Black Templars

Companions of Vehemence

2 CP

Detachment Rules

Righteous Fervour

Enhancements

Incendiary Animus

25 pts

This inspirational warrior exudes fierce contempt and loathing for the Emperor’s foes, inciting such apoplectic revulsion in their battle-brothers as to drive their blows with vicious strength.

CHAPLAIN* or JUDICIAR model only. Improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in the bearer’s unit by 1.

Oathbound Exemplar

15 pts

With a ceaseless and booming oratory, this commander exhorts his warriors in their duty to the Emperor. Honour, he declaims, must be pursued relentlessly.

ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY* model only. Add 1 to Advance rolls made for the bearer’s unit. If the mission pack you are playing features Actions, the bearer’s unit is eligible to start to perform an Action in a turn in which it Advanced.

Merciless Denunciation

25 pts

Through roared words or ruthless deeds, may the blasphemous be denounced and the worthy driven into a furious rage of sanctified slaughter.

CHAPLAIN* or JUDICIAR model only. Each time a model in the bearer’s unit makes a melee attack, you can re-roll the Hit roll.

Zealous Vanguard

20 pts

This warrior is an unstoppable crusader whose hearts burn like twin pyres of eager zeal. Ever at the forefront of combat, he leads his warriors as the tip of the crusade’s blade.

ADEPTUS ASTARTES* model only. Models in the bearer’s unit have the Scouts 6" ability.

Stratagems

eitherPlayer

Devout Push

1 CP

Fight

With a zealous cry, the Block Templars press forward, using their ceramite-armoured bulk to smash into the foe and overwhelm the enemy’s lines.

When:

Fight phase.

Target:

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

Effect:

Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a Pile-in or Consolidation move, it can move up to 6" instead of up to 3".

Restrictions:

A unit cannot be targeted with this and the Hearts Hardened to Duty Stratagem in the same phase unless it has the CHAPLAIN or JUDICIAR keywords.

Hearts Hardened to Duty

1 CP

Fight

To suffer not blind aggression is to evade the snares of foul deceit and honourably reject self-aggrandisement.

When:

Fight phase, just before an ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit from your army Consolidates.

Target:

That ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit.

Effect:

Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a Consolidation move, it does not need to end that move closer to the closest enemy model (or the closest enemy unit if the Suffer Not the Unclean to Live Vow is active for it).

For The Emperor’s Honour!

1 CP

Fight

Filled with the spirit of Sigismund, his heirs seek out the foe’s dark and unclean champions so that they may be crushed in the sight of their thralls.

When:

Fight phase.

Target:

One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY 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 [PRECISION] ability.

Pious Enmity

1 CP

Fight

The warrior priests of a crusade drive Sigismund’s heirs into the heart of battle, daring the greatest abominations to face their spiritual strength.

When:

Fight phase.

Target:

One CHAPLAIN or JUDICIAR unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.

Effect:

Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a melee attack that targets an enemy unit, re-roll a Hit roll of 1. If that target is a MONSTER or VEHICLE unit, re-roll a Wound roll of 1 as well.

Opponent's Turn

Heresy Begets Retribution

1 CP

Movement

Where enemies dare threaten the warriors of the God-Emperor or seek to escape their deserved death, there must be swift retribution.

When:

Your opponent’s Movement phase, just after an enemy unit ends a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move.

Target:

One CHAPLAIN or JUDICIAR unit from your army that is within 9" of that enemy unit and is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.

Effect:

Your unit can make a surge move of up to D6".

Dread Crusaders

1 CP

Charge

To face the Emperor’s transhuman crusaders as they chant their litanies of detestation can chill the soul.

When:

Your opponent’s Charge phase, just after an enemy unit declares a charge.

Target:

One ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY unit from your army that was selected as one of the targets of that charge.

Effect:

That enemy unit must take a Battle-shock test, subtracting 1 from the result.