Skull Hunters bring short range, boomerang style blades that cut through prey with ease.

Friendly PREDATOR operatives have the following ranged weapon:

'The Demon who makes trophies of men'...Skinned bodies hang across the hunting ground, marking the limits of the Skull Hunters territory.

Before the battle, you can set up two Skinned Cadaver markers wholly within your territory and more than 2" from other markers. Whenever a friendly operative within 3" of your Skinned Cadaver marker is SHOOTING, FIGHTING or RETALIATING, your opponent cannot re-roll their attack dice.

Skull Hunters can equip their shoulder cannons with advanced targeting reticules that track with pinpoint accuracy what the clan members can see, making them incredibly accurate at long range.

Whenever a friendly PREDATOR operative is shooting an operative more than 6" from it, that friendly operative's shoulder cannon weapon has the SATURATE weapon rule.

All Skull Hunter clans use nets to catch and not let their prey escape. These nets are razor sharp and cause horrific injuries to the victim whilst they struggle to escape.

Once per battle, a friendly PREDATOR operative can use this equipment visible to and within 6" of an enemy operative, during the START of that operatives MOVEMENT action (REPOSITION, DASH, CHARGE or FALL BACK). Roll a D6 and on a 4+ that MOVEMENT action is interupted and that enemy operative's activation is ended until the start of the their next activation. On a successful 4+ roll, roll 2D3 to determine the number of wounds that enemy operative takes.

Before the battle, you can set up one of your Ammo Cache markers wholly within your territory. Friendly operatives can perform the following mission action during the battle: AMMO RESUPPLY (0 AP): One of your Ammo Cache markers the active operative controls is used during this turning point.

Until the start of the next turning point, whenever this operative is shooting with a weapon from its datacard, you can re-roll one of your attack dice.

An operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative, if that marker is not yours, or if that marker has been used this turning point.

Razor wire is Exposed and Obstructing terrain. Before the battle, you can set it up wholly within your territory, on the killzone floor and more than 2" from other equipment terrain features, access points, and Accessible terrain.

Obstructing: Whenever an operative would cross over this terrain feature within 1" of it, treat the distance as an additional 1".

Before the battle, you can set up one of your Comms Device markers wholly within your territory. While a friendly operative controls this marker, add 3" to the distance requirements of its SUPPORT rules that refer to friendly operatives (e.g. ‘select one friendly operative within 6"’ would be 9" instead). Note that you cannot benefit from your opponent's Comms Device markers.

Before the battle, you can set up one of your Mines markers wholly within your territory and more than 2" from other markers, access points, and Accessible terrain. The first time that marker is within an operative's control range, remove that marker and inflict D3+3 damage on that operative.

Light barricades are Light terrain, except the feet, which are Insignificant and Exposed. Before the battle, you can set up any of them wholly within your territory, on the killzone floor and more than 2" from other equipment terrain features, access points, and Accessible terrain.

A heavy barricade is Heavy terrain. Before the battle, you can set it up wholly within 4" of your drop zone, on the killzone floor and more than 2" from other equipment terrain features, access points, and Accessible terrain.

Ladders are Insignificant and Exposed terrain. Before the battle, you can set up any of them as follows:

• Wholly within your territory.
• Upright against terrain that’s at least 2" tall.
• More than 2" from other equipment terrain features.
• More than 1" from doors and access points.

Once per action, whenever an operative is climbing the terrain feature a ladder is placed against, treat the vertical distance as 1" if the ladder is within that operative’s control range during that entire climb.

A portable barricade is Light, Protective and Portable terrain, except the feet which are Insignificant and Exposed. Before the battle, you can set it up wholly within your territory, on the killzone floor and more than 2" from other equipment terrain features, access points, and Accessible terrain.

Protective: While an operative is in cover from this terrain feature, improve its Save stat by 1 (to a maximum of 2+).

Portable: This terrain feature only provides cover while an operative is connected to it and if the shield is intervening (ignore its feet). Operatives connected to the inside of it can perform the following unique action during the battle:

Move With Barricade (1 AP): The same as the Reposition action, except the active operative can move no more than its Move stat minus 2" and cannot climb, drop, jump, or use any killteam's rules that remove it and set it back up again (e.gh. HEARTHKYN SALVAGER Fly, MANDRAKE Shadow Passage).

Before this operative moves, remove the portable barricade it is connected to. After it moves, set up the portable barricade so it is connected again, but the portable barricade cannot be set up within 2" of other equipment terrain features, access points or Accessible terrain. If this is not possible, the portable barricade is not set up again.

This action is treated as a Reposition action. An operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative, or in the same activation in which it performed the Fall Back or Charge action.

When you select this equipment, select two utility grenades (2 smoke, 2 stun, or 1 smoke and 1 stun). Each selection is a unique action your operatives can perform, but your kill team can only perform that action a total number of times during the battle equal to your selection.

SMOKE GRENADE (1 AP):

• Place one of your Smoke Grenade markers within 6" of this operative. It must be visible to this operative, or on Vantage terrain of a terrain feature that is visible to this operative. The marker creates an area of smoke 1" horizontally and unlimited height vertically from (but not below) it.
• While an operative is wholly within an area of smoke, it is obscured to operatives more than 2" from it, and vice versa. In addition, whenever an operative is shooting an enemy operative wholly within an area of smoke, weapons with the Piercing 2 or Piercing Crits 2 weapon rule have the Piercing 1 or Piercing Crits 1 weapon rule (respectively) instead, unless they’re within 2" of each other.
• In the Ready step of the next Strategy phase, roll one D3. Remove that Smoke Grenade marker after a number of activations equal to that D3 have been completed or at the end of the turning point (whichever comes first).
• An operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative, or if you have reached the total number of times your kill team can perform it.

When you select this equipment, select two utility grenades (2 smoke, 2 stun, or 1 smoke and 1 stun). Each selection is a unique action your operatives can perform, but your kill team can only perform that action a total number of times during the battle equal to your selection.

STUN GRENADE (1 AP):

• Select one enemy operative visible to and within 6" of this operative. That operative and each other operative within 1" of it takes a stun test. For an operative to take a stun test, roll one D6: on a 3+, subtract 1 from its APL stat until the end of its next activation.
• An operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative, or if you have reached the total number of times your kill team can perform it.

When you select this equipment, select two explosive grenades (2 frag, 2 krak, or 1 frag and 1 krak).

When you select this equipment, select two explosive grenades (2 frag, 2 krak, or 1 frag and 1 krak).

Once per battle, when a friendly operative performs the Breach action, you can use this rule. If you do, that operative can perform that action for 1 less AP (to a minimum of 1AP) as though it had the word "breach marker" on its datacard.

Use this firefight ploy when a friendly PREDATOR operative has an ENGAGE order, or has healed enough wounds to no longer be injured. Change the operatives order back to CONCEAL, activating the THERE'S SOMETHING OUT THERE, WAITING FOR US cloaking ability.

Skull Hunters leave no trace of their presence in a hunting ground, dead or alive. In the unlikely event that the native prey kills one of the clan, Skull Hunters can activate a devastating timed explosion, wiping all evidence and knowledge of their presence from the face of the planet.

Use this firefight ploy when a friendly PREDATOR operative is incapacitated. Leave the operative on the killzone floor as a marker. At the end of the turning point, inflict 2D3+2 damage for ANY operative (including friendly SKULL HUNTERS) within 8" of the incapacitated PREDATOR operatives base.

The Skull Hunter slips back into the shadows to claim more trophies...

Use this firefight ploy during a friendly SKULL HUNTER operative's activation, before or after it performs an action. During that activation, that operative can perform the FALL BACK action for 1 less AP.

Skull Hunter hounds are fiercly loyal to their clan masters and will protect them at all costs.

Use this firefight ploy when a freindly PREDATOR operative is selected as the valid target of a shoot action. Select one friendly HOUND operative visible to and within 3" of that first friendly operative to become the valid target instead (even if it wouldn't normally be valid for this). That friendly HOUND operative is only in cover or obscured if the original target was. This ploy has no effect if the ranged weapon has the BLAST or TORRENT weapon rule.

Skull Hunters and their hounds are intensly focussed on the hunt and refuse to let any injuries slow them down.

You can ignore any changes to the stats of friendly SKULL HUNTER operatives from being injured.

Skull Hunters posses lightning reflexes, they are even able to dodge incoming fire.

Whenever an operative is shooting a friendly SKULL HUNTER operative, if you roll two or more fails, you can discard one of them to retain another as a normal success instead.

Skull Hunters clans move through the environment as a ruthless and efficient team.

Select two friendly SKULL HUNTER operatives visible to and within 6" of each other. Remove them both from the killzone and set them back up in each other's previous locations (in other words, swap their positions).

Skull hunters are masters at ambush tactics, often taking trophies before anyone realises what has happened.

Friendly PREDATOR operatives can charge from conceal if they drop from VANTAGE terrain at least 2" higher than the killzone floor during the CHARGE action.