Drukhari – Succubus
MELEE WEAPONS | RANGE | A | WS | S | AP | D | |
| Archite glaive and agoniser anti-infantry 3+ precision | |||||||
| Archite glaive and agoniser anti-infantry 3+ precision | Melee | 7 | 2+ | 3 | -2 | 1 | |
ABILITIES
CORE: Leader
FACTION: Power from Pain
UNIT COMPOSITION
- 1 Succubus
| YOUR UNIT COSTS | |
| 1 model | 50 |
LEADER
This model can be attached to the following unit:
KEYWORDS: INFANTRY; WYCH CULT; CHARACTER; AELDARI; SUCCUBUS
FACTION KEYWORDS:
DRUKHARI
DRUKHARI
STRATAGEMS
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Core
C
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Core
C
FIRE OVERWATCH
1CP
Core
C
RAPID INGRESS
1CP
Core
C
HEROIC INTERVENTION
1CP
Core
C
EPIC CHALLENGE
1CP
Core
C
COUNTEROFFENSIVE
2CP
Core
C
BATTLEFIELD COMMAND
1CP
Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy
BA
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Boarding Actions – Epic Deed
BA
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Boarding Actions – Epic Deed
BA
EXPLOSIVE CLEARANCE
1CP
Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic
BA
COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
2CP
Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy
BA
POSTMORTALITY
1CP
Covenite Coterie – Epic Deed
CONNOISSEURS OF PAIN
1CP
Covenite Coterie – Battle Tactic
SYMPHONY OF SUFFERING
1CP
Covenite Coterie – Epic Deed
SCULPTING THE STAGE
1CP
Exhibition of Slaughter Stratagem
ACROBATIC DISPLAY
1CP
Exhibition of Slaughter Stratagem
PLANNED STRIKES
1CP
Exhibition of Slaughter Stratagem
DOUBLE-CROSS
1CP
Kabalite Cartel – Strategic Ploy
TAKEN ALIVE
1CP
Kabalite Cartel – Battle Tactic
EAGER FOR THE KILL
1CP
Realspace Raiders – Battle Tactic
FIGHTING SHADOWS
1CP
Realspace Raiders – Battle Tactic
INSTINCTIVE SPITE
1CP
Realspace Raiders – Battle Tactic
RAID AND FADE
2CP
Realspace Raiders – Strategic Ploy
DARK HARVEST
1CP
Realspace Raiders – Strategic Ploy
SCINTILLATING TEMPO
1CP
Reaper’s Wager – Strategic Ploy
SHORTEN THE ODDS
1CP
Reaper’s Wager – Strategic Ploy
DANCE MACABRE
2CP
Reaper’s Wager – Strategic Ploy
MALICIOUS FRENZY
1CP
Reaper’s Wager – Battle Tactic
FATEFUL ROLE
1CP
Reaper’s Wager – Strategic Ploy
MURDERER’S CIRCUS
1CP
Reaper’s Wager – Battle Tactic
PHANTASM GRENADES
1CP
Ship-killer Cult – Wargear
HYPERAGILITY
1CP
Ship-killer Cult – Battle Tactic
NO OBSTACLE
1CP
Ship-killer Cult – Strategic Ploy
TOYING WITH THE PREY
1CP
Ship-killer Cult – Strategic Ploy
POUNCE ON THE PREY
1CP
Skysplinter Assault – Strategic Ploy
SKYBORNE ANNIHILATION
1CP
Skysplinter Assault – Battle Tactic
WRAITHLIKE RETREAT
1CP
Skysplinter Assault – Strategic Ploy
SHIPBOARD SHADES
1CP
Space Lane Raiders – Battle Tactic
FEIGNED WEAKNESS
1CP
Spectacle of Spite – Strategic Ploy
PRETERNATURAL AGILITY
1CP
Spectacle of Spite – Strategic Ploy
A CHALLENGE MET
2CP
Spectacle of Spite – Battle Tactic
ACROBATIC DISPLAY
1CP
Spectacle of Spite – Battle Tactic
BERSERK FUGUE
2CP
Spectacle of Spite – Strategic Ploy
DEADLY DEBUT
1CP
Spectacle of Spite – Battle Tactic
DETACHMENT ABILITY
Callous Competition
Alliance of Agony
Combat Drugs
Exacting Cruelty
Rain Of Cruelty
Commorrite Rivalries
Appetite for Adulation
ENHANCEMENTS
Archraider
15
Webway Walker
15
Conductor of Torment
20
Eye of Spite
15
Dark Vitality
20
Spiteful Raider
10
Phantasmal Smoke
15
Sadistic Fulcrum
15
Nightmare Shroud
20
Chronoshard
15
Pharmacophex
15
Morghenna’s Curse
20
Periapt of Torments
25
Hyperstimm Trafficker
20
Periapt of Torments
20
Power and Greed
Spiteful Demise
Blood-Drenched Champion
Stimm-Fervour
The AELDARI keyword is used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
Beast Character
Infantry
Transport
The AIRCRAFT keyword is used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
The ARCHON keyword is used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
Infantry Epic Hero
Infantry Character
The BLADES FOR HIRE keyword is used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
Infantry Epic Hero
The CHARACTER keyword is used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
Beast Character
The DEDICATED TRANSPORT keyword is used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
The DRUKHARI keyword is used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
Beast Character
Infantry
Transport
The HAEMONCULUS COVENS keyword is used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
Infantry Epic Hero
Infantry Character
Battleline
Infantry
The HARLEQUINS keyword is used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
Infantry Epic Hero
Dedicated Transports
Infantry
Mounted
Vehicle
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
The KABAL keyword is used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
Infantry Epic Hero
Infantry Character
Battleline
The SCOURGES keyword is used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
The SUCCUBUS keyword is used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
Infantry Epic Hero
Infantry Character
The TRANSPORT keyword is used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
Transport
The WYCH CULT keyword is used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
Infantry Epic Hero
Infantry Character
Battleline
01.07.01 Battlefield Morale
The morale and organisation of troops can waver and break during battle. This is checked using battle-shock rolls, most commonly in the Command phase. Failing such a roll represents the unit’s courage faltering due to taking casualties or through other disruption, reducing its battlefield effectiveness. Similarly, some rules will require you to check a unit’s readiness by making a leadership roll.
01.07 Battle-shock Rolls
To make a battle-shock roll for a unit, its controlling player makes a leadership roll for it (see above).- If that roll succeeds, that unit does not become battle-shocked.
- If that roll fails, that unit, and each model in it, is battle-shocked.
While a unit is battle-shocked:
- The Objective Control (OC) characteristic of all of its models is modified to ‘-’ (02.02).
- Its controlling player cannot target that unit with stratagems (15).
- It is not eligible to start an action (16), and any action it has started cannot be completed.
SEE ALSO
- Battlefield Morale 01.07.01
- Battle-shock Test 01.07.02
BATTLEFIELD MORALE
The morale and organisation of troops can waver and break during battle. This is checked using battle-shock rolls, most commonly in the Command phase. Failing such a roll represents the unit’s courage faltering due to taking casualties or through other disruption, reducing its battlefield effectiveness. Similarly, some rules will require you to check a unit’s readiness by making a leadership roll.LEADER24.22 / SUPPORT24.23
Mighty heroes fight at the forefront of battle.
Before the battle, in the Muster Armies step, for each leader and support unit in your army, you can select one friendly bodyguard unit that unit can lead. That unit will then lead that bodyguard unit for the battle and form an attached unit with it.Unless otherwise stated, each bodyguard unit can only have one leader unit and one support unit attached to it.
Power from Pain
The Drukhari feed on suffering and terror. Every arc of blood that jets from a blade-slit artery, every scream of agonised horror, every vertiginous moment of shock or despair experienced by their prey surges through the Drukhari like an intoxicant. As the battle rages, the denizens of the Dark City drink deep of the floodtide of pain. Sinews singing with stolen strength, motions blurred to preternatural swiftness, they howl in exhilarated bloodlust and fight all the harder to extract yet sweeter agonies from those who dare resist them.
All DRUKHARI units have a Pain ability, tagged with the word ‘Pain’. Pain abilities only apply to a unit while it is Empowered. If your Army Faction is DRUKHARI, you can Empower units from your army with Pain abilities by spending Pain tokens (see below).
Designer’s Note: You can also spend Pain tokens to activate additional effects in certain other rules such as Enhancements and Stratagems.
Gaining Pain Tokens
If your Army Faction is DRUKHARI, you gain Pain tokens as follows:
- 1 Pain token at the start of your Command phase.
- 1 Pain token each time an enemy unit is destroyed.
- 1 Pain token each time an enemy unit fails a Battle-shock test.
Empowered Through Pain
Each Pain ability will state when you can spend Pain tokens to Empower that unit. When you do, until the end of the phase, that unit is Empowered and all Pain abilities it has take effect. While an Attached unit is Empowered, the Pain abilities of all Leader and Bodyguard units in that unit take effect - you do not need to spend additional Pain tokens to activate each of those Pain abilities.
Example: At the start of your Charge phase, you spend 1 Pain token to Empower a unit of Wyches. The unit becomes Empowered, and so its Acrobatic Gladiators ability takes effect until the end of the phase. A Succubus is leading the unit, and so its Lithe Agility ability also takes effect until the end of the phase (no additional Pain token is required to activate that ability as well).
The HAEMONCULUS keyword is used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
Infantry Epic Hero
Infantry Character
06.02.01 Normal Damage
Normal Damage is damage that was inflicted on a model as a result of a weapon’s D characteristic, rather than by other means such as mortal wounds. Mortal wounds dealt in addition to normal damage from an attack are part of that same attack.
06.02 Mortal Wounds
Some attacks or rules inflict mortal wounds on units. Each time a unit suffers one or more mortal wounds, its controlling player must resolve the following sequence for each of those mortal wounds, until either all of them have been inflicted or that unit is destroyed:- Select Model: Select one model in that unit by following the first instruction below that applies:
If a non-CHARACTER model in that unit has lost one or more wounds, you must select that model. Otherwise, if that unit contains one or more non-CHARACTER models, you must select one of those models. Otherwise, if one or more CHARACTER models in that unit have lost one or more wounds, you must select one of those models. Otherwise, you must select one CHARACTER model in that unit. - Resolve Damage: The selected model loses 1 wound. If this reduces that model’s remaining wounds to 0, it is destroyed.
MORTAL WOUNDS AND NORMAL DAMAGE
When resolving attack dice, if those attacks inflict a mixture of both mortal wounds and normal damage, resolve all of the normal damage first, then resolve all of the mortal wounds.
SEE ALSO
- Normal Damage 06.02.01
[LETHAL HITS]24.23
Many deadly weapons can inflict fatal injuries on any foe, no matter their resilience.
Each time an attack made with a [LETHAL HITS] weapon results in a critical hit, you can choose for that attack to automatically wound the target.Designer’s Note: Choosing to automatically wound the target means that no wound roll is made for that attack. You may decide against this, as it means that attack cannot result in a critical wound and so cannot trigger other abilities such as [DEVASTATING WOUNDS].
Hit Roll
Make one hit roll for each attack dice by rolling one D6. For each result, check if it fails or is a hit by matching the first condition below that applies:
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CRITICAL HITS
Critical hits are still hits. In addition, other rules can be triggered by a critical hit, such as [LETHAL HITS] (24).The DRUKHARI and BATTLELINE keywords are used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
01.02.01 Starting Strength and Half-Strength
The number of models a unit contains at the start of the first battle round is its starting strength. The starting strength of an attached unit is the number of models that unit contains at the start of the first battle round.Some rules refer to units being below starting strength, or at – or below – half-strength. The meaning of these terms varies depending on a unit’s starting strength, as shown below.
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Example: A Captain (1 model) is attached to a unit of Intercessors (5 models). This attached unit has a starting strength of 6. If three Intercessors were destroyed, the unit would be at half-strength. If four Intercessors were destroyed, the unit would be below half-strength. If all of the Intercessors were destroyed, the remaining Captain would be below half-strength, despite having his full wounds remaining.
SOME UNITS CANNOT BE AT HALF-STRENGTH
If a model’s W characteristic or a unit’s starting strength cannot be evenly divided in half, that model or unit cannot be at half-strength (but can be below half-strength as described above).[DEVASTATING WOUNDS]24.10
The most potent weapons strike with such power that they make a mockery of armour and can cleave through several foes.
Each time an attack made with a [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] weapon results in a critical wound, the attack sequence for that attack ends and the target unit suffers a number of mortal wounds equal to the D characteristic of that weapon. These are inflicted after resolving any normal damage inflicted by those attacks.Mortal wounds inflicted by [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] weapons can damage a maximum of one model for each critical wound; any remaining mortal wounds inflicted by that attack are lost.
Example: An attack made with a [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] weapon with a D characteristic of 3 results in a critical wound against an Intercessor Squad, so inflicts 3 mortal wounds. The first 2 mortal wounds are sufficient to destroy 1 Intercessor model, so the remaining mortal wound is lost.
05.02.01 Multiple Toughness Characteristics
When resolving attacks that target a unit in which the models have two or more different T characteristics, follow the first instruction that applies from below:- If the target unit is an attached unit, use the highest T characteristic amongst bodyguard models in that unit that are on the battlefield.
- Use the highest T characteristic amongst models in that unit that are on the battlefield.
Wound Roll
Make one wound roll for each hit by rolling one D6. For each result, check if it fails or is a wound by matching the first condition below that applies:
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CRITICAL WOUNDS
Critical wounds are still wounds. In addition, other rules can be triggered by a critical wound, such as [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] (24).SEE ALSO
- Multiple Toughness Characteristics 05.02.01
03.04 Engagement
A model’s engagement range is the area of the battlefield within 2" horizontally and 5" vertically of it.
- While a friendly model is within engagement range of one or more enemy models, those models – and the units they belong to – are engaged with each other.
- While a unit contains no engaged models, that unit is unengaged.
WHAT IS ENGAGEMENT?
While opposing models are within each other’s engagement range, they are able to fight in vicious melee, so unless they are seeking to make melee attacks, models should keep out of their foes’ reach.
ENGAGEMENT
These two units have at least one model within 2" of the opposing unit, and are therefore engaged with each other.
ADVANCE MOVE09.06
MAXIMUM DISTANCE: Advance roll + your unit’s M characteristic.
ELIGIBLE IF: Your unit is on the battlefield and unengaged.EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
BEFORE MOVING: Make an advance roll by rolling one D6.
AFTER MOVING:
- Your unit must be unengaged.
- Until the end of the turn, unless otherwise stated, your unit is not eligible to declare a charge or start an action.
NORMAL MOVE09.05
MAXIMUM DISTANCE: Your unit’s M characteristic.
ELIGIBLE IF: Your unit is on the battlefield and unengaged.EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
AFTER MOVING: Your unit must be unengaged.
06.03 Hazard Rolls
To make a hazard roll for a unit, roll one D6: on a 1-2, that roll fails and that unit suffers 1 mortal wound, or 3 mortal wounds instead if each model in that unit is a MONSTER/VEHICLE model. If more than one hazard roll is required for a unit, make all of those rolls simultaneously.
FALL-BACK MOVE09.07
MAXIMUM DISTANCE: Your unit’s M characteristic.
ELIGIBLE IF: Your unit is engaged.EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
BEFORE MOVING: Select fall-back mode:
- Ordered Retreat: If your unit is not battle-shocked, you can select this mode.
- Desperate Escape: Otherwise, you must select this mode. Make a hazard roll for each model in your unit (06.03).
- Desperate Escape: Each model that is moved can be moved through enemy models.
- Your unit must be unengaged.
- Until the end of the turn, unless otherwise stated, your unit is not eligible to shoot, declare a charge or start an action.
- Desperate Escape: If your unit is not battle-shocked, you must make a battle-shock roll for your unit (01.07).
INGRESS MOVE20.04
SET-UP DISTANCE: 6"
ELIGIBLE IF: Your unit is in strategic reserves (excluding units that are embarked within TRANSPORTS that are themselves in strategic reserves).EFFECT: Your unit is set up as described in Set Up (03.02).
BEFORE MOVING: Your unit is set up as described in Set Up (03.02).
WHILE MOVING: Set up your unit wholly within the set-up distance of one or more battlefield edges and more than 8" horizontally from all enemy units.
- Before the Third Battle Round: While doing so, no models can be set up within your opponent’s deployment zone.
Moving a Model in a Straight Line
Each time you move a model in a straight line, move it horizontally across the battlefield. Measure from the same point on its base at the start and end of that move, and add that distance to any other distance it has moved since its unit began that move. The distance moved cannot be greater than the maximum distance of that move type.
Rotating a Model
Each time you rotate a model, turn it any amount around the centre of its base, while keeping it upright. Note that rotating a model does not count towards the distance it has moved.
REMAIN STATIONARY09.04
MAXIMUM DISTANCE: ‘–’
ELIGIBLE IF: Any unit.EFFECT: No models are moved (either in straight lines or rotated). Units that remain stationary do not trigger any rules that are triggered when a unit starts or ends a move.
05.04.04 Destroyed
Throughout a battle, models will suffer damage, lose wounds and be destroyed. When every model in a unit has been destroyed, that unit is destroyed.When a model is destroyed, first resolve any rules that are triggered when it is destroyed, then it is removed from the battlefield. If any such rules apply, and if the model was destroyed as the result of an attack, unless otherwise stated, those rules are only resolved and that model is only removed after the attacking unit’s attacks have been resolved. Unless otherwise stated, destroyed models and units cannot use abilities or be selected or targeted by rules.
Some rules only trigger if an enemy model or unit was destroyed by you, or by a model or unit from your army. This means that the enemy model or unit was destroyed by an attack made by a model from your army, or by a player rule you have. Enemy models or units that are destroyed by any other means are not destroyed by you, or by a model or unit from your army.
01.04.03 As Close As Possible
- If a rule instructs you to move a model as close as possible to a unit or model you must end that model’s move in base contact with that unit or model if its move is sufficient to do so without breaking any other restrictions (such as coherency), or as close as you can achieve if its move is not sufficient.
- If a model is already as close as possible to a unit or model when it is instructed to make a move as close as possible towards a unit or model, that model cannot be moved, but still counts as having made the move in question.
- If a rule instructs you to move a model as close as possible to an objective you must end that model’s move within range of an objective if its move is sufficient to do so without breaking any other restrictions (such as coherency), or as close as you can achieve if its move is not sufficient.
- If that model is already within range of an objective it can move up to the maximum distance of that move but must end its move still within range of that objective.
01.02.02 Persisting Rules Effects
Some rules apply an effect that lasts until a certain duration has passed (e.g. until the start of your next turn). Such effects are known as persisting effects.If a persisting effect applies to a unit when you place it in strategic reserves or when it embarks within a TRANSPORT, make a note of that effect and its duration; if that unit is set up on the battlefield again, any persisting effects continue to apply to that unit for their full duration.
If you have a rule that specifies when it is triggered (e.g. ‘In the Shooting phase’) and it does not specify how long it is active for, it is only active for the duration of that specified period (e.g. until the end of that Shooting phase). After that period, that effect is no longer applicable/active.
If a rule or effect is given to a unit and it does not specify how long it is active for, it is only active for the phase in which it was given.
18.03 Disembarking
In the active player’s Movement phase, each friendly unit embarked within a TRANSPORT model can disembark from it by making a disembark move (see below).If a TRANSPORT model is destroyed, before removing it from the battlefield, the active player must make an emergency disembark move (see below) with each unit embarked within it.
SEE ALSO
- Persisting Rules Effects 01.02.02
- Hazard Rolls 06.03
DISEMBARK MOVE18.04
SET-UP DISTANCE:
- Rapid/Tactical Disembark: 3"
- Combat Disembark: 6"
ELIGIBLE IF: All of the following apply to your unit:- Rapid/Tactical Disembark: 3"
- Combat Disembark: 6"
- Embarked within a TRANSPORT model that is on the battlefield.
- Did not embark within that TRANSPORT this phase.
- That TRANSPORT has not made an advance or fall-back move this phase.
BEFORE MOVING: Select disembark mode:
- Rapid Disembark:If that TRANSPORT made a normal or ingress move this phase, you must select this mode.
- Tactical Disembark:Otherwise, If that TRANSPORT remained stationary or has not yet been selected to move this phase, and if you can set up your unit as described below, you must select this mode.
- Combat Disembark:Otherwise, you must select this mode. Make a hazard roll for each model in your unit.
- Rapid Disembark:If that TRANSPORT made an ingress move this turn, each model must follow the same rules that TRANSPORT had to follow while resolving that move.
- Combat Disembark:Each model can be set up engaged with one or more enemy units that TRANSPORT is engaged with.
- Rapid Disembark:Until the end of the turn, your unit is not eligible to declare a charge.
- Tactical Disembark:Select your unit to make a normal or advance move.
- Combat Disembark:Your unit is battle-shocked and, until the end of the turn, it is not eligible to declare a charge.
RAPID DISEMBARK
When a unit uses the rapid disembark mode after its TRANSPORT makes an ingress move, the models must follow the same rules and restrictions as that TRANSPORT did. For example, if that TRANSPORT had to be set up more than 8" from all enemy units and not within your opponent’s deployment zone, the same applies to the disembarking unit.EMERGENCY DISEMBARK MOVE18.05
SET-UP DISTANCE: 6"
ELIGIBLE IF: Your unit is embarked within a TRANSPORT model that was just destroyed.EFFECT: Your unit is set up as described in Set Up (03.02).
BEFORE MOVING: Make a hazard roll for each model in your unit (06.03).
WHILE MOVING: Set up each model in your unit wholly within the set-up distance of that TRANSPORT, and as close as possible to that TRANSPORT. Each model that cannot be set up in this way is destroyed.
AFTER MOVING: Your unit is battle-shocked and, until the end of the turn, it is not eligible to declare a charge.
13.08 Benefit of Cover
Each time a ranged attack targets a unit, if every model in that unit meets one or more of the following conditions, that unit has the benefit of cover against that attack:- That model has the INFANTRY/BEASTS/SWARM keyword and is within a terrain area.
- That model is not fully visible to the attacking model due to one or more intervening terrain features and/or one or more intervening obscuring terrain areas (see below).
Each time a ranged attack targets a unit that has the benefit of cover against it, worsen the BS characteristic of that attack by 1.
STEALTH24.33
The stealthiest warriors can evade the attentions, and the bullets, of their foes.
If every model in a unit has this ability, each time a ranged attack targets that unit, that unit has the benefit of cover against that attack (13.08).06.01 Visibility
Line of sight is used to determine visibility between models. For an observing model to have line of sight, it must be possible to draw an imaginary straight line, 1 mm wide, from any part of that model to any part of the model being observed. This line is the line of sight. While doing so, other models in the observing model’s unit and in the observed model’s unit are ignored.Other models and units can be either visible or fully visible to the observing model, as shown below. Note that terrain applies additional rules to visibility (13.07).
Model Visible
If any part of another model is visible to the observing model, that model is visible.
Model Fully Visible
If every part of another model that is facing the observing model is visible to the observing model (so the only thing blocking visibility to any part of that other model is that model itself), that model is fully visible.
Unit Visible
If one or more models in a unit are visible to the observing model, that unit is visible.
Unit Fully Visible
If every model in a unit is fully visible to the observing model, that unit is fully visible. When determining this, the observing model can see through other models in that unit.
SNAP SHOOTING15.09
ELIGIBLE IF: As stated in the rule allowing this shooting type.
EFFECT: Your unit shoots as described in Making Attacks (04).
WHILE SHOOTING:
EFFECT: Your unit shoots as described in Making Attacks (04).
WHILE SHOOTING:
- You can only target one visible enemy unit within 24" of your unit (and only if it is an eligible target).
- Each attack only hits on an unmodified hit roll of 6 (irrespective of the attacking weapon’s BS characteristic or any modifiers).
- You cannot re-roll hit rolls.
FIRE OVERWATCH15.08
1CP
Core Stratagem
A hail of fire can drive back advancing foes.
WHEN: End of your opponent’s Movement phase.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged unit (excluding TITANIC units).
EFFECT: Your unit shoots using snap shooting.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged unit (excluding TITANIC units).
EFFECT: Your unit shoots using snap shooting.
01.02.04 Not On The Battlefield
A unit that is embarked within a TRANSPORT or that is in strategic reserves is not on the battlefield. The following applies to such units:- That unit is not visible to any other units (units are visible to themselves).
- Any other unit is not visible to that unit.
- Players cannot measure distances to or from that unit (units are within range of their own abilities).
This means units not on the battlefield cannot be selected or targeted by any attack or rule that requires a unit to be visible or within a certain distance (other than their own abilities).
Such units can still use their other rules, and are still units in the controlling player’s army and so can be affected by rules that require a player to select a unit from an army, as well as rules that affect all units in an army.
The controlling player must make battle-shock rolls for units that are not on the battlefield in their Command phase if they are battle-shocked, or if they are at or below half-strength.
18.02 Embarking
Once the first battle round has started, a friendly unit can embark within a friendly TRANSPORT model after making a normal, advance or fall-back move, if all of the following conditions apply:- Each model in that unit is within 3" of that TRANSPORT.
- That unit was not set up on the battlefield this turn.
- That unit is eligible to embark within that TRANSPORT, as described on that TRANSPORT’s datasheet.
- That TRANSPORT has sufficient remaining transport capacity for each model in that unit.
When a unit embarks, the active player removes that unit from the battlefield and places it to one side – it is now embarked within that TRANSPORT and is not on the battlefield.
SEE ALSO
- Not on the Battlefield 01.02.04
The DRUKHARI and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
04.03.05 Fought
When all of the attacks made with a melee weapon have been resolved, that weapon has fought.When all of a model’s selected melee weapons have fought, that model has fought.
When all models in a unit that are making melee attacks have resolved all of those attacks, that unit has fought.
If a unit was selected to fight and none of the models in it make any attacks, it has not fought.
[SUSTAINED HITS]24.36
Some weapons possess a punishing rate of fire, or can land devastating flurries of blows, tearing the foe apart with relentless ferocity.
This ability always takes the form [SUSTAINED HITS X]. Each time an attack made with a [SUSTAINED HITS] weapon results in a critical hit, that attack results in a number of additional hits on the target as denoted by X.Example: An attack made with a [SUSTAINED HITS 2] weapon results in a critical hit. That attack therefore hits the target three times (once from the critical hit, and twice more from the [SUSTAINED HITS 2] ability).
The DRUKHARI and VEHICLE keywords are used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
Transport
The WYCH CULT tag is used in the following Drukhari detachments:
Combat Drugs
Spectacle of Spite Detachment
Wyches abuse an array of potentially lethal performance-enhancing combat stimms.
At the start of your Command phase, select which Combat Drugs will be active for your army until the start of your next Command phase. To do so, either select one from the list below (you cannot select the same Combat Drug more than once per battle), or randomly select two by rolling two D6. When doing so randomly, Combat Drugs you have previously selected can become active again, but if you randomly select one that is already active for your army, it has no additional effect.1. Adrenalight
Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons equipped by WYCH CULT models from your army.
2. Hypex
Add 2" to the Move characteristic of WYCH CULT models from your army.
3. Serpentin
Improve the Weapon Skill characteristic of melee weapons equipped by WYCH CULT models from your army by 1.
4. Painbringer
Add 1 to the Toughness characteristic of WYCH CULT models from your army.
5. Grave Lotus
Add 1 to the Strength characteristic of melee weapons equipped by WYCH CULT models from your army.
6. Splintermind
Improve the Leadership characteristic of WYCH CULT models from your army by 1, and improve the Ballistic Skill characteristic of ranged weapons equipped by WYCH CULT models from your army by 1.
FIGHTS FIRST24.13
Those possessed of lightning-fast reactions may strike before the opponent can react.
While every model in a unit has this ability, that unit is a Fights First unit.See the Resolve Fights First Combats step in the Fight phase (12.04).
[ANTI]24.03
Certain weapons are the bane of particular foes.
This ability always takes the form [ANTI-X Y+]. Each time an attack is made with an [ANTI] weapon, if the target unit has the keyword denoted by X, an unmodified wound roll of Y+ is a critical wound.Example: An attack made with an [ANTI-VEHICLE 4+] weapon against a VEHICLE unit will result in a critical wound on an unmodified wound roll of 4+, while an attack made with an [ANTI-PSYKER 2+] weapon against a PSYKER unit will result in a critical wound on an unmodified wound roll of 2+.
Save Rolls
The opposing player resolves the following sequence:- Create Groups: Divide all models in the target unit into the following groups, as many times as required:
- One group for each CHARACTER model.
- One group for all other models with the same W, Sv and InSv characteristics.
- Allocation Order: Declare the order in which those groups will have attacks allocated to them, applying all of the following:
- If a non-CHARACTER group contains a model that has lost one or more wounds, that group must be first in the allocation order.
- No CHARACTER group can be earlier in the allocation order than a non-CHARACTER group.
- CHARACTER groups containing a model that has lost one or more wounds must be earlier in the allocation order than CHARACTER groups containing no wounded models.
- Make Save Rolls: The opposing player makes one save roll for each attack that wounded the target by rolling one D6.
05.04.01 Current Allocation Group
The first group in the allocation order begins as the current group. Once all models in an allocation group are destroyed, the next group in the allocation order becomes the current one.
[PRECISION]24.28
Precision attacks can pick high-value targets out in a crowd.
While resolving attacks made with one or more [PRECISION] weapons, at the start of the Allocation Order step (05.03), if the target unit contains one or more CHARACTER models visible to one or more of the attacking models, the active player can select one allocation group that contains one of those visible CHARACTER models. If they do, until those attacks are resolved, or until that CHARACTER group is destroyed (whichever happens first), that CHARACTER group is the current allocation group.DEEP STRIKE24.09
There are many ways by which to deploy troops to the field of battle including tunnels, teleportation devices and other esoteric means of transportation.
Each time this unit makes an ingress move (20.04), if every model in this unit has this ability, it can be set up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 8" horizontally from all enemy units, even if that is within your opponent’s deployment zone.RAPID INGRESS15.07
1CP
Core Stratagem
Be it cunning strategy, potent technology or supernatural ritual, there are many means by which a commander may hasten their warriors’ onset.
WHEN: End of your opponent’s Movement phase.
TARGET: One friendly unit that is in strategic reserves (excluding AIRCRAFT).
EFFECT: Your unit makes an ingress move (20.04).
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this stratagem during the first battle round.
TARGET: One friendly unit that is in strategic reserves (excluding AIRCRAFT).
EFFECT: Your unit makes an ingress move (20.04).
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this stratagem during the first battle round.
SCOUTS24.31
Scouts form the vanguard of many armies. Unnoticed by the enemy, they range ahead of the main force.
This ability always takes the form Scouts X". In the Resolve Pre-battle Abilities step, if every model in a unit has this ability, you can do one of the following:- If that unit is in strategic reserves, you can set up that unit anywhere that is wholly within your deployment zone.
- If that unit is wholly within your deployment zone, it can make a scout move (see below).
- If that unit is embarked within a DEDICATED TRANSPORT that is wholly within your deployment zone, and if every model embarked within that DEDICATED TRANSPORT has the Scouts ability, that DEDICATED TRANSPORT can make a scout move.
SCOUT MOVE24.32
MAXIMUM DISTANCE: The X" in Scouts X".
ELIGIBLE IF: It is the Resolve Pre-battle Abilities step, and your unit is wholly within your deployment zone.EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
AFTER MOVING: Your unit must be more than 8" horizontally from all enemy units.
The HARLEQUINS and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
Infantry Epic Hero
Infantry
The DRUKHARI and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Drukhari datasheets:
Beast Character
POSTMORTALITY
1CP
Covenite Coterie – Epic Deed Stratagem
To the greatest Haemonculi, death is but an intriguing and temporary state to be experienced.
WHEN: Any phase.
TARGET: One HAEMONCULUS model from your army that was just destroyed. You can use this Stratagem on that model even though it was just destroyed.
EFFECT: Spend 1-3 Pain tokens. At the end of the phase, set up the destroyed model on the battlefield, unengaged and as close as possible to where it was destroyed. That model is not part of an attached unit and its unit has a starting strength of 1. That model has a number of wounds remaining equal to the number of Pain tokens you just spent.
RESTRICTION: You cannot use this Stratagem if you have 0 Pain tokens, and you cannot target the same HAEMONCULUS model with this Stratagem more than once per battle.
TARGET: One HAEMONCULUS model from your army that was just destroyed. You can use this Stratagem on that model even though it was just destroyed.
EFFECT: Spend 1-3 Pain tokens. At the end of the phase, set up the destroyed model on the battlefield, unengaged and as close as possible to where it was destroyed. That model is not part of an attached unit and its unit has a starting strength of 1. That model has a number of wounds remaining equal to the number of Pain tokens you just spent.
RESTRICTION: You cannot use this Stratagem if you have 0 Pain tokens, and you cannot target the same HAEMONCULUS model with this Stratagem more than once per battle.
[HAZARDOUS]24.15
Weapons powered by unstable and dangerous energy sources pose a substantial risk to the wielder and those that stand beside them.
Each time a unit is selected to shoot or selected to fight, after that unit has resolved all of its attacks, make a number of hazard rolls (06.03) for that unit equal to the number of [HAZARDOUS] weapons you selected in the Select Weapons step.BATTLEFIELD COMMAND
1CP
Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
The commander's authoritative tone cuts through the din of battle, guiding the actions of nearby troops.
WHEN: Start or end of any phase.
TARGET: One Leader unit from your army and one friendly Bodyguard unit within 6" of it that it could normally be attached to.
EFFECT: Select one of your Leader unit’s Leader abilities. Until the start of your next Command phase, that Bodyguard unit is treated as being led by that Leader unit for the purposes of that Leader ability.
RESTRICTIONS: Once you target a unit with this Stratagem, that unit cannot be targeted with it again until your next Command phase.
TARGET: One Leader unit from your army and one friendly Bodyguard unit within 6" of it that it could normally be attached to.
EFFECT: Select one of your Leader unit’s Leader abilities. Until the start of your next Command phase, that Bodyguard unit is treated as being led by that Leader unit for the purposes of that Leader ability.
RESTRICTIONS: Once you target a unit with this Stratagem, that unit cannot be targeted with it again until your next Command phase.
[BLAST]24.05
High-explosive rounds can fell several warriors in a single blast, but firing them too close to comrades is unwise.
Each time you gather attack dice for a [BLAST] weapon, add one additional attack dice for every five models that were in the target unit in the Select Targets step (rounding down).If this ability takes the form [BLAST X], each time you gather attack dice for such a weapon, add X additional attack dice for every five models that were in the target unit in the Select Targets step (rounding down) instead.
Example: If a [BLAST 2] weapon with an A characteristic of 3 targets a unit containing 12 models, you would gather four additional attack dice for that weapon (for a total of seven for that weapon).
Before selecting targets for this weapon, select one of its profiles to make attacks with.
COMMAND RE-ROLL15.02
1CP
Core Stratagem
A great commander can bend even the vagaries of fate and fortune to their will, the better to ensure victory.
WHEN: Any phase, just after you make one of the following rolls for a friendly unit or model:
TARGET: That unit or model.
EFFECT: You re-roll that roll. If you are rolling more than one dice together, select one of those dice to re-roll (excluding charge rolls, which you must re-roll in full).
- Advance roll
- Charge roll
- Damage roll
- Hazard roll
- Hit roll
- Save roll
- Wound roll
- A roll to determine the number of attacks generated with a weapon.
TARGET: That unit or model.
EFFECT: You re-roll that roll. If you are rolling more than one dice together, select one of those dice to re-roll (excluding charge rolls, which you must re-roll in full).
01.05.01 Automatically Successful/Passes/Hits/Wounds
When a dice roll or test is automatically successful or automatically passes/hits/wounds, do not roll the dice and instead move to the next step of the sequence for that roll as if the required result had been rolled. Any rules that take effect on a particular dice result or roll result do not take effect.Example: If a hit roll is automatically successful, move straight to the Wound Rolls step for that attack. Such a hit roll is not a critical hit.
Example: If a wound roll is automatically successful, move straight to the Save Rolls step for that attack. Such a wound roll is not a critical wound.
INSANE BRAVERY15.04
1CP
Core Stratagem
Indifferent to their own survival, these warriors hold their ground against seemingly impossible odds.
WHEN: Battle-shock step of your Command phase, just before you make a battle-shock roll for a friendly unit.
TARGET: That unit.
EFFECT: That battle-shock roll is automatically successful.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this stratagem more than once per battle.
TARGET: That unit.
EFFECT: That battle-shock roll is automatically successful.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this stratagem more than once per battle.
HEROIC INTERVENTION15.11
1CP
Core Stratagem
Voices raised in furious war cries, your warriors surge forth to meet the enemy’s onslaught head-on.
WHEN: End of your opponent’s Charge phase.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged unit within 12" of one or more enemy units. You can only select a VEHICLE unit if it is a CHARACTER/WALKER unit.
EFFECT: Resolve a charge with your unit (11.02). While doing so, before making the charge roll, you must select one of the following modes:
TARGET: One friendly unengaged unit within 12" of one or more enemy units. You can only select a VEHICLE unit if it is a CHARACTER/WALKER unit.
EFFECT: Resolve a charge with your unit (11.02). While doing so, before making the charge roll, you must select one of the following modes:
- Leap to Defend: When selecting charge targets, you can only select enemy units that made a charge move this phase and are within the maximum distance.
+1CP
- Into the Fray:
- When making the charge roll, if the result is greater than 6 (after modifiers), change it to 6.
- When selecting charge targets, you can select any enemy units that are within 6" of your unit and within the maximum distance.
COUNTEROFFENSIVE15.12
2CP
Core Stratagem
In close-quarters combat, the slightest hesitation can leave an opening for a swift foe to exploit.
WHEN: Fight step of your opponent’s Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has resolved its attacks.
TARGET: One friendly unit that is eligible to fight.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit has the Fights First ability and it must be the next unit you select to fight (12.04).
TARGET: One friendly unit that is eligible to fight.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit has the Fights First ability and it must be the next unit you select to fight (12.04).
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Boarding Actions – Epic Deed Stratagem
A great commander can bend even the vagaries of fate and fortune to their will, the better to ensure victory.
WHEN: Any phase, just after you have made a Hit roll, a Wound roll, a Damage roll, a saving throw, an Advance roll, a Charge roll, a Desperate Escape test, a Hazardous test, or just after you have rolled the dice to determine the number of attacks made with a weapon, for an attack, model or unit from your army.
TARGET: That unit or model from your army.
EFFECT: You re-roll that roll, test or saving throw.
TARGET: That unit or model from your army.
EFFECT: You re-roll that roll, test or saving throw.
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Boarding Actions – Epic Deed Stratagem
Indifferent to their own survival, these warriors hold their ground against seemingly impossible odds.
WHEN: Battle-shock step of your Command phase, just after you have failed a Battle-shock test taken for a unit from your army.
TARGET: The unit from your army that Battle-shock test was just taken for (even though your Battle-shocked units cannot normally be affected by your Stratagems).
EFFECT: Your unit is treated as having passed that test instead, and is not Battle-shocked as a result.
TARGET: The unit from your army that Battle-shock test was just taken for (even though your Battle-shocked units cannot normally be affected by your Stratagems).
EFFECT: Your unit is treated as having passed that test instead, and is not Battle-shocked as a result.
EXPLOSIVE CLEARANCE
1CP
Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic Stratagem
A well-placed explosive munition in confined shipboard spaces can cause bloody carnage.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Select one model in your unit that is equipped with a weapon with the [BLAST] ability. Until the end of the phase, when determining how many models are in the target unit for the purpose of that ability, include models that are not visible to the attacking model. In addition, attacks made with that weapon can be allocated to models that are not visible to the attacking model.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Select one model in your unit that is equipped with a weapon with the [BLAST] ability. Until the end of the phase, when determining how many models are in the target unit for the purpose of that ability, include models that are not visible to the attacking model. In addition, attacks made with that weapon can be allocated to models that are not visible to the attacking model.
COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
2CP
Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
In close-quarters combat, the slightest hesitation can leave an opening for a swift foe to exploit.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has fought.
TARGET: One unit from your army that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units and that has not already been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Your unit fights next.
TARGET: One unit from your army that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units and that has not already been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Your unit fights next.
CONNOISSEURS OF PAIN
1CP
Covenite Coterie – Battle Tactic Stratagem
These epicureans of extreme sensation revel in their agonies as much as those of the foe.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Spend 1 Pain token. Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1. At the end of the phase, if your unit is still on the battlefield and it is a HAEMONCULUS COVENS unit, you gain 1 Pain token.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Spend 1 Pain token. Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1. At the end of the phase, if your unit is still on the battlefield and it is a HAEMONCULUS COVENS unit, you gain 1 Pain token.
SYMPHONY OF SUFFERING
1CP
Covenite Coterie – Epic Deed Stratagem
So extreme are the foe's agonies that they spread a shock wave of terror through their comrades.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after a DRUKHARI unit from your army destroys an enemy unit.
TARGET: That DRUKHARI unit.
EFFECT: Each enemy unit within 9" of and visible to your unit must take a Battle-shock test, subtracting 1 from that test if your unit is a HAEMONCULUS COVENS unit.
TARGET: That DRUKHARI unit.
EFFECT: Each enemy unit within 9" of and visible to your unit must take a Battle-shock test, subtracting 1 from that test if your unit is a HAEMONCULUS COVENS unit.
DOUBLE-CROSS
1CP
Kabalite Cartel – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
What better way to eliminate rivals than tricking them into taking the blade meant for your ribs?
WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One KABAL or BLADES FOR HIRE unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks, and one friendly DRUKHARI unit (excluding VEHICLES).
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time you would allocate an attack to a model in your KABAL or BLADES FOR HIRE unit, if your DRUKHARI unit is within Engagement Range of the attacking model, no saving throw is made for that attack; instead, your DRUKHARI unit suffers a number of mortal wounds equal to the Damage characteristic of that attack.
TARGET: One KABAL or BLADES FOR HIRE unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks, and one friendly DRUKHARI unit (excluding VEHICLES).
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time you would allocate an attack to a model in your KABAL or BLADES FOR HIRE unit, if your DRUKHARI unit is within Engagement Range of the attacking model, no saving throw is made for that attack; instead, your DRUKHARI unit suffers a number of mortal wounds equal to the Damage characteristic of that attack.
TAKEN ALIVE
1CP
Kabalite Cartel – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Borne away screaming into the shadows, everyone knows these unfortunates face a dreadful fate.
WHEN: Fight phase.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, add 1 to the Hit roll. If your Contract unit is destroyed as a result of those attacks, every unit in your opponent’s army must take a Battle-shock test. You cannot gain more than 3 Pain tokens as a result of failed Battle-shock tests caused by this Stratagem.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, add 1 to the Hit roll. If your Contract unit is destroyed as a result of those attacks, every unit in your opponent’s army must take a Battle-shock test. You cannot gain more than 3 Pain tokens as a result of failed Battle-shock tests caused by this Stratagem.
EAGER FOR THE KILL
1CP
Realspace Raiders – Battle Tactic Stratagem
The exhilarating promise of bloodshed goads these warriors into battle with preternatural haste.
WHEN: Start of your Movement phase.
TARGET: Up to two WYCHES units from your army, or one other DRUKHARI unit from your army, that have not been selected to move this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time one of those units Advances, do not make an Advance roll for it. Instead, until the end of the phase, add 6" to the Move characteristic of models in that unit (this is not cumulative with the REAVERS’ Matchless Swiftness ability).
TARGET: Up to two WYCHES units from your army, or one other DRUKHARI unit from your army, that have not been selected to move this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time one of those units Advances, do not make an Advance roll for it. Instead, until the end of the phase, add 6" to the Move characteristic of models in that unit (this is not cumulative with the REAVERS’ Matchless Swiftness ability).
INSTINCTIVE SPITE
1CP
Realspace Raiders – Battle Tactic Stratagem
It is hardwired into the Drukhari psyche to prey upon weakened and suffering victims.
WHEN: Start of your Shooting phase or the start of the Fight phase.
TARGET: Up to two DRUKHARI BATTLELINE units from your army, or one other DRUKHARI unit from your army.
EFFECT: You can spend 1 Pain token. Until the end of the phase, each time a model in each of those units makes an attack that targets an enemy unit that is Below Half-strength, add 1 to the Hit roll. If you spent 1 Pain token, add 1 to the Wound roll as well.
TARGET: Up to two DRUKHARI BATTLELINE units from your army, or one other DRUKHARI unit from your army.
EFFECT: You can spend 1 Pain token. Until the end of the phase, each time a model in each of those units makes an attack that targets an enemy unit that is Below Half-strength, add 1 to the Hit roll. If you spent 1 Pain token, add 1 to the Wound roll as well.
RAID AND FADE
2CP
Realspace Raiders – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
The Drukhari are masters at using hit-and-run tactics, engaging a target with a flurry of shots before quickly manoeuvring into cover or out of sight.
WHEN: End of your Shooting phase.
TARGET: Up to two KABALITE WARRIORS units from your army, or one other DRUKHARI unit from your army (excluding SCOURGES and AIRCRAFT).
EFFECT: Each of those units can make a Normal move of up to 6".
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot select units that are within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units. Until the end of the turn, those units are not eligible to declare a charge.
TARGET: Up to two KABALITE WARRIORS units from your army, or one other DRUKHARI unit from your army (excluding SCOURGES and AIRCRAFT).
EFFECT: Each of those units can make a Normal move of up to 6".
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot select units that are within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units. Until the end of the turn, those units are not eligible to declare a charge.
DARK HARVEST
1CP
Realspace Raiders – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Wicked sickles and serrated blades hack through writhing flesh as the Drukhari harvest agony and suffering.
WHEN: Start of the Fight phase.
TARGET: Up to two WRACKS units from your army, or one other DRUKHARI unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in each of those units have the [LETHAL HITS] ability.
TARGET: Up to two WRACKS units from your army, or one other DRUKHARI unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in each of those units have the [LETHAL HITS] ability.
SCINTILLATING TEMPO
1CP
Reaper’s Wager – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Commorrite or Harlequin, these lithe combatants move with stunning speed, darting in and out of firing lines before their foes can raise their weapons.
WHEN: Your Movement phase or your Charge phase, just after a DRUKHARI or HARLEQUINS unit from your army is selected to make a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move, is set up on the battlefield, or declares a charge.
TARGET: That unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, enemy units cannot use the Fire Overwatch Stratagem to shoot at your unit.
TARGET: That unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, enemy units cannot use the Fire Overwatch Stratagem to shoot at your unit.
SHORTEN THE ODDS
1CP
Reaper’s Wager – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Having selected their victims, these killers strive to complete the kill with speed and brutality whilst moving ever closer to winning their macabre wager.
WHEN: Your Movement phase, just after a DRUKHARI or HARLEQUINS unit from your army has Advanced.
TARGET: That unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced.
TARGET: That unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced.
DANCE MACABRE
2CP
Reaper’s Wager – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
The saedath’s victims become unwitting partners in a frantic dance of ghastly slaughter.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Movement phase, just after an enemy unit ends a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI INFANTRY or HARLEQUINS INFANTRY unit from your army that is within 8" of that enemy unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to D6". If your unit is currently losing the wager, it can make a Normal move of up to 6" instead.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI INFANTRY or HARLEQUINS INFANTRY unit from your army that is within 8" of that enemy unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to D6". If your unit is currently losing the wager, it can make a Normal move of up to 6" instead.
MALICIOUS FRENZY
1CP
Reaper’s Wager – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Jealous competition descends into frenzied carnage as the kill count climbs higher and the intoxicating screams of the dying fill the air.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI or HARLEQUINS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
EFFECT: Select [LETHAL HITS] or [SUSTAINED HITS 1]. Until the end of the phase, weapons equipped by models in your unit have the selected ability.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI or HARLEQUINS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
EFFECT: Select [LETHAL HITS] or [SUSTAINED HITS 1]. Until the end of the phase, weapons equipped by models in your unit have the selected ability.
FATEFUL ROLE
1CP
Reaper’s Wager – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
These warriors are so absorbed by their desire to win the wager that they risk death to land their killing blows.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI or HARLEQUINS unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit is destroyed, if that model has not fought this phase, roll one D6, adding 1 to the result if that unit is losing the wager: on a 4+, do not remove it from play. That destroyed model can fight after the attacking model’s unit has finished making its attacks, and is then removed from play.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI or HARLEQUINS unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit is destroyed, if that model has not fought this phase, roll one D6, adding 1 to the result if that unit is losing the wager: on a 4+, do not remove it from play. That destroyed model can fight after the attacking model’s unit has finished making its attacks, and is then removed from play.
MURDERER’S CIRCUS
1CP
Reaper’s Wager – Battle Tactic Stratagem
In bounding leaps and graceful pirouettes, the cavalcade of capricious killers bounds through hails of fire, cackling gleefully as they come.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI or HARLEQUINS unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI or HARLEQUINS unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
POUNCE ON THE PREY
1CP
Skysplinter Assault – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Incredible alien agility and a delight in taking wild risks help these warriors to leap acrobatically from their skimming transports directly into battle.
WHEN: Your Movement phase, just after a DRUKHARI INFANTRY unit from your army disembarks from a TRANSPORT that made a Normal move this phase.
TARGET: That INFANTRY unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to declare a charge.
TARGET: That INFANTRY unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to declare a charge.
SKYBORNE ANNIHILATION
1CP
Skysplinter Assault – Battle Tactic Stratagem
These warriors are well versed in raining suppressing fire on the foe even as they close with them from on high, shredding defences and leaving the survivors easy prey for the raid.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase and that disembarked from a TRANSPORT this turn.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability, or the [SUSTAINED HITS 2] ability if your unit is a KABALITE WARRIORS or HAND OF THE ARCHON unit.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase and that disembarked from a TRANSPORT this turn.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability, or the [SUSTAINED HITS 2] ability if your unit is a KABALITE WARRIORS or HAND OF THE ARCHON unit.
WRAITHLIKE RETREAT
1CP
Skysplinter Assault – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Employing smoke grenades, paralysing mists or simple cunning and agility, these warriors slip away like spectres.
WHEN: End of the Fight phase.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI INFANTRY unit from your army that fought this phase.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal or Fall Back move, but unless it is a WYCHES unit, it must end that move wholly within 3" horizontally and 5" vertically of a friendly DRUKHARI TRANSPORT and must embark within that TRANSPORT at the end of that move (otherwise, it cannot make that move). Your unit can embark within that TRANSPORT in a turn it disembarked from that TRANSPORT.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI INFANTRY unit from your army that fought this phase.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal or Fall Back move, but unless it is a WYCHES unit, it must end that move wholly within 3" horizontally and 5" vertically of a friendly DRUKHARI TRANSPORT and must embark within that TRANSPORT at the end of that move (otherwise, it cannot make that move). Your unit can embark within that TRANSPORT in a turn it disembarked from that TRANSPORT.
SHIPBOARD SHADES
1CP
Space Lane Raiders – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Amidst the strobing lumens and gouting steam of voidship combat, the Drukhari flicker and flit like malevolent, half-seen shadows.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
FEIGNED WEAKNESS
1CP
Spectacle of Spite – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Employing a common ruse from the arenas, the Drukhari appear to cower, wounded and exhausted, before surging back at their overconfident opponents with blades and fangs bared.
WHEN: Your Movement phase, just after a DRUKHARI unit from your army Falls Back.
TARGET: That DRUKHARI unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in turn in which it Fell Back.
TARGET: That DRUKHARI unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in turn in which it Fell Back.
DEADLY DEBUT
1CP
Spectacle of Spite – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Imitating Lelith Hesperax, these warriors begin their gladiatorial bout with an opening so spectacularly violent that none can fail to be impressed.
WHEN: Fight phase.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI unit from your army that made a Charge move this turn and has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [LETHAL HITS] ability. If your unit is a WYCHES unit, until the end of the phase, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in your unit by 1 as well.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI unit from your army that made a Charge move this turn and has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [LETHAL HITS] ability. If your unit is a WYCHES unit, until the end of the phase, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in your unit by 1 as well.
Callous Competition
Reaper’s Wager Detachment
In this saedath, the Harlequins embody the Reaper, whilst their Drukhari companions are mortal killers.
At the start of the battle, DRUKHARI units from your army are winning the wager.Each time a DRUKHARI unit from your army destroys an enemy unit, DRUKHARI units from your army are winning the wager.
Each time a HARLEQUINS unit from your army destroys an enemy unit, HARLEQUIN units from your army are winning the wager.
While DRUKHARI units from your army are winning the wager, HARLEQUIN units from your army are losing the wager, and vice versa.
Each time a DRUKHARI or HARLEQUINS model from your army makes an attack, if that model’s unit is winning the wager, re-roll a Hit roll of 1. If that model’s unit is losing the wager, re-roll a Hit roll of 1 and re-roll a Wound roll of 1 instead.
HARLEQUINS
You can include HARLEQUINS units in your army (see Codex: Aeldari). The combined points cost of such units depends on your battle size:
- Incursion: Up to 500 pts
- Strike Force: Up to 1000 pts
- Onslaught: Up to 1500 pts
No HARLEQUINS models from your army can be your WARLORD. If you select this Detachment, you cannot use the Corsairs and Travelling Players army rule.
Alliance of Agony
Realspace Raiders Detachment
A spirit of decidedly unhealthy competition permeates intermingled realspace raids, with each Archon, Succubus and Haemonculus vying with their rivals to spread the most suffering and claim the greatest prizes. Though the Drukhari are canny enough to set aside infighting in the name of a successful raid, this mutual antagonism still spurs them all on to greater efforts.
At the start of the battle, you gain 2 Pain tokens for each of the following combinations your army contains (these do not need to be in the same Attached unit):- One or more ARCHON models and one or more KABALITE WARRIORS units.
- One or more SUCCUBUS models and one or more WYCHES units.
- One or more HAEMONCULUS models and one or more WRACKS units.
Designer’s Note: These are all cumulative, so if your army contains at least one of all of the combinations listed above, you start the battle with 6 Pain tokens.
Rain Of Cruelty
Skysplinter Assault Detachment
Few warriors in the galaxy are as adept at launching punishing skyborne raids as the Drukhari. Before their prey even realise the peril, the killers of Commorragh are amongst their lines like grinning ghouls. Splinter fire lays low defenders still scrambling into position. Quicksilver assaults leave dozens screaming in maimed agony. Often, the battle is over before it has even truly begun.
Each time a DRUKHARI unit from your army disembarks from a TRANSPORT, until the end of the turn:- Ranged weapons equipped by models in that disembarking unit have the [ignores cover] ability.
- Melee weapons equipped by models in that disembarking unit have the [lance] ability.
EPIC CHALLENGE15.03
1CP
Core Stratagem
The legends of the 41st millennium are replete with deadly duels between mighty champions.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after a friendly CHARACTER unit is selected to fight.
TARGET: That CHARACTER unit.
EFFECT: Select one CHARACTER model in your unit. Until the end of the phase, that model’s melee weapons have the [PRECISION] ability.
TARGET: That CHARACTER unit.
EFFECT: Select one CHARACTER model in your unit. Until the end of the phase, that model’s melee weapons have the [PRECISION] ability.
FIGHTING SHADOWS
1CP
Realspace Raiders – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Even attempting to strike the Drukhari is like trying to lay a blade to smoke, so sly and swift are they.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI unit from your army (excluding HAEMONCULUS COVENS units) that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
TARGET: One DRUKHARI unit from your army (excluding HAEMONCULUS COVENS units) that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
Reaper’s Wager Detachment
A veteran of countless realspace raids or vehicular saedaths, this warrior champion utilises the speed of their sleek anti-grav craft to surprise their enemies.
HARLEQUINS or DRUKHARI model only. In the Declare Battle Formations step, if the bearer starts the battle embarked within a DEDICATED TRANSPORT, that DEDICATED TRANSPORT has the Scouts 9" ability.
Reaper’s Wager Detachment
This elite combatant possesses intricate knowledge of the Webway’s hidden paths and employs them to enhance this dreadful performance.
HARLEQUINS or DRUKHARI model only. Models in the bearer’s unit have the Deep Strike ability. Each time the bearer’s unit is set up on the battlefield using the Deep Strike ability, if that unit is currently losing the wager, until the end of the turn, you can re-roll Charge rolls made for that unit.
Reaper’s Wager Detachment
This cruel champion of Commorragh seeks only to bathe in the agony of the foe. To them, the outcome of any wager is secondary to the symphony of suffering.
DRUKHARI model only. In your Command phase, you
can do one of the following:
- If your DRUKHARI units are currently losing the wager, you can gain 1 Pain token. If you do, DRUKHARI units from your army are now winning the wager.
- If your DRUKHARI units are currently winning the wager, you can discard 1 Pain token. If you do, HARLEQUINS units from your army are now winning the wager.
Skysplinter Assault Detachment
This cruel realspace raider knows the best reason to take something from the foe is for the simple spite of denying them that which they most desire to keep.
DRUKHARI model only. Each time the bearer’s unit destroys an enemy unit in the Fight phase, if that enemy unit was within range of one or more objective markers when the bearer’s unit was selected to fight, you gain 1 additional Pain token.
Skysplinter Assault Detachment
Phantasm grenade launchers worked into sweeping hull plates discharge, laying down covering spreads of hallucinogenic vapours that daze and distract the foe.
DRUKHARI model only. While the bearer’s unit is wholly within 6" of a friendly DRUKHARI TRANSPORT:
- Models in the bearer’s unit have the Stealth ability.
- Each time a ranged attack targets the bearer’s unit, models in that unit have the Benefit of Cover against that attack.
Skysplinter Assault Detachment
Witnessing this murderous warrior wreaking havoc, the sadistic crew of the Drukhari transports are filled with the vigour only the suffering of others can provide.
DRUKHARI model only. Each time you spend 1 Pain token to Empower the bearer’s unit in the Shooting phase, select one friendly DRUKHARI TRANSPORT within 6" of the bearer’s unit; until the end of the phase, each time that TRANSPORT makes an attack, you can re-roll the Hit roll.
SCULPTING THE STAGE
1CP
Exhibition of Slaughter Stratagem
Gauche are the gladiators who kill too relentlessly. Preparing the stage with a variety of torments in order to build the tension for a delightful crescendo is the mark of a true artist.
WHEN: Your Movement phase, when a friendly WYCH CULT unit is selected to make an advance/fall-back move.
TARGET: That WYCH CULT unit.
EFFECT: That move does not prevent your unit from being eligible to start an action.
TARGET: That WYCH CULT unit.
EFFECT: That move does not prevent your unit from being eligible to start an action.
ACROBATIC DISPLAY
1CP
Exhibition of Slaughter Stratagem
Moving so quickly they seem to blur, the Wyches evade incoming fire with contemptuous elegance.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, when an enemy unit targets a friendly WYCH CULT unit.
TARGET: That WYCH CULT unit.
EFFECT: Your unit has 5+ InSv.
TARGET: That WYCH CULT unit.
EFFECT: Your unit has 5+ InSv.
PLANNED STRIKES
1CP
Exhibition of Slaughter Stratagem
Murderous rehearsals ensure that those who survive can bring down the most resilient of prey in puissant displays.
WHEN: Fight phase, when a friendly WYCH CULT unit is selected to fight.
TARGET: That WYCH CULT unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks have [LETHAL HITS].
TARGET: That WYCH CULT unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks have [LETHAL HITS].
PRETERNATURAL AGILITY
1CP
Spectacle of Spite – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Bounding and weaving, the Wyches cross the battlefield with unmatched acrobatic agility.
WHEN: Start of your Movement or Charge phase.
TARGET: One WYCH CULT unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time your unit makes a Normal, Advance or Charge move, you can ignore any or all modifiers to its Move characteristic and to Advance and Charge rolls made for it and, until the end of the turn, each time a model in your unit makes such a move, it can move horizontally through models (when doing so, such a model can move within Engagement Range of such models but cannot end a Normal or Advance move within Engagement Range of them).
TARGET: One WYCH CULT unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time your unit makes a Normal, Advance or Charge move, you can ignore any or all modifiers to its Move characteristic and to Advance and Charge rolls made for it and, until the end of the turn, each time a model in your unit makes such a move, it can move horizontally through models (when doing so, such a model can move within Engagement Range of such models but cannot end a Normal or Advance move within Engagement Range of them).
A CHALLENGE MET
2CP
Spectacle of Spite – Battle Tactic Stratagem
The foe's advance is not something to be wary of but rather an opportunity to be seized.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Movement phase, when an enemy unit ends a fall-back move.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged WYCH CULT unit that is within 6" of that enemy unit.
EFFECT: Declare a charge with your unit. When selecting charge targets, you can only select enemy units that made a fall-back move this phase and are within the maximum distance.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged WYCH CULT unit that is within 6" of that enemy unit.
EFFECT: Declare a charge with your unit. When selecting charge targets, you can only select enemy units that made a fall-back move this phase and are within the maximum distance.
ACROBATIC DISPLAY
1CP
Spectacle of Spite – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Moving so quickly they seem to blur, the Wyches evade incoming fire with contemptuous elegance.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One WYCH CULT unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, models in your unit have a 5+ invulnerable save.
TARGET: One WYCH CULT unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, models in your unit have a 5+ invulnerable save.
BERSERK FUGUE
2CP
Spectacle of Spite – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
The cult's gladiators enter a killing trance when combat is joined, allowing them to fight on through the most grievous hurts with undimmed ferocity.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One WYCH CULT unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit is destroyed, if that model has not fought this phase, do not remove it from play. The destroyed model can fight after the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, and is then removed from play.
TARGET: One WYCH CULT unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit is destroyed, if that model has not fought this phase, do not remove it from play. The destroyed model can fight after the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, and is then removed from play.
Exacting Cruelty
Exhibition of Slaughter Detachment
With long lives spent honing their murderous skills against the most powerful opponents, the renowned fighters of Commorragh’s arenas have an instinct for just where to strike to bring their prey low in the most painful and elegant manner possible.
Friendly WYCH CULT units’ melee attacks have [LETHAL HITS: non-MONSTER/VEHICLE].This detachment has the WYCH CULT tag and cannot be taken with another WYCH CULT detachment.
LEADER24.22
Mighty heroes fight at the forefront of battle.
Before the battle, in the Muster Armies step, for each leader and support unit in your army, you can select one friendly bodyguard unit that unit can lead. That unit will then lead that bodyguard unit for the battle and form an attached unit with it.Unless otherwise stated, each bodyguard unit can only have one leader unit and one support unit attached to it.
Commorrite Rivalries
Space Lane Raiders Detachment
Even in the midst of battle, the Drukhari indulge in politicking and factionalism, seeking to outdo their rivals and cover themselves in dark glory with every murderous triumph.
Each time a DRUKHARI CHARACTER model from your army destroys an enemy CHARACTER unit, you gain 1 Pain token. In addition, each time you use the Battlefield Command Stratagem, you can expend 1 Pain token from your Pain token pool. If you do, decrease that Stratagems cost by 1CP for that usage.Skysplinter Assault Detachment
This strange artefact wreathes its bearer in a cloying cloud of shadow. Flitting into battle under cover of this pall, they are nigh impossible for the prey to see coming.
DRUKHARI model only. Each time the bearer’s unit disembarks from a TRANSPORT, until the end of the turn, enemy units cannot use the Fire Overwatch Stratagem to shoot at the bearer’s unit.
Space Lane Raiders Detachment
Knowing all too well that the carnage they cause during this void battle may be all that pays for their revivification by the Haemonculi, this warrior strikes out viciously until their very last breath.
When the bearer is destroyed, if it has not fought this phase, roll one D6: on a 2+, do not remove it from play. The bearer can fight after the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, and is then removed from play.
Alternative models by Artel W:
PHANTASM GRENADES
1CP
Ship-killer Cult – Wargear Stratagem
These hallucinogenic atomisers spew clouds of nightmare-inducing gasses that leave the foe glassy-eyed and reeling.
WHEN: Your Movement phase, just after a WYCH CULT unit from your army ends a Normal move, before any enemy units fire Overwatch.
TARGET: That WYCH CULT unit.
EFFECT: Select one enemy unit within 9" of and visible to your unit. That enemy unit must take a Battle-shock test, subtracting 1 from the result: if failed, until the end of the turn, that enemy unit cannot fire Overwatch.
TARGET: That WYCH CULT unit.
EFFECT: Select one enemy unit within 9" of and visible to your unit. That enemy unit must take a Battle-shock test, subtracting 1 from the result: if failed, until the end of the turn, that enemy unit cannot fire Overwatch.
HYPERAGILITY
1CP
Ship-killer Cult – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Driven by combat drugs and the elation of their victims'fear and pain, the Wyches weave around their enemies' blades with easy scorn.
WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One WYCH CULT unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll and subtract 1 from the Wound roll.
TARGET: One WYCH CULT unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll and subtract 1 from the Wound roll.
NO OBSTACLE
1CP
Ship-killer Cult – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Scenting their prey's fear sweat, tracking their fluttering heartbeats, the Wyches beardown unerringly on their victims through corridors and chambers.
WHEN: Your Charge phase.
TARGET: One WYCH CULT unit from your army that opened a Hatchway this turn.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit can declare a charge that includes one or more targets that are not visible to it, provided each of those units that are not visible to it are wholly on the opposite side of that Hatchway from your unit.
TARGET: One WYCH CULT unit from your army that opened a Hatchway this turn.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit can declare a charge that includes one or more targets that are not visible to it, provided each of those units that are not visible to it are wholly on the opposite side of that Hatchway from your unit.
TOYING WITH THE PREY
1CP
Ship-killer Cult – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
More than simply besting their victims in combat, the Wyches slowly take them apart, one perfectly placed cut and slice at a time, making a terrifying example to shatter enemy morale.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after a WYCH CULT unit from your army has fought.
TARGET: That WYCH CULT unit.
EFFECT: If your unit destroyed one or more enemy models this phase, select one of those enemy models. Until the end of your opponent’s next turn, subtract 1 from the Objective Control characteristic of models in that enemy model's unit (to a minimum of l).
TARGET: That WYCH CULT unit.
EFFECT: If your unit destroyed one or more enemy models this phase, select one of those enemy models. Until the end of your opponent’s next turn, subtract 1 from the Objective Control characteristic of models in that enemy model's unit (to a minimum of l).
Appetite for Adulation
Ship-killer Cult Detachment
Thriving upon the praise their sadistic deeds will earn from their twisted audience, the Wyches fight all the harder and inflict ever-more excessive torments upon their victims.
In the Fight phase, if two or more enemy units were destroyed by DRUKHARI units from your army that phase, you gain 1 Pain token. In addition, each time a WYCH CULT unit from your army becomes Empowered in the Fight phase, until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [ANTi-iNFANTRY 4+] ability.Realspace Raiders Detachment
Having battled the most hulking and heavily armoured opponents in the arena, this Succubus can spot and exploit the slightest weakness in their enemy’s defences.
SUCCUBUS model only. Improve the Attacks and Armour Penetration characteristics of the bearer’s melee weapons by 1. Each time the bearer’s unit is selected to fight, you can spend 1 Pain token; if you do, until the end of the phase, improve the Attacks and Armour Penetration characteristics of the bearer’s melee weapons by 2 instead.
Spectacle of Spite Detachment
When smashed, this splinter of crystallised time ensnares the foe, forcing them to move with the helpless sluggishness of a nightmare for crucial moments.
SUCCUBUS model only. Once per battle, at the start of the Fight phase, the bearer can use this Enhancement. If it does, until the end of the phase, models in the bearer’s unit have the Fights First ability.
Spectacle of Spite Detachment
This inbuilt chem-atomiser wreathes the bearer and their comrades in a hyperstimulant haze.
SUCCUBUS model only. At the start of your Command phase, after selecting which Combat Drugs will be active for your army, roll one D6 and consult the Combat Drugs list. The result rolled applies to the bearer’s unit until the start of your next Command phase in addition to any other Combat Drugs that are active for your army. If you randomly select one that is already active for your army, it has no additional effect.
Spectacle of Spite Detachment
Archon Aestra Khromys gifted the famed gladiatrix Morghenna this glaive as a symbol of patronage. Yet so exquisitely crafted is the blade that the Succubus was eventually murdered for it by a rival. Such has been the eventual fate of all those reckless and conceited enough to wield it since.
SUCCUBUS model only. Improve the Armour Penetration and Damage characteristics of the bearers melee weapons by 1.
Spectacle of Spite Detachment
This hollow black stone is worn as warrior jewellery. The sinister organism that lurks within it can detect those who intend malice to its bearer and punishes them by lashing their psyches with its psi-barbs.
SUCCUBUS model only. Enemy units cannot use the Fire Overwatch Stratagem to shoot at the bearer’s unit.
Exhibition of Slaughter Detachment
This gladiator has eyes only on the patronage of their audience. Supplied by a network of narcotic distributors – and heedless of the brutal effects of overdosing – the Succubus and their Wyches can endure long enough to provide extensive and heightened performances.
SUCCUBUS model only. This unit has +1 T.
Exhibition of Slaughter Detachment
This hollow black stone is worn as warrior jewellery. The sinister organism that lurks within it can detect those who intend malice to its bearer and punishes them by lashing their psyches with its psi-barbs.
SUCCUBUS model only. Enemy units cannot target this unit with snap shooting attacks.
Ship-killer Cult Detachment
This murderous star of the arenas delights in graphically and agonisingly taking their enemies to pieces, much to the delight of their audiences and the abject terror of surrounding foes.
In the Battle-shock step of your opponent’s Command phase, for each enemy unit that is below its Starting Strength and is within Engagement Range of the bearer, that unit must take a Battle-shock test. If that enemy unit is also Below Half-strength, subtract 1 from that test. This Enhancement cannot cause a unit to take two Battle-shock tests in the same phase.
Ship-killer Cult Detachment
Propelled like a living missile through the voidship’s corridors by a near-toxic cocktail of combat stimms, this Wych strikes like dark lightning and fights with blistering savagery.
The bearer is eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced.