Imperium
Angels Of Death
Security/Seek And Destroy
Genetically modified transhuman warriors, Space Marines are amongst Humanity’s most elite fighting forces.
Faction Rules
Astartes
During each friendly ANGEL OF DEATH operative's activation, it can perform either two Shoot actions or two Fight actions.
If it's two Shoot actions, a bolt weapon must be selected for at least one of them, and if it's a bolt sniper rifle or heavy bolter, 1 additional AP must be spent for the second action if both actions are using that weapon.
Each friendly ANGEL OF DEATH operative can counteract regardless of its order.
Operatives
Strategic Ploys
Change your secondary CHAPTER TACTIC. Note this ploy only lasts until the end of the turning point, at which point your original secondary CHAPTER TACTIC returns.
You can ignore any changes to the stats of friendly ANGEL OF DEATH operatives from being injured.
Select one COMBAT DOCTRINE from those presented below. Whenever a friendly ANGEL OF DEATH operative is x, its weapons have the Balanced weapon rule. X is the COMBAT DOCTRINE you selected.
Devastator Doctrine: Shooting an operative more than 6" from it.
Tactical Doctrine: Shooting an operative within 6" of it.
Assault Doctrine: Fighting or retaliating.
Balanced: Can re-roll one Attack die.
Whenever an operative is shooting a friendly ANGEL OF DEATH operative, if you roll two or more fails, you can discard one of them to retain another as a normal success instead.
Firefight Ploys
Use this firefight ploy during a friendly ANGEL OF DEATH operative's activation, before or after it performs an action. If you have used the Combat Doctrine strategy ploy during this turning point, change the COMBAT DOCTRINE you selected.
Use this firefight ploy when a friendly ANGEL OF DEATH operative is performing the Fight action during an activation in which it has performed the Charge action, at the start of the Resolve Attack Dice step.
Until the end of that action:
Its melee weapon has the Shock weapon rule.
The first time you strike during that sequence, inflict 1 additional damage (to a maximum of 7).
Shock: The first time you strike with a critical success in each sequence, also discard one of your opponent's unresolved normal successes (or a critical success if there are none).
Use this firefight ploy when an operative is shooting a friendly ANGEL OF DEATH operative, in the Roll Defence Dice step.
You can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead.
Use this firefight ploy when a friendly ANGEL OF DEATH operative is counteracting. It can perform an additional 1AP action for free during that counteraction, but both actions must be different.
Equipment
Chapter Reliquaries
You can use the Wrath of Vengeance firefight ploy for 0CP if the specified friendly operative has an Engage order.
Purity Seals
Once per turning point, when a friendly ANGEL OF DEATH operative is shooting, fighting or retaliating, if you roll two or more fails, you can discard one of them to retain another as a normal success instead.
Tilting Shields
Once per turning point, when a friendly ANGEL OF DEATH operative is fighting or retaliating, after your opponent rolls their attack dice, you can use this rule.
If you do, your opponent cannot retain attack dice results of less than 6 as critical successes during that sequence (e.g. as a result of the Lethal, Rending or Severe weapon rules).
Auspex
Once per turning point, when a friendly ANGEL OF DEATH operative performs the Shoot action and you’re selecting a valid target, you can use this rule.
If you do, until the end of the activation (or counteraction), enemy operatives within 8" of it cannot be obscured.
Ammo Cache (x1)
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:
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 (x1)
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".
Comms Device (x1)
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.
Mines (x1)
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 (x2)
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.
Heavy Barricade (x1)
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 (x2)
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.
Portable Barricade (x1)
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:
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.
Utility Grenade - Smoke (x1/2)
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.
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.
Utility Grenade - Stun (x1/2)
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.
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.
Explosive Grenade - Frag (x1/2)
When you select this equipment, select two explosive grenades (2 frag, 2 krak, or 1 frag and 1 krak).
| Weapon | ATK | HIT | DMG | Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frag Grenade | 4 | 4+ | 2/4 | Rng 6", Blast 2", Saturate |
Explosive Grenade - Krak (x1/2)
When you select this equipment, select two explosive grenades (2 frag, 2 krak, or 1 frag and 1 krak).
| Weapon | ATK | HIT | DMG | Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krak Grenade | 4 | 4+ | 4/5 | Rng 6", Piercing 1, Saturate |
Breaching Charge
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.
Building Your Roster
An ANGELS OF DEATH KillTeam is composed of:
- 1 ANGEL OF DEATH operative selected from the following list:
- ASSAULT INTERCESSOR SERGEANT with one option from each of the following:
- Hand flamer or heavy bolt pistol
- Chainsword, power fist, power weapon or thunder hammer
- Or the following option:
- Plasma pistol; chainsword
- INTERCESSOR SERGEANT with one option from each of the following:
- Auto bolt rifle, bolt rifle or stalker bolt rifle
- Chainsword, fists, power fist, power weapon or thunder hammer
- SPACE MARINE CAPTAIN
- 5 ANGEL OF DEATH operatives selected from the following list:
- ASSAULT INTERCESSOR GRENADIER
- ASSAULT INTERCESSOR WARRIOR
- ELIMINATOR SNIPER
- HEAVY INTERCESSOR GUNNER
- INTERCESSOR GUNNER with auxiliary grenade launcher and one of the following options:
- Auto bolt rifle; fists
- Bolt rifle; fists
- Stalker bolt rifle; fists
- INTERCESSOR WARRIOR with one of the following options:
- Auto bolt rifle; fists
- Bolt rifle; fists
- Stalker bolt rifle; fists
Other than WARRIOR operatives, your kill team can only include each operative on this list once.
Some ANGEL OF DEATH rules refer to a 'bolt weapon'. This is a ranged weapon that includes 'bolt' in its name, e.g. stalker bolt rifle, heavy bolt pistol, etc.
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**Chapter Tactics:**
When selecting your kill team, select a primary and secondary CHAPTER TACTIC for friendly ANGEL OF DEATH operatives to gain for the battle. Multiple instances of the same CHAPTER TACTIC are not cumulative.