Goremongers

ReconSeek & Destroy

KILL GRADE [8]

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What to Know

Tactical Overview

Meet the GOREMONGERS: 8 Khorne-worshipping melee monsters with a unique GORE TANK mechanic. Start at half tank, gain power by killing, and spend it on SANGUAVITAE abilities like double FIGHT actions, healing, or extra APL. They're fast (7" MOVE) but average toughness (5+ save, 10-11 wounds). Use ploys to boost melee lethality, survive shooting, and charge from concealment. A high-risk, high-reward faction that snowballs as they spill blood!

Core Abilities

Unusual Shooting ✗

Unusual Melee ✗

Super Conceal ✗

Out of Order Movement ✓

Strategic Ploy: Hunt for Blood: free Charge action when playedFirefight Ploy: Gorethirst: counteraction with Charge in opponent's activation

Activation Manipulation ✗

APL Modifiers ✓

Impaler: Fleshskewer (ranged) [Stun]Sanguavitae - Mania: +1 APL to friendly operative

Bitter Demise ✓

Destructive Demise: Firefight ploy inflicts D3 to D3+2 damage on enemy within control range when incapacitated.

Block Rerolls ✓

Faction Equipment: Gory Totem: opponent cannot reroll attack dice near marker.

Damage Reduction ✓

Faction Rule: Runes of Khorne: max 8 damage per shoot actionOperative: Blood Herald: Impending Apotheosis: ignore normal damage once per battleOperative: Skullclaimer: Brutish: critical damage becomes normalStrategic Ploy: Gory Tenacity: halve first damage in fight/retaliate

Faction Rules

Gore Tanks: GOREMONGER operatives have three-level resource tracking system
Runes of Khorne: Limit damage taken, increase Gore Tank on kills, decrease on Sanguavitae use
Sanguavitae: Spend Gore Tank levels to activate special abilities with usage limits
Mania: Increase APL by 1 until next activation
Rejuvenate: Regain D3+1 lost wounds
Fury: Perform two FIGHT actions, second one free
Rake: Inflict D3 damage after CHARGE action
Rage: Add 1 to melee weapon ATK during FIGHT action
Surge: Add 1" to MOVE during CHARGE or REPOSITION

Strategic Ploys

Enhanced Violence: Melee weapons gain Balanced or Relentless based on Gore Tank
Gory Tenacity: Halve first strike damage in fight or retaliate sequence
Augmented Endurance: Reroll defence dice based on Gore Tank when shot
Hunt for Blood: Change order to Engage and perform limited free Charge

Firefight Ploys

Unbridled Aggression: melee weapons gain Severe after Charge
Destructive Demise: inflict damage based on GORE TANK when incapacitated
Gorethirst: counteract with Conceal operative, must change to Engage
Lacerate Flesh: increase then decrease GORE TANK, risk damage if cannot

Equipment

Gory Totem: Enemies within 3" cannot reroll attack dice.
Chaos Sigil: Once per turning point, worsen enemy Piercing by 1.
Bloody Cadaver: Increases GORE TANK for controlling GOREMONGER operatives.
Wrist Chains: Once per turning point, treat melee weapons as ranged.

Rules Commentary

2 Q&As

If a melee weapon has the Balanced or Relentless weapon rule as a result of the Enhanced Violence strategy ploy, and is then used as a ranged weapon as a result of the Wrist Chains faction equipment, does the new ranged weapon still have the Balanced or Relentless weapon rule?

No.

When determining whether a friendly operative's GORE TANK is full for the purposes of the Enhanced Violence strategy ploy, do I check before or after decreasing its Gore Tank for any Sanguavitae (e.g. Rage) for that action?

After.

Operative Selection

1 GOREMONGER BLOOD HERALD operative
7 GOREMONGER operatives selected from the following list:
- ASPIRANT
- BLOODTAKER
- IMPALER
- INCITER
- SKULLCLAIMER
- STALKER
Other than ASPIRANT operatives, your kill team can only include each operative on this list once.

Operative Datacards

7 operatives

Blood Herald

2 7" 5+ 11

NAME	ATK	HIT	DMG	WR
⚡ Icon of Khorne	4	2+	4/4	Range 8" Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. , Saturate Saturate The defender cannot retain cover saves. Icon of Khorne - Weapon Rules Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. Saturate The defender cannot retain cover saves.
⚔ Chainblade	4	3+	4/5	Rending Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead. Chainblade - Weapon Rules Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead.

Additional Rules

Khorne's Favour

Once during each of this operative's activations, before or after it performs an action, if its GORE TANK is empty, you can increase its GORE TANK.

Impending Apotheosis

Once per battle, when an attack dice inflicts Normal Dmg on this operative, you can ignore that inflicted damage.

Aspirant

2 7" 5+ 10

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.
⚔ Chainglaive	4	3+	4/5	Rending Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead. Chainglaive - Weapon Rules Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead.

Additional Rules

Obsessive Bloodlust

Once during each of this operative's activations, when this operative ends the Fight action, if it's no longer within control range of enemy operatives, you can use this rule. If you do, it can immediately perform a free Charge action (even if it's already performed the Charge action during that activation), but it cannot move more than 2" during that action. Doing so doesn't prevent it from performing the Charge, Dash or Reposition action afterwards during that activation.

Bloodtaker

2 7" 5+ 10

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.
⚔ Ritual blade	4	3+	3/5	Ritual Ritual blade - Weapon Rules

Unique Actions

Transfusion Ritual 1AP

Decrease this operative's GORE TANK. Instead of using a SANGUAVITAE rule, you can increase the GORE TANK of one other friendly GOREMONGER operative within 8" of this operative.

This operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative, or if its GORE TANK is empty.

Impaler

2 7" 5+ 10

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.
⚡ Fleshskewer (ranged)	4	3+	4/5	Range 8" Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. , Stun Stun If you retain any critical successes, subtract 1 from the APL stat of the operative this weapon is being used against until the end of its next activation. , Drag, Prey Fleshskewer (ranged) - Weapon Rules Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. Stun If you retain any critical successes, subtract 1 from the APL stat of the operative this weapon is being used against until the end of its next activation.
⚔ Fleshskewer (stab)	4	3+	3/4	-

Inciter

2 7" 5+ 10

NAME	ATK	HIT	DMG	WR
⚡ Dual autopistols (focused)	4	3+	2/2	Range 8" Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. , Ceaseless Ceaseless You can re-roll any of your attack dice results of one result (e.g. results of 2). , Devastating 1 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. , Rending Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead. Dual autopistols (focused) - Weapon Rules Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. Ceaseless You can re-roll any of your attack dice results of one result (e.g. results of 2). 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. Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead.
⚡ Dual autopistols (point-blank)	4	3+	3/4	Ceaseless Ceaseless You can re-roll any of your attack dice results of one result (e.g. results of 2). , Rending Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead. Dual autopistols (point-blank) - Weapon Rules Ceaseless You can re-roll any of your attack dice results of one result (e.g. results of 2). Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead.

Additional Rules

Incite the Hunt

Whenever this operative incapacitates an enemy operative from more than 2" away, before that enemy operative is removed from the killzone, you can increase the GORE TANK of one friendly GOREMONGER operative within 8" of that enemy operative. Whenever this operative inflicts damage on an enemy operative with either profile of its dual autopistols but doesn't incapacitate it, that enemy operative gains one of your Bleeding tokens (if it doesn't already have one). During a friendly GOREMONGER operative's activation or counteraction, before or after it performs an action, if it's within 8" of an enemy operative that has one of your Bleeding tokens, you can remove that token and increase that friendly operative's GORE TANK.

Unique Actions

Dash and Spray 1AP

Perform a free Dash action and a free Shoot action with this operative in any order. You can only select dual autopistols (focused) for that Shoot action.

This operative cannot perform this action while it has a Conceal order, or while within control range of an enemy operative.

Skullclaimer

2 7" 5+ 10

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.
⚔ Great chainaxe	4	3+	5/6	Brutal Brutal Your opponent can only block with critical successes. Great chainaxe - Weapon Rules Brutal Your opponent can only block with critical successes.

Additional Rules

Brutish

Whenever an attack dice would inflict Critical Dmg on this operative, you can choose for that attack dice to inflict Normal Dmg instead.

Claim Skull

Once per turning point, if this operative incapacitates an enemy operative with its great chainaxe, you gain 1CP.

Stalker

2 7" 5+ 10

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.
⚔ Pickrippers	4	3+	4/5	Rending Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead. Pickrippers - Weapon Rules Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead.

Additional Rules

Climbing Picks

Whenever this operative is climbing up, you can treat the vertical distance as 2" (regardless of how far the operative actually moves vertically).

Rooftop Stalker

Whenever this operative is fighting during an activation in which it dropped from Vantage terrain, or whenever this operative is fighting against an enemy operative that's on Vantage terrain, this operative's melee weapons have the Relentless weapon rule.

Faction Rules

3 rules

Gore Tanks

Faction Rule

GOREMONGER operatives have three-level resource tracking system

Goremongers 💀

Goremongers' tanks contain a concoction of stimms, recombinant proteins and alchemical fuel. This cocktail energises the carrier, but the tanks require a constant supply of blood and gore for the infernal alchemy to function at peak efficiency.

Each friendly GOREMONGER operative has a GORE TANK that has three levels: full, half and empty. They start the battle at half. Whenever a GORE TANK increases, it goes up one level; whenever it decreases, it goes down one level. A GORE TANK cannot increase when it's already full, or decrease when it's already empty. The diagram shows: FULL DECREASE INCREASE HALF DECREASE INCREASE EMPTY (REMOVE TOKEN).

Runes of Khorne

Faction Rule

Limit damage taken, increase Gore Tank on kills, decrease on Sanguavitae use

Goremongers 💀

Khornate runes carved into the flesh of Goremongers give them an infernal resistance to ranged attacks.

Each friendly GOREMONGER operative cannot lose more than 8 wounds per SHOOT action. Whenever a friendly GOREMONGER operative incapacitates an operative within its control range, or visible to and within 2" of it, you can increase its GORE TANK. Whenever a friendly GOREMONGER operative uses a SANGUAVITAE rule, you must decrease its GORE TANK.

Sanguavitae

Faction Rule

Spend Gore Tank levels to activate special abilities with usage limits

Goremongers 💀

The blood-infused concoction within the Goremongers' tanks is known as sanguavitae. Empowered by this fluid, they can undertake gore-drenched deeds far beyond the capabilities of most Humans. Through these acts they emulate Bloodletters and venerate Khorne.

Each SANGUAVITAE rule specifies when it can be used, and you must decrease the operative's GORE TANK to do so. You cannot use the same SANGUAVITAE rule more than once per activation or counteraction, and you cannot use more than two SANGUAVITAE rules per activation or counteraction. You cannot use Mania and Fury during the same activation.

Strategy Ploys

4 ploys

Enhanced Violence

Strategy Ploy

Melee weapons gain Balanced or Relentless based on Gore Tank

Gory Tenacity

Strategy Ploy

Halve first strike damage in fight or retaliate sequence

Augmented Endurance

Strategy Ploy

Reroll defence dice based on Gore Tank when shot

Hunt for Blood

Strategy Ploy

Change order to Engage and perform limited free Charge

Firefight Ploys

4 ploys

Unbridled Aggression

Firefight Ploy

melee weapons gain Severe after Charge

Goremongers 💀

When they close with the enemy, Goremongers fight with all the savage fury and martial prowess of the Bloodletters they so idolise.

Use this firefight ploy when a friendly GOREMONGER operative is fighting during an activation in which it performed the Charge action, at the end of the Roll Attack Dice step. Until the end of that sequence, that operative's melee weapons have the Severe weapon rule.

Destructive Demise

Firefight Ploy

inflict damage based on GORE TANK when incapacitated

Goremongers 💀

Empowered by the blood of their foes, mortally wounded Goremongers expend the last of their might in a vengeful frenzy.

Use this firefight ploy when a friendly GOREMONGER operative is incapacitated, before it's removed from the killzone. Inflict damage determined by that friendly operative's GORE TANK on one enemy operative within that friendly operative's control range. Inflict: - D3 if empty. - D3+1 if half. - D3+2 if full.

Gorethirst

Firefight Ploy

counteract with Conceal operative, must change to Engage

Goremongers 💀

Goremongers are drawn to violence like insects to blazing lumen, unable to control their thirst to spill viscera.

Use this firefight ploy when you would counteract. You can do so with one friendly GOREMONGER operative that has a Conceal order, but you must change its order to Engage and it cannot perform any actions other than Charge , Shoot or Fight during that counteraction.

Lacerate Flesh

Firefight Ploy

increase then decrease GORE TANK, risk damage if cannot

Goremongers 💀

Goremongers may resort to topping up their blood tanks with their own crimson fluid. Doing so is a last resort, undertaken only in a desperate frenzy.

Use this firefight ploy when a friendly GOREMONGER operative with an empty GORE TANK is activated or counteracts. Increase that operative's GORE TANK . At the end of that activation/counteraction, decrease its GORE TANK (you cannot use this decrease to use a SANGUAVITAE rule); if you cannot decrease its GORE TANK , inflict D3 damage on it.

Faction Equipment

4 items

Gory Totem

Faction Equipment

Enemies within 3" cannot reroll attack dice.

Goremongers 💀

Gore and peeled skulls mark the limits of the Goremongers' territory.

Before the battle, you can set up one of your Gory Totem markers wholly within your territory and more than 2" from other markers (excluding your Bloody Cadaver marker). Whenever an enemy operative within 3" of your Gory Totem marker is shooting, fighting or retaliating, your opponent cannot re-roll their attack dice.

Chaos Sigil

Faction Equipment

Once per turning point, worsen enemy Piercing by 1.

Goremongers 💀

The runes of the Ruinous Powers are carved into flesh and borne upon armour and clothing, providing their bearers with malefic might.

Once per turning point, when an operative is shooting a friendly GOREMONGER operative, at the start of the Roll Defence Dice step, you can use this rule. If you do, worsen the x of the Piercing weapon rule by 1 (if any) until the end of that sequence. Note that Piercing 1 would therefore be ignored.

Bloody Cadaver

Faction Equipment

Increases GORE TANK for controlling GOREMONGER operatives.

Goremongers 💀

Goremongers will often stash corpses for later consumption and refuelling.

Before the battle, you can set up one of your Bloody Cadaver markers wholly within your territory and more than 2" from other markers (excluding your Gory Totem marker). Friendly GOREMONGER operatives can perform the Pick Up Marker action on that marker. In the Ready step of each Strategy phase, you can increase the GORE TANK of one friendly GOREMONGER operative that controls that marker, unless that friendly operative is within control range of an enemy operative.

Wrist Chains

Faction Equipment

Once per turning point, treat melee weapons as ranged.

Goremongers 💀

The Goremongers secure their weapons with lengths of chain, enabling them to be hurled towards an opponent.

Once per turning point, when a friendly GOREMONGER operative performs the Shoot action and you're selecting a ranged weapon, you can use this rule. If you do, until the end of that action, the following melee weapons are treated as ranged weapons with the Range 2" weapon rule: chainblade, chainglaive, great chainaxe (ignore its Brutal weapon rule), pickrippers.

Universal Equipment

0 items