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Blade of Darting Steel

Blade of the Phoenix

Blessed Blade of Ptra

Bonehead's Whacker

Cobra Mace of Mazdamundi

Crook and Flail of Radiance

Dagger of Hotek

Faithless Charm

Fragment of the Keep

Gitsnik

Gore Prow

Gram and Balmung

Helm of Many Eyes

Innocence Lost

Mace of Sacrifice

Master Rune of Swiftness

Morglor the Mangler

Plaguereaper (Skreech Verminking)

Plaguereapers

Quicksilver Armour

Runesword of Darkwood

Secondary Jaws

Sliverslash

Standard of Hag Graef

Star Sword

Sword of Sigismund

Sword of Swift Slaying

Sword of Victory

The Eradicators

The Lash of Claws

The Lash of Itzaotyl

The Sword of Salâh ad-Dîn

Unnatural Swiftness

Whip of Agony

Whip of Pleasure

Always Strikes Last

Animal Traps

Blade of the First Prince

Blessing of Myrmidia

Dodge (*)

Herbs

Iaijutsu

Kabuki Dance

Locus of Swiftness

Mark of Slaanesh (Skin Wolf)

Mark of the Serpent

Martial Arts Fighting Styles

Shadow Dances of Loec

Shadowfast

Supreme Martial Arts Fighting Styles

Surprise!

Tongue Lash

Hellish Vigour

Strike of the Flowing Waters

Tantra

The Speed of Light

Bastethi

Dechala

High Queen Khalida Neferher

Lady Annika

Marianna Chevaux

Welcome to Warhammer. Sound the trumpets and beat loud the drums of war, for the weighty tome you hold in your hands is your key to entering a dark and bloody land. It is a world of Daemons and sorcery, a brutal era of warfare and conquest. Warhammer, the game of fantasy battles, brings all the action onto your tabletop. You command armies of miniatures in a game that promises bold manoeuvre, daring riposte and untold slaughter.  The game of Warhammer makes you the general of an army of fantasy miniatures. Regiments of resplendent High Elves, the ragged hordes of ravenous ratmen known as Skaven, the Undead legions of the Vampire Counts or any of the other dozen army types, march, manoeuvre and charge into the fray on your orders. At your command, hails of arrows and eldritch bolts of magic are unleashed upon the foe. But it is in the brutal close quarters of combat that most battles must be won, by stalwart troops and legendary heroes.

Main Rulebook

Models with this special rule always strike first in close combat, regardless of Initiative. If a model with this rule is fighting an enemy with the same ability, the model with the higher Initiative will strike first. In addition, if the model's Initiative is higher than their enemy's when it is their turn to attack, they can re-roll failed To Hit rolls when striking in close combat – they move so fast that they can land their blows with incredible precision.

Always Strikes First

Unless stated otherwise, a model does not have a special rule. Most special rules are given to a model by the relevant entry in its Warhammer Armies book. In addition, a model's attacks can gain special rules because of the equipment it is using. Similarly, a model might get special rules as the result of a spell that has been cast upon it or perhaps even as the result of it being in a particular type of terrain. Where this is the case, the rule that governs the equipment, spell or terrain feature in question will make this clear. Most of the more commonly used special rules in Warhammer are listed here, but many troop types have their own unique abilities laid out in their Warhammer Armies book. Certain special rules partly consist of other special rules, all mentioned in the following pages. Unless otherwise noted, the effects of different special rules are cumulative. However, unless otherwise stated, a model gains no additional benefit from having the same special rule multiple times. This also applies to unique special rules in the various Warhammer Armies books that might contain special rules that are normally cumulative. Some special rules have an effect at the beginning of the battle, or before the game starts. These effects take place after both armies are deployed and any Deployment special rules have occurred but before the roll for first turn. Some special rules, especially in the Army Books, will affect models of a certain type. Note that special rules and spells such as this only ever affect friendly units from their own army, and will not affect enemy or allied units that happen to be in range. Eventually you are likely to come upon situations where two opposing special rules are in play. In these cases, the two special rules will simply cancel each other out either partially or completely, and neither will have an effect.

Special Rules

Warhammer Armies Project: Unofficial 9th Edition (v2.2)

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