The other three effects are a bit more esoteric. The Folly of Mercy allows an Armiger to Action and Shoot, which is now relevant thanks to a new Secondary Objective, so can be worth having in your “spare” slot if you’re expecting to aim for that. The last two both interact with the Oaths mechanic and they’re…OK. One lets nearby Armigers count your Honour as higher than it is as long as you’ve got at least some active, and the other lets you turn on the Honoured o

There are some Allies options for CHAOS, TRAITORIS ASTARTES, and LEGIONES DAEMONICA that would result in armies with Abaddon but not with an army of Chaos Knights, now it would just one Chaos Knight in a Super Heavy Aux. I recommend a full read through of the Battle Brother section to really explore the options provided. Assassins Writer, Editor, Texas Native, and Austinite for 15+ years, Adam covers all things Tabletop Gaming. Which includes Warhammer 40,000, Age of Sigmar, D&D, Board Games and everything else that involves dice, boards, cards and a table. The Questor Mechanicus curve is a bit flatter than Imperialis, with all of Raven, Taranis and Krast looking pretty interesting, and maybe only House Vulker falling behind. but the Genestealers section goes rogue and widens the options to also include an Auxiliary Support Detachment. Not sure why the first section doesn’t mention them being an option, or not mention any at all and let each Battle Brothers section detail the allowed detachments. As it stands though, I’d let the Battle Brothers section win in this case. What about units that used the Supreme Command detachment or have “Agents of” Rules?

INFANTRY units with this ability can embark within any IMPERIUM TRANSPORT model, even if that model normally only permits models with other Faction keywords to do so. All other restrictions apply normally (e.g. TERMINATOR models can only embark within TRANSPORTS that allow TERMINATOR models to do so). Restrictions: All units must be from the same Faction (and that Faction cannot be IMPERIUM, CHAOS, AELDARI, or TYRANIDS). This detachment cannot include any understrength units. There’s a few levels to this; first of all the Space Wolves detachment would continue to be one even with Assassin in it, however due to their inability to be in the same detachment now that part doesn’t do much any more. The rule then continues: If your army is Battle-forged, you cannot include units from two different dynasties in the same Detachment. House Terryn’s stratagem, Glory In Honour, allows one of their knights to be even nastier than a Griffith one in fight phase, gaining +1A and re-roll 1s to hit. They also get boosts to their Advances and Charges, but maybe too many

If your army is Battle-forged, you cannot include units from two different clans in the same Detachment, with the exception of certain units (see Specialist Ladz). Note: The Honoured ability here is an oddity in that it’s clearly army-level, but almost all abilities in this book that interact with the Code Chivalric are written in a way that assumes all bonuses from Oaths are all evaluated at a unit level. This raises the question as to what happens with this if, for example, you have a unit in your army with an effect that ensures they never count as Dishonoured – do you get the CP bonus here even when your army is Dishonoured as long as one unit has that ability? For evaluating everything else I’ve assumed the answer is no and that you have to be Honoured on an army level for this to count, but keep an eye on what the FAQ does for this. Bondsman Abilities: Questoris Knights can now hand out powerful buffs to Armigers, meaning your army is especially deadly when it’s working as a team. Bondsman abilities are new Command Phase effects allowing your Questoris Class Knights to buff your Armigers. Each of the five Questoris classes other than the Preceptor gets a Bondsman effect that they can apply to one Armiger within 9” in your Command Phase, providing two things: Imperial Knights however have a problem; they have a rule similar to the Assassins one but it’s missing the whole second part in comparison.

For 2 CP, you can swap out one assassin for another. Going against a character heavy force? The Vindicare is where it’s at. Need some close combat support? Eversor is a great option. Too many Psykers to deal with? Swap in a Culexus! If you’re planning to enlist some of the Emperor’s own constabulary, it’s also a great time to be thinking about the updates to Warhammer 40,000 just over the horizon. Much like in the current edition , AGENTS OF THE IMPERIUM can join other Imperial armies as auxiliaries and overseers – but this time the rules are a little different.

Inspiring Leader (Aura) : Add 1 to the Leadership characteristic of friendly units while they are within 6" of this WARLORD. Exaction Squads forgo the invulnerable save for more ranged firepower. They get a bonus to hit one unit each round, and have Feel No Pain 5+ courtesy of a medi-kit. Games Workshop are really keeping us on our toes with reading comprehension here – no skipping introductions as there might well be rules in them! I’m still waiting for the day when rules are hidden in a paragraph of lore. Are the Compulsory units in Addition to the other slots? No, other than a single Allied Patrol. If you’re anything like me, this limitation isn’t actually obvious if you skip straight to the Muster Armies rules in the book. There, the book says that:Today’s Faction Focus will be a little different, as Imperial Agents aren’t designed to operate as a faction in their own right – you’ll find no Detachment rules, Stratagems, or Enhancements in this Index. Instead, their units get to hang out with other Imperial armies, where their diverse skills can help mitigate a force’s potential weaknesses. Voidsmen-at-Arms are a T3/4+ unit which gains the [LETHAL HITS] ability when shooting the closest target. They’re armed with a variety of light weapons, and of course the best feature is a dog armed with a vicious bite.