Murder Court Circle

Friendly MURDER COURT CIRCLE operatives’ melee weapons have the Shock weapon rule.

STRATEGIC GAMBIT. Select one friendly MURDER COURT CIRCLE operative. Until the Ready step of the next Strategy phase, improve that operative’s Save stat by 1 (to a maximum of 2+).

Once per turning point, when a friendly MURDER COURT CIRCLE operative (excluding OVERLORD operative) would be incapacitated, if a friendly OVERLORD operative is visible to and within 4" of that friendly operative, you can use this rule, providing neither both operatives are within control range of an enemy operative. If you do, that friendly operative isn’t incapacitated, regains D3+1 lost wounds, and cannot be incapacitated for the remainder of the action. After that action, that friendly operative can immediately perform a free Dash action. If this rule was used during that friendly operative’s activation, that activation ends. You cannot use this rule if this operative is incapcitated, or if it’s a Shoot action and the friendly OVERLORD operative would be a primary or secondary target.

Friendly MURDER COURT CIRCLE operatives (excluding FLAYED ONE operatives) can use the following unique action:

Mindshackle Scarab (2AP):

• Select one enemy operative visible to and within 3" of this operative. Both players roll one D6 and add their respective operative’s APL stat to the total. If your total is higher than your opponent’s you can resolve this action’s second effect.
• Until the end of the activation, that enemy operative is a friendly operative (an enemy operative for your opponent), you can change its order, and it can immediately perform one free action. It cannot perform an action in which it moves other than Dash (in which case specify the location for your opponent to move the operative to). You can resolve this action’s second effect once per battle.
• This operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative, unless the only enemy operative it’s within control range of is selected for this action.

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 after rolling your attack dice for a friendly MURDER COURT CIRCLE operative that performs the Shoot action. If you rolled two or more failures, you can re-roll any of your attack dice.

Use this firefight ploy during a friendly MURDER COURT CIRCLE operative’s activation, when it performs an action in which it moves. Until the end of that activation, that operative can move through parts of terrain features as if they were not there, but must end those moves in a location it can be placed.

Use this firefight ploy when an enemy operative is performing the Fight action and selects a friendly MURDER COURT CIRCLE 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).

Use this firefight ploy when an attack dice inflicts Normal Dmg on a friendly MURDER COURT CIRCLE operative. That attack dice inflicts 1 damage instead.

You can ignore any changes to the stats of friendly MURDER COURT CIRCLE operatives from being injured (including their weapons’ stats).

Whenever an enemy operative would perform the Fall Back action while within control range of a friendly MURDER COURT CIRCLE operative, if no other enemy operatives are within that friendly operative’s control range, you can use this rule. If you do, roll two D6, or one D6 if that enemy operative has a higher Wounds stat than that friendly operative. If any result is a 4+, that enemy operative cannot perform that action during that activation/counteraction (no AP are spent on it).

Whenever a friendly MURDER COURT CIRCLE operative performs the Fight action against the nearest enemy operative, replace the Balanced weapon rule with the Ceaseless weapon rule on its melee weapons.

Whenever a friendly MURDER COURT CIRCLE operative performs the Shoot action against the nearest enemy operative, replace the Accurate 1 weapon rule with the Accurate 2 weapon rule on its ranged weapons.