Promotions Step

To see how many Troop models you are allowed to Promote, you must first create a Promotion Dice Pool. The Promotion Dice are assigned to Troop models in your Warband, and if at least one of them rolls a 6, then the model is Promoted and gains the ELITE Keyword. Your Promotion Dice Pool is made up of 1D6, plus 1D6 for each Glorious Deed that was carried out during the game by any model from your Warband. Note that the Glorious Deeds can have been carried out by any model in your Warband, not just Troops models. In addition, some Skills and Glory Items allow you to add more dice to the Promotion Dice Pool.

After you have filled the Promotion Dice Poll, you must assign the dice in the pool to the Troop models in your Warband. You cannot assign a 3rd dice to the same model until all Troop models in your Warband have at least 2 dice each, or assign a 4th dice until all Troop models have at least 3 dice each, and so on.

Next you must roll the Promotion Dice you have assigned to your models. Roll the dice one at a time, in any order that you choose. As soon as one of the dice rolls a “6”, stop rolling, and Promote the model you were rolling for as described next. If you roll all of the dice without a model being Promoted, then make a note on your Roster of how many dice you have rolled in a row without getting a Promotion. Once the total reaches 5 dice, then the next roll (the 6th one), is automatically considered to be a 6.

When a Troop model receives a Promotion, they immediately gain the ELITE Keyword and they are considered to be an Elite model from then on. Cross out their old entry on your Warband Roster and write a new one for them in the Elite Models section. They begin with 0 Experience Points.

Ignore the Promotion step completely if there are already 6 or more models with the ELITE Keyword in your Warband at the start of the Promotions & Experience Phase, and stop rolling for Promotions when a successful Promotion Roll means that you have 6 models with the ELITE Keyword in your Warband.

Not all of the models in your Warband can be Promoted. This could be due to their inherent limitations, being machines, lack of access to training and/or necessary equipment, and so on. The following models cannot be Promoted to ELITE status.

Some models have a limited capacity to gain Experience and learn new Skills. They might be too bestial, have limited intelligence or their utmost potential might be supernaturally limited. The following models cannot have more than 7 Experience Points.