Army of Faith
Detachment Rules
Sacred Rites
Each ADEPTA SORORITAS unit from your army can perform up to two Acts of Faith per phase, instead of just one.
At times of war, the Adepta Sororitas make offerings to the Emperor in prayer, incense and blood. In such pious devotion, they may attract his blessings and enact miraculous deeds in his holy name.
Stratagems
Shield of Faith
When: Any phase, just after an ADEPTA SORORITAS unit from your army suffers a mortal wound.
Target: That ADEPTA SORORITAS unit, or one friendly ADEPTA SORORITAS JUMP PACK unit within 3" of it.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, models in your unit have the Feel No Pain 5+ ability against mortal wounds. If you targeted an ADEPTA SORORITAS JUMP PACK unit from your army with this Stratagem, then until the end of the phase, while a friendly ADEPTA SORORITAS unit is unit is within 3" of your unit, models in that unit have the Feel No Pain 5+ ability against mortal wounds.
Light of the Emperor
When: Command phase.
Target: One ADEPTA SORORITAS unit from your army.
Effect: Until the end of the turn, your unit is blessed. While a unit is blessed, it can ignore any or all modifiers to the following: the profile characteristics of its models; the Weapon Skill or Ballistic Skill characteristics of weapons equipped by its models; any roll or test made for it (excluding modifiers to saving throws). If your unit has the JUMP PACK keyword, until the end of the turn, while a friendly ADEPTA SORORITAS unit is within 3" of your unit, that friendly unit is also blessed.
Faith and Fury
When: Fight phase.
Target: One ADEPTA SORORITAS unit from your army that 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 [LANCE] ability. If one or more enemy models are destroyed as the result of your unit’s attacks this phase, you gain 1 Miracle dice.
Blinding Radiance
When: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
Target: One ADEPTA SORORITAS unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks, or one friendly ADEPTA SORORITAS JUMP PACK unit within 3" of such a unit.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll. If you targeted an ADEPTA SORORITAS JUMP PACK unit from your army with this Stratagem, then until the end of the phase, while a friendly ADEPTA SORORITAS unit is unit is within 3" of your unit, each time an attack targets that unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
Divine Guidance
When: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase.
Target: One ADEPTA SORORITAS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1. If one or more enemy models are destroyed as the result of any of those attacks, you gain 1 Miracle dice.
Angelic Descent
When: End of your opponent’s Fight phase.
Target: One ADEPTA SORORITAS JUMP PACK unit from your army.
Effect: Remove your unit from the battlefield and place to into Strategic Reserves.
Restrictions: You cannot select a unit that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
Enhancements
Litanies of Faith — 10 pts
CANONESS or PALATINE model only. At the start of your Command phase, if the bearer is on the battlefield, take a Leadership test for the bearer. If that test is passed, you gain 1 Miracle dice.
Blade of Saint Ellynor — 15 pts
ADEPTA SORORITAS model only. Improve the Strength and Armour Penetration characteristics of the bearer’s melee weapons by 1, and those weapons have the [PRECISION] ability. In addition, each time the bearer fights, if one or more enemy models are destroyed by those attacks, you gain 1 Miracle dice.
Divine Aspect — 5 pts
ADEPTA SORORITAS model only. In your Movement phase, you can select one enemy unit within 12" of the bearer; that unit must take a Battle-shock test. If that test is failed, you gain 1 Miracle dice.
Triptych of the Macharian Crusade — 20 pts
ADEPTA SORORITAS model only. Each time the bearer uses an Act of Faith to substitute a saving throw, that saving throw is successful, irrespective of the value of the Miracle dice used.
Bringers of Flame
Detachment Rules
Fervent Purgation
Ranged weapons equipped by ADEPTA SORORITAS models from your army have the [ASSAULT] ability, and each time an attack made with such a weapon targets a unit within 6", add 1 to the Strength characteristic of that attack.
These warriors carry the fiery wrath of the Emperor into the darkest corners of his realm. Through the weapons of the faithful is the Master of Mankind’s immortal anger made manifest. With the holy trinity of boltgun, flamer and melta weapons are his enemies purged from the Imperium’s worlds.
Stratagems
Shield of Aversion
When: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
Target: One ADEPTA SORORITAS unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Effect: 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.
Righteous Blows
When: Fight phase.
Target: One ADEPTA SORORITAS unit from your army that 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 one or more enemy models are destroyed as the result of attacks made by those weapons this phase, select one of those destroyed models; that destroyed model’s unit must take a Battle-shock test.
Carry Forth the Faithful
When: Your Movement phase, just before an ADEPTA SORORITAS TRANSPORT model from your army Advances.
Target: That ADEPTA SORORITAS TRANSPORT model.
Effect: Until the end of the turn, you can re-roll Advance rolls made for your TRANSPORT, and units can disembark from your TRANSPORT even though it Advanced. Units that do so count as having made a Normal move, and cannot declare a charge this turn.
Cleansing Flames
When: Your Shooting phase.
Target: One ADEPTA SORORITAS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, Torrent weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability.
Rites of Fire
When: Your Shooting phase.
Target: One ADEPTA SORORITAS unit from your army that disembarked from a TRANSPORT this turn and has not been selected to shoot this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a ranged attack that targets an enemy unit within 6" that is also within range of an objective marker, add 1 to the Wound roll. If one or more enemy models are destroyed as the result of those attacks, select one of those destroyed models; that destroyed model’s unit must take a Battle-shock test.
Blazing Ire
When: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has shot.
Target: One ADEPTA SORORITAS TRANSPORT unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Effect: One unit embarked within your TRANSPORT can disembark as if it were your Movement phase, and can then shoot as if it were your Shooting phase, but must target only that enemy unit when doing so, and can only do so if that enemy unit is an eligible target.
Enhancements
Righteous Rage — 15 pts
ADEPTA SORORITAS model only. Each time the bearer is selected to fight, you can first discard up to 3 Miracle dice. For each Miracle dice just discarded, until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Attacks and Strength characteristics of the bearer’s melee weapons.
Manual of Saint Griselda — 20 pts
ADEPTA SORORITAS model only. At the start of your Command phase, you can discard up to 2 Miracle dice. Then, add 1 Miracle dice to your Miracle Dice pool showing a value equal to the sum of the two Miracle dice you just discarded (to a maximum of 6).
Fire and Fury — 30 pts
ADEPTA SORORITAS model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of Torrent weapons equipped by models in that unit, and all other ranged weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability.
Iron Surplice of Saint Istalela — 10 pts
CANONESS or PALATINE model only. The bearer has a Save characteristic of 2+ and the Feel No Pain 5+ ability.
Champions of Faith
Detachment Rules
Righteous Purpose
In your Command phase, you can select up to 3 ADEPTA SORORITAS units from your army (including units that are embarked within TRANSPORTS), until the start of your next Command phase, those units are Righteous. While a unit is Righteous:
- Add 1" to the Move characteristic of models in that unit.
- Improve the Leadership characteristic of models in that unit by 1.
- Improve the Weapon Skill and Ballistic Skill characteristics of weapons equipped by BATTLE SISTERS SQUAD, CELESTIAN SACRESANTS and PARAGON WARSUITS models in that unit by 1.
Whether high‑ranking clergy must be rescued, a priceless relic recovered, or some archheretic slain, these warriors know that to fail after promising victory to the God‑Emperor would be infinitely worse than death; this knowledge fills them with righteous purpose and the unflinching will to succeed no matter the odds.
Stratagems
Shield of Denial
When: Any phase, just after a mortal wound is allocated to an ADEPTA SORORITAS unit from your army.
Target: That ADEPTA SORORITAS unit.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, models in your unit have the Feel No Pain 6+ ability against mortal wounds. If your unit is Righteous, until the end of the phase, models in your unit have the Feel No Pain 5+ ability against mortal wounds instead.
Suffer Not The Unfaithful
When: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase.
Target: One ADEPTA SORORITAS unit from your army that is Righteous and that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
Effect: Select either the [LETHAL HITS] or [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability. Until the end of the phase, weapons equipped by models in your unit have the selected ability.
To The Heart Of Heresy
When: Fight phase.
Target: One ADEPTA SORORITAS unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the turn, improve the Strength characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in your unit by 1. If your unit is Righteous, until the end of the phase, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in your unit by 1 as well.
Path of the Righteous
When: Fight phase.
Target: One ADEPTA SORORITAS unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the turn, each time a model in your unit makes a Pile‑in or Consolidation move, it can move up to 6" instead of up to 3". When doing so, if your unit is Righteous, it does not need to end that move closer to the closest enemy model, provided it ends that move as close as possible to the closest enemy unit.
Bastion of Faith
When: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
Target: One CELESTIAN SACRESANTS unit 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. In addition, if your unit is Righteous, you can select one other CELESTIAN SACRESANTS unit from your army that is not Battle‑shocked and is within 6" of your unit. Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets that CELESTIAN SACRESANTS unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll as well.
Indefatigable Dedication
When: Your Movement phase, just after an ADEPTA SORORITAS unit from your army Falls Back.
Target: That ADEPTA SORORITAS unit.
Effect: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot in a turn in which it Fell Back. If your unit is Righteous, until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back instead.
Enhancements
Triptych of Judgement — 15 pts
ADEPTA SORORITAS model only. Each time a model in the bearer’s unit makes an attack, you can ignore any or all modifiers to that attack’s Ballistic Skill or Weapon Skill characteristics and/or any or all modifiers to the Hit roll.
Mark of Devotion — 30 pts
ADEPTA SORORITAS model only. Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of the bearer’s melee weapons. While the bearer’s unit is Righteous, add 2 to the Attacks characteristic and add 1 to the Damage characteristic of the bearer’s melee weapons instead.
Eyes of the Oracle — 10 pts
ADEPTA SORORITAS model only. The bearer’s weapons have the [PRECISION] ability. Each time the bearer’s unit destroys an enemy CHARACTER model, you gain 1CP.
Sanctified Amulet — 25 pts
ADEPTA SORORITAS model only. Enemy units that are set up on the battlefield from Reserves cannot be set up within 12" of the bearer.
Hallowed Martyrs
Detachment Rules
The Blood of Martyrs
Each time an ADEPTA SORORITAS model from your army makes an attack, add 1 to the Hit roll if that model’s unit is below its Starting Strength, and add 1 to the Wound roll as well if that model’s unit is Below Half-strength.
The blood of martyrs is the life force of the Imperium. So do the tenets of this Order joyously proclaim, and in its warriors’ darkest hour does the sacrifice of their fallen Sisters shine brightest.
Stratagems
Divine Intervention
When: Any phase.
Target: One ADEPTA SORORITAS CHARACTER unit from your army that was just destroyed. You can use this Stratagem on that unit even though it was just destroyed.
Effect: You can discard 1‐3 Miracle dice. At the end of the phase, set the last destroyed model from your unit back up on the battlefield, as close as possible to where it was destroyed and not within Engagement Range of any enemy models. Roll one D3, adding 1 to the result for each Miracle dice you discarded. That model is set back up with that number of wounds remaining (up to its starting number of wounds).
Restrictions: You cannot select SAINT CELESTINE as the target of this Stratagem. You cannot select the same CHARACTER as the target of this Stratagem more than once per battle.
Suffering and Sacrifice
When: Start of the Fight phase.
Target: One ADEPTA SORORITAS INFANTRY or ADEPTA SORORITAS WALKER unit from your army.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, each time an enemy model within Engagement Range of your unit selects its targets, it must select your unit as the target of its attacks.
Righteous Vengeance
When: Fight phase.
Target: One ADEPTA SORORITAS 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 a melee attack, you can re-roll the Hit roll and, if your unit is Below Half-strength, you can re-roll the Wound roll as well.
Sanctified Immolation
When: Any phase.
Target: One ADEPTA SORORITAS VEHICLE model from your army with the Deadly Demise ability that was just destroyed. You can use this Stratagem on that model even though it was just destroyed.
Effect: Do not roll one D6 to determine whether mortal wounds are inflicted by your model’s Deadly Demise ability. Instead, mortal wounds are automatically inflicted.
Spirit of the Martyr
When: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
Target: One ADEPTA SORORITAS 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.
Praise the Fallen
When: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has shot.
Target: One ADEPTA SORORITAS unit from your army that had one or more of its models destroyed as a result of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Effect: Your unit can shoot as if it were your Shooting phase, but it must target only that enemy unit when doing so, and can only do so if that enemy unit is an eligible target.
Enhancements
Saintly Example — 10 pts
ADEPTA SORORITAS model only. When the bearer is destroyed, you gain an additional D3 Miracle dice.
Through Suffering, Strength — 25 pts
ADEPTA SORORITAS model only. Add 1 to the Attacks, Strength and Damage characteristics of the bearer’s melee weapons. If the bearer has lost one or more wounds, add 2 to the Attacks, Strength and Damage characteristics of the bearer’s melee weapons instead.
Chaplet of Sacrifice — 25 pts
ADEPTA SORORITAS model only. At the end of your Command phase, if the bearer is on the battlefield, you can re-roll 1 Miracle dice from your Miracle dice pool and return it to your Miracle dice pool showing the new result you rolled. When doing so, if the bearer’s unit is below its Starting Strength, you can re-roll up to 3 Miracle dice in this way instead.
Mantle of Ophelia — 20 pts
CANONESS or PALATINE model only. Each time an attack is allocated to the bearer, change the Damage characteristic of that attack to 1.
Penitent Host
Detachment Rules
Desperate For Redemption
At the start of the battle round, you can select one of the following Vows of Atonement to be active for your army until the start of the next battle round. You can only select each Vow of Atonement once per battle.
The penitent masses vow to wash clean their dishonour with their foe’s blood.
The Path of the Penitent
Add 3" to the Move characteristic of PENITENT models from your army.
With psalms on their lips, the faithful hurl themselves forward.
Absolution in Battle
Each time a unit from your army is selected to fight, if that unit made a Charge move this turn, until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Attacks and Strength characteristics of melee weapons equipped by PENITENT models in that unit.
The penitents smite the Emperor’s foes with unmatched zeal.
Death Before Disgrace
Each time a PENITENT model from your army is destroyed by a melee attack, if that model has not fought this phase, roll one D6. On a 2+, 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.
Even the most grievous wound cannot stop a penitent warrior in their quest to earn redemption in the eyes of the Emperor.
Stratagems
Final Redemption
When: Any phase.
Target: One PENITENT unit from your army that was just destroyed while it was within range of an objective marker you controlled. You can use this Stratagem on that unit even though it was just destroyed.
Effect: That objective marker remains under your control until your opponent’s Level of Control over that objective marker is greater than yours at the end of a phase.
Purity of Suffering
When: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
Target: One PENITENT 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, PENITENT models in your unit have the Feel No Pain 4+ ability.
Passion of the Penitent
When: Fight phase.
Target: One PENITENT unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
Effect: Until the end of the phase, each time a PENITENT model in your unit makes a melee attack, a successful unmodified Hit roll of 5+ scores a Critical Hit.
Lash of Guilt
When: Your Movement phase, just before a PENITENT unit from your army Advances.
Target: That PENITENT unit.
Effect: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced. If your unit has the PENITENT ENGINES keyword, do not make an Advance roll for it; instead, until the end of the phase, add 6" to the Move characteristic of models in your unit.
Boundless Zeal
When: Your Movement phase, just after an ADEPTA SORORITAS unit from your army Falls Back.
Target: That ADEPTA SORORITAS unit.
Effect: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot or declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back. If your unit has the PENITENT keyword, it is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back instead.
Devout Fanaticism
When: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has shot.
Target: One PENITENT unit from your army that was selected as the target as one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Effect: Roll one D6: your unit can be moved a distance in inches up to the result, but it must end that move as close as possible to the closest enemy unit (excluding AIRCRAFT). When doing so, models in your unit can be moved within Engagement Range of enemy units.
Enhancements
Psalm of Righteous Judgement — 30 pts
ADEPTA SORORITAS model only. While the bearer is on the battlefield, each time an enemy unit is destroyed by a PENITENT unit from your army, you can discard 1 Miracle dice then gain 1 Miracle dice showing a value of 6.
Verse of Holy Piety — 15 pts
PENITENT model only. Once per battle, at the start of the battle round, select one Vow of Atonement (see the Desperate for Redemption detachment rule). Until the start of the next battle round, that Vow of Atonement is active for the bearer’s unit in addition to any that is active for your army, even if you have already selected that Vow of Atonement this battle.
Refrain of Enduring Faith — 25 pts
PENITENT model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, models in that unit have a 5+ invulnerable save.
Catechism of Divine Penitence — 20 pts
CANONESS, PALATINE or MINISTORUM PRIEST model only. The bearer gains the PENITENT keyword and, during the Declare Battle Formations step, can be attached to a REPENTIA SQUAD unit.