Void-Dancer Troupe

Recon

KILL GRADE [5]

1	2	3	4	5
1	2	3	4	5

What to Know

Tactical Overview

Introducing the Void-Dancer Troupe! A 3-4 operative Harlequin kill team that's lightning-fast (7" Move) but fragile (4+ Save, 8-9 Wounds). They're melee specialists with deadly close-combat weapons, enhanced by Saedath rules that grant BALANCED on kills. Unique tricks include climbing vertical distances as 2", blocking hits with Cegorach's Jest, and tactical retreats via The Curtain Falls. Domino Field makes them elusive, while Murderous Entrance punishes charges. Lead Player can switch allegories mid-battle. Dance through the killzone with precision and flair!

Core Abilities

Unusual Shooting ✗

Unusual Melee ✓

Firefight Ploy: Murderous Entrance: extra strike before opponent after charging.

Super Conceal ✗

Out of Order Movement ✓

Firefight Ploy: The Curtain Falls: free Fall Back during fight after critical success.

Activation Manipulation ✗

APL Modifiers ✓

Neuro disruptor [Stun]

Bitter Demise ✓

Death Mask: Adds to Tragedy tally when operative with ACCLADE is incapacitated.Understudy's Mask: Transfers PIVOTAL ROLE when PIVOTAL ROLE operative is incapacitated.

Block Rerolls ✗

Damage Reduction ✓

Strategic Ploy: Cegorach's Jest: ignore opponent's strike on D6 roll less than Hit stat.Firefight Ploy: Domino Field: block all matching attack dice with one defence die.

Faction Rules

Harlequin's Panoply: Worsen enemy PIERCING by 1 when shooting, treat climbing vertical distance as 2".
Saedath, Epic: Gain BALANCED on melee weapons after incapacitating an enemy in combat.

Strategic Ploys

Cegorach's Jest: Roll D6 to block opponent's strike on normal success.

Firefight Ploys

The Curtain Falls: Fall back after a critical hit in fight
Murderous Entrance: Gain extra strike after charging in fight
Elusive Target: Cannot be targeted while concealed in cover
Domino Field: Block all matching attack dice with one defence die

Equipment

Shrieker Toxin Rounds: Once per turning point, gives Devastating 1 to shuriken pistol or shrieker cannon (focused).
Wraithbone Talisman: Once per turning point, discard one fail to turn another into a success when shooting, fighting, or retaliating.
Death Mask: Gain 1CP after three friendly operatives with ACCOLADE are incapacitated.
Understudy's Mask: Once per battle, give PIVOTAL ROLE to an operative if the original PIVOTAL ROLE operative is incapacitated.

Rules Commentary

1 Q&As

Does 'Once per turning point' in the PLAYER operative's Luck of the Laughing God rule mean I can only use this rule once during each turning point, no matter how many friendly operatives have that rule?

Yes.

Operative Selection

Lead Player: 25 points. Ability: Lead the Performance – Once per battle, if this operative is in the killzone, change the ALLEGORY you selected for your kill team.
Death Jester: 25 points. Ability: Humbling Cruelty – When attacking, if damage is inflicted, target gains a token that reduces Move by 2" and worsens Hit by 1 until end of next activation.
Player: 25 points. Ability: Luck of the Laughing God – Once per turning point, can use a firefight ploy for 0CP if it specifies this operative.

Operative Datacards

3 operatives

Lead Player

3 7" 4+ 9

NAME	ATK	HIT	DMG	WR
⚡ Fusion pistol	4	3+	5/3	Range 3" Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. , 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. , 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. Fusion pistol - 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.
⚡ Neuro disruptor	4	3+	4/5	Range 8" Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. , 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. , 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. Neuro disruptor - Weapon Rules Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. 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. 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.
⚡ Shuriken pistol	4	3+	3/4	Range 8" Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. , Rending Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead. Shuriken pistol - Weapon Rules Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead.
⚔ Blade	5	3+	4/6	-
⚔ Caress	5	3+	4/5	Rending Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead. Caress - Weapon Rules Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead.
⚔ Embrace	5	3+	4/5	Brutal Brutal Your opponent can only block with critical successes. Embrace - Weapon Rules Brutal Your opponent can only block with critical successes.
⚔ Kiss	5	3+	3/7	-
⚔ Power weapon	5	3+	4/6	Lethal 5+ Lethal Your successes equal to or greater than x are critical successes. Power weapon - Weapon Rules Lethal Your successes equal to or greater than x are critical successes.

Additional Rules

Lead the Performance (STRATEGIC GAMBIT)

Once per battle. If this operative is in the killzone, change the ALLEGORY you selected for your kill team. Note that the ACCOLADE rule friendly operatives have will also change.

Death Jester

3 7" 4+ 9

NAME	ATK	HIT	DMG	WR
⚡ Shrieker cannon (focused)	5	3+	4/5	Rending Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead. , Heavy (Reposition only) 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. , Humbling Cruelty* Shrieker cannon (focused) - Weapon Rules Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead. 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.
⚡ Shrieker cannon (sweeping)	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. , Heavy (Dash only) 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. , 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. , Humbling Cruelty* Shrieker cannon (sweeping) - Weapon Rules Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead. 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. 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.
⚔ Shrieker blade	4	3+	3/4	Rending Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead. Shrieker blade - Weapon Rules Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead.

Additional Rules

Humbling Cruelty

If the target of this weapon isn't incapacitated but any of your attack dice inflict damage, the target gains one of your Humbling Cruelty tokens (if it doesn't already have one). Whenever an enemy operative has one of your Humbling Cruelty tokens, subtract 2" from its Move stat and worsen the Hit stat of its weapons by 1. This isn't cumulative with being injured. At the end of that enemy operative's next activation, remove its Humbling Cruelty token.

Player

3 7" 4+ 8

NAME	ATK	HIT	DMG	WR
⚡ Fusion pistol	4	3+	5/3	Range 3" Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. , 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. , 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. Fusion pistol - 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.
⚡ Neuro disruptor	4	3+	4/5	Range 8" Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. , 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. , 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. Neuro disruptor - Weapon Rules Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. 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. 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.
⚡ Shuriken pistol	4	3+	3/4	Range 8" Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. , Rending Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead. Shuriken pistol - Weapon Rules Range Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets. Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead.
⚔ Blade	5	3+	4/6	-
⚔ Caress	5	3+	4/5	Rending Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead. Caress - Weapon Rules Rending If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead.
⚔ Embrace	5	3+	4/5	Brutal Brutal Your opponent can only block with critical successes. Embrace - Weapon Rules Brutal Your opponent can only block with critical successes.
⚔ Kiss	5	3+	3/7	-

Additional Rules

Luck of the Laughing God

Once per turning point, you can use this rule. If you do, you can use a firefight ploy for 0CP if this is the specified Void-Dancer Troupe operative (including Command Re-roll if the attack or defence dice was rolled for this operative). You cannot select the same firefight ploy for this rule more than once per battle.

Faction Rules

2 rules

Harlequin's Panoply

Faction Rule

Worsen enemy PIERCING by 1 when shooting, treat climbing vertical distance as 2".

Saedath, Epic

Faction Rule

Gain BALANCED on melee weapons after incapacitating an enemy in combat.

Strategy Ploys

1 ploys

Cegorach's Jest

Strategy Ploy

Roll D6 to block opponent's strike on normal success.

Void-Dancer Troupe 💀

Attempts to engage the troupe in melee combat meet with little success. Luckless assailants find their wellaimed strikes meeting only thin air.

Whenever a friendly Void-Dancer Troupe 💀 operative is fighting or retaliating and your opponent strikes with a normal success, you can roll one D6: if the result is less than the Hit stat of your opponent's selected weapon, that strike is allocated to block one of your dice instead (ignore the Brutal weapon rule, if relevant) and you cannot use this rule for the rest of the sequence.

Firefight Ploys

4 ploys

The Curtain Falls

Firefight Ploy

Fall back after a critical hit in fight

Void-Dancer Troupe 💀

Upon landing a devastating blow, the Harlequin disengages, leaving their wounded opponent flailing desperately in response.

Use this firefight ploy when a friendly Void-Dancer Troupe 💀 operative is fighting, after you strike with a critical success, if the enemy operative isn't incapacitated. End that sequence (any remaining attack dice are discarded) and immediately perform a free Fall Back action up to 3" with that operative (then the Fight action ends). That operative can do so even if it's performed an action that prevents it from performing the Fall Back action.

Murderous Entrance

Firefight Ploy

Gain extra strike after charging in fight

Void-Dancer Troupe 💀

The Harlequin assault materialises with terrifying speed, a flurry of deadly blows landing before the foe can raise a blade in response.

Use this firefight ploy when a friendly Void-Dancer Troupe 💀 operative is fighting during an activation in which it performed the Charge action, after you strike. You can immediately resolve another of your normal successes as a strike (before your opponent), or one of your critical successes if there are none.

Elusive Target

Firefight Ploy

Cannot be targeted while concealed in cover

Void-Dancer Troupe 💀

Swift, agile and graceful, Harlequins dart from cover to cover, evading their opponents with contemptuous ease.

Use this firefight ploy during a friendly Void-Dancer Troupe 💀 operative's activation. Until the start of its next activation, while that 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".

Domino Field

Firefight Ploy

Block all matching attack dice with one defence die

Void-Dancer Troupe 💀

Harlequins bear a variety of esoteric equipment, including the ubiquitous Domino Field, which breaks up their outline and renders them difficult to target.

Use this firefight ploy when an operative is shooting a friendly Void-Dancer Troupe 💀 operative, during the Resolve Defence Dice step. You can allocate one of your rolled successful dice to block all of your opponent's attack dice with matching results (e.g. one of your successful defence dice results of 5 can be used to block all successful attack dice results of 5).

Faction Equipment

4 items

Shrieker Toxin Rounds

Faction Equipment

Once per turning point, gives Devastating 1 to shuriken pistol or shrieker cannon (focused).

Void-Dancer Troupe 💀

Coated with virulent genetic toxins, these rounds cause the flesh of the target to twist, distort and rupture to devastating effect.

Once per turning point, when a friendly Void-Dancer Troupe 💀 operative is performing the Shoot action and you select a shuriken pistol or shrieker cannon (focused), you can use this rule. If you do, until the end of that action, that weapon has the Devastating 1 weapon rule.

Wraithbone Talisman

Faction Equipment

Once per turning point, discard one fail to turn another into a success when shooting, fighting, or retaliating.

Death Mask

Faction Equipment

Gain 1CP after three friendly operatives with ACCOLADE are incapacitated.

Understudy's Mask

Faction Equipment

Once per battle, give PIVOTAL ROLE to an operative if the original PIVOTAL ROLE operative is incapacitated.

Void-Dancer Troupe 💀

This item allows Harlequins to change roles during the saedath. Should one who holds a pivotal role be slain, another will swiftly take their place.

Once per battle, when you activate a friendly Void-Dancer Troupe 💀 operative, if the friendly operative that has the PIVOTAL ROLE has been incapacitated, you can use this rule. If you do, that activated operative has the PIVOTAL ROLE for the battle.

Universal Equipment

0 items