CODEX CHAOS UPDATE This update is designed to incorporate all of the new rules and units to the 2nd edition Chaos army list. In effect these rules are simply ‘bolted’ on to the existing list.  Order of Contents Choosing a Chaos army restrictions Additional Chaos Units Legions of Chaos Chaos Lords Khorne Nurgle Slaanesh Tzeentch Renegade Space Marines Choosing a Chaos army restrictions Choosing an allegiance The commander of the Chaos army will determine will determine the nature of the rest of the army itself. For example a Lord of Khorne isn’t going to be the head of a Slaanesh army! Your commander’s Mark or legion restricts the choices your force can make. You must have one squad that shares the mark or legion with your commander for each other legion or marked squad in the army. For example an Iron Warriors commander who wishes to have 2 units of Khorne Bezerkers and a unit of Noise Marines will require 3 units of Iron Warriors in equivalent. Note that unaligned Terminators, Veterans, Marines and Bikes do not count towards this restriction. A Chaos Lord that carries multiple marks and/or belongs to a legion may choose either of the aligned unit types to support this restriction. However there must be at least one unit of each mark and/or legion represented.  For example a Chaos Lord of the Alpha Legion with the marks of Khorne and Nurgle must have at least one unit of Alpha Marines, one unit of Bezerkers and one unit of Plague Marines. However in order to take 2 units of Noise Marines, 1 of Night Lords and 1 of Iron Warriors, one additional unit of any type may be chosen to take up the extra required slot. Undivided Commanders must choose unaligned units to work in equivalent to units with marks/legions. A single unit of standard marines for the commander’s mark/legion must always be present i.e. Plague Marines for Nurgle, Black Legion Marines for Black Legion etc. Troop animosity Although mortal marines and units are above the single minded squabbling rivalries of the daemonic patrons, those rivalries still present problems on the battlefield. To represent this, Tzeentch units (other than characters) suffer –1 LD when within 8” of Nurgle units and Vice Versa. The same applies for Khorne and Slaanesh units (though Slaanesh units are usually enjoy the occasion). Note that this only applies to break tests, representing the units losing track of the battle, not for LD based weapons such as Smite and the Terrofex. Additional Chaos Units The following units are added to this existing codex list Squads 0-1 RAPTOR PACK………………..37 pts per model M WS BS S T W I A LD Raptor 4 5 5 4 4 1 5 1 9 SQUAD  The Squad consists of between 3 and 5 Raptors WEAPONS Bolt pistols, frag grenades and Jump Packs. Any number of models may have in the squad may have weapons from the close combat section of the Chaos list, and up to 2 may have special weapons. ARMOUR Power Armour  (3+ save) SPECIAL Raptors Cause fear Hit and Run – rather than engage their target, the Raptors may make a jump pack move over the enemy and make a single close combat attack each in a similar way to making a charge only the raptors cannot be struck back, will not finish in base contact with the enemy and cannot fire in the shooting phase. The raptors can only make one attack in a single turn in this way and they must make it against the nearest enemy in line but it can be at any point of a jump. An aspiring champion may lead the squad and will be subject to the fear and hit and run rules and have a jump pack, with a total cost of 45 points. The champion will still take up a hero slot and must always lead the raptors. POSSESSED CHAOS SPACE MARINES………………..30 pts per model Through excessive worship, these Chaos Marines have become terrifyingly close to the daemon they adore M WS BS S T W I A LD Possessed Chaos Marine 4 4 4 5 4 1 4 1 10 SQUAD  The Squad consists of between 3 and 9 Possessed Chaos Space Marines WEAPONS Possessed Chaos Space Marines are armed with a bolt pistol and additional CC weapon ARMOUR Power Armour (3+ save) SPECIAL Possessed Chaos Space Marines are immune to psychology and will never break Daemonic Protection (5+ unmodified save) The whole squad may have one of the following daemonic abilities; Flight May move as if equipped with a jump pack (+5 pts/model) Talons Rolls of 6 to hit in CC = auto wound, no save (+3 pts/model) Fire Acts as if armed with a flamer (+6 pts/model) Visage Cause fear  (+4 pts/model) Mutation  +1 Attack  (+3 pts/model) 0-1 OBLITERATOR CULT………………..109 pts per model Dwelling too long in the warp, these baroque leviathans are able to reshape their bodies to match current battlefield situations M WS BS S T W I A LD Obliterator 3 5 5 5 5 2 5 2 9 SQUAD  The Squad consists of between 1 and 3 Obliterators WEAPONS Body weapons ARMOUR Terminator Armour  (3+ save on 2D6) SPECIAL Obliterators are immune to psychology and will never break Daemonic Aura (5+ unmodified save) May teleport into battle at a cost of +50% pts cost of the unit Body Weapons Obliterators are able to shape their bodies to fabricate a wide variety of weapons. An Obliterator may only fire one weapon in the shooting phase and each member of the squad must fire a different weapon Obliterator Weapons: Autocannon, Heavy Bolter, Lascannon, Missile Launcher (Frag only), twin linked Mk1 Plasma, twin linked Melta. Obliterators may also use a powerfist in Close Combat if they did not fire in the shooting phase Daemons Chaos Furies………………..31 pts per model Weakest of the Chaos daemons, Furies are winged creatures that attack in flocks. They are bought from the daemons section and count as undivided daemons. They can use any summoning points. M WS BS S T W I A LD Furies 4 4 4 5 3 1 5 2 7 EQUIPMENT None SPECIAL  Furies are immune to psychology and will never break Cause fear Daemons, all rules apply Daemonic Aura (4+ unmodified save) Fly, may move as if equipped with a jump pack Screamers of Tzeentch………………..39 pts per model Tzeentch’s bizarre screamers hunt down his enemies in battle, descending from out of nowhere. Thye require summoning points for Tzeentch in the standard way. M WS BS S T W I A LD Screamers 4 4 4 5 4 2 6 2 10 EQUIPMENT None SPECIAL  Screamers are immune to psychology and will never break Cause fear Daemons, all rules apply Daemonic Aura (4+ unmodified save) Fly, may move as if equipped with a jump pack Hit and Run: May make a single CC attack in the movement phase if passing over an enemy unit and not charging Squad amendments Chaos biker marines cost –10 points per model and up to two models in a squad may replace the twin bolter combi-weapons with a melta-gun (+5 points) or a Mk1 plasma gun (+5 points). Alternatively these weapons can be carried by hand at the normal points cost, if a flamer is used in this way, treat the front 90 degree arc of the bike as ‘blind’ for the purposes of choosing a target. Legions of Chaos Rules for the most famous of the Chaos chapters The following sets of rules are amendments to the army list. All of the legions can be used as armies in their own right but can not have models with the marks of Chaos and may only take troops with a mark as allies. Note that all Chaos Space Marines are considered to have the mark of Chaos Undivided. Alpha Legion – Expert force, encourages Cultist activity Normal Alpha Legion squads may infiltrate at a cost of +5 points per model in the unit, though if they choose 2 or more heavy weapons they may not infiltrate. Cultists come from the squads section One unit of Cultists in the army may infiltrate at a cost of +2 pts per model in the unit. They lose the frenzy ability Alpha Legion armies may have a maximum of 1 unit of Furies Iron Warriors – Masters of Siege Iron Warriors Marines cost 30 pts and carry a Boltgun. They receive +d6 to penetration rolls Vs buildings. Only trigger mines in a Minefield on 6. When occupying a building they become immune to psychology. This cost is +5 for a character and does not include a bolter. May include no Daemons May include any number of Obliterator squads May include a single Basilisk or Vindicator at normal points cost Iron Warriors vehicles have targetters fitted (Note that in a crusade army you must have one squad of Iron Warriors per Iron Warriors vehicle fielded) May include up to 1 squad of Khorne Berzerkers Iron Warriors Servo-Arm – Iron Warriors only Wargear card, counts as a powerfist conferring an additional attack and grants the user the Techmarine repair ability. This is common among Iron Warriors armies. Cost – 20 pts Iron Warriors Lords are known as Warsmiths and have the extra ability that the basic troops utilise, as do all other Iron Warriors characters. Night Lords – Masters of stealth tactics Night Lord Marines cost +3 pts and have the following special rule; when in cover, there is an additional –1 to hit penalty when shooting at Night Lords, so –2 when in light cover and –3 in heavy cover to represent the Night Lords stealth abilities.  This cost is +10 for a character, +5 for an aspiring champion. Night Lords suffer no penalties in night missions In a Night Lords army there is no limit to the number of Raptor units available Word Bearers – Fanatical worshippers Word Bearers marines cost +3 pts and have the shaken rule. This cost is +10 for a character, +5 for an aspiring champion. Word Bearers still use Chaplains. Make the following points amendments; Mighty Champion – 81pts ; Exalted Champion – 120 pts. These models carry the Accursed Crozius (Counts as Daemon Weapon, Str.) and a Rosarius (4+ unmodified save). Any models within 8” may re-roll failed break tests.   Chaos Lords In addition to the standard rules Chaos Lords also have the following additions: Daemonic Favour As Chaos Lords grow in stature their patron gods will inevitably recognise them and bestow them with supernatural abilities. To represent this you may buy any of the following abilities for your Lord as long as he has a single mark of Chaos other then undivided. Gift Effect Ideal Patron Points Armour +1 to armour save Khorne 10 Aura 4+ unmodified save, vulnerable to psychic 10 Cacophony Nullifies any spells affecting the model on a 5+ Tzeentch 10 Chains A possessed Lord is not counted as a casualty for VP purposes 5 Essence  +1 Wound, immune to medi-packs Nurgle 10 Fire Counts as having a flamer Tzeentch 10 Flight May move as if possessing a jump pack 10 Mutation +1 A Khorne 5 Resilience +1 Toughness Nurgle 10 Rune All received damage counts as 1 (ie a lascannon hit concurs to 1 damage) 10 Stature Becomes a monstrous target and gains +1 S,T,WS and –1 BS and 2D6 armour save. Follows the rules for being daemonic. Causes fear. 30 Steed See appendix under Daemon World armies 5 Strength +1 Strength Khorne 5 Talons In CC a r oll of a 6 will to hit will automatically cause a wound, this effect will add a further D6 to the penetration roll against vehicles Slaanesh 10 Venom In combat rolls to wound against mortal targets are never worse than a 4+ Slaanesh 10 Visage Units taking a Psychology test on account of the model do so at –1 LD Slaanesh 5 There is a price to pay for such bestowed gifts. A model possessing gifts then must take a LD test at base value at the start of every turn, failure will result in them immediately becoming a Chaos Spawn and counting as a casualty for Victory Points purposes. Every gift after the first  (unless they are gifts from the ideal patron ie Armour for a Khorne Champion) has a –1 modifier on this test. A Lord could be blessed indeed but a bored and fickle god is often quick to bestow a new kind of gift to their followers. Khorne – related amendments Additional rewards Feel no Pain – 10 pts – Model has a 4+ unmodified save against hits at less than double the models Toughness Berzerker Glaive – 20 pts – Daemon Weapon granting a Daemonic Aura save to the user. Bearer may strike with additional blows equal to the bearer’s basic Attack value. On a roll of a 1 to hit the Glaive strike the bearer Rage of Khorne – 10 pts - +D3 Attacks when charging using basic strength Talisman of Burning Blood – 5 pts – The bearer is always frenzied and cannot be broken Rules modifications Kharn may re-roll misses with his Gorechild, the second score stands Nurgle - related amendments Additional Rewards Plague Carrier – 10 pts – Possessed Vehicles only – Roll a D6 for each enemy assaulting the vehicle, on a roll of a 6 they contract Nurgle’s Rot and die immediately, regardless of armour and wounds Manreaper – 25 pts - Adds +2 to bearers strength, kills mortal creatures outright if it wounds regardless of armour, counts as a Daemon Weapon and a Double Handed Weapon Pandemic Staff – 10 pts – Fired as a shooting weapon, causes a Strength 3 hit to all models in a unit within 12” if it hits Nurlge Infestation – 15 pts – The model is covered in Nurglings which may attack with D6 Str. 3 hits worked out with WS 3 and I 4 Rules modifications Models with the Mark of Nurgle are immune to the following weapons; Blight Grenades ,and have the same immunities to Gases & Toxins as Daemons. Nurglings are Mischievous. They cannot fulfil any mission objectives which require an area to be held for a period, such as Take and Hold and Drop Zone. This is true of all swarms in the game for example, Snotlings.  As a note daemons cannot score additional points for being in a Drop Zone, they are perfectly capable of extracting themselves. Mischievous units cannot ride in vehicles Typhus – Herald of Nurgle 283 points Your force may include Typhus as an Exalted Chaos Champion. Typhus may be placed in command of the army if it is made up entirely of models with the Mark of Nurgle or Undivided. M WS BS S T W I A LD Typhus 4 7 7 5 (7) 6 5 7 3 10 WEAPONS Typhus is equipped with a Manreaper ARMOUR Typhus wears Terminator Armour REWARDS Nurgle’s Rot & Infestation MARKS Mark of Nurgle, usual rules apply, note that +1 T has already been incorporated into the Stat line STRATEGY Strategy Rating of 5 PSYCHIC  Mastery level of 3 drawing powers from the Nurgle deck SPECIAL  Chaos Space Marine Immune to Psychology and causes fear Cannot be killed by Daemonic Attack Destroyer Hive Models in base contact contract Nurgle’s rot on 5 or 6 Slaanesh - related amendments Additional Rewards Aura of Acquiescence – 5 pts – Units in combat with a model with this reward may not break from combat and the entire unit must remain in combat even if others could move away Lash of Torment – 15 pts – Str. 6, -3 save. Models in combat with the bearer suffering casualties from this weapon suffer –1 LD. If the bearer is not in combat but within 2” of an enemy model, the bearer may make a single attack with the weapon in the close combat phase Needle of Desire – 15 pts - Always wounds on a 2+ with save modifier at strength of user. Models wounded must take a LD test of suffer a further D3 wounds Rules modifications Vehicles may replace their turret weapon with a Blastmaster for +35 pts. May take Twin linked Sonic Blasters as Sponson choices for +15pts. Dreadnoughts may take Blast Masters as a right arm weapon (+45 pts) and replace their combi-weapon with a Sonic Blaster (+5pts) Lucius the Eternal 197 points Your force may include Lucius as an Exalted Chaos Champion. Lucius may be placed in command of the army if it is made up entirely of models with the Mark of Slaanesh or Undivided. M WS BS S T W I A LD Lucius 4 7 7 5 5 3 7 3 10 WEAPONS Lucius is equipped with a Power Sword and the Lash of Torment ARMOUR Lucius wears the Armour of Shrieking Souls MARKS Mark of Slaanesh, usual rules apply STRATEGY Strategy Rating of 5 PSYCHIC  Mastery level of 2 drawing powers from the Slaanseh deck SPECIAL  Chaos Space Marine Immune to Psychology  Cannot be killed by Daemonic Attack Martial Pride Lucius will always hit enemy characters on a 3+ even if they have a higher WS characteristic but against basic troops, Lucius will have his WS characteristic reduced to their level Armour of Shrieking Souls Incurs a 4+ unmodified save. In addition, Lucius may unleash a cry from the tormented cacophony of the souls trapped within his armour; this is made like a Doom Siren and is used in the Psychic Phase as a Force 1 power Tzeentch - related amendments Additional Rewards Bedlam Staff – 10 pts - Strength 5 –2 save. Models hit and not killed may not strike back when they may next attack. Vehicles hit by the staff will go out of control on a 4+ in their next turn. Eye of Tzeentch – 10 pts - The model may re-roll a single failed roll in their turn. Bolt of Change – 10 pts – Instead of firing a weapon in the shooting phase the model may use the Tzeentch spell Bolt of Change. Talisman of Tzeentch – 25 pts - The enemy suffers a –1 penalty to nullify against spells used by a model wearing the Talisman Thrall Wizards – 5 pts each - The Sorcerer is accompanied by up to 4 apprentice wizards with standard stat line for a human. The models bear no weapons or armour and may be sacrificed counting as an extra force card in the psychic phase for each model sacrificed in this way Twisting Path – 10 pts  - Psychic Power, Force 1, 12” range. Used against a single enemy unit it must take a LD test, if failed the unit counts as shaken. If the unit is broken at the end of the game an additional +1 Vp is gained from the unit as it turns to the will of Tzeentch Warp Blade – 15 pts – Str 5 –2 save. Enemy models within 12” attempting to use a psychic power must roll a 4+ on a D6 or suffer an immediate daemonic attack (note this does not nullify the attack unless the model is killed) Rules modifications Ahriman wears the Talisman of Tzeentch and has the Twisting Path power and costs +30 pts. This does not take up his remaining Wargear slot. Ahriman may also take up to 4 Thrall Wizards Horrors may replace their split ability with a Daemonic Aura, or be chosen in the original form Renegade Space Marines Most famous of the renegades are the Red Corsairs operating from the maelstrom. These are made up of ‘enlightened’ marines who are not committed to Chaos, but find solidarity in their cause of overthrowing the Emperor. Renegade List This principally follows the Chaos list, the following units are amended and available; Characters Chaos Lord – Renegade Chief. Cannot take marks of Chaos Sorcerer – Cannot take marks of Chaos Champion – Lesser Chief / Higher Chief – Cannot take marks of Chaos Aspiring Champion – Officer - Cannot take marks of Chaos Squads Terminators – Cannot take marks of Chaos and are equipped with Storm bolters and Power fists. They are also armed with targeters. Cost – 59 points. As Terminators are usually more indoctrinated to Imperialist views, they are found to a lesser degree than normal Marines, as Such you may have one Renegade Terminator squad for every 3 Renegade Marine squads of 5 more troops. Chaos Marines – Renegade Marine – May not be aligned to a legion Imperial Guard – Renegade Militia – taken from Imperial Guard Codex, standard squads only (Can have veteran abilities. Support Rhino Predator – Have targetters Land Raider – Rarer, one for every three Rhinos – Have targetters Imperial Guard Vehicles – Can bet taken in ratio of one for every three Imperial Guard squads Chaos Dedicated Squads – Any Chaos squads with marks (ie Plague Marines or Chapter specific squads (ie Night Lords) Wargear Renegade Space Marines use the wargear list found in the Ultramarines CODEX. The Guardsmen units use the Imperial Guard CODEX requirements as normal Special Characters Huron Blackheart – As detailed in CODEX Chaos Allies Chaos, Orks, Tyranid Cult and possibly Squats or Renegade Eldar (provided that there are no marks of Chaos present)  Points to note Daemons will not be found manifesting much outside of direct Chaos influence, and certainly not where there is little dedication to their patron gods.  Dreadnoughts do not appear as they are ancient and fully dedicated to the chapter and would never rebel against the Imperium It is feasible for Renegades to have access to Thunderhawks, indeed this could be how they escaped in the first place Bikes and Land Speeders do not appear as they would be relatively difficult to steal away (the tanks as well I know :/) but principally this list should not simply be a Chaos tint on the Imperial list and as such they maintain game balance Techmarines do not appear, as it is likely that they would never adopt a cause that would oppose the existence of the ‘machine spirit’, but again along with Apothecaries, this list is not intended to be Space Marines with Chaos bits. They should be different armies.