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Tactical Strategist

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Type: upgrade

Categories: Strategist

EntryId: 36ec-6675-a73c-681a

Hidden: false

Costs: 2 Crusade Points

Constraints:

max(roster): 1

Rules (2)

Shrewd Strategy Abilities

During the Select Crusade Blessings step, you can spend your Planning points to purchase one or more Shrewd Strategy abilities. All Planning points unspent at the end of this step are lost. Each time you purchase one of these abilities, select one **^^Genestealer Cults^^** unit in your Crusade army; until the end of the battle, that unit has that ability and the first time it is set up on the battlefield, place the relevant Shrewd Strategy ability token next to it to remind you (and your opponent) that you have upgraded that unit that battle. You can purchase the same Shrewd Strategy ability multiple times, but each unit cannot have more than one Shrewd Strategy ability per battle.

Note that if a unit with a Shrewd Strategy ability is destroyed during the battle and a new identical unit is added to your Crusade army as a result of the Cult Ambush ability, that unit does not have the Shrewd Strategy abilities that the original unit had.

Stealth

If every model in a unit has this ability, then each time a ranged attack is made against it, subtract 1 from that attack’s Hit roll.

Profiles:

Abilities
Deadly Crossfire: In your Shooting phase, each time you select a Crossfire unit to shoot, you can select up to two other Crossfire units from your Crusade army that are eligible to shoot to perform a Deadly Crossfire, Then, you can select one enemy unit that would be an eligible target for one or more ranged weapons equipped by models in each of the selected Crossfire units. Until the end of the turn, that enemy unit is a Crossfire target. Each time one of those selected Crossfire units makes a ranged attack, models in that unit can only target their Crossfire target, and: If two Crossfire units were selected to perform a Deadly Crossfire against the at enemy unit, add 1 to the Hit roll. If three Crossfire units were selected to perform a Deadly Crossfire against that enemy unit, add 1 to the Hit roll and add 1 to the Wound roll.
Shrewd Strategy: You gain 6 Planning points, which you can spend to purchase Shrewd Strategy abilities to use during that battle.

Deadly Crossfire:

In your Shooting phase, each time you select a Crossfire unit to shoot, you can select up to two other Crossfire units from your Crusade army that are eligible to shoot to perform a Deadly Crossfire, Then, you can select one enemy unit that would be an eligible target for one or more ranged weapons equipped by models in each of the selected Crossfire units. Until the end of the turn, that enemy unit is a Crossfire target.

Each time one of those selected Crossfire units makes a ranged attack, models in that unit can only target their Crossfire target, and:

If two Crossfire units were selected to perform a Deadly Crossfire against the at enemy unit, add 1 to the Hit roll.
If three Crossfire units were selected to perform a Deadly Crossfire against that enemy unit, add 1 to the Hit roll and add 1 to the Wound roll.

Shrewd Strategy:

You gain 6 Planning points, which you can spend to purchase Shrewd Strategy abilities to use during that battle.

Shrew Strategy Abilities	Planning Points
Eyes of the Cult	1 Planning point
Models in this unit have the Crossfire keyword.
Oppress the Oppressors	2 Planning points
Models in this unit have the Crossfire keyword. In your Shooting phase, after his unit has shot, select one enemy Infantry unit hit by one or more of those attacks that was a Crossfire target. Until the start of your next turn, that enemy unit is suppressed. While a unit is suppressed, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
Lurk in the Shadows	2 Planning points
Infantry and Mounted units only. All models in this unit have the Stealth ability.
Booby Traps	2 Planning points
Once per battle, at the start of the Command phase, if this unit is within range of one objective market you control, you can sabotage it. If you do, place this unit's Booby Trap token onto that objective marker (an objective marker cannot have more than one of these tokens on it at a time). While an objective marker has one of your Booby Trap tokens on it, it is Sabotaged, and each time an enemy unit ends a Normal, Advance, Fall Back or Charge move within range of that objective marker, roll one D6: on a 2+, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds, If, at the end of any phase or turn, that objective marker is under your opponent's control, remove your Booby Trap token from it.
Coordinated Assault	3 Planning points
Models in this unit have the Crossfire keyword. Each time this unit declares a charge, if every target of that charge is a Crossfire target, you can re-roll the Charge rolls. Each time a model in this unit makes an attack that targets a Crossfire target, you can re-roll the Hit roll.
Squirming Advance	3 Planning points
Models in this unit have the Crossfire keyword. At the end of your opponent's turn, if this unit is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, you can remove this unit from the battlefield and place it into Strategic Reserves.