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Genestealer Cults

Brood Brother Auxilia

Rules
Integrated Tactics

Each time an ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army (see below) is selected to shoot, you can select one enemy unit within 18" of and visible to that unit. If you do, until the end of the phase, models in that ASTRA MILITARUM unit can only target that enemy unit (and only if it is an eligible target) and that enemy unit is caught in overlapping fire. While an enemy unit is caught in overlapping fire, each time a GENESTEALER CULTS model from your army targets that enemy unit with a ranged attack, add 1 to the Hit roll.

Brood Brothers

You can include ASTRA MILITARUM units in your army, even though they do not have the GENESTEALER CULTS Faction keyword. The combined points cost of such units you can include in your army is:

A GENESTEALER CULTS model must be your WARLORD, and ASTRA MILITARUM models from your army lose the Voice of Command ability if they have it. You cannot include units with any of the following keywords in your army using this rule: AIRCRAFT; COMMISSAR; EPIC HERO; MILITARUM TEMPESTUS; OGRYN; RATLING; TECH-PRIEST ENGINSEER; MINISTORUM PRIEST.

Stratagems
1
In the Shadow of Iron
Any Phase - Strategic Ploy
Target

One ASTRA MILITARUM VEHICLE unit from your army.

When

Any phase, just after an enemy unit ends a move within 9" of one or more of your Cult Ambush markers.

Effect

Select one of those Cult Ambush markers. You can set up that Cult Ambush marker anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" horizontally away from all enemy units and wholly within 6" of your unit.

1
Regimental Reinforcements
Shooting & Fight Phase - Strategic Ploy
Target

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

When

Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an ASTRA MILITARUM INFANTRY REGIMENT unit from your army (excluding ARTILLERY and CHARACTER units) is destroyed.

Effect

Roll one D6: on a 3+, place one Cult Ambush marker anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" horizontally away from all enemy units (if this is not possible, no marker is placed) and add a new unit to your army identical to your destroyed unit, in Cult Ambush, at its Starting Strength, with all of its wounds remaining and any [ONE SHOT] weapons those models are equipped with considered as not having been shot.

Restriction

You can only use this Stratagem once per battle.

1
Suppress and Overwhelm
Shooting Phase - Strategic Ploy
Target

That ASTRA MILITARUM unit.

When

Your Shooting phase, just after an ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army has shot.

Effect

Select one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks. Until the end of the turn, that enemy unit cannot be targeted with the Fire Overwatch Stratagem and each time a GENESTEALER CULTS unit from your army selects that enemy unit as a target of a charge, you can re-roll the Charge roll.

2
Acceptable Losses
Shooting Phase - Strategic Ploy
Target

One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army.

When

Your Shooting phase.

Effect

Select one enemy unit within Engagement Range of one or more GENESTEALER CULTS units from your army. Until the end of the phase, your unit can make ranged attacks that target that enemy unit. If it does, after it has resolved those attacks, roll one D6 for each of those GENESTEALER CULTS units: on a 5+, the unit being rolled for suffers D3+1 mortal wounds.

1
Symbiotic Destruction
Shooting Phase - Battle Tactic
Target

One ASTRA MILITARUM and one GENESTEALER CULTS unit from your army that have not been selected to shoot this phase.

When

Your Shooting phase.

Effect

Select one enemy unit that is visible to both of those selected units and within range of at least one ranged weapon from each of those units. Until the end of the phase, models in those units can only make attacks that target that enemy unit (and only if it is an eligible target). When doing so, each time such a model makes an attack, re-roll a Wound roll of 1.

1
A Dark Network
Movement Phase - Strategic Ploy
Target

One ASTRA MILITARUM or GENESTEALER CULTS unit from your army (excluding MONSTERS and VEHICLES) within 12" of that enemy unit.

When

Reinforcements step of your opponent’s Movement phase, just after an enemy unit is set up on the battlefield from Reserves.

Effect

Your unit can make a Normal move of up to 6".

Enhancements
Martial Espionage
25 pts

GENESTEALER CULTS INFANTRY model only. Once per turn, when a friendly ASTRA MILITARUM INFANTRY or ASTRA MILITARUM MOUNTED unit within 9" of the bearer is selected to shoot, the bearer can use this Enhancement. If it does, until the end of the phase, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of ranged weapons equipped by models in that unit by 1.

Adaptive Reprisal
15 pts

GENESTEALER CULTS INFANTRY model only. Once per turn, you can target a friendly GENESTEALER CULTS unit within 9" of the bearer with the Heroic Intervention Stratagem for 0CP.

The Hero Returned
20 pts

GENESTEALER CULTS INFANTRY model only. Improve the Leadership and Objective Control characteristics of models in the bearer’s unit by 1.

Fire-point Commander
10 pts

GENESTEALER CULTS INFANTRY model only. Each time you target the bearer’s unit with the Fire Overwatch Stratagem, while resolving that Stratagem, hits are scored on unmodified Hit rolls of 5+.

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