Legiones Astartes Special Rules

The Ist Legion - Dark Angels

Primogenitor: Lion El'Jonson

Cognomen: (Prior) The Angels of Death, (archaic) The Uncrowned Princes

Noteworthy Domains: Caliban, Gramarye, Terran Enclaves or Order dedicated to each discipline of war

Observed Strategic Tendencies: None; within the Legion there was at least one Host

Allegiance: Fidelitas Constantus

Legion Special Rules

The following special rules apply to all Dark Angels models in a Legiones Astartes Army.

Formations of the Hexagrammaton: At the start of the battle, before any Detachment is deployed, determine which Dark Angels Formations contain a total of three or more different Detachment types - Dedicated Transports are ignored for the purposes of this calculation.

Any Formation that meets these requirements gains one of the following benefits, chosen by the controlling player from the list below:

All Detachments within the Formation that contain only Dark Angels Infantry models gain the Phosphex and Implacable special rules.
All Detachments within the Formation that contain only Cavalry models gain the Outflank special rule.
All Detachments within the Formation that contain only Vehicle models gain the Nimble special rule.

If a Formation has a Dedicated Transport, the model types gain the relevant special rules but the Transports do not.

For example: A Dark Angels Formation contains two Legion Tactical Detachments, a Legion Dreadnought Detachment and a Legion Predator Detachment. Therefore it meets the requirements of the Formations of the Hexagrammaton special rule and chooses one of the special rules to apply. If the Formation had two Legion Tactical Detachments and two Legion Dreadnought Detachments, it would not meet the requirements, even if the Tactical Detachments had Dedicated Transports.

The IIIrd Legion - Emperor's Children

Primogenitor: Fulgrim

Cognomen: (Prior) None

Noteworthy Domains: Chemos (Primary), Terra (Tertiary rights)

Observed Strategic Tendencies: Combined Arms Warfare, the use of Complex Manoeuvre and Discursive Tactical Planning, Asymmetrical Assault

Allegiance: Traitoris Perdita

Legion Special Rules

The following special rules apply to all Emperor's Children models within a Legiones Astartes Army.

Exemplars of War: Once per battle, an Army that includes at least one Formation consisting entirely of Emperor's Children models (ignoring models within an Allied Contingent) may choose to win Initiative instead of rolling. They must declare they are doing this before rolling. If both players have this rule, the player who did not have Initiative last round chooses if they use the rule first - if they do so, no other player can use it this round.

If an Army includes at least one Allied Contingent comprised entirely of Emperor's Children Detachments then once per battle the controlling player may re-roll the dice roll for Initiative instead. They can only do this if at least one Emperor's Children Detachment is on the battlefield or in Reserve; if all have been destroyed or left the battlefield due to other special rules, this rule has no effect.

The IVth Legion - Iron Warriors

Primogenitor: Perturabo

Cognomen: None officially recognised. A suppressed, informal designation for the Legion is the 'Corpse Grinders', one categorised as an infraction of duty and 'corrosive to Crusade morale'

Noteworthy Domains: The satrapy of the Mereatar Cluster, Olympia Majoris system (primary home world: Destroyed). Primus-grade garrisons, keeps and bastion-holds established on at least seventy planets plus unknown numbers of secondary outposts and watch stations

Observed Strategic Tendencies: Siege and Trench Warfare, Coordinated Mass-theatre Warfare, Armoured Assault, Planetary Decimation, Attrition, Retribution and Counter-insurgency Campaigns

Allegiance: Traitoris Perdita

Legion Special Rules

The following special rules apply to all Iron Warriors models in a Legiones Astartes Army.

The Bitter End: When determining which player controls a neutral Objective marker, Iron Warriors Infantry and Walker models count their Tactical Strength as 1 higher than normal. In addition, when determining who controls an Objective marker in a deployment zone, Iron Warriors Infantry and Walker models count their Tactical Strength as 2 higher than normal if within their own deployment zone.

For example, an Iron Warriors Legion Tactical Detachment model would contribute 7 to the total Tactical Strength instead of 5 while in its own deployment zone, for the purposes of determining which player controls an objective within that deployment zone (but not for other reasons unless stated).

The Vth Legion - White Scars

Primogenitor: Jaghatai Khan

Cognomen: (Prior) Various (e.g., The Pioneers, Star Hunters, Blood Debt, Vanguard, Grey Ghosts)

Noteworthy Domains: Chogoris/Mundus Planus (Primary), Terra (tertiary rights), the Kolarne Cluster (multiple tributary domains)

Observed Strategic Tendencies: Shock Assault Strikes, Highly Mobile Hit-and-run Campaigns, and Extended Unsupported Operations within Hostile Domains

Allegiance: Fidelitas Scindo

Legion Special Rules

The following special rules apply to all White Scars models in a Legiones Astartes Army.

Born in the Saddle: All White Scars models with the Jink (X) special rule improve their Jink Save (the number shown in brackets) by 1 (i.e., a model with Jink (6+) would become Jink (5+), etc.), to a maximum of 3+.

The VIth Legion - Space Wolves

Primogenitor: Leman Russ

Cognomen: (Prior) None officially recorded. Various informal and idiomatic cognomens inconsistently used such as Vlka Fenryka, The Sky Warriors, The Emperor's Executioners

Noteworthy Domains: Fenris (Enforced Dominion), Lucan (Tertiary rights)

Observed Strategic Tendencies: Shock Assaults, Search and Destroy, Pursuit Operations, Punitive and Excoriation Campaign.

Allegiance: Fidelitas Sine Recursu

Legion Special Rules

The following special rules apply to all Space Wolves models in a Legiones Astartes Army.

Preternatural Sense: Enemy Detachments with the Infiltrate special rule cannot be deployed within 16" of a Space Wolves model. In addition, an enemy model with the Outflank special rule may not be placed on the battlefield within 8" of any Space Wolves model when arriving from Reserve, unless it is arriving from its own battlefield edge.

The VIIth Legion - Imperial Fists

Primogenitor: Rogal Dorn

Cognomen: (Prior) None. Informally: The Stonemen, The Iceborn, Sentinels of the Void, The Defenders of Terra, His Protectors

Noteworthy Domains: Terra, Inwit and the Solar Domains

Observed Strategic Tendencies: Ship-borne Assaults and Boarding Actions, Defensive and Fortification Operations in Extremis, Stronghold Assaults, the Conquest and Forced Compliance of Void- faring Civilisations

Allegiance: Fidelitas Totalis

Legion Special Rules

The following special rules apply to all Imperial Fists models in a Legiones Astartes Army.

Disciplined Fire: If an Imperial Fists Infantry Detachment is issued with the First Fire Order, any weapons models within the Detachment have that are listed below gain the Accurate trait until the end of that round:

Legion bolters
Legion combi-bolters
Legion bolt pistols
Missile launchers
Plasma cannon
Lascannon
Autocannon
Heavy bolters

The VIIIth Legion - Night Lords

Primogenitor: Konrad Curze (the Night Haunter)

Cognomen: (Prior) None recognised. Informally: The Night's Children, The Terror

Noteworthy Domains: Nostramo (destroyed), Tsagualsa

Observed Strategic Tendencies: Punitive Actions, Decimation, Enforced Pacification, Terror Assaults, Psychological Warfare

Allegiance: Traitoris Perdita

Legion Special Rules

The following special rules apply to all Night Lords models in a Legiones Astartes Army.

Seeds of Dissent: If a Night Lords model destroys an enemy model with the Commander or the Solar Auxilia HQ (X) special rule, each enemy Detachment within 4" of the destroyed model suffers a number of Hits equal to three times the starting Wounds characteristic of the destroyed model (e.g., a model with a starting Wounds characteristic of 1 would generate 3 Hits).

When making Save rolls against these Hits, models count their Save characteristic as equal to their Morale characteristic and cannot use any additional saves, such as an Invulnerable Save, Cover Save, etc., nor can these Hits be allocated to Void Shields. Models that are part of a Detachment that is Broken subtract 2 from the result of these Save rolls.

Knights, Titans and models with a Morale characteristic of '-' are unaffected by this rule.

The IXth Legion - Blood Angels

Primogenitor: Sanguinius

Cognomen: (Prior) The Revenant Legion, The Eaters of the Dead (informal), the Charnel Feast; after Sanguinius assumed his place as sire of the Legion, these once commonplace names became considered an insult to the pride of the IXth Legion

Noteworthy Domains: Baal, Terran Enclaves, Canopus IV, Saiph

Observed Strategic Tendencies: Orbital Drop Operations, Shock Assault Campaigns and Macro-scale Decapitation Strikes

Allegiance: Fidelitas Constantus

Legion Special Rules

The following special rules apply to all Blood Angels models in a Legiones Astartes Army.

Encarmine Fury: All models within a Blood Angels Detachment that win a Combat may move up to 3" after all Withdrawal moves have been completed, so long as the Detachment is not Engaged. Models can move into base contact with enemy models during this move. They may not Embark or Garrison a Structure as part of this move.

If a Detachment Engages an enemy Detachment in this way that is in a Combat but has yet to Fight, the Blood Angels Detachment may Fight again this round. Otherwise, do not resolve the Combat. A Detachment can only move via the Encarmine Fury rule once per round and cannot move if it is still Engaged after the Combat is won.

The Xth Legion - Iron Hands

Primogenitor: Ferrus Manus (also known as 'The Gorgon')

Cognomen: (Prior) None officially recognised. Informally, the 'Iron Tenth'

Noteworthy Domains: The Medusa System (Primary), sixteen other systems held in tributary fiefdom at the closure of the Great Crusade

Observed Strategic Tendencies: Armoured and High- intensity Warfare, Line-breaker Attacks, Planetary Pacifications and Suppression Campaigns, Anti- materiel Operations

Allegiance: Fidelitas Constantus

Legion Special Rules

The following special rules apply to all Iron Hands models in a Legiones Astartes Army.

Inviolate Armour: Iron Hands models with the Feel No Pain special rule benefit from its effects when they suffer a Wound from a weapon with the Light or Light AT trait, instead of just the Light trait. In addition, any Hits scored against an Iron Hands Vehicle or Super- heavy Vehicle issued with a First Fire Order worsen their AP by 1, to a minimum of 0, e.g., a weapon with an AP of -2 would become -1.

The First Fire Order must still be in effect (i.e., it cannot have Overwatched or fired yet this round) for this rule to take effect. This does not affect the AP if Hits are allocated to Void Shields.

The XIIth Legion - World Eaters

Primogenitor: Angron the Conqueror

Cognomen: (Prior) The War Hounds

Noteworthy Domains: Bodt (Muster World), Sarum (Temporary Fortress Station), recruitment rights to several feral worlds in the Segmentum Solar and Ultima Segmentum

Observed Strategic Tendencies: Shock Assault, Exterminatus Operations, Close-quarters Actions

Allegiance: Traitoris Perdita

Legion Special Rules

The following special rules apply to all World Eaters models in a Legiones Astartes Army.

Incarnate Violence: Whenever they make a Fight Roll, all World Eaters Infantry, Cavalry and Walker models can re-roll a single D6 when making Fight rolls.

The XIIIth Legion - Ultramarines

Primogenitor: Roboute Guilliman

Cognomen: (Prior) No single recognised cognomen, however several XIIIth Legion sub-divisions held widely acknowledged de facto cognomen shortly before reuniting with the Legion's primogenitor (ref. the Aurorans, the Nemesis, the Desert Lions, etc.)

Noteworthy Domains: The Realm of Ultramar, a semi-autonomous administrative region of the Ultima Segmentum, accorded full rights of governance and muster by decree of the Emperor. Primary Legion headquarters centred on the world of Macragge

Observed Strategic Tendencies: Mass Assault, Targeted Decimation, Planetary Interdiction, Liberation and Limited Theatre Compliance Campaigns

Allegiance: Fidelitas Constantus

Legion Special Rules

The following special rules apply to all Ultramarines models in a Legiones Astartes Army.

Interlocking Tactics: An Ultramarines model may re-roll any Hit rolls of a 1 when firing upon an enemy Detachment that has already had one or more Hits scored against it this round by an Ultramarines model from the same Formation as the firing model.

The XIVth Legion - Death Guard

Primogenitor: Mortarion the Reaper

Cognomen: (Prior) The Dusk Raiders

Noteworthy Domains: Barbarus

Observed Strategic Tendencies: Heavy Infantry Assault, Attritional Warfare, Hazard/Death Zone Warfare, Xenos Eradication and Purgation Operations

Allegiance: Traitoris Perdita

Legion Special Rules

The following special rules apply to all Death Guard models in a Legiones Astartes Army.

Sons of Barbarus: Death Guard Detachments do not suffer Hits for moving through Dangerous terrain.

In addition, at the start of the battle, before any Detachments are deployed, a player may pick up to two areas of terrain if their Army contains at least one Death Guard Formation. For the remainder of the battle, these areas count as Dangerous terrain, in addition to any other rules that apply.

Two Structures can be selected in place of a single area of terrain. Each time a model Garrisons or leaves a Structure designated as Dangerous terrain, it counts as having moved 1" through it.

The XVth Legion - Thousand Sons

Primogenitor: Magnus the Red

Cognomen: (Prior) None

Noteworthy Domains: Prospero

Observed Strategic Tendencies: Psychic Warfare, Precision Assaults, Misdirection, Lore Culling, Macro-coordination Multi-theatre Campaigns

Allegiance: Traitoris Perdita

Legion Special Rules

The following special rules apply to all Thousand Sons models in a Legiones Astartes Army.

Kine Shields: Thousand Sons models with the Commander special rule gain the Shield Generator (6+) special rule.

The XVIth Legion - Sons of Horus

Primogenitor: Horus Lupercal

Cognomen: (Prior) The Luna Wolves

Noteworthy Domains: Cthonia, Serenax, resource tithe rights on 37 other primary worlds

Observed Strategic Tendencies: Shock Assault, Harrowing Actions and Strategic Decapitation Strikes

Allegiance: Traitoris Maximus

Legion Special Rules

The following special rules apply to all Sons of Horus models in a Legiones Astartes Army.

Death Dealers: When a Sons of Horus model issued with an Advance Order is firing at a target within 6" of it, it may re-roll Hit rolls of a 1 when firing a weapon with the Light or Light AT trait while the Order is in effect.

The XVIIth Legion - Word Bearers

Primogenitor: Lorgar the Urizen, also known as Lorgar Aurelian

Cognomen: (Prior) The Imperial Heralds, Iconoclasts (informal)

Noteworthy Domains: Colchis, Melkeji, Ipisia, Golkoron, garrison oversight and tithing rights on fifty- three other worlds

Observed Strategic Tendencies: Mass Assault, Policing Actions, Gnoetic Purgation, Suppression of Ideological Revolt

Allegiance: Traitoris Maximus

Legion Special Rules

The following special rules apply to all Word Bearers models in a Legiones Astartes Army.

True Believers: Detachments within a Word Bearers Formation never count as Broken for the purposes of being issued an Order, i.e., they can be issued any Order they normally could instead of just the Advance Order or March Order. In addition, all Word Bearers Detachments ignore the effects of the Dread Aura (X) special rule.

The XVIIIth Legion - Salamanders

Primogenitor: Vulkan

Cognomen: (Prior) None officially recognised (see ref: The Manticore Cataclysm - informal designation 'The Fearless' used by Imperial Army units)

Noteworthy Domains: The Nocturne System (Nocturne Primary, Moon of Prometheus Legion- Fortress), Caldera (Protectorate), Battle Station Geryon Deep (Ateraxis System)

Observed Strategic Tendencies: High- intensity or Asymmetric Warfare, Zone Mortalis Engagements, Planetary Interdiction, Liberation and Defensive Operations

Allegiance: Fidelitas Totalis

Legion Special Rules

The following special rules apply to all Salamanders models in a Legiones Astartes Army.

Strength of Will: When making a Morale check, a Detachment that contains only Salamanders models rolls two D6 and chooses which result they prefer. In addition, all Salamanders Detachments in the Army gain the Implacable special rule.

The XIXth Legion - Raven Guard

Primogenitor: Corvus Corax, the Raven Lord

Cognomen: (Prior) None officially recognised (early Great Crusade era, informally: Pale Nomads, Dust Clad)

Noteworthy Domains: Deliverance (formerly Lycaeus)/ Kiavahr and associated system realm. Former Terran central Asiatic Dustfields tithe rights renounced 998.M30

Observed Strategic Tendencies: Rapid Deployment Operations, Strategic Interdiction Operations

Allegiance: Fidelitas Constantus

Legion Special Rules

The following special rules apply to all Raven Guard models in a Legiones Astartes Army.

By Wing and Talon: All Detachments that contain only Raven Guard Infantry models gain the Infiltrate special rule - if the Formation has Dedicated Transports, it does not gain this rule. All Detachments that contain only Raven Guard Cavalry or Walker models, or Raven Guard Infantry models with Dedicated Transports, gain the Forward Deployment special rule.

The XXth Legion - Alpha Legion

Primogenitor: Alpharius Omegon

Cognomen: (Prior) 747 informal cognomen are listed, including: The Harrowing, The Ghost Legion, The Unbroken Chain, The Strife Wrought, The Hydra, The Azure Serpent, The Amaranth Coil and simply 'Legion'

Noteworthy Domains: Unknown/Unconfirmed

Observed Strategic Tendencies: Surprise Assault, Sabotage, Infiltration, Insurgency and Counter-insurgency Warfare, Multi-vector Attack, Interplanetary Pursuit, Decimation Campaigns and Deep-range Raiding Operations

Allegiance: Traitoris Perdita

Legion Special Rules

The following special rules apply to all Alpha Legion models in a Legiones Astartes Army.

Mutable Tactics: For each Formation in an Army made up entirely of Alpha Legion Detachments (ignoring Allied Contingents) the controlling player may select up to 3 Alpha Legion Detachments in the Army to be affected by Mutable Tactics. For each Allied Contingent in an Army made up entirely of Alpha Legion Detachments, the controlling player may select up to 1 Alpha Legion Detachment to be affected by Mutable Tactics. Detachments with the Flyer special rule cannot be chosen.

A Detachment chosen to be affected by Mutable Tactics gains a special rule dependent on the Detachment Type. If a selected Detachment is made up of Infantry, Cavalry, Walker or Vehicle models, all models within it gain either the Infiltrate, Outflank or Forward Deployment special rule - this is chosen by the controlling player and different Detachments can choose different rules. If the selected Detachment is of another type, it gains the Forward Deployment rule.