Warhammer 40k - Codex - Blood Angels.pdf.pdf - 4th edition - R5700

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Founding Chapters, the Blood

Angels have fought the enemies of

Mankind for 10 long millennia. Their

Primarch is revered across the Imperium,

and legends of the Chapter’s deeds have

reached every corner of the galaxy.

However, tales abound too of their

bloodthirsty exploits and the dark flaw

that mars them. Few know the whole

truth nor realize the inner pain and

anguish that drive the Blood Angels into

battle with a righteous fury that few

others can match.

Each Chapter of Space Marines owes

much to the characteristics and powers of

its Primarch. Just as the Space Wolves

reflect the ferocity and impetuousness of

Leman Russ, so do the Blood Angels share

some of the blighted, tragic destiny of their

Primarch, the noble Sanguinius.

Sanguinius distinguished himself during

the siege of Terra, when he organized the

final defense of the Emperor’s palace and

held the Ultimate Gate alone when all

others had fled. When the Emperor

teleported aboard Horus’s battle-barge for

his final confrontation with the rebel

Warmaster, Sanguinius was there.

Battle raged through the Daemon-

infested spacecraft, and Sanguinius became

separated from the Emperor. While he was

alone, he chanced upon Horus and

immediately attacked the Warmaster. But

Sanguinius was no match for Horus at the

height of his Daemon-gifted power and

was slain with contemptuous ease.

The psychic echo of this terrible death

can still sometimes be heard by those of

his gene-seed, causes a madness and fury

to come upon them, and taints their souls

with a dark vision of their own doom.

This official Codex for

the Blood Angels,

written by Jervis

Johnson, will be

presented in two parts,

and completely

replaces the published

Codex: Blood Angels .

Now, you will need only

these two issues of

White Dwarf and the

Warhammer 40,000

rulebook to field a

Blood Angels army.

A s one of the most celebrated First

The Blood Angels are a proud Chapter that can

trace its heritage back to the First Founding. In

this issue, we present the first part of the official

Codex, detailing the unique units, heroes, and

abilities of these noble, doomed warriors.

The Flaw

Although it is known to but a few, the Blood

Angels are a dying Chapter, for they suffer

from a dreadful flaw. This Chapter, once the

most golden and blessed of all, now shuns

the company of its fellows. Some Blood

Angels, it is said, are driven by a death-

seeking madness, brought on by visions of

the death of their Primarch. Others are

afflicted by the terrible Red Thirst, a craving

for blood that may be the first signs of

descent into Chaos. It is known that the

Blood Angels spend much of their time

seeking the cure for their condition,

although many have resigned themselves to

a slow and terrible decline.

Scholars claim that the flaw lies in the

process that is used to create each new

generation of Blood Angels, for the Blood

Angels use a process known as

Insanguination to activate their gene-seed.

The process was originally triggered by

injecting Aspirants with tiny samples of

Sanguinius’s own blood. This practice ended

with the death of the Primarch, but some of

his blood was preserved in the Red Grail.

The living blood could not be kept for long

and thus was injected into the veins of the

Sanguinary Priests, who became living hosts

to the power of Sanguinius. To this day,

drinking the collected blood of the

assembled Sanguinary Priests from the Red

Grail is part of the ritual of creation for new

members of this important order.

It is from these Priests that the blood is

taken to begin the transformation of

Aspirants into Space Marines. It is possible

that, over countless generations since the

time of the Heresy, these cells have mutated,

slowly at first but more quickly in recent

years, and that errors in replication have

resulted in the flaw.

Black Library publishes

several Blood Angels-

related titles, such as Deus

Encarmine, Deus

Sanguinius, and the

collected Bloodquest

graphic novels. Check

them out at:

www.theblacklibrary.com

The Inquisition and the

Administratum say we are

weak, because some of us have

given in to the Black Rage –

they are fools! The Black Rage

makes us strong, because we

must resist its temptations

every day of our lives or be

forever damned!

The Black Rage

The Blood Angels are unique in that deeply

engraved within their gene-seed is the

memory of the final battle between

Sanguinius and Horus. Sometimes an event

or circumstance will trigger this race

memory. This happens only rarely, often on

the eve of battle, but it is likely to be a fatal

experience for the battle-brother whose

mind is wrenched into the distant past.

What has become known as the Black

Rage overcomes him. The memories and

consciousness of Sanguinius intrude upon

his mind, and dire events 10,000 years old

flood into the present.

To others, a Space Marine overcome by

the Black Rage appears half mad with fury.

He is unable to distinguish past from

present and does not recognize his

comrades. As well as Sanguinius’s

memories, the Space Marine is touched

with a small portion of his unearthly

power, boosting his strength and vitality to

superhuman levels.

Emperor. It is better this way, for those who

survive almost always fall victim to the Red

Thirst and turn into creatures no better than

wild beasts craving flesh and blood. Better

by far to die cleanly and quickly in battle

than suffer such a fate.

The Red Thirst

The Red Thirst is the Blood Angels’ darkest

secret and greatest curse, but it is also their

greatest salvation, for it brings with it a

humility and understanding of their own

failings that make the Blood Angels the

most truly noble of the Legiones Astartes. It

is said that Sanguinius was cursed with the

gift of prophesy and knew he was to die at

Horus’s hand but went anyway in the

name of duty and honor. Many Blood

Angels battle constantly against visions of

death and feel the anguish of their

Primarch in his death throes. Some of these

brethren voluntarily join the Death

Company before the Black Rage takes

them, because they know what lies in store

for them should they live much longer.

The fate of those overtaken completely

by the Red Thirst is a secret kept dutifully

within the Chapter. There are tales of a

secret chamber atop the Tower of Amareo

on Baal and of the howling cries that

demand the blood of the living, but none

are willing to say for certain what lies

hidden in this haunted, desolate place.

The Chapter Today

Physically, the Blood Angels are among the

longest lived of all Space Marines. One of

the peculiarities of the Flaw is that it vastly

increases the lifespan of those who survive.

Thus, it is not uncommon for Blood Angels

to live for a thousand years. Indeed, the

current Commander of the Chapter, Dante,

was born nearly 1,100 years ago. These

vastly extended lifespans allow the Blood

Angels to perfect their techniques in art as

well as in war. They have centuries in

which to perfect the disciplines to which

they turn their minds, accounting for the

fact that the Blood Angels’ armor and

banners are among the most ornate ever

produced by Space Marine artificers.

The outlook of Sanguinius has done

much to shape his Chapter. There is a

mystical vein to many of the Blood Angels’

doctrines and also a strong belief that

things can be changed for the better, for

Sanguinius was a visionary who desired a

new and better life for all Mankind. This

belief can be seen in all things the Blood

Angels do. They strive for perfection, and

their martial disciplines are practiced

unceasingly. However, as the Flaw has

become more evident, this belief has

turned into an altogether darker thing. They

also see evidence of Mankind’s capacity for

folly and destruction, and the Chapter’s

doctrines are permeated with a sense of

mortality and the fallen greatness of Man.

Chaplain Argastes

The Red Thirst is the Blood

Angels’ darkest secret and

greatest curse, but it is also

their greatest salvation.

Blood Angels afflicted by the Black

Rage are formed into special units called

the Death Company. Suffused with the

dying memories of their Chapter’s

Primarch, these cursed warriors seek only

death in battle against the enemies of the

FORCES OF THE BLOOD ANGELS

I n this section, you will find details of

Unique Equipment

You will find that some items of equipment

are unique to particular characters or units,

while others are used by more than one

unit. When an item is unique, it is detailed

in the entry for its owner. When an item is

not unique, it is detailed in the wargear

section. A good example is the Perdition

pistol, which is a potent weapon carried

only by Commander Dante. As such, its

rules are detailed in Dante’s entry.

Over-Charged

Engines

The Baal Predator and

Blood Angels Rhinos

are fitted with specially

modified engines.

These over-charged

engines allow the

vehicle to attempt to

go faster but at the risk

of stalling the engines.

You may declare that

an eligible vehicle is

going to use its over-

charged engines in any

Movement Phase just

before you move it.

Blood Angels Special Rules

The models in the Blood Angels army use a

number of special rules, detailed here, that

are common to more than one unit.

And They Shall Know No Fear

Space Marines automatically pass tests to

regroup and can take such tests even if the

squad has been reduced to less than 50%

by casualties, though all other criteria

apply. If Space Marines are caught by a

sweeping advance, they are not destroyed

and will instead continue to fight normally.

If this happens, then the unit is subject to

the No Retreat! rule in that round of close

combat and may therefore lose additional

casualties if outnumbered. Usually troops

that regroup may not move normally and

always count as moving whether they do

or not, but these restrictions do not apply

to models with this special rule.

Remember that units that include

Servitors are still subject to this rule as long

as the squad contains at least one Space

Marine. Space Marines are still subject to

Last Man Standing tests. However, they will

always pass the test to regroup after each

Fall Back move.

Combat Squads

A number of 10-man units in a Blood

Angels army have the option of breaking

down into two 5-man units, called Combat

Squads. This option is clearly specified in

the unit’s entry. For example, a 10-man

Veteran Assault Squad can either fight as a

10-man unit or break down into two 5-

man Combat Squads.

The units that can be split into Combat

squads are as follows.

are deployed at the same time but may be

may be deployed in separate locations. If

you decide to break the unit down, then

each Combat Squad is treated as a separate

unit for all game purposes from that point

and counts as a scoring unit if it still has

half or more of its starting models, etc.

Units held in Reserve cannot be split into

Combat Squads.

For Victory Points purposes, each

Combat Squad is worth a number of

Victory Points equal to half of the points

value of the unit. For example, a 10-man

Tactical Squad upgraded to include a

lascannon and a meltagun is worth a total

of 220 points. If the squad was to be

broken down into Combat Squads, each

would be worth 110 Victory Points

(regardless of which models were assigned

to each Combat Squad). If at the end of the

game, one Combat squad had been wiped

out and the other was reduced to two

models, the enemy would score

165 points.

Roll a D6. On the roll of

1, the engine stalls, and

the vehicle may not

move at all this turn. On

the roll of 2-3, the

boosters fail to kick in,

and the vehicle moves

normally. On the roll of

4-6, the boosters work,

and the vehicle can

move as if it were a fast

vehicle this turn;

however, the maximum

distance it can move is

limited to 18".

• Veteran Assault Squads

• Scout Squads

• Tactical Squads

• Assault Squads

• Devastator Squads

The decision to split a unit into Combat

Squads, as well as which models go into

each Combat Squad, must be made when

the unit is deployed. Both Combat Squads

the unique elements used by the Blood

Angels – their weapons, units, and

famous special characters. Each entry

describes the unit and gives the rules to

use it in your games.

Next issue, you’ll get the complete

army list, which will include all the units

you can field.

Warhammer 40k - Codex - Blood Angels.pdf.pdf

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