Bladeguard Ancient

(Unit)
Type: model
Category: Character
Categories: Infantry, Character, Grenades, Imperium, Bladeguard Ancient, Faction: Adeptus Astartes, Tacticus, Ancient
EntryId: 9ca5-e5f4-f85d-bcca
Hidden: false
Costs: 45 pts

Constraints:

max(roster): 3
max(self): 6
max(self): 0
Options (4)
Crusade:
Battle Honours:
Battle Traits:
Crusade Relics:
Black Templars Crusade Relics:
Blood Angels Crusade Relics:
Legendary Relics:
Dark Angels Crusade Relics:
Space Wolves Crusade Relics:
Antiquity Relics:
Legendary Relics:
Pariah Nexus Blackstone Upgrades:
Weapon Modifications:
Enhancements:
Champions of Fenris Enhancements:
Librarius Conclave Enhancements:
Saga of the Hunter Enhancements:
Wrathful Procession Enhancements:
Rules (3)
Leader
While a Bodyguard unit contains a Leader, it is known as an Attached unit and, with the exception of rules that are triggered when units are destroyed (pg 12), it is treated as a single unit for all rules purposes. Each time an attack targets an Attached unit, until the attacking unit has resolved all of its attacks, you must use the Toughness characteristic of the Bodyguard models in that unit, even if a Leader in that unit has a different Toughness characteristic. Each time an attack successfully wounds an Attached unit, that attack cannot be allocated to a Character model in that unit, even if that Character model has lost one or more wounds or has already had attacks allocated to it this phase. As soon as the last Bodyguard model in an Attached unit has been destroyed, any attacks made against that unit that have yet to be allocated can then be allocated to Character models in that unit.

Each time the last model in a Bodyguard unit is destroyed, each CHARACTER unit that is part of that Attached unit becomes a separate unit, with its original Starting Strength. If this happens as the result of an attack, they become separate units after the attacking unit has resolved all of its attacks. 

Each time the last model in a CHARACTER unit that is attached to a Bodyguard unit is destroyed and there is not another CHARACTER unit attached, that Attached unit’s Bodyguard unit becomes a separate unit, with its original Starting Strength. If this happens as the result of an attack, they become separate units after the attacking unit has resolved all of its attacks. 

Each time a unit that is part of an Attached unit is destroyed, it does not have the keywords of any other units that make up that Attached unit (unless it has those keywords on its own datasheet) for the purposes of any rules that would be triggered when that unit is destroyed.
Oath of Moment
If your Army Faction is **^^Adeptus Astartes^^**, at the start of your Command phase, select one unit from your opponent’s army. Until the start of your next Command phase, that enemy unit is your Oath of Moment target. Each time a model with this ability makes an attack that targets your Oath of Moment target:
■ You can reroll the Hit roll
■ If you are using a Codex: Space Marines Detachment and your army does not include one or more units with the **^^Black Templars^^**, **^^Blood Angels^^**, **^^Dark Angels^^**, **^^Deathwatch^^** or **^^Space Wolves^^** keywords, add 1 to the Wound roll as well.
Templar Vows
If your Army Faction is **^^Adeptus Astartes^^**, at the start of the first battle round, select one of the following Vows to be active for **^^Adeptus Astartes^^** units from your army. While a Vow is active for your army, that unit has the associated ability below. 

**Abhor the Witch, Destroy the Witch**
■ Each time this unit declares a charge, if one or more targets of that charge have the **^^Psyker^^** keyword, you can re-roll the Charge roll. Melee weapons equipped by models in this unit have the **[PRECISION]** ability while targeting **^^Psyker^^** units. 

**Accept Any Challenge, No Matter the Odds**
■ Each time a model in this unit makes a melee attack, if the Strength characteristic of that attack is less than or equal to the Toughness characteristic of the target, add 1 to the wound roll

**Suffer Not the Unclean to Live**
■ This unit is eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back, and each time a model in this unit makes a Pile-in or Consolidation move, it does not need to end that move closer to the closest enemy model, provided it ends that move as close as possible to the nearest enemy unit. 

**Uphold the Honour of the Emperor**
If this unit has the **^^Infantry^^** keyword:
■ At the end of your Command phase, if this unit is within range of an objective marker you control, that objective marker remains under your control until your opponent's level of control over that objective marker is greater than yours at the end of the phase. 
■ If the mission you are playing features Actions, this unit is eligible to start to perform an Action in a turn in which it Advanced.

Profiles:

Unit MTSVWLDOC
Bladeguard Ancient

6"

4

3+

4

6+

1

Abilities
Deeds of Heroism:

Once per battle, when this model is selected to fight, it can use this ability. If it does, until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in this model’s unit

Leader:

This model can be attached to the following unit:

■ Bladeguard Veteran Squad

You can attach this model to the above unit even if one Captain, Chapter Master or Lieutenant model has already been attached to it. If you do, and that Bodyguard unit is destroyed, the Leader units attached to it become separate units, with their original Starting Strengths.

Astartes Banner:

While this model is leading a unit, add 1 to the Objective Control characteristic of models in that unit.

Invulnerable Save:

4+

Modifiers:

add category Deathwing
append name (Battle-hardened)
and
16+ selections of Experience Points in self (recursive)
30- selections of Experience Points in self (recursive)
append name (Battle-ready)
and
5- selections of Experience Points in self (recursive)
1+ forces of Crusade Force in roster (recursive)
append name (Blooded)
and
6+ selections of Experience Points in self (recursive)
15- selections of Experience Points in self (recursive)
append name (Heroic)
and
31+ selections of Experience Points in self (recursive)
50- selections of Experience Points in self (recursive)
append name (Legendary)
51+ selections of Experience Points in self (recursive)
increment max Crusade: Battle Honours(self) 1
1+ selections of Warrior of Legend in self (recursive)
increment max Crusade: Weapon Modifications(self) 2
repeat for every 1 selections of Weapon Modifications in self (recursive)
increment min Crusade: Weapon Modifications(self) 2
repeat for every 1 selections of Weapon Modifications in self (recursive)
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