After revealing this equipment option, roll one D3. Friendly EXODITE HUNTERS operatives (excluding MEGADON) can use the following unique action a number of times during the battle equal to the result:

Hunting Bola (1AP):

• Select one enemy operative visible to and within 6” of this operative. Roll one D6. If the result of the roll is under that operative’s Save stat, that operative gains one of your Bola tokens if it doesn’t have one. Whenever that enemy operative activates/counteracts, that enemy operative cannot perform a Reposition, Dash, Charge, or Fall Back action unless it spends 1AP to remove the Bola token.
• This operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative.

Once per turning point, whenever an operative that has the PSYKER keyword is shooting a friendly EXODITE HUNTERS operative or is shooting with a weapon that has the PSYCHIC weapon rule, that ranged weapon cannot inflict damage on that friendly operative. For the effects of PSYCHIC actions, that friendly operative cannot be selected and is never treated as being within those actions’ required distances. The enemy operative must choose another operative as the new target.

Once per turning point, you may switch your current MELODY (switch between BLOODSONG MELODY or WARDING MELODY).

Friendly EXODITE HUNTERS operatives have the following melee weapon:

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 an attack dice inflicts Normal Dmg on a friendly EXODITE HUNTERS operative. If your current MELODY is WARDING MELODY, ignore that inflicted damage.

Use this firefight ploy when a friendly EXODITE HUNTERS operative is shooting an enemy operative. Until the end of that action and before the Roll Attack Dice step, while another friendly EXODITES HUNTERS operative is visible to and within 5” of the target, the friendly operative shooting gains the Seek Light weapon rule on its ranged weapons, and the target cannot be obscured for that action.

Use this firefight ploy when a friendly EXODITE HUNTERS operative is incapacitated within 3" of the enemy operative that incapacitated it. If your current MELODY is BLOODLUST MELODY, that enemy operative gains one of your Soul Tempest tokens (see on HERD SEER operative datacard). Note, you can still use the rules of the Soul Tempest rule from this ploy even if the HERD SEER operative is incapacitated. You cannot use this firefight ploy if an operative on the killzone has one of your Soul Tempest tokens.

Use this firefight ploy when a friendly EXODITE HUNTERS operative is shooting or fighting, before the Roll Attack Dice step. If that friendly operative’s order was changed from Conceal to Engage at the start of that operative’s activation, and this is the first time it’s performed either the Shoot or Fight action during that activation, you can add the Ceaseless weapon rule to the weapon it is using for that action. Note this ploy cannot come into effect more than once per activation (you cannot use it during both the Shoot and Fight action in the same activation).

Whenever a friendly EXODITE HUNTERS operative is shooting against or fighting against a wounded enemy operative and your current MELODY is BLOODLUST MELODY, that friendly operative’s weapons have the Balanced weapon rule.

While a friendly EXODITE HUNTERS DRAGON KNIGHT operative is in the killzone, you can ignore any changes to the stats of other friendly EXODITE HUNTERS operatives from being injured (including their weapons’ stats). This effect ends once that friendly DRAGON KNIGHT operative is incapacitated and can no longer be used again.

Whenever your current MELODY is WARDING MELODY, friendly EXODITE HUNTERS operatives worsen the x of the Piercing weapon rule by 1 (if any). Note that Piercing 1 would therefore be ignored.

Whenever a friendly EXODITE HUNTERS operative performs the Dash or Fall Back action, you can spend 1AP less to perform it. Each friendly operative can only benefit from this effect for one action during their activations (in other words, friendly operatives cannot perform a Dash and Fall Back action for 1 AP less each in the same activation).