To use a Stratagem you must pay the CPs specified. The same Stratagem cannot be used more than once during the same phase. Stratagems not used during a battle round are exempted from the limit.

Command Re-Roll: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem after you made a hit roll, a wound roll, a damage roll, a saving throw, an Advance roll, a charge roll, a Psychic test, a Deny the Witch test or you have rolled the dice to determine the number of attacks made by a weapon. Re-roll that roll, test or saving throw.

Cut them Down: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem when an enemy unit Falls Back, before any models in that unit are moved. Roll one D6 for each model from your army that is within Engagement Range of that enemy unit; for each result of 6 that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound.

Desperate Breakout: 2 CP

Use this Stratagem in your Movement phase. Select one unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase and which is in Engagement Range with at least one enemy unit. Roll one D6 for each model in that unit; for each result of 1, one model in that unit your choice is destroyed. Assuming that unit was no destroyed, it can now attempt to Fall Back, and when doing so its models can be moved across enemy models as if they were not there. Any models in that unit ends its Fall Back move within Engagement Range of any enemy model is destroyed. Assuming the unit is not destroyed, it cannot do anything else his turn, even if it has a rule that would allow it to do so after Falling Back.

Emergency Disembarkation: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem when a TRANSPORT model from your army is destroyed. All units that are embarked within that model can be set up wholly within 6? of the destroyed model when they disembark instead of the normal 3? before the model itself is removed from the battlefield. These units are not affected by the destroyed model’s Explodes ability – instead you must roll one D6 for each model you just set up on the battlefield. Instead of one model that disembarked being destroyed for each roll of 1, one model that disembarked (your choice) is destroyed for each roll of 1 or 2. Units cannot declare a charge or perform Heroic Intervention in the same turn that they disembarked from a destroyed Transport model.

Fire Overwatch: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem after an enemy unit has declared a charge against one or more units from your army. One of the units that was chose as the target of that charge can fire Overwatch before the charge roll is made.

Counter-Offensive: 2 CP

Use this Stratagem after an enemy unit has fought in this turn. Select one of your own eligible units and fight with it next.

Insane Bravery: 1 CP

Use this Stratagem before you take a Morale test for a unit in your army. That test is automatically passed (do not roll any dice). You can only use this Stratagem once per battle.

If your army includes any ADEPTUS CUSTODES or ANATHEMA PSYKANA Detachments (excluding Auxiliary Support, Super-heavy Auxiliary or Fortification Network Detachments), you have access to these Stratagems, and can spend CPs to use them. When one of these Stratagems instructs you to select a unit from your army, replace all instances of <SHIELD HOST> on that Stratagem (if any) with the name of the shield host that your selected unit is assigned to.

Each shield host has an associated Shield Host Stratagem. If your army includes a Shield Host Detachment (excluding Auxiliary Support, Super-heavy Auxiliary or Fortification Network Detachments), then you can spend Command points to use the relevant Shield Host Stratagem in addition to Adeptus Custodes Stratagems.

EMPEROR’S CHOSEN

SHADOWKEEPERS

If your army is led by an ADEPTUS CUSTODES or ANATHEMA PSYKANA WARLORD, you can, when mustering your army, give one of the following Relics of Terra to an ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTER model from your army, or one of the following Relics of the Vigil to an ANATHEMA PSYKANA CHARACTER model from your army. Named characters and VEHICLE models cannot be given any of the following Relics. When a model from your army is given a Relic of Terra, replace all instances of the <SHIELD HOST> keyword in that Relic’s rules (if any) with the name of the shield host that your model is assigned to.

AURIC AQUILAS

BIKER model only.

• • You can re-roll charge rolls made for the bearer. If you could already re-roll charge rolls made the bearer (e.g. the bearer has the Instruments of the Emperor’s Wrath fighting style), add 1 to charge rolls made for the bearer instead.
  • In your Movement phase, when the bearer is selected to move, it can boost. If it does so, until the end of the phase, double its Move characteristic, and it is not eligible to shoot or declare a charge with this turn.

CASTELLAN’S MARK

At the start of the first battle round, you can select up to two friendly <SHIELD HOST> units. Remove those units from the battlefield, then set them up anywhere on the battlefield that is wholly within your deployment zone. If the mission uses the Strategic Reserves rules, any of those units can be placed into Strategic Reserves without having to spend any additional CPs, regardless of how many units are already in Strategic Reserves. If both players have abilities that redeploy units, roll off; the winner chooses who redeploys their units first.

EAGLE’S EYE

INFANTRY model only.

• • Add 1 to the Wounds characteristic of the bearer.
  • Once per battle, before making a saving throw for the bearer, the bearer can activate this helm’s sensorium-gheists. If it does so, then until the end of the phase, the bearer has a 3+ invulnerable save.

FULMINARIS AGGRESSOR

VEXILUS PRAETOR model only. The bearer gains the following ability: ‘Fulminaris Aggressor (Aura): While a friendly <SHIELD HOST> CORE or <SHIELD HOST> CHARACTER unit is within 6″ of this model, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, the target does not receive the benefits of Heavy or Light Cover against that attack.’

GATEKEEPER

Model equipped with a guardian spear only. This Relic replaces a guardian spear and has the following profile:

OBLITERATUM

Model equipped with a balistus grenade launcher only. This Relic replaces a balistus grenade launcher and has the following profile:

PRAETORIAN PLATE

TERMINATOR model only.

• • Add 1 to the bearer’s Toughness characteristic.
  • Once per battle, in the Heroic Interventions step of your opponent’s Charge phase, if the bearer is not within Engagement Range of any enemy units, it can perform a teleport-shunt. Remove the bearer from the battlefield and set it up within 3″ of a friendly unit (excluding VEHICLE units) and within Engagement Range of an enemy unit. If that is not possible, it cannot perform the teleport-shunt. The bearer cannot perform a Heroic Intervention in the same turn in which it performs a teleport-shunt.

VEILED BLADE

Model equipped with a sentinel blade only. This Relic replaces a sentinel blade and has the following profile:

WRATH ANGELIS

VEXILUS PRAETOR model only. Once per battle, in your Command phase, if the bearer is on the battlefield, select one point on the battlefield and place a marker on that point. At the start of your next Command phase, roll one D6 for each unit within 6″ of the centre of that marker, adding 1 if the unit being rolled for is within 3″ of the centre of the marker and subtracting 1 if the unit being rolled for is a CHARACTER. On a 2-5, that unit suffers D3 mortal wounds; on a 6+, that unit suffers D6 mortal wounds. The marker is then removed.

If your army is led by an ADEPTUS CUSTODES or ANATHEMA PSYKANA WARLORD, you can, when mustering your army, give one of the following Relics of Terra to an ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTER model from your army, or one of the following Relics of the Vigil to an ANATHEMA PSYKANA CHARACTER model from your army. Named characters and VEHICLE models cannot be given any of the following Relics. When a model from your army is given a Relic of Terra, replace all instances of the <SHIELD HOST> keyword in that Relic’s rules (if any) with the name of the shield host that your model is assigned to.

ENHANCED VOIDSHEEN CLOAK

• The bearer has a 4+ invulnerable save.
• Each time an attack is made against the bearer, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll and wound roll.

EXCRUCIATUS FLAMER

Model equipped with a witchseeker flamer only. This Relic replaces a witchseeker flamer and has the following profile:

RAPTOR BLADE

Model equipped with an executioner greatblade only. This Relic replaces an executioner greatblade and has the following profile:

Each shield host has an associated Relic of Terra. If your army is led by a <SHIELD HOST> WARLORD, you can, when mustering your army, give the relevant Shield Host Relic to a <SHIELD HOST> CHARACTER model from your army instead of giving them a Relic of Terra. Named characters and VEHICLE models cannot be given a Relic of Terra.

EMPEROR’S CHOSEN

PARAGON SPEAR: EMPEROR’S CHOSEN model equipped with a guardian spear only. This Relic replaces a guardian spear and has the following profile:

SHADOWKEEPERS

STASIS OUBLIETTE: SHADOWKEEPERS model only. At the start of the Fight phase, select one enemy unit within Engagement Range of the bearer. That unit is not eligible to fight this phase until after all eligible units from your army have done so.

DREAD HOST

ADMONIMORTIS: DREAD HOST model equipped with a castellan axe only. This Relic replaces a castellan axe and has the following profile

AQUILAN SHIELD

PRAESIDIUS: AQUILAN SHIELD model equipped with a praesidium shield only. Each time an attack is made against the bearer, subtract 1 from that attack’s wound roll.

SOLAR WATCH

SWIFTSILVER TALON: SOLAR WATCH model equipped with a guardian spear only. The bearer can shoot and charge in a turn in which it Fell Back. This Relic replaces a guardian spear and has the following profile:

EMISSARIES IMPERATUS

HALO OF THE TORCHBEARER: EMISSARIES IMPERATUS model only.

• • The bearer has the following ability: ‘Halo of the Torchbearer (Aura): While a friendly EMISSARIES IMPERATUS unit is within 3″ of this model, it can ignore any or all modifiers to its Move characteristic, Advance rolls and charge rolls.’
  • At the start of the Fight phase, roll one D6 for each enemy unit within 3″ of this model. On a 3+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound, or D3 mortal wounds if that unit’s Leadership characteristic is 7 or less.

If an ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTER model is your WARLORD, you can use the Adeptus Custodes Warlord Traits table below to determine what Warlord Trait they have. You can either roll one D6 to randomly generate one, or you can select one.

When you have determined a Warlord Trait for an ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTER model, replace all instances of the <SHIELD HOST> keyword in their Warlord Trait (if any) with the name of the shield host that your model is assigned to.

MASTER OF MARTIAL STRATEGY

• While this WARLORD is on the battlefield, each time you spend a Command point to use a Stratagem, you can roll one D6: on a 5+, that Command point is refunded.
• Once per battle, in your Command phase, if units from your army are using the Martial Ka’tah ability, before selecting a ka’tah stance for your army, you can change the order of your martial ka’tahs, i.e. primary, secondary or tertiary. Note that this does not allow you to select ka’tah stances more than once

CHAMPION OF THE IMPERIUM

• This WARLORD is eligible to perform a Heroic Intervention if it is within 6″ horizontally and 5″ vertically of any enemy unit.
• Each time this WARLORD makes a Heroic Intervention move, it can move up to 6″ instead of 3″. All other rules for Heroic Interventions still apply.
• Each time this WARLORD makes an attack, you can re-roll the hit roll.

SUPERIOR CREATION

Each time this WARLORD would lose a wound, roll one D6: on a a 5+, that wound is not lost.

IMPREGNABLE MIND

• In your opponent’s Psychic phase, this WARLORD can attempt to Deny the Witch once as if it were a PSYKER model. Each time a Deny the Witch test is taken for this WARLORD, add 1 to the result.
• This WARLORD counts as two additional models when determining control of an objective marker. This is cumulative with any other rules that make it count as additional models.

RADIANT MANTLE

Each time an attack is made against this WARLORD, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll.

PEERLESS WARRIOR

• Each time this WARLORD makes a melee attack, an unmodified wound roll of 6 inflicts 1 mortal wound on the target in addition to any normal damage.
• Each time an attack made by this WARLORD is allocated to an enemy model, the saving throw cannot be re-rolled.

If an ANATHEMA PSYKANA CHARACTER model is your WARLORD, you can use the Anathema Psykana Warlord Traits table below to determine what Warlord Trait they have. You can either roll one D3 to randomly generate one, or you can select one.

OBLIVION KNIGHT

• This WARLORD has the following ability: ‘Oblivion Knight (Aura): Add 1 to Advance and charge rolls made for ANATHEMA PSYKANA INFANTRY units while they are within 6″ of this model.’
• Each time this WARLORD makes an attack, re-roll a wound roll of 1.

SILENT JUDGE (AURA)

While an enemy unit is within 3″ of this WARLORD:

• Each time a Combat Attrition test is taken for that enemy unit, subtract 1 from that Combat Attrition test.
• That enemy unit loses the Objective Secured ability.

MISTRESS OF PERSECUTION (AURA)

While a friendly ANATHEMA PSYKANA INFANTRY unit is within 6 ” of this WARLORD:

• Each time a model in that ANATHEMA PSYKANA INFANTRY unit makes an attack, the target does not receive the benefits of Heavy or Light Cover against that attack.
• Add 3″ to the Range characteristic of ranged weapons models in that ANATHEMA PSYKANA INFANTRY unit are equipped with.

Each shield host has an associated Shield Host Warlord Trait. If an ADEPTUS CUSTODES <SHIELD HOST> CHARACTER models gains a Warlord Trait, they can have the relevant Shield Host Warlord Trait instead of an Adeptus Custodes Warlord Trait.

EMPEROR’S CHOSEN

AURIC EXEMPLAR: Each time this WARLORD fights, after resolving all of its attacks, it can make a number of additional attacks equal to the number of enemy models destroyed as a result of its attacks during that fight (to a maximum of 4 additional attacks).

SHADOWKEEPERS

LOCKWARDEN: Each time an attack made by this WARLORD is allocated to a CHARACTER unit, an invulnerable saving throw cannot be made against that attack.

DREAD HOST

 ALL-SEEING ANNIHILATOR: In your Command phase, select this WARLORD or one friendly DREAD HOST CORE unit within 6″ of this WARLORD. Until the start of your next Command phase, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, an unmodified hit roll of 6 scores 1 additional hit.

AQUILAN SHIELD

REVERED COMPANION: Each time an attack is allocated to this WARLORD, halve the Damage characteristic of that attack (rounding up).

SOLAR WATCH

SALLY FORTH: At the start of your Charge phase, select one friendly SOLAR WATCH INFANTRY unit within 6″ of this WARLORD. Until the end of the phase, that unit is eligible to charge in a turn in which it Advanced.

EMISSARIES IMPERATUS

VOICE OF THE EMPEROR:

• Add 3″ to the range of this WARLORD’s aura abilities to a maximum of 12″ (this has already been added to the Voice of the Emperor aura ability below).
• This WARLORD has the following ability: ‘Voice of the Emperor (Aura): While a friendly ADEPTUS CUSTODES or ANATHEMA PSYKANA unit is within 9″ of this model, add 1 to the Leadership characteristic of models in that unit.’