GOREMONGERS

ReconSeek & Destroy

KILL GRADE [8]

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What to Know

Tactical Overview

Goremongers are a melee-focused faction fueled by bloodshed, using their Gore Tanks to power Sanguavitae abilities that enhance combat prowess, healing, and mobility while becoming more resilient as they spill enemy blood.

Core Abilities

Unusual Shooting ✗

Unusual Melee ✗

Super Conceal ✗

Out of Order Movement ✓

Strategic Ploy: Hunt for Blood: free Charge before first turnFirefight Ploy: Gorethirst: counteraction with Charge in opponent's activation

Activation Manipulation ✓

Firefight Ploy: GORETHIRST: enable counteraction with Conceal order operative, changing to Engage.

APL Modifiers ✓

GOREMONGER IMPALER: Fleshskewer [Stun]SANGUAVITAE Mania: +1 APL to friendly operative

Bitter Demise ✓

Destructive Demise: Inflict damage based on GORE TANK when incapacitated

Block Rerolls ✓

Equipment: Gory Totem: enemy within 3" cannot reroll attack dice

Damage Reduction ✓

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

Faction Rules

RUNES OF KHORNE: Cannot lose more than 8 wounds per Shoot action.
GORE TANKS: Gore tank levels change on kills or sanguavitae use.
SANGUAVITAE: Use sanguavitae rules by decreasing gore tank level.
SANGUAVITAE Rejuvenate: Regain D3+1 lost wounds.
SANGUAVITAE Mania: Add 1 to APL stat until next activation.
SANGUAVITAE Fury: Perform two Fight actions, second one free.
SANGUAVITAE Rake: Inflict D3 damage after Charge action movement.
SANGUAVITAE Surge: Add 1" to Move stat during Charge or Reposition.
SANGUAVITAE Rage: Add 1 to melee weapon Atk stat during Fight.

Strategic Ploys

ENHANCED VIOLENCE: Melee weapons gain Balanced or Relentless based on Gore Tank.
AUGMENTED ENDURANCE: Reroll defence dice based on Gore Tank when shot.
GORY TENACITY: Halve first strike damage in fight or retaliate sequence.
HUNT FOR BLOOD: Change order to Engage and perform limited free Charge.

Firefight Ploys

UNBRIDLED AGGRESSION: Melee weapons gain Severe after Charge
GORETHIRST: Concealed operative counters with Engage order
DESTRUCTIVE DEMISE: Incapacitated operative damages nearby enemy
LACERATE FLESH: Empty Gore Tank increases then decreases

Equipment

Gory Totem: Enemies within 3" cannot reroll attack dice.
Bloody Cadaver: Increases GORE TANK for controlling operative.
Chaos Sigil: Worsens enemy Piercing by 1 once per turning point.
Wrist Chains: Treats melee weapons as ranged once per turning point.

Rules Commentary

1 Q&As

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

OPERATIVES
↘ 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 inches 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 inches 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

Whenever this operative ends the Fight action, if it’s no longer within control range of enemy operatives, 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 inches 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: Whenever this operative is using this weapon, the first time you inflict damage on an operative within its control range during that sequence, you can increase this operative’s GORE TANK. Note this is cumulative with the normal rules for increasing its GORE TANK (i.e. if it incapacitates an operative within its control range). 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

IMPALER

2 7" 5+ 10

NAME	ATK	HIT	DMG	WR
⚡ Autopistol	4	4+	2/3	Range 8 inches 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 inches 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: Whenever this operative is shooting with this weapon, at the start of the Resolve Attack Dice step (before inflicting damage), you can move the target up to x". X is your total number of successful unblocked attack dice, multiplied by 2. The target must be moved to a location it can be placed as close as possible to this operative, determined by the x" you choose to use. The move must be done in one or more straight-line increments, and increments are always rounded up to the nearest inch. Whenever the target is dropping during that move, ignore the vertical distance., Prey: Whenever this operative is shooting with this weapon, in the Resolve Attack Dice step, after resolving the Drag weapon rule (if you choose to), you can discard any of your successful unblocked attack dice. In other words, you can choose not to inflict damage with any number of them. 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 inches 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 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

SKULLCLAIMER

2 7" 5+ 10

NAME	ATK	HIT	DMG	WR
⚡ Autopistol	4	4+	2/3	Range 8 inches 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 inches 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

9 rules

RUNES OF KHORNE

Faction Rule

Cannot lose more than 8 wounds per Shoot action.

GORE TANKS

Faction Rule

Gore tank levels change on kills or sanguavitae use.

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. 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

Use sanguavitae rules by decreasing gore tank level.

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.

SANGUAVITAE Rejuvenate

Faction Rule

Regain D3+1 lost wounds.

SANGUAVITAE Mania

Faction Rule

Add 1 to APL stat until next activation.

SANGUAVITAE Fury

Faction Rule

Perform two Fight actions, second one free.

SANGUAVITAE Rake

Faction Rule

Inflict D3 damage after Charge action movement.

SANGUAVITAE Surge

Faction Rule

Add 1" to Move stat during Charge or Reposition.

SANGUAVITAE Rage

Faction Rule

Add 1 to melee weapon Atk stat during Fight.

Strategy Ploys

4 ploys

ENHANCED VIOLENCE

Strategy Ploy

Melee weapons gain Balanced or Relentless based on Gore Tank.

AUGMENTED ENDURANCE

Strategy Ploy

Reroll defence dice based on Gore Tank when shot.

GORY TENACITY

Strategy Ploy

Halve first strike damage in fight or retaliate sequence.

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.

GORETHIRST

Firefight Ploy

Concealed operative counters with Engage order

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.

DESTRUCTIVE DEMISE

Firefight Ploy

Incapacitated operative damages nearby enemy

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.

LACERATE FLESH

Firefight Ploy

Empty Gore Tank increases then decreases

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.

Bloody Cadaver

Faction Equipment

Increases GORE TANK for controlling operative.

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.

Chaos Sigil

Faction Equipment

Worsens enemy Piercing by 1 once per turning point.

GOREMONGERS 💀

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

Wrist Chains

Faction Equipment

Treats melee weapons as ranged once per turning point.

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

10 items

AMMO CACHE

Universal Equipment

RAZOR WIRE

Universal Equipment

GOREMONGERS 💀

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

GOREMONGERS 💀

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

GOREMONGERS 💀

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

GOREMONGERS 💀

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

GOREMONGERS 💀

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

GOREMONGERS 💀

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.

EXPLOSIVE GRENADES

Universal Equipment

GOREMONGERS 💀

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.

PORTABLE BARRICADE

Universal Equipment

GOREMONGERS 💀

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.