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.