Shieldbearers

A model with this special rule may re-roll any failed rolls To Hit made against a hatred enemy during the first round of combat.

Which enemies are hated varies from model to model and will be shown in brackets after the name of this special rule. Some models hate 'all enemies' meaning they hate all enemy models equally.

Models with this special rule suffer a -1 modifier to the result of any Flee roll or Pursuit roll they make (to a minimum of 1).

A model with Shieldbearers consists of not one, but four models – the character and three loyal retainers – occupying a single base and acting together as a single entity. To represent this, a model with Shieldbearers has a split profile and follows the ‘Split Profile (Cavalry)’ rule. In all other respects, this model is heavy infantry.

A hand weapon carried by a model with this special rule has an Armour Piercing characteristic of -1.

Note that this special rule only applies to a single, ordinary hand weapon. If the model is using two hand weapons or any other sort of weapon, or if their hand weapon is inscribed with any Weapon runes, this special rule ceases to apply.