BROOD BROTHERS

InfiltrationSecurity

KILL GRADE [10-14]

Ops	1	2	3	4	5
10	2	4	6	8	10
11	2	4	7	9	11
12	2	5	7	10	12
13	3	5	8	11	13
14	3	6	8	11	14

What to Know

Tactical Overview

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

1 Q&As

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?

Smoke Grenades and similar rules (e.g. **MANDRAKE** **Weave Darkness** ) have no effect in this scenario.

Operative Selection

↘ 1 BROOD BROTHER COMMANDER operative with one of the following options:

Bolt pistol; chainsword and claw
Drum-fed autogun; bayonet
Laspistol; power weapon and claw
↘ 9 BROOD BROTHER operatives selected from the following list:
AGITATOR
GUNNER with
GUNNER with plasma gun and flamer and bayonet1
ICONWARD
GUNNER with grenade launcher and bayonet1
KNIFE FIGHTER
MEDIC
SAPPER
GUNNER with meltagun and bayonet1
SNIPER1
TROOPER
VETERAN
VOX-OPERATOR
CONTINUES ON OTHER SIDE

↘ 3 BROOD BROTHER operatives selected from the following list3:

2 PSYCHIC FAMILIAR operatives (still counts as one selection)
MAGUS (counts as two selections)2
PATRIARCH (counts as three selections)2
PRIMUS (counts as two selections)2
TROOPER
Other than TROOPER operatives, your kill team can only include each option on this list once.
1 You cannot select more than three of these operatives combined.
2 Your kill team can only include up to one BROODCOVEN operative. If one of these operatives is selected for deployment, your COMMANDER operative loses the LEADER keyword for the battle.
3 U p to three times, instead of selecting one of these operatives, you can select one BROOD BROTHER ploy to cost you 0CP for the battle. Note that ‘counts as’ selections still apply; for example, if you select a PATRIARCH operative, you could not do this.

Operative Datacards

15 operatives

BROOD BROTHER COMMANDER

2 6" 5+ 8

NAME	ATK	HIT	DMG	WR
⚡ Bolt pistol	4	3+	3/4	Range 8" Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. Bolt pistol - Weapon Rules Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets.
⚡ Drum-fed autogun	4	3+	2/3	Ceaseless Ceaseless You can re-roll any of your attack dice results of one result (e.g. results of 2). Drum-fed autogun - Weapon Rules Ceaseless You can re-roll any of your attack dice results of one result (e.g. results of 2).
⚡ Laspistol	4	3+	2/3	Range 8" Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. Laspistol - Weapon Rules Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets.
⚔ Bayonet	3	3+	2/3	-
⚔ Chainsword and claw	4	3+	4/5	Balanced Balanced You can re-roll one of your attack dice. , Rending Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead. Chainsword and claw - Weapon Rules Balanced You can re-roll one of your attack dice. Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead.
⚔ Power weapon and claw	4	3+	4/6	Balanced Balanced You can re-roll one of your attack dice. , Lethal 5+ Lethal Your successes equal to or greater than x are critical successes. Power weapon and claw - Weapon Rules Balanced You can re-roll one of your attack dice. Lethal Your successes equal to or greater than x are critical successes.

Additional Rules

Coordinate (STRATEGIC GAMBIT)

STRATEGIC GAMBIT if this operative is in the killzone. Select one enemy operative to gain one of your Crossfire tokens.

BROOD BROTHER AGITATOR

2 6" 5+ 7

NAME	ATK	HIT	DMG	WR
⚔ Shock maul	4	4+	4/4	Shock Shock The first time you strike with a critical success in each sequence, also discard one of your opponent's unresolved normal successes. Shock maul - Weapon Rules Shock The first time you strike with a critical success in each sequence, also discard one of your opponent's unresolved normal successes.

Additional Rules

Devoted

Once per turning point, when this operative is fighting or retaliating, in the Resolve Attack Dice step, you can ignore the damage inflicted on it from one normal success.

Psiren Caster

Whenever a friendly BROOD BROTHER operative is shooting against, fighting against or retaliating against an enemy operative within 6" of this operative, you can re-roll one of your attack dice.

BROOD BROTHER GUNNER

2 6" 5+ 7

NAME	ATK	HIT	DMG	WR
⚡ Flamer	4	2+	3/3	Range 8" Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. , Saturate Saturate The defender cannot retain cover saves. , Torrent 2" Torrent Select a valid target as normal as the primary target, then select any number of other valid targets within x of the first valid target, but not within control range of friendly operatives, as secondary targets. Shoot with this weapon against all of them in an order of your choice. Flamer - Weapon Rules Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. Saturate The defender cannot retain cover saves. Torrent Select a valid target as normal as the primary target, then select any number of other valid targets within x of the first valid target, but not within control range of friendly operatives, as secondary targets. Shoot with this weapon against all of them in an order of your choice.
⚡ Grenade launcher (frag)	4	4+	2/4	Blast 2" Blast The target you select is the primary target. After shooting the primary target, shoot with this weapon against each secondary target in an order of your choice. Secondary targets are other operatives visible to and within x of the primary target. Secondary targets are in cover and obscured if the primary target was. Grenade launcher (frag) - Weapon Rules Blast The target you select is the primary target. After shooting the primary target, shoot with this weapon against each secondary target in an order of your choice. Secondary targets are other operatives visible to and within x of the primary target. Secondary targets are in cover and obscured if the primary target was.
⚡ Grenade launcher (krak)	4	4+	4/5	Piercing 1 Piercing The defender collects x less defence dice. If the rule is Piercing Crits x, this only comes into effect if you retain any critical successes. Grenade launcher (krak) - Weapon Rules Piercing The defender collects x less defence dice. If the rule is Piercing Crits x, this only comes into effect if you retain any critical successes.
⚡ Meltagun	4	4+	6/3	Range 6" Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. , Devastating 4 Devastating Each retained critical success immediately inflicts x damage on the operative this weapon is being used against. If the rule starts with a distance, inflict x damage on that operative and each other operative visible to and within that distance of it. , Piercing 2 Piercing The defender collects x less defence dice. If the rule is Piercing Crits x, this only comes into effect if you retain any critical successes. Meltagun - Weapon Rules Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. Devastating Each retained critical success immediately inflicts x damage on the operative this weapon is being used against. If the rule starts with a distance, inflict x damage on that operative and each other operative visible to and within that distance of it. Piercing The defender collects x less defence dice. If the rule is Piercing Crits x, this only comes into effect if you retain any critical successes.
⚡ Plasma gun (standard)	4	4+	4/6	Piercing 1 Piercing The defender collects x less defence dice. If the rule is Piercing Crits x, this only comes into effect if you retain any critical successes. Plasma gun (standard) - Weapon Rules Piercing The defender collects x less defence dice. If the rule is Piercing Crits x, this only comes into effect if you retain any critical successes.
⚡ Plasma gun (supercharge)	4	4+	5/6	Hot Hot After an operative uses this weapon, roll one D6: if the result is less than the weapon's Hit stat, inflict damage on that operative equal to the result multiplied by two. , Lethal 5+ Lethal Your successes equal to or greater than x are critical successes. , Piercing 1 Piercing The defender collects x less defence dice. If the rule is Piercing Crits x, this only comes into effect if you retain any critical successes. Plasma gun (supercharge) - Weapon Rules Hot After an operative uses this weapon, roll one D6: if the result is less than the weapon's Hit stat, inflict damage on that operative equal to the result multiplied by two. Lethal Your successes equal to or greater than x are critical successes. Piercing The defender collects x less defence dice. If the rule is Piercing Crits x, this only comes into effect if you retain any critical successes.
⚔ Bayonet	3	4+	2/3	-

BROOD BROTHER ICONWARD

2 6" 5+ 7

NAME	ATK	HIT	DMG	WR
⚔ Large knife	4	4+	3/5	-

Additional Rules

Cult Icon

Whenever determining control of a marker within 6" of this operative, treat the total APL stat of friendly BROOD BROTHER operatives that contest it as 1 higher if at least one friendly BROOD BROTHER operative contests that marker. Note this isn’t a change to the APL stat, so any changes are cumulative with this.

Broodmind Devotion

Once per turning point, when a ready friendly BROOD BROTHER BROODGUARD operative is incapacitated while visible to and within 6" of this operative, you can use this rule. If you do, before that operative is removed from the killzone, it can perform a 1AP action for free (excluding Fight and Explosives), and you can change its order to do so. It’s then removed from the killzone as normal. You cannot use this rule and the Medic! rule (see MEDIC) on the same operative at the same time.

BROOD BROTHER KNIFE FIGHTER

2 6" 5+ 7

NAME	ATK	HIT	DMG	WR
⚔ Poisoned fighting knives	4	3+	3/4	Ceaseless Ceaseless You can re-roll any of your attack dice results of one result (e.g. results of 2). , Lethal 5+ Lethal Your successes equal to or greater than x are critical successes. Poisoned fighting knives - Weapon Rules Ceaseless You can re-roll any of your attack dice results of one result (e.g. results of 2). Lethal Your successes equal to or greater than x are critical successes.

Additional Rules

Assassin

This operative can perform the Charge action while it has a Conceal order.

Counterattack

Whenever this operative is fighting or retaliating, whenever your opponent resolves a normal success, inflict 1 damage on the enemy operative in that sequence.

BROOD BROTHER MEDIC

2 6" 5+ 7

NAME	ATK	HIT	DMG	WR
⚡ Lasgun	4	4+	2/3	-
⚔ Bayonet	3	4+	2/3	-
⚡ Gene-needler	1	4+	5/7	Lethal 5+ Lethal Your successes equal to or greater than x are critical successes. , Limited 1 Limited After an operative uses this weapon a number of times in the battle equal to x, they no longer have it. Gene-needler - Weapon Rules Lethal Your successes equal to or greater than x are critical successes. Limited After an operative uses this weapon a number of times in the battle equal to x, they no longer have it.

Additional Rules

Medic!

The first time during each turning point that another friendly BROOD BROTHER operative (excluding PATRIARCH) would be incapacitated while visible to and within 3" of this operative, you can use this rule, providing neither this nor that operative is within control range of an enemy operative. If you do, that friendly operative isn’t incapacitated, has 1 wound remaining and cannot be incapacitated for the remainder of the action. After that action, that friendly operative can immediately perform a free Dash action, but must end that move within this operative’s control range. Subtract 1 from this and that operative’s APL stats until the end of their next activations respectively, and if this rule was used during that friendly operative’s activation, that activation ends. You cannot use this rule if this operative is incapacitated, or if it’s a Shoot action and this operative would be a primary or secondary target.

Unique Actions

MEDIKIT 1AP

Select one friendly BROOD BROTHER operative (excluding PATRIARCH) within this operative’s control range to regain up to 2D3 lost wounds. It cannot be an operative that the Medic! rule was used on during this turning point.

This operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative.

BROOD BROTHER SAPPER

2 6" 5+ 7

NAME	ATK	HIT	DMG	WR
⚡ Demolition charge	4	3+	4/6	Range 3" Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. , Blast 2" Blast The target you select is the primary target. After shooting the primary target, shoot with this weapon against each secondary target in an order of your choice. Secondary targets are other operatives visible to and within x of the primary target. Secondary targets are in cover and obscured if the primary target was. , Heavy (Reposition only), Limited 1 Limited After an operative uses this weapon a number of times in the battle equal to x, they no longer have it. , Piercing 1 Piercing The defender collects x less defence dice. If the rule is Piercing Crits x, this only comes into effect if you retain any critical successes. , Saturate Saturate The defender cannot retain cover saves. Demolition charge - Weapon Rules Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. Blast The target you select is the primary target. After shooting the primary target, shoot with this weapon against each secondary target in an order of your choice. Secondary targets are other operatives visible to and within x of the primary target. Secondary targets are in cover and obscured if the primary target was. Limited After an operative uses this weapon a number of times in the battle equal to x, they no longer have it. Piercing The defender collects x less defence dice. If the rule is Piercing Crits x, this only comes into effect if you retain any critical successes. Saturate The defender cannot retain cover saves.
⚔ Bayonet	3	4+	2/3	-

Additional Rules

Final Defence

If this operative is incapacitated, it can perform a free Explosives unique action before it’s removed from the killzone.

Grenadier

This operative can use frag and krak grenades (see universal equipment). Doing so doesn’t count towards any limited uses you have (i.e. if you also select those grenades from equipment for other operatives). Whenever it’s doing so, improve the Hit stat of that weapon by 1.

Unique Actions

EXPLOSIVES 1AP

The first time this operative performs this action during the battle, place your Explosives marker within its control range. The second time this operative performs this action during the battle, inflict 2D6 damage on each operative within 2" of that marker (roll separately for each) unless Heavy terrain is wholly intervening between that operative and that marker.

This operative cannot perform this action more than twice per battle, while within control range of an enemy operative, or during an activation in which it performed the Charge, Dash or Fall Back action (or vice versa).

BROOD BROTHER SNIPER

2 6" 5+ 7

NAME	ATK	HIT	DMG	WR
⚡ Sniper rifle (concealed)	4	2+	3/3	Devastating 3 Devastating Each retained critical success immediately inflicts x damage on the operative this weapon is being used against. If the rule starts with a distance, inflict x damage on that operative and each other operative visible to and within that distance of it. , Heavy Heavy An operative cannot use this weapon in an activation or counteraction in which it moved, and it cannot move in an activation or counteraction in which it used this weapon. If the rule is Heavy (x only), only that move is allowed. , Silent Silent An operative can perform the Shoot action with this weapon while it has a Conceal order. , Concealed Position Sniper rifle (concealed) - Weapon Rules Devastating Each retained critical success immediately inflicts x damage on the operative this weapon is being used against. If the rule starts with a distance, inflict x damage on that operative and each other operative visible to and within that distance of it. Heavy An operative cannot use this weapon in an activation or counteraction in which it moved, and it cannot move in an activation or counteraction in which it used this weapon. If the rule is Heavy (x only), only that move is allowed. Silent An operative can perform the Shoot action with this weapon while it has a Conceal order.
⚡ Sniper rifle (mobile)	4	3+	3/4	-
⚡ Sniper rifle (stationary)	4	2+	3/3	Devastating 3 Devastating Each retained critical success immediately inflicts x damage on the operative this weapon is being used against. If the rule starts with a distance, inflict x damage on that operative and each other operative visible to and within that distance of it. , Heavy Heavy An operative cannot use this weapon in an activation or counteraction in which it moved, and it cannot move in an activation or counteraction in which it used this weapon. If the rule is Heavy (x only), only that move is allowed. Sniper rifle (stationary) - Weapon Rules Devastating Each retained critical success immediately inflicts x damage on the operative this weapon is being used against. If the rule starts with a distance, inflict x damage on that operative and each other operative visible to and within that distance of it. Heavy An operative cannot use this weapon in an activation or counteraction in which it moved, and it cannot move in an activation or counteraction in which it used this weapon. If the rule is Heavy (x only), only that move is allowed.
⚔ Fists	3	4+	2/3	-

BROOD BROTHER TROOPER

2 6" 5+ 7

NAME	ATK	HIT	DMG	WR
⚡ Lasgun	4	4+	2/3	-
⚔ Bayonet	3	4+	2/3	-

Additional Rules

Group Activation

Whenever this operative is expended, you must then activate one other ready friendly BROOD BROTHER TROOPER operative (if able) before your opponent activates. When that other operative is expended, your opponent then activates as normal (in other words, you cannot activate more than two operatives in succession with this rule).

BROOD BROTHER VETERAN

2 6" 5+ 7

NAME	ATK	HIT	DMG	WR
⚡ Combat shotgun (close range)	4	3+	4/4	Range 6" Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. Combat shotgun (close range) - Weapon Rules Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets.
⚡ Combat shotgun (long range)	4	5+	2/2	-
⚔ Bayonet & claw	3	4+	2/3	Balanced Balanced You can re-roll one of your attack dice. Bayonet & claw - Weapon Rules Balanced You can re-roll one of your attack dice.

Additional Rules

Resilient

Normal Dmg of 3 or more inflicts 1 less damage on this operative.

Bodyguard

You can use the Unquestioning Loyalty firefight ploy for 0CP if this is the specified friendly BROODGUARD operative.

BROOD BROTHER VOX-OPERATOR

2 6" 5+ 7

NAME	ATK	HIT	DMG	WR
⚡ Lasgun	4	4+	2/3	-
⚔ Bayonet	3	4+	2/3	-

Unique Actions

SIGNAL 1AP

Select one other friendly BROOD BROTHER BROODGUARD operative visible to and within 6" of this operative. Until the end of that operative’s next activation, add 1 to its APL stat.

This operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative.

JAM 1AP

Select one ready enemy operative that’s a valid target for this operative, or visible to this operative instead if you spend 1 additional AP. Roll one D6. Until the end of the turning point, that enemy operative cannot be activated or perform actions until it’s the last enemy operative to be activated, or until your opponent has activated a number of enemy operatives after this action equal to the result of the D6 (whichever comes first).

This operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative.

MAGUS

3 6" 4+ 9

NAME	ATK	HIT	DMG	WR
⚡ Autopistol	4	4+	2/3	Range 8" Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. Autopistol - Weapon Rules Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets.
⚔ Bio dagger	2	4+	3/6	Lethal 4+ Lethal Your successes equal to or greater than x are critical successes. Bio dagger - Weapon Rules Lethal Your successes equal to or greater than x are critical successes.
⚔ Force stave	4	4+	4/6	PSYCHIC, Shock Shock The first time you strike with a critical success in each sequence, also discard one of your opponent's unresolved normal successes. Force stave - Weapon Rules Shock The first time you strike with a critical success in each sequence, also discard one of your opponent's unresolved normal successes.

Additional Rules

Spiritual Leader (STRATEGIC GAMBIT)

STRATEGIC GAMBIT if this operative is in the killzone. Select one of the following for friendly BROOD BROTHER operatives to have until the end of the turning point or until this operative is incapacitated (whichever comes first): - Whenever an operative is shooting a friendly BROOD BROTHER operative, ignore the Piercing weapon rule. - You can ignore any changes to friendly BROOD BROTHER operatives’ stats from being injured (including their weapons’ stats). - You can ignore any changes to the APL stats of friendly BROOD BROTHER operatives.

Unique Actions

TELEPATHIC OVERLOAD 1AP

PSYCHIC. Select one enemy operative visible to this operative. Until the end of that operative’s next activation, subtract 1 from its APL stat.

This operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative.

MENTAL ONSLAUGHT 1AP

PSYCHIC. Select one enemy operative that’s a valid target for this operative. Inflict 2 damage on it, or 4 damage instead if it’s within 6" of this operative. Then roll one D6: if the result is higher than that enemy operative’s APL stat, inflict an additional 2 damage on it, or 4 damage instead if it’s within 6" of this operative. Keep rolling one D6 in this manner until you roll equal to or less than that enemy operative’s APL stat, until it’s incapacitated, or until you inflict 8 damage on it during this action (whichever comes first).

This operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative.

PATRIARCH

4 6" 4+ 21

NAME	ATK	HIT	DMG	WR
⚔ Claws	5	3+	5/6	Relentless Relentless You can re-roll any of your attack dice. , Rending Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead. Claws - Weapon Rules Relentless You can re-roll any of your attack dice. Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead.

Additional Rules

Alpha Predator

Whenever an operative is shooting this operative, ignore the Piercing weapon rule. You can activate this operative twice during the turning point as long as it has AP to spend (it stays ready while it can still be activated a second time). Per turning point, it cannot move more than 9" and you cannot spend more than 4AP in total for it.

Monster

This operative cannot use any weapons that aren’t on its datacard, or perform unique actions (excluding Into Shadow and Mind Control). Whenever your opponent is selecting a valid target, if this operative has a Conceal order, it cannot use Light terrain for cover. While this can allow this operative to be targeted (assuming it’s visible), it doesn’t remove its cover save (if any).

Unique Actions

INTO SHADOW 1AP

Change this operative’s order.

This operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative.

MIND CONTROL 2AP

PSYCHIC. Select one enemy operative visible to and within 2" of this operative. Both players roll one D6 and add their respective operative’s APL stat to their result. If your total is higher than your opponent’s, you can resolve this action’s second effect. Until the end of the activation, that enemy operative is a friendly operative (an enemy operative for your opponent), you can change its order, and it can immediately perform one free action. It cannot perform an action in which it moves other than Dash (in which case specify the location for your opponent to move the operative to). You can only resolve this action’s second effect once per battle.

This operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative, unless the only enemy operative it’s within control range of is selected for this action.

PSYCHIC FAMILIAR

2 6" 5+ 3

NAME	ATK	HIT	DMG	WR
⚔ Claws	3	4+	2/3	Rending Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead. Claws - Weapon Rules Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead.

Additional Rules

Small

This operative cannot use any weapons that aren’t on its datacard, or perform unique actions. Whenever this operative has a Conceal order and is in cover, it cannot be selected as a valid target, taking precedence over all other rules (e.g. Seek, Vantage terrain) except being within 2". This operative can perform the Fall Back action for 1 less AP.

Group Activation

Whenever this operative is expended, you must then activate one other ready friendly BROOD BROTHER PSYCHIC FAMILIAR operative (if able) before your opponent activates. When that other operative is expended, your opponent then activates as normal.

Elusive

This operative can perform mission actions while within control range of an enemy operative (this takes precedence over those actions’ normal conditions). It can move through enemy operatives, move within control range of them, and during the Charge action can leave their control range (it must still end the move following all requirements for that move).

PRIMUS

3 6" 4+ 9

NAME	ATK	HIT	DMG	WR
⚡ Scoped needle pistol (short range)	4	3+	2/4	Range 8" Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. , Lethal 5+ Lethal Your successes equal to or greater than x are critical successes. , Silent Silent An operative can perform the Shoot action with this weapon while it has a Conceal order. Scoped needle pistol (short range) - Weapon Rules Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. Lethal Your successes equal to or greater than x are critical successes. Silent An operative can perform the Shoot action with this weapon while it has a Conceal order.
⚡ Scoped needle pistol (long range)	4	3+	2/4	Silent Silent An operative can perform the Shoot action with this weapon while it has a Conceal order. Scoped needle pistol (long range) - Weapon Rules Silent An operative can perform the Shoot action with this weapon while it has a Conceal order.
⚔ Bonesword and toxin injector claw	5	3+	4/5	Lethal 5+ Lethal Your successes equal to or greater than x are critical successes. , Rending Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead. Bonesword and toxin injector claw - Weapon Rules Lethal Your successes equal to or greater than x are critical successes. Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead.

Additional Rules

Fist of the Patriarch

This operative can either perform two Shoot or two Fight actions during its activation.

Mastermind

Once per turning point, after rolling off to determine initiative, if this operative is in the killzone, you can do one of the following (you cannot select each option more than once per battle): - Add 1 to your dice result. - If you didn’t have initiative in the previous turning point, re-roll your dice.

Unique Actions

CONSPIRE 1AP

You gain 1CP.

This operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative, or more than once per turning point.

Faction Rules

1 rules

CROSSFIRE

Faction Rule

Place tokens on enemies; remove tokens to reroll attack dice.

BROOD BROTHERS 💀

Combined with their advanced coordination skills, the professional training and high-grade weapons of Brood Brothers make them a deadly threat. With a sinister synchronicity born of the alien Broodmind that worms through their psyche, these soldiers are capable of a concentration of frepower or a harmonising of blows that is ferociously efective.

Whenever a friendly BROOD BROTHER operative is shooting against or fghting against an enemy operative, after resolving all of your attack dice, if that enemy operative isn’t incapacitated it gains one of your Crossfre tokens. Whenever a friendly BROOD BROTHER operative is shooting against, fghting against or retaliating against an enemy operative that has any of your Crossfre tokens, you can remove any of those tokens. For each that you do, you can re-roll one of your attack dice.

Strategy Ploys

4 ploys

PERVASIVE

Strategy Ploy

Ignore first 2" vertical climb distance per activation.

UPRISING

Strategy Ploy

Gain Crossfire token on first Shoot or Fight after order change.

BROOD BROTHERS 💀

Appearing at first to be allied troops, the Brood Brothers close in on their foes before revealing their treachery.

The first time each friendly BROOD BROTHER operative performs either the Shoot or Fight action during each of its activations, if its order was changed from Conceal to Engage at the start of that activation, the enemy operative selected as the valid target or to fight against gains one of your Crossfire tokens as soon as it’s selected (instead of after resolving your attack dice). This ploy has no effect if that friendly operative was activated within control range of an enemy operative. Note this ploy cannot come into effect more than once per activation (you cannot use it during both the Shoot and Fight action in the same activation).

EMBEDDED

Strategy Ploy

Retain one additional cover save from Heavy terrain.

CULT DEVOTION

Strategy Ploy

Roll D6 to strike enemy on incapacitation in melee.

BROOD BROTHERS 💀

Such is their devotion to the Cult’s cause that Brood Brothers will gladly trade their lives to land a telling blow upon their oppressors.

Whenever a friendly BROOD BROTHER operative (excluding PATRIARCH) is incapacitated while fighting or retaliating, if you have any unresolved attack dice, you can roll one D6: if the result is a success as if it were the Roll Attack Dice step of that sequence (i.e. using the same weapon, but with no re-rolls), you can strike the enemy operative in that sequence with one of your unresolved normal successes, or any of your successes instead if the D6 result is a critical success. In either case, that friendly operative is removed from the killzone afterwards.

Firefight Ploys

4 ploys

RUTHLESS COORDINATION

Firefight Ploy

Use another operative for cover determination

BROOD BROTHERS 💀

The Broodmind allows for incredibly precise communication and coordinated fire between the members of a BROOD BROTHERS 💀 kill team. Use this firefight ploy when selecting a valid target for a friendly BROOD BROTHER operative. Until the end of the action, determine visibility as normal, but you can instead determine intervening (for cover and obscured) from another friendly BROOD BROTHER operative that both that friendly operative and the potential valid target are visible to, but that isn’t itself within control range of enemy operatives. Note the friendly operative doesn’t gain the additional benefits of Vantage terrain if the other friendly operative is on it (e.g. to target an enemy operative that has a Conceal order that’s in cover provided only by Light terrain).

UNQUESTIONING LOYALTY

Firefight Ploy

Redirect attack to another friendly operative

BROOD BROTHERS 💀

The Cult’s rigid hierarchy is reinforced by military training. Lower ranking BROOD BROTHERS 💀 will stand in the way of bullets or blades to protect their leaders. Use this firefight ploy when a friendly BROOD BROTHER LEADER operative is selected as the valid target of a Shoot action or to fight against during the Fight action. Select one other friendly BROOD BROTHER BROODGUARD operative (excluding LEADER) visible to and within 3" of that LEADER operative to become the valid target or to be fought against (as appropriate) instead (even if it wouldn’t normally be valid for this). If it’s the Fight action, treat that other operative as being within the fighting operative’s control range for the duration of that action. If it’s the Shoot action, that other operative is only in cover or obscured if the original target was. This ploy has no effect if it’s the Shoot action and the ranged weapon has the Blast or Torrent weapon rule.

IDOLISATION

Firefight Ploy

Upgrade one attack die result

BROOD BROTHERS 💀

The Cult’s leaders use the psionic power of the Broodmind to provide powerful inspiration to their followers. Use this firefight ploy when a friendly BROOD BROTHER operative (excluding LEADER) within 6" of a friendly BROOD BROTHER LEADER or BROOD BROTHER ICONWARD operative is shooting, fighting or retaliating, in the Roll Attack Dice step. You can retain one of your fails as a normal success instead of discarding it, or retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead.

INSIDIOUS

Firefight Ploy

Perform a free Dash after activation

BROOD BROTHERS 💀

BROOD BROTHERS 💀 rely upon ambush and surprise to defeat their enemies, retreating and repositioning as required. Use this firefight ploy after an activation. Before the next activation, you can perform a free Dash action with one friendly BROOD BROTHER operative, as long as it’s not a valid target for enemy operatives when it starts and ends that action. You cannot use this ploy during the first turning point.

Faction Equipment

4 items

CULT TALISMAN

Faction Equipment

Once per turning point, retain one normal save as critical.

BROOD BROTHERS 💀

The Cult places great importance on trinkets and talismans infused with the Patriarch’s power. These items are believed to offer protection to the bearer.

Once per turning point, when an operative is shooting a friendly BROOD BROTHER operative (excluding PATRIARCH), in the Roll Defence Dice step, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead.

COVERT GUISES

Faction Equipment

Strategic gambit: Reposition D3 Broodguard near drop zone.

BROOD BROTHERS 💀

Brood Brothers are able to pass as Human long enough to close upon their unsuspecting enemies.

After revealing this equipment option, roll one D3. As a STRATEGIC GAMBIT in the first turning point, a number of friendly BROOD BROTHER BROODGUARD operatives equal to the result that are wholly within your drop zone can immediately perform a free Reposition action, but must end that move wholly within 3" of your drop zone.

CULT KNIVES

Faction Equipment

Broodguard gain melee weapon: ATK 3, HIT 4+, DMG 3/4.

LOOKOUT

Faction Equipment

Strategic gambit: Give Crossfire token to visible enemy.

Universal Equipment

10 items

AMMO CACHE

Universal Equipment

BROOD BROTHERS 💀

Whether stockpiles deliberately set out for warriors to access quickly, or the abandoned munitions of the slain, these caches can prove vital for a swift reload in the heat of battle.

Before the battle, you can set up one of your Ammo Cache markers wholly within your territory. Friendly operatives can perform the following mission action during the battle. AMMO RESUPPLY 0AP One of your Ammo Cache markers the active operative controls is used during this turning point. Until the start of the next turning point, whenever this operative is shooting with a weapon from its datacard, you can re‑roll one of your attack dice. An operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative, if that marker isn’t yours, or if that marker has been used this turning point.

RAZOR WIRE

Universal Equipment

BROOD BROTHERS 💀

Spooled rapidly out and affixed to jutting posts, razor wire acts as an easily deployed barrier and a painful deterrent to enemy operatives seeking to attack along particular routes.

Razor wire is Exposed and Obstructing terrain. Before the battle, you can set it up wholly within your territory, on the killzone floor and more than 2" from other equipment terrain features, access points and Accessible terrain. Obstructing: Whenever an operative would cross over this terrain feature within 1" of it, treat the distance as an additional 1".

COMMS DEVICE

Universal Equipment

BROOD BROTHERS 💀

Communications devices can be swiftly hijacked and employed to coordinate operations or call in support during a firefight.

Before the battle, you can set up one of your Comms Device markers wholly within your territory. While a friendly operative controls this marker, add 3" to the distance requirements of its SUPPORT rules that refer to friendly operatives (e.g. ‘select one friendly operative within 6"’ would be 9" instead). Note that you cannot benefit from your opponent’s Comms Device markers.

MINES

Universal Equipment

BROOD BROTHERS 💀

The battlefields of the 41st Millennium are plagued by myriad types of mine, from simple frag charges to monofilament web‑snares and microplasma charges. Ultimately, all serve a similar, horrible purpose.

Before the battle, you can set up one of your Mines markers wholly within your territory and more than 2" from other markers, access points and Accessible terrain. The first time that marker is within an operative’s control range, remove that marker and inflict D3+3 damage on that operative.

LIGHT BARRICADES

Universal Equipment

BROOD BROTHERS 💀

Designed to be lugged into place and then deployed by operatives and combat engineers, these barriers are proof against small arms fire.

Light barricades are Light terrain, except the feet, which are Insignificant and Exposed. Before the battle, you can set up any of them wholly within your territory, on the killzone floor and more than 2" from other equipment terrain features, access points and Accessible terrain.

HEAVY BARRICADE

Universal Equipment

LADDERS

Universal Equipment

BROOD BROTHERS 💀

Carried into battle in their compacted forms, these ladders provide a rapid route of ingress to strongholds, or access to vital vantage points.

Ladders are Exposed terrain. Before the battle, you can set up any of them as follows: - Wholly within your territory. - Upright against terrain that’s at least 2" tall. - More than 2" from other equipment terrain features. - More than 1" from doors and access points. In addition, an operative can either move through ladders as if they aren’t there (but cannot finish on them), or climb them. Once per action, whenever an operative is climbing this terrain feature, treat the vertical distance as 1". Note that if an operative then continues climbing another terrain feature during that action (including another ladder), that distance is determined as normal.

UTILITY GRENADES

Universal Equipment

BROOD BROTHERS 💀

From neuro‑suppressant psybombs to smoke‑belching chemical charges, grenades of this sort can suppress the enemy and be the difference between life and death.

When you select this equipment, select two utility grenades (2 smoke, 2 stun, or 1 smoke and 1 stun). Each selection is a unique action your operatives can perform, but your kill team can only perform that action a total number of times during the battle equal to your selection. STUN GRENADE 1AP Select one enemy operative visible to and within 6" of this operative. That operative and each other operative within 1" of it takes a stun test. For an operative to take a stun test, roll one D6: on a 3+, subtract 1 from its APL stat until the end of its next activation. An operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative, or if you have reached the total number of times your kill team can perform it.

EXPLOSIVE GRENADES

Universal Equipment

BROOD BROTHERS 💀

A variety of offensive grenades are employed by the forces of the 41st Millennium. These range from simple fragmentation grenades to plasma and gravitic concussion grenades, while even more exotic devices are used to crack open enemy armour.

When you select this equipment, select two explosive grenades (2 frag, 2 krak, or 1 frag and 1 krak). Each selection is a ranged weapon your operatives can use, but your kill team can only use that weapon a total number of times during the battle equal to your selection. NAME ATK HIT DMG Frag grenade 4 4+ 2/4 WR Range 6", Blast 2", Saturate NAME ATK HIT DMG Krak grenade 4 4+ 4/5 WR Range 6", Piercing 1, Saturate

PORTABLE BARRICADE

Universal Equipment

BROOD BROTHERS 💀

Little more than a suppression shield with armoured feet, these barricades can be hefted and borne forwards to provide mobile cover.

A portable barricade is Light, Protective and Portable terrain. Before the battle, you can set it up wholly within your territory, on the killzone floor and more than 2" from other equipment terrain features, access points and Accessible terrain. Protective: While an operative is in cover from this terrain feature, improve its Save stat by 1 (to a maximum of 2+). Portable: This terrain feature only provides cover while an operative is connected to it and if the shield is intervening (ignore its feet). Operatives connected to the inside of it can perform the following unique action during the battle. MOVE WITH BARRICADE 1AP The same as the Reposition action, except the active operative can move no more than its Move stat minus 2" and cannot climb, drop, jump or use any kill team’s rules that remove it and set it back up again (e.g. HEARTHKYN SALVAGER FLY, MANDRAKE SHADOW PASSAGE). Before this operative moves, remove the portable barricade it’s connected to. After it moves, set up the portable barricade so it’s connected again, but the portable barricade cannot be set up within 2" of other equipment terrain features, access points or Accessible terrain. If this is not possible, the portable barricade is not set up again. This action is treated as a Reposition action. An operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative, or during the same activation in which it performed the Fall Back or Charge action.