Celestian Sacresants

(Unit)
Type: unit
Category: Elites
Categories: Faction: , Faction: Adepta Sororitas, Faction: Adeptus Ministorum, Faction: Imperium, Infantry, Celestian, Celestian Sacresants, Elites, Core
EntryId: 88bd-ec5d-5a67-e71b
Hidden: false
Costs: 4 PL
Options (2)
Rules (3)
Acts of Faith
One Miracle Die is generated at the start of each Player Turn.

Once per phase, one unit from your army with this ability can perform one Act of Faith using Miracle dice on the following dice rolls:
Advance, Charge, Hit, Wound, Saving throw, Damage; Morale test

There's an ENTIRE PAGE of rules for Acts of Faith/Miracle dice in the Codex on page 91. I'm not typing that in, and you should have them memorized by now, anyway.

Sacred Rites
This unit gains a bonus depending on which sacred rites are active for your army. After players have determined their mission, you must select one sacred rite from the following table to be active for your army. Alternatively, you can randomly determine two sacred rites from the table to be active for your army by rolling two D6 and looking up the results (if a double is rolled, roll both dice again until two different results are rolled). In either case, these sacred rites are active for your army until the end of the battle. Some rules can make additional sacred rites become active for a unit during the battle. Duplicated active sacred rites on that unit have no additional effect.

1. Hand of the Emperor:
While this sacred rite is active, add 1 to Advance rolls and charge rolls made for this unit.

2. Spirit of the Martyr:
While this sacred rite is active, each time a model in this unit is destroyed by a melee attack and does not explode, roll one D6, on a 6, after the attacking model's unit has finished making its attacks, it suffers 1 mortal wound (a unit can suffer a maximum of 6 mortal wounds per phase as the result of this ability).

3. Aegis of the Emperor:
While this sacred rite is active, each time this units uses its Shield of Faith ability to take a Deny the Witch test, if the result of that test was an unmodified result of 5+, or it it was greater than the result of the Psychic test, that Deny the Witch test is passed.

4. Divine Guidance:
While this sacred rite is active, each time a model in this units makes a ranged attack, on an unmodified wound roll of 6, the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack is improved by 1.

5. The Passion:
While this sacred rite is active, each time a model in this unit makes a melee attack, an unmodified hit roll of 6 scores 1 additional hit.

6. Light of the Emperor:
While this sacred rite is active, you can ignore any or all modifiers to this unit's Leadership characteristic, and each time a Combat Attrition test is taken for this unit, you can ignore any or all modifiers.
Shield of Faith
Models in this unit have a 6+ invulnerable save.

In your opponent's Psychic phase, this unit can attempt to deny one psychic power as if it were a PSYKER. Each time a Deny the Witch test is take for this unit, roll one D6 instead of 2D6: if the result of that test was an unmodified result of 6, or if it was greater than the result of the Psychic test, that Deny the Witch test is passed.

Profiles:

Abilities
Bodyguard

While a friendly SANCTIFIED CHARACTER or CHARACTER unit is within 3" of this unit, that CHARACTER unit can use the Look Out, Sir rule even if this unit contains fewer than 3 models.

Keepers of the Faith

This unit is eligible to perform Heroic Interventions as if it were a CHARACTER. In addition, each time this unit performs a Heroic Intervention or an enemy unit declares a charge against this unit while this unit is not within Engagement Range of any enemy units, this unit can Set to Defend. If it Sets to Defend, then until the end of the phase, it cannot fire Overwatch, but until the end of the next Fight phase, each time a model in this unit makes a melee attack, add 1 to that attack's hit roll.

Sacresant Shield

Models in this unit have a 4+ invulnerable save.

Modifiers:

increment PL 4
6+ model in Celestian Sacresants (recursive)
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