When setting up a **WYRMBLADE** kill team before the battle, one third of your kill team can be set up in **HIDING**: place them to one side instead of in the killzone. **CULT AGENT** operatives cannot be set up in **HIDING**. In the Firefight phase, friendly **WYRMBLADE** operatives set up in **HIDING** are activated as normal. When you do, you can either expend that operative or have it emerge. If it emerges, set it up in the killzone in a location it can be placed as follows (it's no longer set up in **HIDING**): - Wholly within 6" of your drop zone. - More than 6" from enemy operatives. - With an order of your choice. The operative is treated as performing the **Reposition** action (spend the AP accordingly), then continue its activation as normal. If the operative is a **WARRIOR**, ignore its **Group Activation** rule. Friendly operatives still in **HIDING** at the end of the second turning point are incapacitated.
Whenever an operative is shooting a friendly **WYRMBLADE** **CULT AGENT** operative: - Ignore the Piercing and Saturate weapon rules. - If you can retain any cover saves, you can retain one additional cover save, or you can retain one cover save as a critical success instead. This isn't cumulative with improved cover saves from Vantage terrain.
Whenever a friendly **WYRMBLADE** operative is shooting or fighting during its activation, if its order was changed from Conceal to Engage at the start of that activation, or it wasn't visible to enemy operatives at the start of that activation, that friendly operative's weapons have the Ceaseless weapon rule.
APL 2 · Move 6" · Save 5+ · Wounds 8
Keywords: WYRMBLADE, TYRANID, GENESTEALER CULT, NEOPHYTE, LEADER
Shadow Vector. Once per turning point, you can use the Slink Into Darkness or Coiled Serpent firefight ploy for 0CP if the specified friendly **WYRMBLADE** operative is a **NEOPHYTE** visible to this operative.
APL 3 · Move 6" · Save 4+ · Wounds 9
Keywords: WYRMBLADE, TYRANID, GENESTEALER CULT, CULT AGENT, KELERMORPH
Expert Gunslinger. This operative can perform two **Shoot** actions during its activation.
Heroic Inspiration. Whenever a friendly **WYRMBLADE** **NEOPHYTE** operative visible to and within 3" of this operative is shooting, fighting or retaliating, if this operative has incapacitated an enemy operative during this turning point, that friendly operative's weapons have the Severe weapon rule.
APL 3 · Move 6" · Save 4+ · Wounds 9
Keywords: WYRMBLADE, TYRANID, GENESTEALER CULT, CULT AGENT, LOCUS
Expert Swordsman. This operative can perform two **Fight** actions during its activation. Whenever this operative ends the **Fight** action, if it's no longer within control range of enemy operatives, it can immediately perform a free **Charge** action (even if it's already performed the **Charge** action during that activation), but it cannot move more than 3" during that action. Doing so doesn't prevent it from performing the **Dash** action afterwards during that activation.
Quicksilver Strike. Once per turning point, after an enemy operative performs an action in which it moves or is set up, you can interrupt to use this rule. If you do, this operative can immediately perform a free **Charge** action (you can change its order to do so), but it cannot move more than 3", and it must end that move within control range of that enemy operative. If this isn't possible, the interruption is cancelled and this rule hasn't been used.
Bladed Stance. Whenever this operative is fighting or retaliating, you can resolve one of your successes before the normal order. If you do, that success must be used to block.
APL 2 · Move 6" · Save 5+ · Wounds 7
Keywords: WYRMBLADE, TYRANID, GENESTEALER CULT, NEOPHYTE, GUNNER
APL 2 · Move 6" · Save 5+ · Wounds 7
Keywords: WYRMBLADE, TYRANID, GENESTEALER CULT, NEOPHYTE, HEAVY GUNNER
Heavy Weapon Bipod. Whenever this operative is shooting with a weapon from its datacard, if it hasn't moved during the activation, or if it's a counteraction, that weapon has the Ceaseless weapon rule; if the weapon already has that weapon rule (i.e. from the Cult Ambush faction rule), it has the Relentless weapon rule. Note this operative isn't restricted from moving after shooting.
APL 2 · Move 6" · Save 5+ · Wounds 7
Keywords: WYRMBLADE, TYRANID, GENESTEALER CULT, NEOPHYTE, ICON BEARER
Icon Bearer. Whenever determining control of a marker, treat this operative's APL stat as 1 higher. Note this isn't a change to its APL stat, so any changes are cumulative with this.
Overthrow the Oppressors. Once per turning point, when a ready friendly **WYRMBLADE** **NEOPHYTE** operative is incapacitated while visible to and within 6" of this operative, you can use this rule. If you do, before that operative is removed from the killzone, it can either perform one free **Shoot** action (you can change its order to do so), or you can use the A Plan Generations in the Making firefight ploy for 0CP if that incapacitated operative is the specified friendly **WYRMBLADE** **NEOPHYTE** operative. It's then removed from the killzone as normal.
APL 3 · Move 6" · Save 4+ · Wounds 9
Keywords: WYRMBLADE, TYRANID, GENESTEALER CULT, CULT AGENT, SANCTUS, SNIPER
Target Vulnerability. Until the end of this operative's activation, the stationary profile of its Sanctus sniper rifle has the Lethal 5+ weapon rule. This operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative.
Familiar's Soulsight. Select one enemy operative visible to this operative. Until the end of the battle, or until this action is performed again by a friendly operative (whichever comes first), that enemy operative gains one of your Soulsight tokens. Whenever this operative is shooting an enemy operative that has one of your Soulsight tokens, all profiles of this operative's Sanctus sniper rifle have the Saturate weapon rule and that enemy operative cannot be obscured. This operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative.
APL 3 · Move 6" · Save 4+ · Wounds 9
Keywords: WYRMBLADE, TYRANID, GENESTEALER CULT, CULT AGENT, SANCTUS, TALON
Creeping Shadow. This operative can perform the **Charge** action while it has a Conceal order. Whenever this operative performs the **Fight** action, it can immediately perform a free **Dash** or **Fall Back** action afterwards (for the latter, it cannot move more than 3"), even if it's performed an action that prevents it from performing those actions.
Assassinate. Select one enemy operative this operative isn't visible to. Perform a free **Charge** action with this operative, but don't exceed its Move stat (i.e. don't add 2"), and it must end that move within control range of that enemy operative. Then immediately perform a free **Fight** action with this operative against that enemy operative. The first time you strike during that action, you can immediately resolve another of your successes as a strike (before your opponent). This operative cannot perform this action while it has an Engage order, or while within control range of an enemy operative.
Familiar's Soulsight. Select one enemy operative visible to this operative. Until the end of the battle, or until this action is performed again by a friendly operative (whichever comes first), that enemy operative gains one of your Soulsight tokens. Whenever this operative is fighting or retaliating against an enemy operative that has one of your Soulsight tokens, its Sanctus bio-dagger has the Brutal and Balanced weapon rules. This operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative.
APL 2 · Move 6" · Save 5+ · Wounds 7
Keywords: WYRMBLADE, TYRANID, GENESTEALER CULT, NEOPHYTE, WARRIOR
Group Activation. Whenever this operative is expended, you must then activate one other ready friendly **WYRMBLADE** **WARRIOR** operative (if able) before your opponent activates. When that other operative is expended, your opponent then activates as normal (in other words, you cannot activate more than two operatives in succession with this rule).
Whenever a friendly **WYRMBLADE** operative is activated, if its order is changed from Conceal to Engage, until the end of that activation: - Its ranged weapons have the Rending weapon rule. - Add 1 to the Atk stat of its melee weapons (to a maximum of 5).
Whenever a friendly **WYRMBLADE** operative is shooting an operative that another friendly **WYRMBLADE** operative has already shot during this turning point, that first friendly operative's ranged weapons have the Accurate 1 weapon rule.
Whenever an operative is shooting a friendly **WYRMBLADE** operative that has a Conceal order, if Light terrain is intervening, that friendly operative is obscured (unless the intervening Light terrain is within 1" of either operative).
Up to three friendly **WYRMBLADE** operatives can immediately perform a free **Dash** or **Charge** action in an order of your choice (choose separately for each, and for the latter, it cannot move more than 3"). If a **WYRMBLADE** **CULT AGENT** operative is selected for this ploy, it counts as two operatives, and it can perform a free **Fall Back** action instead (it cannot move more than 3"); if it does, subtract 1 from its APL stat until the end of its next activation.
Use this firefight ploy at the end of a friendly **WYRMBLADE** operative's activation. If that operative has an Engage order, change it to Conceal. You cannot use this ploy for each friendly operative more than once per battle.
Use this firefight ploy when a friendly **WYRMBLADE** operative is shooting or fighting, after rolling your attack dice. If that friendly operative's order was changed from Conceal to Engage at the start of that activation and this is the first time it's performed either the **Shoot** or **Fight** action during that activation, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead. Note this ploy cannot come into effect more than once per activation (you cannot use it during both the **Shoot** and **Fight** action in the same activation).
Use this firefight ploy when a friendly **WYRMBLADE** **CULT AGENT** or **WYRMBLADE** **LEADER** operative is selected as the valid target of a **Shoot** action or to fight against during the **Fight** action. Select one other friendly **WYRMBLADE** **NEOPHYTE** operative (excluding **LEADER**) visible to and within 3" of that first friendly operative to become the valid target or to be fought against (as appropriate) instead (even if it wouldn't normally be valid for this). If it's the **Fight** action, treat that other operative as being within the fighting operative's control range for the duration of that action. If it's the **Shoot** action, that other operative is only in cover or obscured if the original target was. This ploy has no effect if it's the **Shoot** action and the ranged weapon has the Blast or Torrent weapon rule.
Use this firefight ploy when a friendly **WYRMBLADE** **NEOPHYTE** operative is incapacitated. It can perform a free mission action before it's removed from the killzone.
Once per turning point, a friendly **WYRMBLADE** **NEOPHYTE** operative can use the following ranged weapon:
Friendly **WYRMBLADE** **NEOPHYTE** operatives have the following melee weapon:
This equipment allows you to select two mines (see universal equipment). You cannot also select that equipment as normal (i.e. to give you three), and friendly **WYRMBLADE** operatives are ignored for your mines' effects (i.e. they cannot trigger or take damage from them). This takes precedence over the normal mines rules.
Whenever a friendly **WYRMBLADE** operative is shooting, the target cannot be obscured if it's visible to and within 6" of a friendly **WYRMBLADE** **NEOPHYTE** operative that isn't within control range of enemy operatives.
Yes.