Warhammer 40k Codex Adeptus Mechanicus

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Auto-Oracular Retrieval gives a unit +1 to wound on ranged attacks against a target enemies within range of your Acquisition objective. Combined with the glow-up that the Kastelan Protocols got, this detachment might be quite fun to play indeed!

For another wild combination of abilities, Clandestine Infiltrator grants both Infiltrators and Scout 6”. For those who like fireworks theres also a once per turn enhancement that causes a vehicle to explode without having to roll!

Defensive abilities, unit redeployment, defensive abilities, movement tricks, and defensive abilities. Those are important metrics to remember when driving your opponent crazy with the cheese of having Skitarii Vanguard with -1 to be hit, saving on 3+, and a 4++ invulnerable save. There’s a pleasingly broad set of stuff to play with here, and a relatively even spread of goodies between them. The Cohort Cybernetica provides you with seriously powered-up Kastelan Robots , while the Tech-priests of the Data-psalm Conclave exhort the Cult Mechanicus to eradicate their foes. For millennia, the robed priests of the Machine Cult have revered and maintained Humanity’s technological wonders with ritualistic precision.

Once you have the required components you remove them from your log and have a nice new shiny piece of gear to equip on an eager test subject. There are a lot of tricks you can pull with this: advance the whole army up the board and leave a unit of Ironstriders standing still in the back to get the Heavy +1 to hit bonus, while also giving them the improved AP from Conqueror. Looming above the processions of Skitarii Vanguard and trundling Kataphron Breachers , a curious figure makes its first appearance. You’ll still want a few Skitarii utility pieces around, but you need to be using the Cult Mechanicus for your heavy lifting. The Cybernetica Datasmith has had a much needed update – Previously he was a bit of a liability as he gave the Infantry keyword to units of Robots – now he loses the keyword when he joins then, making it so that he doesn’t reduce the effectiveness of Robots.Pendulin : Quick sidebar here for you die-hard Tech-Priest Manipulus + Omni-Sterilisor stans out there. Once per turn you pick an enemy vehicle and make them take a leadership test, on a pass they are -1 to hit when shooting and on a fail they are not allowed to shoot at all that turn. Starting off with Cantic Thrallnet , which lets you pick a Skitarii unit within 12” and give them both Protector and Conqueror imperative. The Conqueror Imperative gives all ranged weapons the [ASSAULT] ability and improves the AP on your attacks against enemy units in the opponent’s Deployment Zone.

The same is true of Baleful Halo , which provides -1 to wound against incoming attacks in the Fight Phase for non-vehicles, and again can bounce from Battleline to non-Battleline. At the start of your Command phase, pick an objective marker to become your Acquisition objective marker. The Explorator Maniple are less about Movement and more about objective control, with a number of tricks to make that happen and letting you do more with less. A single burst of data causes the mightiest VEHICLE to convulse and malfunction as its weapons falter and basic motor functions grind and spark. Crusade rules to explore the hunt for archeotech and the enhancement of characters through ancient relics.Reactive Safeguard is a particularly nasty Stratagem which lets a unit re-embark into a transport during your opponent’s Charge phase after they declare a charge, so long as every model is within 3″ of the transport.

This codex also delves into the Adeptus Mechanicus’ arcane beliefs, their advanced cybernetics, the significance of their forge worlds, and their pivotal role within the Imperium, providing a full dossier on their place in the cosmic war. Finally there’s Litany of the Electromancer, which lets you drop mortal wounds on every enemy unit within 6″ of a CULT MECHANICUS unit from your army.

The Protector Imperative gives all ranged weapons the [HEAVY] ability and provides units within your Deployment Zone with a reduction in AP for incoming ranged attacks. This book also contains a one-use code to unlock Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus content in Warhammer 40,000: The App.