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Chaos Daemons

Shadow Legion

Rules
Stratagems
Enhancements
First Prince of Chaos

If your Army Faction is LEGIONES DAEMONICA, you can use this Shadow Legion Detachment rule.

First Prince of Chaos

Units from your army have the relevant abilities presented below.

Murderer’s Cowl

The most murderous seek not to hide in the Dark Master’s pall. The shadows extend before them, offering a rapid route to slaughter.

SHADOW LEGION KHORNE units only. This unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced.

Penumbral Puppetry

Mutative agents of change, touched by the Dark Master’s umbral aura, summon llusory magicks to confound and confuse their desperate foes.

SHADOW LEGION TZEENTCH units only. Each time an attack targets this unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.

Gloam Rot

Borne upon the gloaming wisp of Be’lakor’s shadow, this debilitating curse atrophies muscle and withers flesh, greatly weakening its victims.

SHADOW LEGION NURGLE units only. Each time an attack targets this unit, if the Strength characteristic of that attack is greater than this unit’s Toughness characteristic, subtract 1 from the Wound roll.

Shadow’s Caress

The Dark Master’s shadow falls across his thralls, masking their approach.

SHADOW LEGION SLAANESH units only. Enemy units cannot use the Fire Overwatch Stratagem to shoot at this unit.

Disciples of Be’lakor

Be’lakor’s immortal ego draws into his orbit those as yet unclaimed by any one Chaos God. Their hate‐filled pacts are made to the entire fell pantheon, and the dangerous boons they receive see them plunged along paths of perpetual night straight into the enemy’s midst.

SHADOW LEGION UNDIVIDED units only.

  • This unit has the Dark Pacts army rule, and can use it as described in Codex: Chaos Space Marines, even though your Army Faction is not HERETIC ASTARTES. If this unit is BE’LAKOR, it automatically passes the Leadership test required for Dark Pacts.
  • SHADOW LEGION HERETIC ASTARTES models in this unit have the Deep Strike ability.
Leaping Shadows
25 pts

SHADOW LEGION model only. Models in the bearer’s unit have the Scouts 9” ability.

Mantle of Gloom (Aura)
20 pts

SHADOW LEGION model only. While an enemy unit is within Engagement Range of the bearer’s unit, subtract 1 from the Objective Control characteristic of models in that enemy unit.

Fade to Darkness
30 pts

SHADOW LEGION model only. At the end of the Fight phase, if the bearer’s unit destroyed one or more enemy units this phase and is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, you can remove the bearer’s unit from the battlefield and place it into Strategic Reserves.

Malice Made Manifest
25 pts

SHADOW LEGION model only. At the start of the Fight phase, select one enemy unit within Engagement Range of the bearer’s unit and roll one D6: on a 2‐5, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds; on a 6, that enemy unit suffers 3 mortal wounds.

1
Spiteful Demise
Any Phase - Strategic Ploy
Target

That SHADOW LEGION unit. You can use this Stratagem on that unit even though it was just destroyed.

When

Any phase, just after a SHADOW LEGION unit from your army is destroyed, before removing the last model in that unit from the battlefield and before rolling any dice for the Deadly Demise ability.

Effect

Roll one D6 for each enemy unit that is within Engagement Range of the last model in your unit, adding 2 to the result if your unit has the SLAANESH keyword: on a 4-5, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds; on a 6+, that enemy unit suffers 3 mortal wounds.

1
Channelled Wrath
Fight Phase - Strategic Ploy
Target

One SHADOW LEGION unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.

When

Fight phase.

Effect

Until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [LANCE] ability. If your unit has the KHORNE keyword, until the end of the phase, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of those weapons by 1 as well.

1
Death Denied
Command Phase - Battle Tactic
Target

One SHADOW LEGION unit from your army.

When

Your Command phase.

Effect

One model in your unit regains up to 3 lost wounds. In addition, If your unit has the TZEENTCH keyword, return up to one destroyed model (excluding CHARACTER models) to your unit with its full wounds remaining.

1
Encroaching Darkness
Shooting Phase - Battle Tactic
Target

Up to one SHADOW LEGION HERETIC ASTARTES unit from your army and up to one SHADOW LEGION LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army. You can only select units that arrived from Reserves this turn.

When

Your Shooting phase.

Effect

Until the end of the phase, weapons equipped by models in your selected units have the [IGNORES COVER] ability.

2
Shade Path
Charge Phase - Battle Tactic
Target

One SHADOW LEGION unit from your army that was selected as a target of that charge.

When

Your opponent’s Charge phase, just after an enemy unit declares a charge.

Effect

Until the end of the phase, subtract 2 from Charge rolls made for that enemy unit. In addition, if your unit has the NURGLE keyword, that enemy unit must take a Battle-shock test.

1
Binding Shadow
Fight Phase - Strategic Ploy
Target

Up to one SHADOW LEGION HERETIC ASTARTES unit from your army and up to one SHADOW LEGION LEGIONES DAEMONICA unit from your army. You can only select units that are not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.

When

End of your opponent’s Fight phase.

Effect

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