WARHAMMER 40,000 – IMPERIAL ARMOUR INDEX: FORCES OF THE ASTRA MILITARUM Official Update Version 1.4 Although we strive to ensure that our rules are perfect, Pages 19, 20, 21 and 69 – Leman Russ Annihilator, sometimes mistakes do creep in, or the intent of a rule Leman Russ Conqueror, Leman Russ Stygies and Death isn’t as clear as it might be. These documents collect Korps Leman Russ Mars-Alpha Battle Tanks amendments to the rules and present our responses to Change Grinding Advance to read: players’ frequently asked questions. As they’re updated ‘Grinding Advance: If this model remains stationary or regularly, each has a version number; when changes moves under half speed in its Movement phase (i.e. it are made, the version number will be updated, and any moves a distance in inches less than half of its current changes from the previous version will be highlighted Move characteristic) it can shoot its turret weapon twice in magenta. Where a version number has a letter, in the following Shooting phase (the turret weapon e.g. 1.1a, this means it has had a local update, only in must target the same unit both times). Furthermore, that language, to clarify a translation issue or other hit rolls for this model’s turret weapon do not suffer minor correction. the penalty for moving and shooting a Heavy weapon. The following weapons are turret weapons: battle ERRATA cannon, Conqueror battle cannon, Demolisher cannon, Pages 9, 114 and 120 – Plasma gun, Eradicator nova cannon, Executioner plasma cannon, Supercharged profile Exterminator autocannon, Punisher gatling cannon, Change the Damage characteristic to read ‘2’. Stygies Vanquisher battle cannon, twin lascannon and Vanquisher battle cannon.’ Page 10 – Gryphonne Pattern Chimera Change the description to read: Pages 22, 23 and 29 – Malcador Annihilator, Malcador ‘A Gryphonne Pattern Chimera is a single model Defender and Stygies Thunderer Siege Tank equipped with a twin heavy bolter, a heavy bolter and Change the name of the Grinding Advance ability to two lasgun arrays.’ read ‘Lumbering Advance’. Page 10 – Gryphonne Pattern Chimera, Page 27 – Sabre Weapons Battery, Defence Searchlight Wargear Options Change this to read: Add the following bullet point to this model’s ‘If this model has a defence searchlight, at the start of wargear options: your Shooting phase it may select a single enemy unit ‘• This model may replace its twin heavy bolter with within 48" and line of sight. One friendly <Regiment> an autocannon.’ Infantry or <Regiment> Sabre Weapons Battery unit adds 1 to any hit rolls that target the chosen unit Pages 15, 16 and 112 – Earthshaker cannon until the end of the Shooting phase. A single unit Change the AP to read ‘-3’. cannot benefit from multiple Defence Searchlights.’ Pages 16, 17, 18 and 26 – Earthshaker Carriage Battery, Page 27 – Rapier Laser Destroyer, Imperial Guard Crew Heavy Mortar Battery, Heavy Quad Launcher Battery, Change this ability to read: Medusa Carriage Battery ‘When this unit is set up on the battlefield, all models Change Artillery Battery to read: are set up in unit coherency. From that point onwards, ‘Artillery Battery: When this unit is set up on the the Rapier Laser Destroyer is treated as one unit and all battlefield, all models are set up in unit coherency. the Guardsmen Crew are treated as another. Guardsmen From that point onwards, all the Artillery models Crew may only be chosen as a target in the Shooting are treated as one unit and all the Guardsmen Crew phase if they are the closest visible enemy unit to are treated as another. Guardsmen Crew may only be the firer.’ chosen as a target in the Shooting phase if they are the closest visible enemy unit to the firer.’ IMPERIAL ARMOUR – INDEX: FORCES OF THE ASTRA MILITARUM 1 Page 27 – Rapier Laser Destroyer, Guardsmen Crew forwards. Note that it cannot pivot again after the initial Change the Guardsmen Crew characteristics profile so pivot. When this model Advances, increase its Move that it reads: characteristic by 20" until the end of the phase – do not M WS BS S T W A Ld Sv roll a dice.’ ‘ 6" 4+ 4+ 3 3 1 1 6 5+’ Pages 42 and 114 – Twin earthshaker cannon Page 29 – Tarantula Battery, Automated Artillery Change the AP to read ‘-3’. Change the penultimate sentence to read: ‘If there are none of the specified types of unit in range Page 50 – Vendetta Gunship, Grav-chute Insertion or line of sight, the closest visible enemy unit of any kind Change the first sentence to read: must be targeted.’ ‘Models may disembark from this vehicle at any point during its move, but if the Vendetta moves 20" or more, Pages 30-39 – Arkurian Pattern Stormblade, Arkurian you must roll a D6 for each model disembarking.’ Pattern Stormhammer, Arkurian Pattern Stormsword, Crassus Armoured Assault Vehicle, Dominus Armoured Page 55 – Death Korps of Krieg Army List Siege Bombard, Gorgon Heavy Transporter, Macharius Add the following units to the list of those that can be Heavy Tank, Macharius Omega, Macharius Vanquisher from the Death Korps of Krieg: and Macharius Vulcan, Steel Behemoth ‘ • Atlas Recovery Tank Change this ability to read: Imperial Armour – Index: Forces of the Astra Militarum ‘Steel Behemoth: This model does not suffer the penalty • Centaur Light Carrier to its hit rolls for moving and firing Heavy weapons. This Imperial Armour – Index: Forces of the Astra Militarum model can Fall Back in the Movement phase and still • Cyclops Demolition Vehicle shoot and/or charge during its turn. It can, except when Imperial Armour – Index: Forces of the Astra Militarum firing Overwatch, also still fire its weapons if enemy • Earthshaker Carriage Battery units are within 1" of it (but only its twin heavy bolter or Imperial Armour – Index: Forces of the Astra Militarum twin heavy flamer can target units that are within 1" of • Gorgon Heavy Transporter it – its other guns must target other units). In addition, Imperial Armour – Index: Forces of the Astra Militarum this model only gains a bonus to its save in cover if at • Malcador Annihilator least half the model is obscured from the firer.’ Imperial Armour – Index: Forces of the Astra Militarum • Malcador Defender Page 30 – Arkurian Pattern Stormblade, Description Imperial Armour – Index: Forces of the Astra Militarum and Wargear Options • Malcador Heavy Tank Change the description to read: Imperial Armour – Index: Forces of the Astra Militarum ‘An Arkurian Pattern Stormblade is a single model • Malcador Infernus equipped with a plasma blastgun, a heavy bolter and Imperial Armour – Index: Forces of the Astra Militarum adamantium tracks.’ • Medusa Carriage Battery Imperial Armour – Index: Forces of the Astra Militarum Add the following to the wargear options: • Stygies Destroyer Tank Hunter ‘• This model may take either two sponsons or four Imperial Armour – Index: Forces of the Astra Militarum sponsons – each sponson is equipped with a lascannon • Arkurian Pattern Stormblade and either a twin heavy bolter or twin heavy flamer.’ Imperial Armour – Index: Forces of the Astra Militarum • Gorgon Heavy Transporter Pages 32 and 114 – Stormsword siege cannon Imperial Armour – Index: Forces of the Astra Militarum Change the Type to read ‘Heavy 2D6’. • Macharius Heavy Tank Imperial Armour – Index: Forces of the Astra Militarum Change the abilities text to read: ‘Units attacked by • Macharius Omega this weapon do not gain any bonus to their saving Imperial Armour – Index: Forces of the Astra Militarum throws for being in cover. Re-roll damage rolls of 1 for • Macharius Vanquisher this weapon.’ Imperial Armour – Index: Forces of the Astra Militarum • Macharius Vulcan Pages 39 and 113 – Macharius vulcan mega-bolter Imperial Armour – Index: Forces of the Astra Militarum Change this weapon’s ability to read: • Minotaur Artillery Tank ‘If this model does not move during its Movement phase, Imperial Armour – Index: Forces of the Astra Militarum in your next Shooting phase, change this weapon’s Type • Trojan Support Vehicle to Heavy 30 until the end of the turn.’ Imperial Armour – Index: Forces of the Astra Militarum • Basilisks Pages 40 and 41 – Marauder Bomber and Marauder Warhammer 40,000 – Index: Imperium 2 Destroyer, Abilities • Hydras Add the following ability: Warhammer 40,000 – Index: Imperium 2 ‘Supersonic: Each time this model moves, first pivot it • Baneblade on the spot up to 90° (this does not contribute to how Warhammer 40,000 – Index: Imperium 2 far the model moves) and then move the model straight IMPERIAL ARMOUR – INDEX: FORCES OF THE ASTRA MILITARUM 2 • Shadowsword Pages 64 and 73 – Summary Execution Warhammer 40,000 – Index: Imperium 2 Change this ability to read: • Stormsword ‘Summary Execution: The first time anAstra Warhammer 40,000 – Index: Imperium 2’ Militarum unit fails a Morale test during the Morale phase whilst it is within 6" of any friendly Commissars, Page 56 – Death Korps of Krieg Army List you can execute a model. If you do, one model of your Add the following: choice in that unit is slain and the Morale test is re- ‘Matched Play Rule: Command Squads rolled (do not include this slain model when re-rolling If you are playing a matched play game, then in a the Morale test).’ Battle-forged army you can include a maximum of one Death Korps of Krieg Command Squad or one Page 69 – Death Korps Leman Russ Mars-Alpha Battle Death Korps Death Rider Command Squadron in a Tanks, Grinding Advance Detachment for each Death Korps of Krieg Officer Change the second sentence of this ability to read: in that Detachment.’ ‘The following weapons are turret weapons: