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Space Marines

Vanguard Spearhead

Rules
Stratagems
Enhancements
Shadow Masters

Each time a ranged attack targets an ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army, unless the attacking model is within 12", subtract 1 from the Hit roll and the target has the Benefit of Cover against that attack.

1
A Deadly Prize
Command Phase - Wargear
Target

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

When

Start of the Command phase.

Effect

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

1
Armour of Contempt
Shooting & Fight Phase - Battle Tactic
Target

One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.

When

Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

Effect

Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.

2
Surgical Strikes
Fight Phase - Battle Tactic
Target

One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY 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 [PRECISION] ability.

1
Strike From The Shadows
Shooting Phase - Battle Tactic
Target

One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.

When

Your Shooting phase.

Effect

Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a ranged attack that targets an enemy unit that is more than 12" away, improve the Ballistic Skill and Armour Penetration characteristics of that attack by 1. If one or more enemy models are destroyed as a result of those attacks, select one of those destroyed models; that destroyed model’s unit must take a Battle-shock test.

1
Calculated Feint
Charge Phase - Strategic Ploy
Target

One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY 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

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

Restriction

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

1
Guerrilla Tactics
Fight Phase - Strategic Ploy
Target

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

When

End of your opponent’s Fight phase.

Effect

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

Restriction

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

The Blade Driven Deep
25 pts

ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, models in that unit have the Infiltrators ability.

Ghostweave Cloak
15 pts

ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. The bearer has the Stealth and Lone Operative abilities.

Execute and Redeploy
20 pts

PHOBOS model only. In your Shooting phase, after the bearer’s unit has shot, if that unit is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, it can make a Normal move of up to 6". If it does, until the end of the turn, that unit is not eligible to declare a charge. This cannot allow the bearer’s unit to move more than once in your Shooting phase.

Shadow War Veteran
30 pts

PHOBOS model only. The bearer has the following ability:

Lord of Deceit (Aura): Each time your opponent targets a unit from their army with a Stratagem, if that unit is within 12" of this model, increase the cost of that use of that Stratagem by 1CP.