Adepta Sororitas

Bringers of Flame

3 CP

Detachment Rules

Fervent Purgation

Enhancements

Righteous Rage

15 pts

This servant of the divine draws deeply from their faith, enhancing their physical might.

ADEPTA SORORITAS* model only. Each time the bearer is selected to fight, you can first discard up to 3 Miracle dice. For each Miracle dice just discarded, until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Attacks and Strength characteristics of the bearer’s melee weapons.

Manual of Saint Griselda

20 pts

Within this tome are the collected writings of Saint Griselda the Pious. The lessons inscribed on its vellum pages teach focus and decisiveness during times of war.

ADEPTA SORORITAS* model only. At the start of your Command phase, you can discard up to 2 Miracle dice. Then, add 1 Miracle dice to your Miracle Dice pool showing a value equal to the sum of the two Miracle dice you just discarded (to a maximum of 6).

Fire and Fury

30 pts

This warrior is a firebrand zealot without comparison. At their command, the faithful unleash relentless fire upon their chosen foe.

ADEPTA SORORITAS* model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of Torrent weapons equipped by models in that unit, and all other ranged weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability.

Iron Surplice of Saint Istalela

10 pts

Worked upon by generations of artificers, consecrated with holy oils and steeped in the smoke of sacred incense, this suit of power armour is amongst the most battle-proven relics held by the Orders Militant.

CANONESS* or PALATINE model only. The bearer has a Save characteristic of 2+ and the Feel No Pain 5+ ability.

Stratagems

eitherPlayer

Shield of Aversion

1 CP

ShootingFight

The Sisters of Battle gird themselves with the strength of their faith. It is a shield of repulsion that rejects the heretical cunning of their enemies.

When:

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

Target:

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

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.

Righteous Blows

1 CP

Fight

As the faithful strike their foes in righteous anger, they feel the Emperor’s hand adding strength to their blows.

When:

Fight phase.

Target:

One ADEPTA SORORITAS unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.

Effect:

Until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [LETHAL HITS] ability. If one or more enemy models are destroyed as the result of attacks made by those weapons this phase, select one of those destroyed models; that destroyed model’s unit must take a Battle-shock test.

Your Turn

Carry Forth the Faithful

1 CP

Movement

Congregated within a transport, the Battle Sisters recite bellowing prayers so that the whole vehicle echoes to furious piety.

When:

Your Movement phase, just before an ADEPTA SORORITAS TRANSPORT model from your army Advances.

Target:

That ADEPTA SORORITAS TRANSPORT model.

Effect:

Until the end of the turn, you can re-roll Advance rolls made for your TRANSPORT, and units can disembark from your TRANSPORT even though it Advanced. Units that do so count as having made a Normal move, and cannot declare a charge this turn.

Cleansing Flames

2 CP

Shooting

Burn the mutant. Burn the heretic. Burn the witch.

When:

Your Shooting phase.

Target:

One ADEPTA SORORITAS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.

Effect:

Until the end of the phase, Torrent weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability.

Rites of Fire

1 CP

Shooting

At close range, the Adepta Sororitas unleash the full devastating potential of their blessed weapons.

When:

Your Shooting phase.

Target:

One ADEPTA SORORITAS unit from your army that disembarked from a TRANSPORT this turn and has not been selected to shoot this phase.

Effect:

Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a ranged attack that targets an enemy unit within 6" that is also within range of an objective marker, add 1 to the Wound roll. If one or more enemy models are destroyed as the result of those attacks, select one of those destroyed models; that destroyed model’s unit must take a Battle-shock test.

Opponent's Turn

Blazing Ire

2 CP

Shooting

The transports of the Adepta Sororitas are mobile shrines. The Sisters within this vehicle recite psalms of righteous hatred and destruction before emerging to obliterate their foes.

When:

Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has shot.

Target:

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

Effect:

One unit embarked within your TRANSPORT can disembark as if it were your Movement phase, and can then shoot as if it were your Shooting phase, but must target only that enemy unit when doing so, and can only do so if that enemy unit is an eligible target.