Forces of Warmachine: Retribution of Scyrah

Forces of Warmachine: Retribution of Scyrah Rulebook

Table of Contents

Theme Forces
Myrmidons
- Myrmidon Arcantrik Field
Retribution Warcaster Profiles
Retribution Warjacks
Retribution Units
Retribution Cavalry Units
Retribution Solos

Theme Forces

Theme Forces are themed armies for specific warcasters. A Theme Force can include only one warcaster. If you are playing a game with two or more warcasters in each army, you cannot use these rules.

Theme Forces are broken into tiers. Each tier has a set of requirements that restricts your army composition. If your army meets the requirements of a tier, you gain the benefits listed. These benefits are cumulative: you gain the benefits of every tier for which your army meets the requirements.

If a Theme Force can include a given unit, you can add any attachments to that unit that are available to it.

The following Theme Forces are available to Retribution warcasters.

Adeptis Rahn: Charge of the Battle Mages

Tier 1

Requirements: Adeptis Rahn is the warcaster. In addition, the army includes only models/units that are non-character Retribution warjacks, Houseguard units, House Shyeel Battle Mage units, Arcanist solos, or House Shyeel Battle Mage Magister solos.
Benefit: House Shyeel Battle Mage units in the army become FA U. Additionally, the FA of House Shyeel Magister solos in the army increases by +1 for each Battle Mage unit included.

Tier 2

Requirements: In addition to meeting all the requirements listed for Tier 1, the army includes two or more heavy warjacks.
Benefit: Add one Arcanist solo to the army free of cost. This model does not count toward FA restrictions.

Tier 3

Requirements: In addition to meeting all the requirements listed for Tier 2, the army includes three or more House Shyeel Magister solos.
Benefit: House Shyeel Battle Mage units and House Shyeel Battle Mage Magister solos in the army gain Advance Move. Models with Advance Move can make a full advance after both players have deployed but before the first player's first turn.

Tier 4

Requirements: In addition to meeting all the requirements listed for Tier 3, the army includes four or more House Shyeel Battle Mage units.
Benefit: Friendly models/units can begin the game affected by Rahn's upkeep spells. These spells and their targets must be declared before either player sets up. Rahn does not pay focus to upkeep these spells during your first turn.

Dawnlord Vyros: Legions of the Dawn

Tier 1

Requirements: Dawnlord Vyros is the warcaster. In addition, the army includes only models/units that are non-character Retribution warjacks, Dawnguard units, Stormfall Archer units, Arcanist solos, or Dawnguard solos.
Benefit: Dawnguard Invictor and Dawnguard Sentinel units in the army become FA U. Additionally, the FA of Dawnguard Scyir solos in the army increases by +1 for each Dawnguard Sentinel or Dawnguard Invictor unit included.

Tier 2

Requirements: In addition to meeting all the requirements listed for Tier 1, the army includes two or more Dawnguard Sentinel units.
Benefit: Add a unit attachment to one Dawnguard Sentinel unit in the army free of cost. This unit attachment ignores FA restrictions.

Tier 3

Requirements: In addition to meeting all the requirements listed for Tier 2, the army includes one Dawnguard Destor unit and one or more Dawnguard Destor Thane solos.
Benefit: You gain +1 on your starting game roll.

Tier 4

Requirements: In addition to meeting all the requirements listed for Tier 3, Vyros' battlegroup includes two or more heavy warjacks.
Benefit: Your deployment is extended 2" forward.

Kaelyssa, Night's Whisper: Shadows of Retribution

Tier 1

Requirements: Kaelyssa, Night's Whisper, is the warcaster. In addition, the army includes only models/units that are non-character Retribution warjacks, Mage Hunter units, Arcanist solos, Ghost Sniper solos, or Mage Hunter solos.
Benefit: Mage Hunter Strike Force units in the army become FA U.

Tier 2

Requirements: In addition to meeting all the requirements listed for Tier 1, the army also includes two or more Mage Hunter Strike Force units.
Benefit: Add a unit attachment to one Mage Hunter Strike Force unit in the army free of cost. This unit attachment does not count toward FA restrictions.

Tier 3

Requirements: In addition to meeting all the requirements listed for Tier 2, the army includes four or more Mage Hunter solos.
Benefit: You can redeploy any one Mage Hunter model/unit after both players have deployed but before the first player's first turn. The redeployed models must be placed on the table in a location they could have been deployed initially.

Tier 4

Requirements: In addition to meeting all the requirements listed for Tier 3, Kaelyssa's battlegroup includes three or more warjacks.
Benefit: Your deployment is extended 2" forward.

Garryth, Blade of Retribution: Assassins

Tier 1

Requirements: Garryth, Blade of Retribution, is the warcaster. In addition, the army includes only models/units that are non-character Retribution warjacks, Mage Hunter units, Mage Hunter Assassin solos, or Nayl.
Benefit: Mage Hunter Strike Force units in the army become FA U. Additionally, the FA of Mage Hunter Assassin solos in this army increases by +1 for each Mage Hunter Strike Force unit included.

Tier 2

Requirements: In addition to meeting all the requirements listed for Tier 1, the army also includes three or more Mage Hunter Assassin solos.
Benefit: You gain +1 on your starting game roll.

Tier 3

Requirements: In addition to meeting all the requirements listed for Tier 2, the army also includes three Mage Hunter Strike Force units each with a Soulless Escort weapon attachment.
Benefit: Add Nayl to the army free of cost.

Tier 4

Requirements: In addition to meeting all the requirements listed for Tier 3, Garryth's battlegroup includes only light warjacks.
Benefit: Models in Garryth's battlegroup gain Advance Deployment.

Ravyn, Eternal Light: Will of the Nine Voices

Tier 1

Requirements: Ravyn, Eternal Light, is the warcaster. In addition, the army includes only models/units that are non-character Retribution warjacks, Dawnguard Invictor units, Stormfall Archer units, Mage Hunter units, Mage Hunter solos, or the Fane Knight Skyreth Issyen.
Benefit: Mage Hunter Strike Force units and Mage Hunter Strike Force unit attachments in the army become FA U.

Tier 2

Requirements: In addition to meeting all the requirements listed for Tier 1, the army also includes three or more Mage Hunter Strike Force units.
Benefit: Add one Mage Hunter solo to the army free of cost. This model is subject to FA restrictions.

Tier 3

Requirements: In addition to meeting all the requirements listed for Tier 2, the army includes Fane Knight Skyreth Issyen and Narn.
Benefit: You gain +1 on your starting game roll.

Tier 4

Requirements: In addition to meeting all the requirements listed for Tier 3, Ravyn's battlegroup includes two or more Phoenix warjacks.
Benefit: Each warjack in Ravyn's battlegroup is automatically allocated 1 focus point at the start of your first Control Phase. This focus is in addition to any points Ravyn allocates.

Myrmidons

Myrmidons are warjacks. In addition to the standard warjack rules (see WARMACHINE: Prime Mk II, "Warjacks") myrmidons have the following rule:

Myrmidon Arcantrik Field

Myrmidons have two damage tracks: a set of boxes representing their force fields and another representing their damage grids. Mark the field boxes before marking the damage grids. The G boxes of a myrmidon's damage grid represent its Field Generator.

Once per turn during its activation, a myrmidon can spend 1 focus point to remove d3 damage points from its field damage track unless its Field Generator is crippled.

Retribution Warcaster Profiles

Garryth, Blade of Retribution

Stats: SPD 7, STR 6, MAT 8, RAT 6, DEF 16, ARM 14, CMD 8
Pistols: RNG 12, ROF 1, AOE –, POW 12
Blades (melee): POW 5, P+S 11
Focus: 6
Damage: 16
Field Allowance: C
Warjack Points: +5
Base: Small

Feat: Vortex Lock. For one round, while in Garryth's control area enemy models cannot cast spells, channel spells, spend focus points, or be moved by place effects.

Pathfinder
Stealth
Arcane Assassin: When making attacks, ignore focus points overboosting the target's Power Field and spell effects adding to its ARM or DEF.
Parry: This model cannot be targeted by free strikes.
Pistols: Magical Weapon
Blades: Magical Weapon; Weapon Master; Grievous Wounds. When a model is hit by this weapon, for one round it loses Tough, cannot heal or be healed, and cannot transfer damage.

Spells

Spell	Cost	RNG	AOE	POW	UP	OFF	Effect
Death Sentence	2	8	–	–	YES	YES	When a friendly Faction model misses target enemy model/unit with an attack, it can reroll the attack roll. Each attack roll can be rerolled only once as a result of Death Sentence.
Gallows	3	10	–	13	NO	YES	When an enemy model is hit by this attack, it can be pushed d6" directly toward Gallows' point of origin.
Mirage	3	6	–	–

Tactical Tips

Gallows: This means the model is moved before it suffers damage.
Mirage: Remember that troopers must be placed in formation.

Kaelyssa, Night's Whisper

Stats: SPD 6, STR 6, MAT 6, RAT 7, DEF 16, ARM 14, CMD 8
Runebolt Cannon: RNG 12, ROF 3, AOE –, POW 10
Vengeance (melee): POW 6, P+S 12
Focus: 7
Damage: 16
Field Allowance: C
Warjack Points: +7
Base: Small

Feat: The Vanishing. For one round, while in Kaelyssa's control area friendly Faction models gain Stealth and cannot be charged.

Pathfinder
True Sight: This model ignores concealment, Camouflage, and Stealth.
Witch Hound: If a model in this model's battlegroup in its control area is hit by an enemy magic attack, immediately after the attack is resolved one model in this model's battlegroup in its control area can make a full advance and make one normal attack.
Runebolt Cannon: Magical Weapon. Energy Siphon: When this attack hits an enemy model with 1 or more focus or fury points on it, that model loses 1 focus or fury point and this model gains 1 focus point.
Vengeance: Magical Weapon. Energy Siphon: When this attack hits an enemy model with 1 or more focus or fury points on it, that model loses 1 focus or fury point and this model gains 1 focus point.

Spells

Spell	Cost	RNG	AOE	POW	UP	OFF	Effect
Arcantrik Bolt	2	10	–	12	NO	YES	A warjack damaged by this attack becomes stationary for one round.
Arcane Reckoning	3	6	–	–	YES	NO	Target friendly Faction model/unit gains Whiplash. (When an enemy model misses with a magic attack, the attacking model becomes the target and is automatically hit by the attack. AOE magic attacks that miss are centered on the attacking model. The model with Whiplash is the point of origin for all these attacks.)
Backlash	3	8	–

Tactical Tips

The Vanishing: Models that cannot be charged cannot be slammed.
Phantom Hunter: Keep in mind that Phantom Seeker does not ignore Stealth.

Adeptis Rahn

Stats: SPD 5, STR 6, MAT 6, RAT 4, DEF 14, ARM 16, CMD 9
Balance (melee): POW 6, P+S 12
Focus: 8
Damage: 16
Field Allowance: C
Warjack Points: +6
Base: Small

Feat: Arcane Alignment. While in Rahn's control area, friendly Faction models gain +2 RNG to their non-channeled spells, and their magic attack rolls and magic attack damage rolls are boosted. Arcane Alignment lasts for one turn.

Force Barrier: This model gains +2 DEF against ranged attack rolls and does not suffer blast damage.
Balance: Magical Weapon; Reach.
Beat Back: Immediately after a normal attack with this weapon is resolved during this model's combat action, the enemy model hit can be pushed 1" directly away from the attacking model. After the enemy model is pushed, the attacking model can advance up to 1".
Critical Smite: On a critical hit, this model can slam the model hit instead of rolling damage normally. The model hit is slammed d6" directly away from this model and suffers a damage roll with POW equal to this model's STR plus the POW of this weapon. The POW of collateral damage is equal to this model's STR.

Spells

Spell	Cost	RNG	AOE	POW	UP	OFF	Effect
Chain Blast	3	10	3	12	NO	YES	After determining the point of impact for this attack, roll deviation for an additional 3" AOE from that point. Models in that AOE are hit and suffer a POW 6 blast damage roll.
Force Blast	3	CTRL	*	–	NO	NO	Target a model in this model's battlegroup in its control area. Enemy models within 2" of the target model are pushed 4" directly away from it in the order you choose.
Force Field	3	Self	CTRL

Tactical Tips

Beat Back: The attacking model can advance even if the enemy model is destroyed by the attack.
Critical Smite: Remember, the slammed model is moved only half the distance rolled if it has a larger base than the slamming model.
Force Hammer: Incorporeal models are not slammed. They just suffer a damage roll.
Polarity Shield: Remember, if a model cannot charge a target, it also cannot slam the target.

Ravyn, Eternal Light

Stats: SPD 6, STR 6, MAT 7, RAT 7, DEF 15, ARM 16, CMD 9
Hellebore: RNG 12, ROF 1, AOE –, POW 12
Blade (melee): POW 7, P+S 13
Focus: 6
Damage: 16
Field Allowance: C
Warjack Points: +6
Base: Small

Feat: Fire Storm. While in Ravyn's control area this turn, friendly Faction models gain boosted ranged attack rolls and Swift Hunter.

Gunfighter
Quick Work: When this model destroys one or more enemy models with a melee attack during its combat action, immediately after that attack is resolved this model can make one normal ranged attack. Attacks gained from Quick Work do not count against a weapon's ROF.
Swift Hunter: When this model destroys an enemy model with a normal ranged attack, immediately after the attack is resolved it can advance up to 2".
Virtuoso: This model can make melee and ranged attacks during the same combat action. When this model makes its initial attacks, it can make both its initial ranged and melee attacks.
Hellebore: Magical Weapon. Blaster: When this model makes an attack with this weapon, before the attack roll it can spend 1 focus point to give the attack a 3" AOE.
Blade: Magical Weapon; Reach. Thresher (melee attack): This model makes one melee attack with this weapon against each model in its LOS and this weapon's melee range.

Spells

Spell	Cost	RNG	AOE	POW	UP	OFF	Effect
Eliminator	3	8	3	13	NO	YES	Immediately after this attack is resolved, this model can advance up to 2" for each enemy model destroyed by the attack.
Locomotion	*	6	–	–	NO	NO	This model spends up to 3 focus points to cast Locomotion. Target warjack in this model's battlegroup immediately advances up to 1" for each focus point spent. A warjack can be targeted by Locomotion only once per turn.
Snipe	2	6	–

Tactical Tips

Thresher: The melee attacks are all simultaneous.

Dawnlord Vyros

Stats: SPD 5, STR 7, MAT 8, RAT 4, DEF 15, ARM 17, CMD 10
Justicar (melee): POW 7, P+S 14
Focus: 6
Damage: 18
Field Allowance: C
Warjack Points: +6
Base: Small

Feat: Perfect Execution. While in Vyros' control area this turn, when a friendly Faction model destroys an enemy model with an attack, allocate 1 focus point to a warjack in Vyros' battlegroup in his control area.

Bird's Eye: While in this model's control area, models in its battlegroup extend their front arcs 360° and when determining LOS ignore cloud effects, forest terrain, and intervening models.
Flank [Faction Warjack]: When this model makes a melee attack against an enemy model within the melee range of a friendly model of the listed type, this model gains +2 to attack rolls and gains an additional damage die.
Justicar: Magical Weapon; Reach.

Spells

Spell	Cost	RNG	AOE	POW	UP	OFF	Effect
Eliminator	3	8	3	13	NO	YES	Immediately after this attack is resolved, this model can advance up to 2" for each enemy model destroyed by the attack.
Hallowed Avenger	2	6	–	–	YES	NO	When an enemy attack destroys or removes from play one or more friendly Faction models within 5" of target warjack in this model's battlegroup, after the attack is resolved the affected warjack can charge an enemy model, then Hallowed Avenger expires.
Inviolable Resolve	2	6	–

Tactical Tips

Perfect Execution: A warjack cannot exceed normal focus allocation limits as a result of Perfect Execution.
Inviolable Resolve: Fleeing models immediately rally when affected by Inviolable Resolve.