BLACK CRUSADE
Campaign Rules for Chaos Warbands
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CHAOS BLIPS
CHAOS RECORD SHEETS
CHAOS SCENARIOS

STARTING THE CAMPAIGN: At the start of the campaign, your warband are ordinary men, slowly driven to Chaos by witnessing the horrors of the first few scenarios.   Once your Warband ALIGNS with a chaos power, it may purchase Marks of chaos and chaos Rewards, and once it survives a Renegades scenario, it may purchase marines.   To purchase your starting warband, you may spend 20 Favor and 10 Tribute.
PIPS: During a game, unless otherwise noted, each hit on an opponent (not a stun) earns 1 pip.   If you CONTROL a target, only the controller will earn  pips for any result of the control. PIP CHART:  At the end of each game, roll a white die for every  Pip earned, and subtract your casualties from the roll to determine the amount of favor earned for the game.  Casualties are automatically replaced at the end of each game.

CHAMPION	M	A	H	Rewards Allowed.  Notes.	T.Req.	Base Melee	$F
Gunner	6	1	1	0.   May take special / heavy.	2	oo	3
Butcher	6	1	1	1.   Melee weapons only.	1	OO	3
Champion	6	1	2	1.	1	OO	4
Cult Leader	6	1	3	2.	2	OOO	5
Daemon Prince	8	2	6	6.  BIG.	5	OOO+3	30

TROOP	M	A	H	Ranged	Melee	$F
Shooter	6	1	1	ooo, shotgun S J 1"A, or autogun W J	ooo w	3
Brawler	6	1	1	oo K X 8" Snap	OOoo k	3

You may not purchase Marine Champions or Marine Troops until your warband has survived a RENEGADES scenario.

CHAMPION	M	A	H	Rewards	T.Req.	Base Melee	$F
Havoc	6	2	1	0.   May take special / heavy.	1	OO	6
Veteran	6	2	2	1.	1	OO+1	7
Lieutenant	6	2	3	3.	2	OO+2	10
Lord	6	2	4	4.	3	OO+3	20
Warmaster	6	2	5	5.	4	OO+3	30

MARINE:   All armor 2 models ignore stun from Knockback.   BIG: Can't use cover (except smoke / darkness).  Heavy.

TROOP	M	A	H	Ranged	Melee	$F
Hunter	6	2	1	ooo K X KB Rap.  / oo K X 8" Snap	OOO+1	5
Reaver	6	2	1	oo K X 8" Snap	OOOOOO	6

Troop: Comes pre-equipped.  May parry.  May not take additional weapons.

EQUIPMENT AND WEAPONS
Only champions may purchase weapons or equipment (troops have default weapons).

EQUIPMENT	* = Troops only (does not affect their stats).	$T
Backup	If main gun does no damage, may fire a second weapon.	1
Bionic Arm	Melee +1. Free forced entry!	3
Bionic Leg	Move +1". Free forced entry!	3
Bionic Eye	Reroll with ANY ranged weapon, including grenades. Ignore Darkness.	3
Chaos Armor	orks vs. all incoming damage, even IA, Psy, and Melee!	5
Chirurgeon	As an action, remove OO-1 hits (so does 1 damage on a zero!)	3
Frenzon	May take an additionl move and melee, then take OO hits.	5
Halluce Ammo	Pistol / Basic weapon: Kill = control.	3
Inferno Ammo	Pistol / Basic weapon: Add o / psy value.	3
Jump Pack	Move in any direction including vertical, must land at end of move.  Ignore damage from falls. May not combine with Terminator Armor.	6
Mount	Start each game with a Steed type daemon.  Cost = summon cost.	sp.
Musician*	Troops within 3" add +1 to their move(max).  Bearer rolls OO for summoning.	3
Servo Claw	Base melee + 1.  Repair OO-1 vehicle damage.  Ignore 1 fail / fight.	5
Standard*	Troops within 8" and LOS earn  2x pips (before any other modifiers).	3
Terminator	Marines only.  Armor 3, HEAVY.  May snap fire basic weapons. May not use with Jump Pack, Bike, Mount,  Wings, or Daemon Prince.	10
Trophy Rack	Earn +1 pip for each model you kill.	3

MELEE	DICE	GRAZE	$T	NOTES
Spikes	+o	W	1	Spiky.  NH.
Chains	--	S	1	NOR.  NH.
Knife or Club	o	W or S	1/2
Shield	o	--	1/2	Parry at +2.  Armor +o.
Fetish	--	--	1	RO
Axe	oo	W	1
Sword	o R	W	1	Reroll
Rod	O	S	1	Kill=KO
Mace	oo	KO	2
Flail / Whip	oo	S	2	NOR.  Kill = KO.
Chainsword	Oo+P	W	2
Power Axe	OO	W	3
Power Sword	Oo R	W	3	Reroll
Power Mace	OO	KO	4
Power Glove	OO+P	K	4
Power Claw	OO R	W	4	Reroll
Chain Axe / Fist	OOo+P	W	4	Free Forced Entry
Power Flail /Whip	OO	S	4	NOR

SPIKY: Dice added to melee if  user is Defending, or attacking with Overrun,  ZOC, or Dive Attack.
NH: Takes NO hands.  Max # of NH weapons a model can take: 4.
REROLL: May reroll 1 of your own dice. If you have this TWICE, you may Reroll Opponent (RO).
2 HANDED WEAPONS: Cost x2, counts as 2 of that weapon. SCYTHES!  Takes 2 hands.
 

PISTOL	DICE	GRAZE	FAIL	Hands	$T	NOTES:  May use in melee
Autopistol	oo	W	J	oH	1	8" Range.
Bolt pistol	oo	K	X	oH	1	8" Range.
Hand Flamer	Oo	W	X	1H	2	SFT, Burn
Plasma Pistol	OO	W	M	1H	4	Line Effect. 8" Range.
Needler	o	KO	J	1H	5	Ignore Armor. 8" Range.

BASIC	DICE	GRAZE	FAIL	$T	NOTES (all are oH)
Autogun	ooo	W	J	1
Shotgun	ooo	S	J	1	KB, 1" AREA
Bolter	ooo	K	X	2	KB. Marines: Rapid Fire
Storm Bolter	oooo	K	X	3	KB. Marines: Rapid Fire.

For descriptions of weapon effects, grazes, etc. please consult the Rules Crusade basic rules sheet.
If you have 3 or more models equipped with the same weapon, you may use the Volley Fire rules (see RC).
 

SPECIAL	DICE	GRAZE	FAIL	$T	NOTES (All: -1" move, 1H)
Grenade Launch.	OO	W	J	2	2"B, IFC. OR, As Grenade Ration..
Heavy Stubber	OO	S	J	3	Split fire (*), Rapid Fire
Flamer	OO	W	X	3	FT, Burn
Plasma Gun	OO	W	J	4	Line Effect
Meltagun	OO+1	W	J	5	FT
Sonic Blaster	OO	S	X	5	FT, Burn. As Musician.  Slaanesh Only.

FT= Flamer Template.
 

HEAVY	DICE	GRAZE	FAIL	$T	NOTES (All: -2" move, 1H)
Heavy Bolter	OO	K	X	5	KB, Split fire, Rapid Fire
Heavy Flamer	OOO	W	M	6	HFT, Burn
Multimelta	OOO	W	J/X	6	HFT (Hvy Flamer Template)
Missile Launcher	OO	K	X	6	2" Blast, Ignores Range penalties
Conversion Beam	SP. +P	K	X	6	Roll O x Armor. Line Effect. Burn.
Heavy Plasma	OOO	W	J/X	7	Line Effect
Las Cannon	OOO +P	K	--	7	Or, take two shots at OO
Auto Cannon	OOO	W	J/X	7	Split Fire, Rapid Fire (TDA only)

GRENADES: For every point of Tribute you invest in Grenades, you will have that many RATION points each game (you cannot save them between games).  When you throw a grenade, deduct its RATION cost from your  ration points.   Any Champions or Troops in your warband may throw a grenade as an action.

GRENADE	DICE	Grz.	AREA	RATION	NOTES: 8" Range. IFC.
Blight	OO	W	2"	2	Burn. Damages living only. Plague.  Nurgle Only.
Bombot	OO+1	W	2"B	2	As model. M=8, A=1,X if grazed.
DemoCharge	OO+2+P	W	3"	2	Place. Blows at start of next turn.
Frag	OO	W	2"B	1	2" Blast.
Globe of Change	OO	W	--	2	Kill= Turn into Chaos Spawn.  Tzeentch Only.
Haywire	OO+1	W	2"	2	Burn. Vs. Machines / Vehicles only.
Hallucinogen	OO	S	2"	3	Burn. Kill= Control for 1 action, then stunned.
Krak	OO+1+P	K	--	3
Meltabomb	+2P	K	--	1	Add to 1 melee attack
Musk Bomb	OO	S	2"	2	Burn. Kill=KO.  Slaanesh Only.
Plasma	OO+P	W	2"	3	Burn.
Photon	(OO+1)	S	3"	3	Burn. Any hit stuns living (will not kill).
Rad	OO	W	2"	4	Ignores Armor. Persistant. Fail=X!
Screaming Skull	OOOOO	W	1"	2	Burn. As Melee attack (scythes).
Smoke	--	--	3"	1	Grants cover (as darkness) for 1 turn.
Vortex	OOOOOO	K	3"	7	Burn. Moves OO"/turn (6=dissipates)

VEHICLES

($T)	VEHICLE	M	A	H	Melee	T	Weapons
5	Bike	12	R	R+1	O  Rider.  Low.	1 (O)
10	Rhino	12	2	8	OOO	8 (C)
18	Predator	12	2	12	OOO	4 (C)	3 x Heavy Weapon
18	Vindicator	10	2	14	OOO	2 (C)	OO+2 2"B W J KB
20	Doomwing	18f	2	12	OOO	4 (C)	3x Heavy Weapon
25	Land Raider	12	2	16	OOOOO	10 (C)	4x Heavy Weapon
30	Defiler	14	2	16	OOOOOO+1	--	4x Heavy Weapon

You may not purchase vehicle chaos rewards (except bolters)  until your warband has aligned themselves with a chaos power.

REWARD	NOTES (each reward may be taken a maximum of once / vehicle).	$F
Bolters	ooo K X KB Rap. Snap Fire.	2
Blood Drinker	Vehicle may earn Chaos Pips.	5
Daemon Engine	Vehicle may take up to 3 Daemon Advances (must be okayed by other players)	5
Destroyer	Ram: / Overrun: +OO	5
Dirge Caster	Any chaos models killed within 8" of the vehicle are treated as KOed instead.	3
Flesh Screen	Vehicle may apply hits directly to any passengers aboard instead of taking damage	3
Warp Amp	RO within 8"	6
Warp Flames	Free OO W attack on adjacent models during your OR their move.	5

ALIGNING WITH CHAOS
Once warbands begin to play Rise of Cult scenarios, they can align with any chaos power named in a previously completed scenario by meeting the following requirements:
POTENTIAL.  They must have 5 Favor Points available to spend.
FORSAKEN.  They must have lost more than half their forces during the scenario.
TRANSFORMATION.  To ALIGN, they must spend 5 Favor Points to immediately purchase 1 mark of chaos of appropriate alignment.
SACRIFICE. For the rest of the game,  they will earn double pips for any hits on the other warbands!

BETRAYING ALIGNMENT.  A warband may change alignment to any other chaos power that has been represented in a Rise of Cult game already played.  To qualify for the change, they must meet the FORSAKEN requirement above, and then exchange all existing Marks of Chaos for ones appropriate to the new power.  They may then use the SACRIFICE rule above!

MARKS OF CHAOS
You may not purchase marks of chaos until your warband has aligned themselves with a chaos power.
Marks of chaos can be purchased for 5 favor.  The effects apply to all champions and troops (but not  daemons).

MARK	Abilities	ALIGNMENT
Frenzy	Ignore the effects of wounds.	ANY
Insanity	Earn pips for any hits your champions or troops take.	ANY
Fury	May melee after taking extra move.	Khorne
Slaughter	Earn +1 pip for melee overkills.  Reavers cost -2.	Khorne
Bloodlust	Base melee +o.	Khorne
Suffering	Earn +2 pips for killing a stunned model.	Slaanesh
Agony	Attack rolls of 1+ will stun on a tie.	Slaanesh
Plague	Attack rolls of 1+ will wound on a tie.	Nurgle
Decay	When your unwounded are killed, treat as wounded instead.	Nurgle
Infusion	Draw LOS for Psy attacks from any of your models.	Tzeentch
Sorcery	Earn +1 pip for Psy attacks.  Psykers cost -2.	Tzeentch
Murder	Reroll ranged / melee.	Unaligned
Distortion	May hide for free if no enemies within 12"	Unaligned

CHAOS REWARDS
You may not purchase chaos rewards until your warband has ALIGNED with a chaos power.
Only champions can purchase Chaos Rewards.  May not take any reward more than once / model.

REWARD	$F	DESCRIPTION
Bloodscent	1	May charge hidden models.
Chaos Armor	4	Armor applies even against IA, Psy, and Melee attacks.
Daemonblade	2	+1 to your melee attacks.  If you tie, you take a wound!
Dark Apostle	1	May reroll 1 die when rolling for Charnel and Pips.
Destroyer	2	+1 to attacks against vehicles, BIG models.  2x damage vs. structures.
Distort	1	You may increase or decrease any range check by 4", once per turn.
Extra Limb	4	May use an additional melee or pistol weapon.
Twoheaded	3	May fire 2 basic weapons each turn.
Fanatical	2	Your troops within 3" may take an attack directed at you.
Force Blade	2	You may add your Psy value to your melee attack rolls.
Fortune	2	Subtract 1 from the roll of any area effect weapon that hits you.
Grim	1	You may recover 1 hit when a troop in your band is killed.
Ghoul	1	As an action, may recover 1 hit from a model you recently killed.
Jinx	3	Any weapon that does damage to you will automatically jam.
Mascot	2	You may start the game with a daemon of summon cost 2 or less.
Massive	2	+1 hit.  (may be taken up to 3 times / warband).
Mind B / L	1	Choose one: Mind Blast or Mind Lance.  Must have Psy. (see RC for details)
Mutate	1	May purchase 1 Daemon advance for the cost listed (in Favor).
Psyker	4	Psy level +1.  Pool your Psy cards!   (max 6 / warband.  Max / model = hits-1).
Seduction	2	Instead of killing a target in melee, you may control them for 1 turn.
Strain	1	May add +OO to an unsuccessful melee attack.  Must take a stun after the melee (can't ignore)
Transfusion	1	You may transfer any wound or stun result between yourself and any adjacent allied model.
Veil	2	You are always in darkness (as cover).

FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE
Until Daemons are  KNOWN to you, you may not summon them.  During any ambush in a Chaos Wastes scenario, you may choose to have Daemons of your choice attack you, instead of the normal ambush, with a total summoning cost equal to 5 (so field multiple ones if needed).  Once you have defeated THIRTEEN summoning points worth of daemons of a particular type, they become KNOWN to you.  You may not field them as ambushes anymore, but you may now summon that type!

SUMMONING
SUMMONERS: Any number of troops or champions may summon.  All involved in a summoning must be within 12" of each other, and must spend their action that turn summoning. Roll O (1 red die) per model involved.  PSYKERS. Roll an additional O(1 red die) for each Psy level of a psyker is involved in the summoning, but the psyker will take 1 hit (stun) for any summoning die that maxes out!   PIPS:  To summon, at least one pip is required.   These pips are still used at the end of the game to determine favor earned, but each pip earned can only be used once for summoning (flip face down when used).

Summoning Roll + Pips = Total # of summoning points available.

SUMMONS: After rolling and adding pips, you may then summon a daemon or daemons whose total summoning cost is less than or equal to your summoning points.   MULTIPLICITY: If a daemon is already present, the summoning cost of subsequent daemons of that type is -1 (non-cumulative, min. cost 1).  ARRIVAL: The summoned daemon(s) must be placed at the center point of the summoning models involved (or adjacent if only 1 summoner is involved).

POSSESSION. A model may summon a single daemon by sacrificing their own body!  Instead of the normal roll, roll a red die for each point of Favor the model costs, minus 1 for each hit the model has taken.  This effectively KILLS  the model.  Pips may be used also, but are not required. The possessed model is replaced with the summoned Daemon model.

IMAGINING
You may invent your own demons!  Purchase a Base type,  then upgrade them with Daemon Advances.

DAEMON BASE TYPES Daemons must be summoned. May may not pick up blips.  Daemons are Non-Living.
DAEMON	M	A	H	Melee, Notes:  All Daemons may Parry.	DA	Summon
Imp	6	0	0	O W.  Small.	3	1
Minion	6	0	1	OO w	2	1
Warrior	6	1	1	OOO w	3	2
Swarm	6	1	3	OOO+1 w.  Swarm.  Contort.	1	2
Steed	8	1	1	OO w.  Mount.  Trot.	2	3
Beast	8	1	2	OOOO w.  Trot.	3	4
Champion	6	1	2	OOO+2 w. May take 1 Chaos Reward in lieu of 1 DA.	4	4
Greater	12	2	15	OOOOOO+1 w	8	10

DA: This is the number of Daemon Advances the Daemon can purchase.  Rep: Replacement cost for the model.
MOUNTS. Mount riders add +O to their melee value (takes no hands), +1 hit while riding.   Flaws and Advances of the mount are applied to any rider while riding.  Any troop type may ride a mount (except models with Trot)- even other daemons! See RC for details.
ADD-ON:  The number of Daemon Advances allowed can be increased by 1 by increasing the summoning cost by 1.

DAEMON ADVANCES You may not take any advance more than once per model, unless noted.  * = May take the advance that many times (just count each TYPE for DA total).
Daemon Advance	Notes	Summon+
Armored	Armor +1	3
Attraction	Force any 1 hit model to full move towards you once per turn.	2
Bloodlust	Frenzy (ignore effects of wounds).  Berserk (melee after Double move).	1
Bulk	+1 hit.  (Beast, Steed models with 3 or more hits count as Heavy) ***	1
Cacophony	Enemy Psy abilities within 12" of you are at a -1.	1
Chains	Free ranged attack once / turn:  OO  6"  Max damage = stun.	1
Claws	Melee + O,  Parry at +2.  2H.	1
Cloud of Flies	RO all enemy attacks within 6"	1
Collar	-1 to force weapons / Psy attacks against you.	1
Contort	Climb.  No forced entry required.  Ignore stun from boarding a vehicle.	1
Control	Instead of killing target in melee, may control them for 1 action.  Once done, treat model as stunned.	1
Corrode	May move through walls (-3", leaves no hole, no altitude changes).	1
Deadly	Base Melee + O ***	1
Devolve	Treat your death as a summoning- roll 1 white / your summon cost.	1
Distort	Roll O: Any attack against you may be shifted to another model within that range.	1
Flame Gout	FT, OO, W, X, Burn.  X kills user and sets off 2" B OO explosion!	2
Flame Spurt	SFT, Oo, W, M, Burn. X kills user.	1
Flesh storm	Melee attack with base melee only, 3" range, Scythes.	1
Fly	Move any direction, must land at end of move. Ignore fall damage.	1
Force Field	Deduct the roll of a red die from incoming damage.	1
Gore Spray	If you are grazed or hit,  immediately make a free attack as a flamer.	1
Grapple	You and your opponent may only use base melee dice!	2
Hellblade	Melee +O, +P, Scythe.	1
Hypnotize	May reroll 1 die of any opponent's ranged or melee attacks against you.	2
Intelligent	May pick up blips.	1
Latch On	See RC for details.	1
Mob 3.	May combine mele with up to 3 similar models.	2
Mob 1.	May combine melee with any 1 other model.	1
Plague	All attacks will wound on a tie (vs. living targets only).	1
Quick	Move +1.**	1
Regenerate	Recover O hits per turn, at the end of your turn	2
Shadowy	Always in cover.	1
Slice	free attack: ooo W vs. armor to any model you move past.	1
Slimy	Ignore ZOC, Latch On, Control.	1
Stinger	Melee + O Poison (W on a tie)	1
Teleport	Move OO+4 in any direction (as move).  Max out =  in warp (as Trap)	2
Tentacles	Melee + O NOR	1
Torment	Tie in melee = Stun.	1
Trample	May overrun: OOO+2 RO (as Vehicle)	1
Transmute	If you kill an non-daemon enemy, roll 1 white / Favor value: may summon daemon of that value.	1
Undead	Ignore W, KO grazes.  Cannot be KOed.	1

DAEMON FLAWS Each flaw taken will deduct 2  from the Summoning cost of any DAs  taken.
FLAW	Notes
Glaring	May never take cover or hide.  Hits against you earn +1 pip.
Host	Can only be summoned by Posession.
Hunger	Must melee closest target.  Must spend 1 action eating any model you kill.
Insane	Whenever stunned, enemy player may run the model for 1 turn as they see fit.
Shamble	Move is OO+4.  May not take extra move or charge.
Soft	Armor -1 (must be at least 1 before the deduction)
Weak	Melee - OO

You must have approval from a majority of the players to take flaws.  Flaws must have a signifigant effect on the model taking them!
 

EXAMPLE DAEMONS
DAEMONS	M	A	H	MELEE	ADVANCES	BASE	Summon
Bloodletter	6b	1	1	OOOOOOO +P Scythe	Hunger.  Deadly x2, Bloodlust,  Hellblade	Warrior
Flesh Hound	8t	0	2	OOOO Mob	Soft.  Collar, Mob	Beast
Juggernaut	6x2tb	1	3	OOOO (vehicle)	Glaring.  Bloodlust, Bulk x2, Trample	Steed
Flamer	6	1*	1	OOO	Glaring.  Fly, Flame Gout, Force Field.	Warrior
Horror	6	1	1	OOOO NOR	Transmute, Devolve, Tentacles	Warrior
Disc of T.	6x2f	1	1	OO	Fly.	Steed
Screamer	8	1	2	OOOO	Fly.  Slice.	Beast
Plaguebearer	6	1	1	OOO	Plague.  Undead.	Warrior
Beast of N.	4+OO	1	4	OOOO Heavy	Shamble. Corrode, Plague, Slimy, Bulk x2.	Beast
Nurglings	6	1	3	OOO+1	Plague.	Swarm
Zombie	4+OO	0	1	OO	Shamble, Hunger.  Mob, Undead, Transmute.	Minion
Daemonette	6	0	1	OOOO  parry +2	Soft.  Claws, Torment, Hypnotize	Warrior
Fiend of S.	8t	1	2	OOOOO	Stinger, Hypnotize	Beast
Steed of S.	6x2t	1	1	OO	Latch On.	Steed
Succubus	6	0	1	OOO	Soft.  Fly,  Control.	Warrior
Chaos Hound	8	1	2	OOOO*	Latch On.	Beast
Scourge	6	1	1	OOO	Fly.	Warrior
Posessed  Marine	6	2	2	OOOOO+2	Host.  Insane.  Armored.  Deadly x2.	Champion.
Metal Beast	6	2	3	OOOOO+2* Heavy	Elusive.  Flesh Storm.  Armored.  Bulk x2.  Deadly x2.	Champion
Bloodthirster	12	2	15	OOOOOO+5 +P	Scythe.  Fly.  Latch On.	Greater
Lord of Change	12	2	10	OOOOOO+1 RO	Psy-5.  Force field. Fly.	Greater
Great Unclean	OO+4	2	20	OOOOOO+3 NOR	Heavy Flamer.  Plague.  Slimy.	Greater
Keeper Secrets	12	2	15	OOOOOO+3 RO	Free Gaze Attack (OO Stun, Rapid fire)	Greater

*May want to add a couple SPIKES or CHAINS weapons to these models too!