battlepack is set in Thyria, in western Ghyran. Corruption has spread through the waters and the earth, polluting the land in unnatural ways. This relentless scourge has put a local stronghold at risk; you must now venture into the depths of Thyria, seek out the source of the corruption and purge it.
). It records your army’s progress and details your units, faction terrain features, enhancements and lots of other bits of information. As the campaign continues, you will need to keep your roster up to date, so it is recommended you record everything in pencil and keep an eraser to hand!
You can also include up to 4 additional regiments. To add a regiment to your roster, pick 1 HERO that has the same Grand Alliance keyword (ORDER, CHAOS, DEATH or DESTRUCTION) as your general to lead that regiment, then pick up to 3 non-HERO units with the same faction keyword as that HERO to join their regiment. A HERO’s battle profile may say that they can be added to the regiment of another HERO. In such cases, you can include them in that HERO’s regiment in place of a non-HERO unit.
Once a unit is added to a regiment, it remains in that regiment unless specific rules allow it to move to another regiment or to become an auxiliary unit.
During the campaign, non-reinforced units can be reinforced as part of the aftermath sequence.
Each set of faction rules includes a number of enhancements that can be given to units, e.g. heroic traits and artefacts of power. This battlepack also includes themed enhancements that every army taking part in the campaign can use.
You can pick 1 heroic trait and 1 artefact of power available to your army and give them to eligible units on your roster. If there are any unique enhancements available to your faction (e.g. Ensorcelled Banners in the Slaves to Darkness battletome), you can pick 1 enhancement from each of those enhancement tables and give it to an eligible unit on your roster.
Your Arcane Tome can hold a maximum of 6 non-SUMMON spells and/ or prayers and 3 SUMMON spells and/or prayers at any given time. Summon spells and prayers can only be added to the summon slots. Non-SUMMON spells and prayers cannot be added to the summon slots.
All WIZARDS in your army know all of the spells in your Arcane Tome and all PRIESTS in your army know all of the prayers in your Arcane Tome.
ADDING YOUR STARTING SPELLS
You can pick up to 3 spells from 1 spell lore available to your faction and add them to your Arcane Tome.
ADDING YOUR STARTING PRAYERS
You can pick up to 3 prayers from 1 prayer lore available to your faction and add them to your Arcane Tome.
ADDING YOUR STARTING MANIFESTATIONS
You can pick up to 3 SUMMON spells and/or prayers from 1 manifestation lore available to your faction and add them to the summon slots in your Arcane Tome.
We recommend that the players work together to set up the battlefield to best reflect the terrain of Thyria and the battleplan being fought. If the battleplan uses objectives, unless otherwise instructed, set up all objectives in the locations shown on the battlefield map before setting up any terrain features. In order to ensure enough space for units to move around freely, each terrain feature should be more than 3" from the battlefield edge, more than 3" from all objectives and more than 6" from all other terrain features.
Stalled reinforcements can be set up on the battlefield using the ‘Timely Arrival’ ability below.
The first time in a Blighted Wilds battle that a player seizes the initiative, the rules for determining the underdog change: for the rest of the battle, the underdog is always the opponent of the player who most recently seized the initiative. In addition, players have access to the following ability each battle:
The active player must use the following ability each turn:
In addition, each player can use the following abilities:
If there is anything your opponent still needs to achieve in the battle, the remaining battle rounds are played through to their conclusion. If not, the battle immediately ends.
In addition, at the end of each battle, if a player has fulfilled a specific victory condition, certain rewards can be earned (see Blighted Wilds Rewards).
With the source of corruption destroyed and the saviours of Thyria cleansed in body and soul, they make ready to travel to the nearest realmgate and their next adventure. Their Path to Glory is not yet over...
Once a unit has gained 5 renown points, it earns its first rank (Aspiring) and you can choose its Path. Each time one of your units gains a rank, it gets a choice of 1 of 2 different abilities from the appropriate step on its Path. Ranks must be earned sequentially, and once a unit has earned the Legendary rank, it does not earn any further ranks.
In this step, you must perform the following actions:
1. Heal resting units
2. Determine battle wounds
3. Determine battle scars
4. Heal battle wounds
The first time a unit receives a serious, severe or critical battle scar, you must roll on the appropriate battle scar table. A unit can only ever have 1 of each type of battle scar, even if battle wounds are healed and subsequently regained. Battle scars cannot be healed or removed unless specified in a reward.
Once a unit has 18 or more battle wounds, it succumbs to its injuries. Remove that unit from your Path to Glory roster. Any enhancements gained by that unit are lost.
If your general succumbs to their injuries, you must pick another HERO on your roster to become your new general. If that HERO is not already on a Path and has not yet gained any renown points, they gain 5 renown points and you can pick a Path for them to embark on at the Aspiring rank.
If there are no other HEROES on your roster, there is no one left in command. Your warriors swiftly slip away from your encampment and your story ends. If you wish to continue in this campaign, you must start a new Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds army.
On a 1, the ritual fails and that unit becomes drained until the end of your next battle. Drained units cannot use the ‘Purify the Land’ ability and cannot be picked to be the target of the ‘Boon of Vitality’ ability. On a 2+, pick a unit on your Path to Glory roster and remove a number of battle wounds from that unit equal to the roll.
Over the next few steps, you will pick options for your Landmark of Ghyran. 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.
Replace [GRAND ALLIANCE] with the keyword of the Grand Alliance your army belongs to (ORDER, CHAOS, DEATH or DESTRUCTION) and replace [FACTION] with your army’s faction keyword.
Over the next few steps, you will pick options for your Regiment of Ghyran. 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.
The same upgrade can be picked more than once, but each time you pick an upgrade for a unit that already has that upgrade, you must double its DP cost.
These are abilities that can be used by or that affect units in your Regiment of Ghyran.
Prepare your potent potions and prepare to walk a new path in the Realm of Life.
Below, you can find rules for your Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds campaign that allow you to forage for ingredients and brew Ghyranite Concoctions for your army.
Add the following text to the ‘Manage enhancements’ section in the ‘Manage your Path to Glory roster’ step of the aftermath sequence:
In this step, you can also forage for ingredients and mix Ghyranite Concoctions.
Then, give that GHYRANITE CONCOCTION to a non-UNIQUE HERO on your roster. A HERO cannot have more than 1 GHYRANITE CONCOCTION at a time. If a HERO already has a GHYRANITE CONCOCTION, you can choose to replace it with a new GHYRANITE CONCOCTION.
You can mix any number of Ghyranite Concoctions in this step.
To purchase a GHYRANITE CONCOCTION, spend 30 glory points, pick 1 GHYRANITE CONCOCTION from the list above and give it to a HERO on your roster. Mark that GHYRANITE CONCOCTION with a star to denote that it was purchased rather than mixed.
When a unit declares a GHYRANITE CONCOCTION ability for a purchased GHYRANITE CONCOCTION, you must roll on the Side Effect table below and you must use the corresponding ability.
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.
Terrain Abilities: Cover, Obscuring, Unstable
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 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.
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.
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.
While some abilities allow you to take extra enhancements, the same unit can never have more than 1 enhancement of the same type, and you can never include the same enhancement in your army more than once. Enhancements cannot be given to Regiment of Renown units, unless they have a keyword that matches that faction’s name.
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.
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.
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.
On an unmodified chanting roll of 2 or more, pick one of the following:
Keywords let you know which abilities can be used or which units can be picked as targets for an ability. For example, the ‘Charge’ ability can only be used by a unit if it did not use an ability with the RUN or RETREAT keyword earlier in the turn. The singular and plural forms of a keyword are synonymous for rules purposes.
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 (such as named characters) may say that they can be added to the regiment of another HERO.
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.
Manifestations are not units but can be interacted with in similar ways, as explained next:
While some abilities allow you to take extra enhancements, the same unit can never have more than 1 enhancement of the same type, and you can never include the same enhancement in your army more than once.
After the players have finished using
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.
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.
Otherwise, pick one of the following:
All PRIESTS know the following prayer:
Manifestations are not units but can be interacted with in similar ways, as explained next:
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.
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.
A unit is within a certain distance of something if any part of the base of any model in the unit is within that distance. A unit is wholly within a certain distance of something if every part of the bases of all of the models in the unit is within that distance.
For the majority of units, coherency range is 1/2", though some units (particularly those with large models with overhanging parts) have a longer coherency range noted on their warscroll for ease of play. While there are 7 or more models in a unit, that unit is considered to be in a coherent group if each model in that unit is within coherency range of at least 2 other models in that unit.
If it is not possible for a unit to end a move in a single coherent group, that move cannot be made.
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.
Books
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Show History | ||||
| Book | Kind | Edition | Last update | |
 Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds | ||||
| Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds | Expansion | 4 | January 2026 | |
| Rules Updates | ||||
| Rules Updates | Rulebook | 4 | October 2026 | |
 War in the Blighted Wilds | ||||
| War in the Blighted Wilds | White Dwarf | 4 | February 2026 | |
FAQ
| Q: | When creating your initial 1000-point roster, do you have to pay for individual SPELL, PRAYER or SUMMON abilities if the associated lore has a points cost? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | During deployment, can you deploy both a regular faction terrain feature and a Landmark of Ghyran or just one of them? |
| A: | You can deploy both. |
Path to Glory Battlepack
Blighted Wilds
Behind every hero of the Mortal Realms is the tale of their rise to power. In Path to Glory, you will forge the destiny of your hero and turn them into the stuff of legends.Path to Glory battlepacks allow you to play through a campaign, a system of rules that links your battles together in an ongoing narrative. To begin with, your army will be small and untested in battle. As the campaign progresses, not only will your army grow in size but the warriors under your command will also unlock powerful new abilities that they can use in battle.
The Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds battlepack is set in Thyria, in western Ghyran. Corruption has spread through the waters and the earth, polluting the land in unnatural ways. This relentless scourge has put a local stronghold at risk; you must now venture into the depths of Thyria, seek out the source of the corruption and purge it.
BUT MY ARMY LIKES CORRUPTION!Some factions, such as the Maggotkin of Nurgle and the Skaven of the Clans Pestilens, revel in disease and decay and are known throughout the realms for their wanton defilement of all things pure. Why, then, would they want to purge corruption?For these armies, perhaps the corruption they encounter is the ‘wrong type’ - a lingering curse of undeath or nexus of Waaagh! energy, rather than good, honest rot - and their acts of‘purification’ involve replacing the corruption with their preferred contaminants, such as virulent poxes or foul-smelling effluent. Or perhaps you have an idea that would fit your army’s narrative even better! | ||
Path to Glory Roster
The bespoke Path to Glory roster used in this battlepack (Here you can find roster). It records your army’s progress and details your units, faction terrain features, enhancements and lots of other bits of information. As the campaign continues, you will need to keep your roster up to date, so it is recommended you record everything in pencil and keep an eraser to hand!Path to Glory Battles
Once you have prepared your Path to Glory roster, you are ready to challenge other players who have a Path to Glory army. Each Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds battleplan tells a different part of the story as your army searches for the hidden source of corruption that lies deep within the Thyrian jungle.The Aftermath Sequence
The battles in your Path to Glory campaign are linked by the aftermath sequence. This is a series of steps both players must complete after every battle. In the aftermath sequence, you will gain glory points, which you can use to add units to your army, and your warriors will earn renown points.
| The rules in this battlepack are independent of those found in other Path to Glory battlepacks, such as Ravaged Coast and Ascension. You can pick Paths from other Path to Glory battlepacks for your units to embark on, but none of the other rules in those battlepacks are used when playing through a Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds campaign. All the rules in the Path to Glory section of your battletome can be used in a Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds campaign. For example, you can add a HERO created using the Anvil of Apotheosis to your roster, and you can pick Paths in your battletome for eligible units to embark on. | ||
Path to Glory Roster
ADVANCED RULES In addition to the Core Rules, Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds uses the following Advanced Rules:All rules refer to the Core Book (see General’s Handbook 2024-25) | ||
| While we recommend a limit of 1000 points for starting Blighted Wilds armies, if your Path to Glory group agrees to start at a different points limit, feel free to do so. | ||
Getting Started
In this battlepack, you will start with an army that will become more experienced as the campaign progresses - but beware, your units can suffer injuries that might see them completely destroyed. Before you can start fighting battles using this battlepack, you must first complete a Path to Glory roster using the following rules. Here you can download rosterPOINTS LIMIT
The suggested points limit for the units on your starting Path to Glory roster is 1000 points.BATTLE PROFILES
The information you’ll need when building your Path to Glory roster is found in each unit’s battle profile.Faction
The first thing you need to do when building your Path to Glory roster is to pick your faction (e.g. Stormcast Eternals or Skaven). Each faction has its own warscrolls, battle profiles and faction rules. These can be found in various publications such as a faction’s battletome or faction pack and online at warhammer-community.com. This battlepack also allows you to expand your force with units that belong to the same Grand Alliance as your chosen faction (see ‘Adding Units’) - but be aware that only the units in your army from your faction will be able to access your faction’s battle traits, enhancements and lores.ARMIES OF RENOWN
You may pick an Army of Renown when picking your faction. If you do so, you must use its faction rules. You can still include a Landmark of Ghyran and a Regiment of Ghyran even if the roster options do not allow it, but you cannot include any other units that are not listed in the roster options. Units in the Regiment of Ghyran do not gain your Army of Renown’s keyword.BATTLE FORMATIONS
You can pick 1 battle formation from your faction.SPEARHEAD QUICK STARTAs an alternative to starting your Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds campaign with a fixed points limit, each player in your Path to Glory group could start with a different Spearhead army.If you choose to do this, add your general and each unit in your Spearhead army to the general’s regiment section of your roster (if there are too many to fit, add the extras as auxiliary units) and then jump straight to picking a Path for your general! | ||
Adding Units
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General
You must pick 1 HERO from your faction to be your general. Your general must be a single model, and they must lead their own regiment. Add them to the general’s regiment section of your roster.Regiments
You can pick up to 4 non-HERO units with the same faction keyword as your general to join your general’s regiment.You can also include up to 4 additional regiments. To add a regiment to your roster, pick 1 HERO that has the same Grand Alliance keyword (ORDER, CHAOS, DEATH or DESTRUCTION) as your general to lead that regiment, then pick up to 3 non-HERO units with the same faction keyword as that HERO to join their regiment. A HERO’s battle profile may say that they can be added to the regiment of another HERO. In such cases, you can include them in that HERO’s regiment in place of a non-HERO unit.
Once a unit is added to a regiment, it remains in that regiment unless specific rules allow it to move to another regiment or to become an auxiliary unit.
Regiments of Renown
Regiments of Renown are pre-built regiments, each with their own special abilities. Only Regiments of Ghyran can be included in a Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds campaign.- A unit in a Regiment of Ghyran cannot be your general.
- You cannot include more than 1 Regiment of Ghyran in your army.
- Units in a Regiment of Ghyran 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 Ghyran, that unit also counts as being part of that Regiment of Renown.
- Units in a Regiment of Ghyran can earn renown points and can embark on a Path.
Auxiliary Units
Auxiliary units allow you to take units from your faction without the constraints of regiments, at the cost of potentially giving your opponent an advantage. You can add any number of units to the auxiliary units section of your roster. However, the player with the fewest auxiliary units on their roster gains 1 extra command point at the start of each battle round (if the players have the same number of auxiliary units, neither player receives an extra command point). HEROES that have compulsory regiment options or are part of a Regiment of Ghyran cannot be taken as auxiliary units.Reinforced Units
When you add a unit to your starting roster, you can add it as a reinforced unit. A reinforced unit has twice as many models as its minimum unit size and costs twice as many points. A unit cannot be reinforced if it has a minimum unit size of 1 or if a restriction in the notes column of its battle profile prevents it from being reinforced.During the campaign, non-reinforced units can be reinforced as part of the aftermath sequence.
Unique Units
UNIQUE units are heroes whose stories have already been written and who have already walked upon long and dangerous paths to ascend to greatness. A Path to Glory campaign is designed to tell the tales of unknown warriors rising through the ranks and overcoming numerous obstacles to become renowned heroes in their own right. We therefore recommend that you do not include UNIQUE units in your campaign. However, if your Path to Glory group agrees that UNIQUE units can be included, the following restrictions apply:- UNIQUE units cannot be given enhancements.
- UNIQUE units cannot embark on a Path.
Faction Terrain Features
You can add 1 faction terrain feature (or set of faction terrain features) and 1 Landmark of Ghyran to your roster.| Remember, many abilities can only affect un its with a certain keyword (such as WARRIOR CHAMBER or BLOODBOUND), so while units from different factions in the same Grand Alliance may fight alongside each other, they may not be able to benefit from each other’s abilities. | ||
Paths
Your General's Path
Your general starts the campaign with 5 renown points and the Aspiring rank. Note this on your roster. This means that you can pick a Path for them straight away (and 1 of the 2 Aspiring abilities for that Path).
There are 2 Paths for HEROES and 2 Paths for non-HERO units in this battlepack (See Paths). Other faction-specific Paths can be found in your army’s battletome and can be picked by eligible units instead of a Path from this battlepack. You can also pick Paths from other Path to Glory battlepacks such as Ravaged Coast. For your general to embark on a Path, they must have the requisite keywords for that Path.
There are 2 Paths for HEROES and 2 Paths for non-HERO units in this battlepack (See Paths). Other faction-specific Paths can be found in your army’s battletome and can be picked by eligible units instead of a Path from this battlepack. You can also pick Paths from other Path to Glory battlepacks such as Ravaged Coast. For your general to embark on a Path, they must have the requisite keywords for that Path.
UNIT PATHSAs they journey across Thyria, your non-HERO units will also earn renown points that can be spent in the aftermath sequence to allow them to gain ranks and follow Paths. | ||
Enhancements and Lores
Enhancements
ENHANCEMENT TABLESWhen picking enhancements, you can pick a heroic trait and an artefact of power from any combination of the tables in your faction’s battletome or faction pack and the tables in this battlepack (The Pride of Thyria and Thyrian Wonders respectively). | ||
Each set of faction rules includes a number of enhancements that can be given to units, e.g. heroic traits and artefacts of power. This battlepack also includes themed enhancements that every army taking part in the campaign can use.
You can pick 1 heroic trait and 1 artefact of power available to your army and give them to eligible units on your roster. If there are any unique enhancements available to your faction (e.g. Ensorcelled Banners in the Slaves to Darkness battletome), you can pick 1 enhancement from each of those enhancement tables and give it to an eligible unit on your roster.
| Over the course of your Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds campaign, you will be able to gain additional enhancements to give to your units (see Blighted Wilds Rewards). Each time you gain an enhancement, give it to an eligible unit on your Path to Glory roster. The same unit can never have more than 1 enhancement of the same type, and your roster cannot include the same enhancement more than once. When fighting Path to Glory battles, all the units in your army can use any 1 enhancements they have. This means that, as your campaign progresses, you will be able to field an army resplendent with an array of different enhancements! | ||
Lores
The Arcane Tome section of your roster is your own custom spell, prayer and manifestation lore. As your campaign progresses, you may find new spells or prayers to add to your Arcane Tome.Your Arcane Tome can hold a maximum of 6 non-SUMMON spells and/ or prayers and 3 SUMMON spells and/or prayers at any given time. Summon spells and prayers can only be added to the summon slots. Non-SUMMON spells and prayers cannot be added to the summon slots.
All WIZARDS in your army know all of the spells in your Arcane Tome and all PRIESTS in your army know all of the prayers in your Arcane Tome.
UNIVERSAL MANIFESTATIONSWhen picking SUMMON spells and/or prayers, you can pick from the universal manifestation lores found at Endless Spells page. | ||
ADDING YOUR STARTING SPELLS
You can pick up to 3 spells from 1 spell lore available to your faction and add them to your Arcane Tome.
ADDING YOUR STARTING PRAYERS
You can pick up to 3 prayers from 1 prayer lore available to your faction and add them to your Arcane Tome.
ADDING YOUR STARTING MANIFESTATIONS
You can pick up to 3 SUMMON spells and/or prayers from 1 manifestation lore available to your faction and add them to the summon slots in your Arcane Tome.
| Your Arcane Tome can hold no more than 9 spells and/or prayers. Once it has 9 spells and/or prayers, if you have the chance to add another, you must remove 1 of the existing spells or prayers before you can do so. | ||
Existing Path to Glory Armies
You may already have a Path to Glory army if you have been playing a different Path to Glory battlepack such as Ravaged Coast. If your Path to Glory group agrees, you can continue the story of your army in this campaign. If you do so, the following rules apply:- If you already have a Regiment of Renown in your Path to Glory army, you can keep it, but remember that you cannot include more than 1 Regiment of Renown in your army.
- Your units retain any enhancements, Path ranks, abilities, battle wounds and battle scars they gained during your previous campaigns.
- Units that have already embarked on a Path can continue to progress along that Path. You can change their Path in the aftermath sequence.
- If the previous battlepack did not use renown points, each of your units that is already on a Path starts this campaign with the minimum number of renown points for its current rank.
- Your units can use any abilities that you have access to as a result of winning previous Path to Glory campaigns.
Path to Glory Battles
Once you have completed your Path to Glory roster, you are ready to fight Path to Glory battles. The steps to fight a Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds battle are as follows:1. Gather Your Armies
Each player’s army consists of all of the units on their Path to Glory roster.2. Determine the Battleplan
In a Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds campaign, battleplans are unlocked by fighting battles and meeting certain victory conditions to discover routes through the dense, contaminated forests of western Ghyran.
To begin your search for the source of corruption, the player whose general has the lowest rank (see ‘Paths’) picks either the Thyria’s Bounty battleplan or the Forest Fortress battleplan. These are the only battleplans that are unlocked at the start of the campaign.
In subsequent battles after the first, the player whose general has the lowest rank picks any battleplan that you have both unlocked (see Discovering Routes bellow).
To begin your search for the source of corruption, the player whose general has the lowest rank (see ‘Paths’) picks either the Thyria’s Bounty battleplan or the Forest Fortress battleplan. These are the only battleplans that are unlocked at the start of the campaign.
In subsequent battles after the first, the player whose general has the lowest rank picks any battleplan that you have both unlocked (see Discovering Routes bellow).
EQUAL RANKSIf a rule says that the player whose general has the lowest rank must pick something but both players’ generals have the same rank, the players roll off and the winner picks. | ||
DISCOVERING ROUTES
Battleplans are connected by routes through the Thyrian jungle that your warriors must discover. There are 2 types of route that can lead out from a battleplan, as shown on the battleplan map opposite:- Thyrian paths are discovered immediately after you have fought a battle using that battleplan.
- Concealed trails are only discovered after both players have won a victory using that battleplan.
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| There is a version of this battleplan map that includes checkboxes, so you can easily keep track of which battleplans you have unlocked. You can find pdf here: | ||
3. Set up the Battlefield
The battlefield can be any size, but the recommended minimum battlefield size is 44" x 60" and the recommended minimum number of terrain features is 8.We recommend that the players work together to set up the battlefield to best reflect the terrain of Thyria and the battleplan being fought. If the battleplan uses objectives, unless otherwise instructed, set up all objectives in the locations shown on the battlefield map before setting up any terrain features. In order to ensure enough space for units to move around freely, each terrain feature should be more than 3" from the battlefield edge, more than 3" from all objectives and more than 6" from all other terrain features.
Contamination and Remediation
After determining territories and starting with the player whose general has the lowest rank, the players take turns to pick a terrain feature that is outside their territory to be contaminated.
Then, one player rolls a dice for each terrain feature on the battlefield that is not contaminated. On a 4+, that terrain feature is contaminated.
During a battle, contaminated terrain features can damage and debuff units from both armies. However, a canny commander can instruct their units to remediate contaminated terrain features (see Blighted Wilds Abilities) so that they are safe - or even a source of great power - for their own warriors.
It should be noted that only the player whose units have remediated a terrain feature will consider that terrain feature to be remediated; the terrain feature will still be contaminated to the other player until their units have also remediated it. After all, a Plaguepack’s idea of‘remediated’ may not be very palatable to a copse of Dryads...
Then, one player rolls a dice for each terrain feature on the battlefield that is not contaminated. On a 4+, that terrain feature is contaminated.
| Faction terrain features and Landmarks of Ghyran cannot be contaminated. | ||
During a battle, contaminated terrain features can damage and debuff units from both armies. However, a canny commander can instruct their units to remediate contaminated terrain features (see Blighted Wilds Abilities) so that they are safe - or even a source of great power - for their own warriors.
It should be noted that only the player whose units have remediated a terrain feature will consider that terrain feature to be remediated; the terrain feature will still be contaminated to the other player until their units have also remediated it. After all, a Plaguepack’s idea of‘remediated’ may not be very palatable to a copse of Dryads...
IT’S PURE TO ME!To keep track of which player considers which terrain features to be contaminated and which to be remediated, we recommend that each player places a coin or a token with 2 different faces on each contaminated terrain feature. When a player’s units remediate the terrain feature, they can flip their coin/token. | ||
Resting Units
Starting with the player whose general has the lowest rank, each player can pick 1 unit in their army to be resting. That unit is not used in this battle and does not count towards that player’s total points value for their army for this battle.WHY REST NOW?Sometimes you may decide that it is better to rest an injured unit rather than risk them gaining further battle wounds. Or it could be part of your narrative: perhaps your general has recently been usurped and they need to spend some time recovering their damaged pride. | ||
Deployment
Use the rules for the deployment phase in the Core Rules with the following modifications. If a battleplan has Deployment instructions, these also modify the Core Rules as described in the Deployment instructions.Uneven Armies
Before the battle begins, both players must compare the total points values of all the units on their rosters. If the total points value of one player’s army is at least 100 points more than the their opponent’s, that player has an overwhelming force.
If a player has an overwhelming force, they must take the difference between the total points values of the two armies and subtract 100 points to calculate the surplus value. For example, if the total points value of player A’s army is 1450 points and the total points value of player B’s army is 1100 points, the surplus value would be 250 points (350-100). Player A must then use the ‘Stalled Reinforcements’ ability below in the deployment phase before any other DEPLOY abilities. Deployment Phase |
STALLED REINFORCEMENTS: It is a truism of war that large hosts can take time to fully deploy.
Declare: Pick a number of friendly units with a combined points value equal to or greater than the surplus value to be the targets.
Effect: Set up those units in reserve as stalled reinforcements. They have now been deployed. If any stalled reinforcements are part of a regiment, the other units in that regiment can still be deployed using the 'Deploy Regiment' ability.
Effect: Set up those units in reserve as stalled reinforcements. They have now been deployed. If any stalled reinforcements are part of a regiment, the other units in that regiment can still be deployed using the 'Deploy Regiment' ability.
| KEYWORDS | DEPLOY |
Stalled reinforcements can be set up on the battlefield using the ‘Timely Arrival’ ability below.
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TIMELY ARRIVAL: Reserve units arrive to swing the pendulum of battle in their general's favour.
Declare: You can use this ability from the second battle round onwards. Pick a friendly stalled reinforcement to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. Subtract 1 from the roll if the target is a HERO or a reinforced unit and subtract 1 from the roll if the target is a MONSTER. On a 4+, set up the target in friendly territory, wholly within 6" of a battlefield edge and more than 9" from all enemy units. If it is not possible to set up the target, it remains in reserve as a stalled reinforcement.
Effect: Roll a dice. Subtract 1 from the roll if the target is a HERO or a reinforced unit and subtract 1 from the roll if the target is a MONSTER. On a 4+, set up the target in friendly territory, wholly within 6" of a battlefield edge and more than 9" from all enemy units. If it is not possible to set up the target, it remains in reserve as a stalled reinforcement.
Determine the Underdog
Whichever player has the fewest victory points is the underdog for the battle round. If the players are tied (e.g. in the first battle round), then there is no underdog.SEIZING THE INITIATIVE
In a Blighted Wilds campaign, if the player who went second in the previous battle round wins the priority roll and chooses to go first, this is called ‘seizing the initiative’.The first time in a Blighted Wilds battle that a player seizes the initiative, the rules for determining the underdog change: for the rest of the battle, the underdog is always the opponent of the player who most recently seized the initiative. In addition, players have access to the following ability each battle:
| Once Per Turn (Army), Start of Enemy Turn |
STRATEGIC MASTERY: In times of dire need, the greatest tacticians step forward.
Effect: If your opponent seized the initiative this battle round and you have not seized the initiative this battle, roll a dice for each command point your opponent has. For each 5+, your opponent loses 1 command point and you gain 1 command point.
Blighted Wilds Abilities
When fighting battles in a Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds campaign, armies have access to abilities that represent the heavily vegetated Thyrian environment and the pockets of corruption being created by an unknown source.The active player must use the following ability each turn:
 Once Per Turn (Army), Start of Enemy Turn |
BLIGHTED WATERS: Dark maladies have cursed the waters of Thyria, spreading sickness and rot throughout the land.
Declare: Randomly pick a contaminated terrain feature. If that terrain feature has been remediated by your opponent’s army, pick each friendly unit within 3" of that terrain feature to be the targets. Otherwise, pick each unit within 3" of that terrain feature to be the targets.
Effect: Make a contamination roll of D3 for each target. On a 1, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target. On a 2+, the target has STRIKE-LAST for the rest of the turn.
Effect: Make a contamination roll of D3 for each target. On a 1, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target. On a 2+, the target has STRIKE-LAST for the rest of the turn.
In addition, each player can use the following abilities:
| Once Per Turn (Army), End of Any Turn |
PURIFY THE LAND: Whether through divine intervention, arcane talent or the skilled application of cleansing serums, these warriors have purified this pocket of contamination.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit within 3" of a contaminated terrain feature to use this ability, then pick that contaminated terrain feature to be the target.
Effect: Make a remediation roll of D6. On a 3+:
Effect: Make a remediation roll of D6. On a 3+:
- The target is remediated by your army for the rest of the battle and you no longer consider it to be contaminated.
- The unit using this ability gains 2 renown points
| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Movement Phase |
BOON OF VITALITY: Life magic blossoms in those areas that have been cleansed of corruption, filling those nearby with vim and vigour.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat and that is within 3" of a terrain feature that has been remediated by your army to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice and apply the corresponding effect below.
1-2: No effect.
3: Add 1 to run rolls and charge rolls for the target until the start of your next turn.
4: Subtract 1 from wound rolls for attacks that target that friendly unit until the start of your next turn.
5: The target has WARD (5+) until the start of your next turn.
6: The target can immediately use the ‘Rally’ command as if it were your hero phase without any command points being spent. If it does so, you can make 3 additional rally rolls of D6.
Effect: Roll a dice and apply the corresponding effect below.
1-2: No effect.
3: Add 1 to run rolls and charge rolls for the target until the start of your next turn.
4: Subtract 1 from wound rolls for attacks that target that friendly unit until the start of your next turn.
5: The target has WARD (5+) until the start of your next turn.
6: The target can immediately use the ‘Rally’ command as if it were your hero phase without any command points being spent. If it does so, you can make 3 additional rally rolls of D6.
Battle Length
At the end of the fourth battle round, roll a dice. On a 1-2, the battle ends. On a 3+, the battle continues for another battle round. If it continues, al the end of the fifth battle round, roll a dice. On a 1-4, the battle ends. On a 5+, the battle continues for another battle round. The battle automatically ends after the sixth battle round.Withdrawing from Battle
During the battle, you have the option to withdraw if the cost of fighting on seems too steep. At the start of your turn, you can withdraw if at least half of the units from your starting army have been destroyed. If you do so, all of the units in your army that are still on the battlefield are immediately removed from play but they do not count as having been destroyed. If you withdraw, your opponent wins a major victory regardless of the victory conditions of the battleplan.If there is anything your opponent still needs to achieve in the battle, the remaining battle rounds are played through to their conclusion. If not, the battle immediately ends.
Replacement Units and Summoned Units
From a narrative perspective, replacement units in a Path to Glory campaign are entirely different units to the ones they are replacing. Therefore, they do not have any of the upgrades the original unit had. After the battle ends, replacement units and summoned units are not added to your roster.Glorious Victory
Some battleplans describe the victory conditions required to win the battle, while others refer to victory points. For the latter battleplans, with the exception of Be It Purity or Putrescence, when the battle ends, if one player has more victory points than their opponent, they win a major victory. If the players are tied on victory points, the player whose army remediated the most terrain features wins a minor victory. Any other result is a draw.In addition, at the end of each battle, if a player has fulfilled a specific victory condition, certain rewards can be earned (see Blighted Wilds Rewards).
The Aftermath Sequence
Once the battle is over, both players should resolve the aftermath sequence.Campaign Victory
The campaign ends after one player has won a major victory using the Be It Purity or Putrescence battleplan. That player earns the Blighted Wilds trophy, which can be recorded on their roster, and they gain the following ability to be used in future Path to Glory campaigns. Once Per Battle (Army), Your Hero Phase |
PURIFIERS OF THE BLIGHTED WILDS: Vials of revitalising liquids are carried by your victorious warriors.
Effect: Heal (3) each friendly unit.
With the source of corruption destroyed and the saviours of Thyria cleansed in body and soul, they make ready to travel to the nearest realmgate and their next adventure. Their Path to Glory is not yet over...
Blighted Wilds Rewards
At the end of each Blighted Wilds battle, if the relevant victory condition below was fulfilled, you and/or your opponent may receive a reward. If a reward allows you to pick an enhancement, spell or prayer, you can pick from either the tables in your battletome or faction pack or the Blighted Wilds tables in this battlepack.If a player wins a major victory using this battleplan, they can claim either the Ability Reward or the Miscellaneous Reward. Their opponent receives the reward they do not claim. Ability Reward: You can use the following ability in your next Miscellaneous Reward:Blighted Wilds battle:
SANITISED: Your warriors use the ritual ingredients they have recovered to great effect. Choose either of the following:
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If a player wins a major victory using this battleplan, they can claim either the Ability Reward or the Miscellaneous Reward. Their opponent receives the reward they do not claim. Ability Reward: You can use the following ability in your next Blighted Wilds battle: Miscellaneous Reward:
EXPERT GARRISON: These warriors are highly skilled at fighting front defensive positions. Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 1 to save rolls for the target while it is wholly within 3" of a terrain feature or objective. Choose either of the following:
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If a player wins a major victory using this battleplan, they can claim either the Ability Reward or the Miscellaneous Reward. Their opponent receives the reward they do not claim. If a player wins a minor victory using this battleplan, they roll a dice. On a 1-4, they can claim either the Ability Reward or the Miscellaneous Reward. On a 5-6, their opponent can claim either reward instead. Ability Reward: You can use the following ability in your next Blighted Wilds battle: Miscellaneous Reward:
TACTICAL REPOSITIONING: These sure-footed warriors can shift their position at speed. Effect: The target can move 2D6". It cannot move into combat during any part of that move.
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If a player wins a major victory using this battleplan, they can claim either the Ability Reward or the Miscellaneous Reward. Their opponent receives the reward they do not claim. Ability Reward: You can use the following ability in your next Blighted Wilds battle: Miscellaneous Reward: Pick a second unit that took part in the battle to be your favoured warriors in step 2 of the aftermath sequence.
WYRDRON SEED: When thrown at a foe, these unassuming seeds burst open to release fast-growing and sharp-thorned vines that can entangle limbs or shred skin. Effect: Roll a dice. On a 1-2, for the rest of the turn, subtract 1 from the number of dice rolled when making charge rolls for the target, to a minimum of 1. On a 3+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll. | ||||||
The player who wins a major victory using this battleplan can claim either the Ability Reward or the Miscellaneous Reward. Their opponent receives the reward they do not claim. Ability Reward: You can use the following ability in your next Blighted Wilds battle: Miscellaneous Reward: Pick 1 spell or prayer and add it to your Arcane Tome.
DEFIANT IN THE FACE OF DANGER: The determination of these warriors sees them brush aside the enemy’s deadliest weapons. Effect: For the rest of the turn, other than the Companion weapon ability, weapon abilities for the target’s attacks have no effect. | ||||||
If a player wins a major victory using this battleplan, they can claim either the Ability Reward or the Miscellaneous Reward. Their opponent receives the reward they do not claim. Ability Reward: You can use the following ability in your next Blighted Wilds battle: Miscellaneous Reward: Pick a unit in your army that took part in this battle and remove D3+3 battle wounds from it.
PROVEN SURVIVORS: These warriors have overcome some of the foulest perils that the Thyrian jungle can throw at them. Effect: The target has WARD (5+) for the rest of the turn. | ||||||
If a player wins a major victory using this battleplan, they can claim either the Ability Reward or the Miscellaneous Reward. Their opponent receives the reward they do not claim. Ability Reward: You can use the following ability in your next Blighted Wilds battle: Miscellaneous Reward: You earn 10D6 glory points.
DAUNTLES: Brimming with self-confidence, these warriors make the first decisive move. Effect: Each target can use the ‘Normal Move’ ability as if it were your movement phase. | ||||||
If a player wins a major victory using this battleplan, they can claim either the Ability Reward or the Miscellaneous Reward. Their opponent receives the reward they do not claim. Ability Reward: You can use the following ability in your next Blighted Wilds battle: Miscellaneous Reward: Choose either of the following:
SPITEFUL ATTITUDE: The contempt that these warriors have for their enemies is another layer of defence. Effect: For the rest of the phase, subtract 1 from wound rolls for combat attacks that target that unit.
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If a player wins a major victory using this battleplan, they can claim either the Ability Reward or the Miscellaneous Reward. Their opponent receives the reward they do not claim. Ability Reward: You can use the following ability in your next Blighted Wilds battle: Miscellaneous Reward: Choose either of the following:
ONE WITH THYRIA: Attuned as they are to the call ofThyria, your general entreats the land’s spirits to aid them as they provide worthy tribute. Effect: For the rest of the turn, subtract 1 from save rolls and ward rolls for the target.
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If a player wins a major victory using this battleplan, they can claim either the Ability Reward or the Miscellaneous Reward. Their opponent receives the reward they do not claim. Ability Reward: You can use the following ability in your next Blighted Wilds battle: Miscellaneous Reward: Pick a unit on your roster and remove 1 of that unit’s battle scars.
EMPOWERED BY GHYRAN: Having stood close to a ley line surging with power, this hero has been flooded with Ghyranite energy. Effect: If the target is a WIZARD or PRIEST, add 1 to the target’s power level for the rest of the battle. If the target is not a WIZARD or PRIEST, pick either the WIZARD (1) or PRIEST (1) keyword. The target has that keyword for the rest of the battle. | ||||||
If a player wins a major victory using this battleplan, they can claim either the Ability Reward or the Miscellaneous Reward. Their opponent receives the reward they do not claim. Ability Reward: You can use the following ability in your next Blighted Wilds battle: Miscellaneous Reward: Choose either of the following:
BRIARSEED BLESSINGS: Eating one of these knobbly, enierald- green buds can grant a temporary rush of strength. Effect: Roll a D3 and apply the corresponding effect for the rest of the turn: 1: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of the target’s melee weapons. 2: Add 1 to the Rend characteristic of the target’s melee weapons. 3: Add 1 to the Damage characteristic of the target’s melee weapons.
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The player who wins a major victory using this battleplan follows the instructions below. You have destroyed the source of corruption and this part of Thyria is safe... for the moment. You revel in the adulation of your remaining troops, enjoying this rare moment of peace. Soon it will be time to move on, but first, your warriors have the chance to bathe in the newly purified waters and heal their wounds. Remove D6 battle wounds from each friendly unit. Then, pick a friendly unit and remove 1 of that unit’s battle scars. Finally, turn to ‘Campaign Victory’ to see the rewards you earn for winning the campaign. | ||
The Aftermath Sequence
In Path to Glory, the battles you fight become the chapters of an ongoing narrative in which your army grows more powerful over time. To determine its progress, after each battle, there is a series of steps called the aftermath sequence.The aftermath sequence is divided into the following steps:
1. Earn Glory Points
2. Gain Renown Points
3. Manage Your Path to Glory Roster
4. Tend to Battle Wounds and Battle Scars
1. Earn Glory Points
2. Gain Renown Points
3. Manage Your Path to Glory Roster
4. Tend to Battle Wounds and Battle Scars
| The aftermath sequence should be resolved immediately after the battle, if possible, so that your opponent can see your rolls. Completing these steps will take around 5 minutes. | ||
1. Earn Glory Points
After each Path to Glory battle, you will receive a number of glory points (GP) based on how your army fared and the size of the battle, as shown on the table below (the different achievements are cumulative). There is space on your roster to keep track of your current glory points total.
| The glory points you earn after each battle represent your spoils of war. They also represent the growing influence of your army and the additional resources they find at their disposal. | ||
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2. Gain Renown Points
Units in a Path to Glory army will gain 1 or more renown points as your campaign progresses. Renown points represent the growing experience of your warriors as they survive from battle to battle. You can record each unit’s renown points on your Path to Glory roster.
Fighting a Battle
Each unit that took part in the battle and was not destroyed gains D3 renown points. Each unit that took part in the battle and was destroyed gains 1 renown point.Favoured Warriors
Pick 1 unit that took part in the battle to be your favoured warriors. That unit gains D6 renown points. You cannot pick your general.| Instead of picking one of your units to be your favoured warriors yourself, you could ask your opponent which unit performed most admirably in battle and, in their opinion, should be recognised as the favoured warriors. | ||
Bonus Renown Points
Units can gain bonus renown points by using the ‘Purify the Land’ ability during a battle.Paths
Non-UNIQUE units can embark on Paths that will shape their abilities on the battlefield. Each Path has four ranks - Aspiring, Elite, Mighty and Legendary - that are unlocked as the unit gains renown points.Once a unit has gained 5 renown points, it earns its first rank (Aspiring) and you can choose its Path. Each time one of your units gains a rank, it gets a choice of 1 of 2 different abilities from the appropriate step on its Path. Ranks must be earned sequentially, and once a unit has earned the Legendary rank, it does not earn any further ranks.
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3. Manage Your Path to Glory Roster
In this step, you can make any of the following adjustments to your roster:
1. Promote a Hero
2. Expand your army
3. Retire units or a faction terrain feature
4. Manage enhancements
5. Change your general
6. Change a unit’s Path
1. Promote a Hero
2. Expand your army
3. Retire units or a faction terrain feature
4. Manage enhancements
5. Change your general
6. Change a unit’s Path
| Remember, you can have a maximum of 5 regiments on your roster. | ||
Promote a Hero
You can promote 1 HERO that is an auxiliary unit or is in another HERO’s regiment to lead their own regiment. Move that HERO to the hero slot of a new regiment on your roster. You can then add any eligible auxiliary units on your roster to their regiment.Expand Your Army
In this step, you can add 1 Landmark of Ghyran to your Path to Glory roster and either add 1 new unit to your roster or reinforce 1 of your existing units.ADD A LANDMARK OF GHYRAN
If you do not already have a Landmark of Ghyran, you can add 1 to your roster. To do so, you must spend a number of glory points equal to its points value (See Set a Destiny Point Limit).
ADD A NEW UNIT
To add a new unit, you must spend a number of glory points equal to the unit’s points value. If you do so, the unit is added at its minimum unit size. You can only add 1 new unit per aftermath sequence.
If you add a new Hero to your roster and you have fewer than 5 regiments, add that Hero to the hero slot of a new regiment. If you have 5 or more regiments, that Hero must be added as an auxiliary unit instead (if it cannot be taken as an auxiliary unit, you cannot add it to your roster).
REINFORCE A UNIT
To reinforce a unit, you must spend a number of glory points equal to the unit’s points value. You can only reinforce 1 unit per aftermath sequence.
If you do not already have a Landmark of Ghyran, you can add 1 to your roster. To do so, you must spend a number of glory points equal to its points value (See Set a Destiny Point Limit).
ADD A NEW UNIT
To add a new unit, you must spend a number of glory points equal to the unit’s points value. If you do so, the unit is added at its minimum unit size. You can only add 1 new unit per aftermath sequence.
If you add a new Hero to your roster and you have fewer than 5 regiments, add that Hero to the hero slot of a new regiment. If you have 5 or more regiments, that Hero must be added as an auxiliary unit instead (if it cannot be taken as an auxiliary unit, you cannot add it to your roster).
REINFORCE A UNIT
To reinforce a unit, you must spend a number of glory points equal to the unit’s points value. You can only reinforce 1 unit per aftermath sequence.
| You cannot add a new unit to your roster and reinforce an existing unit in the same aftermath sequence | ||
Retire Units or a Faction Terrain Feature
You can remove any units or a faction terrain feature from your roster in this step. If you do so, you receive a number of glory points equal to half the points value of each retired unit. Any enhancements gained by that unit are lost. If you retire a Landmark of Ghyran, you also receive a number of glory points equal to half its points value.
If you retire a HERO leading a regiment, all other units in their regiment become auxiliary units.
If you retire your general, you must pick another eligible HERO on your roster to become your new general. If there are no other HEROES on your roster (and you did not have enough glory points to recruit a new one earlier in this step), your warriors follow your general into retirement and your story ends. If you wish to continue in this campaign, you must start a new Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds army.
To change a unit’s Path, remove any rank abilities gained by that unit from that Path, reduce that unit’s rank by 1 and reduce its renown points to the minimum required for its new rank. Then, pick a new Path that the unit is eligible to embark on. Finally, pick 1 of the 2 abilities for each rank on the new Path up to your unit’s new rank.
For example, if your HERO was on the Path of the Sacrifice Master and had gained the Mighty rank, if you changed their Path to the Path of the Thyrian Druid, that HERO would embark on that Path at the Elite rank and their renown points would be reduced to 15. You would then pick 1 Aspiring ability and 1 Elite ability from the Path of the Thyrian Druid for that HERO.
If you retire a HERO leading a regiment, all other units in their regiment become auxiliary units.
If you retire your general, you must pick another eligible HERO on your roster to become your new general. If there are no other HEROES on your roster (and you did not have enough glory points to recruit a new one earlier in this step), your warriors follow your general into retirement and your story ends. If you wish to continue in this campaign, you must start a new Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds army.
Manage Enhancements
In this step, you can transfer artefacts of power from one eligible HERO to another. You can also remove any enhancements on your roster.Change Your General
You can pick any eligible HERO on your roster to replace your general. Your general first suffers D3 battle wounds (see bellow), then move them to the hero slot of a new regiment on your roster. Up to 3 of the units in their previous regiment can join them in their new regiment; the others must become auxiliary units. Then, move the HERO you picked to the general slot on your roster. You can then add any eligible auxiliary units on your roster to your new general’s regiment.USURPEDIf you do change your general, the HERO that was previously your general retains all the enhancements that they were given. Whilst they may have been usurped from their position of power, their contingency plans mean that they did manage to retain some relics from their glory days. | ||
Change a Unit’s Path
You can pick any number of units in your army that are already on a Path and pick a new Path for them to embark on.To change a unit’s Path, remove any rank abilities gained by that unit from that Path, reduce that unit’s rank by 1 and reduce its renown points to the minimum required for its new rank. Then, pick a new Path that the unit is eligible to embark on. Finally, pick 1 of the 2 abilities for each rank on the new Path up to your unit’s new rank.
For example, if your HERO was on the Path of the Sacrifice Master and had gained the Mighty rank, if you changed their Path to the Path of the Thyrian Druid, that HERO would embark on that Path at the Elite rank and their renown points would be reduced to 15. You would then pick 1 Aspiring ability and 1 Elite ability from the Path of the Thyrian Druid for that HERO.
4. Tend to Battle Wounds and Battle Scars
During your campaign, your units may suffer battle wounds. If left untreated, these develop into battle scars that permanently impact a unit’s effectiveness in battle.In this step, you must perform the following actions:
1. Heal resting units
2. Determine battle wounds
3. Determine battle scars
4. Heal battle wounds
Heal Resting Units
Each unit that was resting heals D6 battle wounds.Determine Battle Wounds
- Each unit that was destroyed during the battle suffers D3 battle wounds.
- Each unit that was within 3" of a contaminated terrain feature at the end of the battle suffers 1 battle wound.
UNTIMELY ARRIVALUnits that were set up in reserve as stalled reinforcements, were not set up on the battlefield during the battle using the ‘Timely Arrival’ ability and, as a result, were destroyed at the start of the fourth battle round do not suffer any battle wounds. Since they missed all the fighting, they are effectively unscathed. | ||
Determine Battle Scars
Once a unit has suffered multiple battle wounds, it receives a battle scar. The severity of the battle scar is determined by the number of battle wounds a unit has, as shown below.
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The first time a unit receives a serious, severe or critical battle scar, you must roll on the appropriate battle scar table. A unit can only ever have 1 of each type of battle scar, even if battle wounds are healed and subsequently regained. Battle scars cannot be healed or removed unless specified in a reward.
Once a unit has 18 or more battle wounds, it succumbs to its injuries. Remove that unit from your Path to Glory roster. Any enhancements gained by that unit are lost.
| When a HERO succumbs to injury, if they were leading a regiment, all other units in that regiment become auxiliary units. | ||
If your general succumbs to their injuries, you must pick another HERO on your roster to become your new general. If that HERO is not already on a Path and has not yet gained any renown points, they gain 5 renown points and you can pick a Path for them to embark on at the Aspiring rank.
If there are no other HEROES on your roster, there is no one left in command. Your warriors swiftly slip away from your encampment and your story ends. If you wish to continue in this campaign, you must start a new Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds army.
| In the last battle, Jimbo’s Treelord Ancient suffered 5 battle wounds. It receives a serious battle scar and Jimbo rolls on the serious battle scar table to determine the effect. Jimbo then heals 2 of its battle wounds. Although the unit now only has 3 battle wounds the effect of the serious battle scar still remains. In the next battle, Jimbo’s Treelord Ancient suffers a further 3 battle wounds, bringing the total up to 6. However, since the unit already has a serious battle scar, it does not receive a second one. | ||
Heal Battle Wounds
You can pick up to 2 HEROES on your Path to Glory roster to attempt a healing ritual in each aftermath sequence. After picking a HERO to attempt a healing ritual, roll a dice.On a 1, the ritual fails and that unit becomes drained until the end of your next battle. Drained units cannot use the ‘Purify the Land’ ability and cannot be picked to be the target of the ‘Boon of Vitality’ ability. On a 2+, pick a unit on your Path to Glory roster and remove a number of battle wounds from that unit equal to the roll.
THYRIAN BATTLE SCAR TABLES
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Battleplans
Battleplan Thyria’s BountyEven the most skilled of life-mages could not hope to heal the infected reaches of Thyria on their own. One must call upon the power of the land itself; various mystical roots, fungi and tubers can be used in cleansing rituals. Several clusters of such resources have been located nearby - but so too has a marauding enemy army with the same covetous intent...THE ARMIES The player whose general has the lowest rank picks which player uses the Northern Territory and which player uses the Southern Territory.INGREDIENT CLUSTERS Ingredient clusters are represented by 40mm round markers. After setting up terrain but before picking terrain features to be contaminated, starting with the player who assigned territories, each player sets up 3 ingredient clusters within friendly territory, more than 6" from all battlefield edges and more than 12" from all other ingredient clusters. They cannot be set up on any part of a terrain feature that is more than 1" tall. Ingredient clusters are friendly to the player who set them up and enemy to their opponent.DEPLOYMENT The player who assigned territories begins deployment.TWIST Both players can use the following ability:
MEDICINAL FORAGING: Certain plants can be harvested for their use in curative rituals. Effect: Remove that ingredient cluster from the battlefield and give the target a wildcrafting harvest token.
WILDCRAFTER’S CACHE: The contents of a forager’s pockets are treasures indeed. GLORIOUS VICTORY From the third battle round onwards, at the end of the battle round, if one player’s unit has a wildcrafting harvest token and is within 1" of a friendly ingredient cluster, and there are no enemy units with wildcrafting harvest tokens within 1" of any enemy ingredient clusters, that player wins a major victory.Otherwise, at the end of the battle:
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Battleplan Forest FortressAn army has managed to erect an imposing, if nascent, stronghold amidst the Thyrian wilds. If they continue to fortify it, they will be able to extend their influence far across the region. Their enemies are determined to ensure that this will not come to pass.THE ARMIES The player whose general has the lowest rank picks which player is the attacker and which player is the defender.THE STRONGHOLD The defender sets up either 1 small or medium terrain feature or 1 faction terrain feature or Landmark of Ghyran on their roster within friendly territory. That terrain feature is the stronghold.If the stronghold is not a faction terrain feature or Landmark of Ghyran, it has a Health characteristic of 12 and a Save characteristic of 4+, and it is treated as a faction terrain feature in the defender’s army (Terrain, 1.5). The stronghold has WARD (4+) against damage inflicted by SHOOT abilities. DEPLOYMENT The player who assigned territories begins deployment.TWIST The defender can use the following ability:
BOLSTER THE STRONGHOLD!: Sometimes shoring up one’s defences takes precedence over all else. Effect: Heal (D3+3) the stronghold. Then, for the rest of the turn, the target has the FIELD REPAIRING keyword. The defender must use the following reaction:
NOT NOW, WE’RE BUSY!: These warriors are still hard at work.
GLORIOUS VICTORY At the end of the battle, if the stronghold has been destroyed, the attacker wins a major victory. Otherwise, the defender wins a major victory.
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Battleplan A Dense and Choking MazeThyria is one of the most wild and untamed regions of the Everspring Swathe. Few truly pitched battles can be fought here; instead, armies are likely to become scattered among the shifting trees and cloying undergrowth, forced to arrive piecemeal and needing to regroup.THE ARMIES The player whose general has the lowest rank picks which player uses the Northern Territory and which player uses the Southern Territory.OBJECTIVES After setting up terrain but before picking terrain features to be contaminated, starting with the player who assigned territories, the players take turns to pick a terrain feature to be a navigation landmark until there are 3 navigation landmarks. Players cannot pick terrain features that are within 9" of a battlefield edge.DEPLOYMENT The player who assigned territories begins deployment as described next.TWIST Players cannot use DEPLOY abilities other than the ‘Stalled Reinforcements’ ability and the ‘Innumerable Paths’ ability below:
INNUMERABLE PATHS: The forests of Thyria are dense and nigh impenetrable, and those who roam amidst them are likely to become thoroughly disoriented. Effect: Roll a dice. On a 1-2, set up the target unit wholly within 12" of the eastern edge and more than 9" from enemy territory. On a 3-4, set up the target unit wholly within 12" of the entry point in friendly territory and more than 9" from enemy territory. On a 5-6, set up the target unit wholly within 12" of the western edge and more than 9" from enemy territory. After you have done so, the target unit has been deployed.
GLORIOUS VICTORY Victory points are scored as follows:
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Battleplan Cursed KernelMany are the seeds that lie in the tangled undergrowth of Thyria, hoping to germinate - some potent and beneficial, some disgusting and dangerous. While seeking some of the former, an army has discovered one of the latter. Pungent slime leaks from this trembling kernel, withering whatever it touches. Perhaps if the seed were transported to enemy territory, it could be of use...THE ARMIES The player whose general has the lowest rank picks which player uses the Western Territory and which player uses the Eastern Territory.THE ROT-SEED The rot-seed is represented by a 40mm round marker. Set up the rot-seed as shown on the map.DEPLOYMENT The player who assigned territories begins deployment.TWIST Both players can use the following ability:
‘GET IT OUT OF HERE!’: Sometimes, the simplest solution is the correct one. Effect: Roll 2D6. If the target’s unit is not in combat, roll 3D6 instead. If the target’s unit is a MONSTER, change the lowest D6 to match the highest D6. Remove the rot-seed from the battlefield and set it up again within a number of inches of the target equal to the roll. The rot-seed cannot be set up on a terrain feature that has the ‘Unstable’ or ‘Impassable’ terrain ability or on any part of a terrain feature that is more than 1" tall. GLORIOUS VICTORY At the end of the battle, if the rot-seed is wholly within a player’s territory, their opponent wins a major victory. Otherwise, the battle is a draw.
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Battleplan Escort to the Wellspring GroveFollowing a vicious skirmish, a party of warriors has been gravely injured. Fortunately, their fellows have heard of a glade nearby that is blessed with a spring of Aqua Ghyranis and clusters of precious healing herbs. Now they must simply reach the goal without incident...THE ARMIES The player whose general has the lowest rank picks which player is the ambusher and which player is the escort.DEPLOYMENT The player who assigned roles begins deployment as described next.TWIST The escort cannot use DEPLOY abilities other than the ‘Stalled Reinforcements’ ability and the ‘Blissfully Unaware’ ability below:
BLISSFULLY UNAWARE: The escorting army have no idea that they are walking into a trap. Effect: Set up the target unit wholly within friendly territory and more than 3" from enemy territory. After you have done so, it has been deployed.
The escort must use the following ability in the deployment phase:
INJURED WARRIORS: These ailing, flagging souls are in no position to fight their best. Effect: For the rest of the battle:
GLORIOUS VICTORY At the end of a battle round, if the casualty is within 6" of the ‘Escape Route’ table edge and is not in combat, the escort wins a major victory.Otherwise, at the end of the battle, the ambusher wins a major victory.
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Battleplan Nexuses of ContaminationLike so much of Ghyran, Thyria is a land utterly inundated with corruption. Dark energies of all kinds have seeped into an ancient, sacred grove, and now the trees here are twisted and the air thick with doom. Rival armies both wish to use this place of power for their own purposes, but first they must brave the noxious environs.THE ARMIES The player whose general has the lowest rank picks which player uses the Northern Territory and which player uses the Southern Territory.DEPLOYMENT The player who assigned territories begins deployment.RIFE WITH CONTAMINATION Each eligible terrain feature on the battlefield is contaminated.TWIST The active player must use the following abilities each battle round:
RAPID CORRUPTION: In this part of Thyria, unpurifiable contamination spreads quickly. If a terrain feature (including faction terrain features and Landmarks of Ghyran) is wholly or partially within a malignant section, that terrain feature is malignant. Malignant terrain features cannot be remediated.
DEATH SENTENCE: None survive this intensely toxic environment. Effect: The targets are automatically destroyed. GLORIOUS VICTORY At the end of the battle, the player whose army remediated the most terrain features wins a major victory. If both players’ armies remediated the same number of terrain features, the battle is a draw.
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Battleplan Precarious CrossingFed by corrupted, treacherous waters that have flowed from cursed Aquia, one of Thyria’s rivers has almost burst its banks and is impossible to traverse. With no ready access to boats, two armies are forced to use an old bridge to cross - but the structure is broken and dangerously close to collapse. Now they must endeavour to repair it even while holding off their rivals.THE ARMIES The player whose general has the lowest rank picks which player uses the Western Territory and which player uses the Eastern Territory.OBJECTIVES Set up a terrain feature with the ‘Impassable’ terrain ability as shown on the map. That terrain feature is the crumbling bridge.DEPLOYMENT The player who assigned territories begins deployment.TWIST Both players can use the following ability:
DESPERATE REPAIRS: Both sides understand the importance offixing this failing bridge as swiftly as possible. Designer’s Note: The bridge stabilisation total is the combined value of both players’ repair rolls. GLORIOUS VICTORY At the end of a battle round, if the bridge stabilisation total is 120 or higher and one player controls the crumbling bridge, that player wins a major victory.Otherwise, at the end of the battle, the battle is a draw.
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Battleplan Emergency ForagingDespite its general verdancy, food is not easily found in Thyria. Poisonous plants abound, and the mega-insects that scuttle and slink between the trees and along the waterways are as liable to make a meal of hunters as the other way round. A force has been sent out to forage whatever they can from a promising-looking glade. Unfortunately, their enemies have had the same idea...THE ARMIES The player whose general has the lowest rank picks which player uses the Northern Territory and which player uses the Southern Territory.OBJECTIVES After setting up terrain but before picking terrain features to be contaminated, starting with the player who assigned territories, players take turns to pick a terrain feature to be a forage spot until there are 5 forage spots. A player can pick no more than 1 terrain feature within friendly territory to be a forage spot.DEPLOYMENT The player who assigned territories begins deployment.TWIST Both players can use the following ability:
LIGHT-FOOTED: Your warriors must be ready to move the moment they have secured the resources. Effect: The target can move D6". It cannot move into combat during any part of that move. GLORIOUS VICTORY From the third battle round onwards, at the end of a battle round:
Otherwise, at the end of the battle:
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Battleplan The Call of SacrificeEven as two armies come together for battle, there are strange whispers on the wind. The nexus of jade power here demands that life be given in tribute - and worthy life at that. The precise nature of the sacrifice, however, will not be obvious until the moment arrives...THE ARMIES The player whose general has the lowest rank picks which player uses the Northern Territory and which player uses the Southern Territory.OBJECTIVES After setting up terrain but before picking terrain features to be contaminated, starting with the player who assigned territories, players take turns to pick a terrain feature to be an objective until there are 6 objectives. A player can pick no more than 1 terrain feature within friendly territory to be an objective.DEPLOYMENT The player who assigned territories begins deployment.TWIST Both players must use the following ability in the deployment phase:
THYRIA THIRSTS: The natural spirits of Thyria spy those whose blood would best cleanse the earth. Effect: The target is your worthy hero. Designer’s Note: You could allocate each friendly HERO a number, roll a dice and keep the dice hidden under a cup until the end of the battle. GLORIOUS VICTORY Victory points are scored as follows:
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Battleplan Vital AlignmentGhyran’s power is cyclical, and this understanding has long informed the magics of its people. In a timeworn druidic temple, the armies have found a series of carved platforms set upon a ley line. Each has a spiral design that can be turned clockwise or anti-clockwise to channel the power of life in differing forms. Naturally, neither side agrees on the correct course of action.THE ARMIES The player whose general has the lowest rank picks which player uses the Northern Territory and which player uses the Southern Territory.OBJECTIVES Set up 4 terrain features as shown on the map. These terrain features are ley line nodes and count towards the minimum number of terrain features to be set up on the battlefield.DEPLOYMENT The player who assigned territories begins deployment.TWIST Both players must use the following ability in each of their turns:
THE TURNING CYCLE: As the magical daises are twisted one way or another, the energies of the ley line are manipulated and magnified. Effect: Pick 1 of the following effects: Align the Flow: Roll a dice for each target. On a 4+, for the rest of the turn, while each model in a unit is contesting the target, that unit’s melee weapons have Anti-charge (+1 Rend). Disrupt the Flow: Roll a dice for each target. On a 4+, for the rest of the turn, subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks made by units while they are contesting the target. GLORIOUS VICTORY At the end of a turn, if a player controls all 4 ley line nodes, that player wins a major victory.Otherwise, at the end of the battle:
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Battleplan Creeping RootstalksEven millennia after civilisation was brought to the realms, much of Thyria remains largely unexplored, and the Age of Chaos has rendered it all the wilder. In this overgrown region, slinking roots spread from landmark to landmark, binding all together. An army must seize the mother trees from which these roots originate or else join their twitching embrace.THE ARMIES The player whose general has the lowest rank picks which player uses the Western Territory and which player uses the Eastern Territory.OBJECTIVES Set up 2 terrain features as shown on the map. Each player can set up a faction terrain feature or Landmark of Ghyran on their roster instead of the terrain feature in friendly territory. These are mother trees and count towards the minimum number of terrain features to be set up on the battlefield.DEPLOYMENT The player who assigned territories begins deployment.TWIST Both players must use the following ability in each of their turns:
NATURE’S REACH: The grasping roots of Thyria assert their wild dominion. Effect: For the rest of the battle, the target is connected to the mother tree in friendly territory. Units contesting terrain features that are connected to a mother tree are also contesting that mother tree. GLORIOUS VICTORY Victory points are scored as follows:
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Battleplan Be it Purity or PutrescenceAfter a gruelling odyssey through the blighted wilds of Thyria, the fount of corruption has been located: an enemy stronghold. It is from here that the foe undertakes their dire deeds to twist the lands of Ghyran to their liking. Now is the moment to rally round and put a stop to their plans - whether through the arts of purification or by the sword!THE ARMIES The player whose general has the lowest rank picks which player uses the Central Territory and which player uses the Outer Territory.DEPLOYMENT The player who assigned territories begins deployment.RIFE WITH CONTAMINATION Each eligible terrain feature on the battlefield is contaminated.RIFE WITH CONTAMINATION Both players can use the following reaction:
SEEK OUT THE SOURCE: Somewhere lies a nexus of power whose emanations have been twisted to corrupt the earth. No matter the cost, it must be found. Once the source of corruption has been identified, this reaction cannot be used by either player for the rest of the battle. GLORIOUS VICTORY Victory points are scored as follows:Purifiers: Each player scores 5 victory points at the end of each turn for each terrain feature their army has remediated this battle.
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Paths
Path of the Thyrian Druid(HERO only)ASPIRING: When a unit on this Path gains this rank, pick 1 of the following abilities for them:
BOUND TO THYRIA: While the land endures, so too does this hero.
FOREST STRIDER: The densest forests are no impediment to this soul.
SKILLED HEALER: While the land endures, so too does this hero. Effect: Heal (D3) the target.
DEEPWOOD SHADOWS: The densest forests are no impediment to this soul.
A GHOST IN THE TREES: Many tales tell of this hero emerging without warningfrom dense foliage and plunging straight into the fray.
SHIELD OF THORNS: When danger strikes, prickly bushes burst from the ground around this hero to impede their foes. Effect: Subtract 1 from the Attacks characteristic of the target’s melee weapons for the rest of the turn.
BOUND TO THE CYCLE: Death becomes new life - a cycle to which this hero is inextricably linked. Effect: Roll a dice. If the roll is equal to or less than the current battle round number, set up a replacement unit wholly within 3" of a terrain feature and more than 9" from all enemy units.
NEXUS OF REGENERATION: Those who fight at this hero’s side are invigorated by their vital aura. Effect: Pick 1 of the following effects for each target:
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Path of the Sacrifice Master(HERO only)ASPIRING: When a unit on this Path gains this rank, pick 1 of the following abilities for them:
WILLING SACRIFICE: This hero knows that the land will take any blood - even their own.
SEIZE NEW OFFERINGS: Isolated enemies make for fine gifts to the deepwood spirits.
PREPARE THE GIFT: An unharmed enemy is simply one who has not yet been readied for the rite.
THE WILDERNESS DEMANDS: One cannot rest; always, the wilds wish for greater tribute.
AN OFFERING IN KIND: As this hero offers up foes to the hungry soil, they are justly rewarded.
MARKED FOR THE ALTAR: A formidable enemy is merely an excuse to fight all the harder. Effect: For the rest of the turn, add the target’s Control characteristic, to a maximum of 5, to the Attacks characteristic of the Sacrificial Weapon, but all of its combat attacks must target that enemy unit.
WE ALL MUST MAKE SACRIFICES...: As enemies struggle for military order, a resonant word from this hero sees them offer themselves to Ghyran.
LORD OF BLOOD AND BRIAR: Radiating the terror of countless sacrificed souls, this hero’s aura deeply disturbs their adversaries.
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Path of the Weald-Born(non-HERO only)ASPIRING: When a unit on this Path gains this rank, pick 1 of the following abilities for them:
BURSTING WITH VIGOUR: In the spring of their existence, these warriors seem to possess boundless energy.
SACRIFICIAL FRENZY: Seeing their own blood spatter the earth inspires a battle-mania in this unit.
GREENWOAD SPIRALS: These warriors have spiralling, viridian tattoos that banish evil magics.
GROWING WILDNESS: The more these warriors immerse themselves in battle, the more untameable the land around them becomes.
SURGE OF GHYRAN: These warriors have spiralling, viridian tattoos that banish evil magics.
THE EARTH REBELS: The more these warriors immerse themselves in battle, the more untameable the land around them becomes.
WATCHERS IN THE GREEN: Where these warriors roam, strange faces stare out from the shadows, instilling paranoia in their foes. Effect: For the rest of the turn, each time your opponent declares a command for the target, roll a dice as a reaction. On a 5+, unless your opponent spends 1 additional command point to use that command, the command has no effect, it still counts as having been used and the command points spent to use the command are still lost.
DANDEGRYPH BLOWBALLS: Grasping bunches of dandegryphs, with a puff of breath, the warriors release the flowers’ downy seeds in a disorienting cloud that envelops the foe. Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, for the rest of the turn, for each unmodified hit roll of 1 for a combat attack made by the target, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target after the FIGHT ability has been resolved. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Universal Enhancements and Lores
Heroic TraitsTHE PRIDE OF THYRIA(HERO only)
BLESSED BY THE OLD MAGICS: Thyria’s ancient aetheric energies cling to this warrior - and sometimes they manifest in force.
GRIZZLED SURVIVALIST: A lifetime of traversing - and enduring - the Thyrian wilds has made this hero a challenging target.
RESOLUTE BUILDER: A skilled and determined artisan, this hero takes great pride in the masterworks they have raised amidst the hostile Thyrian environment.
ARCANE DISRUPTOR: Something in this warrior’s soul seems to disrupt the channels of magical force that run through Thyria. Effect: Roll a dice. On a 5+, the target is banished and removed from play.
AS STRONG AS AN IRONOAK: The more damage this hero takes, the more determined they are to hold their ground.
NATURAL TERROR: One look from this hero can inspire dread in even the bravest of warriors. Effect: Until the start of your next turn, while this unit is on the battlefield, the target has a maximum control score of 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Artefacts of PowerTHYRIAN WONDERS(HERO only)
JADECURSE STAVE: Grown in a dark glade by cruel druid-folk, this gnarled weapon can banish many forms of supernatural protection.
THORN-STUDDED GAUNTLETS: At the wearer’s whim, needle-like thorns extend outwards from these ironoak gauntlets, piercing armour and spearing exposed flesh.
PRINCELING’S BOW: Arrowsfired by this glistening green bow unerringly strike their target, just as they did for the aelven highborn of old. Effect: Roll 3 dice. For each 4+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target.
BARKFLESH SHIELD: It is rumoured that this shield was carved from the hide of a fallen Treelord.
REVIVIFYING PHILTRE: The thick green liquid sloshing in this resinous container is bitter and unpleasant, but its curative properties are undeniable.
ARCANE SEEDPOD: When tossed onto a site of power, this pod releases a cloud of magical gases that choke and disrupt those who breathe too deeply of them. Effect: The following effects apply until the start of your next turn:
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Spell LoreLORE OF THE OVERGROWN WILDS
THICKET SHIELD: At the wizard’s command, dense vegetation grows up around their allies to hide them from view. Effect: Until the start of your next turn, while the target is wholly within 3" of a terrain feature, it is not visible to enemy units more than 9" away.
DISRUPT THE HUMOURS: The wizard subtly affects the internal workings of the enemies’ bodies, rendering them prone to disease. Effect: Until the start of your next turn, subtract 1 from contamination rolls and remediation rolls for the target.
HEALING SPIRAL: Life and sacrifice are inherent to Ghyran, and one skilled in jade magic can have the latter pay for the former. Effect: Until the start of your next turn, each time the target uses a FIGHT ability, after that ability has been resolved, Heal (X) the target, where X is the number of enemy models slain by combat attacks made as part of that FIGHT ability.
AWAKEN THE CARNIVORES: Pitcher plants, flytraps, fanged corpse-flowers and more: all come alive at the mage’s urging, lashing out at nearby foes. Effect: Until the start of your next turn, subtract 1 from save rolls for units (friendly and enemy) while they are within 3" of the target.
SHIFTING LANDS: The mage compels natural landmarks to change their positions amid the tortuous jungle sprawl, further confusing enemy reinforcements. Effect: Until the start of your next turn, enemy units cannot be set up within 12" of the target as a result of an enemy ability.
FOREST WALK: The Thyrian wilds briefly part before the wizard, easing their passage. Effect: Double the caster’s Move characteristic until the start of your next turn.
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Prayer LorePRAYERS OF THE JADE SOUL
SPRING IN THEIR STEP: The priest causes wildflowers to spring up across the land; as they burst into bloom, the congregation is filled with vernal vigour. Effect: Until the start of your next turn, add 1 to charge rolls for friendly units while they are within 3" of the target. If the chanting roll was 6+, add 2 to charge rolls for those units instead of 1.
JADE REVIVAL: As the priest intones their litanies, warriors on the cusp of doom find themselves once more filled with vitality. Effect: Return a number of slain models to the target unit with a combined Health characteristic of up to 4. If the chanting roll was 8+, return a number of slain models to the target unit with a combined Health characteristic of up to 8 instead.
THE ANGRY WILDS: The priest’s passionate invective is accompanied by hissing waters and creaking bark - unsettling, vengeful sounds that sap enemy warriors’ discipline. Effect: Until the start of your next turn, each time your opponent declares a command for the target, unless they spend 1 additional command point to use that command, the command has no effect, it still counts as having been used and the command points spent to use the command are still lost. If the chanting roll was 10+, the target cannot use commands until the start of your next turn.
ROOTED DELUSION: Foes who hear the priest’s lays suddenly struggle to move, believing, beyond all sane measure, that their limbs have become tree trunks and they are rooted to the spot. Effect: Until the start of your next turn, the target has STRIKE-LAST. In addition, if the chanting roll was 8+, subtract 1 from wound rolls for the target’s attacks until the start of your next turn.
REGENERATING BLOSSOM: As the priest chants, colourful flowers cascade from a nearby landmark, healing the wounds of all those touched by their bright petals. Effect: Heal (D3) each unit (friendly and enemy) within 3" of the target. If the chanting roll was 8+, Heal (3) each unit (friendly and enemy) within 3" of the target instead.
SOPORIFIC SOOTHING: The priest’s rhythmic chanting sees their enemies surrender to the cycle of life, leaving them vulnerable when blades clash. Effect: Until the start of your next turn, the target’s attacks cannot score critical hits (treat them as regular hits instead). In addition, if the chanting roll was 9+, combat attacks that target that enemy unit score critical hits on unmodified hit rolls of 5+.
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Landmark of Ghyran
Using the rules in this section, you can create a custom warscroll for a Landmark of Ghyran, a one-of-a-kind faction terrain feature that you can use in your Path to Glory campaign.In addition to a faction terrain feature, you can have 1 Landmark of Ghyran on your roster. There is a blank warscroll and roster addition page (that can be found here: ) where you can record information relating to your Landmark of Ghyran. A Landmark of Ghyran costs points to add to your roster, as shown opposite.
There are 7 steps to follow to create your Landmark of Ghyran:
1. Set a destiny point limit.
2. Fill out the starting warscroll.
3. Pick a form.
4. Pick your Landmark of Ghyran’s origin and/or flaw.
5. Choose a Curator.
6. Pick any Curator Upgrades.
7. Pick any other upgrades.
) where you can record information relating to your Landmark of Ghyran. A Landmark of Ghyran costs points to add to your roster, as shown opposite.There are 7 steps to follow to create your Landmark of Ghyran:
1. Set a destiny point limit.
2. Fill out the starting warscroll.
3. Pick a form.
4. Pick your Landmark of Ghyran’s origin and/or flaw.
5. Choose a Curator.
6. Pick any Curator Upgrades.
7. Pick any other upgrades.
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Step 1 - Set a Destiny Point Limit
As with the Anvil of Apotheosis (the hero creator in your faction’s battletome), you will use a currency called destiny points to create your Landmark of Ghyran. First, you need to set a destiny point limit. This will determine how many destiny points you have to spend on your Landmark of Ghyran, what type of faction terrain feature it will be and what its 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 Landmark of Ghyran. 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.
Step 2 - Fill out the Starting Warscroll
To begin with, your Landmark of Ghyran has the following warscroll:- 8 5+ - Landmark of Ghyran The following universal terrain abilities apply to this terrain feature (Terrain, 1.2): Cover, Impassable
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Replace [GRAND ALLIANCE] with the keyword of the Grand Alliance your army belongs to (ORDER, CHAOS, DEATH or DESTRUCTION) and replace [FACTION] with your army’s faction keyword.
Step 3 - Pick a Form
You must pick 1 of the following forms for your Landmark of Ghyran:Natural Landform 0DP | ||
Artisan-Crafted Altar -4DP Make the following changes to your Landmark of Ghyran’s warscroll:
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Formidable Bastion -6DP Make the following changes to your Landmark of Ghyran’s warscroll:
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Reinforced Metalith -8DP Your Landmark of Ghyran has the FLY keyword. In addition, make the following changes to your Landmark of Ghyran’s warscroll:
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Step 4 - Pick Your Landmark of Ghyran’s Origin and/or Flaw
You can pick up to 1 origin and up to 1 flaw for your Landmark of Ghyran. Each adds an ability to your Landmark of Ghyran’s warscroll. However, instead of costing destiny points, flaws give you extra destiny points to spend elsewhere.Origins
UPLIFTING AURA: Your warriors take heart from the sight of this landmark.
DEFENSIVE BOLTHOLES: This landmark is riddled with places to take cover.
LEY LINE NODE: The arcane ley lines that run through Thyria’s earth converge at this landmark.
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Flaws
DREARY FORM: Though functional, this structure does little to inspire those nearby.
STARK PRESENCE: Whether through terror or reverence, warriors hesitate to approach this landmark.
DECREPIT AND CRUMBLING: This landmark is unstable and slowly collapsing. Effect: Allocate 1 damage point to this terrain feature (ward rolls cannot be made for that damage point).
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Step 5 - Choose a Curator
Some Landmarks of Ghyran are used by powerful Heroes to enhance their stature while they address their troops, cast powerful magic spells, pray to their god or simply observe the flow of battle. You can choose whether or not your Landmark of Ghyran has a Curator.Curator Add the following abilities to your Landmark of Ghyran’s warscroll:-4DP
TRUSTED CURATOR: The hero takes up residence in this mighty landmark. Effect: Place the target on this terrain feature. The target is now the Curator (see ‘Ensconced’).
ABANDON POSITION: Going down with the ship is not always the best idea...
ENSCONCED: Commanding from a fortified position has both its advantages and its perils.
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Step 6 - Pick any Curator Upgrades
If your Landmark of Ghyran has a Curator, you can pick any number of Curator Upgrades for it.
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Step 7 - Pick any other Upgrades
You can pick any number of other upgrades for your Landmark of Ghyran. The same upgrade cannot be picked more than once.
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Regiment of Ghyran
Using the rules in this section, you can create a Regiment of Ghyran, a personalised, custom Regiment of Renown that you can use in your Path to Glory campaign.Unless otherwise specified in the battlepack you are using, you can have 1 Regiment of Renown on your roster and this can be a Regiment of Ghyran. There is a roster addition page (that can be found here: ) where you can record information relating to your Regiment of Ghyran. A Regiment of Ghyran contains 2-4 units and can include a HERO. It costs points to add to your roster, as shown below.
There are 10 steps to follow to create this Regiment of Ghyran:
1. Set a destiny point limit.
2. Pick your Regiment of Ghyran’s origin and/or flaw.
3. Choose a Regiment Hero.
4. Pick an Archetype for your Regiment Hero.
5. Pick a Battle Mount for your Regiment Hero.
6. Pick any upgrades for your Regiment Hero.
7. Pick units.
8. Pick Battle Mounts for your units.
9. Pick any upgrades for your units.
10. Pick any idiosyncrasies for your Regiment of Ghyran
) where you can record information relating to your Regiment of Ghyran. A Regiment of Ghyran contains 2-4 units and can include a HERO. It costs points to add to your roster, as shown below.There are 10 steps to follow to create this Regiment of Ghyran:
1. Set a destiny point limit.
2. Pick your Regiment of Ghyran’s origin and/or flaw.
3. Choose a Regiment Hero.
4. Pick an Archetype for your Regiment Hero.
5. Pick a Battle Mount for your Regiment Hero.
6. Pick any upgrades for your Regiment Hero.
7. Pick units.
8. Pick Battle Mounts for your units.
9. Pick any upgrades for your units.
10. Pick any idiosyncrasies for your Regiment of Ghyran
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Step 1 - Set a Destiny Point Limit
As with the Anvil of Apotheosis (the hero creator in your faction’s battletome), you will use a currency called destiny points to create your Regiment of Ghyran. First, you need to set a destiny point limit. This will determine how many destiny points you have to spend on your Regiment of Ghyran, what unit types it will include and what its 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 Regiment of Ghyran. 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.
Step 2 - Pick Your Regiment of Ghyran’s Origin and/or Flaw
You can pick up to 1 origin and up to 1 flaw for your Regiment of Ghyran. These are abilities that can be used by or that affect units in your Regiment of Ghyran. However, instead of costing destiny points, flaws give you extra destiny points to spend elsewhere.Origins
HEADSTRONG AND EAGER: A vital spirit fills these warlike souls.
BANE OF THE ARCANE: These soldiers wear armour threaded with nullstone that sees enemy magics dissipate around them.
GHYRANITE RANGERS: These warriors are well used to operating behind enemy lines.
DIRTY BRAWLERS: Protracted and honourless fights are where these warriors excel. | ||||||||||||||||||
Flaws
'SORRY SIR, DIDN’T CATCH THAT': These warriors have a habit of‘misinterpreting’ orders they don’t fancy heeding... Effect: Roll a dice. On a 6, that command has no effect, it still counts as having been used and the command points spent to use the command are still lost.
TO THE LAST: Is it honour? Fear of retribution? Plain idiocy, perhaps? Whatever the case, these warriors never flee from a fight.
LONG-STANDING ANIMOSITY: There is a history of bad blood between these warriors. Sometimes, that blood must be spilt. Effect: Inflict 1 mortal damage on each unit in this Regiment of Ghyran that is within the combat range of another unit in this Regiment of Ghyran.
ALL FINGERS AND THUMBS: For all their skill in battle, these soldiers are either inept or unwilling when it comes to manual labour. | ||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 - Choose a Regiment Hero
You can choose whether or not your Regiment of Ghyran is led by a Regiment Hero. If it is, they have the following warscroll:
WARSCROLL KEYWORDSWhen picking units and/or a Regiment Hero, when you see [GRAND ALLIANCE], replace it with the keyword of the Grand Alliance your army belongs to (ORDER, CHAOS, DEATH or DESTRUCTION) and when you see [FACTION], replace it with your army’s faction keyword. | ||
5" 5 5+ 2 Regiment Hero
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Step 4 - Pick an Archetype for Your Regiment Hero
If your Regiment of Ghyran has a Regiment Hero, you can pick 1 of the following Archetypes for them:Wizard Hero -4DP In addition, replace your Regiment Hero’s melee weapon with the following weapon:
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Priest Hero -4DP In addition, replace your Regiment Hero’s melee weapon with the following weapon:
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Gigantic Hero -6DP In addition, replace your Regiment Hero’s melee weapon with the following weapon:
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Gargantuan Hero -8DP Change your Regiment Hero’s Move characteristic to 8", their Health characteristic to 12 and their Control characteristic to 10. In addition, replace your Regiment Hero’s melee weapon with the following weapons:
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Step 5 - Pick a Battle Mount for Your Regiment Hero
If your Regiment Hero is INFANTRY, you can pick up to 1 Battle Mount for them.REGIMENT HERO BATTLE MOUNTS Ghyranite Steed -3DP GHYRANITE STEED: In Ghyran, moss-maned stallions and ghyrochs graze the open swards, while giant bugs and molluscs emerge from the swamps. Spites possess fallen trees and twist them into new form - and then there are creatures of Chaos, mangled into being by Grandfather Nurgle... In addition, make the following changes to your Regiment Hero’s warscroll:Add the following weapon to your Regiment Hero’s warscroll:
Ghyranite Behemoth -15DP GHYRANITE BEHEMOTH: Many of the Realm of Life’s creatures are fearsome indeed. Enormous serpents slither in the depths of forgotten temples, mighty andronicus beetles shoulder aside Moulders and bestial forest spirits prowl the darkness with wooden talons clacking. In addition, make the following changes to your Regiment Hero’s warscroll:Add the following weapon to your Regiment Hero’s warscroll:
Ghyranite Monstrosity -20DP GHYRANITE MONSTROSITY: Life grows big in Ghyran. hi its arboreal depths lurk the mightiest of potential mounts for a conquering warlord: emerald-scaled forest drakes, the three-headed and hundred-fanged scions of Nagendra and, of course, the most febrile of Chaos’s vile spawn... In addition, make the following changes to your Regiment Hero’s warscroll:Add the following weapons and ability to your Regiment Hero’s warscroll:
BATTLE DAMAGEDEffect: While this unit has 10 or more damage points, the Attacks characteristic of its Ghyranite Monstrosity’s Claws is 4.
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Step 6 - Pick any Upgrades for Your Regiment Hero
You can pick any number of the following upgrades for your Regiment Hero. The same upgrade can be picked more than once, but each time you pick an upgrade that your Regiment Hero already has, you must double its DP cost.
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Step 7 - Pick Units
You must pick at least 1 and no more than 3 of the following units to join your Regiment of Ghyran. The same unit type can be picked more than once. The DP cost is per model in the unit.5" 1 5+ 1 -1DP Ghyranite Warriors
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5" 2 4+ 1 -2DP Ghyranite Guardins
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6" 4 5+ 2 -4DP Ghyranite Elite Warriors
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7" 1 5+ 1 -1DP Ghyranite Beasts
BEASTEffect: This unit has a maximum control score of 1.
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8" 8 5+ 5 -8DP Ghyranite Monster
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8" 12 5+ 10 -10DP Ghyranite Gargant
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12" 8 5+ 2 -8DP Ghyranite Chariot
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5" 10 4+ 2 -10DP Ghyranite Bombard
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Step 8 - Pick Battle Mounts for Your Units
You can pick up to 1 Battle Mount type for each eligible unit in your Regiment of Ghyran. The DP cost is per model in the unit for which the upgrade is being picked.UNIT BATTLE MOUNTS Ghyranite Mount -2DP GHYRANITE MOUNT: Ghyran’s bountiful nature means there is rarely a lack of steeds for a wandering warband. In the Yskian Veldt, herds of squat but exceedingly strong horses cross the grasslands, while squigs and other troglodytic beasts fill the caverns below. Then, make the following changes to the unit’s warscroll:Non-HERO INFANTRY only. Add the following weapon to the unit’s warscroll:
Ghyranite Fiend -3DP GHYRANITE FIEND: The more fearsome of the Jade Realm’s native fauna make for fine mounts. Monstrous dragonflies and other huge arthropods cling to the bogs, while bounding plague toads are common in areas lost to Nurgle and feral water kelpies haunt the southern coasts. Then, make the following changes to the unit’s warscroll:Non-HERO INFANTRY or Ghyranite Chariot only. If the unit is INFANTRY, add the following weapon to its warscroll. If the unit is a Ghyranite Chariot, replace its Companion weapon with the following weapon:
Ghyranite Colossus -10DP GHYRANITE COLOSSUS: Tales are told of mercenary regiments who ride on truly immense creatures. The snail-knights of old Aquia still slink from slime-coated keeps, armour forged from the shells of their mounts, while the legions of Amalodum pull their ancient chariots with skeletal greatstags. Then, make the following changes to the unit’s warscroll:Non-HERO non-BEAST unit only. If the unit is INFANTRY, MONSTER or a Ghyranite Bombard, add the following weapons to its warscroll. If the unit is a Ghyranite Chariot, replace its Companion weapon with the following weapons:
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Step 9 - Pick any Upgrades for Your Units
You can pick any number of the following upgrades for eligible non-HERO units in your Regiment of Ghyran.The same upgrade can be picked more than once, but each time you pick an upgrade for a unit that already has that upgrade, you must double its DP cost.
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Step 10 - Pick any Idiosyncrasies for Your Regiment of Ghyran
You can pick up to 2 idiosyncrasies for your Regiment of Ghyran.These are abilities that can be used by or that affect units in your Regiment of Ghyran.
IDIOSYNCRASIES
SWIFT SKIRMISHERS: Fight and flight is the preferred strategy for these warriors. Effect: Make a swift move roll for each target by rolling a number of D3 equal to the number of swift points it has. Ilie target can move a number of inches equal to the swift move roll. It cannot move through or end that move within the combat ranges of enemy units. After this ability has been resolved, your swift points are reset to 0 (any that have not been used are lost).
POISON-SMEARED WEAPONS: These warriors use deadly toxins they glean from their environment to increase their weapons’ lethality.
EMBOLDENED BY PURITY: The resolve of these warriors is strengthened by the decontamination of Thyria.
FOREST DWELLERS: These warriors move through dense undergrowth with unnatural speed.
CYCLESTONE AMULETS: These warriors are protected by realmstone-infused amulets gifted by a grateful patron.
CONTAMINATORS: These warriors seek to ensure that nature does not properly heal. Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, the target is no longer remediated by your opponent’s army and your opponent considers the target to be contaminated.
TAKE COVER: These warriors use the landscape to protect themselves, making it difficult for their enemies to target them.
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WOODLAND TRAPPERS: These warriors have turned many years of trapping game to feed themselves into a valuable skill in war. Effect: Roll a dice for each target and apply the corre ponding effect below until the start of your next turn. 1-2: The target cannot use commands. 3-4: Halve the target’s Move characteristic. 5-6: Subtract 1 from the number of dice rolled when making charge rolls for the target, to a minimum of 1.
SPELL-BREAKERS: Years of fighting the arcane has made these warriors experts in severing the link between caster and summoned sorcery. Effect: If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on the MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, pick 1 of the following effects: Banish: Inflict D3 mortal damage on the unit that summoned the target. Then, the target is banished and removed from play. Take Control: For the rest of the turn, the target is treated as a friendly MANIFESTATION by your army and as an enemy MANIFESTATION by your opponent’s army.
SINISTER SABOTEURS: These warriors are experts at thwarting purification rituals.
FAMED COURAGE: Whether they meet battle hungrily or phlegmatically, the sight of massing enemies fills these warriors with new resolve.
JADEFLOWER SEEDBOMBS: Packing handfuls of explosive seeds into organic casings, these warriors can send even the most formidable fortifications crashing down. Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll.
SYNCHRONISED ATTACKS: These warriors fight with uncanny unity, almost as if they were of one mind.
DRAWN TO CORRUPTION: Whether to destroy it or revel in it, these warriors are always headed to sources of foulness. Effect: Remove the target from the battlefield and set it up again wholly within 6" of a contaminated terrain feature and more than 9" from all enemy units. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IN IT TOGETHER: Motivated by fear, profit or genuine admiration, these warriors can be trusted to follow their leader into the fray. Effect: The targets can each move a distance up to the value of the charge roll. They can move through the combat ranges of enemy units and must end that move within 1/2" of a visible enemy unit. The HERO must move first, and the other target must end that move within that HERO’s combat range. If the HERO is unable to end that move within 1/2" of a visible enemy unit, neither target can move. If they move, the targets have charged.
VIGOROUS SPIRITS: Sitting still as their enemies advance is not in these warriors’ nature. Effect: Roll XD3, where X is the number of enemy units within 12" of the target that used a MOVE ability this phase. The target can move a number of inches equal to the roll.
SELF-PRESERVATION INSTINCTS: Their employers might call it cowardice; these warriors prefer to think of it as picking their battles. Effect: Roll 2D6. On a 6+, the target can move a number of inches equal to the roll. It can move through the combat ranges of enemy units but cannot end that move in combat.
BLESSINGS OF BARK: The gifts - or perhaps curses - of a court of spites see the flesh of these warriors harden and reknit into bark. Effect: That unit has WARD (3+) for the rest of the phase. For each unmodified ward roll of 1 for that unit this phase, after the ATTACK ability has been resolved:
MASTER CLEANSERS: These warriors specialise in banishing corruption.
FAMILIAR WITH THE PATHS: These warriors are used to navigating Ghyran’s evertwisting woods while enemies stumble about lost. Effect: Remove the targets from the battlefield. Set up the oriented target wholly within 6" of the intended destination. It can only be set up in combat with units in your opponent’s army that were within 3" of the bewildered target before it was removed from the battlefield. Then your opponent must set up the bewildered target wholly within 6" of the unknown location. It can only be set up in combat with units in your army that were within 3" of the oriented target before it was removed from the battlefield. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
War in the Blighted Wilds
Prepare your potent potions and prepare to walk a new path in the Realm of Life.Surviving the overgrown wilderness of Ghyran is no easy feat, even for the most adept of warbands. Those who are able to use the landscape to their advantage thrive in these areas, whether by adjusting their fighting style to make the most of dense woodland or by brewing potions with the abundant flora (nutritious, medicinal or poisonous!).
Over the next few pages, you will find rules to help your Path to Glory force adapt to warfare in the Jade Kingdoms.
Firstly, we have an optional rules supplement that adds Ghyranite Concoctions to your games. These rules allow your army to prepare single-use potions between battles that grant powerful effects. We recommend that you agree with your Path to Glory group whether you will use these rules before you start a campaign. If you have already started a campaign, you can start using these rules mid-campaign if your Path to Glory group all agree to use them.
Secondly, there are two new Paths that you can pick for your HEROES to follow that allow you to further explore how your characters can exploit the Ghyranite environment. These Paths can be picked instead of Paths from Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds, your faction’s battletome or another battlepack.
Over the next few pages, you will find rules to help your Path to Glory force adapt to warfare in the Jade Kingdoms.
Firstly, we have an optional rules supplement that adds Ghyranite Concoctions to your games. These rules allow your army to prepare single-use potions between battles that grant powerful effects. We recommend that you agree with your Path to Glory group whether you will use these rules before you start a campaign. If you have already started a campaign, you can start using these rules mid-campaign if your Path to Glory group all agree to use them.
Secondly, there are two new Paths that you can pick for your HEROES to follow that allow you to further explore how your characters can exploit the Ghyranite environment. These Paths can be picked instead of Paths from Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds, your faction’s battletome or another battlepack.
Ghyranite Concoctions
From a young age, the inhabitants of Ghyran must gain a strong understanding of the diverse vegetation of their realm, else they risk confusing the delicious with the poisonous. Alongside traditional herbs and plants, more exotic ingredients can be used to enhance an individual’s physical and magical capabilities, making potion-mixing a trade much sought after by Ghyranite warlords.
Below, you can find rules for your Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds campaign that allow you to forage for ingredients and brew Ghyranite Concoctions for your army.
Add the following text to the ‘Manage enhancements’ section in the ‘Manage your Path to Glory roster’ step of the aftermath sequence:
In this step, you can also forage for ingredients and mix Ghyranite Concoctions.
Forage for Ingredients
To forage for ingredients, make any number of foraging rolls. You can see the result of a foraging roll before deciding to make any further rolls. To make a foraging roll, pick 1 of the tables below to roll on. If you pick the Basic Ingredients table, you must spend 5 glory points. If you pick the Exotic Ingredients table, you must spend 10 glory points. Then, roll a D6, consult the table you picked, and add the ingredient that corresponds to the roll to your roster.
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Mix Ghyranite Concoctions
To mix a GHYRANITE CONCOCTION, you must have the ingredients listed in its recipe on your roster. Pick 1 of the Ghyranite Concoctions below and remove the corresponding ingredients from your roster.Then, give that GHYRANITE CONCOCTION to a non-UNIQUE HERO on your roster. A HERO cannot have more than 1 GHYRANITE CONCOCTION at a time. If a HERO already has a GHYRANITE CONCOCTION, you can choose to replace it with a new GHYRANITE CONCOCTION.
You can mix any number of Ghyranite Concoctions in this step.
RECIPE: 2 × Ironthorn Stamen, 1 × Jaderoot Thistle
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REVITALISER: Ground jaderoot has natural healing properties that can mend all manner of wounds.
Declare: Pick a visible friendly unit within this unit’s combat range to be the target.
Effect: Heal (6) the target. Then, remove this GHYRANITE CONCOCTION from your roster.
Effect: Heal (6) the target. Then, remove this GHYRANITE CONCOCTION from your roster.
| KEYWORDS | GHYRANITE CONCOCTION |
RECIPE: 2 × Leaping Moss, 1 × Bloodweed Nectar
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DURTHU’S FURY: First brewed by an alchemist who witnessed a Spirit of Durthu holding back the forces of Chaos, this concoction aims to replicate a mere fraction of that raw power.
Declare: Pick this unit to be the target.
Effect: Add 1 to the Damage characteristic of the target’s melee weapons for the rest of the turn. If the target is INFANTRY, add D3 to the Damage characteristic of its melee weapons for the rest of the turn instead. Then, remove this GHYRANITE CONCOCTION from your roster.
Effect: Add 1 to the Damage characteristic of the target’s melee weapons for the rest of the turn. If the target is INFANTRY, add D3 to the Damage characteristic of its melee weapons for the rest of the turn instead. Then, remove this GHYRANITE CONCOCTION from your roster.
| KEYWORDS | GHYRANITE CONCOCTION |
RECIPE: 1 × Ironthorn Stamen, 1 × Bloodweed Nectar, 1 × Leaping Moss
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GHYRANITE VITALITY: A common potion used by the more affluent warriors of Ghyran to improve their all-round calibre in battle.
Declare: Pick a visible friendly HERO within this unit’s combat range to be the target.
Effect: Add 1 to run rolls, charge rolls and save rolls for the target for the rest of the turn. Then, remove this GHYRANITE CONCOCTION from your roster.
Effect: Add 1 to run rolls, charge rolls and save rolls for the target for the rest of the turn. Then, remove this GHYRANITE CONCOCTION from your roster.
| KEYWORDS | GHYRANITE CONCOCTION |
RECIPE: 2 × Jaderoot Thistle, 1 × Fresh Aetherblossom
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AELF STEP: Upon unstoppering this concoction, the bearer is transported a short distance away in a flash of blinding light. It has become a hot commodity in Har Kuron, where it is popular among thieves looking to make a quick escape.
Declare: Pick this unit to be the target.
Effect: Remove the target from the battlefield and set it up again wholly within 3" of another friendly unit and more than 9" from all enemy units. Then, remove this GHYRANITE CONCOCTION from your roster.
Effect: Remove the target from the battlefield and set it up again wholly within 3" of another friendly unit and more than 9" from all enemy units. Then, remove this GHYRANITE CONCOCTION from your roster.
| KEYWORDS | GHYRANITE CONCOCTION |
RECIPE: 1 × Bloodweed Nectar, 1 × Leaping Moss, 1 × Whisperwood Bark
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DR ROTHIL’S RAT REPELLENT: Originally invented to flush out Skaven burrows, this concoction was quickly adapted to serve a purpose on the front lines.
Declare: Pick a visible enemy unit within 12" of this unit to be the target.
Effect: Roll a number of dice equal to the number of models in the target unit. For each 5+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target. Then, remove this GHYRANITE CONCOCTION from your roster.
Effect: Roll a number of dice equal to the number of models in the target unit. For each 5+, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target. Then, remove this GHYRANITE CONCOCTION from your roster.
| KEYWORDS | GHYRANITE CONCOCTION |
RECIPE: 2 × Ironthorn Stamen, 1 × Magevine Root
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VERDANT MIST: When released, this green gas disperses, seeking out the bodies of the fallen and giving them a literal second wind.
Declare: Pick each visible non-MONSTER unit (friendly and enemy) within 12" of this unit to be the targets.
Effect: Return 1 slain model to each target unit. Then, remove this GHYRANITE CONCOCTION from your roster.
Effect: Return 1 slain model to each target unit. Then, remove this GHYRANITE CONCOCTION from your roster.
| KEYWORDS | GHYRANITE CONCOCTION |
RECIPE: 2 × Bloodweed Nectar, 1 × Aqua Ghyranis
| Once Per Battle, Any Shooting Phase |
BLISTERBREW: This mixture causes flesh to rapidly erupt with thousands of pustules, making any movement excruciatingly painful.
Declare: Pick a visible enemy unit within 12" of this unit to be the target.
Effect: For the rest of the battle, each time the target uses a MOVE or FIGHT ability, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target after that ability has been resolved. Then, remove this GHYRANITE CONCOCTION from your roster.
Effect: For the rest of the battle, each time the target uses a MOVE or FIGHT ability, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target after that ability has been resolved. Then, remove this GHYRANITE CONCOCTION from your roster.
| KEYWORDS | GHYRANITE CONCOCTION |
RECIPE: 2 × Fresh Aetherblossom, 1 × Magevine Root
| Once Per Battle, Any Hero Phase |
ELIXIR OF ENLIGHTENMENT: A recipe long kept secret by the Scinari councils, this potion opens the imbiber’s mind and allows them to be guided by the voices of the realms.
Declare: Pick this unit to be the target.
Effect: The next time you make a casting roll for the target this phase, roll 3D6 instead of 2D6. Then, remove this GHYRANITE CONCOCTION from your roster.
Effect: The next time you make a casting roll for the target this phase, roll 3D6 instead of 2D6. Then, remove this GHYRANITE CONCOCTION from your roster.
| KEYWORDS | GHYRANITE CONCOCTION |
RECIPE: 2 × Whisperwood Bark, 1 × Aqua Ghyranis
| Once Per Battle, Any Hero Phase |
CHAMELEON VAPOUR: When exposed to the air, this mixture releases a gas that changes colour to match the surroundings – the perfect cover for a skirmish force.
Declare: Pick this unit to be the target.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, while they are wholly within 12" of the target, friendly INFANTRY units are not visible to enemy units more than 6" away. Then, remove this GHYRANITE CONCOCTION from your roster.
Effect: For the rest of the turn, while they are wholly within 12" of the target, friendly INFANTRY units are not visible to enemy units more than 6" away. Then, remove this GHYRANITE CONCOCTION from your roster.
| KEYWORDS | GHYRANITE CONCOCTION |
Purchase Ghyranite Concoctions
Instead of mixing your own GHYRANITE CONCOCTION, you can choose to spend glory points to purchase one of your choice. However, not all traders in the Mortal Realms are trustworthy, and many switch out ingredients for cheaper alternatives that come with unfortunate side effects.To purchase a GHYRANITE CONCOCTION, spend 30 glory points, pick 1 GHYRANITE CONCOCTION from the list above and give it to a HERO on your roster. Mark that GHYRANITE CONCOCTION with a star to denote that it was purchased rather than mixed.
When a unit declares a GHYRANITE CONCOCTION ability for a purchased GHYRANITE CONCOCTION, you must roll on the Side Effect table below and you must use the corresponding ability.
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Reaction: You declared a Additional Paths
There are two new Paths that you can pick for your HEROES to follow that allow you to further explore how your characters can exploit the Ghyranite environment. These Paths can be picked instead of Paths from Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds, your faction’s battletome or another battlepack.Path of the Alchemist(HERO only)ASPIRING: When a unit on this Path gains this rank, pick 1 of the following abilities for them:
FORAGER: This eagle-eyed hero takes every opportunity to search the battlefield for rare ingredients. Effect: If the target is wholly within enemy territory, roll on the Exotic Ingredients table and add the corresponding ingredient to your roster. If the target is not wholly within enemy territory, roll on the Basic Ingredients table instead.
POTION PICKPOCKET: If they notice a glowing vial hanging by an enemy’s waist, this hero will quickly snatch it for themselves. Effect: Roll a dice. On a 3+, the target no longer has that GHYRANITE CONCOCTION and give this unit that GHYRANITE CONCOCTION. If this unit already has a GHYRANITE CONCOCTION, this unit must immediately use one of those Ghyranite Concoctions. ELITE: When a unit on this Path gains this rank, pick 1 of the following abilities for them:
PRECIOUS INGREDIENTS: This warrior has no respect for knightly honour – nothing is as important as their potions.
EXPLOSIVE CONCOCTIONS: The especially volatile potions brewed by this alchemist could kill a drake, let alone a man. Effect: Inflict D3+3 mortal damage on the target.
MIGHTY: When a unit on this Path gains this rank, pick 1 of the following abilities for them:
PORTABLE BREW STATION: This convenient contraption is perfect for cooking up concoctions on the go.
IMPROMPTU POTIONS: A veritable potion-making master, this hero can whip up mixtures on the fly to hurl at the enemy. Effect: Roll a D3 and apply the corresponding effect: 1 Potion of Instant Corrosion: Inflict D3 mortal damage on the target. 2 Potion of Imprecision: Subtract 1 from hit rolls for the target’s attacks for the rest of the turn. 3 Potion of Vulnerability: Ward rolls cannot be made for the target for the rest of the turn. LEGENDARY: When a unit on this Path gains this rank, pick 1 of the following abilities for them:
OVERCHARGED ELIXIRS: This master alchemist can create the most potent of potions, but they have also become somewhat reliant on them.
WASTE NOT, WANT NOT: Through a mixture of skill, frugality and constant harvesting, this alchemist never runs out of ingredients. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Path of the Woodsman(INFANTRY HERO only)ASPIRING: When a unit on this Path gains this rank, pick 1 of the following abilities for them:
MORALE BOOST: By humming songs they heard while travelling the realms, this scout lifts the spirits of their allies.
NEVER A STRANGER: Constantly wandering the wilderness, this hero feels at home in even the most remote regions of the realms. ELITE: When a unit on this Path gains this rank, pick 1 of the following abilities for them:
KNOWLEDGEABLE GUIDE: This warrior is well versed in leading troops through treacherous terrain. Effect: For the rest of the turn, add 2" to each target’s MOVE characteristic while they are wholly outside friendly territory.
EXPERT OF ALL TERRAIN: Neither steep mountain nor dense forest can stop the advance of this doughty scout.
MIGHTY: When a unit on this Path gains this rank, pick 1 of the following abilities for them:
NAVIGATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE: Having memorised trails, paths and shortcuts galore, this warrior is practically a walking map. Effect: Each target can use the ‘Normal Move’ ability as if it were your movement phase.
TRAVERSAL GEAR: This veteran scout has assembled a versatile toolkit that allows them to cross any sort of terrain with ease. LEGENDARY: When a unit on this Path gains this rank, pick 1 of the following abilities for them:
NATURE’S ALLY: On their travels, this scout has made pacts with – or simply dominated – many spirits of the deep wilds, whom they can call upon at sacred sites to aid their fellows. Effect: For the rest of the battle, friendly units have WARD (5+) while they are wholly within 12" of the target.
MASTER OF HIDDEN PATHS: There is no path unknown to this master scout – a fact their enemies often have cause to rue. Effect: Remove the targets from the battlefield and set them up again with each model contesting the same objective or terrain feature and not in combat. The targets cannot use CHARGE abilities for the rest of the turn. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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).
| 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.’
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.’
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).16.0 Picking Targets
When declaring an ATTACK ability for a unit, you must pick the target unit(s) for its attacks. The number of attacks each model can make is equal to the Attacks characteristic of the weapons it is using. In most cases, models attack with every weapon on their warscroll (melee weapons for combat attacks, ranged weapons for shooting attacks), though some warscrolls specify that certain models in the unit are armed with special weapons or that the unit must pick between multiple weapons when it attacks.If the unit is in combat, it can only target units that are in combat with it. If a model has more than one attack, you can split the attacks between eligible targets as you wish.
- Combat attacks are made with melee weapons. The target unit(s) must be within the combat range of the attacking model and visible to it. The model must attack with all of the melee weapons it is armed with.
- Shooting attacks are made with ranged weapons. The target unit(s) must be within a distance equal to the Range characteristic of the weapon being used and visible to the attacking model. Models cannot make shooting attacks if their unit is in combat, unless otherwise specified (see 20.0 Weapon Abilities).
FAQ
| Q: | When making shooting attacks, can all models in the attacking unit shoot even if the target unit is not visible to some of those models? |
| A: | No, the only models in the attacking unit that can make shooting attacks are those that the target unit is visible to. |
| Q: | When a unit uses a SHOOT ability, does it have to shoot with all of the ranged weapons that it is armed with? |
| A: | Yes. |
Combat attacks
Combat attacks are made with melee weapons. The target unit(s) must be within the combat range of the attacking model and visible to it. The model must attack with all of the melee weapons it is armed with.| Any Combat Phase |
FIGHT: Locked in a deadly melee, the fighters strike out at their foes.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is in combat or that charged this turn to use this ability. That unit can make a pile-in move (see 15.3). Then, if that unit is in combat, you must pick one or more enemy units as the target(s) of that unit’s attacks (see 16.0).
Effect: Resolve combat attacks against the target unit(s).
Effect: Resolve combat attacks against the target unit(s).
| KEYWORDS | CORE, ATTACK, FIGHT |
| 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 |
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. | ||
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. | ||
4.1 Enhancements
Each set of faction rules include a number of enhancements that can be given to units, e.g. heroic traits and artefacts of power. You can take 1 enhancement from each enhancement table in your faction rules. Each enhancement table lists which units are eligible to be given that enhancement. UNIQUE units cannot be given enhancements.While some abilities allow you to take extra enhancements, the same unit can never have more than 1 enhancement of the same type, and you can never include the same enhancement in your army more than once. Enhancements cannot be given to Regiment of Renown units, unless they have a keyword that matches that faction’s name.
FAQ
| Q: | If an ability allows a unit to gain an enhancement during a battle (for example, the Kharadron Overlords ‘Special Procurement’ ability) and I pick an enhancement that costs points, do I need to have sufficient spare points in my army roster in order to pay for that enhancement? |
| A: | No. Enhancements added to your army during a battle do not cost any points. |
1.3 Battle Profiles
The information you’ll need when building your army roster is found in each unit’s battle profile. The battle profile for a unit will be in the same publication as its warscroll (usually a battletome).| Battle profiles are regularly updated to improve balance. When we republish them, the new version takes precedence over versions with an earlier publication date or no publication date. | ||
2.1 Battle Formations
Many factions contain one or more battle formations. Each battle formation grants unique benefits to your army. The faction rules for your faction will explain any battle formation options.
3.2 The General
You must pick 1 HERO in your army that is leading a regiment to be your general. If any units in your army have the WARMASTER keyword, you must pick one of those units to be your general and they must lead a regiment. Your general’s regiment can include up to 4 non-HERO units in addition to your general.
3.1 Regiments
Armies are made up of one or more regiments, each of which is led by a Hero. You must have at least 1 regiment in your army, and you can include a maximum of 5 regiments. To add a regiment, pick 1 HERO from your faction, then pick up to 3 non‑HERO units to accompany them.Each HERO’s battle profile lists which units can be added to their regiment, and each non-HERO unit’s battle profile lists any relevant keywords it has. The battle profiles of some HEROES may say that they can be added to the regiment of another HERO in place of a non-HERO unit in that regiment.
FAQ
| Q: | If a HERO is able to join another HERO's regiment (e.g. The Shadow Queen joining Morathi-Khaine, do they take the place of a non-HERO unit in that regiment? |
| A: | Yes. |
3.6 Auxiliary Units
Auxiliary units allow you to take any units from your faction without the constraints of regiments, at the cost of potentially giving your opponent an advantage. You can add any number of units to the auxiliary units section of your army roster. However, the player with the fewest auxiliary units on their roster gains 1 extra command point at the start of each battle round (if the players have the same number of auxiliary units, neither player receives an extra command point). HEROES that have compulsory regiment options cannot be taken as auxiliary units.
3.5 Regiments of Renown
In addition to creating your own regiments, you can also spend points to include 1 Regiment of Renown. Regiments of Renown are pre-built regiments, each with their own special abilities. The rules for each Regiment of Renown will specify which factions can include it. A unit in a Regiment of Renown cannot be your general even if it is a WARMASTER.- You cannot include more than one Regiment of Renown in your army unless otherwise specified in the notes column of that regiment’s battle profile.
- Units in a Regiment of Renown cannot use (but can be picked as the target of, if otherwise eligible) any faction rules from the faction they are allied into, including enhancements and lores, unless they have a keyword that matches that faction’s name.
- If an ability allows you to set up a replacement unit (Core Rules, 24.2) for a unit in a Regiment of Renown, that unit also counts as being part of that Regiment of Renown.
18.1 Ward Saves
Units with the WARD keyword have the ‘Ward Save’ passive ability. The number after the WARD keyword indicates the ward value for the ward save. If a unit had WARD (5+), for example, its ward value would be 5. If a unit has more than one ward save, only the ward save with the lowest value applies to it; the other has no effect.| Passive |
WARD SAVE: Whether through their uncanny reflexes, unnatural toughness or a source of mystical protection, these warriors can avoid otherwise lethal attacks.
Effect: In step 1 of the damage sequence (see 18.0), make a ward roll of D6 for each damage point in this unit’s damage pool. If the roll equals or exceeds this unit’s ward value, remove that damage point from the damage pool.
2.0 Spells
The declare step of each spell will tell you to make a casting roll of 2D6. If the roll does not equal or exceed the spell’s casting value (at the top-right corner of the spell), the spell fails and its effect is not resolved.If the unmodified casting roll includes 2 or more rolls of 1, the spell is miscast: the spell fails, its effect is not resolved, D3 mortal damage is inflicted on the WIZARD that used it, and that WIZARD cannot use any more spells in that phase.
Enemy reactions can only be used if the casting roll equals or exceeds the spell’s casting value. So long as the spell is not unbound (see 4.0), then it is successfully cast: resolve its effect.
EXAMPLE SPELL
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
MYSTIC SHIELD: The caster's allies are bathed in an unearthly glow that protects them from harm.
Declare: Pick a visible friendly unit wholly within 12" of this WIZARD to be the target. Then, make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: The target has WARD (6+) this turn.
Effect: The target has WARD (6+) this turn.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
FAQ
| Q: | Is mortal damage inflicted by a miscast considered to be ‘mortal damage inflicted by a SPELL ability’ for the purposes of abilities like a Morghast Archai unit’s ‘Ebon-wrought Armour’ ability? |
| A: | No. |
2.0 Spells
The declare step of each spell will tell you to make a casting roll of 2D6. If the roll does not equal or exceed the spell’s casting value (at the top-right corner of the spell), the spell fails and its effect is not resolved.If the unmodified casting roll includes 2 or more rolls of 1, the spell is miscast: the spell fails, its effect is not resolved, D3 mortal damage is inflicted on the WIZARD that used it, and that WIZARD cannot use any more spells in that phase.
Enemy reactions can only be used if the casting roll equals or exceeds the spell’s casting value. So long as the spell is not unbound (see 4.0), then it is successfully cast: resolve its effect.
EXAMPLE SPELL
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
MYSTIC SHIELD: The caster's allies are bathed in an unearthly glow that protects them from harm.
Declare: Pick a visible friendly unit wholly within 12" of this WIZARD to be the target. Then, make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: The target has WARD (6+) this turn.
Effect: The target has WARD (6+) this turn.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | Is mortal damage inflicted by a miscast considered to be ‘mortal damage inflicted by a SPELL ability’ for the purposes of abilities like the Tzeentch effect of the ‘Marks of Chaos’ ability? |
| A: | No. |
Errata
Magic, 2.0 Spells
Change the third paragraph to:
‘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.'
‘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.'
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.On an unmodified chanting roll of 2 or more, pick one of the following:
- Give a number of ritual points to the PRIEST equal to the chanting roll (ritual points can be accumulated over multiple turns).
- Add the PRIEST’s ritual points to the chanting roll. If the chanting roll equals or exceeds the prayer’s chanting value (at the top-right corner of the prayer), it is answered: resolve the effect of the prayer, then reset the PRIEST’s ritual points total to 0.
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 |
Errata
Magic, 3.0 Prayers
In the second paragraph, change ‘On a chanting roll of 2 or more’ to ‘On an unmodified chanting roll of 2 or more’.
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.
Errata
Army Composition, 3.2 The General
Change the first sentence to:
‘You must pick 1 HERO in your army that is leading a regiment to be your general.’
‘You must pick 1 HERO in your army that is leading a regiment to be your general.’
The non-HERO DAEMON INFANTRY and LEGION OF THE FIRST PRINCE keywords are used in the following Slaves to Darkness warscrolls:
The non-HERO DAEMON CAVALRY and LEGION OF THE FIRST PRINCE keywords are used in the following Slaves to Darkness warscrolls:
Cavalry
The non-SKRYRE MOULDER keyword is used in the following Skaven warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Infantry
The MOULDER keyword is used in the following Skaven warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
5.1 Keywords
Some abilities have one or more keywords listed at the bottom of the ability on their keywords bar, e.g. the ‘Shoot’ ability shown above has the CORE, ATTACK and SHOOT keywords. Units also have a keywords bar on their warscroll.Keywords let you know which abilities can be used or which units can be picked as targets for an ability. For example, the ‘Charge’ ability can only be used by a unit if it did not use an ability with the RUN or RETREAT keyword earlier in the turn. The singular and plural forms of a keyword are synonymous for rules purposes.
FAQ
| Q: | In ‘Pick a friendly non-HERO LEGION OF THE FIRST PRINCE DAEMON INFANTRY or CAVALRY unit that has been destroyed to be the target’ (and similar wordings with multiple keywords), does ‘CAVALRY unit’ mean just that (i.e. with no other keywords) or does it mean ‘ friendly non-HERO LEGION OF THE FIRST PRINCE DAEMON CAVALRY UNIT’? |
| A: | It means ‘friendly non-HERO LEGION OF THE FIRST PRINCE DAEMON CAVALRY unit’. |
| Q: | Where an ability references multiple keywords but has ‘non-’ at the start of the sequence of keywords(for example, the Skaven Brood Terror’s Lend a Claw ability which targets ‘non-SKRYRE MOULDER’ units’), does this mean the target must not have any of the keywords listed (in this example, the target couldn’t have SKRYRE or MOULDER keywords), or does it mean the target cannot have the first keyword but must have the second (in this example, it cannot have SKRYRE but must have MOULDER)? |
| A: | The ‘non-’ only relates to the keyword it is directly attached to. Therefore, in the example given, the target cannot have the SKRYRE keyword but must have the MOULDER keyword. If the intent were to exclude both keywords, then it would be expressed as ‘non-SKRYRE non-MOULDER'. |
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 (such as named characters) may say that they can be added to the regiment of another HERO.
FAQ
| Q: | If a HERO is able to join another HERO’s regiment (e.g. The Shadow Queen joining Morathi-Khaine or an Assassin joining a Dreadlord on Black Dragon), do they take the place of a non-HERO unit in that regiment? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | Can I add units from other factions to my HEROES’ regiments? |
| A: | No. The only way to add units from other factions to your army is by taking an eligible Regiment of Renown. |
| Q: | If a HERO’S regiment options contain multiple excluded keywords (e.g. non-BEAST non-MONSTER), can it include units in its regiment that have only one of those keywords? |
| A: | No, it cannot include units with any of those keywords. |
| Q: | Can my army include a WARMASTER (e.g. Sigvald, Prince of Slaanesh) in another hero’s regiment? |
| A: | Yes, but only if your army includes another WARMASTER unit, since your general must lead a regiment, and you must pick a WARMASTER as your general if there are any WARMASTER units in your army. |
| Passive |
SEED OF REBIRTH: Should the bearer of this seed ever fall, its rejuvenating energies will grant them new life.
Effect: The first time this unit would be destroyed, before removing it from play, roll a dice. On a 3+, this unit is not destroyed and any remaining damage points inflicted on it have no effect. Then, Heal (D3) this unit.
21.0 Healing
Some abilities allow you to heal a unit. To heal a unit, remove a number of damage points from the unit equal to the number in brackets after ‘Heal’, e.g. Heal (2).FAQ
| Q: | If an ability (e.g. ‘Seed of Rebirth’) would allow a unit that would be destroyed to negate all remaining damage points then heal to prevent that unit from being destroyed, and another ability (e.g. ‘Quenching the Flames’) prevents that unit from healing, would that unit still be destroyed? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Any Hero Phase | 1 |
RALLY: With an inspiring call to action, wounded soldiers get a second wind and fresh troops take the field to replace their fallen comrades.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat to use this ability.
Effect: Make 6 rally rolls of D6. For each 4+, you receive 1 rally point. Rally points can be spent in the following ways:
Effect: Make 6 rally rolls of D6. For each 4+, you receive 1 rally point. Rally points can be spent in the following ways:
- For each rally point spent, Heal (1) that unit.
- You can spend a number of rally points equal to the Health characteristic of that unit to return a slain model to that unit.
24.2 Replacement Units
Some abilities allow you to set up a replacement unit. When setting up that unit, it should have the same warscroll type, weapon options and number of models as the original unit, unless otherwise specified in the ability. Many of these abilities specify the proportion of models in the replacement unit (e.g. half the number of models from the original unit). In these cases, you can pick which models from the original unit are set up.The replacement unit is otherwise treated as a new unit; any keywords or abilities the original unit gained during the battle, and any persisting effects that applied to it, do not apply to the replacement unit. Each unit can only be replaced once, and you cannot replace replacement units.
If the original unit was reinforced and the replacement unit has more than half the number of models from the original unit, the replacement unit is considered to be reinforced.
| Because a replacement unit is treated as a completely new unit, it could, for instance, use a Once Per Battle ability on its warscroll even if the unit it replaced used that ability earlier in the battle. | ||
FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | If a destroyed unit had an enhancement, and an ability allows me to set up a replacement of that unit, would the replacement unit also have that enhancement? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | If an ability allows a replacement unit to be set up with half the models from the original unit, and the original unit has to have a certain proportion of models equipped with specific weapons, does the new unit also need to adhere to the same restrictions? |
| A: | No. As stated in 24.2, you can pick any models from the original unit to be set up in the replacement unit. |
| Q: | If an ability allows a replacement unit to be set up with half the models from the original unit, could I then use an ability such as ‘Rally’ to return models to that unit until it reached the unit size of the original unit? |
| A: | No. A replacement unit is treated as a new unit with a new unit size. |
Errata
Addenda: 24.2 Replacement Units
Add the following:
‘If the original unit was reinforced and the replacement unit has more than half the number of models from the original unit, the replacement unit is considered to be reinforced.'
‘If the original unit was reinforced and the replacement unit has more than half the number of models from the original unit, the replacement unit is considered to be reinforced.'
3.4 Unique Units
You cannot include the same UNIQUE unit more than once in your army. UNIQUE units cannot be reinforced.
The WARRIOR CHAMBER keyword is used in the following Stormcast Eternals warscrolls:
The BLOODBOUND keyword is used in the following Blades of Khorne warscrolls:
Beast Hero
Cavalry Hero
Infantry Hero
Cavalry
Infantry
Monster
Universal Core Abilities - Charge Phase
| Your Charge Phase |
CHARGE: With a mighty battle cry, the warriors charge into combat with the enemy.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat and has not used a RUN or RETREAT ability this turn to use this ability. Then, make a charge roll of 2D6.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to the value of the charge roll. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units and must end that move within 1/2" of a visible enemy unit. If it does so, the unit using this ability has charged.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to the value of the charge roll. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units and must end that move within 1/2" of a visible enemy unit. If it does so, the unit using this ability has charged.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE, CHARGE |
18.4 Destroyed Units
When the last model in a unit is slain, the unit is destroyed and all remaining damage points inflicted on that unit have no effect. Similarly, if something causes a unit to be destroyed, all models in the unit are slain and removed from play.
| 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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4.1 Enhancements
Each set of faction rules include a number of enhancements that can be given to units, e.g. heroic traits, mount traits and artefacts of power. You can take 1 enhancement from each enhancement table in your faction rules. Each enhancement table lists which units are eligible to be given that enhancement. UNIQUE units cannot be given enhancements.While some abilities allow you to take extra enhancements, the same unit can never have more than 1 enhancement of the same type, and you can never include the same enhancement in your army more than once.
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.
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.
1.1 Army Roster
These rules will explain how to create an army roster to prepare for a battle. You can find a blank army roster printable copy below:
| Deployment Phase |
DEPLOY REGIMENT: A mighty hero leads their retinue into battle.
Declare: Pick a regiment from your army roster to be the target. No units in that regiment can have already been deployed.
Effect: Keep using DEPLOY abilities without alternating until all units in that regiment have been deployed. You cannot set up units that are not in that regiment on the battlefield or in reserve as part of any of those Deploy abilities.
Effect: Keep using DEPLOY abilities without alternating until all units in that regiment have been deployed. You cannot set up units that are not in that regiment on the battlefield or in reserve as part of any of those Deploy abilities.
| KEYWORDS | DEPLOY |
3.3 Reinforced Units
When you add a unit to your army roster, you can add it as a reinforced unit. A reinforced unit has twice as many models as its minimum unit size and costs twice as many points. If a unit has a minimum unit size of 1, it cannot be reinforced. In addition, some units with a unit size of more than 1 can not be reinforced. This will be noted on their battle profile.
13.1 Fight Abilities
Abilities with the FIGHT keyword follow a different sequence to other abilities. When the players are using Combat Phase
abilities as described in 13.0, they cannot use FIGHT abilities.After the players have finished using
Combat Phase
abilities that are not FIGHT abilities, they must alternate picking 1 eligible unit to use a FIGHT ability, starting with the active player. Each unit in combat must use a FIGHT ability if it is able to.Once a player has no more units that are eligible to use a FIGHT ability, the other player continues to pick units that are eligible to use a FIGHT ability, one after another, until there are no more units that are eligible to use a FIGHT ability.
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Errata
Addenda: fought
Add the following definition:
‘fought: A unit has fought if it used any FIGHT abilities in the same turn.’
‘fought: A unit has fought if it used any FIGHT abilities in the same turn.’
19.0 Strike-first and Strike-last
If there are any STRIKE-FIRST units in combat after any non-FIGHT combat phase abilities have been used, other units cannot be picked to use a FIGHT ability until those units have been picked to use a FIGHT ability. After all those STRIKE-FIRST units have fought, the active player picks the next unit to fight.If there are any STRIKE-LAST units in combat, they cannot be picked to use a FIGHT ability if there are any units in combat that do not have STRIKE-LAST and have not yet used a FIGHT ability.
If a unit has STRIKE-FIRST and STRIKE-LAST, treat it as if it had neither.
| There may be situations when a unit that has STRIKE-FIRST is not in combat at the start of the phase, but because of moves such as pile-in moves, it is ‘pulled into combat’ later in the phase. In such cases, STRIKE-FIRST has no effect on that unit because it was not in combat at the start of the phase. Abilities that allow a unit to use a FIGHT ability immediately after another unit do not override the STRIKE-FIRST or STRIKE-LAST constraints, so you could not pick a unit with STRIKE-LAST to fight immediately after a unit with STRIKE-FIRST. | ||
FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | Can I use an ability that allows a friendly unit that does not have STRIKE-FIRST to fight immediately after a friendly unit that has STRIKE-FIRST if there are one or more enemy units with STRIKE-FIRST that have not yet been picked to fight? |
| A: | No. As mentioned in the sidebar next to 19.0, abilities that allow a unit to use a FIGHT ability immediately after another unit do not override the STRIKE-FIRST constraints, so you cannot pick a unit that does not have STRIKE-FIRST to fight until all other units that have STRIKE-FIRST have fought. |
| Q: | If a friendly unit is the only unit that has STRIKE-FIRST on the battlefield and it has an ability that allows a friendly unit to fight immediately after it, in what order would units be picked to fight? |
| A: | If you are the active player, the unit that has STRIKE-FIRST would fight first, then you could use the ability to allow another friendly unit to fight immediately after it, and then you would pick the next unit to fight (i.e. three friendly units would fight back to back). If your opponent is the active player, the unit that has STRIKE-FIRST would fight first, you could still use the ability to allow another friendly unit to fight, and then your opponent would pick the next unit to fight. |
| Q: | In the combat phase, if all eligible non-STRIKE‑LAST units have used a FIGHT ability, which player gets to pick the first STRIKE-LAST unit to fight? |
| A: | The alternating sequence of picking units to use a FIGHT ability would continue and so the player who did not pick the last non-STRIKE-LAST unit would get to pick the first eligible STRIKE-LAST unit in their army to use a FIGHT ability. |
Errata
19.0 STRIKE-FIRST and STRIKE-LAST
In the first sentence, replace ‘at the start of the phase’ with ‘after any non-FIGHT Combat Phase abilities have been used’.
STRIKE-LAST
Remove the following text from STRIKE-LAST:
‘If both players have units with STRIKE-LAST, they alternate fighting with those units after all other eligible units have fought, starting with the active player.’
‘If both players have units with STRIKE-LAST, they alternate fighting with those units after all other eligible units have fought, starting with the active player.’
STRIKE-LAST
In the glossary entry for STRIKE-LAST, remove ‘, starting with the active player’.
7.0 Combat Range
Each model has a combat range that extends 3" horizontally from its base and any distance vertically from that circle to form a cylinder. The combat range of a unit extends 3" horizontally and any distance vertically from every model in that unit. Units from opposing armies that are within each other’s combat range and that are visible to each other are in combat with each other. When a unit that is not in combat enters the combat range of a visible enemy unit, it moves into combat.
A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it’
A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it’
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FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | If a model in base-to-base contact with an enemy model retreats 3" directly away from the enemy model, is it still in combat with that enemy model? |
| A: | No. |
Errata
Addenda: 7.0 Combat Range
Add the following:
‘A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it.’
‘A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it.’
Universal Core Abilities - Movement Phase
| Your Movement Phase |
NORMAL MOVE: The warriors advance across the battlefield.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat to use this ability.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit cannot move into combat during any part of that move.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit cannot move into combat during any part of that move.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE |
| Your Movement Phase |
RUN: The unit rushes into position.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat to use this ability.
Effect: Make a run roll of D6. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic added to the run roll. That unit cannot move into combat during any part of that move.
Effect: Make a run roll of D6. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic added to the run roll. That unit cannot move into combat during any part of that move.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE, RUN |
| Your Movement Phase |
RETREAT: The fighters disengage from combat, though at the cost of lowering their defences.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is in combat to use this ability.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on that unit. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units but cannot end that move within an enemy unit’s combat range.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on that unit. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units but cannot end that move within an enemy unit’s combat range.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE, RETREAT |
| 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 |
14.3 Charge Phase
| Your Charge Phase |
CHARGE: With a mighty battle cry, the warriors charge into combat with the enemy.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat and has not used a RUN or RETREAT ability this turn to use this ability. Then, make a charge roll of 2D6.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to the value of the charge roll. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units and must end that move within 1/2" of a visible enemy unit. If it does so, the unit using this ability has charged.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to the value of the charge roll. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units and must end that move within 1/2" of a visible enemy unit. If it does so, the unit using this ability has charged.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE, CHARGE |
FAQ
| Q: | When using the ‘Charge’ ability, does my unit need to end the charge move within 1⁄2" of an enemy unit that was visible to the charging unit at the start of that charge move? |
| A: | No. It must end the charge move within 1⁄2" of an enemy unit that is visible to the charging unit when it finishes that charge move. |
| Q: | If an ability adds to or subtracts from the number of dice that make up a charge roll, is that a modifier to the charge roll? |
| A: | No. |
Wound Roll
Roll a dice. If the roll equals or exceeds the attacking weapon’s Wound characteristic, the attack successfully wounds: move on to the next step. If not, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends. Unmodified wound rolls of 1 always fail.Save Roll
The commander of the target unit rolls a dice, subtracting the attacking weapon’s Rend characteristic from the roll. Unmodified save rolls of 1 always fail. If the roll equals or exceeds the Save characteristic of the target unit, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends. If not, it is a successful attack: move on to the next step.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’).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.
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.
PURIFY THE LAND
| Once Per Turn (Army), End of Any Turn |
PURIFY THE LAND: Whether through divine intervention, arcane talent or the skilled application of cleansing serums, these warriors have purified this pocket of contamination.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit within 3" of a contaminated terrain feature to use this ability, then pick that contaminated terrain feature to be the target.
Effect: Make a remediation roll of D6. On a 3+:
Effect: Make a remediation roll of D6. On a 3+:
- The target is remediated by your army for the rest of the battle and you no longer consider it to be contaminated.
- The unit using this ability gains 2 renown points
STALLED REINFORCEMENTS
| Deployment Phase |
STALLED REINFORCEMENTS: It is a truism of war that large hosts can take time to fully deploy.
Declare: Pick a number of friendly units with a combined points value equal to or greater than the surplus value to be the targets.
Effect: Set up those units in reserve as stalled reinforcements. They have now been deployed. If any stalled reinforcements are part of a regiment, the other units in that regiment can still be deployed using the 'Deploy Regiment' ability.
Effect: Set up those units in reserve as stalled reinforcements. They have now been deployed. If any stalled reinforcements are part of a regiment, the other units in that regiment can still be deployed using the 'Deploy Regiment' ability.
| KEYWORDS | DEPLOY |
BOON OF VITALITY
| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Movement Phase |
BOON OF VITALITY: Life magic blossoms in those areas that have been cleansed of corruption, filling those nearby with vim and vigour.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat and that is within 3" of a terrain feature that has been remediated by your army to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice and apply the corresponding effect below.
1-2: No effect.
3: Add 1 to run rolls and charge rolls for the target until the start of your next turn.
4: Subtract 1 from wound rolls for attacks that target that friendly unit until the start of your next turn.
5: The target has WARD (5+) until the start of your next turn.
6: The target can immediately use the ‘Rally’ command as if it were your hero phase without any command points being spent. If it does so, you can make 3 additional rally rolls of D6.
Effect: Roll a dice and apply the corresponding effect below.
1-2: No effect.
3: Add 1 to run rolls and charge rolls for the target until the start of your next turn.
4: Subtract 1 from wound rolls for attacks that target that friendly unit until the start of your next turn.
5: The target has WARD (5+) until the start of your next turn.
6: The target can immediately use the ‘Rally’ command as if it were your hero phase without any command points being spent. If it does so, you can make 3 additional rally rolls of D6.
32.2 Objective Control
In the deployment phase after all Deployment Phase abilities have been used and at the end of each turn, follow this sequence for each objective in an order chosen by the active player:- Starting with the active player, each player determines the control score of each of their units that is contesting that objective. A unit’s control score is the combined Control characteristics of all the models in that unit that are contesting the objective. Some abilities modify a unit’s control score, but it cannot be reduced to less than 1.
- Each player adds up the control scores of all of their units contesting that objective. This is their army control score for that objective.
- The players compare their army control scores for that objective. If one player’s score is higher, that player gains control of that objective. Once a player gains control of an objective, it remains under their control until their opponent gains control of it.
| Sometimes objective markers get accidentally nudged while you are moving models around. This is perfectly fine - just remember to put them back in their proper positions when determining objective control. | ||
Errata
32.2 Objective Control
Change the first sentence to:
‘In the deployment phase after all Deployment Phase abilities have been used and at the end of each turn, follow this sequence for each objective in an order chosen by the active player:’
‘In the deployment phase after all Deployment Phase abilities have been used and at the end of each turn, follow this sequence for each objective in an order chosen by the active player:’
| Enemy Movement Phase | 1 |
REDEPLOY: Taking initiative, the warriors hastily reposition to respond to enemy movements.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat to use this ability.
Effect: Each model in that unit can move up to D6". That move cannot pass through or end within the combat range of an enemy unit.
Effect: Each model in that unit can move up to D6". That move cannot pass through or end within the combat range of an enemy unit.
| KEYWORDS | MOVE, RUN |
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 |
5.4 Passive Abilities
Abilities that have the Passive timing are called passive abilities. Passive abilities are not declared. The effects of passive abilities always apply if the conditions of the ability are met, and they must be applied if it is possible to do so.
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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| Enemy Shooting Phase | 1 |
COVERING FIRE: The warriors unleash a quick volley at a nearby enemy unit before it charges into combat.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that did not use a RUN ability this turn and that is not in combat to use this ability, then pick the closest enemy unit (to that unit) that can be picked as the target of shooting attacks to be the target. You cannot pick MANIFESTATIONS or faction terrain features as the target of this ability.
Effect: Resolve shooting attacks for the unit using this ability against the target. You must subtract 1 from the hit rolls for those attacks.
Effect: Resolve shooting attacks for the unit using this ability against the target. You must subtract 1 from the hit rolls for those attacks.
| KEYWORDS | SHOOT, ATTACK |
Companion
Unless otherwise specified, attacks made by this weapon are not affected by friendly abilities that modify hit rolls, wound rolls or weapon characteristics, except for those that apply negative modifiers (e.g. ‘Covering Fire’).| Reaction: You declared an ATTACK ability | 1 |
ALL-OUT ATTACK: The warriors fight with 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. For the rest of the turn, subtract 1 from save rolls for the unit using this 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. For the rest of the turn, subtract 1 from save rolls for the unit using this ability.
5.0 Abilities
The vast majority of things that units can do in Warhammer Age of Sigmar are called abilities. This is an example of an ability:1
Timing2
Name and description3
Declare instructions4
Effect5
KeywordsAbility icons give you an idea what kind of effect the ability has at a glance.Movement AbilityOffensive AbilityDefensive AbilityShooting AbilityRallying AbilitySpecial Ability Control Ability | ||
FAQ
| Q: | Some abilities (e.g. ‘All-out Attack’) have a red timing bar. Can these abilities only be used in the combat phase? |
| A: | No. The words in the timing bar or, in the case of reactions and passive abilities, the specific wording of the ability will let you know exactly when you can use it; the colour is just there as a play aid. If a phase is not specified, the colour indicates the most common phase it is used in or, if it is used in multiple phases equally, the timing bar is black. |
| Q: | Some abilities have a green timing bar. What does this mean? |
| A: | The green timing bar is used to indicate defensive abilities, many of which can be used in multiple phases. |
| Q: | Are non-passive abilities such as ‘Burning Wyrdflame’ optional to use? |
| A: | Yes. You must apply the effects of passive abilities and abilities that state that they must be used if it is possible to do so, but all other abilities are optional to use. |
5.3 The Rules of One
- A unit cannot use more than 1 CORE ability per phase (see 14.0).
- A unit cannot use the same ability more than once per phase, unless specified otherwise.
- A unit cannot be affected by the same passive ability more than once at the same time. For example, if a unit is within range of two different terrain features that have the ‘Cover’ passive ability, the effect only applies to it once.
FAQ
| Q: | Are Reaction abilities subject to the Rules of One? For example, if a unit has a Reaction ability on their warscroll, could they only use it once per phase? |
| A: | Yes. |
1.0 Wizards and Priests
WIZARDS are special units that can cast spells, and PRIESTS are special units that can chant prayers. Spells and prayers are powerful abilities that can have a dramatic impact on the battle.
Banish Manifestation
| Your Hero Phase |
BANISH MANIFESTATION: The wizard or priest disrupts the arcane forces sustaining a manifestation, wiping it from existence.
Declare: Pick a friendly WIZARD or PRIEST to use this ability, pick a MANIFESTATION within 30" of them that was not summoned this turn to be the target, then make a banishment roll of 2D6. Add 1 to the banishment roll for each additional enemy MANIFESTATION on the battlefield after the first. You cannot pick the same MANIFESTATION to be the target of this ability more than once per turn.
Effect: If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on the MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, it is banished and removed from play.
Effect: If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on the MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, it is banished and removed from play.
| KEYWORDS | BANISH |
| Enemy Hero Phase | 1 |
MAGICAL INTERVENTION: A warrior learned in the mystic arts utters a rapid incantation to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
Declare: Pick a friendly WIZARD or PRIEST to use this ability.
Effect: That friendly unit can use a SPELL, PRAYER or BANISH ability (as appropriate) as if it were your hero phase. If you do so, subtract 1 from casting rolls or chanting rolls made as part of that ability.
Effect: That friendly unit can use a SPELL, PRAYER or BANISH ability (as appropriate) as if it were your hero phase. If you do so, subtract 1 from casting rolls or chanting rolls made as part of that ability.
7.2 Banishing Manifestations
Instead of using a SPELL or PRAYER ability (including when using the ‘Magical Intervention’ ability), each WIZARD and PRIEST can use the ‘Banish Manifestation’ ability:| Your Hero Phase |
BANISH MANIFESTATION: The wizard or priest disrupts the arcane forces sustaining a manifestation, wiping it from existence.
Declare: Pick a friendly WIZARD or PRIEST to use this ability, pick a MANIFESTATION within 30" of them that was not summoned this turn to be the target, then make a banishment roll of 2D6. Add 1 to the banishment roll for each additional enemy MANIFESTATION on the battlefield after the first. You cannot pick the same MANIFESTATION to be the target of this ability more than once per turn.
Effect: If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on the MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, it is banished and removed from play.
Effect: If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on the MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, it is banished and removed from play.
| KEYWORDS | BANISH |
Blood Tithe Abilities
| Once Per Turn (Army), Reaction: You declared a CHARGE ability | 0 |
MURDERLUST: When worthy opponents are near, the impulse to kill becomes all-consuming.
You do not need to unlock this ability to use it. It is already unlocked.
Effect: Roll a dice. You can replace one of the dice in the charge roll with that value. If you do so, inflict D3 mortal damage on the unit using that CHARGE ability after that ability is resolved.
Effect: Roll a dice. You can replace one of the dice in the charge roll with that value. If you do so, inflict D3 mortal damage on the unit using that CHARGE ability after that ability is resolved.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Once per Turn, Start of Any Turn | 1 |
DIVINE SCORN: The battlefield is Khorne's temple, and Khorne's alone.
Declare: Pick up to 3 enemy WIZARDS or PRIESTS within 6" of any friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units to be the target(s).
Effect: Roll a dice for each target. On a 3+, subtract 1 from the target’s power level, to a minimum of 0, until the start of the next turn.
Effect: Roll a dice for each target. On a 3+, subtract 1 from the target’s power level, to a minimum of 0, until the start of the next turn.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Combat Phase | 1 |
PUNISH THE PACIFIST: To shirk from combat is to sin against the War God.
Declare: Each unit (friendly and enemy) and enemy MANIFESTATION that is not in combat is a target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 1-2, inflict 1 mortal damage on each target. On a 3+, inflict 1 mortal damage on each enemy target.
Effect: Roll a dice. On a 1-2, inflict 1 mortal damage on each target. On a 3+, inflict 1 mortal damage on each enemy target.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase | 2 |
MURDER THE MYSTIC: Those who cower behind conjured spellcraft will be punished severely.
You can only unlock this ability if you have unlocked ‘Divine Scorn’.
Declare: Pick up to 4 enemy MANIFESTATIONS to be the target(s).
Effect: Make a banishment roll of 2D6 for each target. If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on that MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, inflict D3 mortal damage on each enemy unit within 3" of it and then it is banished and removed from play.
Declare: Pick up to 4 enemy MANIFESTATIONS to be the target(s).
Effect: Make a banishment roll of 2D6 for each target. If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on that MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, inflict D3 mortal damage on each enemy unit within 3" of it and then it is banished and removed from play.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Passive | 2 |
GLORIOUS COMBAT OR NAUGHT: The air boils, charring arrows and melting musket shot.
You can only unlock this ability if you have unlocked ‘Divine Scorn’ or ‘Punish the Pacifist’.
Effect: Subtract 1 from hit rolls for shooting attacks that target friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
Effect: Subtract 1 from hit rolls for shooting attacks that target friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Passive | 3 |
REVEL IN BATTLE: No tricks - no deceptions.
You can only unlock this ability if you have unlocked ‘Punish the Pacifist’.
Effect: Other than the Companion weapon ability, weapon abilities for combat attacks made by enemy units that charged this turn and that target a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE unit have no effect.
Effect: Other than the Companion weapon ability, weapon abilities for combat attacks made by enemy units that charged this turn and that target a friendly BLADES OF KHORNE unit have no effect.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Passive | 4 |
SLAUGHTER TRIUMPHANT: Khorne's fury floods the field, burning out all thought but to slay.
You can only unlock this ability if you have unlocked ‘Murder the Mystic’ or ‘Glorious Combat or Naught’.
Effect: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of weapons used by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units that charged in the same turn.
Effect: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of weapons used by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units that charged in the same turn.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
| Passive | 4 |
CLEAVE WIDE THE GRIN OF KHORNE: Gore begets gore, and death begets death.
You can only unlock this ability if you have already unlocked ‘Revel in Battle’ or ‘Glorious Combat or Naught’.
Effect: Add 1 to hit rolls for combat attacks made by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
Effect: Add 1 to hit rolls for combat attacks made by friendly BLADES OF KHORNE units.
| KEYWORDS | BLOOD TITHE |
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. Units can finish a charge move within 1/2" of an enemy faction terrain feature as if it were a unit.
- They can be picked as targets of enemy abilities as if they were units. They are not affected by enemy abilities that do not involve picking targets.
- Damage points can be inflicted on them as if they were units and they can be destroyed.
- 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. | ||
FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | Are faction terrain features still subject to the restrictions in Core Rules, 5.3 The Rules of One? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | If an ability requires you to set up a unit more than 9" from all enemy units, could you set up a unit within 9" of a faction terrain feature? |
| A: | Yes. However, some faction terrain features (such as the Shrine Luminor) allow a unit to be placed on them. Since, in these cases, you measure range and visibility to and from the terrain feature instead of the unit, you would not be able to set up a unit within 9" of a faction terrain feature that has a unit on it. |
| Q: | Are faction terrain features affected by friendly abilities (e.g. those that give units the WARD keyword)? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | Can faction terrain features use command abilities? |
| A: |
| Q: | If a faction terrain feature is closer to a friendly unit using the ‘Covering Fire’ command than any other units, do I have to target that faction terrain feature? Can I choose to? |
| A: | No to both. However, some faction terrain features (such as the Shrine Luminor) allow a unit to be placed on them. Since, in these cases, you measure range and visibility to and from the terrain feature instead of the unit, you would have to target that terrain feature if it was closest. |
| Q: | If an ability or battle tactic requires a unit to be destroyed (e.g. ‘The Blood Tithe’), does destroying a faction terrain feature count? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | Can a unit placed on a faction terrain feature be picked as the target of enemy abilities (as opposed to the target of attacks)? For example, if I were to pick a Shrine Luminor as the target of the Realmshaper Engine’s ‘Power Unleashed’ ability, could I pick the hero placed on the Shrine Luminor as a target of that ability? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | Do I need to use a RETREAT ability to move away from a faction terrain feature that has a Move characteristic of 0"? |
| A: | No, you can use any MOVE ability. However, some faction terrain features (such as the Shrine Luminor) allow a unit to be placed on them. Since, in these cases, you measure range and visibility to and from the terrain feature instead of the unit, you would have to use a RETREAT ability to move away from a terrain feature that has a unit on it. |
Errata
Addenda: Terrain, 1.5 Faction Terrain
Add the following to the bulleted list:
‘• 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.
Add the following:
‘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.’
‘• 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.
Add the following:
‘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.’
Terrain, 1.5 Faction Terrain
In the first bullet point, change ‘In the charge phase and the combat phase’ to ‘In the combat phase’.
32.1 Contesting Objectives
Unless otherwise specified, if an objective is within a model’s combat range, that model is contesting that objective. If any models in a unit are contesting an objective, that unit is contesting that objective.Each unit can only count as contesting a single objective for the purposes of determining objective control (see 32.2). Before determining objective control, for each of their units contesting two or more objectives, the active player must pick one of those objectives for it to contest. Then, their opponent does the same.
Designer’s Note: For purposes other than determining objective control, a unit can contest more than one objective.
Errata
32.1 Contesting Objectives
Change the second paragraph to:
‘Each unit can only count as contesting a single objective for the purposes of determining objective control (see 32.2). Before determining objective control, for each of their units contesting two or more objectives, the active player must pick one of those objectives for it to contest. Then, their opponent does the same.
Designer’s Note: For purposes other than determining objective control, a unit can contest more than one objective.’
‘Each unit can only count as contesting a single objective for the purposes of determining objective control (see 32.2). Before determining objective control, for each of their units contesting two or more objectives, the active player must pick one of those objectives for it to contest. Then, their opponent does the same.
Designer’s Note: For purposes other than determining objective control, a unit can contest more than one objective.’
Contesting
Change the definition of contesting to:
‘contesting: Models contest objectives within their combat range (3"). When determining objective control, the same unit cannot contest more than 1 objective at the same time; the player must pick 1 if more than 1 is within range. (Core Rules, 32.1)’
‘contesting: Models contest objectives within their combat range (3"). When determining objective control, the same unit cannot contest more than 1 objective at the same time; the player must pick 1 if more than 1 is within range. (Core Rules, 32.1)’
Impassable
Models cannot move across, be set up on or end moves on any part of this terrain feature.BLISSFULLY UNAWARE
| Deployment Phase |
BLISSFULLY UNAWARE: The escorting army have no idea that they are walking into a trap.
Declare: Pick a unit from your roster that has not been deployed to be the target.
Effect: Set up the target unit wholly within friendly territory and more than 3" from enemy territory. After you have done so, it has been deployed.
Effect: Set up the target unit wholly within friendly territory and more than 3" from enemy territory. After you have done so, it has been deployed.
| KEYWORDS | DEPLOY |
2.1.1 Within and Wholly Within
A model is within a certain distance of something (e.g. another unit, a territory or an objective) if any part of its base is within that distance. A model is wholly within a certain distance of something if every part of its base is within that distance.A unit is within a certain distance of something if any part of the base of any model in the unit is within that distance. A unit is wholly within a certain distance of something if every part of the bases of all of the models in the unit is within that distance.
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.15.1 Coherency
Any time a unit is set up or ends a move, it must be in a single group. A unit is considered to be in a coherent group if each model in that unit is within coherency range, measured horizontally, of at least 1 other model in that unit (ignore differences in height between the two models).For the majority of units, coherency range is 1/2", though some units (particularly those with large models with overhanging parts) have a longer coherency range noted on their warscroll for ease of play. While there are 7 or more models in a unit, that unit is considered to be in a coherent group if each model in that unit is within coherency range of at least 2 other models in that unit.
If it is not possible for a unit to end a move in a single coherent group, that move cannot be made.
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18.3 Slain Models
The commander of a unit must pick which model(s) in the unit are slain. However, after each slain model is removed, the unit must be in a single coherent group (see 15.1). If this is not possible, continue to remove models, one at a time, until the unit is in a single coherent group. You must remove the fewest models possible to make the unit a single coherent group.FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | Do models removed as a result of a unit being out of coherency count as having been slain? |
| A: | Yes. |
Errata
Addenda: 18.3 Slain models
Add the following:
‘You must remove the fewest models possible to make the unit a single coherent group.’
‘You must remove the fewest models possible to make the unit a single coherent group.’
Addenda: removed from play/removed from the battlefield
Add the following definition:
‘removed from play/removed from the battlefield: When a model or unit is removed from the battlefield, it no longer has any effect on the battle, though it can still be relevant for abilities that allow you to return models or replace units.’
‘removed from play/removed from the battlefield: When a model or unit is removed from the battlefield, it no longer has any effect on the battle, though it can still be relevant for abilities that allow you to return models or replace units.’
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.
Unbind
| Reaction: Opponent declared a SPELL ability |
UNBIND: The wizard saps the energy from an enemy’s spell, nullifying its effects.
Used By: A friendly WIZARD within 30" of the enemy WIZARD casting the spell.
Effect: Make an unbinding roll of 2D6. If the roll exceeds the casting roll for the spell, then the spell is unbound and its effect is not resolved. This reaction cannot be used more than once per casting roll.
Effect: Make an unbinding roll of 2D6. If the roll exceeds the casting roll for the spell, then the spell is unbound and its effect is not resolved. This reaction cannot be used more than once per casting roll.
| KEYWORDS | UNBIND |
7.2 Banishing Manifestations
Instead of using a SPELL or PRAYER ability (including when using the ‘Magical Intervention’ ability), each WIZARD and PRIEST can use the ‘Banish Manifestation’ ability:| Your Hero Phase |
BANISH MANIFESTATION: The wizard or priest disrupts the arcane forces sustaining a manifestation, wiping it from existence.
Declare: Pick a friendly WIZARD or PRIEST to use this ability, pick a MANIFESTATION within 30" of them that was not summoned this turn to be the target, then make a banishment roll of 2D6. Add 1 to the banishment roll for each additional enemy MANIFESTATION on the battlefield after the first. You cannot pick the same MANIFESTATION to be the target of this ability more than once per turn.
Effect: If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on the MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, it is banished and removed from play.
Effect: If the banishment roll equals or exceeds the banishment value listed on the MANIFESTATION’s warscroll, it is banished and removed from play.
| KEYWORDS | BANISH |
BLIGHTED WATERS
| Once Per Turn (Army), Start of Enemy Turn |
BLIGHTED WATERS: Dark maladies have cursed the waters of Thyria, spreading sickness and rot throughout the land.
Declare: Randomly pick a contaminated terrain feature. If that terrain feature has been remediated by your opponent’s army, pick each friendly unit within 3" of that terrain feature to be the targets. Otherwise, pick each unit within 3" of that terrain feature to be the targets.
Effect: Make a contamination roll of D3 for each target. On a 1, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target. On a 2+, the target has STRIKE-LAST for the rest of the turn.
Effect: Make a contamination roll of D3 for each target. On a 1, inflict 1 mortal damage on the target. On a 2+, the target has STRIKE-LAST for the rest of the turn.
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.
Crit (2 Hits)
If an attack made with this weapon scores a critical hit, that attack scores 2 hits on the target unit instead of 1. Make a wound roll for each hit.1.1 Power Level
Each WIZARD and PRIEST has a power level, shown in brackets after the keyword, e.g. WIZARD (2). A WIZARD or PRIEST’s power level determines the number of SPELL, PRAYER or BANISH abilities they can use per phase, in any combination. For example, a WIZARD (2) unit could use 1 SPELL and 1 BANISH ability in their commander’s hero phase.
FAQ
| Q: | If a unit has multiple power levels (e.g. a HERO that is both a WIZARD and a PRIEST), and another ability modifies that unit’s power level (e.g. the ‘Witchbane Curse’ prayer), which power level does it modify? |
| A: | If that ability only targets WIZARDS or only targets PRIESTS, it modifies the corresponding power level. If it could target either or does not specify the target, it modifies both. |
Crit (Mortal)
If an attack made with this weapon scores a critical hit, that attack inflicts mortal damage on the target unit equal to the Damage characteristic of that weapon and the attack sequence ends.Charge (+1 Damage)
Add 1 to this weapon’s Damage characteristic if the attacking unit charged this turn.Crit (Auto-wound)
If an attack made with this weapon scores a critical hit, that attack automatically wounds the target. Make a save roll as normal.| Passive |
CHAMPION: A veteran fighter leads the charge.
Effect: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of weapons used by champions in this unit.
| Passive |
STANDARD BEARER: The unit’s standard provides a rallying point in the chaos of battle.
Effect: While this unit contains any standard bearers, add 1 to this unit’s control score.
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MUSICIAN: The beat of a drum or the blast of a horn drives the soldiers ever onward.
Effect: While this unit contains any musicians, if it uses the ‘Rally’ command, you can make one additional rally roll of D6.
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