Brood Brothers bring 13+ operatives of hybrid versatility! Their Crossfire rule lets you stack tokens on enemies for re-rolls, enhanced by ploys like Uprising for early advantage. Flexible roster with shooty Gunners (plasma, flamer, melta) and melee specialists like Knife Fighter. Average speed (6" move) and toughness (5+ save, 7 wounds), but ploys like Embedded boost survivability. Unique tricks: Iconward's Cult Icon for objective control, Medic's clutch saves, and Sapper's explosives. Choose a Broodcoven leader (Magus, Patriarch, or Primus) for psychic power or brute force. A tactical team that rewards coordination and adaptive play!
Core Abilities
Unusual Shooting
Firefight Ploy: Ruthless Coordination: determine cover and obscuring from another friendly operative
Unusual Melee
Super Conceal
Out of Order Movement
Firefight Ploy: Insidious: free Dash after activation, before nextOperative: Broodmind Devotion: free 1AP action when operative incapacitatedOperative: Medic!: free Dash when preventing incapacitationEquipment: Covert Guises: free Reposition before first turn
Activation Manipulation
Operative: Group Activation: activate another Brood Brother Trooper before opponent activatesOperative: Group Activation: activate another Psychic Familiar before opponent activatesOperative: Jam: delay enemy activation until last or after D6 activations
APL Modifiers
Brood Brother Iconward: Cult Icon increases friendly APL when contesting markers.Brood Brother Medic: Medic! reduces APL by 1 for self and target.Brood Brother Vox-Operator: Signal adds 1 APL to nearby friendly operative.Magus: Telepathic Overload reduces enemy APL by 1.
Bitter Demise
Operative: Broodmind Devotion: Allows free action before removal when incapacitated.Operative: Medic!: Prevents incapacitation, restores to 1 wound.Operative: Final Defiance: Free Explosives action on incapacitation.Rule: Cult Devotion: Inflicts damage on enemy when operative is incapacitated.
Block Rerolls
Damage Reduction
Operative: Devoted: ignore damage from one normal success.Operative: Resilient: -1 damage from normal damage 3+ attacks.Equipment: Cult Talisman: retain normal save as critical to reduce damage.Strategic Ploy: Embedded: retain additional cover save to ignore damage.
Faction Rules
- Crossfire: Place tokens on enemies; remove tokens to reroll attack dice.
Strategic Ploys
- Pervasive: ignore first 2" vertical climb distance
- Embedded: retain one additional cover save from Heavy terrain
- Uprising: gain Crossfire token on target when changing order to Engage
- Cult Devotion: strike enemy on death with unresolved success roll
Firefight Ploys
- Ruthless Coordination: determine cover from another visible friendly operative
- Unquestioning Loyalty: redirect attack from leader to nearby broodguard operative
- Idolisation: upgrade one attack die result when near leader
- Insidious: friendly operative performs free Dash after activation
Equipment
- Covert Guises: Free Reposition for some BROODGUARD operatives near drop zone
- Cult Talisman: Retain normal success as critical success against BROOD BROTHER operatives
- Cult Knives: Provides melee weapon for BROODGUARD operatives
- Lookout: Place Crossfire token on visible enemy operative