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Vanguard Spearhead

Detachment Rules (1)

Shadow Masters

The warriors of a Vanguard Spearhead slip through the shadows, half-seen spectres barely visible to
Each time a ranged attack targets an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army, unless the attacking model is within 12", subtract 1 from the Hit roll and the target has the Benefit of Cover against that attack.
Enhancements (4)
20 pts

Execute and Redeploy

The battle-brothers under this warrior’s command seize every opportunity to strike while the initiat
PHOBOS model only. In your Shooting phase, after the bearer’s unit has shot, if that unit is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, it can make a Normal move of up to 6". If it does, until the end of the turn, that unit is not eligible to declare a charge. This cannot allow the bearer’s unit to move more than once in your Shooting phase.
15 pts

Ghostweave Cloak

Hand-stitched by blinded servitors and anointed with distilled blood, this cloak contains strands of
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. The bearer has the Stealth and Lone Operative abilities.
30 pts

Shadow War Veteran

By the time the enemy believes battle has begun, their rear lines have already been attacked at this
PHOBOS model only. Gain following ability:
Lord of Deceit (Aura): Each time your opponent targets a unit from their army with a Stratagem, if that unit is within 12" of this model, increase the cost of that use of that Stratagem by 1CP.
25 pts

The Blade Driven Deep

This battlefield stalker slips through enemy territory like a spectre, leading their warriors in dar
ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, models in that unit have the Infiltrators ability.
Stratagems (6)
1 CP

A DEADLY PRIZE

Either player’s turn - Command phase
WHEN: Start of the Command phase.

TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY or ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED unit from your army within range of an objective marker you control.

EFFECT: That objective marker is said to be Sabotaged, and remains under your control even if you have no models within range of it, until your opponent controls it at the start or end of any turn. While an objective marker is Sabotaged and under your control, each time an enemy unit ends a Normal, Advance, Fall Back or Charge move within range of that objective marker, roll one D6: on a 2+, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds.
1 CP

ARMOUR OF CONTEMPT

Either player’s turn - Shooting or Fight phase
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES 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.
1 CP

CALCULATED FEINT

Opponent’s turn - Charge phase
WHEN: Your opponent’s Charge phase, just after an enemy unit declares a charge.

TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit from your army that was selected as a target of that charge.

EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to D6", or up to 6" instead if it is a PHOBOS or ScouT SQUAD unit.

RESTRICTIONS: You cannot select a unit that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
1 CP

GUERRILLA TACTICS

Opponent’s turn - Fight phase
WHEN: End of your opponent’s Fight phase.

TARGET: Up to two PHOBOS and/or SCOUT SQUAD units from your army, or one other ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit from your army.

EFFECT: Remove those units from the battlefield and place them into Strategic Reserves.

RESTRICTIONS: Each unit selected for this Stratagem must be more than 3" away from all enemy models.
1 CP

STRIKE FROM THE SHADOWS

Your turn - Shooting phase
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.

TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit from your army that 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 that is more than 12" away, improve the Ballistic Skill and Armour Penetration characteristics of that attack by 1. If one or more enemy models are destroyed as a result of those attacks, select one of those destroyed models; that destroyed model’s unit must take a Battle-shock test.
2 CP

SURGICAL STRIKES

Either player’s turn - Fight phase
WHEN: Fight phase.

TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY 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 [PRECISION] ability.