An Iron Warriors Dominator Cohort may be selected as a Retinue Squad in a Detachment that includes Perturabo, instead of as an Elites choice. A unit selected as a ‘Retinue Squad’ must have Perturabo as the Iron Warriors Dominator Cohort’s Leader for the purposes of this special rule. An Iron Warriors Dominator Cohort selected as a Retinue Squad does not use up a Force Organisation slot and is considered part of the same unit as Perturabo. An Iron Warriors Dominator Cohort selected as a Retinue Squad must be deployed with Perturabo as part of the unit and Perturabo may not voluntarily leave the Retinue Squad during play. All models in an Iron Warriors Dominator Cohort selected in this manner lose the Hatred (Automata) and instead gain the Feel No Pain (6+) special rule. In addition, if an army includes an Iron Warriors Dominator Cohort selected as a Retinue Squad for Perturabo, then the army may not include any ‘Iron Circle’ Domitar-ferrum class Battle-automata Maniples.
Relentless models can shoot with Heavy or Ordnance weapons, counting as Stationary, even if they moved in the previous Movement phase. They are also allowed to Charge in the same turn they fire Heavy, Ordnance, or Rapid Fire weapons.
A model with this special rule may issue and accept Challenges as if it had the Character type. Note that this does not allow a model with this special rule to use any other special rules associated with the Character type.
When a unit that contains at least one model with this special rule takes Morale checks or Pinning tests, the unit ignore any negative Leadership modifiers. If a unit is both Fearless and Stubborn, the unit uses the rules for Fearless instead.
Wrack & Ruin: When a model with this special rule makes a Shooting Attack or Melee attack targeting a model with the Dreadnought, Automata, Vehicle or Building Unit Type it gains +1 to the Strength of that attack.
This rule is presented as Hatred (X) where X identifies a specific type of foe. If the special rule does not specify a type of foe, then the unit has Hatred against everyone. This can refer to a Faction or a specific unit. For example, Hatred (Mechanicum) means any model of the Mechanicum Faction, whilst Hatred (Thallax) means only Thallax. A model striking a Hated foe in close combat re-rolls all failed To Hit rolls during the first round of each close combat. The effects of this special rule only apply when a unit that has it begins an Assault phase not locked in combat and then either Charges or is Charged by an enemy unit. If an enemy unit Charges this unit when it is already locked in combat then that does count as a new ‘first’ turn of combat for the effects of Hatred.
Bulky models count as a number of models equal to the value X in brackets after the rule’s name for the purposes of Transport Capacity and whether a given unit outnumbers another in combat. For example, a unit comprised of five models all of which have the Bulky (3) special rule, would count as 15 models when attempting to Embark on a Transport Vehicle or when deciding if they outnumber an enemy unit.
When a model with this special rule suffers an unsaved Wound, it can make a special Feel No Pain roll to avoid being Wounded (this is a special Saving Throw which is made after unsaved Wounds are suffered). Feel No Pain rolls may not be taken against unsaved Wounds that have the Instant Death special rule. Roll a D6 each time an unsaved Wound is suffered. On a result that is equal to or greater than the value in brackets, the unsaved Wound is discounted - treat it as having been saved. On any other result the Wound is taken as normal. For example, a unit with the special rule Feel No Pain (5+) would need to score a 5 or 6 in order to discount a Wound inflicted upon it. This is a Damage Mitigation roll - any model may make only a single Damage Mitigation roll of any type for any given Wound (see page 174).
