Blood Angels
Army Rules
The Sons of Sanguinius
Army-wideThe noble Blood Angels favour swift, mobile warfare. Clad in crimson, the Sons of Sanguinius close in on their foes with lightning speed. Above, angels clad in burnished gold soar from the heavens to crash into their foes. The Death Company, afflicted by a terrible genetic curse, thunder into the foe with inhuman savagery, their black plate flecked with the blood of their victims.
If an Adeptus Astartes unit has a second Faction keyword on its datasheet, that Faction keyword is the name of that unit's Chapter. For example, Lemartes has both the Adeptus Astartes and Blood Angels Faction keywords, and is therefore from the Blood Angels Chapter.
You cannot include units from more than one Chapter in your army.
Designer's Note: The rules presented in this section assume that the Adeptus Astartes units in your army are from the Blood Angels Chapter, but they can also be used to represent any Blood Angels successor Chapter, such as one described in the background section of this book, or even one of your own invention. However, players who wish to faithfully recreate the Blood Angels Chapter on the tabletop should only include Blood Angels Epic Heroes if their collection is intended to represent the First Founding Chapter itself; Chief Librarian Mephiston is the Chief Librarian of the Blood Angels, for example, and not of any of their successors.
Space Marine Chapters
Army-wideIf an Adeptus Astartes unit has a second Faction keyword on its datasheet, that Faction keyword is the name of that unit’s Chapter. For example, Marneus Calgar has both the Adeptus Astartes and Ultramarines Faction keywords, and is therefore from the Ultramarines Chapter.
You cannot include units from more than one Chapter in your army.
Combat Doctrines
Army-wideAt the start of your Command phase, you can select one combat doctrine listed below. If you do, that combat doctrine is active for friendly Adeptus Astartes units with this ability until the start of your next Command phase.
Unless otherwise stated:
You can only select each combat doctrine once per battle.
Only one combat doctrine can be active for each unit. If a rule makes a combat doctrine active for a unit, any combat doctrine previously active for that unit is no longer active for that unit.
Combat Doctrines
- Sequence
Select one combat doctrine at the start of your Command phase. It is active for friendly Adeptus Astartes units with this ability until the start of your next Command phase.
Assault Doctrine
DoctrineWhen this unit is selected to make an Advance move, that Advance move does not prevent this unit from being eligible to declare a charge.
Devastator Doctrine
DoctrineThis unit's ranged attacks have the Assault ability.
Tactical Doctrine
DoctrineWhen this unit is selected to make a Fall Back move, that Fall Back move does not prevent this unit from being eligible to shoot and eligible to declare a charge.
Transhuman Strategist
Army-wideAt the start of the battle round, if a model with this ability is your Warlord, gain 1CP.
Librarius
Army-wideAdeptus Astartes Psyker units with this ability have a psyker level of 1 or higher, specified in that unit’s abilities. Each psychic ability has a psychic level of 1 or higher, specified in that ability’s name.
In a battle round, a friendly Adeptus Astartes Psyker unit can use a number of psychic abilities whose total psychic level does not exceed that Psyker unit’s psyker level.
Example: In a battle round, a psyker level 3 Psyker unit could use three psychic level 1 abilities, or one psychic level 1 ability and one psychic level 2 ability, or one psychic level 3 ability.
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