An Act of Faith can be attempted immediately before a Sisters of Battle unit acts during a phase; e.g. immediately before the unit moves in the Movement phase, shoots (or runs) in the Shooting phase, or strikes blows in the Assault phase. To attempt an Act of Faith, select the unit and reduce your Faith Point total by 1, then roll a D6 and add the following:




+1 if the unit is led by at least one of the following: Sister Superior, Retributor Superior, Dominion Superior, Seraphim Superior, Celestian Superior or Mistress of Repentance. 




+1 if the unit has been joined by at least one of the following independent characters: Canoness, Ecclesiarchal Confessor, Saint Celestine, Uriah Jacobus or Arch-Confessor Kyrinov. 




+1 if the unit has taken at least 1 casualty. 




Note that all modifiers are cumulative. If the total is less than 5, then the Act of Faith fails. The Faith Point is lost and nothing happens. If the total is equal to or greater than 5, the Act of Faith is successful. The unit immediately gains a bonus and/or special rules until the end of the phase. The nature of the bonus depends upon the unit that is using the Act of Faith, as detailed later.




Independent characters that have the Acts of Faith rule benefit from any bonuses received by the unit they are with when an Act of Faith is used. Similarly, units that have the Acts of Faith rule benefit from any bonuses received by an independent character that has joined the unit when an Act of Faith is used. 
If both a unit and an independent character have an Act of Faith that takes effect in the same phase, you must attempt each Act of Faith separately. 




For example, if a Canoness joins a unit of Celestians then you would require two Faith Points (and two Acts of Faith) to use both the Passion and the Hand of the Emperor Acts of Faith in the Assault phase.

Profiles:

Unit	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld	Sv
Canoness	5	5	3	3	3	4	3	10	3+

Act of Faith
The Passion: This Act of Faith is used in the Assault phase. If successful, the Canoness and her unit receive +1 Initiative and the Preferred Enemy special rule until the end of the Assault phase.

Wargear
Frag Grenades: Models equipped with assault grenades don’t suffer the penalty to their Initiative for assaulting enemies through cover, but fight as normal.
Krak Grenades: When assaulting a vehicle, each model using Krak grenades can only ever make one attack, regardless of the number of Attacks on their profile and any bonus attacks. Against vehicles, Krak grenades have an armor penetration value of 6+D6.

Abilities
Independent Character: Independent characters follow the Movement rules for models of their type, be it infantry, jump infantry, bike, etc. In addition, independent characters can move through difficult terrain more quickly and safely than ordinary troops. All independent characters have the ‘move through cover’ and ‘skilled rider’ special rules. This advantage does not extend to any vehicles they may be travelling in. Independent characters are allowed to join other units. They cannot, however, join vehicle squadrons (see the Vehicles section) and units that always consist of a single model (like most vehicles and monstrous creatures). They can join other independent characters though, to form a powerful multi-character unit!
Shield of Faith: Models with the Shield of Faith special rule have a 6+ invulnerable save.
Stubborn: When taking Morale tests, stubborn units always ignore any negative Leadership modifiers. Independent characters that are stubborn confer the ability onto any unit that they join.