The Maru Skara
(Rule)Description: Effects
• Up to four units selected as Elites, Troops or Fast Attack choices in a Detachment with this Rite of War and that do not include any models with the Heavy, Slow or Bombard Unit Sub-type may be granted the Outflank special rule at the start of the battle, before any models are deployed.
• All of the controlling player’s units made up entirely of models with the Legiones Astartes (Emperor’s Children) special rule that are part of a Detachment using this Rite of War and deployed on the battlefield at the start of the battle may add +1 to their Movement Characteristic until the start of any turn on which the controlling player chooses to bring any of their own units into play from Reserves, including those deployed as part of a Deep Strike Assault, Flanking Assault or Subterranean Assault.
• The controlling player does not make Reserves rolls for any units assigned to a Flanking Assault or Subterranean Assault. Instead, the controlling player may choose to have all units assigned to a Flanking Assault or Subterranean Assault deploy onto the battlefield at the start of any of their turns after the first without making a Reserves roll.
Limitations
• Detachments using this Rite of War may not include models with a Movement Characteristic of 0 or any models with the Slow or Bombard Unit Sub-type.
• No more than half of the total number of units in a Detachment using this Rite of War may be assigned to a Flanking Assault, Subterranean Assault or otherwise held in Reserve at the start of the battle.
• Detachments using this Rite of War must take a Legion Centurion, Legion Cataphractii Centurion, or Legion Tartaros Centurion with the Legion Champion or Phoenix Warden Consul upgrade as a HQ choice.