Broodlord

(Unit)
Type: model
Category: Character
Categories: Infantry, Character, Psyker, Broodlord, Faction: Tyranids, Great Devourer, Vanguard Invader, Synapse
LinkId: b0ad-ecab-6292-ab67
Hidden: false
Costs: 80 pts

Constraints:

max(roster): 3
max(self): 6
max(self): 0
Options (4)
Rules (4)
Scouts
Some units have ‘Scouts x"’ listed in their abilities. If every model in a unit has this ability, then at the start of the first battle round, before the first turn begins, it can make a Normal move of up to x", with the exception that, while making that move, the distance moved by each model in that unit can be greater than that model's Move characteristic, as long as it is not greater than x". 

DEDICATED TRANSPORT models can make use of any Scouts x" ability listed in their abilities, or a Scouts x" ability that a unit that starts the battle embarked within that DEDICATED TRANSPORT  model has (provided only models with this ability are embarked within that Dedicated Transport model), regardless of how that embarked unit gained this ability (e.g. listed in their abilities, conferred by an Enhancement or by an attached Character, etc.). 

A unit that moves using this ability must end that move more than 9" horizontally away from all enemy models. If both players have units that can do this, the player who is taking the first turn moves their units first.
Synapse
If your Army Faction is TYRANIDS, while a TYRANIDS unit from your army is within 6" of one or more friendly SYNAPSE  models, that TYRANIDS unit is said to be within Synapse Range of that model and of your army. While a Tyranids unit from your army is within Synapse Range of your army:

■ Each time that unit takes a Battle-shock test, take that test on 3D6 instead of 2D6.
■ Each time a model in that unit makes a melee attack, add 1 to the Strength characteristic of that attack.
Shadow in the Warp
If your Army Faction is TYRANIDS, once per battle, in either player’s Command phase, if one or more units from your army with this ability are on the battlefield, you can unleash the Shadow in the Warp. When you do, each enemy unit on the battlefield must take a Battle-shock test. Each time an enemy unit takes such a Battle-shock test, if it is within 6" of one or more Synapse units from your army, subtract 1 from that test.
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.

Profiles:

Unit MTSVWLDOC
Broodlord

8"

5

4+

6

7+

1

Abilities
Vicious Insight:

While this model is leading a unit, weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability.

Hypnotic Gaze (Psychic):

At the start of the Fight phase, select one enemy unit within Engagement Range of this model. Until the end of the phase, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.

Invulnerable Save (4+):

This model has a 4+ invulnerable save.

Leader:

This model can be attached to the following unit:

  • GENESTEALERS

Modifiers:

append name (Battle-hardened)
and
16+ selections of Experience Points in self (recursive)
30- selections of Experience Points in self (recursive)
1+ selections of Crusade Force in roster (recursive)
append name (Battle-ready)
and
5- selections of Experience Points in self (recursive)
1+ selections 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)
1+ selections of Crusade Force in roster (recursive)
append name (Heroic)
and
31+ selections of Experience Points in self (recursive)
50- selections of Experience Points in self (recursive)
1+ selections of Crusade Force in roster (recursive)
append name (Legendary)
and
51+ selections of Experience Points in self (recursive)
1+ selections of Crusade Force in roster (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)
Used By (1)
Xenos - Tyranids(Catalogue)