Legion XVII
Worship of their fathers progenitor has wrought and warped into worship of dark gods and daemonic practices.
Unholy pact
At the beginning of the game after deployment, go through each of your walker, cavalry, and infantry units one at a time and roll a D6. On a 6, a model of your choice from that unit becomes possessed by a daemon and is removed from the squad. Roll again for that unit until you don’t roll a 6. Group all possessed models together into a single unit and gain the Daemonic special rule.
Daemonic - This unit automatically passes all morale checks and gains the Fear 6, Terror, and Invulnerable 2 special rules.
Iconoclast
All XVII legion models get +1 damage when dueling and +1 shot when shooting enemy units that have an piece of Legion Equipment.
Desecration
Any XVII legion leader can attempt to desecrate the ground on which they stand instead of moving. To do so the point on the battlefield must be 24 yards from any battlefield edge and any other desecrated nexus. The leader then rolls 2D6 and adds their Sagacity to the result. If the result is 18+, then place a desecrated nexus token underneath the desecrater and gain 2VP. Leaders can choose to lose a wound before attempting this to roll an additional D6.
All XVII legion units within 24 yards of a desecrated nexus gain the Zealot special rule. All psykers within 24 yards of a desecrated nexus count all die rolls of 2s as 1s and 5s as 6s when attempting to manifest psychic powers.
Dark Pacts
Any XVII legion leader or veteran can take any of the following upgrades. The same unit can take multiple upgrades.
| Cost | Upgrade | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Xpts | Burning Lore | Models in this unit gain the Psyker 1 special rule, or increase their Psyker level by one if they already have it for +Xpts for each model in the unit. This psyker level can only be used to grant knowledge of the anathemata or pyromancy psychic disciplines. |
| Xpts | Possession Rite | Models in this unit become possessed as described above, gaining the Daemonic special rule. Do not roll to see if this unit is possessed at the start of the battle. |
| Xpts | Bringer of the Serrated Sun | for Xpts per model in the unit, All models within 12y of bearers and the bearer themselves gain the Night Vision special rule. |
Daemons of the Warp
Daemons cannot be included in your army construction, but can be summoned from the Anathemata psychic discipline. All daemons with the Psyker special rule only know the Anathemata psychic discipline.
| Name | Summoning Value | Type | Unit Size(pts) | Base | Ws | S | T | I | Gr | Sg | Rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daemon Prince | Monster | 1 (pts) | 60mm | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 7 | Daemonic, Fly | |
| Chaos Spawn | - | Monster | - | 50mm | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 0 | Daemonic |
| Blood Letters | Infantry | 10 (pts) | 32mm | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | Daemonic, Hatred(Everything) | |
| Daemonettes | Infantry | 10 (pts) | 25mm | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | Daemonic, Recon | |
| Plauge Bearers | Infantry | 10 (pts) | 32mm | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | Daemonic, Feel no Pain 2 | |
| Pink Horrors | Infantry | 10 (pts) | 32mm | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | Daemonic, Psyker 0 | |
| Blue Horrors | Infantry | 10 (pts) | 32mm | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | Daemonic, Psyker 0 | |
| Nurgling | Infantry | 7 (pts) | 25mm | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | Daemonic, Feel no Pain 1 | |
| Nurgling Swarm | Infantry | 3 (pts) | 40mm | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | Daemonic, Feel no Pain 3 | |
| Beast of Nurlge | Monster | 1 (pts) | 60mm | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | Daemonic, Feel no Pain 2 | |
| Blood Crusher | Cavalry(blood letters) | 3 (pts) | 70mm | - | - | 5 | Mv8 | ||||
| Fiends | Monster | 3 (pts) | 50mm | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | Daemonic, Recon | |
| Flamers | Infantry | 3 (pts) | 32mm | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | Daemonic, Psyker 0 | |
| Great Unclean One | Monster | 1 (pts) | 130mm | 6 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 8 | Daemonic, Feel no pain 4 | |
| Keeper of Secrets | Monster | 1 (pts) | 100mm | 9 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | Daemonic, Recon | |
| Lord of Change | Monster | 1 (pts) | 100mm | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 12 | Daemonic, Psyker 1 | |
| Blood Thirster | Monster | 1 (pts) | 100mm | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | Daemonic, Hatred(Everything) |
Daemonic Cursed Weapons
All leaders can make any melee combat weapon they’re equipped with Cursed for +4pts each.