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 ASTRA MILITARUM Detachments (excluding Auxiliary Support, Super-heavy Auxiliary or Fortification Network Detachments), you have access to these Stratagems, and can spend CPs to use them.

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

Cadian Overlapping Fields of Fire: 2 CP 

Use this after a Cadian unit from your army has inflicted an unsaved wound on a enemy unit in the Shooting phase. You can add 1 to hit rolls for any other Cadian units from your army that target the same enemy unit this phase.

Cadian Cadia Stands!: 1 CP 

Use this in any phase, when a CADIAN INFANTRY unit from your army is selected as the target of an attack. Until the end of the phase, each time an attack is made against that unit: An unmodified wound roll of 1-2 for that attack fails, irrespective of any abilities that the weapon or the model making the attack may have. If the attack has a Damage of 1, add 1 to any armour saving throw made against that attack.

Cadian Shock Troops: 1/2 CP 

Use this in your Movement phase, when a CADIAN unit from your army makes a Normal Move. Until the end of the turn: That unit is considered to have Remained Stationary. Each time a ranged attack made by a model in that unit targets a unit within half range, improve the Armour Penetration of that attack by 1. If that unit is INFANTRY, this Stratagem costs 1CP; otherwise it costs 2CP

Cadian Field Promotion: 1 CP 

Use this when a CADIAN WARLORD from your army is destroyed. Select a CADIAN OFFICER model from your army that does not have a Warlord Trait. Then, select a Warlord Trait that no model in your army has and that the selected model is eligible for. Until the end of the battle, that model gains that Warlord Trait and for all rules purposes now counts as your WARLORD. In addition, if that model has the Voice of Command ability until the end of battle it gains the Senior Officer ability. If any mission objective, secondary objective, tactical objective or Agenda rules are triggered when your WARLORD is destroyed, those rules are not triggered until after the new WARLORD is destroyed.

Cadian Sanctioned Psyker: 1 CP 

Use this before the battle, when you are mustering your army. Select one PRIMARIS PSYKER unit or WYRDVANE PSYKERS unit from your army. That unit gains the CADIAN Faction keyword and can benefit from a Regimental Doctrine, but it can never have a Warlord Trait. Add 1 to Deny the Witch tests taken for that unit. That unit gains the following psychic action, as described in the Core Book: TELEPATHIC ORDER (PSYCHIC ACTION – WARP CHARGE 4): This unit can attempt this psychic action. If this psychic action is successful, until the end of the turn this unit gains the Voice of Command ability and in your Shooting phase can issue one order to one CADIAN INFANTRY unit within 18″ of this unit. You can only use this once, unless you are playing Strike Force battle you can use this twice.

Cadian Whiteshields: 1/2/3 CP 

Use this before the battle, when you are mustering your army, if your WARLORD has the CADIAN keyword. Select one CADIAN Detachment from your army. All CADIAN CONSCRIPTS units in that Detachment: Gain the WHITESHIELDS keyword. Have a Leadership of 6. Lose their Raw Recruits ability. If that Detachment contains two or fewer CONSCRIPTS units, this Stratagem costs 1CP; if it contains three or four CONSCRIPTS units, it costs 2CP; if it contains five or more CONSCRIPTS units, it costs 3CP.

Cadian Load-Fire-Reload: 1 CP 

Use this this in your Shooting phase, when a CADIAN VEHICLE unit from your army is selected to shoot. Select one enemy unit. Until the end of the phase, each time a model in that unit makes an attack with a weapon that has the Blast ability against that enemy target: On a unmodified hit roll of 6, that attack inflicts one additional and two additional hits against a MONSTER or VEHICLE unit. If a hit is scored for attack, then until the start of your next turn the target cannot fire Overwatch or Set to Defend. 

Cadian Never Give Up! Never Surrender!: 2 CP 

Use this at the end of your Movement phase. Select one CADIAN unit from your army that is within range of an Objective Marker on the battlefield. Until the start of your next Movement phase: That unit has the Objective Secured ability. If a model in such a unit already has this ability, that model counts as one additional model when determining control of an objective marker. Each VEHICLE model in such a unit counts as 5 models when determining control of an objective marker. Add 1 to any Combat Attrition tests taken for that unit.

If your army is led by an ASTRA MILITARUM WARLORD, you can, when mustering your army, give one of the following Heirlooms of Conquest Relics to an ASTRA MILITARUM CHARACTER model from your army. Note that some of these Relics are restricted to specific models in COMMAND SQUAD units (e.g. the Clarion Proclamatus) even though such models do not have the CHARACTER keyword. Named characters cannot be given any of the following Relics. Note that some Relics replace one of the model’s existing items of wargear. Where this is the case, you must, if you are using points values, still pay the cost of the wargear that is being replaced.

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

Cadian: Relic of Lost Cadia

Cadian model only. The bearer can unveil the this relic at the start of any turn. Until the end of that turn, you can re-roll hit and wound rolls of 1 for all Cadian units within 12″ of the bearer. You can instead re-roll all failed hit and wound rols for these units until the end of the turn if they are targeting a Chaos unit.

Cadian: Dekker’s Auto-vox Servo Skull

INFANTRY OFFICER only. Each time the bearer uses its Voice of Command ability: You can extend the range of the order to 12″. If the bearer is within 3″ of a friendly unit with a vox-caster, you can extend the range of the order to 72″ if the target unit also contains a vox-caster.

Cadian: Gatekeeper

Model with battle cannon only. This Relic replaces a battle cannon, but still counts as a battle cannon for all rules purposes with the following profile: Range 72″, Heavy D6, S8, AP -2, D3. Blast. Each time an attack is made with this weapon against a CHADS unit, add 1 to that attack’s wound roll.

Cadian: Bastonne’s Sword

Model with power sword only. This Relic replaces a power sword. The bearer has the following ability; ‘Bastonne’s Example (Aura): While a friendly CADIAN INFANTRY unit is within 6 of the bearer, each time a Combat Attrition test is taken for that unit, you can ignore any or all modifiers.’ This Relic has the following profile Melee, S+2, AP -3, D2

Cadian: Tactica Pax Cadia

OFFICER only. Once per battle round, when you use a Battle Tactic or Strategic Ploy Stratagem that requires you to select a CADIAN unit, if that unit is within 6″ of this model, this model can use this Relic provided it has not used it for that Stratagem already during this battle. If it does, that Stratagem costs one fewer CP to use (to a minimum of 0CP). Note that the CP cost is only reduced by 1CP for that use of the Stratagem; any future usages of it cost the normal amount of CPs.

Before the battle, generate the psychic powers for PSYKERS from your army that know powers from the Psykana discipline using the table below. If the PSYKER is an ASTROPATH model,  you can select one of the following powers for that PSYKER to know: Terrifying Visions, Gaze of the Emperor, Psychic Barrier. Otherwise, you can select which powers the PSYKER knows.

TERRIFYING VISIONS

Malediction: Terrifying Visions has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select one enemy unit within 18″ of this PSYKER. Until the start of your next Command phase:

• • Subtract 2 from the Leadership characteristic of models in that unit.
  • Your opponent cannot select that unit for the Insane Bravery Stratagem, nor can they use any rule that would enable them to re-roll a Morale test taken for that unit.

In addition, roll 2D6: if the result is equal to or greater than that unit’s Leadership characteristic (after applying the modifier above), any action that unit is currently performing immediately fails and, until the start of your next Psychic phase, that unit cannot perform actions.

GAZE OF THE EMPEROR

Witchfire: Gaze Of The Emperor has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select one enemy model within 12″ of and visible to this PSYKER. Draw a straight line between any part of that model’s base (or hull) and this PSYKER’s base. Roll one D6 for that enemy model’s unit, and one D6 for each other unit that this line passes over: on a 1-5, the unit being rolled for suffers 1 mortal wound; on a 6, the unit being rolled for suffers D3 mortal wounds.

PSYCHIC BARRIER

Blessing: Psychic Barrier has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select one friendly ASTRA MILITARUM unit within 12″ of this PSYKER. Until the start of your next Psychic phase, models in that unit have a 5+ invulnerable save.

NIGHTSHROUD

Blessing: Nightshroud has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select one friendly ASTRA MILITARUM unit within 12″ of this PSYKER. You cannot select a TITANIC unit unless the result of the Psychic test was an unmodified 11+. Until the start of your next Psychic phase, each time an attack is made against that unit, an unmodified hit roll of 1-3 always fails, irrespective of any abilities that the weapon or the model making the attack may have.

MENTAL SHACKLES

Malediction: Mental Shackles has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select one enemy unit within 18″ of this PSYKER. Until the start of your next Psychic phase:

• • Subtract 2″ from the Move characteristic of models in that unit.
  • Subtract 2 from Advance and charge rolls made for that unit.

PSYCHIC MAELSTROM

Witchfire: Psychic Maelstrom has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, roll a number of D6 equal to the result of the Psychic test: for each 5+, the closest enemy unit that is within 18″ of and visible to this PSYKER suffers 1 mortal wound (to a maximum of 6 mortal wounds).

If an ASTRA MILITARUM CHARACTER model is your WARLORD, you can use the Astra Militarum Warlord Traits table below to determine what Warlord Trait they have. If your WARLORD is not an OFFICER, they must have the Front-line Combatant Warlord Trait.

FRONT-LINE COMBATANT

Each time this WARLORD makes a melee attack:

• • An unmodified hit roll of 6 scores 2 additional hits.
  • Add 1 to that attack’s wound roll.

MASTER TACTICIAN

At the start of the first battle round, you can select up to three friendly ASTRA MILITARUM units (excluding TITANIC 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 you are playing uses the Strategic Reserves rules, you can place any of those units into Strategic Reserves instead.

GRAND STRATEGIST

While this WARLORD is on the battlefield, each time you spend a Command point to use a Stratagem, roll one D6: on a 5+, that Command point is refunded.

SUPERIOR TACTICAL TRAINING

When you select this Warlord Trait, select one type of Orders (Regimental, Prefectus or Mechanised) that this WARLORD does not know. This WARLORD knows those Orders in addition to any others it knows.

OLD GRUDGES

At the start of the first battle round, select one enemy unit. Until the end of the battle, this WARLORD gains the following ability: Old Grudges (Aura): While a friendly PLATOON or BATTLE TANK SQUADRON unit is within 6″ of this WARLORD, each time a model in that friendly unit makes an attack against that enemy unit, add 1 to the wound roll.

LEAD BY EXAMPLE

This WARLORD can issue Orders to its own unit, even though you cannot normally select OFFICER units when issuing Orders.

If a MILITARUM TEMPESTUS CHARACTER model is your WARLORD, you can choose to use the Militarum Tempestus Warlord Traits table below instead to determine what Warlord Trait they have in the same manner

DRILL COMMANDER (AURA)

While a friendly MILITARUM TEMPESTUS INFANTRY unit is within 6″ of this WARLORD, instead of following the normal rules for Rapid Fire weapons, models in that unit make double the number of attacks when shooting with such weapons (e.g. a Rapid Fire 1 weapon would make 2 attacks, at any range).

PRECISION TARGETING (AURA)

While a friendly MILITARUM TEMPESTUS INFANTRY unit is within 6″ of this WARLORD, each time a model in that unit makes a ranged attack, the target does not receive the benefits of cover against that attack.

UNCOMPROMISING PROSECUTION (AURA)

While a friendly MILITARUM TEMPESTUS INFANTRY unit is within 6″ of this WARLORD, each time a model in that unit makes a ranged attack that targets a unit within half range, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1

You can instead pick a Regimental Warlord Trait instead of the Astra Militarum Warlord Traits, but only if your Warlord is from the relevant Regiment.

Cadian: Superior Tactical Training

Roll a dice each time your Warlord issues an order or tank order. On a 4+ that order can affect an additional Cadian unit of the same type as the original target within 6″ of the Warlord.

Cadian: Steel Discipline

While a friendly CADIAN unit is performing an action within 6* of this model, that unit can shoot without that action failing.

Cadian: Gifted Commander

After both players have deployed their armies, but before the first battle round begins, select either one CADIAN VEHICLE unit (excluding TITANIC units) from your army that is in your deployment zone, or up to three non-VEHICLE CADIAN units from your army that are in your deployment zone, and redeploy them. If the mission uses the Strategic Reserves rules, any of those units can be placed into Strategic Reserves without having to spend any additional CP, 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.

Cadian: Mind Like a Fortress

While a friendly CADIAN unit is within 6″ of this model, in the enemy’s Psychic phase, each time a model in that unit would lose a wound as the result of a mortal wound, roll one D6: on a 5+, that wound is not lost.