Fidai of Alamut - The Cabal of Assassins
The pact between the Iron Sultanate and the Assassin fortress of Alamut ensures that the Sultan is served by the exquisitely skilled killers of the Old Man of the Mountain in exchange for the independence of the Assassins’ domain.
But though most outsiders know the Assassins through their service to the forces of the Iron Wall, sometimes during the dark of night small, deadly bands move silently into the hellscape of No Man’s Land. In deepest secrecy Rashid al-Din Sinan, the undisputed ruler of Alamut, dispatches his hand-picked disciples on missions of his own, communicating their orders with no spoken words, signs nor written messages, but talking directly to them in their dreams.
These warbands are known as Fida’i (which means “Sacrifice”), dedicated to completing their mission and returning to Alamut to receive rewards said to match those of Paradise itself. They are led by a Master Assassin, accompanied by two fully-trained members of the Order. A number of trainee acolytes will serve them during the mission, eager to prove their mettle and be initiated into the Order of Assassins.
Alamut is also a home to a renegade sect of Isma’ili Dervishes, warrior monks sworn to poverty and a lethal way of fighting. They accompany the Assassins on their secret missions as an act of piety and payment for their shelter, and their whirling dance of death has been the end of many a disbeliever.
Faction Rules
Captains
If your opponent fails their Success Roll for an attack targeting an Assassin, you can say the Assassin will slip into a moment in the future. If you do so, you can redeploy it anywhere within 6" of its original location (measured from the centre of its base to the centre of its base), and more than 1" away from any enemy models. Note that if the Assassin starts within 1" of an enemy model, this is not treated as a Retreat, so the enemy model cannot make a Melee Attack before the Assassin makes the time slip.
After determining the Charge Bonus for an Assassin that has not already carried out a Fight ACTION in its Activation, you can say that the Assassin will split itself through time. If you do so, choose two different enemy models that the Assassin can reach with its Charge, move the Assassin to within 1" of one of the enemy models you picked as normal, and then make a Melee Attack with the enemy model as the target. After resolving the Melee Attack, you can immediately redeploy the Assassin to within 1" of the other model that you picked, and then make a second Melee Attack with the other enemy model as the target. The Assassin must use the same Melee Weapon for both attacks, and cannot take a Fight ACTION later in the same Activation.
Elite
If your opponent fails their Success Roll for an attack targeting an Assassin, you can say the Assassin will slip into a moment in the future. If you do so, you can redeploy it anywhere within 6" of its original location (measured from the centre of its base to the centre of its base), and more than 1" away from any enemy models. Note that if the Assassin starts within 1" of an enemy model, this is not treated as a Retreat, so the enemy model cannot make a Melee Attack before the Assassin makes the time slip.
After determining the Charge Bonus for an Assassin that has not already carried out a Fight ACTION in its Activation, you can say that the Assassin will split itself through time. If you do so, choose two different enemy models that the Assassin can reach with its Charge, move the Assassin to within 1" of one of the enemy models you picked as normal, and then make a Melee Attack with the enemy model as the target. After resolving the Melee Attack, you can immediately redeploy the Assassin to within 1" of the other model that you picked, and then make a second Melee Attack with the other enemy model as the target. The Assassin must use the same Melee Weapon for both attacks, and cannot take a Fight ACTION later in the same Activation.
Infantry
The ritual dance of these Dervishes is hypnotic to witness, and it is as graceful as it is deadly. Add -1 DICE to the Success Rolls for Ranged Attacks that target a Dervish.
If the first ACTION a model makes during their Activation is a Charge, add +1 DICE to Melee Attacks made by the Yüzbaşı for the rest of the Activation.
A Sultanate Sapper can take a Set Mine ACTION if they are in contact with a terrain piece that measures up to 8" by 8". If they do so, take a Success Roll for the model and add +2 DICE to the roll. If the roll is a Failure, nothing happens. If the roll is a Success or a Critical Success, terrain piece becomes Mined.
When you move a Sultanate Sapper into contact with a terrain piece that has been Mined, you can say the Sultanate Sapper will halt and try to defuse the mine before it detonates. If you do so, take a Risky Success Roll for the model. If the roll is a Failure, the mine detonates anyway and the Sultanate Sapper’s Activation ends. If the roll is a Success or a Critical Success, the mine does not detonate and the terrain piece is no longer considered to be Mined.
When you deploy a Sultanate Sapper for the first time in a game, you must deploy them up to 6" away from your deployment zone and in contact with a terrain piece that is at least ½" high.
A Sultanate Sapper can take a Fortify ACTION. If they do so, take a Risky Success Roll for the Sultanate Sapper. If the roll is a Failure, the Sultanate Sappers Activation ends. If the roll is a Success or a Critical Success, the Sultanate Sapper has the COVER Keyword until they move away from their current position.
When a model moves into contact with a Mined terrain piece, the mine will detonate unless the model is the one that set the mine, or has the Defuse Mine ability. Make an Injury Roll with the SHRAPNEL Keyword for the model that detonated the mine. The terrain piece is then no longer considered to be Mined. If the model wasn’t taken Down or Out of Action, it can then continue its move. Flying models only detonate a mine if they finish a move in contact with a Mined terrain piece (they can fly across it without setting it off ).
Shovel
| Range | Melee |
A model equipped with a Shovel that starts the game on Open terrain has the COVER Keyword until it moves away from its starting position. In addition, a model equipped with a Shovel can use it as a 2-Handed Melee Weapon instead of using any other Melee Weapons it has.
Battlefield shovels allow troops to dig in and fight from cover in virtually any battlefield.
Mercenaries
When a Combat Biologist takes any enemy model with the Keyword DEMONIC or BLACK GRAIL Out of Action with a Melee attack, place 1 BLESSING MARKER beside the Combat Biologist.
Whenever a Combat Biologist is part of your Warband, you can add the following Glorious Deed in addition to those normally available in each Scenario you play
Battlefield Vivisection
Standard Armour
-1 INJURY MODIFIER
With the advancements in metallurgy and technology, both Faithful and Heretic armies are well-equipped with suits of alloy armour that can withstand an impact from a bullet or turn aside the sharpest of blades. Standard armour is usually massproduced, but highly effective even against high-calibre weapons.
Gas Grenades
| Range | 8" |
GRENADE, ASSAULT, GAS, IGNORE ARMOUR, IGNORE COVER, IGNORE LONG RANGE, -1 INJURY DICE, BLAST 2"
Gas grenades are insidious weapons, attacking the lungs and other internal organs with noxious fumes. Devil alchemists of the Fifth Circle are especially clever in creating these fiendish and hated weapons.
Vivisector
| Range | Melee |
| Hands | 2 Hands (Melee) |
CUMBERSOME, BLOCK
Lower the roll needed to achieve a Critical Success for a Melee Attack made by this weapon by 1 for each BLOOD MARKER next to the target by 1 (so an enemy with 1 BLOOD MARKER will suffer a Critical Success on a roll of 11+).
If an attack made by this weapon against a target, without the ARTIFICIAL Keyword and mounted on a 40mm base or smaller is, a Critical Success, but the target is not taken Out of Action, then the target will move D3" in a straight line directly away from the attacking model. It will stop if it moves into a friendly model, Impassable Terrain, a terrain piece it cannot cross without having to Climb, or immediately before it would move within 1" of an enemy model other than the attacker. If the target model would finish the move more than 1" from the attacking model, then the attacking model and any other models within 1" of the target model can make an additional Melee Attack on it before it is moved, as if the target were carrying out a retreat move. If this causes the model to move a second time, add D3" to the distance it is moved but do not attack it again.
This weapon offers both excellent protection by keeping the targets at bay, and its haft incorporates a trigger that injects a horrifying cocktail of holy ointments, chemical toxins, nerve agents and micro-shards of holy relics into any open wound, causing pain that is unbearable to even supernatural enemies. It can also be used to quickly dissect fallen enemies so their organs can be preserved by the Combat Biologist.
Combat Biologists are members of the Pontifical Office of Biological warfare, or in the case of the Sultanate, the Al-Bisţāmī School of Ninety-Nine Names, which trains some failed Alchemist apprentices in a similar fashion. These scholars specialise in battlefield vivisections and collecting samples of the most powerful servants of Hell so they can be studied, in the hopes of finding ways to develop weapons capable of driving the servants of the Pit back to the darkness.
Due to their training, hypnotic conditioning and constant exposure to captured specimens, the Combat Biologist enters a battle trance when faced with creatures that normally induce fear in ordinary troopers. They wield vivisectors, polearm blade weapons that combine sophisticated biological warfare agents and the functional brutality of trench warfare.
When you recruit a Mamluk Faris to your Warband, before adding it to your roster, you can say it will form a FIRETEAM with 1 other model from your Warband that has the ELITE Keyword. Both of the models gain the FIRETEAM Keyword. Note that the Mamluk Faris’s FIRETEAM is in addition to any other FIRETEAMS your Warband can have, and that if a Mamluk Faris is in a FIRETEAM with a model from a New Antioch Warband, then only the model from the New Antioch Warband can use the Concentrated Fire special rule.
Mamluks are disciples of furūsiyya, the knightly discipline passed on through generations, they practice ceaselessly and thus have few equals. The Mamluk’s Greatsword does not have the HEAVY Keyword, and the Jezzail carried by a Mamluk Faris has the ASSAULT Keyword and Shield Combo stipulation.
If the scenario you are playing allows Infiltrators to use their special deployment rules, after any Infiltrators have deployed, you can deploy the Mamluk Faris within 1" of any edge of the battlefield and more than 8" away from any enemy models.
Jezzail
| Range | 18" |
| Hands | 2 Hands (Ranged) |
These long arms are by far the most common weapons carried by the soldiers of the Sultanate of the Great Iron Wall. Their barrels are smoothbore, which limits their accurate range, but this is more than made up for by the fact that this allows them to be loaded with different types of alchemical ammunition made by the Jabirean Alchemists.
Alchemical Ammunition
Add +1 DICE to rolls for Ranged Attacks made with Alaybozen, Halberd- Guns, Jezzails or Siege Jezzails by a model that has Alchemical Ammunition.
Jabirean Alchemists craft these jezzail bullets from the slivers of the Iron Wall. Each such shot is carved with the Seal of Solomon, guiding it with divine aim to its target.
Reinforced Armour
-2 INJURY MODIFIER
Reinforced armour is a master-crafted suit made individually for the most important and elite troops. Each one is richly decorated and often carries the personal device of the warrior who wears it.
Combat Helmet
NEGATE SHRAPNEL
The simple combat helmet has proven its value on the battlefield time and again.
| Choose One of the Following |
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| Trench Polearm and Trench Shield |
| Sword / Axe and Pistol / Revolver |
| Mamluk Greatsword |
Treat a Scripture Guardian as having a Movement Characteristic of 3"/Infantry when it takes a Dash ACTION.
The Scripture Guardian reads words from the holy (or unholy) text it carries. A Scripture Guardian can take a Vengeful Scripture ACTION. If they do so, pick 1 enemy model within 18" of the Scripture Guardian and in its Line of Sight. Then take a Success Roll for the Scripture Guardian, with +2 DICE if the enemy model is within 9" of the Scripture Guardian and +1 DICE otherwise. If the roll is a Failure, nothing happens. If the roll is a Success, make an Injury Roll for the enemy model, with a +1 INJURY MODIFIER for each BLOOD MARKER the enemy model has (in addition to any benefits you receive if you then spend them to affect the Injury Roll). If the roll is a Critical Success, make an Injury Roll for the enemy model with +1 INJURY DICE and a +1 INJURY MODIFIER for each BLOOD MARKER the enemy model has.
Combat Helmet
NEGATE SHRAPNEL
The simple combat helmet has proven its value on the battlefield time and again.
Reinforced Armour
-2 INJURY MODIFIER
Reinforced armour is a master-crafted suit made individually for the most important and elite troops. Each one is richly decorated and often carries the personal device of the warrior who wears it.
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