1Introduction

2General Principles

3Models and Units

4Battlefield Logistics

5Characteristics

6Modifiers

7Attacks

8Setting up a Game

9Pre-Game Sequence

10Deployment Phase

11Charge Phase

12Movement Phase

13Magic Phase

14Shooting Phase

15Melee Phase

16Casualties

17Psychology

18Victory Conditions

19Model Classification

20Terrain

21Model Rules

22Special Items

23Summaries

24Alphabetical Index

The 9th Age: Fantasy Battles is a turn based game. A standard game lasts for 6 Game Turns, each divided into two Player Turns. At the beginning of the game, one player has the first Player Turn, in which they use their units to perform various actions, such as moving, casting spells, or Charging, while their opponent gets to react. After this, the other player has their first Player Turn. When this comes to an end, Game Turn 1 is complete. In Game Turn 2, the first player now has their second Player Turn, and so on, until both players have completed 6 Player Turns. This marks the end of the game.

Each Player Turn is divided into five phases, performed in the following order:

The Active Player is the player whose Player Turn it currently is.

The Reactive Player is the player whose Player Turn it currently is not.

Whenever two or more effects occur at the same time, resolve effects controlled by the Active Player first. If there is a choice involved (such as abilities that may or may not be activated), the Active Player must declare the use of their abilities before the Reactive Player. Each player is free to decide in which order they resolve their own simultaneous abilities. Once both players have declared the use and order of their abilities, resolve their effects, starting with those of the Active Player.

For example, if both players have abilities that may be activated at the beginning of the Magic Phase, the player whose Magic Phase it is must choose first whether or not they are using their abilities and in which order. Then the Reactive Player may choose to use their abilities or not. After that, the effects of the abilities from both sides are resolved, starting with the Active Player's abilities.

The rules often refer to a friendly or enemy Player Turn, friendly or enemy models, friendly or enemy units, etc. In this context, the term enemy refers to your opponent's Player Turns, models, units, etc., while friendly refers to yours.

In The 9th Age: Fantasy Battles, dice are often used to determine random outcomes. The most commonly used type is the six-sided dice, referred to as a D6, with a range from 1 to 6. The effects of a dice roll are often dependent on whether the rolled value is equal to or higher than a set value (such as a dice roll that is successful if the dice rolls '3' or higher). This is often referred to as a 3+ (or 2+, 4+, 6+, etc.).

Multiple Dice: Sometimes you need to roll more than one of these dice at the same time. This is represented by a number before the type of dice rolled, such as 3D6, which means to roll 3 six-sided dice and add the results together.

Modified Dice Rolls: On other occasions, a dice roll may be modified by adding or subtracting a number, such as D6+1. In such cases, simply add the relevant number to, or subtract it from, the result of the roll.

Natural Roll: A natural roll on a D6 refers to the value of the dice, before any modifiers are applied.

Rerolling Dice: Lastly, some effects in the game call for rerolling certain dice, such as failed to-wound rolls, or Aegis Save results of '1'. When you encounter such situations, reroll the relevant dice. Dice can only be rerolled once. The second result is final, no matter the cause, source, or result, and the initial result is ignored for all rules purposes, unless specifically stated otherwise. Note that rerolling a dice is not considered a modifier.

The game sometimes requires the roll of a D3. This is performed by rolling a D6 and then halving the result, rounding up, so that the result can only be 1, 2, or 3. If the game requires a natural '1' or a natural '6' when rolling a D3, it always refers to the value of the D6 before halving.

For dice rolls subject to Maximised Roll, roll one additional D6 and discard the lowest D6 rolled. For dice rolls subject to Minimised Roll, roll one additional D6 and discard the highest D6 rolled. These rules are cumulative (e.g. for a roll affected by two instances of Maximised Roll, you roll two additional D6 and discard the two lowest D6 rolled). The results of the discarded D6 are ignored for all intents and purposes.

The Direction Dice is a special six-sided dice with all sides marked with an arrow. Certain rules may ask the player to determine a random direction. In such cases, roll the Direction Dice and then use the direction in which the arrow points.

Representing the Direction Dice with a Standard D6

Alternatively the Direction Dice can be represented by rolling a standard six-sided dice and using the side with a single dot (i.e. the '1') to represent the direction of an arrow as depicted in figure 1 . If rolling a result of '1' or '6' ('1' and '6' are on opposite faces on a standard dice), use the central dot in the '5' to represent the direction of the arrow instead.

Figure 1: Representing the Direction Dice with a standard D6.

Models in The 9th Age: Fantasy Battles represent epic warriors, ferocious monsters, and lethal spell casters. Every miniature that stands on the same base is considered the same model (e.g. a dragon and its rider or a cannon and its crewmen are considered a single model).

The scale of miniatures most commonly used for The 9th Age ranges from 1:70 to 1:50 when compared to real-life sized equivalents for human-sized creatures. Many units are commonly represented by miniatures with a scale in the range of 25 mm to 32 mm (a common form of measuring human miniature size is measuring the model's height to the eyes). Players are welcome to interpret the scale as they like, as the distances used in the rules do not seem realistic if the scale of 1:1 compared to the actual size of the miniatures is used for the game.

The 9th Age does not officially support any particular product line, and you are welcome to play with whatever scale and miniatures you and your opponent have agreed upon. However, it is very important to make sure you mount your models (regardless of scale or size) on the correct base size for the unit entry.

Just as we can imagine that the combatants in the game are actually smaller than the miniatures that represent them, we can also imagine that a single miniature does not have to represent a single warrior. We could imagine a unit of 10 elite elven warriors representing exactly 10 elves or some other group size like 20, 50, or 100. At the same time a unit of 10 Goblin Raiders could just represent 10 goblins, but is more likely to represent some larger group of 100, 200, or 500.

Characters and monsters are meant to represent exceptional individuals and especially potent creatures that are worth entire regiments on their own. It may be easier to come to terms with a miniature of a character representing not just the character itself but also their bodyguards and assorted staff that might follow such a hero into battle.

The 9th Age: Fantasy Battles includes a series of Army Books which contain the unique rules for Characters and troops, and the descriptions of the different armies. All unit entries within an Army Book are divided into different Army Categories, which may be limited to represent a minimum or maximum percentage of the Army Points.

The first step in building an army is writing down a selection of units, options, and their Point Costs on a document called the Army List. An army is subject to certain rules and restrictions which this chapter will describe in further detail.

Every unit, weapon, upgrade, Special Item, etc. costs a certain amount of points. The 9th Age uses Point Costs to balance units and options so two players can enjoy a game that tests their skills. This allows for quick pickup games between friends or helps design scenarios where you need to know how powerful certain things are. A unit's Point Cost is the total of its starting Point Cost and the Point Costs of all its upgrades. An army's Point Cost is the total of all its units' Point Costs.

Each army is divided into several Army Categories, restricting the selection of units in a way that enables players to enjoy a balanced and fair gaming experience. At the same time, they still ensure that armies used in the game can employ a wide variety of styles. This could represent a single Character and its hunting party or large armies numbering in their thousands clashing for the fate of the world.

All armies in The 9th Age: Fantasy Battles are subject to the basic composition rules detailed in this section.

Before building an army, you will want to decide with your opponent on the size of the battle, referred to as Army Points. The combined Point Costs of every unit in your army, as described in "Point Costs" must not exceed the Army Points. An army may fall below the limit by up to 40 points.

An Army List is divided into Army Categories, and every unit on the Army List belongs to one or more Army Categories. These are marked by icons in the unit entries in the Army Book. The number of points a player can spend on each of these Army Categories is defined in each Army Book.

The Army Categories are divided into three groupings: the commanders and the outstanding individuals (Characters), the backbone of the force (Core and Special), and the thematic unique additions (Army-Specific). All armies must have units from the Characters and Core Army Categories in their Army List.

• This Army Category always has a maximum amount of points that can be spent on it, usually 40% of the Army Points.
• Each army must contain at least one Character that is eligible to be the army's General (see "The General").
• Unless specifically stated otherwise, entries that belong to this Army Category follow the rules for Characters given in "Character".

• This Army Category always has a minimum amount of points that must be spent on it, usually 25% of the Army Points.

• This Army Category has no maximum or minimum limit. You are free to spend any amount of points on units in this Army Category, so long as the requirements of the army composition are met.

• This Army Category has a maximum amount of points that can be spent on it; the limit is defined within individual Army Books.
• All armies have one or more Army-Specific Categories.

Some units can be included in more than one Army Category, which is represented by more than one icon in their entry. In these cases, simply count the unit's Point Cost towards the limits of all its Army Categories, but only once towards the army Point Cost.

Choosing certain options can make a unit count towards another Army Category in addition to its original Army Category. For example, giving a unit Shooting Weapons might make it also count towards the Ranged Support Army Category. This is marked by a small icon of the additional Army Category, displayed underneath the original Army Category icon(s), together with the conditions for counting in this additional Army Category.

In some rare cases a unit's Point Cost can be split between different Army Categories, where the Point Cost for some particular option is additionally counted towards a different Army Category than the unit. This is marked in the unit entry by a split icon, with the two halves representing the two Army Categories the unit counts towards. For example, a 250 pts Elf Character, counted towards the Characters Army Category, decides to ride a 500 pts Dragon, which is an option marked to count additionally towards Beasts and Monsters. In this case, the player must count the entire unit's Point Cost (250 + 500 = 750 pts) towards Characters, and the Dragon's Point Cost (500 pts) towards Beasts and Monsters.

Certain units and options are limited in number in the army.

Some items in the Army Books are marked with 0-X items per Army (e.g. 0-2 Units per Army, 0-2 Models per Army, 0-2 Mounts per Army). Such items can be included from zero to X times in the same army. The maximum limit (X) is halved for Warbands and doubled for Grand Armies, rounding fractions up (see below).

Items (units, upgrades, equipment, etc.) marked as One of a Kind may only be taken once per army. This is not changed for Warbands or Grand Armies.

Every army must contain a minimum of 4 units. Characters do not count towards this minimum. All units with the War Machine Universal Rule together count as a single unit for this purpose.

A single Character in the army must be named the General. At least one Character must be included in the army that is eligible to fulfill this role. Who is the General must be noted on the Army List. The General gains the Commanding Presence Universal Rule.

The rules for army composition are modified depending on the size of an army. An army that is unusually small or unusually large is subject to the following rules.

When setting up a game of The 9th Age: Fantasy Battles, players need to go through the following steps, referred to as the Pre-Game Sequence:

In The 9th Age: Fantasy Battles, two armies opposing each other on the Battlefield must have roughly the same Point Cost. This is to ensure that the battle will be decided through clever strategies and tactics rather than unfair differences in army size.

The first step to setting up a game is to agree on the Army Points (see "Army Points"), which will determine the size of the game. The size of the game is typically between 1500 and 3000 points for small engagements, between 3000 and 8000 points for serious battles, and beyond 8000 points for mighty clashes between epic armies. For an optimal gaming experience, we recommend playing at 4500 points.

After deciding on the size of the game, the next step is for both players to swap Army Lists and share all relevant information about the upcoming game.

Alternatively, players may agree to keep certain aspects about their armies secret, which they will progressively reveal during the course of the game. For more information please see "Optional Rules for Hidden Lists".

The 9th Age: Fantasy Battles is intended to be played on a board that is 72" wide and 48" deep. For smaller battles involving Warbands, we recommend playing on a board that is 36" wide and 48" deep (half the standard board), while for bigger games involving Grand Armies we recommend that the players increase the size of the board as they see fit in order to accommodate the larger armies.

While some battles may take place on a completely open board, a Battlefield typically has Terrain Features placed upon it (see "Terrain"). These pieces of Terrain could represent exactly what they are, but they could also be representations of far greater things for the purpose of the game. So a copse of trees could represent a forest, a stream could actually be a wide river, a single house could denote a hamlet, and a tower could represent a keep. The players can freely agree on the size, type, and number of Terrain Features to be placed, as well as their positions. If an agreement cannot be reached, the game provides the following default rules for setting up a randomly generated Battlefield.

• Terrain Features cannot be moved to be closer than 6" from each other. You may move them as little as possible from their rolled position in order to meet this criterion. If it is not possible to place the Terrain Feature more than 6" away from any other Terrain then discard the problematic piece.
• Recommended Terrain Feature sizes are between 6×8" and 6×10", except for Walls, which are 1×8", and Impassable Terrain, which is between 6×6" and 6×8".

Once the Deployment Type is established, determine the Secondary Objective. If no outside source tells you which one to use (e.g. tournament organiser, campaign rule, etc.), players may agree on a Secondary Objective. Otherwise, randomise by rolling a D6 and consulting the list below. See "Victory Conditions", for more details on how capturing an objective affects who is the winner.

Mark the centre of the board.

At the end of each Game Turn after the first, the player with the most Scoring Units within 6" of the centre of the board gains a counter. At the end of the game, the player with the most such counters wins this Secondary Objective.

The player with the most Scoring Units inside their opponent's Deployment Zone at the end of the game, up to a maximum of 3, wins this Secondary Objective.

Place 3 markers along the line dividing the board into halves (the dashed line in the figures describing Deployment Types). One marker is placed with its centre on a point on this line that is as close as possible to the centre of the board while still being more than 1" away from Impassable Terrain. The other two markers are placed with their centres on points on this line that are on either side of the central marker, as close to the centre of the board as possible but at least a third of the length of the long Board Edge (24" on a standard board) away from it, and more than 1" away from Impassable Terrain.

At the start of each of your Player Turns, each of your Scoring units that is not carrying a marker may pick up a single marker whose centre they are in contact with. Remove the marker from the Battlefield: the unit is now carrying the marker. Units carrying a marker with less than 3 Full Ranks cannot perform March Moves. If a unit carrying a marker is destroyed or loses Scoring , the opponent must immediately place the marker carried by this unit with its centre on a point within 3" of it. Ignore Post-Combat Reform for this purpose. This point cannot be within 1" of Impassable Terrain, but it can be inside a unit.

At the end of the game, the player with the most units carrying markers wins this Secondary Objective.

After Spell Selection (at the end of step 7 of the Pre-Game Sequence), both players choose a Terrain Feature that isn't Impassable Terrain and that is not fully inside their Deployment Zone, starting with the player that chose their Deployment Zone (note that both players may choose the same Terrain Feature).

A player captures their opponent's chosen Terrain Feature if any of the player's Scoring Units are inside that Terrain Feature at the end of the game. If a player captures their opponent's chosen Terrain Feature while not allowing their own to be captured, they win this Secondary Objective.

After Spell Selection (at the end of step 7 of the Pre-Game Sequence), mark all Scoring Units on both players' Army Lists. If either player has less than 3 marked units, their opponent must mark enough units from this player's Army List so that there are exactly 3 marked units in the army, starting with the player that chose their Deployment Zone.

The player that has the lowest number of their marked units removed as casualties at the end of the game wins this Secondary Objective.

Directly after determining Deployment Zones, both players place one marker on the Battlefield, starting with the player that chose their Deployment Zone. Each player must place the marker with its centre on a point that is more than 12" away from their Deployment Zone and a third of the long Board Edge length (24" on a standard board) from the point marked by the other marker.

At the end of the game, the player controlling the most markers wins this Secondary Objective. A marker is controlled by the player with the most Scoring Units within 6" of the centre of the marker. If a unit is within 6" of the centres of both markers, it only counts as within 6" of the centre of the marker which is closest to its Centre (randomise if both markers' centres are equally close).

The player who did not choose the Deployment Zone decides which player deploys first.

The players then take turns deploying their units fully inside their own Deployment Zone. On each of their deployment turns, a player can deploy any number of units, but must deploy at least one unit. All Characters count as a single unit during the Deployment Phase and must all be deployed during the same deployment turn.

Once a player has deployed all of their units (excluding units that are deployed with alternative rules, such as Ambushing or Scouting units), that player must announce whether they will play first or second should they win the Roll for First Turn.

The other player must now deploy the rest of their units. The number of units deployed in this step is called the Undeployed Units Number and will be used in the Roll for First Turn. As before, all remaining Characters count as one unit when deployed.

In the unlikely event that a unit cannot be deployed during the Deployment Phase for whatever reason (e.g. if there is not enough space in the player’s Deployment Zone), the unit counts as destroyed, unless specifically stated otherwise.

Both players deploy their units that have been nominated to use their Scout rules during "Declaring Special Deployment" starting with the player who first completed their normal deployment (see "Scout").

Both players move their units with Vanguard (see "Vanguard (X)"), starting with the player who finished deploying last.

Put into effect all rules and abilities described as taking place right before the battle.

Both players must now roll a D6. The player that finished deploying first adds the Undeployed Units Number to their dice roll.

The Magic Phase is when your Wizards will attempt to cast spells, and your opponent can attempt to dispel them.

The Magic Phase is divided into the following steps:

Models that can cast non-Bound Spells are referred to as Wizards. There are 3 types of Wizards (see "Spell Selection" and "Model Rules" for details on the differences between them):

Each of your Wizards has to choose an available Path of Magic to select spells from; the chosen Path of Magic has to be written down on your Army List.

In the Magic Phase, spells are cast and dispelled using a pool of dice called the Magic Dice. The number of Magic Dice each player receives in each Magic Phase is determined by which Flux Cards are drawn (see Flux Cards below) and what decisions are made during Siphon the Veil (see "Siphon the Veil").

Each player has a deck consisting of the 8 Flux Cards given in figure 25 . During step 2 of the Magic Phase, the Reactive Player randomly draws one of the Flux Cards from the Active Player's deck. This card determines how many starting Magic Dice both players receive in this Magic Phase, and how many Veil Tokens the Active Player receives. Once a Flux Card has been drawn, it is discarded from the deck. The remaining Flux Cards in the decks are open information to both players.

Instead of using Flux Cards, you may use dice to randomise which Flux Card to use. Mark which cards have already been used and roll again whenever you get an already used card. Here is an example of how to randomise using two D6: roll the first dice until its result, called X, is within 1-4. Then roll the second D6. If this D6 rolls 4+, add 4 to X. This will result in a value between 1 and 8.

Figure 25: Flux Cards.

The Active Player creates a new pool of Veil Tokens that will last until their next Siphon the Veil phase.

• Add the number of Veil Tokens left in their previous Veil Token pool
• Add the number of Veil Tokens given by the Flux Card drawn this Player Turn
• Add Veil Tokens from other sources, such as Channel (see "Channel (X)")

Up to 12 Veil Tokens can now be removed from the pool to be converted into Magic Dice by the Active Player. For each full 3 Veil Tokens that were removed, the Active Player adds a single Magic Dice to their Magic Dice pool. Up to 4 Magic Dice may be added to the Active Player's pool this way.

At the end of Siphon the Veil, the Active Player must discard Veil Tokens from their Veil Token pool until it contains no more than 3 tokens. The remaining Veil Tokens are saved to be added to the Veil Token pool in the Active Player's next Magic Phase.

Some armies can generate Veil Tokens outside Siphon the Veil. This cannot increase the Veil Token pool beyond 6 Veil Tokens.

Spells are cast during the Magic Phase. Most spells belong to a specific Path of Magic.

All spells are defined by the following 6 properties (see figure 26 ):

All spells are part of one or more of the following categories:

All spells labelled with a number are Learned Spells, which are the main spells of a Path. They are usually numbered from 1 to 6, which is relevant for the Spell Selection rules.

Each player may only attempt to cast each Learned Spell once per Magic Phase, even if it is known by different Wizards (unless the spell is Replicable, see below).

Most Army Books contain a Hereditary Spell, which is labelled “H” instead of a number. Hereditary Spells follow all the rules for Learned Spells.

Attribute Spells are labelled "A". All Wizards that know at least one spell from a Path of Magic automatically know the Attribute Spell from that Path if there is any.

Path Attribute Spells are special spells that cannot be cast independently. Instead, the Caster may cast the Attribute Spell automatically each time it successfully casts a non-Attribute Spell from the corresponding Path. This means that an Attribute Spell can be cast more than once by the same Caster, and also by different Casters during a Magic Phase. Attribute Spells cannot be dispelled.

Some Learned Spells are Replicable Spells and are labelled "rep". The player may attempt to cast Replicable Spells multiple times in the same Magic Phase, but each Wizard may only make a single attempt.

Some spells are classified as Bound Spells, which follow different rules than the above (see "Bound Spells").

The spell type describes which targets can be chosen for the spell. Unless specifically stated otherwise, a spell may only have a single target and the target must be a single unit. If a spell has more than one type, apply all the restrictions of each type.

For example, if a spell has the types Direct, Hex, and Range 12", the target must be in the Caster's Front Arc, be an enemy unit, and be within 12" of the Caster.

13.H Spell Casting Sequence Each of the Active Player’s non-Fleeing models with one or more spells may now attempt to cast each of its spells up to one time per Magic Phase. The model is referred to as the Caster. In each Magic Phase one Casting Attempt may be made for each spell, even if this spell is known by different Wizards. Remember that Bound Spells, Attribute Spells, and Replicable Spells ignore this restriction. Each casting of a spell is resolved as follows: A Casting Attempt. If failed, skip steps B–F B Dispelling Attempt. If successful, skip steps C–F C In case of Broken Concentration , skip steps D–E and go directly to step F D Resolve the spell effect E If applicable, choose target(s) for the Attribute Spell and resolve its effect F If applicable, apply the Miscast effect 13.H.a Casting Attempt Each Casting Attempt is resolved as follows: 1 The Active Player declares which Wizard is casting which spell and how many Magic Dice will be used. If applicable, they also declare which version of the spell is used and what its targets are. Between 1 and 5 dice from the Active Player’s Magic Dice pool must be used. 2 The Active Player rolls the chosen number of Magic Dice from the Magic Dice pool and adds the results of the rolled dice and any Casting Modifiers together (see “Casting and Dispelling Modifiers ”, page 58 ). This total is referred to as the total casting roll. 3 The Casting Attempt is passed if the total casting roll is equal to or greater than the spell’s Casting Value. The Casting Attempt fails if the total casting roll is less than the spell’s Casting Value. Note that the Casting Attempt may Fizzle if 2 or more dice were used (see “Fizzle ”, page 58 ). 13.H.a.1 Boosted Spells Some spells have two Casting Values, with the greater Casting Value being referred to as the Boosted version of the spell. Boosted versions may have their type (range, target restrictions) and/or duration modified (e.g. giving the spell a longer range), and/or the effects of the spell changed. Declare if you are trying to cast the Boosted version before rolling any dice. If no declaration is made, the basic version for the chosen target is assumed to be used. 13.H.b Dispelling Attempt Whenever the Active Player passes a Casting Attempt, the Reactive Player may attempt to dispel the Casting Attempt: 1 The Reactive Player declares how many Magic Dice will be used from their pool. The Reactive Player must use at least 1 dice for a Dispelling Attempt. Note that there is no maximum number of Magic Dice allowed to be used for a Dispelling Attempt. 2 The Reactive Player rolls the chosen number of dice and adds the results of the rolled dice and any Dispelling Modifiers together (see “Casting and Dispelling Modifiers ”, page 58 ), to get the total dispelling roll. 3 The Dispelling Attempt is successful if the total dispelling roll is equal to or greater than the total casting roll. If so, the spell is dispelled and the spell is not cast. The Dispelling Attempt fails if the total dispelling roll is less than the total casting roll. If so, the spell is successfully cast. Note that the Dispelling Attempt may Fizzle if 2 or more dice were used (see “Fizzle ”, page 58 ). 13.H.c Resolve the Spell If the spell was not dispelled, it is successfully cast. Apply the spell effects. Afterwards (if applicable), choose a target for the Path Attribute Spell and immediately apply its effects (Attribute Spells cannot be dispelled). Contents Index 57 Model Rules Summaries 13.H.d Additional Rules Affecting Casting and Dispelling Attempts 13.H.d.1 Casting and Dispelling Modifiers There are many potential sources for modifiers to the roll (the most common modifier for casting rolls is the +1 to cast modifier for being a Wizard Master). Add these modifiers to the casting or dispelling rolls. After all modifiers are applied, total Casting and Dispelling Modifiers may not exceed +2 and −2. 13.H.d.2 Fizzle When a Casting Attempt or Dispelling Attempt is failed for which 2 dice or more were used, any Magic Dice that rolled a natural ‘1’ are returned to the Magic Dice pool they were taken from. Note that this does not apply to passed Casting Attempts that are then dispelled. 13.I Miscasts When a player rolls their casting roll and three or more Magic Dice roll the same value, the Casting Attempt results in a Miscast (regardless of whether the Casting Attempt is passed or not). If the Casting Attempt is successful and not dispelled, apply the effects of the Miscast, as determined by the value on the Magic Dice as shown in table 4 . If 3 Magic Dice were used for the casting roll, apply a −1 Miscast Modifier (see “Miscast Modifiers and Miscast Table ” below). If 5 Magic Dice were used for the casting roll, apply a +1 Miscast Modifier. 13.I.a Miscast Modifiers and Miscast Table A +X or −X Miscast Modifier means that X is added to or deducted from the value of the dice yielding the Miscast. For example, a 222 Miscast with a +1 Miscast Modifier makes a 222 counts as a 333 Miscast. Three of a kind: Miscast Effects Apply the effects of 222 and higher after resolving the effects of the spell and any Attribute Spell 000 or lower No effect. 111 Broken Concentration The Casting Attempt fails (apply Fizzle as normal). 222 Witchfire The Caster’s unit suffers 1D6 hits with Armour Penetration 2, Magical Attacks, and a Strength equal to the number of Magic Dice that were used for the casting roll. 333 Magical Inferno The Caster’s unit suffers 2D6 hits with Armour Penetration 2, Magical Attacks, and a Strength equal to the number of Magic Dice that were used for the casting roll. 444 Amnesia The Caster cannot cast the Miscast spell anymore this game. 555 Backlash The Caster suffers 2 hits that wound on 4+ with Armour Penetration 10 and Magical Attacks. 666 Implosion The Caster suffers 4 hits that wound on 4+ with Armour Penetration 10 and Magical Attacks. 777 or higher Breach in the Veil The Caster’s model is removed as a casualty (no saves of any kind allowed). Table 4: Miscast Table. Contents Index 58 Model Rules Summaries 13.J Bound Spells Bound Spells can also be cast by models that are not Wizards, but possessing a Bound Spell does not make a model a Wizard. A Bound Spell is a spell that is usually contained in a magical artefact of some sort. Bound Spells cannot be used to cast Boosted versions of the spell they contain. A Bound Spell containing a spell from a Path with an Attribute also automatically contains the Path Attribute Spell. 13.J.a Power Level All Bound Spells have two Power Levels, given as values in brackets (usually Power Level (4/8)). The first value is the Bound Spell’s primary Power Level. This is used when the Bound Spell is cast with 2 Magic Dice. The second value is the Bound Spell’s secondary Power Level, and is used when the Bound Spell is cast with 3 Magic Dice. 13.J.b Casting a Bound Spell Casting a Bound Spell ignores the normal Casting Attempt rules, and instead follows a different procedure. Each of the Active Player’s non-Fleeing models with Bound Spells may attempt to cast each of its Bound Spells up to one time per Magic Phase. This model is referred to as the Caster. Bound Spells can be cast even if the same spell has already been cast earlier in the same Magic Phase. Casting a Bound Spell does not prevent the casting of the same spell later in the same Magic Phase, even as non-Bound Spell. 13.J.b.1 Bound Spell Casting Attempt 1 The Active Player declares which model will cast which Bound Spell, and whether they will use 2 or 3 Magic Dice. If applicable, the Active Player also declares the targets of the spell. The spell is always cast with the basic version as Bound Spells cannot be Boosted. 2 The Active Player removes the chosen number of Magic Dice (2 or 3) from their Magic Dice pool (do not roll them). 3 The Casting Attempt is always passed. Note that Bound Spells that contain a spell from a Path with an Attribute automatically also contain the Path Attribute Spell, and that unless specifically stated otherwise Casting Modifiers are not applied to the casting roll of a Bound Spell. 13.J.b.2 Bound Spell Dispelling Attempt Dispelling a Bound Spell works exactly like dispelling a Learned Spell. If 2 Magic Dice were removed the casting roll is equal to the Bound Spell’s primary Power Level. If 3 Magic Dice were removed the casting roll is equal to the Bound Spell’s secondary Power Level. 13.K Magical Effects 13.K.a Magical Move Some spells or abilities enable a unit to perform a Magical Move. The move is performed as if in step 3 of the Movement Phase Sequence (Moving Units), which means that it follows the same rules and restrictions as if this was a new Moving Units sub-phase (e.g. Fleeing units, Shaken units, units with Random Movement , or units Engaged in Combat cannot move). Actions that a unit could normally do in the Moving Units sub-phase can be made (such as Wheeling, Reforming, joining units, leaving units, and so on). A Magical Move always has a limited movement range (e.g. “the target may perform a 12″ Magical Move”): the target’s Advance Rate and March Rate are always equal to this value for the duration of the move. A unit can only perform a single Magical Move per Magic Phase. Contents Index 59 Model Rules Summaries 13.K.b Recover Health Points Some spells or abilities can recover Health Points lost earlier in the battle. The amount of Health Points recovered is noted in the ability (Recover X Health Points). Recovering Health Points can never bring back models that have been removed as casualties, and cannot increase a model’s Health Points above its starting value. A Character inside a Combined Unit never recovers Health Points from abilities that allow a unit to recover Health Points. A Character can only recover Health Points when it is the only target of an ability or spell. Any excess Recovered Health Points are lost. 13.K.c Raise Health Points Raise Health Points uses the rules for Recover Health Points with the exception that Raise Health Points can bring back models that have been removed as casualties. Bringing back models is subject to the following rules and restrictions: • First, recover all lost Health Points on models in the unit (except for Characters), then bring back models in the following order: first Champions, then other R&F models (including Musicians and Standard Bearers). Each Raised model must be recovered to its full amount of Health Points before another model can be Raised. This cannot Raise a unit’s number of models above its starting number. Any excess Raised Health Points are lost. • Raised models without Front Rank must be placed in the rear rank if incomplete, or in a new rear rank if the current rear rank is complete. In units with one rank (including single model units), a Raised model can either be placed in the first rank or you can declare the first rank complete and create a new rank. Any models that cannot be placed in legal positions are lost. • Any used One use only effects, or destroyed equipment (Special Items or mundane equipment) are not regained. • Raised models are subject to the same ongoing effects as their unit, and count as Charging if their unit Charged. 13.K.d Summoned Units Summoned units are units created during the game. All models in a newly Summoned unit must be deployed within the range of the ability. If the unit is summoned as a result of a Ground type spell, at least one of the Summoned models must be placed on the targeted point and all models must be within the spell’s range. Summoned models must be placed at least 1″ away from other units and from Impassable Terrain. If the whole unit cannot be deployed, then no models can be deployed. Once Summoned, the newly created unit operates as a normal unit on the Caster’s side. Summoned units do not award Victory Points to the opponent when they are destroyed. Contents Index 60 Model Rules Summaries In the Shooting Phase, models with Shooting Attacks get a chance to use them. 14.A Shooting Phase Sequence The Shooting Phase is divided into the following steps. 1 Start of the Shooting Phase 2 Select one of your units and perform a Shooting Attack 3 Repeat step 2 with a different unit that has not performed a Shooting Attack during this phase yet 4 When all units that can (and want to) shoot have done so, the Shooting Phase ends 14.A.a Shooting With a Unit Some units have Shooting Weapons or Model Rules that allow them to perform Shooting Attacks. Apply the following rules for shooting with a unit: 1. Choose a shooting unit Each unit that can perform a Shooting Attack can do so once per Shooting Phase, with the following conditions and restrictions: • Fleeing units, Shaken units, units that are Engaged in Combat or were Engaged in Combat at any point during the Player Turn, and units that have Marched or Reformed this Player Turn cannot perform Shooting Attacks. • All models in the same unit must shoot at the same target, and only models in the first and second rank may shoot. • If models in the unit have more than one type of Shooting Attack, declare which one is used. All R&F models except Champions must use the same type. Champions and Characters are free to use other types of Shooting Attacks (still maximum one attack per model, and directed at the same target as the unit). • In case of Multipart Models, each model part can make a Shooting Attack in the same phase. 2. Choose a target Nominate an enemy unit within the shooting unit’s Line of Sight as target. Units Engaged in Combat cannot be chosen as targets. 3. Choose models to shoot with Now determine which models from the shooting unit will shoot at the target unit: • Check the Line of Sight for each shooting model. Remember that Line of Sight is always drawn from the model’s Front Facing. Models that do not have Line of Sight to at least one model in the target unit cannot shoot. • Measure the range to the target unit for each individual shooting model. This is measured from the actual position of each shooting model to the closest point of the target’s Unit Boundary (even if this particular point is not within Line of Sight). Models that are further away from their target than the range of their weapon cannot shoot (unless performing a Stand and Shoot Charge Reaction). • If the Shooting Attack has a minimum range, the model can only shoot if the target is at least partially outside the minimum range. • Any model part in the unit is free to choose not to shoot. Contents Index 61 Model Rules Summaries 4. Shoot! Once you have established which models will shoot, these models shoot as many times as indicated in their weapon’s profile. For each shot, roll to hit with each model, as described below, and then follow the Attack Sequence rules (page 19 ) after determining the number of hits. 14.B Aim A Shooting Weapon’s Aim tells you what the model needs to roll on a D6 to successfully hit its target. This roll is called a to-hit roll. A weapon’s Aim is written in brackets after the weapon’s name. Each unit has its own Aim for a given Shooting Weapon available to it. For example, an elven archer might have a Longbow (3+) while a human peasant only has a Longbow (4+). The elf would hit its target if it rolls 3 or higher on a D6, while the human would need to roll 4 or higher. 14.C To-Hit Modifiers Shooting Attacks may suffer one or more to-hit modifiers to their to-hit rolls. If so, simply modify the dice roll for the shot with the given modifiers. The most common to-hit modifiers are explained below and summarised in table 5 . If one or more hits are scored, follow the procedure described under “Attacks ”, page 18 . A natural roll of ‘1’ is always a miss. Long Range −1 Stand and Shoot −1 (if Accurate ) 0 Soft Cover −1 Moving and Shooting −1 Hard Cover −2 (if Quick to Fire ) 0 Hard Target (X) −X (if Unwieldy ) −2 (if both) −1 Table 5: Summary of To-Hit Modifiers. 14.C.a Long Range (−1 to hit) If the distance from the shooting model to the target is more than half the weapon’s range, the shooting model suffers a −1 to-hit modifier. Remember that you measure range for each shooting model individually. For rules purposes, any model not shooting at Long Range is considered to be at Short Range. 14.C.b Moving and Shooting (−1 to hit) A model that has moved during this Player Turn suffers a −1 to-hit modifier. 14.C.c Stand and Shoot Charge Reaction (−1 to hit) Shooting Attacks made as part of a Stand and Shoot Charge Reaction suffer a −1 to-hit modifier. 14.C.d Cover Cover is determined individually for each shooting model. There are two types of Cover: Soft Cover and Hard Cover. The most common reason for applying Cover is the target being obscured by Terrain or other models, or the target being inside a Terrain Feature. Contents Index 62 Model Rules Summaries Determine if the target benefits from Cover as follows: 1 Determine which Arc of the target the shooting model is Located in. The corresponding Facing is referred to as Target Facing. 2 Choose any point on the shooting model’s Front Facing. 3 For targets on rectangular bases: • From the chosen point, check how large the fraction of the Target Facing is that is behind obstructions (see figures 28 and 29 ). • If half or more of the Target Facing is obscured, the target benefits from Cover. For targets on round bases: • From the chosen point, check whether the nearest point on the Target Facing, referred to as Target Point, is behind obstructions. • If this point is obscured, the target benefits from Cover. Note that: • This is not Line of Sight. Check what is behind obstructions even outside of the shooting model’s Front Arc. • Models always ignore their own unit and the Terrain Feature they are inside for Cover purposes (e.g. a model shooting from a Forest doesn’t suffer a Soft Cover modifier for shooting through or at a target inside that Forest). 14.C.d.1 Target Benefiting from Soft Cover (−1 to hit) A model shooting at a target that benefits from Soft Cover suffers a −1 to-hit modifier. Soft Cover applies if more than half of the Target Facing or the Target Point is obscured by either: • Covering Terrain that contributes to Soft Cover • Models that do not block Line of Sight, except if the target and/or the shooting model is of Gigantic Height (see “Model Classification ”, page 87 ), and the obscuring model is of Standard Height (in which case no cover is applied) (remember that Skirmisher and Tall affect what blocks Line of Sight) For examples, see figure 27 for Cover inside Terrain, and figure 30 for Cover behind intervening models. a) b) A B A B Figure 27: Example of Soft Cover inside a Terrain Feature. a) The left model in unit A is Located in unit B’s Flank Arc, so unit B’s Flank Facing is the Target Facing. More than half of the Target Facing is obscured inside the Forest, so unit B benefits from Soft Cover against the left model. b) The right model in unit A is Located in unit B’s Front Arc, so unit B’s Front Facing is the Target Facing. Less than half of the Target Facing is obscured inside the Forest, so unit B does not benefit from Soft Cover against the right model. Contents Index 63 Model Rules Summaries 14.C.d.2 Target Benefiting from Hard Cover (−2 to hit) A model shooting at a target that benefits from Hard Cover suffers a −2 to-hit modifier. Hard Cover applies if more than half of the Target Facing or the Target Point is obscured by either: • Covering Terrain that contributes to Hard Cover • Models that do block Line of Sight (remember that Skirmisher and Tall affect what blocks Line of Sight) See figure 28 for an example of Hard Cover. a) Not within Line of Sight b) Within Line of Sight More than half of the Target Facing is obscured c) Within Line of Sight Less than half of the Target Facing is obscured Figure 28: Example of Hard Cover. a) The model cannot shoot (as its Line of Sight is blocked). b) The model can shoot (as the enemy is within Line of Sight). Hard Cover is applied since more than half of the Target Facing is obscured by a Terrain Feature that contributes to Hard Cover. c) The model can shoot (enemy within Line of Sight). No Cover is applied since half or less of the Target Facing is obscured by a Terrain Feature that contributes to Hard Cover. 14.C.d.3 Target Benefiting from Soft and Hard Cover If a target benefits from both Soft and Hard Cover, only apply the Hard Cover modifier. If parts of the Target Facing are obscured by obstructions that contribute to Soft and Hard Cover, but not enough to grant either Soft Cover or Hard Cover, apply only the Soft Cover modifier if more than half of the Target Facing is obscured. For example, if 30% of the Target Facing is obscured by Terrain contributing to Soft Cover, and another 30% by Terrain contributing to Hard Cover, then apply the Soft Cover modifier, as 60% of the Target Facing is obscured in total (see figure 29 ). C B A Less than half of the Target Facing is in Soft Cover More than half of the total Target Facing is in Cover Height: Large Height: Large Height: Standard Less than half of the Target Facing is in Hard Cover Figure 29: Example of Soft and Hard Cover. Less than half of the Target Facing is obscured by obstructions contributing either to Soft or Hard Cover. However, more than half is obscured by the combination of both. In this case, the target counts as benefiting from Soft Cover. Contents Index 64 Model Rules Summaries 14.D Hopeless Shots When to-hit modifiers make the needed roll to hit with a Shooting Attack 7+, apply the following procedure: 1 Roll to hit. Rolls of ‘6’ are considered successful. 2 For each successful roll, roll to hit again: on a roll of 4+, this second to-hit roll is successful, and the shot hits. 3 Proceed as described under “Attacks ”, page 18 . If there are enough modifiers to make the needed roll to hit 8 or more, the shot cannot hit. For example, a model with Bow (4+) shoots at a target benefiting from Hard Cover (−2 to hit), and is Moving and Shooting (−1). This would require the shooter to roll 7+ on a D6, which means that this shot follows the Hopeless Shots rule. If a ‘6’ is rolled, roll to-hit again. If the shooter manages to roll 4+ on the second attempt, the shot hits. Soft Cover (−1 to hit) No Cover Large Large Standard Large Large Large Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Gigantic Gigantic Gigantic Large Large Gigantic Gigantic Large Gigantic Gigantic Standard Gigantic Figure 30: Soft Cover from intervening models. This diagram shows all possible Height combinations between shooting, target, and intervening models that result in Soft Cover or No Cover. The intervening model is assumed to be placed in such a way that it is sufficiently obscuring the target from the shooter. All other Height combinations yield either Hard Cover or no Line of Sight, depending on whether the target is completely obscured by the intervening model or not. Contents Index 65 Model Rules Summaries

In the Melee Phase, both players' units Engaged in Combat must attack.

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 15.D.a Initiative Order Melee Attacks are performed in Rounds of Combat during the Melee Phase. All Melee Attacks have a specific Agility value that corresponds to the Agility of their model part, unless specifically stated otherwise (such as Impact Hits or Crush Attacks ). Each Round of Combat is fought in a strict striking order, referred to as Initiative Order. The Initiative Order in a combat is determined immediately before any attacks are made. Take into account all modifiers that affect the Agility of attacks that may be performed in this Round of Combat. Once the Initiative Order has been determined for a Round of Combat, it cannot be changed by effects that alter the Agility of attacks during that Round of Combat. The order starts at Initiative Step 10 with all attacks with Agility 10, and is resolved downwards to Initiative Step 0 with all attacks with Agility 0. At each Initiative Step, all attacks from this step that meet the necessary requirements (see Which Models can Attack , below) strike simultaneously. 15.D.b Charging Momentum Charging models gain +1 Agility. 15.D.c Which Models can Attack Models in base contact with an enemy attack during their Initiative Step (remember that models are considered to be in base contact across gaps: see "Base Contact between Models across Gaps ", page 10 ). Models from both sides attack in each player's Melee Phase. Contents Index 67 Model Rules Summaries 15.D.c.1 Supporting Attacks Models in the second rank and not in base contact with any enemy models can perform Close Combat Attacks across models in the first rank directly in front of them. These Close Combat Attacks are called Supporting Attacks. A model part that performs Supporting Attacks always has a maximum Attack Value of X, where X is defined by the Height of the model (see "Model Classification ", page 87 ). C A B Figure 31: Which models can attack? Models colour-coded with a darker shade can all strike. Models with a bold frame count as being in base contact with an enemy; note that models are considered to be in base contact across gaps. Models colour-coded with a lighter shade cannot make Supporting Attacks. Unit C is in Line Formation and thus both the second and third rank can make Supporting Attacks. Unit B is not Engaged in its Front Facing; its models cannot make Supporting Attacks to their Flank or Rear; they could only strike across the first rank. 15.D.d Allocating Attacks At each Initiative Step, before any attacks are rolled, Close Combat Attacks must first be allocated towards enemy models. If a model is in base contact with more than one enemy model, it can choose which model to attack. Attacks can be allocated towards models with different Health Pools, i.e. R&F models, Champions, and Characters (see "Attacks ", page 18 ). The number of Close Combat Attacks a model can make is equal to its Attack Value, which can be modified by equipment, Attack Attributes, spells, etc. If a model has an Attack Value above 1, it can allocate its Close Combat Attacks towards different enemy models in base contact. If a model is making Supporting Attacks, it can allocate its attacks as if it was in the first rank of the unit (in the same file). Allocate all attacks at each Initiative Step before making any to-hit rolls. 15.D.d.1 Swirling Melee R&F models Engaged in Combat may be in positions in the unit where, based on the general rules for allocating attacks, they can either: • allocate attacks (including Supporting Attacks) only towards enemy Characters or Champions • not allocate any attacks at all due to enemy models fighting a Duel Such models may elect to allocate their Close Combat Attacks towards R&F models of the same unit instead. Note that Swirling Melee cannot be used by Characters. Figure 32 illustrates how attacks can be allocated in a complex case. A B 𝐶1 Ch 𝐶2 𝐶3 Ch Figure 32: Example for allocating attacks. The Champion of unit B (Ch) and Character 𝐶2 are locked in a Duel (indicated by the chess pattern). This means that they can only allocate attacks towards each other. The magenta and green models can allocate attacks towards the R&F models of the other unit. The models with a bold frame can allocate attacks towards Characters/Champions. The models in fainter colours with dashed frames cannot attack at all. Character 𝐶1 cannot attack because the only model it is in base contact with is a Champion that is locked in a Duel. If 𝐶1 was a R&F model, it could allocate attacks towards the magenta R&F models. Contents Index 68 Model Rules Summaries 15.D.e Rolling to Hit Roll a D6 for each Close Combat Attack, referred to as to-hit rolls. The needed roll to hit the target is determined by the difference between the Offensive Skill of the attacking model part and the Defensive Skill of the model the attack was allocated towards. See table 6 below. To-hit modifiers can alter this to-hit roll. Close Combat to-hit rolls that are modified to hit on better than 2+ always fail on a natural roll of ‘1', while they are always successful on a natural roll of ‘6' even if they are modified beyond 6+. Example: a model has Offensive Skill 3, Attack Value 2, and is equipped with Paired Weapons, which gives it a total of 3 attacks. The model may allocate two attacks towards a model with Defensive Skill 2, which hit on 3+, and one towards a model with Defensive Skill 8, which hits on 5+. Once you have determined the number of hits, follow the Attack Sequence rules (page 19 ). Offensive Skill minus Defensive Skill Needed roll to hit 4 or more 2+ 1 to 3 3+ 0 to −3 4+ −4 to −7 5+ −8 or less 6+ Table 6: Close Combat to-Hit Table. 15.D.f Losing Base Contact Removing casualties may cause units to lose base contact with their foe. When this happens, units are nudged back into combat using the following procedure: 1. The unit that is going to lose base contact while not suffering casualties is moved the minimum amount needed to keep the units in base contact. 2. If this will not bring the units back into contact, move the unit suffering casualties the minimum amount needed to keep the units in base contact. A nudged unit can only be moved in a straight line forwards, backwards, to either side, or a combination of two of these directions (first one, then the other). Units that are in base contact with other enemy units can never be nudged in this way. Nudged units cannot move through the Unit Boundary of other units or Impassable Terrain. They also cannot move into base contact with enemy units that they were not in base contact with before the nudge move, but they are allowed to move within 1" of the Unit Boundary of other units Engaged in the same Combat. Nudge moves cannot be used to change the Facing in which any unit is fighting (which means that if the unit was Engaged in the Flank before the nudge move, this must still be true after the nudge move). If several units lose base contact at the same time, move them in the order that allows the maximum number of units to stay in combat. If this number is equal, the Active Player decides the order. If nudging either unit does not manage to bring the units back into contact with each other, the unit Drops out of Combat. Any units that are no longer Engaged in Combat follow the rules given under "No More Foes ", page 72 . 15.E 15.E.a Issuing a Duel Characters and Champions Engaged in Combat may issue a Duel at step 4 of the Round of Combat Sequence (see "Round of Combat Sequence ", page 67 ). The Active Player may nominate one of their Characters or Champions and issue a Duel, provided that there is at least one enemy Champion or Character able to accept it (this enemy model's unit must be in base contact with the unit of the model that issued the Duel, and there must not be any ongoing Duel in this combat; see below). If the Duel was refused, or if no Duel was issued, the Reactive Player may nominate one of their Characters or Champions that did not refuse the Active Player's Duel and issue a Duel. Contents Index 69 Model Rules Summaries 15.E.b Accepting or Refusing a Duel If a Duel was issued, the opponent may now choose one of their own Characters or Champions Engaged in the same Combat to accept the Duel and fight the Character or Champion that issued the Duel. The model that accepts the Duel must be in a unit that is in base contact with the unit of the model that issued the Duel. If a Duel isn't accepted it is said to be refused. The player issuing the Duel now nominates one of their opponent's Characters that could have accepted the Duel, if there is any (note that Champions cannot be nominated). The chosen model: • Has its Discipline set to 0, and it loses Stubborn (if it has it) • Cannot perform any Melee Attacks • Loses Rally Around the Flag (if it has it) • In case of a Battle Standard Bearer , doesn't add +1 to its side's Combat Score The effects end: • At the end of the Player Turn in which the combat ends • When the chosen Character accepts or issues a Duel • At the end of the Player Turn if there no longer is an enemy model Engaged in the same Combat that could accept a Duel 15.E.c Fighting a Duel If the Duel was accepted, the model that issued the Duel and the model that accepted the Duel will fight the Duel based on the following rules: • The two models count as being in base contact with each other (even if their bases are not physically touching each other) and must allocate all their Close Combat Attacks towards each other. • Melee Attacks made towards a unit as a whole (such as Breath Attacks , Impact Hits , Grind Attacks , Stomp Attacks ) can only be distributed onto the opposing duellist. Melee Attacks made at specific models (such as all models in base contact) are unaffected and work as normal. • No other model can allocate attacks towards either of these models, and attacks/hits from Melee Attacks can never be distributed onto a model that is fighting a Duel. • If one of the models is removed as a casualty in the Melee Phase before the other model had a chance to make all its Melee Attacks (this is a common situation with Characters that have attacks with more than one Agility value, such as a rider and its mount, or a model with Stomp Attacks), any of the attacks not yet carried out can and must be directed at the removed model, as if it was still Engaged and in base contact, in order to get an Overkill bonus. Note that the gap from the removed model is filled immediately during the Initiative Step in which the model is removed, according to the rules for "Removing Champions and Characters ", page 81 . • If one of the models is removed as a casualty, Breaks, or if the combat ends for any reason (including being divided through Splitting Combat), the Duel ends at the end of the phase. If neither model is removed as a casualty and both their units are still Engaged with one another at the beginning of the next Round of Combat, the Duel continues. No other Duel can be issued in the same combat before the Duel ends. 15.E.d Overkill During a Duel, any excess Health Point losses caused count towards the Combat Score , up to a maximum of +3. Contents Index 70 Model Rules Summaries 15.F 15.F.a Combat Score Once all Initiative Steps have passed (i.e. all models have had a chance to attack), the winner of this Round of Combat is determined by calculating each side's Combat Score. Simply add up all Combat Score bonuses. The side with the higher Combat Score wins the Round of Combat and the side with the lower Combat Score loses the Round of Combat. If there is a tie, both sides are treated as winners. The different Combat Score bonuses are described below and summarised in table 7 . 15.F.a.1 Lost Health Points on enemy units: +1 for each Health Point Each player adds up the number of Health Points lost from their opponent's units (Engaged in the same Combat) during this Round of Combat. This includes enemies that were Engaged in the Combat but Dropped out of Combat or were completely wiped out during this Round of Combat. 15.F.a.2 Overkill: +1 for each Health Point (maximum +3) In a Duel, excess Health Points lost by the enemy model after it was removed as a casualty are counted towards the Combat Score. A maximum of +3 can be added to your Combat Score due to Overkill. Note that excess Health Point losses are only counted when fighting a Duel. In all other situations, excess Health Point losses count for nothing. 15.F.a.3 Charge: +1 Each side with one or more Charging models receives +1 to their Combat Score. 15.F.a.4 Rank Bonus: +1 for each Full Rank after the first (maximum +3) Each side adds +1 to their Combat Score for each Full Rank after the first in a single unit, up to a maximum of +3. Only count this for a single unit per side (use the unit that gives the highest Rank Bonus). Units in Line Formation cannot add Rank Bonus to their Combat Score. 15.F.a.5 Standards: +1 for each Standard and Battle Standard Bearer Each side adds +1 to their Combat Score for each Standard Bearer and Battle Standard Bearer Engaged in Combat at the end of the Round of Combat. 15.F.a.6 Flank Bonus: +1 or +2 Each side adds +1 to their Combat Score if they have one or more units fighting an enemy in the enemy's Flank. If at least one of these units (that are fighting an enemy in its Flank) has one or more Full Ranks, add +2 instead. 15.F.a.7 Rear Bonus: +2 or +3 Each side adds +2 to their Combat Score if they have one or more units fighting an enemy in the enemy's Rear. If at least one of these units (that are fighting an enemy in its Rear) has one or more Full Ranks, add +3 instead. 15.F.a.8 Combat Score Summary Health Points Lost by Enemy Units +1 for each Health Point Overkill +1 for each Health Point (maximum +3) Charge +1 Rank Bonus +1 for each Full Rank after the first (maximum +3) Standard +1 for each Standard and Battle Standard Bearer Flank Bonus +1 or +2 Rear Bonus +2 or +3 Table 7: Combat Score Summary. 15.G Each unit on the side that lost the Round of Combat must take a Break Test. The order is chosen by the losing player. A Break Test is a Discipline Test with a negative modifier equal to the Combat Score difference (i.e. if the Combat Score was 6 to 3, the units on the losing side take Break Tests with a −3 modifier). If the test is passed, the unit remains Engaged in the Combat. If the test is failed, the unit Breaks and Flees. Remember that units within 6" of a friendly unit that Breaks must take a Panic Test (see Panic Test ). 15.G.a Steadfast Any units that have more Full Ranks than each of the enemy units Engaged in the same Combat are considered Steadfast. Steadfast units ignore Discipline modifiers from the Combat Score difference when rolling Break Tests (and tests to Combat Reform ). 15.G.b Disrupted Ranks A unit cannot use the Steadfast rule if it is Engaged in Combat in its Flank or Rear with an enemy unit with at least 2 Full Ranks. 15.G.c No More Foes Sometimes a unit destroys all enemy units in base contact and finds itself no longer Engaged in Combat (so it cannot provide Combat Score bonuses such as Standards or Flank). These units always count as winning the combat, and can either make an Overrun (if they were Charging), a Post-Combat Pivot , or a Post-Combat Reform . When this happens in multiple combats, the Combat Score resulting from lost Health Points by the unit and its enemies counts, but all other Combat Score bonuses are ignored. Note that the unit itself doesn't take a Break Test since it always counts as if on the winning side. 15.G.d Splitting Combat If due to removing casualties, two or more disconnected subgroups of opposing units are created (see figure 33 ), resolve the Combat normally (accounting for every unit that took part in this Round of Combat), checking any remaining base contact for the purpose of Rear and Flank Bonuses. In the next Melee Phase, each subgroup will be treated as a separate combat. C A B D C A B D a) b) Figure 33: Splitting combat. a) Unit A suffers casualties, which results in unit D no longer being in base contact. Neither unit A nor unit D can be nudged back into base contact since they are in base contact with other enemies (see "Losing Base Contact ", page 69 ). Calculate Combat Score in this case as one single combat (only unit C grants a Flank Bonus). b) In the next Player Turn, this situation will count as two separate combats. Contents Index 72 Model Rules Summaries 15.H Before moving Broken units, each unit that is in base contact with the Broken unit(s) may declare a Pursuit of a single Broken unit (each Pursuing unit may choose any eligible enemy unit to Pursue). Determine the direction of the Flee Move as follows: • If the Broken unit is in contact with a single enemy unit, its Flee Move will be directed away from that unit. • If the Broken unit is in contact with more than one enemy unit, the owner of the enemy units must declare which of those units the Flee Move will be directed away from. To be able to Pursue a Broken enemy, the unit cannot be Engaged with any non-Broken enemy units and must be in base contact with the Broken unit. Units can elect not to Pursue, but must then pass a Discipline Test to succeed in restraining themselves, referred to as Restrain Pursuit Test; if the test is failed, the unit must Pursue anyway. If the test is passed, the unit may do either a Post-Combat Pivot or a Post-Combat Reform . 15.H.1 Overrun A unit that fought its First Round of Combat after Charging can choose to make a special Pursuit Move called Overrun (instead of a Post-Combat Pivot or Post-Combat Reform), if all enemy units in base contact were wiped out (including units removed from play as a result of Unstable or something similar). Overruns follow the rules for moving Pursuing units, except that step 1. Pivot is ignored (i.e. Overruns are straight forward) and that no Restrain Pursuit Test is required. Check which Arc the Overrunning unit is Located in for each enemy unit that may be Charged later in this process. If the Overrun Move will lead to a Charge, it will be in the Facing determined at this point. 15.H.a Roll for Flee and Pursuit Distances Each Broken unit now rolls 2D6 to determine its Flee Distance, and each unit that has declared a Pursuit now rolls 2D6 to determine its Pursuit Distance. If any Pursuing unit rolls a Pursuit Distance equal or higher than the Flee Distance of the unit it is Pursuing, the Fleeing unit is immediately destroyed. Remove that unit as a casualty (with no saves of any kind allowed). If several units are Fleeing from the same combat, the units move in the same order as their Flee Distance was rolled (the owner chooses in which order they roll the Flee Distance). The Active Player chooses which player will roll for their Pursuing units first. Each player chooses the order in which they roll the Pursuit Distances of their own Pursuing units. 15.H.b Flee Distance and Fleeing Units Each Broken unit that was not captured and destroyed will now Flee directly away from the previously determined enemy unit. Pivot the Fleeing unit so that its Rear Facing is parallel with the Facing it was Engaged in (of the enemy unit the Flee Move is directed away from), and then move the Fleeing unit straight forward a number of inches equal to the Flee Distance rolled earlier. Use the rules for Flee Moves with the exception that units that are Engaged in the same Combat do not cause Dangerous Terrain Tests. If the direction of the Flee Move cannot be determined, e.g. because the enemy units that won the Round of Combat were removed as casualties, the Broken unit Flees directly away from the closest enemy unit instead (Centre of Unit to Centre of Unit). 15.H.c Pursuit Distance and Pursuing Units Each Pursuing unit now performs a Pursuit Move, which is divided into three consecutive steps. Impassable Terrain, enemy units that Fled from the combat involving the Pursuing unit, and friendly units that were not part of that combat are considered to be obstructions for the Pursuit Move. Models cannot move into or through obstructions during Pursuit Moves. All friendly units that were part of the same combat are treated as Open Terrain for steps 1 and 2 of the Pursuit Move. Before moving any unit, check: • Which Pursuing unit would Charge an enemy unit (see 2.2 Enemy Unit below). Ignore other Pursuing units potentially rendering the Charge impossible. • Which Arc the Pursuing unit is Located in for each enemy unit that may be Charged later in this process. If the Pursuit Move will lead to a Charge, it will be in the Facing determined at this point. The Charging units will be moved first, in the order that best satisfies the priority order of "Maximising Contact ", page 42 (see figure 35 ). Afterwards the remaining Pursuing units will be moved, in an order chosen by the owner. Contents Index 73 Model Rules Summaries 1. Pivot The Pursuing unit Pivots so that it is facing the same direction as the Pursued unit, or if destroyed, the direction the Pursued unit would have had, had it not been destroyed. Ignore the Unit Spacing rule during this Pivot. After the Pivot, one of the four situations below will arise. If more than one is applicable, apply the uppermost one. 1. If the Front Facing of the Pursuing unit would overlap the Board Edge, the unit Pursues off the Board (see "Pursuing off the Board ", page 78 ). 2. If the Front Facing of the Pursuing unit would overlap the Unit Boundary of an enemy unit that did not Flee from the same combat, it declares a Charge against that unit. If there is more than one possible target, the Pivoting unit chooses which to Charge. The Charged unit may not perform any Charge Reactions (not even if already Fleeing). Remove the Pursuing unit from the Battlefield and then place it back on the Battlefield with its Front Facing in base contact with its target, in the Facing determined before the Pivot, maximising the number of Engaged models as normal but keeping the Centre of the unit as close as possible to its starting position while doing so. If there is not enough room to place the Pursuing unit, treat the enemy unit as obstruction instead. 3. If the Front Facing of the Pursuing unit would overlap an obstruction, the unit instead Pivots so that it faces as close as possible towards the direction of the the Pursued unit, while following the Unit Spacing rule (normally this means stopping 1" away from the obstacle), and then moves no farther (i.e. ignore steps 2 and 3). 4. If the Front Facing of the Pursuing unit touches neither of the above, proceed to step 2. Note that only the Front Facing needs to be clear: Unit Boundaries, Impassable Terrain, or the Board Edge overlapping other parts of the unit are ignored during steps 1-3. 2. Forward Ahead Without moving the Pursuing unit, check what the first obstacle (Board Edge, enemy Unit Boundary, or obstruction) within the rectangle directly ahead of the unit formed by its Front Facing and the rolled Pursuit Distance would be. The Unit Spacing rule is ignored when doing this check and for all movement during Forward Ahead. If more than one is applicable, apply the uppermost one. 2.1. Board Edge If the first obstacle would be the Board Edge, move the unit straight forward until it touches the Board Edge and then follow the rules for Pursuing off the Board . 2.2. Enemy Unit If the first obstacle would be the Unit Boundary of an enemy unit that did not Flee from the same combat, the Pursuing unit declares a Charge against that unit, using its Pursuit Distance roll as its Charge Range. If there is more than one possible target, the Pursuing unit chooses which to Charge. The Charged unit may not perform any Charge Reactions (not even if already Fleeing). The Pursuing unit immediately performs a Charge Move (following all the normal Move Chargers rules) towards the previously determined Facing. If the Pursuing unit joins a combat that has already been fought or was created during this Melee Phase, it will be resolved in the next Melee Phase (with the Charging unit still counting as Charging). If the Pursuing unit joins a combat that wasn't created during this Melee Phase and that hasn't been fought yet, the unit will have a chance to fight and Pursue again this phase. If the Charge is not possible to complete, the unit does not perform a Failed Charge Move but treats the enemy unit as obstruction and proceeds to 2.3 instead. 2.3. Obstruction or No Obstacle If the first obstacle, if any, would not be an enemy Unit Boundary or the Board Edge, the Pursuing unit now moves its Pursuit Distance straight forward. If this brings the Front Facing of the unit into base contact with an obstruction, the unit stops. Contents Index 74 Model Rules Summaries 3. Legal Position? At the end of the Pursuit Move, check if the unit is in a legal position. It cannot be in base contact with a unit it didn't declare a Charge against, and it must follow the Unit Spacing rule, which includes friendly units that were part of the same combat. If the unit is not in a legal position, backtrack the move to the unit's last legal position where it follows the Unit Spacing rule. Figure 34 shows a simple example of a Pursuit Move, figure 35 illustrates a case where two units are Pursuing into an enemy unit, and figure 36 introduces more complex cases. 6" 3" a) b) A B A B Figure 34: Simple example of a Pursuit. a) Unit A Breaks from Combat. It Pivots to face away from unit B, and then moves the Flee Distance forwards. b) Unit B Pursues. It does not need to Pivot as it is already facing the same direction as unit A, and moves the Pursuit Distance forwards. Contents Index 75 Model Rules Summaries E E E B B A 1 2 C a) Flee Distance Unit D Pursuit Distance Unit B Pursuit Distance Unit A Pursuit Distance Unit C b) 6" D A C 7" 5" A C 5" c) B Figure 35: Example of two units Pursuing into the same enemy unit. a) Unit D loses the combat, Breaks, and Flees 7". The owner of the winning units chooses to roll for unit A's Pursuit Distance first. 6" is not enough to catch the Fleeing unit. Unit B's Pursuit Distance is 7", so it is equal or higher than unit D's Flee Distance: the Fleeing unit is immediately destroyed. Unit C's Pursuit Distance is 5". b) When checking which units will Charge an enemy unit during their Pursuit, before moving any Pursuing unit, it turns out that both unit A and unit B will Charge unit E, so both units declare a Charge against unit E. Unit C will not Charge any enemy units. c) Now units A and B perform their Pursuit Moves first. During this move, they can move through one another as they treat each other as Open Terrain. Otherwise they move using the normal rules for Moving Chargers (one Wheel allowed, Maximising Contact). In order to maximise the number of models and units in base contact, unit A aligns its Front Facing with unit E's, while unit B moves into corner to corner contact with unit E. Afterwards unit C Pivots and moves its Pursuit Distance straight forward. Contents Index 76 Model Rules Summaries C A B A C D E F G H G H b) c) d) a) 1" The Front Facing of the Pursuing unit touches a friendly Unit Boundary. The Front Facing of the Pursuing unit touches an enemy Unit Boundary. The first obstacle would be an enemy unit. The first obstacle would be an obstruction. 9" 9" 1" E Figure 36: Examples of Pursuits. a) Unit C is in unit A's Flank. Unit A wins combat, unit C Breaks and Flees, unit A Pursues. Pivoting unit A would make its Front Facing overlap a friendly unit, unit B. The Pivot is instead made as close as possible to the intended direction and the Pursuit Move ends. b) Unit C is in unit A's Flank. Unit A wins combat, unit C Breaks and Flees, unit A Pursues. Pivoting unit A would make its Front Facing overlap an enemy unit, unit D. Unit A is removed from the Battlefield and then placed back on the Battlefield with its Front Facing in base contact with the Charged unit D's Front Facing, maximising contact while keeping the Centre of the unit as close as possible to its starting position. c) Unit G Breaks and Flees from unit E. No obstacles are encountered during the Pivot. The first obstacle unit E would encounter during its move ahead is unit F. Unit E must now perform a Charge Move against unit F, Maximising Contact as usual. d) Unit G Breaks and Flees from unit E. No obstacles are encountered during the Pivot. The first obstacle unit E would encounter during its move ahead is Impassable Terrain. Unit E is moved into contact with the Impassable Terrain. However, this position breaks the Unit Spacing rule. Unit E's Pursuit move is backtracked to its last legal position. Contents Index 77 Model Rules Summaries 15.H.d Pursuing off the Board When a unit Pursues off the Board, it will leave the Battlefield and will return during the owner's next Movement Phase, using the rules for arriving Ambushers (see "Ambush ", page 93 ), with the following exceptions: • It automatically arrives. • It must be placed with its rear rank centred on a point at which it contacted the Board Edge, or as close as possible. • It must arrive in the same formation as it left. • It does not count as destroyed at the end of the game, nor does it lose Scoring . 15.H.e Post-Combat Pivot and Post-Combat Reform After Pursuing and Fleeing units have been moved, the other units that were Engaged in the same Combat but are now unengaged may now perform one of the manoeuvres below (in an order determined by the rules for "Simultaneous Effects ", page 5 ). 15.H.e.1 Post-Combat Pivot The unit Pivots around its Centre and/or may reorganise models with the Front Rank rule (they must still be in legal positions). 15.H.e.2 Post-Combat Reform The unit performs a Reform manoeuvre. If it does, the unit doesn't count as Scoring for claiming Secondary Objectives until the start of the following Player Turn and may not declare any Charges in the following Player Turn. Contents Index 78 Model Rules Summaries 15.I Each unit still Engaged in Combat after all Fleeing and Pursuing units have moved, and after Post-Combat Pivots and Post-Combat Reforms have been performed, now performs a Combat Reform. • Units on the losing side of the combat must pass a Discipline Test in order to do so. Apply the same modifiers as for the previous Break Test (i.e. apply the Combat Score difference, unless the unit is Steadfast or Stubborn ). • Units Engaged in more than one Facing can never perform any Combat Reforms. • After all Discipline tests have been taken, the Active Player decides which player performs their Combat Reforms first. After this player has completed all Combat Reforms with their units (one at a time, in any order), the opponent Combat Reforms their units. • Each player may choose not to Combat Reform one or more of their units. When performing a Combat Reform, remove a unit from the Battlefield and place it back, following these restrictions: • The unit must be placed in a legal formation (following the Unit Spacing rule, etc.). - The unit is allowed to come within 0.5" of units Engaged in the same Combat, but it cannot move into base contact with enemy units that it was not in base contact with before the Combat Reform. • The unit must be placed in base contact with all the enemy units it was in base contact before the Combat Reform, and in the same Facing of the enemy unit(s). • All models in the unit must be placed with their centre within their March Rate from their position before the Combat Reform. • Characters that were in base contact with an enemy must still be after the Combat Reform. - This applies to both enemy and friendly Characters. - A Character may end up in base contact with different enemy models than it was before the Combat Reform. • After each Combat Reform, at least as many models of the Combat Reforming unit must be in base contact with enemy models as there were before. - These don't have to be the same models. Furthermore, after a player has completed all their Combat Reforms, all enemy models that were in base contact with opposing models before the Combat Reform must still be in base contact after the Combat Reform, but they may be Engaged with different models or units. See figure 37 for an example of Combat Reforms. 𝐶1 a) 𝐶2 A B C 𝐶2 B C 𝐶1 A 𝐶2 B C 𝐶1 A b) c) Figure 37: Combat Reforms. a) At the end of a Round of Combat, the Combined Unit A is Engaged with unit B and the Combined Unit C. All units perform Combat Reforms, starting with unit A. b) After Unit A's Combat Reform, the unit has added a file to the left, and the Character joined to the unit has moved to the left. c) During Unit B's Combat Reform, the unit shifts as far as possible to the right and the two models that are not in base contact with enemy models are moved to the second rank. Unit C does not change its position, however the Character joined to the unit moves into a position where it is in base contact only with a single enemy model. Contents Index 79 Model Rules Summaries Models suffering unsaved wounds lose Health Points. 16.A Losing Health Points 16.A.a R&F Models R&F models except Champions in the same unit share a common Health Pool. If the attack was allocated towards or distributed onto a R&F model, the combined R&F Health Pool loses 1 Health Point for each unsaved wound. If the R&F models have 1 Health Point each, remove one R&F model for each Health Point lost. If the R&F models have more than 1 Health Point each, remove whole R&F models whenever possible. Keep track of Health Points lost from the Health Pool that are not enough to remove an entire model. These lost Health Points are taken into account for future attacks. For example, a unit of 10 Trolls (3 Health Points each) loses 7 Health Points. Remove two whole models (6 Health Points), leaving 1 lost Health Point which is kept track of. Later, this unit loses 2 Health Points, which is enough to remove a single Troll since 1 Health Point was lost from the previous attack. If all non-Champion R&F models in a unit are wiped out, any excess lost Health Points are allotted to the Champion (even if it is fighting a Duel). If there is no Champion, the excess Health Point losses are ignored. If a unit consists of R&F models with different Types and/or Heights, all R&F models with the same Type and Height have their own separate Health Pool. 16.A.b Champions Even though Champions are R&F models, each Champion has its own Health Pool, and follows the rules for Characters below. If enough Health Points are lost by R&F models in order to wipe out the entire unit, any remaining lost Health Points are allotted to the Champion (even if it is fighting a Duel). 16.A.c Characters If the attack was allocated towards or distributed onto a Character, the attacked model loses 1 Health Point for each unsaved wound. If the model reaches 0 Health Points, it is removed as a casualty. Keep track of models that have lost Health Points, but not enough to reach 0 Health Points (placing “Health Point markers” next to such models works fine). These lost Health Points will be taken into account for future attacks. If the model is removed as a casualty, any excess Health Point losses are ignored. 16.A.d Excess Health Point Losses Whenever more Health Point losses are inflicted than there are Health Points in a Health Pool, these excess Health Point losses are ignored. When caused by simultaneous attacks from models from two or more Health Pools and/or units, it may be necessary to determine which models caused the excess Health Point losses. In this case, the owner of the models that inflicted the Health Point losses gets to decide. 16.A.e Losing the Last Health Point Certain effects are triggered by models being removed as a casualty, while others are set off by models losing their last Health Point or reaching 0 Health Points. Note that losing the last Health Point does not apply to situations in which a model is directly removed as a casualty, without actually losing any Health Points, like Fleeing off the board or being destroyed after Breaking from Combat. Contents Index 80 Model Rules Summaries 16.B Removing Casualties Whenever the rules tell you to remove models as casualties, remove the models from the Battlefield following the rules below. Models that have been removed as casualties no longer affect the game in any way, but they may award Victory Points to the opponent (see “Victory Conditions ”, page 85 ). 16.B.a Removing R&F Models If the unit is in multiple ranks, R&F casualties are removed from the rear rank by the owner, in any order they choose. If the unit is in a single rank, remove models as equally as possible from both sides of the unit. Note that this only applies to each batch of simultaneous attacks. If a Champion or Character is in a position that would normally be removed as a casualty, remove the next eligible R&F model and slide the Champion and/or Character model(s) into the now empty spot. 16.B.b Removing R&F Models from Units Engaged in Combat The removal of casualties from Engaged units follows the general rules for Removing R&F models above. In addition, if the unit is in a single rank, remove casualties from either side of the unit, so that the following conditions are satisfied as best as possible for each batch of simultaneous casualties, in decreasing priority order: • 1st priority: As few units as possible Drop out of Combat (see “Losing Base Contact ”, page 69 ) • 2nd priority: As few units as possible lose base contact without Dropping out of Combat • 3rd priority: The number of models in base contact is maximised after nudging all units • 4th priority: Casualties are removed as equally as possible from both sides of the unit If it is unavoidable to break one or more of the above conditions, you must avoid breaking the higher priority order conditions, even if this means the total number of conditions you break is higher. As long as all above conditions are satisfied as best as possible, the owner is free to remove casualties as they please. See figure 38 for examples. 16.B.c Removing Champions and Characters When Champions and Characters are removed as casualties they are removed from their positions within the unit. Other models are then moved to fill empty spots, following the same guidelines as for casualty removal above. When removing casualties from unengaged units with a single rank, Champions and Characters follow the rules for Matching Bases (see “Front Rank ”, page 95 ). Contents Index 81 Model Rules Summaries A C A C A A C B A C B A B C A B D a) c) C E E A A B B A b) C C d) C C C C C C D e) Figure 38: Removing R&F models from units Engaged in Combat. This figure shows how models are removed as casualties from a unit that is Engaged with one or more enemy units according to Removing R&F Models from Units Engaged in Combat. In all examples, 3 models are removed as casualties from the green Combined Unit containing a Character in its first rank. a) One of these casualties is the model in the second rank, and the other two have to be removed from both sides of the first rank according to the 4th priority. Since there is a Character on the right side of the unit, the R&F model to its left is removed instead, and the Character is slid into the removed model’s spot. b) In order to maximise the number of models in base contact (3rd priority), the model in the second rank and the two rightmost R&F models from the first rank are removed as casualties. The Character is slid into the spot of a removed R&F model. c) In order not to have unit B lose base contact by removing casualties (2nd priority), the model in the second rank and the two rightmost R&F models from the first rank are removed as casualties. The Character is slid into the spot of a removed R&F model. d) In order not to cause any units to Drop out of Combat (1st priority), the model in the second rank and the two leftmost R&F models from the first rank are removed as casualties. Unit B loses contact but is nudged back into combat (see “Losing Base Contact ”, page 69 ). e) In order to cause as few units as possible to Drop out of Combat (1st priority), the model in the second rank and the two rightmost R&F models from the first rank are removed as casualties. The Character is slid into the spot of a removed R&F model. Unit D loses contact and cannot be nudged back into combat, so that it Drops out of Combat (see “Losing Base Contact ”, page 69 ). Contents Index 82 Model Rules Summaries 17.A Panic Test A Panic Test is a Discipline Test that a unit has to take immediately after any of the following situations arise: • A friendly unit is destroyed within 6″ of the unit (including Fleeing off the board). • A friendly unit Breaks from Combat within 6″ of the unit. • A friendly unit Flees through the unit’s Unit Boundary. • In a single phase, the unit suffers Health Point losses equal to or greater than 25% of the number of Health Points that it had at the start of the phase. This does not apply to single model units that started the game as a single model (i.e. with a starting number of 1 model on the Army List). Unless specifically stated otherwise, units that fail a Panic Test immediately Flee directly away from the closest enemy unit (Centre of Unit to Centre of Unit). If several enemy units are equally close, randomise which one the unit will Flee away from. If there are no enemy units on the Battlefield, randomise the direction. If the Panic Test was caused by any of the cases listed below, the unit Flees directly away from the enemy unit that caused the Panic Test (Centre of Unit to Centre of Unit). • A spell cast by an enemy model • A Model Rule on an enemy model (such as Terror ) • Losing 25% or more Health Points, and the final wounds causing the Health Point losses to reach or go above 25% were due to an attack by an enemy unit If several units have to take a Panic Test at the same time, take all Panic Tests before performing any Flee Moves caused by failed Panic Tests. Units do not take Panic Tests if they are Engaged in Combat, if they are already Fleeing, or if they already passed a Panic Test during this phase. 17.B Shaken Under certain circumstances, models may become Shaken. The most common situations are: • Charging a Fleeing unit (page 43 ) • Failing a Charge (page 46 ) • Rallying a Fleeing Unit (page 50 ) • Failing a Fear Test (see “Fear ”, page 94 ) • War Machines failing a Panic Test (see “War Machine ”, page 101 ) • War Machines suffering a Jammed Misfire Effect (page 109 ) A Shaken model cannot perform any of the following actions: • Declare Charges • Pursuit • Overrun • Advance Move • March Move • Reform (it can Combat Reform and Post-Combat Reform) • Random Movement Contents Index 83 Model Rules Summaries • Shooting Attack 17.C Fleeing A unit is considered Fleeing from the moment: • It fails a Break Test (after potential rerolls) • It fails a Panic Test (after potential rerolls) • Its Flee Distance is rolled As soon as a unit passes its Rally Test, it is no longer considered Fleeing. When a unit is Fleeing, it cannot perform any voluntary actions (a voluntary action is an action that a unit would have the option to not perform). This includes (but is not limited to): • Declare Charges • Charge Reactions other than Flee • Move in any way other than a Flee Move • Shoot • Channel • Cast spells or activate One use only Special Items which need to be activated voluntarily Models cannot receive Commanding Presence or Rally Around the Flag from a Fleeing model. 17.D Decimated A unit is considered Decimated if the sum of the Health Points of its models, including Characters that are part of the unit, is 25% or less of its starting Health Points (the number taken from the Army List, regardless of any Characters in the unit). Decimated units must take their Rally Test at half their Discipline, rounding fractions up (this is not considered a Characteristic modifier). For example, if a unit with Discipline 8 started the game with 40 models with 1 Health Point each, is reduced to 9 models and Flees, it takes Rally Tests at Discipline 4. However, if a Character with Discipline 8 and 2 Health Points is part of the unit, the Combined Unit would instead take its Rally Test at Discipline 8. Contents Index 84 Model Rules Summaries At the end of the game, players determine the winner of the battle. For this purpose, calculate each player’s Victory Points, check if any player scored the Secondary Objective, and distribute the Battle Points accordingly as described below. Of course players may agree to use a different method to determine the winner, e.g. by creating custom scenarios that set specific goals for each player to claim victory. 18.A Scoring Victory Points At the end of each game, each player is awarded a number of Victory Points (VP) according to the rules below. Destroyed Units For each enemy unit that has been removed as a casualty, you gain a number of VP equal to its Point Cost. Fleeing Units For each enemy unit that is Fleeing at the end of the game, you gain a number of VP equal to half its Point Cost, rounding fractions up. Shattered Units For each enemy unit that is at 25% or less of its starting Health Points (of the number taken from the Army List) at the end of the game, you gain a number of VP equal to half its Point Cost, rounding fractions up. Characters are counted separately from the units they have joined. Note that if an enemy unit is both Fleeing and Shattered, you gain a number of VP equal to the unit’s total Point Cost. Defeated General If the enemy General was removed as a casualty, you gain 200 VP. Defeated Battle Standard Bearer If the enemy Battle Standard Bearer was removed as a casualty, you gain 200 VP. 18.B Scoring Secondary Objectives The Secondary Objective selected at the start of the game can grant extra Battle Points (see “Secondary Objectives ”, page 35 , and table 8 below). 18.C Who is the Winner? Once all Victory Points are added together, a total of 20 Battle Points are divided between the players, depending on the Victory Point Difference. Calculate the Victory Point Difference and use table 8 below to convert the Victory Points into Battle Points. The winner of the Secondary Objective gains 3 additional Battle Points while the loser of the Secondary Objective loses 3 Battle Points. In case there is no winner, the Secondary Objective ends in a draw and no additional Battle Points are awarded to either player. 18.C.a Optional Simplified Rules for Determining the Winner Winning the Secondary Objective awards the winner a number of Victory Points equal to 20% of the Army Points. Once all Victory Points are added together, compare the two results. • If the Victory Point Difference is less than 10% of the Army Points, the result is a Draw. • If the Victory Point Difference is at least 10% and up to 50% of the Army Points, the result is a Win for the player who scored higher. • If the Victory Point Difference is more than 50% of the Army Points, the result is a Massacre for the player who scored higher. d Contents Index 85 Model Rules Summaries Victory Point Difference Battle Points Percentage of Army Points (if playing with 4500 Army Points) Winner Loser 0–5% 0–225 10 10 >5–10% 226–450 11 9 >10–20% 451–900 12 8 >20–30% 901–1350 13 7 >30–40% 1351–1800 14 6 >40–50% 1801–2250 15 5 >50–70% 2251–3150 16 4 >70% >3150 17 3 Winning Secondary Objective +3 −3 Table 8: Victory Point Difference and Battle Points. Contents Index 86 Model Rules Summaries 19.A Classification of Models All models have a Height and a Type, defined in their unit entry. 19.A.a Height Models come in three Heights, which are connected to the following rules: Standard Large Gigantic Model Rules None Stomp Attacks (1) Fear Massive Bulk Stomp Attacks (D6) Terror Towering Presence Full Ranks Minimum number of models required to form Full Ranks 5 3 1 Supporting Attacks Maximum number of Supporting Attacks 1 3 5 Dangerous Terrain Number of D6 rolled when performing Dangerous Terrain Tests 1 2 3 19.A.b Type Models come in four Types, which are associated with the following rules: Infantry Beast Cavalry Construct None Swiftstride Cannot be Stomped Swiftstride Tall Cannot use Stomp Attacks Chariot 19.A.c Models on Foot and Mounted Models Certain spells and rules affect models on foot and mounted models differently. Models that don’t include any model parts with Harnessed are considered to be on foot. Models with at least one model part with Harnessed are considered to be mounted. Contents Index 87 Model Rules Summaries 19.B Character Mounts Many Characters can select mounts from the mount section of their Army Book. When a Character, referred to as the rider, selects a mount, apply the following rules: 19.B.1 Height, Type, and Base Always use the Height, Type, and base of the mount. 19.B.2 Offensive Characteristics Rider and mount use their own respective Offensive Characteristics. 19.B.3 Global and Defensive Characteristics The Multipart Model has a single set of Global Characteristics and a single set of Defensive Characteristics. Always use the values in the mount’s profile, except when that value is “C”. In this case, “C” refers to the value in the Character’s profile which is used instead. Sometimes, a value is written as “C + X”. In this case, use the Character’s value, increased by X. For example, if a Character (Armour 0) rides a horse (Armour C + 2), wears Heavy Armour (+2 Armour), and carries a Shield (+1 Armour), the Multipart Model has an Armour equal to: 0 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 5. 19.B.4 Model Rules Model Rules connected to specific model parts (such as Attack Attributes, Special Attacks, and weapons) are only applied to this model part. Other Model Rules (such as Universal Rules, Character, Armour, and Personal Protections) are applied to the Multipart Model as normal. Remember that models with Massive Bulk (all models of Gigantic Height) ignore Armour and Personal Protections from the rider. 19.C Classification of Units Some rules call for a unit’s Height or Type, e.g. for determining how many models are required for Full Ranks. In case a unit contains a mix of different Heights the unit’s Height is the same as that of the largest fraction of its models. Likewise, a unit’s Type is the same as that of the largest fraction of its models. In case of a tie, the opponent chooses which fraction to use. Contents Index 88 Model Rules Summaries 20.A Terrain Types 20.A.a Dangerous Terrain (X) A model must take a Dangerous Terrain Test if it is in contact with a Terrain Feature that counts as Dangerous Terrain at any point during its March, Charge, Failed Charge, Flee, Pursuit, or Overrun Move. Take a Dangerous Terrain Test by rolling a number of D6 depending on the model’s Height and Model Rules: Standard Large Gigantic Chariot Number of D6 rolled 1 2 3 +1 For each dice that rolled equal to or below X (where X is the value stated in brackets), the model suffers a hit with Armour Penetration 10 that wounds automatically. Note that: • Dangerous Terrain Tests are taken as soon as the model is in contact with the relevant Terrain. If it does not matter exactly when a model is removed as a casualty, take all Dangerous Terrain Tests for a unit at the same time. • Hits suffered from Dangerous Terrain Tests are distributed onto the model’s Health Pool. • A model never takes more than one Dangerous Terrain Test for the same Terrain Feature during a single move, but it might have to take several Dangerous Terrain Tests caused by different Terrain Features or abilities. 20.A.b Opaque Terrain Line of Sight cannot be drawn through Opaque Terrain, but can be drawn into it. Models always ignore any Terrain they are inside for drawing Line of Sight. 20.A.c Covering Terrain Like models, Terrain Features may contribute to Cover when obscuring a fraction of the Target Facing or the Target Point from the enemy’s Line of Sight (see “Cover ”, page 62 , and remember that Cover modifiers only apply if more than half of the Target Facing or the Target Point is obscured by Cover). For the purpose of counting as Cover, Terrain Features may distinguish: • Targets obscured behind the Terrain Feature. These units must have more than half of their Target Facing or their Target Point off the Terrain Feature, and the part of the Terrain Feature obscuring Line of Sight must be between the shooting model and its target. • Targets obscured inside the Terrain Feature. These units must have more than half of their Target Facing or their Target Point inside the Terrain Feature. • Targets obscured behind and/or inside the Terrain Feature: there is no need to determine where more than half of these units’ Target Facing or their Target Point lies (as long as it is obscured). Models always ignore any Terrain they are inside for drawing Line of Sight. Contents Index 89 Model Rules Summaries 20.B Terrain Features A Terrain Feature is a topographical area on the Battlefield that may be a mixture of Dangerous, Impassable, Opaque, or Covering Terrain and may possess its own set of rules. 20.B.a Open Terrain Open Terrain normally doesn’t have any effect on Line of Sight, Cover modifiers, or movement. All parts of the board that are not covered by any other kind of Terrain are considered to be Open Terrain. 20.B.b Fields Fields can be represented in the game for example by meadows or agricultural fields. Types Fields are Covering Terrain for units inside them. Cover Fields contribute to Soft Cover , except for models with Towering Presence . 20.B.c Forests Forests can be represented in the game for example by jungles, brushwoods, or coniferous forests. Types Forests are Covering Terrain for units inside and/or behind them, and Dangerous Terrain (1) for Cavalry, Constructs, and units making a Flying Movement . Cover Forests contribute to Soft Cover . Broken Ranks Units with more than half of their models with the centre of their base inside a Forest can never be Steadfast , unless specifically stated otherwise. Guerilla Warfare Units consisting entirely of Infantry models with Light Troops are Stubborn if more than half of their models are inside a Forest with the centre of their bases, unless any model in the unit has Towering Presence and/or Fly . 20.B.d Hills Hills can be represented in the game for example by elevated plateaus or burial mounds. Types Hills are Opaque Terrain . Hills are Covering Terrain for units behind them. Cover Hills contribute to Soft Cover for targets behind but partially on them. Hills contribute to Hard Cover for targets behind and entirely off them. Elevated Position Models with the centre of their base on a Hill are considered to be Elevated. Ignore all intervening non-Elevated models if you are: • drawing Line of Sight to or from Elevated models. • determining Cover when shooting with: – Elevated models. – non-Elevated models at units which have more than half of their models Elevated. Charging Downhill A unit initiating a Charge Move with more than half of its models with the centre of their base on a Hill towards an enemy with more than half of its models with the centre of their base off a Hill must reroll failed Charge Range rolls. Contents Index 90 Model Rules Summaries 20.B.e Impassable Terrain Impassable Terrain can be represented in the game for example by monoliths, massive boulders, or buildings. Types Impassable Terrain is Opaque Terrain . Cover Impassable Terrain contributes to Hard Cover for units behind it. Mission Impassible Models cannot move into or through Impassable Terrain. 20.B.f Ruins Ruins can be represented in the game for example by rubble or abandoned farmsteads. Types Ruins are Covering Terrain for units inside them, Dangerous Terrain (2) for Cavalry and Constructs, and Dangerous Terrain (1) for any other unit. Units with Skirmisher automatically pass Dangerous Terrain Tests caused by Ruins. Cover Ruins contribute to Hard Cover , except for models with Towering Presence . 20.B.g Walls Walls can be represented in the game for example by wooden barricades, stone walls, or hedges. Types Walls are Covering Terrain for models behind them while Defending the Wall (see below) and Dangerous Terrain (2) for Constructs. Cover Walls contribute to Hard Cover , except for models with Towering Presence . Defending a Wall In order to Defend a Wall, more than half of a unit’s Front Facing must be in contact with it. Fortified Position Units Defending a Wall gain Distracting against Close Combat Attacks from Charging enemies in their Front Facing. 20.B.h Water Terrain Water Terrain can be represented in the game for example by ponds, swamps, or rivers. Types Water Terrain is Dangerous Terrain (1) for Standard Height models on foot. Broken Ranks Units with more than half of their models with the centre of their base inside Water Terrain can never be Steadfast , unless specifically stated otherwise. Doused Flames All Melee Attacks against or by models in units with more than half of their models with the centre of their base inside Water Terrain are no longer Flaming Attacks (if they were before). 20.C Board Edge The Board Edge represents the boundaries of the game. A unit is allowed to temporarily and partially move off the board (during any move) with by the following restrictions: • The unit’s Front Facing must remain entirely on the board at all times, except during align moves . • The unit must finish its move with its Unit Boundary entirely on the board. Contents Index 91 Model Rules Summaries

• Use the Character's model for determining Line of Sight and distance to the enemy unit.
• As soon as the Character declares a Charge, it is considered a separate unit (i.e. it uses its own Advance Rate, all hits from Stand and Shoot Charge Reactions will hit the Character, in case of a Flee Charge Reaction the enemy unit Flees away from the Character, etc.).
• Ignore the unit the Character was part of when determining Line of Sight and cover for Stand and Shoot Charge Reactions.
• The unit itself (including other Characters in the unit) cannot declare Charges in the same Player Turn.
• If the Charge is successful, move the Character out of the unit by Charging as normal.
• If the Charge is not successful, the Character makes a Failed Charge Move out of the unit. If the Failed Charge Move is too short to place the Character outside 1" of the Combined Unit, the Character is no longer considered a separate unit and remains in the Combined Unit. All the models in the Combined Unit are Shaken until the end of the Player Turn.

• Characters are:

  • of the same Type
  • and of the same Height
  • and there are 5 or more R&F models in the unit
  All hits are distributed onto the R&F Health Pool , Characters cannot suffer any hits.
• Characters are:

  • of a different Type
  • or different Height
  • or there are 4 or less R&F models in the unit
  The player making the attack distributes hits onto the R&F Health Pool and Characters. All simultaneous hits must be distributed as equally as possible, meaning that no model can take a second hit until all models have taken a single hit, and so on.

• Hits from attacks that follow the rules for Distributing Hits are never distributed onto Champions.
• When removing non-Champion R&F models as casualties and a Champion is in a position that would normally be removed as a casualty, remove the next eligible R&F model and slide the Champion into the empty spot (see"Removing Casualties ").
• When Raising Health Points, a Champion is the first model that is brought back if it was previously removed as a casualty (see "Raise Health Points").
• Champions may choose to use a different Shooting Weapon than the other R&F models in their unit (see "Shooting With a Unit").
• Champions may issue and accept Duels. If a Duel is not accepted, a Champion cannot be chosen as the model that suffers the penalties for refusing a Duel (see "Duels").

This chapter is designed as a summary of the Rulebook that you can print out separately and keep at the table when playing, providing easy access to overviews and summaries of the most important rules. However, it does not replace the Rulebook. In situations where the summaries are unclear, please refer to the corresponding Rulebook chapters – the Rulebook always overrules the summaries. Contents Index 118 Model Rules Summaries Summaries v2.0 General Turn A standard game lasts for 6 Game Turns, each divided into two Player Turns. Each Player Turn is divided into five phases, performed in the following order: 1 Charge Phase 2 Movement Phase 3 Magic Phase 4 Shooting Phase 5 Melee Phase Priority of Modifiers Priority Step Modifier 1 Values set to a certain number and values set to another model’s value. If the other model’s Characteristic is modified, apply these modifiers before setting the Characteristic. 2 Multiplication and division. Round fractions up. 3 Addition and subtraction. 4 Rolls always or never succeeding or failing on certain results, and Characteristics always or never set to a certain value or range of values. When several modifiers within a group are to be applied to a value or dice roll, apply them in the order that results in the lowest value or success chance of the dice roll. Model Type and Height – related Model Rules Infantry Beast Cavalry Construct None Swiftstride Cannot be Stomped Swiftstride Tall Cannot use Stomp Attacks Chariot Standard Large Gigantic Model Rules None Stomp Attacks (1) Fear Massive Bulk Stomp Attacks (D6) Terror Towering Presence Full Ranks 5 3 1 Supporting Attacks 1 3 5 Pre-Game Pre-Game Sequence 1 Decide on the size of the game 2 Share your Army List with your opponent 3 Build the Battlefield 4 Determine the Deployment Type 5 Determine the Secondary Objective 6 Determine the Deployment Zones 7 Select Spells 8 Declare Special Deployment (Ambush, Scout) 9 Deployment Phase Deployment Phase Sequence 1 Determine who deploys first 2 Take turns deploying units 3 Declare intent to go first or second 4 Deploy remaining units 5 Deploy Scouting units (starting with the player who finished deploying first) 6 Move Vanguarding units (starting with the player who finished deploying last) 7 Other rules and abilities 8 Roll for first turn Deployment Types 1 – Frontline Clash >12″ >12″ 2 – Dawn Assault >12″ >12″ >1/4 (>18″) >1/4 (>18″) 3 – Counterthrust >8″ >8″ >20″ 4 – Encircle (>18″) >9″ >15″ >9″ >15″ Attacker Defender >1/4 (>18″) >1/4 >15″ >9″ 5 – Refused Flank >9″ >9″ 6 – Marching Columns 2 4 3 1 5 12″ 12″ The player who chooses the Deployment Zone also chooses the short Board Edges for 2, who is the attacker for 4, and the diagonal for 5. 2 – Dawn Assault: Players may choose up to two units as Ambushers coming from their short Board Edge. 3 – Counterthrust: Players must only deploy a single non-Character unit during their first 3 turns. Units must be deployed at least 20″ away from enemies. 6 – Marching Columns: Players must only deploy a single non-Character unit during their first 3 turns. Each unit must be closer to the short Board Edge chosen by the owner than the previous friendly units (War Machines, War Platforms, Characters, and Scouts ignore this). Possibility to make units Delayed. Secondary Objectives 1 – Hold the Ground Have more Scoring Units than your opponent within 6″ of the centre of the board at the end of a Game Turn (other than the first) to gain a counter. 2 – Breakthrough Be the player with the most Scoring Units inside their opponent’s Deployment Zone at the end of the game (up to 3). 3 – Spoils of War Three markers on the Centre Line that can be picked up by Scoring Units by being in contact with them at the beginning of their Player Turn. At the end of the game, be the player with the most units carrying markers. 4 – King of the Hill After Spell Selection, each player chooses a non- Impassable Terrain Feature not entirely in their Deployment Zone. At the end of the game, have Scoring Units inside your opponent’s Terrain Feature. 5 – Capture the Flags Destroy more Scoring Units than your opponent. Each player must have at least 3 Scoring Units; else, the opponent marks non-Scoring Units to destroy. 6 – Secure Target Both players place a marker more than 12″ from their Deployment Zones and 24″ away from the other marker. Control a marker by having more Scoring Units within 6″ of it. Be the player controlling most markers at the end of the game. The player who chooses the Deployment Zone also starts choosing or placing in 4, 5, and 6. Summaries v2.0 Charge Phase Charge Phase Sequence 1 Start of the Charge Phase (and start of the Player Turn) 2 The Active Player chooses a unit and declares a Charge 3 The Reactive Player declares and resolves their Charge Reaction 4 Repeat steps 2–3 of this sequence until all units that wish to declare a Charge have done so 5 The Active Player chooses a unit that declared a Charge, then rolls for Charge Range, and moves the unit 6 Repeat step 5 of this sequence until all units that declared a Charge have moved 7 End of the Charge Phase Maximising Contact Charge Moves must be made so the following conditions are satisfied as best as possible, in decreasing priority order. • 1st priority: Make contact with no enemy units other than the one that was Charged. If it will be unavoidable to make contact with more than one enemy unit, make contact with as few enemy units as possible. Follow the rules for Multiple Charges. • 2nd priority: Maximise the total number of Charging units that make contact (note that this is only applicable when multiple units Charge the same unit). • 3rd priority: Avoid rotating the Charged unit. If it is unavoidable, rotate the unit as little as possible. Remember that units Engaged in Combat cannot be rotated. • 4th priority: Maximise the number of models (on both sides) in base contact with at least one enemy model (including models fighting across gaps). Movement Phase Movement Phase Sequence 1 Start of the Movement Phase 2 Rally Fleeing units and perform any Flee Moves 3 Select one of your units and a type of move (Advance, March, Reform), then move the unit 4 Repeat step 3, each time choosing a new unit that has not yet moved in the Movement Phase 5 End of the Movement Phase Chances to Pass a Charge Range Roll Probabilities (in percentage) to pass a Charge Range roll depending on the remaining distance (i.e. the total distance minus the Advance Rate Characteristic): 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Charge 100 97 92 83 72 58 42 28 17 8 3 Charge + Swiftstride 100 99 98 95 89 81 68 52 36 20 7 Charge + reroll 100 99 99 97 92 83 66 48 31 16 5 Charge + Swiftstride + reroll 100 99 99 99 99 96 90 77 59 36 14 Terrain Dangerous Terrain Tests Dangerous Terrain (DT) Test during March, Charge, Failed Charge, Flee, Pursuit, or Overrun Moves. 1 hit with Armour Penetration 10 that wounds automatically for each failed roll. Standard Large Gigantic Chariot Number of D6 rolled 1 2 3 +1 Infantry Beast Cavalry Construct Notes Forests DT (1) DT (1) DT (1) for Flying Movement Ruins DT (1)* DT (1)* DT (2)* DT (2)* *Unless Skirmisher Water Terrain DT (1)* DT (1)* *Standard Height and on foot only Walls DT (2) Other Terrain Rules Cover and Line of Sight rules described in Shooting Phase. Rules (not including Cover and Line of Sight) Fields None Forests No Steadfast Infantry with Light Troops are Stubborn (unless Towering Presence or Fly) Hills Reroll failed Charge Range rolls when Charging from a Hill Impassable Terrain Models cannot move into or through Ruins None Walls Units with Front Facing in contact gain Distracting against Charging enemies Water Terrain No Steadfast Lose Flaming Attacks when attacking from or into it with Melee Attacks Summaries v2.0 Magic Phase Magic Phase Sequence 1 Start of the Magic Phase 2 Draw a Flux Card 3 Siphon the Veil 4 Cast a spell with one of your models (see “Spell Casting Sequence”) 5 Repeat step 4 for each spell the Active Player wishes to cast 6 End of the Magic Phase Spell Casting Sequence A Casting Attempt. If failed, skip steps B–F B Dispelling Attempt. If successful, skip steps C–F C In case of Broken Concentration, skip steps D–E and go directly to step F D Resolve the spell effect E If applicable, choose target(s) for the Attribute Spell and resolve its effect F If applicable, apply the Miscast effect Casting Attempt 1 The Active Player declares which Wizard is casting which spell and how many Magic Dice will be used. If applicable, they also declare which version of the spell is used and what its targets are. Between 1 and 5 dice from the Active Player’s Magic Dice pool must be used. 2 The Active Player rolls the chosen number of Magic Dice from the Magic Dice pool and adds the results of the rolled dice and any Casting Modifiers together. This total is referred to as the total casting roll. 3 The Casting Attempt is passed if the total casting roll is equal to or greater than the spell’s Casting Value. The Casting Attempt fails if the total casting roll is less than the spell’s Casting Value. Note that the Casting Attempt may Fizzle if 2 or more dice were used (see “Fizzle”). Dispelling Attempt 1 The Reactive Player declares how many Magic Dice will be used from their pool. The Reactive Player must use at least 1 dice for a Dispelling Attempt. Note that there is no maximum number of Magic Dice allowed to be used for a Dispelling Attempt. 2 The Reactive Player rolls the chosen number of dice and adds the results of the rolled dice and any Dispelling Modifiers together, to get the total dispelling roll. 3 The Dispelling Attempt is successful if the total dispelling roll is equal to or greater than the total casting roll. If so, the spell is dispelled and the spell is not cast. The Dispelling Attempt fails if the total dispelling roll is less than the total casting roll. If so, the spell is successfully cast. Note that the Dispelling Attempt may Fizzle if 2 or more dice were used (see “Fizzle”). Bound Spell Casting Attempt 1 The Active Player declares which model will cast which Bound Spell, and whether they will use 2 or 3 Magic Dice. If applicable, the Active Player also declares the targets of the spell. The spell is always cast with the basic version as Bound Spells cannot be Boosted. 2 The Active Player removes the chosen number of Magic Dice (2 or 3) from their Magic Dice pool (do not roll them). 3 The Casting Attempt is always passed. Fizzle When a Casting Attempt or Dispelling Attempt is failed for which 2 dice or more were used, any Magic Dice that rolled a natural ‘1’ are returned to the Magic Dice pool they were taken from. Note that this does not apply to passed Casting Attempts that are then dispelled. Flux Cards Flux Card 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Magic Dice 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 Veil Tokens 3 2 5 7 9 5 7 7 Miscast Modifiers +1 -1 Miscast Three of a kind: Miscast Effects (after resolving the spell and Attribute effects, unless 111) 000 or lower No effect. 111 Broken Concentration The Casting Attempt fails (apply Fizzle as normal). 222 Witchfire The Caster’s unit suffers 1D6 hits with Armour Penetration 2, Magical Attacks, and a Strength equal to the number of Magic Dice that were used for the casting roll. 333 Magical Inferno The Caster’s unit suffers 2D6 hits with Armour Penetration 2, Magical Attacks, and a Strength equal to the number of Magic Dice that were used for the casting roll. 444 Amnesia The Caster cannot cast the Miscast spell anymore this game. 555 Backlash The Caster suffers 2 hits that wound on 4+ with Armour Penetration 10 and Magical Attacks. 666 Implosion The Caster suffers 4 hits that wound on 4+ with Armour Penetration 10 and Magical Attacks. 777 or higher Breach in the Veil The Caster’s model is removed as a casualty (no saves of any kind allowed). Summaries v2.0 Shooting Phase Shooting Phase Sequence 1 Start of the Shooting Phase 2 Select one of your units and perform a Shooting Attack 3 Repeat step 2 with a different unit that has not performed a Shooting Attack during this phase yet 4 When all units that can (and want to) shoot have done so, the Shooting Phase ends To-Hit Modifiers Long Range −1 Stand and Shoot −1 (if Accurate) 0 Soft Cover −1 Moving and Shooting −1 Hard Cover −2 (if Quick to Fire) 0 Hard Target (X) −X (if Unwieldy) −2 (if both) −1 Line of Sight and Cover Determine Line of Sight, range, and Cover for each shooting model. A model is considered to have Line of Sight to a unit if it can draw Line of Sight (in the unit’s Front Arc) to any part of the other unit’s Unit Boundary. Choose a point on the shooting model’s Front Facing. From the chosen point, check how large the fraction of the Target Facing is that is behind obstructions. If half or more of the Target Facing is obscured, the target benefits from Cover. Models always ignore their own unit and the Terrain Feature they are inside for Cover purposes. Selection of Shooting Rules Each unit can only shoot once per phase. All models in the same unit must shoot at the same target. Only models in the first and second rank may shoot. All R&F models except Champions must use the same type of Shooting Attack. In case of Multipart Models, each model part can make a Shooting Attack in the same phase. Hopeless Shots: In order to hit on 7+, hit on 6+ and then roll 4+. Misfire Table for Artillery Weapons Result Misfire Effect 0 (or less) Explosion! All models within D6″ of the Misfiring model suffer a hit with Strength 5 and Armour Penetration 2. The shooting model is then destroyed and removed as a casualty. 1–2 Breakdown The model cannot shoot with the weapon for the rest of the game. 3–4 Jammed The Artillery Weapon may not shoot in the owner’s next Player Turn. If the model is a War Machine, the model is Shaken until the end of the owner’s next Player Turn instead. 5+ Malfunction The shooting model loses a Health Point with no saves of any kind allowed. Soft Cover (−1 to hit) No Cover Large Large Standard Large Large Large Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Gigantic Gigantic Gigantic Large Large Gigantic Gigantic Large Gigantic Gigantic Standard Gigantic All other Height combinations yield either Hard Cover or no Line of Sight, depending on whether the target is completely obscured by the intervening model or not. Line of Sight Cover Fields Covering (inside) Soft Cover for non-Towering Presence Forests Covering (inside or behind) Soft Cover Hills Opaque Terrain Covering (behind) Soft Cover if partially on Hard Cover if entirely off Impassable Terrain Opaque Terrain Hard Cover Ruins Covering (inside) Hard Cover for non-Towering Presence Walls Covering (behind and Defending) Hard Cover for non-Towering Presence Summaries v2.0 Melee Phase Melee Phase Sequence 1 Start of the Melee Phase 2 Apply any No Longer Engaged 3 The Active Player chooses a combat that has not already been fought during this Melee Phase 4 Fight a Round of Combat 5 Repeat steps 2–4 6 Once all units that were Engaged in Combat at the start of the phase have fought, the Melee Phase ends Combat Score Summary Health Points Lost by Enemy Units +1 for each Health Point Overkill +1 for each Health Point (maximum +3) Charge +1 Rank Bonus +1 for each Full Rank after the first (maximum +3) Standard +1 for each Standard and Battle Standard Bearer Flank Bonus +1 or +2 Rear Bonus +2 or +3 Round of Combat Sequence 1 Start of the Round of Combat 2 Choose a weapon 3 Make Way 4 Issue and accept Duels 5 Determine the Initiative Order 6 Roll Melee Attacks, starting with the first Initiative Step: 1. Allocate attacks 2. Roll to hit, to wound, saves, and remove casualties 3. Repeat 1. and 2. for the next Initative Step 7 Calculate which side wins the Round of Combat. Losers roll Break Tests 8 Roll Panic Tests for units within 6″ of friendly Broken units 9 Decide to Restrain or to Pursue 10 Roll Flee Distances 11 Roll Pursuit Distances 12 Move Fleeing units 13 Move Pursuing units 14 Post-Combat Pivots and Post-Combat Reforms 15 Combat Reforms 16 End of the Round of Combat. Proceed to the next combat Post-Game Battle Points Victory Point Difference Battle Points Percentage of Army Points (if playing with 4500 Army Points) Winner Loser 0–5% 0–225 10 10 >5–10% 226–450 11 9 >10–20% 451–900 12 8 >20–30% 901–1350 13 7 >30–40% 1351–1800 14 6 >40–50% 1801–2250 15 5 >50–70% 2251–3150 16 4 >70% >3150 17 3 Winning Secondary Objective +3 −3 Scoring Victory Points Enemy unit VP provided Removed as a casualty 100% of point cost Fleeing 50% of point cost Shattered 50% of point cost Shattered and Fleeing 100% of point cost General or BSB removed as casualties 100% of point cost plus 200 VP each Shattered: Units at 25% or less of their starting number of Health Points at the end of the game. Characters are counted separately from the units they have joined. Attacks Attack Sequence 1 Attacker allocates attacks if applicable. 2 Determine number of hits. 3 Attacker distributes hits if applicable. 4 Attacker rolls to wound; if successful, proceed. 5 Defender makes Armour Save rolls; if failed, proceed. 6 Defender makes Special Save rolls; if failed, proceed. 7 Defender removes Health Points or casualties. 8 Defender takes Panic Tests if necessary. Close Combat To-Hit Table Offensive Skill minus Defensive Skill Needed roll to hit 4 or more 2+ 1 to 3 3+ 0 to −3 4+ −4 to −7 5+ −8 or less 6+ To-Wound Table Strength minus Resilience Needed roll to wound 2 or more 2+ 1 3+ 0 4+ −1 5+ −2 or less 6+ Armour Saves Armour minus AP Needed roll to disregard the wound 0 or less No save possible 1 6+ 2 5+ 3 4+ 4 3+ 5 or 6 2+ Summaries v2.0 Psychology Panic Test Triggers • A friendly unit is destroyed within 6″ of the unit (including Fleeing off the board). • A friendly unit Breaks from Combat within 6″ of the unit. • A friendly unit Flees through the unit’s Unit Boundary. • In a single phase, the unit suffers Health Point losses equal to or greater than 25% of the number of Health Points that it had at the start of the phase. This does not apply to single model units that started the game as a single model (i.e. with a starting number of 1 model on the Army List). Units that fail a Panic Test Flee directly away from the closest enemy unit, or from the enemy unit which caused the Panic Test (Centre to Centre). Units do not take Panic Tests if they are Engaged in Combat, if they are already Fleeing, or if they already passed a Panic Test during this phase. Shaken A Shaken model cannot perform any of the following actions: • Declare Charges • Pursuit • Overrun • Advance Move • March Move • Reform (it can Combat Reform and Post-Combat Reform) • Random Movement • Shooting Attack Fleeing When a unit is Fleeing, it cannot perform any voluntary actions (a voluntary action is an action that a unit would have the option to not perform). This includes (but is not limited to): • Declare Charges • Charge Reactions other than Flee • Move in any way other than a Flee Move • Shoot • Channel • Cast spells or activate One use only Special Items which need to be activated voluntarily Models cannot receive Commanding Presence or Rally Around the Flag from a Fleeing model. Decimated Units at 25% or less of their starting Health Points (the number taken from the Army List), including joined Characters, are referred to as Decimated. Decimated units must take their Rally Test at half their Discipline, rounding fractions up. Probabilities Chances to Pass a Discipline Test Probabilities (in percentage) to pass a Discipline Test depending on the Discipline value of the unit (after modifiers) and the available rules: Discipline 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2D6 3 8 17 28 42 58 72 83 92 2D6 + reroll 5 16 31 48 66 83 92 97 99 2D6 + Minimised 7 20 36 52 68 81 89 95 98 2D6 + Minimised + reroll 14 36 59 77 90 96 99 99 99 2D6 + Maximised 1 2 5 11 19 32 48 64 80 2D6 + Maximised + reroll 1 4 10 20 35 54 73 87 96 Chances to Successfully Cast a Spell Probabilities (in percentage) to successfully cast a spell depending on the Casting Value of the spell (after any modifiers to the casting roll) and on the number of Magic Dice: Casting Value 3+ 4+ 5+ 6+ 7+ 8+ 9+ 10+ 11+ 12+ 13+ 14+ 15+ 16+ 17+ 18+ Miscast 1D6 67 50 33 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2D6 97 92 83 72 58 42 28 17 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3D6 99 99 98 95 91 84 74 63 50 38 26 16 10 5 2 1 3 4D6 98 98 98 98 98 97 94 90 84 76 66 56 44 34 24 16 10 5D6 100 100 100 99 99 99 99 98 97 94 90 85 78 70 60 50 21 24 Alphabetical Index A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W A d Accepting a Duel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Accurate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 , 110 Active Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Advance Move . . . . . 13 , 51 , 83 , 95 Advance Rate (Adv) . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Aegis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 , 105 Agility (Agi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 , 17 Aim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Aligning Units . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 , 101 Allocating Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Ambush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Arcs (Unit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Area Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Armour (Arm) . . . 14 , 17 , 20 , 106 Armour Enchantments . . . . . . . 116 Armour Penetration (AP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 , 18 , 20 Armour Saves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Army Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Army Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 , 31 Army Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Artefacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Artillery Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Attack Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Attack Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Attack Value (Att) . . . . . . . . . . 14 , 68 Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Attribute Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Augment (Spell Type) . . . . . . . . . . 56 Aura (Spell Type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 B d Banner Enchantments . . . . . . . . 116 Base Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Bases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Battle Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Battle Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Battle Standard Bearer . 71 , 85 , 93 Bearer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Beast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Being Inside an Arc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Blocked Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Board Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Bodyguard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Boosted Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Bound Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 , 59 Bow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Break Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 , 72 , 99 Breakthrough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Breath Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Broken Concentration . . . . . . . . . 58 Broken Ranks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 , 91 Building an Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Building the Battlefield . . . . . . . . 33 C d Cannon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Cannot be Stomped . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Capture the Flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Caster (Spell Type) . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Caster’s Unit (Spell Type) . . . . . . 56 Casting Attempt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Casting Bound Spells . . . . . . . . . . 59 Casting Modifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Casting Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Casting Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Casualties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Catapult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Cavalry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Centre of Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Champions . . . 68 , 69 , 80 , 95 , 104 Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 , 84 , 93 Character Mounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Characteristic Profiles . . . . . . . . . 14 Characteristic Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Characters . . . . . . . . . . . 69 , 95 , 102 Charge Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 , 41 Charge Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Charge Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Charge Reactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Charging a Fleeing Unit . . . . . . . . 43 Charging Downhill . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Charging Momentum . . . . . . . . . . 67 Chariot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Clipped Wings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Close Combat (Attack Attribute) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Close Combat Attacks . . . . . . . . . . 18 Close Combat Weapons . . . . . . . 106 Close Formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Combat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Combat Bonus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Combat Reforms . . . . . . . 72 , 79 , 99 Combat Score . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Combined Charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Combined Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Command Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Commanding Presence . . . . . 84 , 94 Construct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Counterthrust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 , 89 Covering Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Crossbow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Crush Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 D d D3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 D6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Damage (Spell Type) . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Dangerous Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Dawn Assault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Decimated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Declaring Charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Declaring Intent to Go First . . . . 37 Declaring Special Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 , 36 Defending a Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Defensive Characteristics . . . . . . 14 Defensive Skill (Def) . . . . . . . 14 , 69 Deploying Remaining Units . . . . 37 Deploying Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Deployment Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Deployment Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Deployment Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Determining Number of Hits . . . 19 Devastating Charge . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Dice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Direct (Spell Type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Direction Dice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Discipline (Dis) . . . . . . . . 14 , 15 , 17 Dispelling Bound Spells . . . . . . . . 59 Dispelling Modifiers . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Dispelling Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Disrupted Ranks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Distracting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Distributing Hits . . . . . . . . . 19 , 103 Divine Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Dominant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Doused Flames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Duels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 , 69 , 101 Duplicated Model Rules . . . . . . . . 92 Duplication Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 E d Elevated Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Enchantments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Encircle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Enemy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Contents Index 125 Model Rules Summaries Engaged in Combat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 , 43 , 51 , 61 , 83 Engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Excess HP Losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 F d Facings (Unit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Failed Charge . . . . . . . . . . 13 , 41 , 46 Fear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Fearless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Feigned Flight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Fight in Extra Rank . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Fighting a Duel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 First Amongst Equals . . . . . . . . . 104 First Round of Combat . . . . . . . . . 66 First Turn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Fizzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Flamethrower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Flaming Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Flammable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Flank (Unit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Flank Bonus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Flee Charge Reaction . . . . . . 40 , 94 Flee Moves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Fleeing Units . . . . . . 43 , 50 , 73 , 84 Flux Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Fly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Flying Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Focused (Spell Type) . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Forests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Formations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Fortified Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Fortitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 , 106 Frenzy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Friendly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Front (Unit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Front Rank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 , 95 Frontline Clash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Full Ranks . . . . . . 8 , 71 , 72 , 87 , 97 G d Game Turns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Gaps in Units . . . . . . . . . . . 8 , 10 , 68 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 , 97 Ghost Step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Gigantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Global Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . 14 Grand Armies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Great Weapon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Grind Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Ground (Spell Type) . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Guerilla Warfare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 H d Halberd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Hand Weapon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Handgun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Hard Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Hard Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Harnessed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Hatred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Health Points (HP) . . . . . . . . . 14 , 21 Health Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 , 80 Heavy Armour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Heights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Hereditary Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Hex (Spell Type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Hidden Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Hold (Charge Reaction) . . . . . . . . 40 Hold the Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Hopeless Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 I d Impact Hits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Impassable Terrain . . . . . . . . 13 , 91 Impossible Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Inanimate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Infantry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Initiative Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Initiative Step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Insignificant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Instant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Issuing a Duel . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 , 101 K d King of the Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 L d Lance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Large . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Learned Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Lethal Strike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Light Armour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Light Lance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Light Troops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Lightning Reflexes . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Line Formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Line of Sight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Located in an Arc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Lone Characters . . . . . . . . . . 52 , 102 Long Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Longbow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Losing Base Contact . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Losing Health Points . . . . . . . 21 , 80 Losing the Last Health Point . . . . 80 M d Magic Dice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Magic Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Magic Resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Magical Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Magical Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Magical Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Make Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 March and Shoot . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 March Move . . . . . . . 13 , 51 , 83 , 95 March Rate (Mar) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 March Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 March to the Beat . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Marching Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Massive Bulk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Matching Bases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Maximised Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Maximising Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Measuring Distances . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Melee Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 , 67 Melee Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Minimised Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Minimum Army Size . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Miscast Modifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Miscast Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Miscasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Misfire Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Mismatching Bases . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Missile (Spell Type) . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Mission Impassible . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Model Arcs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Model Classification . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Model Facings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Model Heights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Model Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Model Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Modifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Mounted Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Mounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Move or Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Movement Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Moving and Shooting . . . . . . . . . . 62 Moving Chargers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Moving Fleeing Units . . . . . . 50 , 73 Moving Pursuing Units . . . . . . . . . 73 Moving Single Model Units . . . . . 52 Moving Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Multipart Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Multiple Charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Multiple Wounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Musicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 N d Natural Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 No Longer Engaged . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 No More Foes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Not a Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 O d Offensive Characteristics . . . . . . . 14 Offensive Skill (Off) . . . . . . . . 14 , 69 One of a Kind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Contents Index 126 Model Rules Summaries One Turn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 One Use Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Opaque Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Open Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Open Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Ordering the Charge . . . . . . . . . . 104 Overkill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Overruns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 P d Paired Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Panic Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Parry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Paths of Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 , 54 Permanent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Personal Protections . . . . . . . . . 105 Pistol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Pivots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Plate Armour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Player Turn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Poison Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Post-Combat Pivot . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Post-Combat Reform . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Power Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Pre-Game Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Priority of Modifiers . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Protean Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Pursuing off the Board . . . . . . . . . 78 Pursuit Moves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Pursuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Q d Quick to Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 R d R&F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Raise Health Points . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Rally Around the Flag . . . . . . 84 , 97 Rally Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Rallying Fleeing Units . . . . . . . . . . 50 Random Characteristics . . . . . . . . 15 Random Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Random Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Range X″ (Spell Type) . . . . . . . . . . 56 Ranged Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Rank Bonus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Rank-and-File (R&F) . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Ranks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Reactive Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Rear (Unit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Rear Bonus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Rear Rank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Recover Health Points . . . . . . . . . 60 Redirecting a Charge . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Reform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Refused Flank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Refusing a Duel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Reload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Removing as a casualty . . . . . . . . 80 Removing Casualties . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Replicable Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Rerolling Dice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Resilience (Res) . . . . . . . . . . . 14 , 20 Resolving Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Restrain Pursuit Test . . . . . . . . . . 73 Rider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Rolling Dice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Round Bases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 , 11 Round of Combat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Round of Combat Sequence . . . . 67 Ruins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 S d Scoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Scoring Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Scout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Secondary Objectives . . . . . . 35 , 85 Secure Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Set to a Fixed Number . . . . . . . . . 16 Setting up a Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Shaken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Shooting (Attack Attribute) . . . 109 Shooting Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Shooting Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Shooting To-Hit Modifiers . . . . . . 62 Shooting Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Short Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Simultaneous Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Single Model Units . . . . . . . . . . 8 , 52 Siphon the Veil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Skirmisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Soft Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Spear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Special Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Special Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 , 37 , 93 , 98 , 100 Special Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Special Saves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Spell Casting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Spell Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Spell Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Spell Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Spell Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Spell Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Spell Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Splitting Combat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Spoils of War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Stand and Shoot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Stand Behind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Standard (Height) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Standard Bearers . . . . . . . . . 71 , 104 Steadfast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Stomp Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Strength (Str) . . . . . . . . . 14 , 18 , 20 Strider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Stubborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Suits of Armour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Summaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Summoned Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Supernal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Supporting Attacks . . . 68 , 87 , 112 Sweeping Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Swift Reform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Swiftstride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Swirling Melee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 T d Tall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Target Facing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Terrain Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Terrain Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Terror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Throwing Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . 107 To-Hit Modifiers . . . . . . . . . . . 62 , 69 To-Hit Rolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 To-Hit Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 To-Wound Rolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 To-Wound Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Towering Presence . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Toxic Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Turns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Two-Handed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 U d Unbreakable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Undead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Undeployable Units . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Unit Arcs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Unit Boundary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Unit Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Unit Facings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Unit Spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Universal (Spell Type) . . . . . . . . . 56 Universal Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Unstable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Unwieldy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 V d Vanguard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Veil Token Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Veil Tokens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Victory Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Victory Points (VP) . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Volley Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Volley Gun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Contents Index 127 Model Rules Summaries W d Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 War Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 War Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Warbands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Water Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Weapon Enchantments . . . . . . . 116 Weapon Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Wearer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Wielder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Winning a Round of Combat . . . . 71 Winning the Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Wizard Adept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Wizard Apprentice . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Wizard Conclave . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Wizard Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Wizards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Wounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Contents Index 128 Model Rules Summaries d Contents Index 129 Model Rules Summaries