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Skulltaker

(Unit)
Type:

model

Category:

HQ

Categories:

HQ, Bloodletter, Character, Faction: Daemon, Faction: Khorne, Faction: Chaos, Infantry, Herald of Khorne

EntryId:

09e4-fd54-3f3a-418e

Hidden:

false

Costs: 84 pts5 PL

Constraints:

max(roster): 1
Options (2)
The Slayer Sword
Warlord
Rules (1)
Daemonic Ritual 
Instead of moving in their Movement phase, any CHAOS CHARACTER can, at the end of their Movement phase, attempt to summon a DAEMON unit with this ability by performing a Daemonic Ritual (the character cannot do so if they arrived as reinforcements this turn, or if they themselves have been summoned to the battlefield this turn). 

If they do so, first choose one of the four Chaos Gods - KHORNE, TZEENTCH, NURGLE, or SLAANESH. A CHARACTER who owes allegiance to one of the Dark Gods can attempt to summon the units of their patron - for example, a KHORNE CHARACTER could only attempt to summon KHORNE DAEMONS. 

Roll up to 3 dice - this is your summoning roll. You can summon one new unit with the Daemonic Ritual ability to the battlefield that has a Power Rating equal to or less than the total result so long as it has the same Chaos God keyword you chose at the start (in the case of units that have the choice of allegiance, such as Furies, the unit when summoned will have this keyword.) This unit is treated as reinforcements for your army and can be placed anywhere on the battlefield that is entirely within 12" of the character and more than 9" from any enemy model. If the total rolled is insufficient to summon any unit, the ritual fails and no new unit is summoned.

If your summoning roll included any doubles, your character then suffers a mortal wound. If it contained any triples, it instead suffers D3 mortal wounds.

Profiles:

Unit MWSBSSTWALdSave
Skulltaker

7"

2+

2+

5

4

4

4

8

3+

Abilities
Skulls for Khorne:

You can re-roll hit and wound rolls for attacks made by Skulltaker that target a CHARACTER.

Locus of Decapitation:

You can add 1 to hit rolls made for friendly BLOODLETTER units that are within 8" of Skulltaker in the Fight phase.

Daemonic:

Units with this ability have a 5+ invulnerable save.

Unstoppable Ferocity:

If this unit makes a charge move, is charged, or performs a Heroic Intervention, then until the end of the turn add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of all its models and add 1 to the Strength characteristic of all the melee weapons the unit is armed with.

Devastating Blow:

Each time your Warlord fights, it can make a single Devastating Blow attack instead of its normal close combat attacks. If it does, make a single hit roll; if successful, the targets suffers D3 mortal wounds.

Used By (1)
Chaos - Daemons(Catalogue)

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