Mandrakes - Kill Team

Archetypes: infiltration, recon

Season: bheta-decima

Official Commentary

If a friendly **MANDRAKE DIRGEMAW** operative attempts to shoot or fight against the specified enemy operative in its Haunting Focus rule, but is prevented from doing so by an opponent's rule (e.g. **SANCTIFIER CONFESSOR** Commanding Declamation, **NOVITIATE** Blinding Aura) is the activation still cancelled?

No. Continue its activation as though the requirements of the Haunting Focus rule have been fulfilled.

If a **NIGHTFIEND** operative incapacitates an enemy operative, then that enemy operative attempts to inflict damage as a result of being incapacitated (e.g. **LEGIONARY** Unending Bloodshed) and the **NIGHTFIEND** operative's Oubliex rule ignores that damage, does the oubliex become active again when the enemy operative is removed from the killzone?

No. The enemy operative is already incapacitated when it attempts to inflict the damage, so the timing required for the oubliex to become active has passed.

If two **MANDRAKE DIRGEMAW** operatives select each other with their Haunting Focus rule, which operative activates in the following instance: Operative A is selected to activate normally, then Operative B would attempt to activate first as a result of the Haunting Focus rule, then Operative A would attempt to activate first as a result of the same rule?

Operative B.

How does the Soulstrike weapon rule interact with rules that allow your opponent to retain defence dice results of 5+ as critical successes (e.g. **ANGEL OF DEATH** Hardy Chapter Tactic), or retain results of a specific number as a success (e.g. **ELUCIDIAN STARSTRIDER** Armoured Bodysuit)?

The Soulstrike weapon rule takes precedence. For example, even with the Hardy Chapter Tactic, a 5 would be a fail not a critical success for that **ANGEL OF DEATH** operative, as it's higher than their APL stat (3).

When a **MANDRAKE DIRGEMAW** is shooting with its horrifying scream ranged weapon and negatively changes the target's APL as a result of the Stun weapon rule, does that change affect defence dice rolled for the target during that same sequence in relation to the Soulstrike weapon rule?

No, as an operative's stats don't change during an action.

Community FAQ

Does shorter terrain count for Within Shadow?

"Terrain lower than your operative" means the terrain can't be below your operative (i.e., while it's on Vantage). The actual height of the terrain doesn't matter — even a small Heavy Terrain counts, as long as it's not at a lower elevation than your operative.

Can Shadow Passage bypass walls on Close Quarters maps?

Shadow Passage is used when performing a Reposition, but the rule says "don't move it" — instead the operative is removed from the killzone and set back up. Since no movement through space actually occurs, the Wall terrain rule ("operatives cannot move over or through Wall terrain") doesn't apply. The operative can appear on the other side of a wall.

Can Mandrakes use Nowhere to Hide to move through walls on Close Quarters maps?

Although "Nowhere to Hide" says the operative "can move through parts of terrain features as if they weren't there," Gallowdark Wall terrain says "operatives cannot move over or through Wall terrain (this takes precedence over all other rules)." The Wall rule wins because it explicitly takes precedence.