Astra Militarum — army rules

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army that disembarked from a Transport this turn and has not yet been chosen to shoot this phase. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, each time a model in your unit attacks, add 1 to the Wound roll.

WHEN: Start of your Movement phase. TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM Officer unit from your army. EFFECT: Pick one or more friendly ASTRA MILITARUM units within 6" of your unit; for the rest of the phase you may re-roll Advance rolls for those units.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One ARMOURED SKIRMISHER unit from your army not yet chosen to shoot this phase. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack targeting a visible MONSTER or VEHICLE unit, you may re-roll the Hit roll.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase, right after an ARMOURED SKIRMISHER unit from your army has shot. TARGET: That ARMOURED SKIRMISHER unit. EFFECT: Pick one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks. For the rest of the phase, that enemy unit cannot have the Benefit of Cover, and each time an ARMOURED SKIRMISHER unit from your army makes an attack targeting it, improve the Strength of that attack by 2.

WHEN: Your Movement phase, right after an ARMOURED SKIRMISHER unit from your army Advances or Falls Back. TARGET: That ARMOURED SKIRMISHER unit. EFFECT: For the rest of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot even in a turn in which it Advanced or Fell Back.

WHEN: End of your Movement phase. TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army that did not Remain Stationary or arrive from Reserves this phase. EFFECT: Your unit may make a Normal move of up to D6".

WHEN: The Reinforcements step of your Movement phase. TARGET: One Astra Militarum Infantry unit from your army in Reserves with the Deep Strike ability. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, when your unit is set up via Deep Strike, it may be placed anywhere more than 6" horizontally from all enemy units. RESTRICTIONS: For the rest of the turn, your unit cannot declare a charge.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One Militarum Tempestus or Kasrkin unit from your army not yet chosen to shoot this phase. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, when targeting an enemy unit within 12", improve by 1 the Strength and Armour Penetration of hot-shot lascarbines, hot-shot lasguns, hot-shot laspistols, hot-shot marksman rifles, hot-shot volley guns and sentry hot-shot volley guns carried by your unit's models.

WHEN: End of your opponent's Fight phase. TARGET: One Regiment Infantry unit from your army within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units. EFFECT: Roll one D6 for each enemy unit within Engagement Range of your unit: on a 2+ that enemy unit takes D6 mortal wounds. Then your unit takes 3D3 mortal wounds.

WHEN: End of your opponent's Fight phase. TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army not within Engagement Range of any enemy units, if all its models have the Deep Strike ability; or one Valkyrie unit from your army not within Engagement Range of any enemy units. EFFECT: Remove your unit and place it into Strategic Reserves.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit (other than Titanic units) from your army. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, your unit is eligible to shoot even in a turn in which it Advanced.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase, right after an ASTRA MILITARUM INFANTRY unit from your army has shot. TARGET: That Astra Militarum Infantry unit. EFFECT: Pick one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks that is visible to your unit. For the rest of the phase, that enemy unit cannot have the Benefit of Cover.

WHEN: Start of any phase. TARGET: One Regiment unit from your army and one Squadron unit from your army within 6" of and visible to that REGIMENT unit. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, Orders affecting one of these units also affect the other, and vice versa.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One Regiment unit and one Squadron unit from your army not yet chosen to shoot this phase. EFFECT: Pick one enemy unit. For the rest of the phase, each time your chosen REGIMENT and SQUADRON units make an attack targeting that enemy unit, improve the Armour Penetration of that attack by 1.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase, right after an enemy unit picks its targets. TARGET: One Astra Militarum Vehicle unit from your army. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, each time a ranged attack is allocated to an INFANTRY model from your army, if that model is not fully visible to every model in the attacking unit because of your VEHICLE, it has the Benefit of Cover against that attack.

WHEN: Your opponent's Command phase. TARGET: One Astra Militarum Officer unit from your army. EFFECT: Your OFFICER may issue one Order as if it were your Command phase.

WHEN: Any phase. TARGET: One Infantry Regiment unit from your army that was just destroyed (you may target it even though it was just destroyed). EFFECT: Add a new unit to your army identical to the destroyed one, in Strategic Reserves, at its Starting Strength with all wounds remaining. RESTRICTIONS: This cannot return destroyed CHARACTER units to Attached units. Usable only once per battle.

WHEN: Your Command phase. TARGET: Any number of Astra Militarum Officer units from your army. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, your Officers may issue Orders to Regiment units and Squadron units.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase. TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army (other than OGRYN units) not yet chosen to shoot or fight this phase. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, each time a model in your unit attacks, on a Critical Wound improve the Armour Penetration of that attack by 2.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase or the Fight phase, right after an enemy unit picks its targets. TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army (other than OGRYN units) chosen as a target of one or more of the attacker's attacks and having one or more models on the opposite side of an open Hatchway from one or more models in the attacking unit. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.

WHEN: Your Movement phase. TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army not yet chosen to move this phase and not within Engagement Range of any enemy units. EFFECT: Pick one closed Hatchway within 1" of your unit; your unit may operate that Hatchway. RESTRICTIONS: For the rest of the turn, your unit cannot operate a Hatchway again.

WHEN: Your opponent's Movement or Charge phase. TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army (other than OGRYN units) that has not fired Overwatch this phase. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, each time a model in your unit attacks while firing Overwatch, a hit is scored on an unmodified Hit roll of 5+ rather than 6.

WHEN: Start of any phase. TARGET: One Astra Militarum Officer unit from your army. EFFECT: Your unit's OFFICER model may issue 1 Order as if it were your Command phase.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army not yet chosen to shoot this phase. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, ranged weapons carried by your unit's models gain [IGNORES COVER].

WHEN: Your Command phase. TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army affected by the Duty and Honour! Order. EFFECT: If your unit is within range of an objective marker you control, that marker stays under your control even with no models in range, until your opponent controls it at the start or end of a phase.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army affected by an Order that has not yet been chosen to shoot this phase. EFFECT: If your unit is within range of an objective marker, for the rest of the phase ranged weapons carried by its models gain [LETHAL HITS].

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One Astra Militarum Infantry unit from your army affected by the First Rank, Fire! Second Rank, Fire! Order. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, each time a model in your unit attacks, improve the Strength of that attack by 1.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase, right after an enemy unit picks its targets. TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army chosen as a target of one or more of the attacker's attacks. EFFECT: Until the attacking unit finishes its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration of that attack by 1.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One Squadron unit from your army not yet chosen to shoot this phase. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack targeting a unit within 12", improve the Armour Penetration of that attack by 1.

WHEN: Your Movement phase, right after a Squadron unit from your army Advances. TARGET: That SQUADRON unit. EFFECT: For the rest of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot even in a turn in which it Advanced.

WHEN: Your Command phase. TARGET: One Squadron unit from your army that is Below Half-strength (other than Officer units). EFFECT: For the rest of the battle round, ranged weapons carried by your unit's models (other than [ONE SHOT] weapons) gain [HAZARDOUS], and each time a model in your unit makes a ranged attack you may ignore any or all modifiers to its Ballistic Skill and to the Hit roll.

WHEN: Your Movement phase, right after a Squadron unit from your army Falls Back. TARGET: That SQUADRON unit. EFFECT: For the rest of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot even in a turn in which it Fell Back.

WHEN: Your Movement phase or your Charge phase. TARGET: One Astra Militarum Vehicle unit from your army not yet chosen to move or charge this phase. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, each time your unit makes a Normal, Advance or Charge move, it may move horizontally through terrain features as if they weren't there.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase, right after an enemy unit picks its targets. TARGET: One Astra Militarum Vehicle unit from your army chosen as a target of one or more of the attacker's attacks. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, each time an attack is allocated to your unit, subtract 1 from the Damage characteristic of that attack.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army that disembarked from a Transport this turn and has not yet been chosen to shoot this phase. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack targeting a unit within range of an objective marker, you may re-roll the Hit roll and the Wound roll.

WHEN: Your opponent's Movement phase, right after an enemy unit finishes a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move. TARGET: One Transport unit from your army (other than AIRCRAFT and TITANIC units) not within Engagement Range of any enemy units and within 9" of the enemy unit that just finished moving. EFFECT: Your TRANSPORT may make a Normal move of up to 6".

WHEN: Your opponent's Charge phase, after an enemy unit has chosen targets for its charge but before it makes a Charge move. TARGET: One Astra Militarum Infantry unit from your army chosen as a target of that charge. EFFECT: If your unit is not within Engagement Range of any enemy units and every model in it is within 3" of an Astra Militarum Transport from your army, it may embark within that TRANSPORT.

WHEN: Your Movement phase. TARGET: One Astra Militarum Infantry unit from your army that disembarked from a Transport this phase. EFFECT: Your INFANTRY unit may make a Normal move of up to D6".

WHEN: End of your opponent's turn. TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army. EFFECT: If your unit is not within Engagement Range of any enemy units and every model in it is within 3" of an Astra Militarum Transport from your army, it may embark within that TRANSPORT.

WHEN: Your Command phase. TARGET: One Infantry Officer unit from your army embarked within a Transport (you may use this on it even though it is embarked). EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, your unit may issue Orders even though it is not on the battlefield, and it may issue Orders to Astra Militarum Transport units from your army (other than TITANIC units) regardless of the distance to and from your unit's TRANSPORT.

WHEN: End of your opponent's turn. TARGET: One Astra Militarum Mounted or Astra Militarum Walker unit from your army that is wholly within 10" of one or more battlefield edges and not within Engagement Range of any enemy units. EFFECT: Take the unit off the battlefield and put it into Strategic Reserves.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One Platoon unit from your army not yet picked to shoot this phase. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, ranged weapons carried by models in the unit gain the [PRECISION] ability.

WHEN: Your opponent's Movement phase, immediately after an enemy unit finishes a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move. TARGET: One Platoon unit from your army within 9" of that enemy unit and not within Engagement Range of any enemy units. EFFECT: The unit may make a Normal move of up to 6".

WHEN: Start of your opponent's Shooting phase. TARGET: One Astra Militarum Infantry or Astra Militarum Mounted unit from your army. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, the unit gains Feel No Pain 6+, and whenever an enemy model attacks, if your unit is the closest eligible target, subtract 1 from that attack's Hit roll.

WHEN: Start of your opponent's Reinforcements step. TARGET: One Astra Militarum Infantry unit from your army. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, enemy Reinforcement units cannot be set up within 12" of your unit.

WHEN: Start of your opponent's Charge phase. TARGET: One Astra Militarum Grenades unit from your army. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, whenever an enemy unit picks your unit as a charge target, subtract 2 from the Charge roll (this does not stack with any other negative modifier to that Charge roll).

WHEN: Fight phase, right after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One Astra Militarum Infantry unit from your army picked as a target of one or more of that attacking unit's attacks. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, whenever a model in your unit is destroyed and has not fought this phase, roll one D6, adding 2 if it is a Regiment model. On a 4+, leave the model in play; it fights after the attacking unit finishes its attacks and is then removed.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One Platoon unit from your army within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, enemy units do not count as being within Engagement Range of your unit when choosing targets for ranged weapons. Also for the rest of the phase, whenever an enemy model loses a wound while its unit is within Engagement Range of your unit, roll one D6: on a 4+, one model from your unit is destroyed after the attacking unit finishes its attacks.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One Platoon unit from your army not yet picked to shoot this phase. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, add 1 to the Attacks of ranged weapons carried by models in the unit when targeting an enemy unit within half range.

WHEN: Start of your Command phase. TARGET: One Infantry Officer model from your army. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, when your model issues the Move! Move! Move! Order, it may issue it to any number of eligible friendly Infantry Regiment units regardless of range.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One Astra Militarum Character unit from your army not yet picked to shoot this phase. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, whenever your unit attacks a visible enemy unit within 12", you may re-roll the Hit roll.

WHEN: Start of your opponent's Charge phase. TARGET: One Platoon unit from your army. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, whenever an enemy unit finishes a Charge move within Engagement Range of your unit, roll one D6 per model in that enemy unit: for each 5+ it takes 1 mortal wound, up to a maximum of 6 mortal wounds.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army not yet picked to shoot this phase. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, whenever a model in your unit attacks, you may re-roll the Hit roll.

WHEN: Fight phase. TARGET: One Astra Militarum Titanic unit from your army not yet picked to fight this phase. EFFECT: Pick one enemy unit within Engagement Range of your unit. For the rest of the phase, add 6 to the Attacks of melee weapons carried by models in your unit, improve their Armour Penetration by 2, and each model in your unit may only target that enemy unit when it fights.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase, right after an Astra Militarum Vehicle unit from your army has shot. TARGET: That ASTRA MILITARUM VEHICLE unit. EFFECT: Choose one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks; it must take a Battle-shock test with -1 to the test.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase, right after an Astra Militarum Titanic unit from your army has shot. TARGET: That ASTRA MILITARUM TITANIC unit. EFFECT: Choose one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks; for the rest of the phase it cannot have the Benefit of Cover.

WHEN: Your Movement phase or your Charge phase. TARGET: One Astra Militarum Vehicle unit from your army not yet picked to move or charge this phase. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, whenever your unit makes a Normal, Advance or Charge move, it can move horizontally through terrain features.

WHEN: Reinforcements step of your Movement phase, from the second battle round on. TARGET: One Astra Militarum Titanic unit from your army that is in Reserves. EFFECT: Set the unit up on the battlefield wholly within 8" of a battlefield edge and more than 6" horizontally from all enemy units.

WHEN: Fight phase. TARGET: One MILITARUM TEMPESTUS unit from your army not yet picked to fight this phase. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, add 1 to the Attacks and Strength of melee weapons carried by models in the unit.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase, right after a MILITARUM TEMPESTUS unit from your army has shot. TARGET: That MILITARUM TEMPESTUS unit. EFFECT: Choose one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks; until the start of your next Shooting phase, subtract 2 from the Move characteristic of its models and subtract 2 from its Advance and Charge rolls.

WHEN: Start of your Command phase. TARGET: One OFFICER model from your army. EFFECT: Choose one Order your model can issue. Every ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army receives that Order (ignoring any keywords normally required). RESTRICTIONS: For the rest of the turn, OFFICER models from your army cannot issue Orders. Usable only once.

WHEN: Your Movement phase. TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army not yet picked to move this phase. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, after your unit finishes a move, you may pick one open Hatchway it moved through during that move and close it.