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FORGE WORLD ADEPTUS CUSTODES RULES PREVIEW II

Welcome to the second Forge World Adeptus Custodes rules preview. This document gives you an idea of what to expect from a future Forge World Imperial Armour publication, in which we intend to expand the role of Forge World’s range of models within the wider forces of the Adeptus Custodes.

All rules contained within reflect an early version of the development process and are entirely experimental and subject to change in future publications. As such, these rules are best tested with the agreement of all players involved. The datasheet below represents one of the rarest technologies available to the Custodes in the 41st Millennium – the Telemon Heavy Dreadnought.

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RANGED WEAPONS POINTS COSTWEAPON POINTS PER WEAPONTwin plasma ejector 60Spiculus bolt launcher 0Arachnus las-storm 60

Iliastus accelerator culverin 45

UNIT POINTS COST

UNIT MODELS PER UNIT POINTS PER MODEL

Telemon Heavy Dreadnought 1 220

MELEE WEAPONS POINTS COSTWEAPON POINTS PER WEAPON

Telemon Caestus (single/pair) 60/65

Telemon Heavy Dreadnought

NAME M WS BS S T W A Ld SvTelemon Heavy Dreadnought * * * 9 8 15 4 10 2+

A Telemon Heavy Dreadnought is a single model. It is equipped with two Telemon Caestus, two twin plasma ejectors and a Spiculus bolt launcher. Only one Telemon Heavy Dreadnought may be taken in an army.WEAPON RANGE TYPE S AP D ABILITIESTelemon Caestus Melee Melee x2 -3 3 Re-roll wound rolls of 1 for attacks with this weapon.Twin plasma ejector 8" Heavy 2D6 7 -3 1 This weapon hits its target automatically.Spiculus bolt launcher 24" Heavy 5 5 -2 1 –Arachnus las-storm 48" Heavy 10 7 -1 D3 –Iliastus accelerator culverin 36" Heavy 6 8 -3 D3 –WARGEAR OPTIONS A Telemon Heavy Dreadnought may replace one or both of its Telemon Caestus and twin plasma ejectors with one

of the following (both a Telemon Caestus and a twin plasma ejector must be exchanged for a single option).• Arachnus las-storm• Iliastus accelerator culverin

ABILITIES Reinforced Atomantic Barriers: This model has a 4+ invulnerable save.

Spiculus Volley: If this model remains stationary during its Movement phase, it can shoot its Spiculus bolt launcher twice in the following Shooting phase.

Unyielding Ancient: Roll a D6 each time this model loses a wound. On a 6, the damage is ignored and that wound is not lost.

Atomantic Cascade: If this model is reduced to 0 wounds, roll a D6 before removing it from the battlefield. On a 6, it explodes and each unit within 6" suffers D6 mortal wounds.

FACTION KEYWORDS Imperium, Adeptus CustodesKEYWORDS Vehicle, Dreadnought, Telemon Heavy Dreadnought

power

17 DAMAGESome of a Telemon’s characteristics change as it suffers damage in battle, as shown below:

REMAINING W M WS BS8-15+ 9" 2+ 2+

4-7 6" 3+ 3+1-3 4" 4+ 4+