Once per turning point, when an operative is shooting a friendly DARK DISCIPLES operative, in the Roll Defence Dice step, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead.

Once per battle, when an attack dice inflicts Normal Dmg on a friendly DARK DISCIPLES operative (excluding DEVOTEE), you can ignore that inflicted damage. If that friendly operative is a MUTANT, TORMENT or POSSESSED operative, you cannot roll for the Unnatural Regeneration rule for that attack dice then decide to use this rule on the same dice – you must use one or the other.

Once per Battle, when a friendly DARK DISCIPLES operative incapacitates an enemy operative within 2" of it, you can use this rule. If you do, that friendly operative gains one of your Daemonic Sacrifice tokens (if it does not already have one). Whenever a friendly DARK DISCIPLES operative that has one of your Daemonic Sacrifice tokens is visible to and within 2" of an enemy operative, subtract 1 from the ATK stat of that enemy operative's weapons.

Friendly DARK DISCIPLES operatives’ bolt weapons (as in weapons with a name that includes the word BOLT) have the Devastating 1 weapon rule.

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 DARK DISCIPLES MUTANT, TORMENT or POSSESSED operative is incapacitated, before it is removed from the killzone. Inflict D3 damage (or D6 damage instead if that friendly operative is a TORMENT or POSSESSED) on one enemy operative visible to and within 2" of that friendly operative.

Use this firefight ploy during a friendly DARK DISCIPLES MUTANT, TORMENT or POSSESSED operative’s activation. During that activation, that operative can perform two Fight actions, and one of them can be free.

Use this firefight ploy when a friendly DARK DISCIPLES CHAOS SPACE MARINE operative is selected as the valid target of a Shoot action or to fight against during the Fight action. Select one other friendly DARK DISCIPLES operative (excluding CHAOS SPACE MARINES) visible to and within 3" of that CHAOS SPACE MARINE operative to become the valid target or to be fought against (as appropriate) instead (even if it wouldn’t normally be valid for this). If it’s the Fight action, treat that other operative as being within the fighting operative’s control range for the duration of that action. If it is the Shoot action, that other operative is only in cover or obscured if the original target was.

This ploy has no effect if it’s the Shoot action and the ranged weapon has the Blast or Torrent weapon rule.

Use this firefight ploy after rolling your attack dice for a friendly DARK DISCIPLES operative, if it’s shooting against, fighting against or retaliating against an enemy operative that has the IMPERIUM keyword. That friendly operative's weapons have the Ceaseless weapon rule until the end of the sequence; if that enemy operative also has the Adeptus Astartes keyword, that friendly operative's weapons have the Relentless weapon rule until the end of that sequence instead. Ceaseless: Can re-roll any or all results of one value (e.g. all results of 2) Relentless: Can re-roll any or all Attack dice.

Whenever an enemy operative is within 2" of friendly DARK DISCIPLES MUTANT, TORMENT or POSSESSED operatives, worsen the Hit stat of that enemy operative’s weapons by 1. This isn’t cumulative with being injured.

Friendly DARK DISCIPLES operatives’ melee weapons have the Accurate 1 weapon rule, or the Accurate 2 weapon rule if that friendly operative is a MUTANT, TORMENT or Possessed operative. Accurate 1: You can retain 1 Attack Die as a normal success without rolling it.

Whenever a friendly GOREMONGER operative is fighting or retaliating, the first time your opponent strikes it during that sequence, halve the damage inflicted (rounding up and to a minimum of 2).

Use this firefight ploy when a friendly DARK DISCIPLES CHAOS SPACE MARINES operative is counteracting. It can perform an additional 1AP action for free during that counteraction, but both actions must be different.