Special Rules
[1] This section includes all the Special Rules found in Conquest.
Contents
- 1 Arcing Fire
- 2 Armor Piercing X
- 3 Aura of Death
- 4 Barrage X
- 5 Blessed
- 6 Bloodlust
- 7 Brutal Impact X
- 8 Character
- 9 Cleave X
- 10 Deadly Blades
- 11 Deadly Shot
- 12 Devout
- 13 Fearless
- 14 Fearsome
- 15 Feral
- 16 Fiend Hunter
- 17 Flank
- 18 Fluid Formation
- 19 Flurry
- 20 Fly
- 21 Forward Deployment
- 22 Lethal Demise
- 23 Linebreaker
- 24 Overcharge
- 25 Parry
- 26 Phalanx
- 27 Precise Shot
- 28 Priest X
- 29 Quicksilver Strike
- 30 Rake Attack
- 31 Rapid Volley
- 32 Rebellious
- 33 Relentless Blows
- 34 Resist Decay X
- 35 Shield
- 36 Smite
- 37 Snapfire
- 38 Spearhead
- 39 Support
- 40 Sureshot
- 41 Terrifying
- 42 Throwing Weapons
- 43 Torrential Fire
- 44 Unstoppable Charge
- 45 Unstoppable
- 46 Vanguard
- 47 Wizard X
- 48 SOURCES
Arcing Fire
If a Regiment composed entirely of Stands with this Special Rule (excluding Characters) uses a Take Aim Action, it may ignore Line of Sight when making a Ranged Attack to any enemy Regiment that is within Line of Sight of any friendly Regiment. If it does so, it does not receive the normal +1 To Hit from the Take Aim Action. Note, however, that the shot may still count as Obscured if the target is at Long Range.
Armor Piercing X
Enemy Regiments suffer a penalty to their Defence against Hits with this special rule, made during a Volley or Spellcasting Action, equal to the rule’s attribute. E.g. A unit with Armor Piercing 2 would penalize its target’s Defence by 2 points when defending against these Hits.[2]
Aura of Death
At the start of each Supremacy Phase, each enemy Regiment in contact with stands with this special rule suffers one Hit for each Stand in contact with it that has this special rule (it may take Injury Rolls as normal).
Barrage X
A Stand with this special rule contributes shots if its Regiment takes a Volley Action. The Range, special rules and number of shots of that Barrage are given in parentheses after the Barrage special rule, e.g. Barrage 2 (24", Armor Piercing 1) indicates that that Stand has a Barrage special rule with 2 shots, a 24" range and the Armor Piercing 1 special rule. Thus, the Barrage Value would be multiplied by the number of models in the Stand to determine how many Ranged Attacks that Stand contributes to the Regiment. If your Stand has several Barrage profiles, you may choose which one it uses.
Blessed
Once per Turn, this Stand can re-roll all failed To Hit rolls or re-roll all failed Defence Rolls. All Stands in a Regiment must use this rule at the same time (if they have it).
Bloodlust
When you take an Action for a Regiment containing one or more models with this special rule, and the Regiment is not in contact with an enemy, roll a D6. If the result is equal to or less than the highest Resolve in the Acting Regiment, you may choose an Action as normal. If the result is higher, you must choose a Charge Action, if there is a viable target for the Charge. If there is no viable Charge target, you must perform a March Action, and March the Regiment as close as possible to the nearest enemy Regiment by the most direct route.
Brutal Impact X
Enemy Regiments suffer a penalty to their Defence against Impact Hits caused with this special rule, equal to the rule’s attribute. E.g. A Regiment with Impact Hits 2 would reduce its target’s Defence by 2 when defending against these Hits.[3]
Character
A Stand with this special rule uses the rules for Characters.
Cleave X
Enemy Regiments suffer a penalty to their Defence against Hits with this special rule, made during a Clash or Duel Action, equal to the rule’s attribute. E.g. A unit with Cleave 2 would penalize its target’s Defence by 2 points when defending against these Hits.[3]
Deadly Blades
When Models with more than one Wound fail a Defence Roll against Hits caused by a Stand with this special rule during a Clash or Duel Action[3], they must add two Wounds to the Wound Pool per failed roll, rather than one.
Deadly Shot
When Models with more than one Wound fail a Defence Roll against Ranged Attacks from a unit with this special rule, they must add two Wounds to the Wound Pool per failed roll, rather than one.
Devout
If a Stand with the Priest special rule is targeting a Regiment with the Devout special rule, it automatically converts one Spellcasting failure to a success.
Fearless
A Regiment containing at least one Stand with this special rule ignores the “Terrifying” and “Fearsome” special rules of all enemy Regiments it is in contact with.
Fearsome
Enemy Regiments in contact with one or more Stands with this special rule making a Combat Rally Action must roll a dice and compare it to their Resolve characteristic. If the roll is equal to or less than their Resolve, the Combat Rally succeeds. If not, it fails, and the Regiment remains Broken.
Feral
A Regiment with this Special Rule does not count for the purposes of determining Reinforcements lines on to the Battlefield.
Fiend Hunter
Stands with this special rule re-roll failed To Hit rolls against Monsters.
Flank
A Regiment containing at least one Stand with this special rule can choose to automatically pass or fail its Reinforcement Rolls. When the Turn comes that the Regiment automatically passes Reinforcement Rolls, it cannot use this ability to further delay its entrance.
Fluid Formation
A Regiment where all non-character Stands have this special rule can take an extra Reform Action. This Action must be used either first or last. A Regiment with the Fluid Formation Special rule has 360 degrees Line of Sight.
Flurry
This Stand re-rolls all failed To Hit Rolls when performing a Clash Action.
Fly
A Regiment composed entirely of Stands with this special rule can March over other Regiments and Impassable Terrain. The Regiment cannot end its March on top of another Regiment or Impassable Terrain.
Forward Deployment
A Regiment where all non-character Stands have this special rule may arrive as Reinforcements as normal. Alternatively, you may skip its Action Phase and place it occupying a single piece of Garrison Terrain on the Battlefield with high enough capacity.
Lethal Demise
Whenever this Stand suffers a Wound, all enemy Regiments in contact suffer a Hit for each Wound inflicted.
Linebreaker
When a Stand with this Special Rule is in contact with an enemy Regiment, that Regiment does not benefit from the Shield and Bastion Special Rule.
Overcharge
This Regiment may take a special ‘Overcharge’ Action in each of its Actions. If it does so, place an Overcharge marker beside the Regiment. When the Regiment makes a Volley Action, you may discard any number of Overcharge counters. Each counter discarded in this way increases the number of shots in the Volley by 2, and the Armor Piercing attribute by 1 for all shots in the Volley. Should the Regiment lack Armor Piercing, it gains up to Armor Piercing 1.
Parry
Hit Rolls of ‘1’ made against a Stand with this special rule must be re-rolled. If all non-character stands in a Regiment have this special rule, the entire Regiment is considered to have this special rule.
Phalanx
This Stand has +1 Defence against Volleys made by enemies within its front arc, and Strikes made by enemy Stands in contact to its front.
Precise Shot
When this Stand performs a Volley Action, all To Hit Rolls of ‘1’ count the target Regiment’s total Defence as 0.[3]
Priest X
This Stand can use Spellcasting Actions. The ‘X’ shows the Stand’s Magic Level (see page 188).
Quicksilver Strike
If this Character is involved in a Duel Action (whether or not it was initiated by them or the enemy), it always resolves its blows first. If both Characters have this special rule, Strikes revert to being simultaneous.
Rake Attack
Once one of your Regiments composed entirely of Stands with this special rule has completed its Actions, (but has not performed a Charge, Withdraw, Rally or Reform Action) this Turn, you may choose one enemy Regiment it Marched over this Turn, and declare a ‘free’ Clash Action against that enemy, regardless of distance and being in contact or not. If you do so, half of the Stands in your Regiment strike directly, with their full number of Attacks and no supporting Attacks are made. Otherwise, this Clash is resolved exactly as if your Regiment were in contact with the enemy.
Rapid Volley
When this special rule is used, each Hit Roll of 1 in a Ranged Attack causes an additional Hit on the Target.
Rebellious
All Regiments containing at least one Stand with this Special Rule must be placed either at the top or at the bottom of the Command Stack. All Rebellious Regiments must be placed together. That restriction aside, you may place them in any order you wish.
Relentless Blows
When this Stand takes part in a Clash Action, each Hit Roll of 1 causes an additional Hit on the Target.
Resist Decay X
Stands with this special rule contribute up to X fewer dice to the dice rolled for Decay draw events. If the Resist Decay value equals or exceeds the Decay value of the draw event, this Stand contributes no dice.[3]
Shield
This Stand has +1 Defence against Volleys made by enemies within its front arc, and Strikes made by enemy Stands in contact to its front. If all non-character stands in a Regiment have this special rule, the entire Regiment is considered to have this special rule. This has no effect during Duel Actions.
Smite
Enemy Regiments count their Defence as 0 against Hits caused by a Stand with this Special Rule during a Clash or Duel Action.[3]
Snapfire
If a Regiment makes only one March Action, all Stands with this special rule may make a Volley as soon as that March is concluded as part of the same Action. A Snapfire Volley suffers a -1 penalty to the firer’s Volley characteristic. This does not count as a Volley Action, allowing a Regiment to perform another Volley Action as normal.
Spearhead
Regiments containing one or more Stands with this special rule count their Class as ‘Heavy’ for the purposes of bringing Reinforcements onto the Battlefield.
Support
If this Stand makes Support Strikes, it contributes two Support Strikes per stand, rather than one.
Sureshot
Stands with this special rule never count their Volleys as Obscured by intervening Regiments or Terrain. However, Spells and Long Range can still Obscure targets.
Terrifying
Enemy Regiments in contact with one or more Stands with this special rule suffer a -1 penalty to their Resolve Characteristic (this applies to all Stands in the enemy Regiment). In addition, Enemy Regiments in contact with one or more Stands with this special rule making a Combat Rally Action must roll a dice and compare it to their Resolve characteristic. If the roll is equal to or less than their Resolve, the Combat Rally succeeds. If not, it fails, and the Regiment remains Broken.
Throwing Weapons
This Stand inflicts Impact Hits regardless of type and class.
Torrential Fire
Unless firing at Long Range, each successful hit this Regiment inflicts, generates an additional ranged Attack. These additional Attacks cannot generate further rolls.
Unstoppable Charge
A Stand with this special rule doubles the number of Impact Attacks it rolls upon completing a successful Charge.
Unstoppable
This Regiment may re-roll failed Charge Rolls.
Vanguard
Upon Activation this Regiment arrives as Reinforcements, and takes at least a single March Action, it may take a single additional ‘free’ March Action, provided no enemies were within 8" when the Regiment entered the Battlefield.
Wizard X
This Stand can use Spellcasting Actions. The ‘X’ shows the Stand’s Magic Level (see page 198).
