Ophydian Destroyers

(Entry)
Type: unit
Categories: Faction: , Faction: Necrons, Faction: Destroyer Cult, Infantry, Ophydian Destroyers, Core
EntryId: 538c-cd82-87a4-5147
Hidden: false
Costs: 4 PL

Constraints:

max(force): 1
Options (3)
Battle Honours:
Rules (5)
Living Metal
At the start of your Command phase, each model in this unit regains 1 lost wound.
Command Protocols
If every unit from your army (excluding DYNASTIC AGENT, C'TAN SHARD and UNALIGNED units) is from the same dynasty, and you select a NECRONS CHARACTER model to be your WARLORD, this unit is eligible to benefit from this ability and the following rules apply.  

After both sides have deployed, but before you have determined who will have the first turn, you must assign a different one of the command protocols to each of the first five battle rounds, and note this down secretly on your army roster.

At the start of each battle round, if any NECRONS CHARACTER units from your army are on the battlefield, the command protocol that you assigned to that battle round becomes active for your army until the end of that battle round. Each command protocol is made up of two directives. When a command protocol becomes active for your army, reveal it to your opponent and select one of its directives.  Until the assigned command protocol stops being active, while a unit that is eligible to benefit from this ability is on the battlefield, that unit benefits from the selected directive.

In addition, if all units from your army are from the same dynasty (excluding DYNASTIC AGENT, C'TAN SHARD and UNALIGNED units), select one command protocol that has not been assigned to a battle round (there will typically only be one). That command protocol is active in every battle round in addition to the one assigned to that battle round – select which directive your units will benefit from at the start of each battle round. Note that if this additional command protocol is the one described in your dynasty’s code, this means both of its directives apply to all units with this ability in your army in every battle round, in addition to the protocol assigned to that battle round.
Reanimation Protocols
Each time an enemy unit shoots or fights, after it makes its attacks, if any models in this unit were destroyed as a result of those attacks but this unit was not destroyed, this unit's reanimation protocols are enacted and those destroyed models begin to reassemble.

Each time a unit's reanimation protocols are enacted, make Reanimation Protocol rolls for that unit by rolling a number of D6 equal to the combined Wounds characteristics of all the reassembling models. Each Reanimation Protocol roll of 5+ is put into a pool. A Reanimation Protocol roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1.

If the number of dice in that pool is greater than or equal to the Wounds characteristic of any of the reassembling models, select one of those models to be Reanimated. A Reanimated model:
	-Is added back to its unit with its full wounds remaining.
	-Can only set up within Engagement Range of enemy units that are already within Engagement Range of the Reanimated model's unit.
	-Cannot, if it is your Charge phase, be set up closer to any enemy units that are targets of a charge declared by its unit this phase.
	-No longer counts as having been destroyed for the purposes of Morale tests this turn.

You then reduce the number of dice in that pool by a number equal to the Wounds characteristic of the Reanimated model and repeat this process until either there are no more reassembling models, or the number of dice remaining in the pool is less than the Wounds characteristic of any of the reassembling models. Any models that did not Reanimate fail to reassemble, and any dice remaining in the pool are discarded.
Cult of Annihilation
- This unit never gains a Dynastic Code
- Each time a model with this ability makes an attack, if that attack is made against a unit that was below starting Strength when this model was selected to shoot or fight, add 1 ot that attack's hit roll.
- Each time a model with this ability makes an attack, if that attack is made against a unit that was below Half-strength when this model was selected to shoot or fight, add 1 to that attack's wound roll.
Annihilation Protocols
If your army is an Annihilation Legion and you select a SKORPEKH LORD or LOKHUST LORD model to be your WARLORD, this unit is eligible to benefit from this ability and the following rules apply.

After both sides have deployed, but before you have determined who will have the first turn, you must assign a different annihilation protocol to each of the first five battle rounds, and note this down secretly on your army roster.

At the start of each battle round, if any SKORPEKH LORD or LOKHUST LORD units from your army are on the battlefield, the annihilation protocol that you assigned to that battle round becomes active for your army until the end of that battle round. Each annihilation protocol is made up of two directives. When an annihilation protocol becomes active for your army, reveal it to your opponent and select one of its directives. Until the assigned annihilation protocol stops being active, while a unit that is eligible to benefit from this ability is within 6" of a friendly SKORPEKH LORD or LOKHUST LORD model, that unit benefits from the selected directive.

If the battle lasts for more than five battle rounds, then until the end of the battle, whichever annihilation protocol was active in the fifth battle round remains active.

Profiles:

Abilities
Hardwired for Destruction

Each time this model makes an attack, re-roll a hit roll of 1.

Tunnelling Horrors

During deployment, you can set up this unit underground instead of setting it up on the battlefield. If you do, then during the Reinforcements step of one of your Movement phases, you can set up this unit anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" away from any enemy models.

Whipcoil Bodies

Each time a melee attack is made against this unit, subtract 1 from that attack's hit roll.

Modifiers:

add category Annihilation Legion
1+ Annihilation Legion in force (recursive)
decrement max(force) 1
and
2+ Fast Attack in force (recursive)
set PL 8
4+ model in Ophydian Destroyers (recursive)
set hidden true
1+ Cult of the Cryptek in roster (recursive)
set max(force) -1
force is not Boarding Patrol
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