Necromunda Gangs: Delaque

Homebrew by Aionexron1441

House Delaque is one of the Clan Houses of Hive Primus on Necromunda. also known as the House of Shadows. Members of the clan share the same distinct looks and wares, including an enormous catalgoue of Psychic powers suited for their espionage and assassination contracts. There are many theories as to the true nature of House Delaque, with some even speculating they are failed genetic experiments or a breed of Xenos. However what is true is that all of its gang members hold an instinctive bond with one another to the point of communicating silently and over great distances with their own kind.

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Composition

A DELAQUE KillTeam is composed of:

  • 1 DELAQUE LEADER operative selected from the following list:
    • PHANTOM equipped with one of the following options:
      • Plasma Pistol
      • Web Pistol
    • NACHT-GHULS equipped with one of the following options:
      • Serpent’s Fangs
      • Shiver Sword
  • 5 DELAQUE operatives selected from the following list:
    • GHOST equipped with one of the following options:
      • Grav Gun; Shock Stave*
      • Meltagun; Shock Stave*
      • Plasma Gun; Shock Stave*
      • Web Gun; Shock Stave*
      • Lasgun; Shock Stave
    • PSY-GHEIST** equipped with one of the following options:
      • Digi Laser
      • Psychomantic Claws
    • SHADOW
  • 2 DELAQUE HIRED ARM operatives selected from the following list:
    • PISCEAN SPEKTOR
    • SPYKER**
    • PSYCHOTERIC WYRM

Other than GHOST, SHADOW, SPYKOR and PSYCHOTERIC WYRM operatives, your kill team can only include each operative on these lists once.

Your kill team can include up to three GHOST, six SHADOW and two PSYCHOTERIC WYRM operatives.

SHADOW and PSYCHOTERIC WYRM each counts as half a selection. SPYKER counts as two selections.

*You cannot select this option more than once and you cannot select more than 2 of these options combined.

**You cannot select more than one of these options combined.

Common Abilities and Options

Psychoteric Whispers:
Whenever a DELAQUE operative (excluding a PISCEAN SPEKTOR and SPYKER) is wholly within an area of smoke (i.e of a Smoke Grenade Marker) or is injured for its first time, it can use this rule, if it does, remove it from the killzone and put it back where it can be placed within 6 inches from its original location. That operative cannot use this rule while within control range of an enemy operative

PSYCHIC. Enemy operatives within 6 inches of a DELAQUE operative (excluding a SHADOW) cannot be obscured.

Treacherous Bastards:
Whenever a DELAQUE operative (excluding a HIRED ARM) is incapacitated and before it is removed from the killzone, roll a 1D6 for each friendly operative (except for a LEADER or HIRED ARM) within 2 inches of that operative: if the result is 1, your opponent can roll a 1D6, if the result is higher than that friendly operative’s APL stat, that friendly operative is incapicitated for the purposes of your opponent’s kill grade and it is an enemy operative inlcuded in your opponent’s killteam for the battle to be activated (it cannot be used for the purposes of your kill grade and your opponent cannot use it for the puposes of tac op). If the result is 6, it’s incapacitated. Remove it from the killzone.

*Sweep:
Whenever this operative is performing a Fight action against an enemy operative using this weapon, in the Roll Attack Dice step, you can roll a number of its Atk dice (not all of it) for this action. After this action has ended, this operative can immediately perform a free Fight action against another enemy operative (if any) but must use this weapon for it. In the Roll Attack Dice step of that action, this operative can only roll the remaining Atk dice. This operative cannot perform the free Fight action if it rolled all the Atk dice of this weapon.

PHANTOM
A 2
M 6"
S 4+
W 9
Weapons
ATK
HIT
DMG
Plasma Pistol
Standard (Rng 8", Prc1)
4
3+
3/5
Supercharge (Rng 8", Prc1, Lethal 5+, Hot)
4
3+
4/5
Web Pistol (Rng 6", Severe, Stun)
4
3+
3/4
Web Gauntlet (Brutal, Shock)
3
4+
5/6
Abilities
OverseerPsy-NodePsychoteric WhispersTreacherous Bastards

Overseer: Whenever this operative is to be activated, you can instead immediately activate up to 2 other ready friendly DELAQUE operatives (or counteract for if it is expended) within 3 inches of this operative. After those operatives become expended or counteracted (activate or counteract with the second operative right after the first one is expended or counteracted), this operative becomes expended. Your opponent then activates as normal. This operative cannot use this rule while within control range of an enemy operative.

Whenever an enemy operative performs a Fight action in an activation in which it has performed a Charge action, and selects this operative to fight against, In the Resolve Attack Dice step of that sequence, you resolve the first attack dice (i.e, defender instead of attacker).

Psy-Node: STRATEGIC GAMBIT once per battle and if this operative is in the killzone. Select one friendly DELAQUE operative to be a Psy-Node for the battle. Whenever a friendly operative is within 3 inches of a Psy-Node, increase the range requirement of that operative’s PSYCHIC actions and ranged weapons by 3. In addition, for each other friendly operative within 3 inches of a Psy-Node, add 3 inches for that range for that operative.

NECROMUNDA GANGS, DELAQUE, GANG, LEADER, PHANTOM; 28
NACHT-GHULS
A 2
M 7"
S 4+
W 10
Weapons
ATK
HIT
DMG
Serpent's Fang (Rending)
5
3+
3/5
Shiver Sword (Lethal 5+, Severe)
4
3+
4/6
Abilities
Horror In The ShadowsPsychometric DisciplinePsychoteric WhispersTreacherous Bastards

Horror In The Shadows: Whenever this operative is invisible to and within 4 inches of an enemy operative, subtract 1 from that operative’s APL stat until the end of its next activation. This operative can perform the Charge action while it has a Conceal order.

PSYCHIC. Whenever this operative is climbing a terrain, ignore the first 2 inches of that climb. Whenever an enemy operative is performing a shooting attack against this operative while it has a Conceal order. In the Resolve Defense Dice step, improve this operative’s Save stat by 1.

Psychometric Discipline: At the end of the Select Operatives phase, if this operative is selected for deployment, select one Wyrd Power Discipline action from the following actions for it to perform during the battle:

  • MADNESS (1 AP): PSYCHIC once per battle. Select an enemy operative visible to and within 3 inches of this operative. Roll 1D6, if the result is higher than the APL stat of that operative, that operative immediately does a free Reposition or Fall Back and you decide where it has to end that move. Otherwise, keep using this rule until it succeeds during the battle.

  • DELUSION (1 AP): PSYCHIC once per battle. Select an enemy operative visible to and within 3 inches of this operative. Roll 1D6, if the result is higher than the APL stat of that operative, that operative immediately does a free Shoot or Fight action against an enemy operative of your choosing (the target has to be valid). Otherwise, keep using this rule until it succeeds during the battle. This operative cannot use this action while within control range of an enemy operative.

  • DARKNESS (1 AP): PSYCHIC once per battle. Select a friendly DELAQUE operative visible to and within 3 inches of this operative. Whenever a friendly operative is within 2 inches of that operative, has a Conceal order and is in cover, that friendly operative cannot be selected as a valid target, taking precedence over all other rules (e.g. Seek, Vantage terrain) except being within 2 inches. This operative cannot use this action while within control range of an enemy operative

NECROMUNDA GANGS, DELAQUE, GANG, LEADER, NACHT-GHULS; 32
GHOST
A 2
M 6"
S 5+
W 8
Weapons
ATK
HIT
DMG
Grav Gun (Prc1, *Grav)
4
4+
3/4
Meltagun (Rng 6", Prc2, Dev4)
4
4+
6/3
Plasma Gun
Standard (Prc1)
4
4+
4/6
Supercharge (Prc1, Lethal 5+, Hot)
4
4+
5/6
Web Gun (Rng 8", Severe, Stun)
4
4+
3/5
Las Gun
4
4+
2/3
Shock Stave (Shock)
3
4+
2/3
Abilities
*Grav1AP: Psychoteric ChoirsPsychoteric WhispersRigged DoorsTreacherous Bastards

*Grav: Whenever this operative performs a shooting attack with this weapon, if the target has an unmodified Save stat of 3+ or better, this weapon has the Lethal 4+ special rule for that attack.

Psychoteric Choirs (1AP): PSYCHIC. Until this operative performs a Shoot action with its ranged weapons, all profiles of its ranged weapons have the Saturate and Heavy weapon rules. This operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative.

Rigged Doors: Whenever this operative goes through an accessible terrain, ignore the 1 inch required to move through it and it can immediately perform an Operate Hatchway action (if possible) for 1 less AP right after it moves through that accessible terrain, then it can continue its move afterward.

NECROMUNDA GANGS, DELAQUE, GANG, GHOST; 28
PSY-GHEIST
A 2
M 6"
S 5+
W 7
Weapons
ATK
HIT
DMG
Stub Gun (Rng 6", Acc1)
4
5+
2/3
Digi-Laser (*Sweep)
5
3+
2/2
Psychomantic Claws (Shock)
4
3+
3/5
Abilities
*SweepPsychomancer's Harness1AP: Psychoteric MasteryPsychoteric WhispersTreacherous Bastards

Psychomancer's Harness: PSYCHIC. Whenever this operative is climbing a terrain, ignore the first 2 inches of that climb. Whenever an enemy operative is performing a shooting attack against this operative while it has a Conceal order. In the Resolve Defense Dice step, improve this operative’s Save stat by 1.

Psychoteric Mastery (1AP): Once per turning point, this operative can perform a Wyrd Power Discipline action from any discipline and it can use a PSYCHOTERIC WYRM model (if any) to perform it through it (i.e for the purpose of visibility and range requirement, treat that action as it is being performed by that PSYCHOTERIC WYRM). Each time a Wyrd Power Discipline action is performed after the first, subtract 1 additional AP for it.

NECROMUNDA GANGS, DELAQUE, GANG, GHOST; 25
SHADOW
A 2
M 7"
S 5+
W 7
Weapons
ATK
HIT
DMG
Laspistol (Rng 8")
4
5+
2/3
Stiletto Knife (*Toxic)
3
4+
2/3
Abilities
*ToxicDeadly BackstabberPsychoteric WhispersTreacherous Bastards

*Toxic: Whenever this operative is using this weapon against an enemy operative; if you retained a critical success, add 1 to both Dmg stats of this weapon until the end of that sequence.

Deadly Backstabber: Whenever this operative performs a Charge action; after it ends its move, select a ready enemy operative with a Conceal order to inflict 1D3 damage on it if this operative model’s front side is facing that operative model’s back side.

NECROMUNDA GANGS, DELAQUE, GANG, SHADOW; 25
PISCEAN SPEKTOR
A 3
M 6"
S 4+
W 10
Weapons
ATK
HIT
DMG
Psychomantic Claws (Psychic, Shock, *Sweep)
6
3+
3/5
Abilities
*SweepFlyHouse BrutePsychoteric Whispers

Fly: Whenever this operative is performing a Charge, Fall Back or Reposition action, it can FLY. If it does, don’t move it. Instead, remove it from the killzone and set it back up wholly within a distance equal to its Move stat horizontally of its original location (in a killzone that uses the close quarters rules, e.g. Killzone: Gallowdark, this distance cannot be measured over or through Wall terrain). Note that it gains no additional distance when performing a Charge action. It must be set up in a location it can be placed, and unless it’s a Charge action, it cannot be set up within control range of an enemy operative.

House Brute: Whenever your opponent is selecting a valid target, if this operative has a Conceal order, it cannot use Light terrain for cover. Whilst this can allow this operative to be targeted (assuming it is visible), it does not remove its cover save (if any).

Whenever a friendly DELAQUE operative that is within control range of this operative is selected as the valid target of a Shoot action or to fight against during a Fight action, this operative becomes the valid target or to be fought against (as appropriate) instead, even if it normally would not be valid for this. If it is a Fight action, treat this operative as being within the fighting operative's control range for the duration of that action. If it is a Shoot action, this operative is only in cover or obscured if the original target was. This rule has no effect if it is a Shoot action and the ranged weapon has Blast or Torrent special rule.

This operative cannot use any weapons that aren’t on its datacard, or perform Unique actions.

NECROMUNDA GANGS, DELAQUE, GANG, HIRED ARM, PISCEAN SPEKTOR; 40
SPYKER
A 2
M 5"
S 5+
W 9
Weapons
ATK
HIT
DMG
Psychic Shock (Psychic, Rng 3", Stun)
6
6+
1/2
Psychic Shock (Psychic, Shock)
6
6+
1/2
Abilities
2AP: Displacer FieldGhastly-InsaneHoverPsychoteric Whispers

Displacer Field (2AP): PSYCHIC. Once per battle, you can remove this operative from the killzone and place it wholly within 6 inches of your drop zone and more than 6 inches from enemy operatives. Treat this operative as having performed a Reposition action. This operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative

Ghastly-Insane: This operative is a Psy-Node (i.e from PSY-NODE rule). Whenever you select this operative to be the Psy-Node for a friendly DELAQUE operative to use the PSY-NODE rule through, inflict 1 damage on this operative. You cannot use this rule while this operative is within control range of an enemy operative.

Whenever this operative is in the killzone, increase the range requirement of PSYCHOTERIC WHISPERS to 9 inches (instead of 6 inches). You cannot cannot use this rule while this operative is within control range of an enemy operative.

Hover: PSYCHIC. Whenever this operative is climbing a terrain, ignore up to the first 2 inches of that climb.

NNECROMUNDA GANGS, DELAQUE, GANG, HIRED ARM, SPYKER; 25
PSYCHOTERIC WYRM
A 2
M 8"
S 6+
W 2
Weapons
ATK
HIT
DMG
Psychoteric Bite (Psychic, Shock)
2
5+
1/3
Abilities
AlienoidCreepPsy-VisionPsychoteric Whispers

Alienoid: This operative cannot perform any actions other than Charge, Dash, Fall Back, Fight and Reposition or use any weapons that is not on its datacard. It can perform the Fall Back action for 1 less AP. This operative cannot contest markers or areas of the killzone. Operatives can move through this operative, and enemy operatives can move within control range of it. Having only this operative within their control range does not prevent enemy operatives from performing a Charge or Dash or Reposition actions and enemy operatives can leave this operative’s control range when performing a Charge action.

Creep: Whenever this operative performs a Reposition action, don’t move it. Instead, remove it from the killzone and set it back up wholly within a distance equal to its Move stat horizontally of its original location (in a killzone that uses the close quarters rules, e.g. Killzone: Gallowdark, this distance can be measured over or through Wall terrain).

Psy-Vision: PSYCHIC. Whenever an enemy operative is within 3 inches of this operative, that operative cannot use heavy and/or light terrain as cover. While this can allow such operatives to be targeted (assuming they are visible), it does not remove their cover save (if any).

NNECROMUNDA GANGS, DELAQUE, GANG, HIRED ARM, PSYCHOTERIC WYRM; 25
Equipment

SECRET CACHE:
Before the battle. Select one universal equipment (excluding Heavy and Light barricades, Ladders, Razor Wire, Comms Device and Mines) and don’t reveal it. During a friendly DELAQUE LEADER operative’s activation, you can reveal that selection and set it up (if possible) within control range of that operative (in addition to the normal set-up restrictions from the UNIVERSAL EQUIPMENT rules).


PHOTON FLASH:
Once per battle. When an enemy operative within 6 inches of a friendly DELAQUE operative (excluding SHADOW and HIRED ARM) is to be activated, you can roll a 1D6, If the result is higher than that enemy operative’s APL stat, that enemy operative is expended until the end of the turning point


VALUABLE SECRETS:
Once per battle, after rolling off to decide the initiative, you can add a 1D3 to, or subtract a 1D3 from your result.


SCARE GAS CANISTERS:
A friendly DELAQUE operative (excluding HIRED ARM) can perform a Scare Gas Canister action up to 2 times per battle.

SCARE GAS CANISTER (1 AP): Select one enemy operative visible to and within 6 inches of a friendly DELAQUE operative (excluding HIRED ARM). That enemy operative and each other operative within its control range takes a Rout test. For an operative to take a Rout test, roll a 1D6. On 5+, that operative is considered injured until the end of its next activation. That friendly 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. Treat this action as a Shoot action.


Ploys

Firefight - PSYCHIC SCREAM:
Use this firefight ploy when a friendly DELAQUE operative (excluding PSYCHOTERIC WYRM) is incapacitated. Before that operative is removed from the killzone, inflict 1D3 damage on one enemy operative within its control range.


Firefight - DOPPELGANGER:
Use this firefight ploy when an enemy operative is performing a Shoot or Fight action against a friendly DELAQUE operative (excluding PISCEAN SPEKTOR and PSYCHOTERIC WYRM). Ignore the damage inflicted from the first success.


Firefight - POOF!:
Use this firefight ploy during a friendly DELAQUE operative’s (excluding HIRED ARM) activation. When that operative is with a Conceal order and most of its base is under a vantage terrain or within 1 inch of a Wall terrain feature (i.e. killzone: Gallowdark), remove it from the killzone then put it back within 1 inch of where it was removed from at the start of its next activation. That operative cannot use this ploy if it’s within 3 inches of an enemy operative.


Firefight - GARROTE:
Use this firefight ploy when a friendly DELAQUE operative (excluding GHOST and HIRED ARM) performs a Shoot action while within cover. That operative’s ranged weapon has the Silent weapon rule.


Strategic - RUMOR-MONGER:
Select up to 3 enemy operatives with Conceal orders and invisble to all friendly DELAQUE operatives. Change their orders to Engage.


Strategic - FADE AWAY:
Select up to 3 friendly DELAQUE operatives (excluding HIRED ARM) which are not within 3 inches of an enemy operative and within cover to change their orders to Conceal.


Strategic - STEALTHY SWIFTNESS:
Whenever a friendly DELAQUE operative (excluding PISCEAN SPEKTOR) is with a Conceal order and within 1 inch of heavy terrain, add 1 to its Move stat.


Strategic - PSI-TOUCHED:
Ranged and melee weapons of friendly DELAQUE operatives have the PSYCHIC and Balanced weapon rule.


TacOps
Infiltration: Track Enemy

Reveal: The first time you score VP from this op.

Additional Rules:

An enemy operative is being tracked if it's a valid target for a friendly operative within 6" of it. That friendly operative must have a Conceal order, cannot be a valid target for the enemy operative it's attempting to track, and cannot be within control range of enemy operatives.

Victory Points:

At the end of each turning point after the first:

  • If one enemy operative is being tracked, you score 1VP, or 2VP instead if it's the fourth turning point.
  • If two or more enemy operatives are being tracked, you score 2VP.

You cannot score more than 2VP from this op per turning point.


Infiltration: Plant Devices

Reveal: The first time a friendly operative performs the Plant Device action.

Mission Action: Plant Device (1 AP)

  • One objective marker the active operative controls gains one of your Device tokens.
  • An operative cannot perform this action during the first turning point, while within control range of an enemy operative, or if that objective marker already has one of your Device tokens.

Victory Points:

At the end of each turning point after the first:

  • If your opponent's objective marker has one of your Device tokens, you score 1VP.
  • For each other objective marker enemy operatives contest that has one of your Device tokens, you score 1VP.

You cannot score more than 2VP from this op per turning point.


Infiltration: Steal Intelligence

Reveal: The first time an enemy operative is incapacitated.

Additional Rules:

Whenever an enemy operative is incapacitated, before it's removed from the killzone, place one of your Intelligence mission markers within its control range.

Friendly operatives can perform the Pick Up Marker action on your Intelligence mission markers, and for the purposes of that action's conditions, ignore the first Intelligence mission marker the active operative is carrying. In other words, each friendly operative can carry up to two Intelligence mission markers, or one and one other marker.

Victory Points:

At the end of each turning point after the first, if any friendly operatives are carrying any of your Intelligence mission markers, you score 1VP.

At the end of the battle, for each of your Intelligence mission markers friendly operatives are carrying, you score 1VP.


Recon: Flank

Reveal: As a STRATEGIC GAMBIT.

Additional Rules:

Divide the killzone into two flanks (left and right) by drawing an imaginary line that's just like the centreline, except it runs from the centre of each player's killzone edge. An operative contests a flank while both wholly within it and wholly within their opponent's territory. Friendly operatives control a flank if the total APL stat of those contesting it is greater than that of enemy operatives.

Victory Points:

  • After you reveal this op, at the end of each turning point after the first, for each flank friendly operatives control, you score 1VP.
  • In the fourth turning point, ff friendly operatives also controlled that flank at the end of the third turning point, you score 2VP instead.

You cannot score more than 2VP from this op per turning point.


Recon: Retrieval

Reveal: The first time you score VP from this op.

Mission Action: Retrieve (1 AP)

  • If the active operative controls an objective marker that hasn't been searched by friendly operatives, that operative is now carrying one of your Retrieval mission markers and that objective marker has been searched by friendly operatives. Friendly operatives can perform the Pick Up Marker action on your Retrieval mission markers.
  • An operative cannot perform this action during the first turning point, while within control range of an enemy operative, or if it's already carrying a marker.

Victory Points:

  • The first time each objective marker is searched by friendly operatives, you score 1VP.
  • At the end of the battle, for each of your Retrieval mission markers friendly operatives are carrying, you score 1VP.

Recon: Scout Enemy Movement

Reveal: The first time a friendly operative performs the Scout action.

Mission Action: Scout (1 AP)

  • Select one ready enemy operative visible to and more than 6" from the active operative. That enemy operative is now monitored until the Ready step of the next Strategy phase.
  • An operative cannot perform this action while it has an Engage order, during the first turning point, or while within control range of an enemy operative.

Victory Points:

At the end of each turning point after the first, for each monitored enemy operative that's visible to friendly operatives, you score 1VP. Note that it doesn't have to be a friendly operative that performed the Scout action.

You cannot score more than 2VP from this op per turning point.