IMPERIAL GUARD, CODEX

Joins a Command HQ or Command Squad and stays with it for the battle; a Primaris Lord joins the Command HQ only. Uses Adeptus powers, one per Mastery Level.

A Commissar, alone among Imperial Guard characters, may leave one squad and join another. A squad that includes a Commissar may always test against the Commissar's Leadership of 10.

Macharius passes any Leadership test taken on his own behalf, has Immunity to Psychology, as a Commissar does, and can never be broken; he takes no Break Tests.

The Command rule applies to him at Leadership 10.

On a turn in which he charges, Macharius adds +D6 to his combat score in place of the normal +1, rolled when the fight begins.

The army's own rating of 2 decides who deploys first. Once both sides are set up and Reserves have been declared, but before the Preliminary Barrage, roll a D6 for Macharius. That is his Strategy Rating for deciding who takes the first turn. On a 4+ there is no pre-battle barrage; on any lower score reserves and barrage follow the normal rules. On a 6 every reserve must also deploy on the table before the game begins.

Yarrick, unlike other Guard characters, may leave one squad and join another. Whichever squad he is with passes every Leadership-based test automatically.

A unit with Yarrick in view also passes its Leadership tests automatically, provided he stands nearer to the enemy than that unit.

When a hit takes Yarrick to 0 Wounds, roll a D6 instead of removing him. On a 5+ he is removed as a casualty; on any lower score his Wounds return to 1 and he fights on.

While his commander lives, Nork stays within 2" of that commander wherever he can.

A shooting hit on his commander may be resolved against Nork instead, provided Nork stands within 2"; the Guard player chooses which of the two takes it.

Before the first turn roll a D6. The score is a pool of re-rolls the Imperial Guard player may spend on any Leadership-based test while Chenkov lives. One re-roll joins the pool each time the enemy scores Victory Points by breaking a Guard unit or destroying it; half-strength losses add nothing.

Shaefer leads a Penal Squad, an Imperial Guard Squad bought from the Battle Line band with its normal options. Colonel and squad are a single unit and keep Squad Coherency; a Weapons Team from it may still split off as usual.

While Shaefer lives the whole squad, a split Weapons Team included, passes every Leadership-based test automatically, and any member may re-roll a missed shot or a close-combat fumble. The second result stands even if it is worse.

As each shooting phase opens, roll a D3: that is how many shots Stumper fires that turn. He may aim them at any enemy in sight, nearest or not, naming his targets before rolling to hit.

In place of his D3 shots Stumper may fire once, aimed at a weak point. Resolve the shot as normal; if it hits, the target's Armour Save is worsened by a further D3.