BROOD BROTHERS

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KILL GRADE [10-14]
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What to Know

Brood Brothers excel at coordinated fire and tactical positioning, using Crossfire tokens to gain re-rolls against marked targets while leveraging strategic ambushes and protective loyalty mechanics to control the battlefield.

Core Abilities

Unusual Shooting
Firefight Ploy: Ruthless Coordination: determine cover and obscured from another friendly operative
Unusual Melee
Super Conceal
Out of Order Movement
Firefight Ploy: Insidious: free Dash after activation before nextStrategic Gambit: Covert Guises: free Reposition before first turnOperative: Brood Brother Medic: Medic!: free Dash when saving from incapacitationOperative: Brood Brother Iconward: Broodmind Devotion: free action when friendly incapacitated
Activation Manipulation
Operative: JAM: prevent enemy activation until last or after certain activationsOperative: Alpha Predator: activate this operative twice per turning pointOperative: Group Activation: activate another TROOPER operative in sequenceOperative: Group Activation: activate another PSYCHIC FAMILIAR in sequence
APL Modifiers
BROOD BROTHER VOX-OPERATOR: +1 APL to friendly operativeBROOD BROTHER MEDIC: -1 APL to self and target after Medic! useMAGUS: -1 APL to enemy operative with Telepathic Overload
Bitter Demise
Operative: Broodmind Devotion: Incapacitated operative performs free 1AP action.Operative: Medic!: Prevents incapacitation and heals to 1 wound.Operative: Final Defence: Incapacitated operative performs free Explosives, inflicts 2D6 damage.Strategy Ploy: Cult Devotion: Incapacitated operative strikes enemy with attack dice.
Block Rerolls
Damage Reduction
Operative: Devoted: ignore damage from one normal success when fighting or retaliating.Operative: Resilient: reduce damage by 1 for normal damage 3+.

Faction Rules

  • CROSSFIRE: Place tokens on enemies; remove tokens to reroll attack dice.

Strategic Ploys

  • PERVASIVE: Ignore first 2" vertical climb distance per activation.
  • UPRISING: Gain Crossfire token on first Shoot or Fight after order change.
  • EMBEDDED: Retain one additional cover save from Heavy terrain.
  • CULT DEVOTION: Roll D6 to strike enemy on incapacitation in melee.

Firefight Ploys

  • RUTHLESS COORDINATION: Use another operative for cover determination
  • UNQUESTIONING LOYALTY: Redirect attack to another friendly operative
  • IDOLISATION: Upgrade one attack die result
  • INSIDIOUS: Perform a free Dash after activation

Equipment

  • CULT TALISMAN: Once per turning point, retain one normal save as critical.
  • COVERT GUISES: Strategic gambit: Reposition D3 Broodguard near drop zone.
  • CULT KNIVES: Broodguard gain melee weapon: ATK 3, HIT 4+, DMG 3/4.
  • LOOKOUT: Strategic gambit: Give Crossfire token to visible enemy.

Rules Commentary

Q:
How does the Ruthless Coordination firefight ploy interact with an enemy operative that’s wholly within an area of smoke, when the friendly operative that intervening is determined from is within 2" of that enemy operative?
A:
Smoke Grenades and similar rules (e.g. **MANDRAKE** **Weave Darkness** ) have no effect in this scenario.