Ephemera Exocluo (Cybertheurgic Weapon)

Before making any To Hit rolls with this weapon, the Cybertheurgist must make a Cybertheurgy check. If the Check is passed then the Cybertheurgist may attack as normal using the profile shown for this weapon. If the Check is failed then the Cybertheurgist suffers Cybertheurgic Feedback, and if the model is not removed as a casualty then it may attack as normal but may not use this weapon.

When allocated to a model that does not have the Automata, Vehicle or Dreadnought Unit Types or is not a Building or Fortification, any Hits from a weapon with this special rule automatically fail to Wound without any dice being rolled and regardless of the weapon’s Strength or the target’s Toughness.

Any unit hit by one or more models or weapons with this special rule must take an Initiative test at the end of the current Phase. If the Test is passed, there is no further effect. If the Initiative test is failed, all models in the unit are reduced to Weapon Skill 1 and Ballistic Skill 1 until the end of their next turn. Should the attacking unit hit themselves, they automatically pass the Test. Any model that does not have an Initiative Characteristic (for example, Vehicles, Buildings, etc) is unaffected by this special rule.

Any models with the Infantry or Cavalry Unit Types in a unit that suffers one or more Hits from a weapon with this special rule must reduce their Leadership by -2 until the start of their controlling player’s next turn. This modifier is not cumulative, and any given unit can only be affected by a single instance of the Vox Silence special rule at a time. Nor is it cumulative with other special rules that negatively modify Leadership. Always use the highest single modifier among those applicable. In addition, units affected by this special rule do not gain the benefits of nuncio vox, command vox or other similar Wargear items until the start of their controlling player’s next turn. Units that include one or more models with the Stubborn special rule ignore this effect.