Warhammer 40k - 10th Edition Core Rules

Summary of the core rules and weapon abilities for Warhammer 40,000 10th Edition.

Benefit of Cover

An ability that adds $1$ to armor saving throws against ranged attacks, unless the armor save is $3+$ and the ranged attack has an armor penetration of $0$.

The 5 Phases of a Turn

The sequence of play consisting of Command, Movement, Shooting, Charge, and Fight.

Command Points

Resources awarded to players, specifically $1$ command point given to each player on a player's turn.

Battle-shock test Trigger

A test taken by a unit when it is below half strength.

Battle-shock test Procedure

A player rolls $2D6$; the unit passes if the roll is greater than or equal to its leadership characteristic, otherwise it fails.

Failing a Battle-shock test

Results in the unit's objective control characteristic becoming $0$, the requirement to take a desperate escape test if falling back, and the inability to be targeted by stratagems from its controlling player.

Below half-strength

A status reached when a unit's model count is less than half its starting number or, for a single-model unit, when its remaining wounds are less than half its wounds characteristic.

Attached unit

A unit composed of a character unit and bodyguard units.

Advance Constrictions

Unless specified otherwise, a unit that advances during the movement phase cannot shoot or charge.

Movement Phase Options

A unit not in engagement range of an enemy can choose to move normally, advance, or remain stationary.

Normal move

A movement based on the unit's move characteristic.

Advance move

A move calculated by adding the result of a $D6$ to the move characteristic of the unit.

Fall back move

A movement utilizing the move characteristic for a unit in engagement range of an enemy unit; the unit cannot move through enemy units and usually cannot shoot or charge afterward.

Desperate escape move

A move used while in engagement range of an enemy unit where the model can move through enemy units as if they were not there.

Desperate escape test

A test where a $D6$ is rolled for each model; for each roll of $1$ or $2$, one model from the unit is destroyed.

Terrain Height Rule

Ground units can move freely over terrain that is up to $2\text{ inches}$ high.

Fly keyword

A keyword allowing a model to move over enemy units as if they were not there.

Reserves Limit

The maximum portion of an army that can be placed in reserves is $25\%$.

Feel No Pain x+

An ability where a $D6$ is rolled each time a model would lose a wound; if the result is $≥ x$, the wound is ignored.

Deadly Demise x

An ability where, on a roll of $6$ when the model is destroyed, each unit within $6"$ suffers the number of mortal wounds denoted by $x$.

Assault

A weapon ability allowing a unit to be eligible to shoot in the Shooting phase even if it Advanced that turn.

Pistol

A weapon ability allowing a unit to shoot while within Engagement Range of enemy units, provided it only targets an enemy unit within that range.

Rapid Fire x

An ability that increases the Attacks characteristic of a weapon by the amount denoted by $x$ when targeting a unit within half the weapon's range.

Ignores Cover

A weapon ability that prevents the target from receiving the Benefit of Cover against that attack.

Twin-Linked

An ability that allows the player to re-roll the attack's Wound roll.

Torrent

A weapon ability that causes the attack to automatically hit the target.

Lethal Hits

A weapon ability where a Critical Hit automatically wounds the target.

Lance

A weapon ability that adds $1$ to an attack's Wound roll if the bearer made a Charge move that turn.

Indirect Fire

An ability allowing attacks against targets not visible to the attacker; however, the attacker must subtract $1$ from the Hit roll and the target gains the Benefit of Cover.

Blast

A weapon ability that adds $1$ attack for every five models in the target unit (rounding down); it cannot be used against units within Engagement Range of the attacker's army.

Precision

An ability allowing the attacker to allocate successful wounds to a visible Character model in an Attached unit instead of the normal sequence.

Melta x

An ability that increases the weapon's Damage characteristic by the amount $x$ when targeting a unit within half the weapon's range.

Heavy

A weapon ability that adds $1$ to the attack's Hit roll if the attacking model's unit Remained Stationary that turn.

Hazardous

An ability requiring a Hazardous test ($D6$) after a unit shoots or fights; a roll of $1$ results in a model being destroyed or, for Characters, Monsters, and Vehicles, taking $3$ mortal wounds.

Sustained Hits x

An ability where a Critical Hit scores a number of additional hits denoted by $x$.

Extra Attacks

An ability allowing a model to make attacks with the specified weapon in addition to its chosen weapon; the number of attacks cannot be modified by other rules.

Devastating Wounds

An ability where a Critical Wound inflicts mortal wounds equal to the weapon's Damage characteristic and ends the attack sequence.

Anti-keyword x+

A weapon ability where an unmodified Wound roll of $x+$ against a target with the matching keyword results in a Critical Wound.