Void-Dancer Troupe

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KILL GRADE [8]

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2	3	5	6	8

What to Know

Tactical Overview

Introducing the Void-Dancer Troupe! This 8-model Harlequin kill team is a fast, fragile, and highly mobile force that excels in melee. Their unique Saedath rule lets you choose between Epic (melee-focused) or Melodrama (shooting-focused) allegories, granting Balanced weapons to key operatives. With 7" Move, 4+ Save, and low wounds, they rely on speed and tricks like Rising Crescendo (Dash after Charge) and Prismatic Blur (defensive re-rolls) to outmaneuver foes. Their Panoply rule reduces enemy Piercing and enhances climbing, while operatives like the Death Jester and Shadowseer add ranged support and psychic tricks. Get ready for a dance of death!

Core Abilities

Unusual Shooting ✓

Shadowseer: Hallucinogen grenade [Seek Light]Shadowseer: Mirror of Minds: psychic damage to enemy within 8"

Unusual Melee ✓

Firefight Ploy: Murderous Entrance: immediate extra strike after charge and hit.

Super Conceal ✗

Out of Order Movement ✗

Activation Manipulation ✓

Operative: Fog Of Dreams: Prevents enemy activation until conditions met or last to activate.

APL Modifiers ✓

Neuro disruptor [Stun]Shadowseer: Hallucinogen grenade [Stun]

Bitter Demise ✓

Death Mask: Add 1 to Tragedy tally when operative with ACCOLADE is incapacitated.

Block Rerolls ✗

Damage Reduction ✓

Strategic Ploy: Cegorach's Jest: roll D6 to block opponent's normal strike, ignoring damage.Firefight Ploy: Domino Field: allocate defence dice to block all matching attack dice.

Faction Rules

Saedath: Select allegory for Accolade rule; assign Pivotal Role and Accolade via Strategic Gambits.
Epic: Incapacitate enemy in melee for Balanced melee weapons.
Melodrama: Incapacitate enemy in shooting for Balanced ranged weapons.
Harlequin's Panoply: Worsen enemy Piercing by 1; treat climb as 2"; ignore control range for movement.

Strategic Ploys

Rising Crescendo: Dash after charge in same activation
Darting Salvo: Shoot during Reposition action
Prismatic Blur: Reroll one defence dice when shot
Cegorach's Jest: Block opponent's strike on D6 roll

Firefight Ploys

The Curtain Falls: End fight sequence and fall back after critical hit
Murderous Entrance: Convert success to strike after charging
Elusive Target: Cannot be targeted while concealed in cover
Domino Field: One defense die blocks all matching attack dice

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

1 Void-Dancer Troupe 💀 LEAD PLAYER operative with one option from each of the following:
- Fusion pistol, neuro disruptor or shuriken pistol
- Blade, caress, embrace, kiss or power weapon
7 Void-Dancer Troupe 💀 operatives selected from the following list:
- DEATH JESTER
- PLAYER with one option from each of the following:
  - Fusion pistol, neuro disruptor or shuriken pistol
  - Blade, caress, embrace or kiss
- SHADOWSEER with hallucinogen grenade and one of the following options:
  - Neuro disruptor; miststave
  - Shuriken pistol; miststave

Other than PLAYER operatives, your kill team can only include each operative on this list once. Your kill team can only include up to one fusion pistol and up to one neuro disruptor.

Operative Datacards

4 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.

Shadowseer

3 7" 4+ 9

NAME	ATK	HIT	DMG	WR
⚡ Hallucinogen grenade	4	3+	1/1	Range 6" 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. , Lethal 5+ Lethal Your successes equal to or greater than x are critical successes. , Seek Light Seek When selecting a valid target, operatives with a Conceal order cannot use terrain for cover. If the rule is Seek Light, they cannot use Light terrain for cover. , Silent Silent An operative can perform the Shoot action with this weapon while it has a Conceal order. , 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. Hallucinogen grenade - 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. Lethal Your successes equal to or greater than x are critical successes. Seek When selecting a valid target, operatives with a Conceal order cannot use terrain for cover. If the rule is Seek Light, they cannot use Light terrain for cover. Silent An operative can perform the Shoot action with this weapon while it has a Conceal order. 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	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.
⚔ Miststave	4	3+	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. Miststave - 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.

Unique Actions

Mirror Of Minds 1AP

PSYCHIC. Select one enemy operative that's a valid target for and within 8" of this operative. Both players roll five D6. Pair your dice with your opponent's dice based on matching results. For each matching pair, inflict D3 damage on that enemy operative (to a maximum of 8). For example, if you rolled 6, 5, 5, 2, 1 and your opponent rolled 6, 5, 4, 3, 1, you would inflict 3D3 damage on that enemy operative.

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

Fog Of Dreams 1AP

PSYCHIC. Select one ready enemy operative visible to this operative and 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.

Faction Rules

2 rules

Saedath

Faction Rule

Select allegory for Accolade rule; assign Pivotal Role and Accolade via Strategic Gambits.

Void-Dancer Troupe 💀

Void-dancer Troupes put on a performance as they attack from the Webway. A single player begins in the pivotal role, then the rest of the troupe progressively join in.

As a STRATEGIC GAMBIT in the first turning point, you must select an ALLEGORY (Epic or Melodrama below) for your kill team for the battle, and one friendly Void-Dancer Troupe 💀 operative to have the PIVOTAL ROLE for the battle. Whenever a friendly operative has the PIVOTAL ROLE, it has the ACCOLADE rule of your ALLEGORY for the battle. As a STRATEGIC GAMBIT in each subsequent turning point, you can select one friendly Void-Dancer Troupe 💀 operative to gain the ACCOLADE rule of your ALLEGORY for the battle. Once per turning point, when a friendly operative that has the PIVOTAL ROLE completes the performance of your ALLEGORY, you can select one friendly Void-Dancer Troupe 💀 operative to gain the ACCOLADE rule of your ALLEGORY for the battle.

Harlequin's Panoply

Faction Rule

Worsen enemy Piercing by 1; treat climb as 2"; ignore control range for movement.

Void-Dancer Troupe 💀

The tools of the Harlequins' trade afford them additional mobility and make them highly difficult to target, enabling them to dodge away from piercing shots of plasma and melta fire.

Whenever an operative is shooting a friendly Void-Dancer Troupe 💀 operative, and no attack dice are retained as critical successes, worsen the x of the Piercing weapon rule by 1 (if any). Note that Piercing 1 would therefore be ignored. Whenever a friendly Void-Dancer Troupe 💀 operative is climbing up, you can treat the vertical distance as 2" (regardless of how far the operative actually moves vertically). Friendly Void-Dancer Troupe 💀 operatives can move within control range of enemy operatives (they must still start and end the move following all requirements for that move).

Strategy Ploys

4 ploys

Rising Crescendo

Strategy Ploy

Dash after charge in same activation

Darting Salvo

Strategy Ploy

Shoot during Reposition action

Void-Dancer Troupe 💀

Advancing in a dazzling blurr of vibrant colour, Harlequins fire on the move, leaping away before their opponents can return fire.

Whenever a friendly Void-Dancer Troupe 💀 operative performs the REPOSITION action during its activation, it can perform the SHOOT action during that action (it must do so in a location it can be placed, and any remaining move distance it had from that REPOSITION action can be used after it does so).

Prismatic Blur

Strategy Ploy

Reroll one defence dice when shot

Cegorach's Jest

Strategy Ploy

Block opponent's strike on D6 roll

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

End fight sequence and fall back after critical hit

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

Convert success to strike after charging

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

One defense die blocks all matching attack dice

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