Combat Doctrines At 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
Assault Doctrine
When 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
This unit's ranged attacks have [ASSAULT]
Tactical Doctrine
When 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.
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 If a rule make a Combat Doctrine active for a unit, any Combat Doctrine previously active for that unit is no longer active for that unit.
Dark Pacts If your Army Faction is ^^**Heretic Astartes**^^, each time a unit with this ability is selected to shoot or fight, it can make a Dark Pact. If it does, it must first take a Leadership test before any effects of the Dark Pact are resolved; if that test is failed, that unit suffers D3 mortal wounds. Then, select one of the following abilities for that unit’s weapons to gain until the end of the phase:
■ [LETHAL HITS]
■ [SUSTAINED HITS 1]