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Deathwatch

Subversion Assets

1 CP

Detachment Rules

Nowhere to Hide

Enhancements

Death in the Dark (Upgrade)

15 pts

To slay the hidden foe where they lurk, where their deaths go unmarked and unremembered, is to deny their hateful lives meaning.

Infantry Phobos unit only. This unit’s attacks that target a hidden unit have +1 to hit rolls.

Shroud Field

20 pts

This camouflaging field projector employs a chameleonic twisting of emissions whose secrets the Techmarines cannot reproduce. It mantles its bearer as if with a spectral shroud and masks his approach to his doomed target.

Phobos model only. This model has:

  • Lone Operative.
  • Stealth.

Stratagems

Your Turn

Strike from the Shadows

1 CP
Shooting

Holding to the shadows and choosing victims with care, stealthy warriors winnow the enemy ranks without ever revealing their positions.

When:

Your Shooting phase, when a friendly Phobos/Scout Squad unit has shot.

Target:

That Phobos/Scout Squad unit.

Effect:

Those ranged attacks do not prevent your unit from being hidden.

Adaptive Operations

1 CP
Shooting

Those warriors who operate far from Chapter reinforcement maintain their lethal fire even while conducting vital strategic operations.

When:

Your Shooting phase, when a friendly Phobos/Scout Squad unit starts an action.

Target:

That Phobos/Scout Squad unit.

Effect:

That action does not prevent your unit from being eligible to shoot.

Opponent's Turn

Cloaked Position

1 CP
Shooting

When still, silent and further masked by cameleoline materials or drifting smoke, a Chapter’s forward operatives are almost impossible to spot until it is too late.

When:

Start of your opponent’s Movement phase.

Target:

One friendly unengaged Phobos/Scout Squad unit.

Effect:

Your unit has -3" detection range until the end of the turn.