Cavalcade of the Tenth Plague
This Trench Pilgrim Procession traditionally sacrifices lambs before battle, anointing themselves in its blood to ward off the wrath of God. They draw holy symbols with the blood upon their bodies, clothing and armour, and then march to battle singing hymns, in the certain belief that the blood of the lamb shields them from any harm.
Firm believers in the traditional reading of the holy texts, they reject the new doctrines of the Meta-Christ by the Church. They steal Communicants from other Processions and force them to fight for them in penance for being born from sin.
Faction Rules
Captains
The War Prophet is touched by a higher power, and the revealed truth allows them a degree of protection against premature death. The first time the War Prophet suffers an Out of Action result on the Injury Table, it is treated as a No Effect result instead.
A War Prophet can take a Loudspeakers ACTION. If they do so, take a Risky Success Roll for the model and add +2 DICE to the roll. If the roll is a Failure, the War Prophet’s Activation ends immediately. If the roll is a Success or Critical Success, you can move all friendly models within 8" of the War Prophet (including the War Prophet) up to 3". They must end the move as close as possible to the nearest enemy model that was visible to them at the start of the move. If no enemy models are visible, they can move normally.
A Cavalcade of the Tenth Plague War Prophet can take a Day of his Wrath ACTION. If they do so, take a Risky Success Roll for the model. If the roll is a Failure the War Prophet’s Activation ends immediately. If the roll is a Success, make an Injury Roll with the IGNORE ARMOUR Keyword for 1 enemy model within 3" of the War Prophet. If the roll is a Critical Success, make an Injury Roll with +1 INJURY DICE and the IGNORE ARMOUR Keyword for 1 enemy model within 3" of the War Prophet
Elite
A Castigator can take an Enforced Orthodoxy ACTION. If they do so, take a Risky Success Roll for the model and add +1 DICE to the roll. If the roll is a Failure, the Castigator’s Activation ends immediately. If the roll is a Success or Critical Success, all friendly models that are within 8" of the Castigator that are Down immediately stand back up at no cost to their movement.
When a Castigator makes a Melee Attack, they can target a friendly model that is within 1" instead of an enemy model. Set aside a D6 each time a Castigator attacks a friendly model and takes them Out of Action with a Melee Attack. The next time the Castigator’s Warband is forced to take a Morale Check, each D6 that was put aside adds +1 DICE to the roll and is then discarded.
Castigators in a Cavalcade of the Tenth Plague Warband have the TOUGH Keyword.
When you Activate a Communicant, before carrying out any ACTIONS, you can remove up to 1 BLOOD MARKER from the model.
If a friendly PILGRIM model within 1" of a Communicant is hit by a Ranged Attack or Melee Attack, you can say that the Communicant will take the hit. If you do so, make an Injury Roll for the Communicant instead of the original target. This ability cannot be used against attacks that have the BLAST Keyword.
Communicant Cross
NEGATE SHRAPNEL, NEGATE GAS
A sacred cross is nailed on the face of the Communicant.
Communicants are devotees who consumed the flesh of a Meta-Christ and drank its blood. Strengthened by the divine essence, they grow to enormous size, and the wounds they suffer close miraculously. They see more clearly blind, so blessed crosses are nailed through their eyes.
Infantry
At the start of each game, before deployment, you can say that one Trench Pilgrim or Ecclesiastic Prisoner will be broken on the wheel to show their piety and devotion. The model you choose is permanently removed from your Warband, but you can redistribute their Battlekit to other models that would be allowed to have it. The Anchorite Shrine then shatters the bones of the volunteer and carries the broken victim to battle on its Wheel. Injuries that would be inflicted on the Anchorite Shrine are instead inflicted on its unfortunate victim, until the victim finally passes away. This is represented by the following special rules, which apply to the Anchorite Shrine until it suffers an Out of Action result on the Injury Table:
- It has an Armour Characteristic of 0 and does not have the NEGATE SHRAPNEL and TOUGH Keywords.
- It treats Down results as Minor Hit results.
- The first time the Anchorite Shrine suffers an Out of Action result on the Injury Table, it is treated as a No Effect result. When this happens, any Blood Markers on the Anchorite Shire are removed, and from then on, these special rules no longer apply to the model.
An Anchorite Shrine is armed with two 1-Handed Melee Weapons (the Catherine Wheel and Bonebreaker Mace). When it makes a Melee Attack, it can either attack once using either its Catherine Wheel or the Bonebreaker Mace, or twice, first with the Catherine Wheel and second with its Bonebreaker Mace (the Off-Hand Weapon modifier applies to the attack made with the Bonebreaker Mace). Note that both Weapons have the RISKY keyword, which means that the Anchorite Shrine’s Activation ends immediately if the Success Roll for an attack made with either weapon is a Failure.
Catherine Wheel
| Range | Melee |
| Hands | 1 Hands (Melee) |
HEAVY, RISKY, +1 DICE
When you make an Injury Roll for an attack made with the Catherine Wheel, roll 3D6 and add all 3 dice together. Any +INJURY DICE or -INJURY DICE are added to the roll normally, except that you pick the 3 highest or lowest dice in the roll instead of the 2 highest or lowest.
Bonebreaker Mace
| Range | Melee |
| Hands | 1 Hands (Melee) |
RISKY, +1 INJURY DICE
An Ecclesiastic Prisoner that is taken Out of Action when their Martyrdom Device is triggered does not count towards the number of models from the Warband taken Out of Action for Morale Checks.
Add +1 DICE to the Risky Success Roll for an Ecclesiastic Prisoner that is taking a Dash ACTION.
Iron Capirote
NEGATE SHRAPNEL
A conical helmet blessed by the Church and often containing a fragment of a relic. Iron capirotes shield their wearers from the psychological horror of war and allow them to face creatures from the pits of Hell unflinchingly.
Add +1 DICE to the Risky Success Roll when a Stigmatic Nun Climbs, Jumps, Jumps Down, Falls or makes a Diving Charge, or takes a Dash ACTION.
When you Activate a Stigmatic Nun, before carrying out any ACTIONS, you can remove up to 1 BLOOD MARKER from the model and replace it with 1 BLESSING MARKER.
Blessed with stigmata and unshakeable faith, these swordmaster nuns are the vanguard of any assault by the holy armies.
Mercenaries
Due to their knowledge of anatomy and physiology, medics are experts at inflicting debilitating injuries and excruciating pain. Add +1 DICE to Injury Rolls for Melee Attacks made by a Combat Medic if the target is Down and does not have the BLACK GRAIL or DEMONIC Keywords.
Add +2 DICE to the Risky Success Roll when a Combat Medic carries out a Treat ACTION with their Medi-kit.
Gas Mask
NEGATE GAS
Mustard gas, phosgene, chlorine as well as noxious fumes from the bolgias of Hell plague the battlefield. The gas mask allows soldiers to withstand such attacks.
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.
Medi-Kit
ACTION: A model with this Keyword can take a Treat ACTION. If it does so, take a Risky Success Roll for the model. If the roll is a Failure, the model’s Activation ends immediately. If it is a Success or a Critical Success, you can do one of the following things:
- Remove 1 BLOOD MARKER from the model or a friendly model within 1" of the model.
- Stand up a friendly model that is Down and within 1" of the model.
Battlefield first aid has brought many soldiers back from the brink of death. Blessed ointments can seal fatal wounds completely, while the black blood of demons used by twisted Heretic medics allows mangled troops to return to the fray.
Misericordia
| Range | Melee |
| Hands | 1 Hands (Melee) |
Ignores the armour of opponents that are Down.
This weapon has the IGNORE ARMOUR Keyword if the target is Down.
The misericordia dagger is designed to put enemies out of their misery by finding chinks in the armour: eye slits, neck joints and every other vulnerable seam.
The Sisters of Saint Cosmas are a highly trained elite medical corps specialising in battlefield first aid and surgeries on the front lines of the Great War. The Sisters take a modified Hippocratic Oath that compels them to aid any wounded soldiers of the faith, no matter how dire the circumstance, whilst showing no mercy or pity when dispatching Heretics and other enemies on the battlefield. Armed with a surgical knife that doubles as a misericordia, they are as adept at saving lives as taking them from those they find lying wounded in No Man’s Land.
They carry medical kits stocked with a variety of battlefield drugs, capable of numbing the pain of even the most ghastly wounds. In the heat of battle, these drugs are vital, giving soldiers the strength to rise once more and charge back into the fray, even if just for a few moments, so they can accomplish their mission or die trying.
When you Activate a Communicant, before carrying out any ACTIONS, you can remove up to 1 BLOOD MARKER from the model.
The flesh of a Communicant Anti-Tank Hunter is as hard as iron, which makes their fists deadly weapons in their own right. A Communicant Anti-Tank Hunter can make a Melee Attack despite having no Melee Weapons. When a Communicant Anti-Tank Hunter makes a Melee Attack, it can attack twice even though it doesn’t have any Melee Weapons (the Off-Hand Weapon modifier applies to the second attack).
Trench Club
| Range | Melee |
| Hands | 1 Hands (Melee) |
Trench Clubs are one of the most common weapons of the Great War, as meleecombat is frequent and brutal. Usually made of wood with a metal tip from iron, lead or steel, trench clubs often feature spikes and hobnails. Most designs have some form of cord or leather strap at the end to wrap around the user’s wrist.
Combat Helmet
NEGATE SHRAPNEL
The simple combat helmet has proven its value on the battlefield time and again.
Anti-Material Rifle
| Range | 36" |
| Hands | 2 Hands (Ranged) |
HEAVY, CRITICAL, IGNORE ARMOUR, +1 INJURY DICE
Enormous long rifles designed to take out heavily armoured targets, vehicles and strongpoints. With the powerful armour available to the armies of the Great war, these terrifying weapons are much in demand. A downside is their enormous weight and terrifying recoil, and thus they are most often used by Communicants or Anointed who possess the supernatural strength to wield such weapons.
Communicants are forged through the experimental rite of chemical communion, in which Mendelist monks bond blood and flesh harvested from a Meta-Christ to the recipient’s genome. Only the most devout and pious of the Church are granted the honour of communion. Those who endure the ritual transcend their mortal biology and are granted immense size and resilience, making them formidable assets on the battlefield. Their divinely-enhanced strength allows them to wield massive anti-materiel guns as if they were no heavier than a standard-issue firearm. The process is far from perfected, however, with a high possibility of unpredictable side effects. Some unlucky subjects lose the ability to speak, others lose their higher brain functions, as they are distracted by the Heavenly choir only they can hear, and cannot function without exact commands from their handlers.
The Church, ever needing funds to sustain its military operations, frequently allocates Communicants to the highest bidders. Their services are in constant demand as they possess the ability to incapacitate enemy fighting vehicles, heavily armoured troops, and strongpoints with a single shot.
When you Activate a model within 1" of a Mendelist Ammo Monk, you can also Activate the Mendelist Monk if they have not yet been Activated during the Turn. If you do so, the two models can take their ACTIONS in any order you wish, and you can switch between the two models freely. If the Activation of either model ends (due to a failed Risky Success Roll, for example), the other model can carry on with its Activation normally.
A Mendelist Ammo Monk can take an Ammunition Sacrament ACTION. If they do so, take a Risky Success Roll for the Mendelist Ammo Monk. If the roll is a Failure, the Mendelist Ammo Monk’s Activation ends. If the roll is a Success or a Critical Success, pick 1 friendly model within 1" of the Mendelist Ammo Monk and in their Line of Sight, and then pick one of the following Ammunition Sacraments. The Sacrament you pick applies to the model until the end of its next Activation.
Bullet of the Guided Path: Add +1 DICE to rolls for Ranged Attacks made by the model. Cartridge of His Wrath: Add the BLAST 2" and SHRAPNEL Keywords to Ranged Weapons used by the model that do not have the BLAST or FLAMETHROWER Keywords. Echo of His Word: Add +1 INJURY DICE to rolls for Ranged Attacks made by the model.
Gas Mask
NEGATE GAS
Mustard gas, phosgene, chlorine as well as noxious fumes from the bolgias of Hell plague the battlefield. The gas mask allows soldiers to withstand such attacks.
The Order of Mendelist Monks is entrusted with the design of divinely enhanced items and the creation of the Communicants, devotees who have undergone chemical communion.
The Brotherhood of Blessed Munitions is a subsect of the Order whose duty is to supply the Faithful with ammunition infused with the chemically altered blood of a Meta-Christ. These concoctions are highly unstable, dangerous to handle, and the secrets behind their formulas are fiercely guarded.
On the battlefield, the monks brave enemy fire and infernal terrors, unwavering in their holy duty to deliver ammunition and unleash the wrath of the Lord upon the Heretics. Their patron, Saint Barbara, is believed to raise those who fall in battle to everlasting glory.
When an Observer takes a Fight ACTION, they can make 2 Melee Attacks with their Trench Polearm, one after the other.
Add -1 DICE to rolls for Ranged Attacks and Melee Attacks that target an Observer.
If a Success Roll or Risky Success Roll for an Observer is a Failure, you can re-roll all the dice you used to make the roll. If you do so and the re-roll is also a Failure, place 1 BLOOD MARKER next to the model and mark them as being Down. If the model is already Down, place 2 BLOOD MARKERS next to the model instead of 1.
An Observer can take a Voice of God ACTION. If they do so, take a Risky Success Roll for the Observer. If the roll is a Failure, the Observer’s Activation ends. If the roll is a Success or Critical Success, pick 1 model (friend or foe), anywhere on the battlefield, that has not been Activated this Turn. The Observer’s Activation then ends, and the other model’s Activation immediately begins.
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 Mask
NEGATE GAS
Mustard gas, phosgene, chlorine as well as noxious fumes from the bolgias of Hell plague the battlefield. The gas mask allows soldiers to withstand such attacks.
Combat Helmet
NEGATE SHRAPNEL
The simple combat helmet has proven its value on the battlefield time and again.
Trench Polearm
| Range | Melee |
| Hands | 2 Hands (Melee) |
CUMBERSOME, SHIELD COMBO, BLOCK
Trench pikes, billhooks, spears and other long polearms are excellent defensive weapons, but are cumbersome and heavy.
Medi-Kit
ACTION: A model with this Keyword can take a Treat ACTION. If it does so, take a Risky Success Roll for the model. If the roll is a Failure, the model’s Activation ends immediately. If it is a Success or a Critical Success, you can do one of the following things:
- Remove 1 BLOOD MARKER from the model or a friendly model within 1" of the model.
- Stand up a friendly model that is Down and within 1" of the model.
Battlefield first aid has brought many soldiers back from the brink of death. Blessed ointments can seal fatal wounds completely, while the black blood of demons used by twisted Heretic medics allows mangled troops to return to the fray.
This order of warrior monks lives in absolute solitude, honing their minds and bodies to become living weapons of the Hand of God. Once a soldier joins the order, they rarely leave the Temple of the Word, the sole exception being when they are summoned to the battlefield, where their unique abilities can decisively shift the balance in favour of the Faithful. The slightest disturbance in their prayers or training could sever their connection to the Lord of all Creation. Thus, the days and nights of the Observers are spent in secluded, cloistered cells, when not practicing their rigorous martial and mental disciplines.
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.
A Witchburner can take a Divine Judgement ACTION. If they do so, take a Risky Success Roll for the Witchburner. If the roll is a Failure, the Witchburner’s Activation ends. If the roll is a Success or a Critical Success, pick 1 enemy model within 24" of the Witchburner (no Line of Sight is required) and place 1 BLOOD MARKER next to them. If the enemy model has the BLACK GRAIL, DEMONIC, or HERETIC Keyword, place 2 BLOOD MARKERS next to it instead of 1.
Witchburners are well aware of the dignity of their status. A Witchburner cannot take a Dash ACTION.
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.
Gavel of Justice
| Range | Melee |
| Hands | 1 Hands (Melee) |
CRITICAL
After making the Injury Roll for a Gavel of Justice, place 1 extra BLOOD MARKER next to the target model (even if the Injury Roll has No Effect). If the target has the BLACK GRAIL, DEMONIC, or HERETIC Keyword, place 2 BLOOD MARKERS next to it instead of 1.
The staff of a Witchburner is both a mark of their office and a weapon imbued with the wrath of God against those who have broken divine law. It dooms the souls of those found guilty to burn in flames for all eternity.
The Witchburners are the field officers of the Inquisition. They are tasked with hunting down and punishing witches, warlocks and heretics that cannot be brought to face justice by conventional means.
On the battlefield they have the power to channel divine retribution on those deemed to have transgressed against God, causing sinners to burst into flames with mere words of condemnation. Since none are sinless, none are safe from their words of condemnation.
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