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Chaos Space Marines

Veterans of the Long War

Detachment · 6 stratagems · 4 enhancements

Detachment Rule

Focus of Hatred

The eldest of the Chaos Space Marines harbour within their corrupted souls a burning desire for vengeance upon the Imperium and the galaxy as a whole. They channel this ire against their chosen targets, relentlessly pursuing their victims until every last foe lies dead upon the battlefield.

At the start of your Command phase, select one unit from your opponents army to be your focus of hatred. Until the start of your next Command phase, each time a HERETIC ASTARTES model from your army (excluding DAMNED models) makes an attack that targets your focus of hatred, you can re-roll the Hit roll.

Stratagems

BLACK CRUSADE

1 CP
Veterans of the Long War – Strategic Ploy Stratagem · Movement phase
WHEN: Your Movement phase

TARGET: One HERETIC ASTARTES INFANTRY unit or HERETIC ASTARTES MOUNTED unit from your army (excluding DAMNED units).

EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot in a turn in which it Advanced or Fell Back, and bolt pistols, boltguns and combi-bolters equipped by models in your unit have the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability while your unit has not already inflicted 6 wounds this turn using that ability.

BRINGERS OF DESPAIR

2 CP
Veterans of the Long War – Epic Deed Stratagem · Fight phase
WHEN: Start of the Fight phase.

TARGET: One HERETIC ASTARTES unit from your army (excluding DAMNED units) that is within Engagement Range of your focus of hatred.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit has the Fights First ability.

CONTEMPTUOUS DISREGARD

1 CP
Veterans of the Long War – Battle Tactic Stratagem · Shooting or Fight phase
WHEN: Your opponents Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

TARGET: One HERETIC ASTARTES unit from your army (excluding DAMNED units) that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.

EFFECT: Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.

ENDLESS IRE

2 CP
Veterans of the Long War – Epic Deed Stratagem · Any phase
WHEN: Any phase, just after your focus of hatred is destroyed.

TARGET: One HERETIC ASTARTES CHARACTER unit from your army (excluding DAMNED units)

EFFECT: Select one enemy unit within 12" of and visible to your unit. Until the start of your next Command phase, that enemy unit is considered to be your focus of hatred.

LET THE GALAXY BURN

1 CP
Veterans of the Long War – Battle Tactic Stratagem · Shooting phase
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.

TARGET: One HERETIC ASTARTES unit from your army (excluding TZEENTCH units) that has not been selected to shoot this phase

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [IGNORES COVER] ability, and change the Attacks characteristic of Torrent weapons equipped by models in your unit to 6.

MILLENNIA OF EXPERIENCE

1 CP
Veterans of the Long War – Strategic Ploy Stratagem · Movement phase
WHEN: Your opponent’s Movement phase, just after an enemy unit ends a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move.

TARGET: One HERETIC ASTARTES INFANTRY or HERETIC ASTARTES MOUNTED unit from your army (excluding DAMNED units) that is within 9" of that enemy unit and not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.

EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to 6".

Enhancements

Mark of Legend

10 pts
HERETIC ASTARTES model only (excluding DAMNED models). Once per turn, you can re-roll one Hit roll, one Wound roll or one saving throw made for the bearer.

Warmaster’s Gift

15 pts
CHAOS LORD model only. Each time the bearer makes an attack that targets your focus of hatred, an unmodified successful Wound roll of 5+ scores a Critical Wound.

Eye of Abaddon

15 pts
HERETIC ASTARTES model only (excluding DAMNED models). While the bearer is on the battlefield, each time your focus of hatred is destroyed, roll one D6: on a 4+, you gain 1CP.

Eager for Vengeance

20 pts
HERETIC ASTARTES model only (excluding DAMNED models). The bearer’s unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back. Each time a model in the bearer’s unit makes an attack that targets your focus of hatred, if the bearer’s unit Fell Back this turn, add 1 to the Hit roll, and each time you select your focus of hatred as a target of that unit’s charge, add 1 to the Charge roll.

Eligible Units

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