Cleaving Blow:
- Condition: natural 6 To Wound in combat (never on automatic wounds) delivers a ‘Cleaving Blow’
- Select: Enemy models of troop type ‘war beasts,’ ‘regular infantry,’ ‘heavy cavalry,’ ‘light cavalry’ or ‘heavy infantry’
- Result: armour save and Regeneration save denied against it; Ward saves are allowed
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| Close Order: Such a unit is able to form up in Close Order. |
Indomitable (X):
- Limits: no stacking; with several models in a unit, the unit uses the best value (e.g. a character with Indomitable (2) joining Indomitable (1) gives the whole unit 2)
- Result: wounds from Unstable drop by X
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Necromantic Undead:
- Restriction: a character with it cannot join units without it, and vice versa
- Result:
- Models count as ‘Undead’
- No march, unless using Fly (X) to move
- They also gain Fear, Immune to Psychology, Unbreakable and Unstable
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Regeneration:
- Restriction: model with Regeneration (X+), where X+ is its Regeneration value
- Timing: immediately after a Wound is lost, ahead of removing models at 0 Wounds
- Result: a "Regeneration save" roll of 1D6 (optional): on X+ the Wound comes back, but still counts toward the combat result
- Effects altering armour values do not touch the Regeneration value, unless stated otherwise.
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Press of Battle:
- Restriction: Unit with this rule, arrayed in combat order
- Condition: It did not charge this turn
- Result: Its fighting rank counts as 2 ranks deep
- Models directly behind, in base contact with a model of the actual fighting rank, also count as in the fighting rank
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Massed Infantry:
- Restriction: Side fielding at least one unit with this rule
- Condition: When combat results are tallied, that side's Unit Strength is the greater
- Result: It may claim +1 combat result point
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Parry:
- Restriction: Model with this rule, carrying a hand weapon plus shield
- Condition: In close combat, and opting to use that weapon and shield combination
- Result: armour value +1, capped at 3+
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Steady in the Ranks:
- Restriction: heavy infantry unit arrayed in Close Order or Open Order formation
- Condition: an enemy unit with a Unit Strength under 10 engages it in the flank or rear
- Result: it does not become Disrupted
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