Appendix: Battlegroup Allegiances

In Organised Play, players must declare their battlegroup's allegiance on their battlegroup roster. The rules for battlegroup allegiances were first presented in the Adeptus Titanicus: Defence of Ryza supplement and are presented here for ease of reference.

Titan Legions and Allegiance

When building their battlegroup, a player can declare their battlegroup as Loyalist, Traitor or Blackshield - this is as simple as making a note of it. Regardless of a battlegroup's allegiance, a player can choose to draw their forces from any Titan Legion; though some are widely known for being dedicated to a particular cause, it is entirely possible that detachments had broken off or another Legio favoured similar tactics. The declared allegiance of a battlegroup determines which Stratagems the battlegroup is able to purchase and can impose further restrictions and special rules as follows. All allegiances can purchase Stratagems available to any player (i.e., those that do not specify a player type, for example, Thermal Mines). Each allegiance also has access to a specific allegiance ability, as described in the relevant section.

Loyalist Titan Legions

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Loyalist Titan Legion Battlegroup

A Loyalist Titan Legion has the following special rules:

All Titans within a Loyalist battlegroup are referred to as Loyalist Titans and the player a Loyalist player.
A Loyalist battlegroup can include Psi-Titans and Loyalist Titans of Legend.
A Loyalist battlegroup can purchase Stratagems available to any allegiance or any Loyalist player.
A Loyalist battlegroup cannot include any Corrupted Titans or Renegade Knight Banners.
A Loyalist battlegroup cannot include any Traitor Titans of Legend or Blackshield Titans of Legend.
A Loyalist battlegroup cannot purchase Stratagems available to any Traitor or Blackshield player.

Loyalist Titan Allegiance Ability: Adaptive Tactics

Once per game, at the end of the Damage Control phase, a single Loyalist Titan that has successfully been issued an order (other than an Emergency Repair order) that round can immediately be issued a different order (other than Emergency Repair), without the need to make a Command check. This order replaces any order previously given. Titans within a Squadron that have been issued orders via Squadron orders that round can all benefit from this rule, so long as all Titans are issued the new order.

Traitor Titan Legion

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Traitor Titan Legion Battlegroup

A Traitor Titan Legion has the following special rules:

All Titans within a Traitor battlegroup are referred to as Traitor Titans and the player a Traitor player.
A Traitor battlegroup can include Traitor Titans of Legend.
A Traitor battlegroup can include Corrupted Titans and Renegade Knight Banners.
A Traitor battlegroup can purchase Stratagems available to any allegiance or any Traitor player.
A Traitor battlegroup cannot include any Psi-Titans, Loyalist Titans of Legend or Blackshield Titans of Legend.
A Traitor battlegroup cannot purchase Stratagems available to any Loyalist or Blackshield player.

Traitor Titan Allegiance Ability: Unbridled Hatred

Once per game, during the Movement phase, a single Traitor Titan can add 2" to both their default and boosted Speed characteristic and add 1 to the Dice value of all weapons with the Melee trait that the Titan is equipped with. This lasts until the end of the round.

Blackshield Titan Legion

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Blackshield Titan Legion Battlegroup

A Blackshield Titan Legion has the following special rules:

All Titans within a Blackshield battlegroup are referred to as Blackshield Titans and the player a Blackshield player.
A Blackshield battlegroup can include Blackshield Titans of Legend.
A Blackshield battlegroup can purchase Stratagems available to any allegiance or any Blackshield player.
A Blackshield battlegroup cannot include any Psi-Titans, Corrupted Titans, Renegade Knight Banners (see future supplements), Loyalist Titans of Legend or Traitor Titans of Legend.
A Blackshield battlegroup cannot purchase Stratagems available to any Loyalist or Traitor players.

Blackshield Titan Allegiance Ability: Decentralised Command

Once per game, when a Blackshield Titan fails a Command check when being issued orders, Blackshield Titans not part of a maniple may still be issued orders.

Knight Household Allegiances

On the battlefield, the difference between a Household's allegiance is represented by the access each has to Stratagems and certain units or unit upgrades. However, there is no defined measure of who is a Loyalist and who is a Traitor, for it is up to the player to decide who they side with. Presented here is a set of rules for declaring one's allegiance and the options available to each allegiance. A Household force can only declare for a single allegiance.

Knight Households and Allegiance

When building their Knight Household force, a player can declare their Household force as Questoris Imperialis, Questoris Mechanicus, Questoris Traitoris or Questoris Oblitus - this is as simple as making a note of it. Regardless of a Household force's allegiance, a player can choose to draw their forces from any Knight Household; though some are widely known for being dedicated to a particular cause, it is entirely possible that detachments have broken off or another Household favoured similar tactics. The declared allegiance of a Household force determines which Stratagems the battlegroup is able to purchase and can impose further restrictions and special rules as follows. All allegiances can purchase Household Stratagems available to any Knight Household force player (i.e., those that do not specify a player type, e.g., Plasma Mines). Each allegiance has access to a specific allegiance ability, as described in the relevant section.

A player can take Freeblade Knight Banners as part of a Knight Household force. Freeblade Knight Banners are not part of the Household force's allegiance and cannot be affected by any ability, special rule, or Stratagem that affects a particular allegiance (e.g., a Freeblade Knight Banner in a Questoris Imperialis force is not considered a Questoris Imperialis Knight Banner, and therefore cannot be the target of a Stratagem or ability that specifies choosing a Questoris Imperialis Knight Banner). Despite not having a specific allegiance, the Household force must still follow their restrictions.

Knight Worlds

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Questoris Imperialis

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Questoris Imperialis Household Force

The following rules apply to a Questoris Imperialis Household force:

All Knight Banners within a Lance as part of a Questoris Imperialis Household force are referred to as Questoris Imperialis Banners and the player a Questoris Imperialis player.
A Questoris Imperialis Household force can purchase Stratagems available to any Knight Household and to Questoris Imperialis Households.
A Questoris Imperialis Household force can include Loyalist Titans of Legend as Reinforcements.
A Questoris Imperialis Household force cannot include any Corrupted Titans or Renegade Knight Banners.
A Questoris Imperialis Household force cannot include any Traitor Titans of Legend or Blackshield Titans of Legend as Reinforcements.
A Questoris Imperialis Household force cannot purchase Stratagems specific to Questoris Mechanicus, Questoris Traitoris or Questoris Oblitus Households.

Questoris Imperialis Allegiance Ability: Valorous Charge

Once per game, during the Movement phase, a single Questoris Imperialis Lance of the player's choice can add 2" to their Speed characteristic for the remainder of that phase.

Allegiance Specific Knightly Qualities

A Questoris Imperialis Seneschal Knightly Quality can either be generated from the table on page 38 of Adeptus Titanicus: Doom of Molech, from their Household Knightly Quality table or by rolling a D3 on the table that follows:

D3	Knightly Quality
1	Master of War: The Seneschal is a talented strategist, having won many battles during the Great Crusade through daring plans and brilliant tactics. If the Seneschal's Lance benefits from the Valorous Charge ability, Banners within the Lance add 4" to their Speed characteristic instead of 2".
2	Hunter of Traitors: A renowned hunter, the Seneschal has turned their talents in the woods and wilds of their home world to the task of stalking traitors to the Imperium, wherever they might be found. Attacks targeting the Seneschal's Banner suffer an additional -1 penalty to their Hit rolls while the Banner is in cover, i.e., a Banner with at least 25% cover would be -2 to hit, while a Banner with at least 50% cover would be -3 to hit.
3	Courting Death: The death of loved ones and honoured friends has left the Seneschal bitter and broken, hoping to salve the pain of loss with the blood of their enemies, or should that fail, their own life. Once per game, the Seneschal's Banner can choose to activate a second time during the Combat phase. If they do, the Banner immediately suffers a Critical Hit, ignoring ion shields.

Questoris Mechanicus

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Questoris Mechanicus Household Force

The following rules apply to a Questoris Mechanicus Household force:

All Knight Banners within a Lance as part of a Questoris Mechanicus Household force are referred to as Questoris Mechanicus Banners.
A Questoris Mechanicus Household force can purchase Stratagems available to any Knight Household and to Questoris Mechanicus Households.
A Questoris Mechanicus Household force can include either Loyalist Titans of Legend or Traitor Titans of Legend as Reinforcements, but not both.
A Questoris Mechanicus Household force cannot include any Psi-Titans, Corrupted Titans or Renegade Knight Banners.
A Questoris Mechanicus Household Force cannot include Blackshield Titans of Legend as Reinforcements.
A Questoris Mechanicus Household force cannot purchase Stratagems specific to Questoris Imperialis, Questoris Traitoris or Questoris Oblitus Households.

Questoris Mechanicus Allegiance Ability: Targeting Solutions

Once per game, all Banners within a single Questoris Mechanicus Lance can be issued a Coordinated Strike, Split Fire or First Fire order without the need to make a Command check. Each Banner can be given a separate order.

Allegiance Specific Knightly Qualities

A Questoris Mechanicus Seneschal Knightly Quality can either be generated from the table on page 38 of Adeptus Titanicus: Doom of Molech, from their Household Knightly Quality table or by rolling a D3 on the table that follows:

D3	Knightly Quality
1	Survivor of Betrayal: Betrayal has forever scarred the Seneschal, forcing them to kill members of their own Household when they made the choice to turn against them in support of their chosen liege. Once per round, when the Seneschal's Banner suffers damage, one damaging Armour roll can be reduced by one level, i.e., a Critical Hit becomes a Devastating Hit, a Devastating Hit becomes a Direct Hit, while a Direct Hit becomes a Superficial Hit.
2	Favoured by Mars: The Seneschal is a rare Scion of Mars, having trained in the use of Knight armours under the forge lords of the Red Planet, skills they now bring to the liberation of the Imperium or in support of the Warmaster's forces. The weapons carried by the Seneschal's Banner are of higher quality than normal. Increase the Strength value of any weapon in the Seneschal's Banner with a starting Strength value of 4 or higher by 1, to a maximum of Strength 8.
3	Faithful Servant: The Seneschal and their ancestors have forever remained faithful to their Forge World and will never stray, no matter the path they are led down. Once per game, the Seneschal's Knight Household can reuse a Stratagem that costs 2 or fewer Stratagem points and has been used earlier in the battle. The Seneschal must be on the battlefield to use this ability. If the Stratagem is one that can already be used more than once (i.e., Artillery Bombardment), it may instead be used twice in one of the Knight Household's Strategy phases.

Questoris Traitoris

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Questoris Traitoris Household Force

The following rules apply to a Questoris Traitoris Household force:

All Knight Banners within a Lance as part of a Questoris Traitoris Household force are referred to as Questoris Traitoris Banners.
A Questoris Traitoris Household force can purchase Stratagems available to any Knight Household and to Questoris Traitoris Households.
A Questoris Traitoris Household force can include Traitor Titans of Legend as Reinforcements.
A Questoris Traitoris Household force can include Corrupted Titans or Renegade Knight Banners.
A Questoris Traitoris Household force cannot include any Loyalist Titans of Legend or Blackshield Titans of Legend.
A Questoris Traitoris Household force cannot purchase Stratagems available to Questoris Imperialis, Questoris Mechanicus or Questoris Oblitus Households.

Questoris Traitoris Allegiance Ability: Lust for Blood

Once per game, during the Combat phase, a single Questoris Traitoris Banner can add 1 to the Dice value of a single weapon with the Melee trait of their choice for the remainder of the phase. All Knights in the Banner are affected by this rule. Only one weapon may be chosen for the entire Banner, and all Knights with this weapon add 1 to their Dice value for this weapon; if a Knight is equipped with multiple copies of the same weapon, add 1 to the Dice value of each weapon.

Allegiance Specific Knightly Qualities

A Questoris Traitoris Seneschal Knightly Quality can either be generated from the table on page 38 of Adeptus Titanicus: Doom of Molech, from their Household Knightly Quality table or by rolling a D3 on the table that follows:

D3	Knightly Quality
1	From Darkness Born: The Seneschal craves the darkness of night and fights expertly within its comforting shroud, to the point that they lead their banners into battle in the stygian hours, the better to dispatch their enemies. Weapons targeting Banners within the Seneschal's Lance reduce any positive Acc modifiers gained from a weapon's range by 1, to a minimum of 0.
2	Battle Madness: Where once sense and honour guided the Seneschal, now the sound of guns and the roar of the chainblade bring only screaming madness and homicidal impulse, the lord transformed by battle into a beast. Once per game, at the start of any Strategy phase, the Seneschal's Banner may work themselves into a Battle Madness. When they do, for the remainder of the game reduce the Ballistic Skill of the Seneschal's Banner by 1 (to a minimum of 6+) and their Command value by 4 (to a minimum of 10+). However, increase their Speed characteristic by 3".
3	Warmaster's Chosen: The Warmaster favours the Seneschal and their Household, providing them with a greater portion of his armies' ordnance, and the soldiers with which to use it. Once per game, the Seneschal's Banner can load Improved Ordnance. When it does, until the end of the round, all weapons without the Melee trait carried by the Seneschal's Banner gain the Ordnance trait. If they already have the Ordnance trait, then they may re-roll any Armour rolls that fail to cause damage.

Questoris Oblitus

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Questoris Oblitus Household Force

The following rules apply to a Questoris Oblitus Household force:

All Knight Banners within a Lance as part of a Questoris Oblitus Household force are referred to as Questoris Oblitus Banners.
A Questoris Oblitus Household force can purchase Stratagems available to any Knight Household and to Questoris Oblitus Households.
A Questoris Oblitus Household force can include Blackshield Titans of Legend as Reinforcements.
A Questoris Oblitus Household force cannot include Loyalist Titans of Legend or Traitor Titans of Legend as Reinforcements.
A Questoris Oblitus Household force cannot include any Psi-Titans, Corrupted Titans or Renegade Knight Banners.
A Questoris Oblitus Household force cannot purchase Stratagems available to Questoris Imperialis, Questoris Mechanicus or Questoris Traitoris Households.

Questoris Oblitus Allegiance Ability: Firm Resolve

Once per round, a Banner within a Questoris Oblitus Lance that must take a Command check to see if they become Shaken can choose to pass the Command check instead of rolling.

Allegiance Specific Knightly Qualities

A Questoris Oblitus Seneschal Knightly Quality can either be generated from the table on page 38 of Adeptus Titanicus: Doom of Molech, from their Household Knightly Quality table or by rolling a D3 on the table that follows:

D3	Knightly Quality
1	Giant Killer: Countless great beasts have lain broken at the feet of the Seneschal, each one brought low by the skilled giant killer, as adept at felling xenos monsters as they are at bringing down Legio Titans. Banners within the Seneschal's Lance ignore the penalty for making Targeted attacks against enemy units with a Scale of 8 or higher. This ability cannot be used in conjunction with Coordinated Strikes.
2	Xenos Sympathiser: Centuries of isolation have turned the Seneschal and their people to making alliances with alien empires and xenos lords, the Knights trading in forbidden technologies to augment their war machines. The Seneschal's Banner can re-roll failed ion shield saves. In addition, their ion shield saves cannot be reduced to less than 6+ by the Strength of a hit.
3	Freeblade King: The Seneschal is an infamous exile from a great Knight Household, having fled their home world with their closest retainers to set up a splinter kingdom on another continent or even another world. Lances in the Seneschal's Knight Household can be made up of Freeblades. Freeblades may only be issued Coordinated Strike orders if all Knights in a Banner are armed with the same weapons and must follow all other rules for Lance composition (e.g., must have two Banners of the same type in a Lance).