Primarch Rules 4qh8

THE GREAT CRUSADE

THE PRIMARCHS By Thomas Rhodes

Lion el’johnson Legendary formation

465pts

1st legion: dark angels

Lion el‘johnson Unique, infantry

WS 7

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BS 6

S T 6(7) 7

W 4

I 6

A 5(6)

LD 10

SV 2+

Artificer armour Master crafted combi-plasmagun with special issue ammo The lion sword Frag grenades Defensive grenades The lion helm

Options:  An army with lion el‘johnson may take a single squad of Sternguard veterans as troops.  Maybe ed by a watcher in the dark. The watcher blocks danger from the lion. Giving lion el'johnson the ‗feel no pain‘ USR for 25pts

Dragonfire rounds

24‖

Vengeance rounds

18‖

4

3

Kraken bolts

30‖

4

4

Hellfire rounds

24‖

X

5

Plasma gun

24‖

7

2

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4

5

rapid fire, ignores cover rapid fire, gets hot rapid fire rapid fire, poisoned (2+) rapid fire, gets hot

Eternal warrior Fearless relentless Independent character Grand strategy The lion sword: the lion sword is a master crafted power sword which confined +1 strength and +1 attacks The lion helm: gives lion el‘johnson and any squad he s a 4+ invulnerable save Tactician: an army including lion el‘johnson may re-roll the dice for deciding the deployment type and mission type if applicable. He also seizes the initiative on a 4+.

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2nd legion: —unknown—

— D E I F CLASSI

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WS N/A

BS S T N/A N/A N/A

W N/A

I A N/A N/A

LD N/A

SV N/A

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Options: —unknown—

Fulgrim Legendary formation

525pts

3rd legion: emperors children

Fulgrim Unique, infantry

WS 9

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BS 6

S 6

T 5

W 5

I 9

A 7

LD 10

SV 2+

Artificer armour Master crafted bolt pistol with special issue ammo glaive encarmine Frag grenades Defensive grenades

Options:  An army with fulgrim in it may take a single honour guard squad, all of the unit gain relic blades for free 

Dragonfire rounds

12‖

Vengeance rounds

9‖

4

3

pistol, ignores cover pistol, gets hot

Kraken bolts

15‖

4

4

pistol

Hellfire rounds

12‖

X

5

pistol, poisoned (2+)

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4

5

Eternal warrior Fearless relentless Counter attack Independent character A league apart (see dark eldar codex for details)

Dodge (4+/3+) Duel master: fulgrim may re-roll all failed rolls to wound Honour in perfection: all emperors children units with line of sight to fulgrim may choose to automatically moral tests and will automatically re-group, Ignoring all criteria.

perturabo Legendary formation

510pts

4th legion: iron warriors

perturabo Dragonfire rounds

24‖

4

5

assault 2, ignores cover

Hellfire rounds

24‖

X

5

assault 2, poisoned (2+)

Anti-amour rounds 12‖

X

1

assault 1, haywire

Unique, infantry

WS 7

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BS 6

S 7

T 6

W 5

I 6

A 5

LD 10

SV 2+

Artificer armour Master crafted storm bolter with special issue ammo Master crafted thunder hammer Frag grenades Defensive grenades Melta bombs Servo arm Orbital strike relay (may fire if moved)

All ordnance and flame weaponry and all grenades used against targets with armour values in an iron warriors army which includes perturabo count as twin linked

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Eternal warrior Fearless relentless Counter attack Independent character Tank hunter Master of siege: perturabo may re-roll armour penetration against terrain and all non-vehicle objects. In addition, if the orbital strike relay is aimed at a terrain feature, then the shot will not scatter.

Jaghatai khan Legendary formation

510pts

5th legion: white scars

Jaghatai khan Unique, infantry

WS 8

BS 6

S 7

T 6

W 5

I 6

A 6

LD 10

SV 2+

Longbow of khan1 48‖

6

2

assault 1/heavy 2

Plasma pistol

7

2

pistol

12‖

The longbow of khan, causes instant death on a to wound roll of a six, this represents him getting a head shot.

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Artificer armour The longbow of khan Moonfang Frag grenades Defensive grenades Iron halo Master crafted plasma pistol

Options:  If an white scars army contains Jaghatai khan, then it may take bike squadrons as both elites in addition to being troops. Also all white scars mounted on bikes or land speeders gain the ‗skilled rider‘ USR while Jaghatai khan is alive

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Eternal warrior Fearless relentless Counter attack Independent character Outflank: works as normal, but the khan and D3 units ( including the khan) may re-roll the dice for which board edge they arrive Fleet Furious charge The great hunter: Jaghatai khan may perform a scout move along side D6 extra infantry units. These units do not need to have the ‗scout‘ USR. Grand strategy The hunted: pick an enemy unit with the independent character or monstrous creature special rule. The khan then gains preferred enemy against this unit and my reroll all rolls to wound against him

Leman Russ Legendary formation

540pts

6th legion: space wovles

Leman Russ Unique, infantry

WS 8

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BS 6

S 8

T 7

W 5

I 6

A 6

LD 10

SV 2+

Artificer armour Master crafted bolter with special issue ammo Master crafted frost blade Frag grenades Defensive grenades Pelt of Russ Wolf tail talisman

Options:  May be accompanied by up to 4 Cyberwovles for 15pts each 

Wolf guard squads count as troop choices in an army including leman Russ.

Dragonfire rounds

24‖

4

5

Vengeance rounds

18‖

4

3

Kraken bolts

30‖

4

4

Hellfire rounds

24‖

X

5

rapid fire, ignores cover rapid fire, gets hot rapid fire rapid fire, poisoned (2+)

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Eternal warrior War howl (covers whole board rather than 12‖) The high king Living legend Acute senses Fearless relentless Counter attack Independent character Pelt of Russ: give leman Russ a 3+ invulnerable save Heavy drinker: all poisoned attacks are at a –1 when directed against leman Russ Saga of the beast slayer

Rogal Dorn Legendary formation

500pts

7th legion: imperial fists

Rogal Dorn Dorn‘s arrow

24‖

4

4

assault 4

Unique, infantry Special rules: WS 7

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BS 6

S 7

T 7

W 5

I 5

A 6

LD 10

SV 2+

Artificer armour Dorn‘s arrow Wrath of mars Frag grenades Defensive grenades Digital weapons Master crafted power fist Iron halo

Options:  If Rogal dorn is included in your army. Then all imperial fist Sternguard squads are scoring units  Rogal dorn is one of the best Primarchs at defending a location. The imperial fist player may deploy up to 24‖ of aegis defence lines if possible, in their deployment zone.

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Eternal warrior Fearless relentless Counter attack Independent character Bolster defences Wrath of mars: this is a master crafted two handed chain sword which causes rending on a 4+. Bolter drill Tactical genius: Rogal dorn can organise a attack plan with a moments notice, Rogal dorn can re-roll your dice for deciding who picks their deployment zone and who goes first. He may also re-roll the ‗seize the initiative‘ dice (including your opponents) Defensive bombardment: an army with rogal dorn in it, against a defensive bombardment, this is a firestorm (see planet strike) however this is done at the beginning of the imperial fists players shooting phase in a turn of the players choice, this choice must be made before deployment and must be made known to the other player.

Konrad curze (night haunter) Legendary formation

525pts

8th legion: night lords

Konrad curze (night haunter) none Unique, jump infantry Special rules: WS 8

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BS 6

S 6

T 6

W 5

I 7

A 6

LD 10

SV 2+

Armour of haunted dreams Dread talons Corona Nox Frag grenades Defensive grenades Jump pack Defensive grenades

Options:  You may take a single vanguard veteran squad as a retinue to konrad curze. This squad must purchase jump packs and gains stealth, infiltrate and move through cover USRs for 5pts per model. This is a compulsory purchase this squad does not take up a FOC slot.

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Eternal warrior Fearless Stealth Move through cover Fleet Infiltrate: the enemy must do a spotting test just before kurze is deployed, the distance they can spot is, how far away kurze can deploy away in plain sight Counter attack Independent character Descent of angels Dread talons: these are a pair of master crafted lighting claws which give +2 attacks instead of +1 for having two close combat weapons Lord of night: models wishing to aim at Curze must use night fighting rules with only 2d6 x 2 as the spotting distance this is reduced to 2D6 when night fighting rules are in effect. Corona Nox: this amulet gives Konrad a 3+ invulnerable save Terror: all enemy units must take a moral test at –1LD at the beginning of their first turn.

Sanguinius Legendary formation

525pts

9th legion: blood angels

Sanguinius No ranged weapons Unique, jump infantry

WS 10

BS 6

S 7

T 7

W 5

I 8

A 7

LD 10

SV 2+

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Artificer armour glaive encarmine Frag grenades Defensive grenades Wings (jump pack)

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May take an squad of sanguinary guard as a retinue. This squad must carry the chapter banner but doesn‘t count towards the FOC. Sanguinary guard become troops in a force containing Sanguinius,.

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Eternal warrior, The far-seeing eye, Avenging angel The sanguinor‘s blessing , Unyielding will Fearless Tactical precision, Counter attack Independent character Aura of fervour: 12‖ instead of 6‖ Surgical strike Heroic intervention (includes attached squad) Rapier strike: Sanguinius may choose to instead of attacking normally. Use a rapier strike. This is D3 attacks with attack at invulnerable 10 and has instant death, these attacks override ‗eternal warrior‘ (your fancy clothes, won‘t stop Sanguinius hacking your head off)

Ferrus Manus Legendary formation

530pts

10th legion: iron hands

Ferrus Manus Unique, infantry

WS 7

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BS 6

S 6

T 6

W 5

I 6

A 5(7)

LD 10

SV 2+

Terminator armour Master crafted storm bolter with special issue ammo Wrench of the Omnissiah Frag grenades Defensive grenades Nercodermis Servo harness Iron halo

Ironclad dreadnoughts, venerable dreadnoughts and dreadnoughts may be taken in squadrons of up to three of the same in an iron hands army with Ferrus Manus

Dragonfire rounds

24‖

Vengeance rounds

18‖

4

3

Kraken bolts

30‖

4

4

Hellfire rounds

24‖

X

5

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4

5

assault 2 ignores cover assault 2, gets hot rapid fire rapid fire, poisoned (2+)

Eternal warrior Fearless Blessing of the Omnissiah Counter attack Independent character Nercodermis: Ferrus Manus counts as having melta bombs, and attacks made with the wrench of the Omnissiah are made at his normal initiative Wrench of the Omnissiah: this is a master crafted thunder hammer which gives Ferrus Manus +2 attacks. Brother of the Mechanicus: While Ferrus Manus is on the field, all iron hand vehicles gain ―The Power of the Machine Spirit‖ special rule

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11th legion: —unknown—

— D E I F CLASSI

— unknown— —unknown— Unique

WS N/A

BS S T N/A N/A N/A

W N/A

I A N/A N/A

LD N/A

SV N/A

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Options: —unknown—

Angron Legendary formation

600pts

12th legion: world eaters

Angron none Unique, infantry

WS 8

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BS 6

S 7

T 6

W 5

I 6

Terminator armour The gore reaper Frag grenades Defensive grenades Iron halo Saga of the warrior born

Options:  none

A 9

LD 10

SV 2+

Special rules:  Eternal warrior  Fearless  relentless  Counter attack  Independent character  Furious charge  Blood thirsty: if Angron can charge an enemy unit, then

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he must. This special rule applies to any unit he s. In addition to this, he may always ‗sweeping advance‘ even though he is wearing terminator armour The gore reaper: this massive chain axe counts as a two handed power weapon with allows Angron to re-roll failed rolls to hit. Taste for blood: the displays of violence that Angron inflicts upon his enemies is infamous across the galaxy, and they push the world eaters to perform even more violent acts. Any world eaters unit that can draw line of sight to Angron while he is in close combat gains +1 attacks.

Roboute Gulliman Legendary formation

575pts

13th legion: ultramarines

Roboute Gulliman Gauntlets of Ultramar 24‖ Unique, infantry

WS 8

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BS 6

S 7

T 6

4

2

assault 2

Special rules:

W 5

I 6

A 6

LD 10

SV 2+

Mantle of the suzerain Gauntlets of Ultramar Frag grenades Defensive grenades Iron halo

Options:  May take up to 3 squads of honour guard as chosen from codex: space marines  All Sternguard/vanguard veterans gain preferred enemy: xenos (all non-imperial or chaos) and become troop choices in an ultramarines army with Roboute Gulliman in it.  May swap the gauntlets of Ultramar for the talassrian tempest blade and a master crafted power fist

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Eternal warrior Fearless relentless Counter attack Independent character Orbital bombardment God of war Grand strategy Titanic might (does not apply to orbital bombardment) Master of strategy: you may re-roll all of your reserve rolls (including successful ones). You also ‗seize the initiative‘ on a 4+. Rites of battle (only applies to ultramarines) Battle forged heroes Any tactic needed: Roboute Gulliman is known across the galaxy. At the beginning of each player turn. Pick a USR from the list: Roboute and all ultramarine units gain this rule for the turn

Mortarion Legendary formation

625pts

14th legion: death guard

Mortarion none Unique, infantry Special rules: WS 8

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BS 6

S 6

T 9

W 5

I 5

A 3

LD 10

SV 2+

Artificer armour Manreaper Frag grenades Defensive grenades Reapers cowl Orbital strike relay (may fire if moved)

Options:  Mortarion may be accompanied by two deathshroud bodyguards.

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Eternal warrior Fearless relentless Feel no pain Independent character Manreaper: the reapers scythe is a master crafted two handed power weapon which causes instead death. Ignoring toughness. However due to its size and design the does not gain the bonus attack for charging. Reapers cowl: this cloak gives Mortarion a 3+ invulnerable save Hatred of Psykers: Mortarion may re-roll rolls to hit against Psykers due to his disgust of their unnatural abilities. Also if he is in charging range of a psyker or a squad with a psyker in it, then he must charge it. The walking tank: any enemy unit which is in range and has line of sight must shoot at Mortarion and his squad (range done from Mortarion himself) however the unit gets to re-roll failed rolls to hit.

Magnus the Red Legendary formation

645pts

15th legion: thousand sons

Magnus the red Hellfire rounds

Unique, monstrous creature

WS 6

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BS 5

S 6

T 6

W 6

I 5

A 5

LD 10

Artificer armour Master crafted bolter with hellfire rounds Master crafted runic weapon Frag grenades Defensive grenades

The shrouding Vortex of doom Warp rift The summoning Null zone Smite Fear of the darkness Unleash rage

X

5

rapid fire, poisoned (2+)

SV 2+

Psykic powers        

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(see codex: grey knights) (see codex: grey knights) (see codex: grey knights) (see codex; grey knights) (see codex: space marine) (see codex: space marine) (see codex: blood angels) (see codex: blood angels)

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Eternal warrior

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Fearless

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relentless

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Independent character

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Limited troops: due to the small number of troops available Magnus is resistant to deploy them, so re-rolls successful reserve rolls

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Psyker: Magnus the red may use up to 4 psykic powers per player turn. When rolling for psykic tests, roll 3D6 and discard the highest roll

Horus, the Warmaster Legendary formation

650pts

16th legion: luna wolves/sons of horus

Horus, the warmaster Dragonfire rounds 24‖ Unique, infantry

WS 10

BS 6

S 7

T 7

W 5

I 7

A 7

LD 10

SV 2+

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Terminator armour Master crafted lighting claw Hammer of the gorgon Iron halo Storm bolter with special issue ammunition Orbital strike relay -(may fire every turn, doesn‘t need to be stationary)

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May take an squad of assault terminators as a retinue. This squad may carry the chapter banner but doesn‘t count towards the FOC. Assault terminators become troops in a force containing the warmaster Horus

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4

5

Vengeance rounds

18‖

4

3

Kraken bolts

30‖

4

4

Hellfire rounds

24‖

X

5

assault 2, ignores cover assault 2, gets hot assault 2 assault 2 poisoned (2+)

Special rules:         

Eternal warrior Independent character Counter attack Fearless Living legend Grand strategy (D6 units) The warmaster (the high king) Hammer of the Gorgon: this is a master crafted power maul which gives +2 strength. however it strikes at initiative 1. Fated by the dark gods: Horus is fated to do destroy the Imperium. If Horus loses his last wound. Place him on his side, at the end of the phase roll a D6, on a 3+ he gets back up and regains D3 wounds. In missions using kill points he only counts if he is dead at the end of the game.

Vulkan Legendary formation

615pts

17th legion: salamanders

Vulkan Heavy flamer

template

5

4

assault , ignores cover

10

1

assault 1, thunder hammer

Unique, infantry Hammer of Prometheus WS 8

BS 6

S 7

T 7

W 5

I 6

A 4

LD 10

12‖

SV 2+

Special rules       

Artificer armour The spear of Vulkan The gauntlet of the forge Kesare‘s mantle Frag grenades Defensive grenades Hammer of Prometheus

Options:  If Vulkan is included in your salamanders army then you may make any sergents weapons master crafted for 5pts per weapon.  You may also take a single squad of assault terminators with thunder hammers and storm shield. This squad gains a +1 WS and +1 attacks for free. This squad acts as a retuine for Vulkan and does not take up a FOC slot.

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Eternal warrior Fearless relentless Counter attack Independent character Orbital bombardment Spear of Vulkan: this is a master crafted power weapon Master of flame: Vulkan can not be harmed by flame weapons Hammer of Prometheus: this is a master crafted

thunder hammer, which can be thrown as a shooting attack , using the above profile. In close combat when using the hammer, Vulkan's attacks are str D.

Lorgar Legendary formation

575pts

18th legion: word bearers

Lorgar Vengeance rounds

18‖

4

3

pistol, gets hot

Unique, infantry

WS 8

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BS 6

S 6

T 6

W 5

I 6

A 6(8)

LD 10

SV 2+

Artificer armour Master crafted bolt pistol with vengeance rounds Illuminarum Rosaria (3+ invuln sv.) Frag grenades Defensive grenades

Options:  In an word bearers army that includes Lorgar, conscripts squads gain ‗fearless‘ and ‗furious charge‘ USRs for free.

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Eternal warrior Fearless relentless Counter attack Independent character

Illuminarum: this is a master crafted crozius Arcanum, which gives lorgar +2 attacks Liturgies of faith: on the turn that lorgar assaults all word bearers gain preferred enemy. And all word bearer units within 18‖ may re-roll failed rolls to wound. Preacher to the masses: all word bearer units within 12‖ of lorgar gain +1 attacks. Sermon to the chosen: before either side deploys choice a single word bearers unit, this unit gains +1 Str, Toughness and attack in addition to the ‗feel no pain‘ and ‗rage‘ USRs.

Corax Legendary formation

575pts 19th legion: raven guard

Corax Exitus pistol Unique, jump infantry

12‖

X

1

sniper. Pistol

*Exitus weapons use special ammo. When firing you must declare which type of ammo your using before rolling any dice.

WS 8

BS 8

S 7

T 6

W 5

I 6

A 6

LD 10

SV 2+

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Artificer armour Master crafted extist pistol Master crafted pair of lightning claws Frag grenades Defensive grenades Jump pack Iron halo

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May give the command squad attached to Corax stealth and scout USRs for free. All other raven guard units may take these extra USRs for 2pts per model.

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Hellfire ammo: shot always wounds on a 2+ Shield breaker: this shot doesn‘t wound, but removes for the rest of the game any invulnerable saves the model has due to wargear. Turbo-penetrator: this shot causes 2 wounds for each unsaved wound caused. Against vehicles this shot rolls 4D6 for armour penetration.          

Eternal warrior Fearless relentless Counter attack Independent character Infiltrate Scout Grand strategy Stealth Deadshot

Alpharius Legendary formation

600pts

20th legion: alpha legion

alpharius Hellfire rounds Unique, infantry

WS 8

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BS 6

S 7

T 6

W 5

I 6

A 6

LD 10

SV 2+

Artificer armour Master crafted pistol with hellfire ammo Master crafted power weapon Frag grenades Defensive grenades Iron halo

Options:  May add flails to his power weapon, this allows him to re-roll failed rolls to wound in close combat.  Scout squads do not take up FOC slots. And may deep strike on turn one, and will scatter only D6. to show that they‘re revealing their hiding places.

12‖

X

5

pistol poisoned (2+)

Special rules:  Eternal warrior  Fearless  relentless  Counter attack  Independent character  Stealth  Infiltrate  scout  Secrets and lies: alpharius can deceive any and all oppo-

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nents into moving against an position only to find it empty. After both sides have deployed and infiltrators and scout moves have been made. The controlling player may redeploy D6 units (including your opponents). Operatives: after both sides deploy. Pick a troop choice of your opponents army and roll a D6, 1=3 = this unit has been misdirected by the operative, they are placed back into reserves. 4-5 = the unit has been attacked by hidden saboteurs. The unit takes 2D6 wounds, armour saves allow as normal. 6 = the unit are actually alpha legion spies. The squad is now under the control of the alpha legion player and counts as part of his army for all purposes. Death is deceit: alpharius does not confer a kill point it slain