Grail Reliquae

The first time this unit is required to make a Break test it may choose not to and will automatically Fall Back in Good Order instead, even if the Unit Strength of the winning side is more than twice that of the losing side. A unit that is not Stubborn does not become Stubborn when joined by a character that is. A Stubborn character cannot use this special rule whilst part of a unit that is not Stubborn.

Once deployment is complete, instead of rolling off to determine which player takes the first turn, the Kingdom of Bretonnia army may kneel and pray for the Blessings of the Lady. If it does so, the opposing player counts as having won the roll-off and the Lady’s Blessing is granted, giving all models in the Kingdom of Bretonnia army with this special rule:

• A 6+ Ward save against any wounds suffered.

• A 5+ Ward save against any wounds suffered that were caused by an attack with a Strength of 5 or higher.

Note that if there is no roll-off to determine which player takes the first turn, the Kingdom of Bretonnia army cannot kneel and pray for the Blessing.

Note also that, should two Kingdom of Bretonnia armies face one another, neither may kneel and pray for the Blessings of the Lady. The Lady will not give her blessings to those that wage internecine wars, and no knight would presume to ask! Losing The Blessing: Unlike other special rules, the Blessings of the Lady can be lost during a game. Any model or unit that flees, or any character that refuses a challenge, will immediately lose this special rule.

Note that, for the purposes of this special rule, Falling Back in Good Order does not count as fleeing.

A unit consisting of models with this special rule may adopt a Close Order formation.

The Grail Reliquae is placed in the centre of the front rank of its unit (or as close to the centre as possible) and occupies the space of, and counts as, six models; two in the front rank, two in the second and two in the third. If the unit turns or reforms, the Grail Reliquae must be repositioned into the new front rank.

Casualties are removed from the unit as normal, but the Grail Reliquae cannot lose any Wounds whilst any Battle Pilgrims remain. Only once all of the Battle Pilgrims have been removed from the unit can the Grail Reliquae itself lose Wounds.

The Grail Reliquae counts as both a standard bearer and a musician for its unit. Whilst the Grail Reliquae model itself is within 12" of a friendly model that has the Grail Vow and is not fleeing, its unit gains the Immune to Psychology and Unbreakable special rules.

Your army may include up to one Grail Reliquae for every character or unit with the Grail Vow it includes.

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.

If a unit with this special rule is within 6" of a friendly model that has the Knight’s Vow, the Questing Vow or the Grail Vow, and if that model is not fleeing, this unit can use that model’s Leadership characteristic instead of its own. In addition, a standard carried by a unit with this special rule cannot be counted as a trophy of war. A character with this special rule can only join a unit that also has this special rule.

Models with this special rule cannot use the Inspiring Presence rule of the army’s General nor the Hold your Ground rule of a Battle Standard. However, little is expected from Levies in battle. Therefore, units that do not have this special rule are not required to make a Panic test when a friendly unit of Levies Breaks and flees from combat.