As of 08-18-2017 Universal Stratagems are…

Command Re-Roll: 1 CP

You can re-roll any single dice.

Counter-Offensive: 2 CP

Used right after an enemy unit that charged has fought. Select one of your own eligible units and fight with it next.

Insane Bravery: 2 CP

You can automatically pass a single Morale test and must be used before taking the test.

Prepared Positions: 2 CP

At the start of the first battle round, before the first turn begins. Until the end of the first turn, all units from your army that are wholly within your Deployment Zone, other than Titanic units, receive the benefit of cover, even while they are are not entirely on or in a terrain feature. A unit that is already receiving the benefit of cover gains no additional benefit from this Stratagem. 

If your army is Battle-forged and includes any ADEPTUS CUSTODES <SHIELD HOST> Detachments, the relevant <SHIELD HOST> Stratagem can be used in addition to those presented in this publication and in Codex: Adeptus Custodes.

Grim Responsibility: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem in any phase when a SHADOWKEEPERS unit from your army is chosen as the target of an attack. Until the end of that phase, when resolving an attack against that unit, subtract 1 from the Strength characteristic of that attack.

Shield of Honour: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem in any phase when an IMPERIUM CHARACTER unit from your army is chosen as the target of an attack made by a model in an enemy unit. Select one friendly AQUILAN SHIELD INFANTRY or AQUILAN SHIELD DREADNOUGHT unit within 3″ of that IMPERIUM CHARACTER unit. Until the end of that phase, when resolving an attack made by a model in that enemy unit, measure range to that IMPERIUM CHARACTER unit, but resolve attacks made by models in that enemy model’s unit against the unit you selected. If the unit you selected is destroyed, any remaining attacks are lost.

Gold Light of the Moiraides: 1/2 CP

Use this Stratagem at the start of your Charge phase. Select one DREAD HOST unit from your army that teleported into battle this turn for 1CP, or up to three such units for 2CP. Until the end of that phase, when a charge roll is made for those units, roll one additional D6 and discard one of the dice.

The Eagle’s Strike: 0 CP

Use this Stratagem in any phase when an enemy CHARACTER unit is destroyed as a result of an attack made by a SOLAR WATCH model from your army. The next time your opponent wishes to use a Stratagem, they must spend one extra CP to use that Stratagem. This Stratagem can be used once per battle round.

The Emperor’s Hand: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem in any phase when an EMISSARIES IMPERATUS unit from your army is chosen to shoot or fight with. Until the end of that phase, when resolving an attack made by a model in that unit, ignore any negative hit roll, wound roll and Armour Penetration characteristic modifiers and any benefit to the saving throw as a result of cover for that attack.

If your army is Battle-forged and includes any ADEPTUS CUSTODES Detachments (excluding Auxiliary Support Detachments), you have access to the Stratagems shown on the following pages, meaning you can spend Command Points to activate them. These reflect the unique strategies used by the forces of the Adeptus Custodes on the battlefield.

Grim Responsibility: 1/3 CP

Use this Stratagem during deployment. Instead of placing them on the battlefield, you can set up one ADEPTUS CUSTODES INFANTRY, BIKER or DREADNOUGHT unit from your army in a Godstrike-pattern teleportarium array for 1 CP, or two such units for 3 CPs. At the end of any of your Movement phases these units can teleport into battle – set them up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9″ away from any enemy models. This Stratagem can only be used once per battle.

Unflinching: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem in your opponent’s Charge phase. Choose an ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army. When models in this unit fire Overwatch in this phase, they require a roll of 5+ (rather than 6) to successfully hit.

Unleash the Lions: 2 CP

Use this Stratagem at the start of your Movement phase. Select a unit of Allarus Custodians from your army on the battlefield. That unit is immediately split into separate units, each containing a single model.

Tanglefood Grendate: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem at the beginning of your opponent’s Movement or Charge phase. Choose an enemy unit within 12″ of an ADEPTUS CUSTODES INFANTRY unit from your army and roll a D6. Your opponent must reduce that unit’s Movement characteristic or charge distance by the result until the end of the phase. Units with the FLY keyword are not affected.

Ever Vigilant: 2 CP

Use this Stratagem immediately after your opponent sets up a unit that is arriving on the battlefield as reinforcements within 12″ of an ADEPTUS CUSTODES INFANTRY unit from your army. That unit can immediately shoot at the enemy unit as if it were the Shooting phase, but you must subtract 1 from all the resulting hit rolls.

Vexilla Teleport Home: 3 CP

Use this Stratagem at the end of your Movement phase. When you set up a teleporting ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit at the end of the phase, you can set it up wholly within 6″ of a friendly VEXILUS PRAETOR (other than one that was set up in this turn) and more than 3″ from enemy models. Any models that cannot be set up this way are destroyed.

Open the Vaults: 1/3 CP

Use this Stratagem before the battle. Your army can have one extra Relic of Terra for 1 CP, or two extra Relics of Terra for 3 CPs. All of the Relics of Terra that you include must be different and be given to different ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTERS. You can only use this Stratagem once per battle.

Avatars of the Emperor: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem at the beginning of the Morale phase. Choose an ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army (other than a VEHICLE). You can use that unit’s Leadership characteristic when taking Morale tests for friendly IMPERIUM units within 6″ of that unit in this phase.

Shoulder the Mantle: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem when your Warlord is slain. Choose a SHIELD-CAPTAIN on the battlefield from your army. They become your Warlord – choose or generate a Warlord Trait for them immediately. For the purposes of the mission, your Warlord is not considered to have been slain while this model is on the battlefield.

Networked Machine Spirits: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase. Choose a Venerable Land Raider from your army and at least one other friendly Venerable Land Raider within 6″ of that model. None of the chosen models suffer any penalties to their hit rolls until the end of the phase.

Indomitable Guardians: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem in your opponent’s Fight phase after an enemy unit that charged has fought. Choose an ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army that is within 3″ of an objective marker and fight with it next.

Inspire Fear: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem at the beginning of the Morale phase. Choose one of your ADEPTUS CUSTODES units (other than a VEHICLE). Your opponent must add 1 to Morale tests taken for enemy units within 3″ of that unit in this phase.

Sentinel Storm: 2 CP

Use this Stratagem at the end of your opponent’s Shooting phase. Choose one of your ADEPTUS CUSTODES units that is within 1″ of an enemy unit. The unit you chose can shoot with its sentinel blades as if it were your Shooting phase.

Burst Missile Net: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase, when choosing a unit of Vertus Praetors from your army to make their ranged attacks. If they all fire flakkburst missiles at the same target with the FLY keyword, you can re-roll failed wound rolls for these attacks.

Spark of Divinity: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem when an enemy PSYKER manifests a psychic power within 12″ of an ADEPTUS CUSTODES INFANTRY or ADEPTUS CUSTODES BIKER unit from your army. You can take a Deny the Witch test for that unit as if it were a PSYKER.

Plant the Vexilla: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem at the end of your Movement phase. Choose a VEXILUS PRAETOR from your army that did not move in that phase. You can increase the range of the Custodes Vexilla ability for that model by 6″ until your next Movement phase. The VEXILUS PRAETOR that you chose cannot charge this turn.

Piercing Strike: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem when you select an ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army to attack in the Fight phase. Add 1 to wound rolls made for that unit’s guardian spears until the end of the phase.

Inescapable Vengeance: 2 CP

Use this Stratagem when you select a unit of Allarus Custodians from your army to make their attacks in the Shooting phase. They can target enemy CHARACTERS with their attacks, even if they are not the closest enemy model.

Wisdom of the Ancients: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem at the start of any phase. Select an ADEPTUS CUSTODES DREADNOUGHT from your army. Until the end of the phase, you can re-roll hit rolls of 1 for friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES units within 6″ of it.

Castellan Strike: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem when you select one of your ADEPTUS CUSTODES units to attack in the Fight phase. As long as more than one model in the unit is attacking with a castellan axe, and they all target the same unit, improve the AP of that unit’s castellan axes to -3 until the end of the phase.

Concussion Grenades: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase, when choosing a unit of Allarus Custodians from your army to attack. Until the end of the phase, their balistus grenade launchers have an AP characteristic of 0, and INFANTRY units that are hit by these attacks are stunned until the end of the turn – they cannot fire Overwatch and your opponent must subtract 1 from hit rolls made for the unit.

Victor of the Blood Games: 2 CP

Use this Stratagem when you set up an ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTER from your army during deployment. You can re-roll one hit roll, one wound roll or one save roll for this model in each turn.

Even in Death…: 2 CP

Use this Stratagem when an ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTER from your army is slain. Before removing the model from the battlefield, it can immediately either shoot as if it were the Shooting phase, or fight as if it were the Fight phase.

Avenge the Fallen: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem when you select an ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army to attack in the Fight phase. Until the end of the phase, increase the Attacks characteristic of each model in the unit by 1 for each model from that unit that was slain this turn.

Bringers of the Emperor’s Justice: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem when an ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army is chosen to attack in the Fight phase. Each time you make a hit roll of 6+ for a model in that unit during this phase, it can, if it was targeting a HERETIC ASTARTES unit, immediately make an extra attack against the same unit using the same weapon. If it was targeting a BLACK LEGION unit, it instead makes an extra attack on a hit roll of 4+. These extra attacks cannot themselves generate any further attacks.

Stooping Dive: 2 CP

Use this Stratagem at the end of your opponent’s Charge phase. Choose an ADEPTUS CUSTODES BIKER unit from your army that is within 12″ of an enemy unit. You can declare a charge with that unit as if it were your Charge phase. If the unit’s charge is successful, that unit fights before all other units in the subsequent Fight phase – even before charging units. If your opponent has any units with similar abilities, take it in turns to resolve them, beginning with your opponent.

If your army is Battle-forged and includes any ADEPTUS CUSTODES Detachments (excluding Auxiliary Support Detachments), you have access to the Stratagems shown over the following pages and can spend Command Points to activate them. These reflect the unique strategies used by the Adeptus Custodes. If a Stratagem is used before the battle to upgrade a unit (e.g. Ten Thousand Heroes) and you have an army roster, you must note on it which Stratagems are used to upgrade which units.

Ten Thousand Heroes: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem before the battle, after nominating your Warlord. Select one ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTER model from your army that is not your Warlord and determine one Warlord Trait for it; it is regarded as your Warlord for the purposes of that Warlord Trait. Each Warlord Trait in your army must be unique (if randomly generated, re-roll duplicate results). You can only use this Stratagem once per battle.

Captain-Commander: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem before the battle. Select one SHIELD-CAPTAIN model from your army that is not a named character. Select one Captain-Commander Trait from the Captain-Commander trait list.

Ancient Artifice: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem in any phase, when an ADEPTUS CUSTODES DREADNOUGHT unit from your army is chosen as the target for an attack. Until the end of that phase, when resolving an attack made against that unit, halve the damage inflicted (rounding up).

Arcane Genetic Alchemy: 2 CP

Use this Stratagem in any phase, when an ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army that is not a VEHICLE is chosen as a target for an attack. Until the end of that phase, when resolving an attack made against that unit, an unmodified wound roll of 1-3 always fails, irrespective of any abilities that the weapon or the model making that attack has.

Eternal Penitent: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem before the battle. Select one ADEPTUS CUSTODES DREADNOUGHT unit from your army. Increase that unit’s Attacks characteristic by 1. You can re-roll charge rolls made for that unit. Each ADEPTUS CUSTODES DREADNOUGHT unit from your army can only be selected for this Stratagem once.

Vengeance of the Machine Spirit: 2 CP

Use this Stratagem in any phase, when an ADEPTUS CUSTODES VEHICLE model from your army with the Power of the Machine Spirit ability is destroyed. That model can either automatically explode (do not roll a D6), shoot with one of its ranged weapons as if it were your Shooting phase, or make one attack with one of its melee weapons as if it were the Fight phase (use the top row of that model’s damage table when shooting with that ranged weapon or resolving that attack with a melee weapon).

Slayers of Nightmares: 2 CP

Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase, when an ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army is chosen to fight with. Until the end of that phase, when resolving an attack made with a melee weapon by a model in that unit against a unit with a higher Toughness characteristic than its own, you can add 1 to the wound roll.

Fortress of Willpower: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem in your opponent’s Psychic phase, when an ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army is selected as the target of a Psychic power that was successfully manifested this turn. Roll one D6, adding 1 to the result if that unit is a CUSTODIAN WARDENS unit; on a 4+ that psychic power has no effect.

Indomitable Engines: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem in any phase, when an ADEPTUS CUSTODES VEHICLE model from your army would lose a wound as a result of a mortal wound. Roll one D6; on a 5+ that wound is not lost. In addition, until the end of that phase, when this model would lose a wound as a result of a mortal wound, roll one D6; on a 5+ that wound is not lost.

Superior Fire Patterns: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase, when an ADEPTUS CUSTODES INFANTRY unit from your army that did not Advance in your previous Movement phase is chosen to shoot with. Until the end of that phase, models in that unit make double the number of attacks with Rapid Fire and Pistol weapons.

The Emperor’s Auspice: 2 CP

Use this Stratagem in any phase, when an ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army is chosen as the target of an attack. Until the end of that phase, when resolving an attack against that unit, your opponent cannot re-roll any dice for that attack.

Blood Games Veterans: 1/2 CP

Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase. Select one ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army that contains five or less models for 1CP or six or more models for 2CP. Until the end of that phase, when resolving an attack made with a ranged weapon by a model in that unit, an unmodified hit roll of 6 automatically scores a hit and successfully wounds the target (do not make a wound roll).

Archeotech Munitions: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase, when an ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army is chosen to shoot with. Until the end of that phase, when resolving an attack made with a ranged weapon with a Damage characteristic of D6 by a model in that unit, roll one additional D6 and discard one of the dice.

Auramite and Adamantium: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem in any phase, when an ADEPTUS CUSTODES TERMINATOR unit from your army is selected as the target of an attack. Until the end of that phase, when resolving an attack against that unit, an Armour Penetration characteristic of -1 or -2 is resolved as 0 for that attack.

Fraternity of Heroes 1 CP

Use this Stratagem at the end of your opponent’s Charge phase. Select one ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army more than 1″ away from any enemy models. That unit can immediately perform a Heroic Intervention as if it were a CHARACTER, but must finish that move within 1″ of one or more enemy units.

If your army is led by a Adeptus Custodes Warlord, you may give one Relics of Terra to a Adeptus Custodes Character in your army. Named characters cannot be given relics. Some Relics of Terra replace a character’s existing equipment, you must still pay the cost of the weapon that is being replaced.

Gatekeeper

Models with guardian spear only. Replace the bearer’s guardian spear with the following profile: Melee, S +1, AP -3, D D3 or 24″ Rapid Fire 3, S4 AP -1, D2. Overwatch attacks made with this weapon successfully hit on rolls of 3+ rather than 6.

Raiment of Sorrows

Roll a D6 each time a friendly Adeptus Custodes Infantry or Biker model is destroyed within 6″ of the bearer, before removing the model as a casualty. On a 4+ that model musters one last surge of strength before succumbing to its wounds; it can either shoot with one of its weapons as if it were the Shooting phase, or make a single attack as if it were the Fight phase. You cannot use the Even in Death Stratagem on a model that does so.

Auric Aquilas

Bike model only. This model has a 3+ invulnerable save. In addition, you can re-roll failed charge rolls made for this model.

The Praetorian Plate

Terminator model only. When you set the bearer up, choose a friendly Imperium Character. At the end of your opponent’s Charge phase, if there is an enemy model within 1″ of that character, you can remove the bearer from the battlefield and even if they were not on the battlefield, set them up within 3: of that character and within 1″ of an enemy model. The bearer is not considered to have charged.

The Veilded Blade

Models with sentinel blade only. Replace the bearer’s sentinel blade with the following profile: Melee, S User, AP -3, D D3 or 12″ Pistol, S4 AP 0, D1. Each time the bearer fights whilst they are within 3″ of an objective marker, they can make 2 additional attacks with this weapon.

Emperor’s Light

Models with misericordia only. Replace the bearer’s misericordia with the following profile: Melee, S User, AP -2, D1. Each time the bearer fights, it can make 1 additional attack with this weapon unless it also equipped with a storm shield. In addition, add 1 to any Morale tests taken by enemy units within 12″ of the bearer.

Wrath Angelis

Model with a Vexilla Magnifica only. Lose the Custodes Vexilla ability, instead a friendly Imperium Infantry and Biker units within 6″ of the bearer in the Morale phase automatically pass Morale tests, and once per battle in your Movement phase, if the bearer does not move, you can roll a D6 for each unit friend or foe within 6″ Subtract 1 from the result if the unit being rolled for is a Character, or 2 from the result if the unit being rolled for a Adeptus Custdoes. On a 4+ the unit being rolled for suffers D3 mortal wounds.

Auric Shackles

Your opponent must subtract 1 from the Attacks characteristic of enemy Characters whilst they are within 6″ of the bearer to a minimum of 1. In addition, in missions that use victory points, if the bearer slays the enemy Warlord in the Fight phase, you score an additional D3 victory points.

Obliteratum

Models with balistus grenade launcher only. Replace the bearer’s balistus grenade launcher with the following profile: 12″ Assault 1, S10, AP -4, D D3.

The Castellan’s Mark

If the bearer is on the battlefield, at the beginning of the game but before the first turn you can remove them and up to one friendly Adeptus Custodes unit within 6″ of them from the battlefield and set them up again following the mission rules. You must set them up on the battlefield.

Faith Absolute

Model with a Vexilla Magnifica only. Lose the Custodes Vexilla ability, instead a friendly Imperium Infantry and Biker units within 6″ of the bearer in the Morale phase automatically pass Morale tests, and the bearer can attempt to deny one psychic power in each enemy Psychic phase as if they were a Psyker.

Fulminaris Aggressor

Model with a Vexilla Defensor only. Lose the Custodes Vexilla ability, instead a friendly Imperium Infantry and Biker units within 6″ of the bearer in the Morale phase automatically pass Morale tests, and the bearer has the following weapon profile.  8″ Assault 6, S10, AP -1, D1 or Melee S +2. AP -1, D1. Attacks made this weapon’s shooting profile automatically hit.

If your army is led by an ADEPTUS CUSTODES <SHIELD HOST> Warlord, you can give the relevant <SHIELD HOST> Relic of Terra to an ADEPTUS CUSTODES <SHIELD HOST> CHARACTER model from your army, instead of one from Codex: Adeptus Custodes. Note that named characters cannot be given a Relic of Terra.

Stormkeepers: Stasis Dobliette

At the start of the Fight phase, select one enemy CHARACTER unit within 3″ of a model with this Relic. Until the end of that phase, halve the Attacks characteristic of models in that unit (rounding up) and when resolving an attack made by a friendly SHADOWKEEPERS model against that CHARACTER unit, re-roll a wound roll of 1.

Dread Host: Admonimortis

Model with a castellan axe only. This Relic of Terra replaces a castellan axe and has the following profile: Admonimortis (shooting) 24″ Rapid Fire 1 S4 AP-1 D2 Admonimortis (melee) Melee S+3 AP-3 D3

Aquilan Shield: Praesdius

Model with a storm shield only. When resolving an attack against a model with this Relic, subtract 1 from the wound roll.

Solar Watch: The Swiftsilver Talon

Model with a Guardian Spear only. A model with this Relic can shoot and charge in a turn in which it Advanced or Fell Back. This Relic of Terra replaces a Guardian Spear and has the following profile: Swiftsilver Talon (shooting) 24″ Assault 4 S4 AP-1 D2 Swiftsilver Talon (melee) Melee S+1 AP-3 D3

Emissaries Imperatus: Vexilla Dominatus

Model with a Vexilla Defensor only. Replace a model with this Relic’s Custodes Vexilla and Vexilla Defensor ability with the following: Vexilla Dominatus: Whilst they are within 6″ of a model with this Relic, you can re-roll failed Morale tests for friendly IMPERIUM INFANTRY and IMPERIUM BIKER units. Whilst their unit is within 6″ of a model with this Relic, friendly EMISSARIES IMPERATUS models count as 3 models for the purposes of determining who controls an objective marker.

If your Warlord is a Character, it can use a Warlord trait. Choose your Warlord Trait immediately before either player stats to deploy their army

Legendary Fighter: 

If this Warlord charges in the Charge phase, add 1 to their Attack’s characteristic until the end of the ensuing Fight phase.

Inspiring Leader: 

Friendly units within 6″ of this Warlord can add 1 to their Leadership characteristic.

Tenacious Survivor:

Roll a dice each time this Warlord loses a wound. On a 6, does not lose the wound.

If the Warlord of your army is an Adeptus Custodes Character, you can pick the Warlord Trait from the Adeptus Custodes Traits Table.

Champion of Imperium

Friendly Adeptus Custodes Infantry, Biker adn Dreadnought units that are within 12″ of your Warlord at the start of your opponent’s Charge phase can make Heroic Interventions this phase in the same manner as Characters.

Peerless Warrior

Each time you make a hit roll of 6+ for your Warlord in the Fight phase, they can immediately make an extra attack against the same unit using the same weapon. These extra attacks cannot themselves generate any further attacks.

Superior Creation

Each time your Warlord loses a wound, roll a D6; on a 5+ your Warlord does not lose that wound.

Impregnable Mind

Your Warlord can attempt to Deny the Witch once in each of your opponent’s Psychic phases as if they were a Psyker. When they do so, add 1 to the result of the Deny the Witch test.

Radiant Mantle

Your opponent must subtract 1 from hit rolls that target your Warlord.

Emperor’s Companion

You can re-roll the dice for the damage inflicted by your Warlord’s attacks.

If an ADEPTUS CUSTODES <SHIELD HOST> model is your Warlord, they can have the relevant <SHIELD HOST> Warlord Trait instead of a Warlord Trait from Codex: Adeptus Custodes or another publication.

Shadowkeepers: Lockwarden

When resolving an attack made by a CHARACTER model against this Warlord, subtract 1 from the hit roll. When resolving an attack made by this Warlord against an enemy CHARACTER unit, subtract 1 from the saving throw (including invulnerable saves).

Aquilan Shield: Revered Companion

When resolving an attack made against this Warlord, halve any damage inflicted (rounding up).

Dread Host: All-Seeing Annihilator

When resolving an attack made with a melee weapon by a model in a friendly DREAD HOST unit within 6″ of this Warlord, an unmodified hit roll of 6 scores 1 additional hit.

Solar Watch: Sally Forth

At the start of your Movement phase, add 1″ to the Move characteristic of all friendly SOLAR WATCH units within 6″ of this Warlord until the end of that phase. Whilst their unit is within 6″ of this Warlord, models in friendly SOLAR WATCH units that have Advanced can shoot with Rapid Fire weapons in the following Shooting phase, but must subtract 1 from hit rolls for those attacks.

Emissaries Imperatus: Voice of the Emperor

Whilst they are within 9″ of this Warlord, friendly IMPERIUM units can use this Warlord’s Leadership characteristic. Add 3″ to the range of this Warlord’s aura abilities (this has already been added to this trait’s aura ability).