Grey Knights Relics and Warlord Traits
Wisdom of the Prognosticars
If your army is Battle-forged and includes any GREY KNIGHTS Detachments (excluding Auxiliary Support, Super-heavy Auxiliary and Fortification Network Detachments), then when you are mustering your army, you can upgrade any of the GREY KNIGHTS CHARACTER models in your army by giving them either a Vision of the Augurium or a Gift of the Prescient, chosen from those presented here. Each time you do so, that CHARACTER model’s points value is increased by the amount shown on the table. Make a note on your army roster each time you give a CHARACTER model one of these upgrades.
Named characters cannot be given any of these upgrades. Each CHARACTER model cannot have more than one of these upgrades, and an army cannot include the same upgrade more than once. Visions of the Augurium and Gifts of the Prescient are not considered to be Relics for any rules purposes - this means a CHARACTER model can be equipped with both a Relic and one of these upgrades.
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Visions of the Augurium
Within the silver pinnacle of the Augurium, the Prognosticars have foreseen key events of the battle ahead. One who seeks their wisdom may he granted valuable tactical foresight. When the presaged moment comes, they will already be one step ahead of their opponents.
Augury of Aggression
The vision speaks of onrushing assailants filled with murderous malice. The warning’s recipient has already prepared his response and the enemy appears exactly as predicted, right in the Grey Knights’ gun sights.
Once per turn, when a friendly GREY KNIGHTS unit within 12" of this model is selected to fire Overwatch, this model can experience this vision, If it does, then until the end of the phase, each time a model in that unit makes an Overwatch attack, a hit is scored on an unmodified roll of 4+.
Heroism’s Favour
The enemy’s brazen manoeuvre, as revealed by the vision, is an opportunity for the recipient’s brethren to launch a valorous counter-punch.
Once per turn, at the end of your opponent’s Charge phase, you can select one friendly GREY KNIGHTS unit within 12" of this model. That unit can perform a Heroic Intervention as if it were a CHARACTER.
A Noble Death
The vision’s recipient is warned of their fated demise, but such is his determination to meet it with strength that his brothers are inspired to match his nobility. With such fortitude, maybe the path of the future can be changed and death, at that point, shunned.
Once per turn, in your Command phase, this model can experience this vision. If it does, until the start of your next Command phase, it gains the following ability:
‘A Noble Death (Aura): While a friendly GREY KNIGHTS unit is within 6" of this model, it gains the Objective Secured ability. If a model in that unit already has the Objective Secured ability, that model counts as one additional model when determining control of an objective marker.’
Omen of Incursion
The vision foretells of a sudden and violent strike by previously unseen foes. Thus forewarned, the recipient lays his plans and a greeting of devastating firepower awaits the attackers.
At the end of the Reinforcements step of your opponent’s Movement phase, this model can experience this vision. If it does, select one GREY KNIGHTS unit from your army that is not within Engagement Range of any enemy units and within 12". That unit can shoot as if it were your Shooting phase, but its models can only target a single eligible enemy unit that was set up as Reinforcements this turn and that is within 12" of their unit when doing so.
Presaged Paralysis
In this moment are the enemy blighted by inaction and tormented by indecision, so showed the vision. They are ripe for an ambush long prepared for this fated instant.
Once per battle, at the start of your Charge phase, if this model is on the battlefield, you can select three enemy unit on the battlefield. Until the end of the phase, that unit cannot fire Overwatch.
Foretelling of Locus
The vision signified the hidden ways of the battlefield and the enemy’s ploys, granting the recipient a prophetic situational awareness which aids his brothers in their strategic disposition.
After both players have deployed their armies, select up to three GREY KNIGHTS units from your army and redeploy them. If the mission uses the Strategic Reserves rules, any of those units can be placed into Strategic Reserves regardless of how many units are already in Strategic Reserves. If both players have abilities that redeploy units, roll off; the winner chooses who redeploys their units first.
Gifts of the Prescient
The Prognosticate of the Grey Knights may grant their wisdom via the bequest of an artefact. Their auguries sometimes reveal a moment of pivotal import. Then, and only then, will their gift fulfil its purpose, for each is a specialised article crafted to be employed at a certain juncture foreseen from the Citadel of Titan.
True Name Shard
At the moment the warp-spawn overreaches, the fragment of its True Name on this shade-film scroll is read aloud and driven by the bearer’s psychic will into its daemonic flesh. The scroll will crumble, but its power staggers even one of the Conclave Diabolus.
Once per battle, at the start of the Fight phase, you can select three enemy DAEMON units within 12" of the bearer. Each melee weapon that those models in that unit gain the [Unwieldy] keyword.
Temporal Bombs
Havens of the unclean and sites of purity are sanctified with these soul-reactive devices. Seeded in a hallowed moment within the floes of the churning warp, they transition into realspace without causing a breach, using the power of that shift to detonate.
Before the battle, select one Area Terrain feature that is not within your opponent’s deployment zone and note it down secretly on your army roster. The first time an enemy unit starts or ends a move on or within that terrain feature, reveal your choice and roll one D6: on a 2+, that enemy unit suffers D6 S6 AP5 hits.
Servant of the Throne
Bound into the warrior’s vambrace is the psychic death throe of one sacrificed to the workings of the Golden Throne. Held in empyric suspension, their radiance shines out in the prophesied instant, turning aside blows with an aura of unsullied duty.
Once per battle, when the bearer is selected as the target of an attack, it can use this gift. If it does, then until the end of the turn, the bearer has a 3+ invulnerable save.
Deluminator of Majesty
The dark radiance of the daemon is foreseen, its influence spilling from its flesh in waves. Inscribed with six hundred and sixty-six truths about its paltry non-existence, when this bolt explodes the daemon’s abominable veneer of grandeur is shredded, revealing it for the twisted pretender it truly is.
When you give a model this gift, select one bolt weapon that model is equipped with. Once per battle, when the bearer shoots with that weapon, you can choose for it to fire a Deluminator of Majesty bolt.
If you do, you can only make one attack with that weapon, but if it scores a hit against a DAEMON unit, until the start of your next Shooting phase, that unit halves its Toughness characteristic, in addition to any normal damage.
Gem of Inoktu
One of the fabled gems that fall as rain deep in the immaterial layers of the gas giant Inoktu, this small jewel flares brightly at the appointed hour. Used as a prism of focus, the bearer can channel incredible power through it before its time is spent and it becomes as inert and opaque as a lifeless eye.
Once per battle, when the bearer is selected to manifest psychic powers, you can use this gift. If you do, then until the end of the phase, each time the bearer attempts to manifest a psychic power from the Dominus discipline, add 2 Warp Charge points automatically to any attempts to manifest those powers.
Severance Bolt
An enemy of the Chapter is pinpointed to this battle, a foe the Prognosticars have hunted through countless visions. This Severance Bolt - as unique as all others - was prepared long ago, awaiting this moment. Steeped in psychic power, the enemy’s past and future misdeeds chanted over it, this silver-tipped bolt will hone in on its preys warp signature to the exclusion of all others.
When you give a model this gift, select one bolt weapon that model is equipped with. Before the battle, select one enemy CHARACTER unit. Once per battle, when the bearer shoots with that weapon, you can choose for it to fire a Severance Bolt.
If you do, you can only make one attack with that weapon, but when selecting a target, you can ignore the Look Out, Sir rule and the attack is automatically assigned to that character so long as you select that CHARACTER unit as the target. When making an attack with a Severance Bolt against that CHARACTER unit, if it successfully hits the target:
- The target suffers D3 wounds and the attack sequence ends.
- If the target is a PSYKER, roll 3D6; if the result exceeds the target’s Leadership characteristic, randomly select one psychic power that it knows. That PSYKER cannot use that psychic power for the rest of the battle.
Warlord Traits
The commanders of the Grey Knights are mighty warriors and gifted tacticians all, and their specialised style of warfare calls for them to become seasoned in unique skills, be they mental or physical.
If a GREY KNIGHTS CHARACTER is your Warlord, he can generate a Warlord Trait from the following table instead of the one in the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook. You can either roll on the table below to randomly generate a Warlord Trait, or you can select the one that best suits his temperament and preferred style of waging war.
| D6 | WARLORD TRAIT |
| 1 | DAEMON-SLAYER
The Warlord is a master of the rituals of banishing and unbinding, able to sever his daemonic foes’ connection to the warp. If your Warlord wounds a DAEMON in the Fight phase, your opponent must subtract 1 from any invulnerable saving throws made against the attack. |
| 2 | HAMMER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
Fortified by the unflagging will of his battle-brothers, the Warlord charges into the foe like the hammer of the Emperor. Each time this WARLORD makes a melee attack, if it made a charge move, was charged or performed a Heroic Intervention this turn, add 1 to that attack’s wound roll. |
| 3 | UNYIELDING ANVIL
The inspiring presence of the Warlord reminds the Grey Knights that there can be no retreat, no matter the odds arrayed against them. While a friendly GREY KNIGHTS unit is within 6" of this WARLORD, that unit has the Objective Secured ability. If a model in such a unit already has this ability, that model counts as one additional model when determining control of an objective marker. |
| 4 | FIRST TO THE FRAY
The Warlord is an eager, hot-blooded warrior, ever the first to leap into the fray. Inspired by such zealous bravery, his battle-brothers are never far behind.
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| 5 | NEMESIS LORD
Over the course of countless battles the Warlord has mastered the art of single combat. He is a force of destruction upon the battlefield, wielding his Nemesis weapon with preternatural skill. Your WARLORD's melee attacks with Nemesis weapons or Relics of Titan gain the [Sustained Hits 1] keyword. |
| 6 | LORE MASTER
The Warlord is a psyker of prodigious strength, a master of his craft who has spent a lifetime learning the forbidden lore of the warp. At the start of each of your Psychic phases, select one friendly GREY KNIGHTS PSYKER unit within 6" of this WARLORD. Until the end of the phase, each time that unit manifests a Witchfire psychic power, when resolving that psychic power, if an enemy unit suffers any wounds, that enemy unit suffers 1 additional wound. |
Relics of Titan
If your army is led by a GREY KNIGHTS WARLORD, you can, when mustering your army, give one of the following Relics of Titan to a GREY KNIGHTS CHARACTER model from your army. Named characters cannot be given any of the following Relics.
Note that some Relics replace one of the model’s existing items of wargear. Where this is the case, you must, if you are using points values, still pay the cost of the wargear that is being replaced. Write down any Relics of Titan your models have on your army roster.
AETHERIC CONDUIT
This ancient device, thought to date from the Dark Age of Technology, allows the bearer to channel their psychic energies through its complex network of components to directly manipulate the most delicate of damaged vehicle systems. TECHMARINE model only. Each time the bearer repairs a model using its Blessing of the Omnissiah ability, that model regains up to D3 lost HP instead of 1.
ARTISAN NULLIFIER MATRIX
A remnant from the Grey Knights’ earliest days, this advanced psychic hood utilises powerful psy-tech long since lost to the adepts of the Chapter, offering its wearer even greater protection from the soul-hunting predators of the warp. LIBRARIAN model only. The bearer gains the following ability: ‘Artisan Nullifier Matrix (Aura): While a friendly GREY KNIGHTS PSYKER unit is within 9" of this model, each time a Psychic test is taken for that unit, it does not suffer Perils of the Warp.’
AUGURIUM SCROLLS
A gift from the Prognosticars of the Augurium, these scrolls contain predictions of the future, divined through the tireless work of legions of rigorously monitored Chapter serfs. Memorised by the Grey Knight, the empyric visions recorded upon the scrolls feed into the psychic matrices within his Nemesis weapon, and enable their bearer to form a kind of psychic muscle memory that makes him even deadlier in battle. Model with a Nemesis weapon only. Each time the bearer is selected to fight, you can re-roll one hit roll and one wound roll when resolving the bearer’s attacks.
BANNER OF REFINING FLAME
This sacred banner records the most righteous purifications performed by strike forces and individual battle-brothers throughout the Grey Knights’ history. The bearer can channel the resonance of this glorious past into their psychic attacks, blasting his foes to ash in a radiant burst of searing soulfire. ANCIENT model only. The bearer can attempt to perform the following psychic power:
Refining Flame (Psychic - Warp Charge 1): In your Psychic phase, the bearer can attempt to perform this psychic action. If completed, each enemy unit within 6" of the bearer suffers D3 S4 AP2 hits.
BLADE OF THE FORSWORN
Taken from the Chambers of Purity under only the direst of circumstances, the Blade of the Forsworn is a relic weapon whose origins are unknown to any outside the Purifier order. Whatever its history, the sword has proven its worth in many a battle against the Grey Knights’ most hated adversaries. Model equipped with a Nemesis force sword only. This Relic replaces a Nemesis force sword and has the following profile:
| WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP |
| Blade of the Forsworn | Melee | Melee | +2 | 3 |
| Abilities: Each time an attack is made with this weapon against a DAEMON unit, an unmodified wound roll of 2+ successfully wounds the target. If that unit has the MONSTER keyword, an unmodified wound roll of 4+ successfully wounds the target instead.
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CUIRASS OF SACRIFICE
This inner surface of this suit of armour is etched with the names of the many allies that fought and died alongside the Grey Knights in the eternal war against the daemonic. The Cuirass is a reminder to Titan’s sons that such sacrifice must not be forgotten, and the wearer swears a solemn vow not to dishonour the names of those who have suffered such a fate whilst even an ounce of strength remains in his body. INFANTRY model only.
- Add 1 to armour saving throws made for the bearer.
- Each time the bearer would lose a wound, roll one D6: on a 5+, that wound is not lost.
DESTROYER OF CRYS’YLLIX
This is the first Nemesis daemon hammer, upon which all others are based. It was forged by the legendary Reed Vanar, third Brother-Captain of the Exactors, and first used to shatter the Lord of Change known as Crys’yllix. Countless daemons have felt its wrath in the centuries since. Model equipped with a Nemesis daemon hammer only. This Relic replaces a Nemesis daemon hammer and has the following profile:
| WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP |
| Destroyer of Crys’yllix | Melee | Melee | D | 2 |
| Abilities: Melee, Force, Concussive, Daemonbane, Unwieldy, Specialist Weapon. | ||||
DOMINA LIBER DAEMONICA
This tome is said to be a relic of Supreme Grand Master Janus, he who mastered all six hundred and sixty-six words of banishment, each one painstakingly recorded on its pages. In times of need a hero of the Chapter will carry this book into battle, its bindings crackling with arcane energy as the words repel warp entities and send daemons howling back into the warp.
- Enemy DAEMON units that are set up on the battlefield as Reinforcements cannot be set up within 12" of the bearer.
- The bearer has the following ability: ‘Domina Liber Daentonica (Aura): While an enemy DAEMON unit is within 6" of this model, each time a Leadership test is taken for that unit, subtract 1 from that test.’
FURY OF DEIMOS
When the moon of Deimos was gifted to Titan by the Adeptus Mechanicus, it carried with it a ship loaded with some of the finest weapons the Imperium has ever created. Among them was the Fury of Deimos, a weapon crafted by the first Fabricator General of Mars in the aftermath of the Horus Heresy. Superior in accuracy, rate of fire and reliability to a lesser storm bolter, it is a relic whose secrets have long been forgotten. Model equipped with a storm bolter or master-crafted storm bolter only. This Relic replaces a storm bolter or master-crafted storm bolter and has the following profile:
| WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP |
| Fury of Deimos | 24" | Rapid Fire 3 | 5 | 4 |
GYROTEMPORAL VAULT
Within this fist-sized artefact, a spindle of seemingly perpetual chrono-psychic energy is thought to spin like a miniature pulsar. What manner of ancient cabal or long-dead xenos tribe wrought it is unknown. Regardless, with the correctly applied incantations, temporal energy can be siphoned from its midnight black surface and projected to alter the flow of time and the fortunes of war by empowering the bearer’s allies with incredible speed. The bearer can attempt to perform the following psychic action: Gyrotemporal Empowerment (Psychic Action - Warp Charge 5): In your Psychic phase, the bearer can attempt to empower their allies. If this action is completed successfully, select one friendly GREY KNIGHTS CORE or GREY KNIGHTS CHARACTER unit within 3" of the bearer. Until the start of your next Psychic phase, at the start of the Fight phase, if the selected unit is within Engagement Range of any enemy units, it can fight first that phase.
KANTU VAMBRACE
This curved layer of silvered ceramite was recovered from the pyrrhic victory upon the death world of Kantu. The selfless defence of Kantu by the Grey Knights has coalesced into this vambrace, instilling the bearer with a sense of immovable resolve. With the spirits of such lost brothers strengthening his will, he withstands the most terrible of mystical onslaughts and shrugs off esoteric attacks. INFANTRY model only.
- The bearer receives the [Feel No Pain] keyword.
SANCTIC SHARD
An artefact recovered from the daemon-infested world of Gharelghast, this gleaming gem has been reconsecrated by several of the most senior members of the Chapter’s Librarius. Binding the arcane object’s auras with all six hundred and sixty-six words of cleansing, the Grey Knights succeeded in ridding the relic of any residual taint of Chaos whilst retaining its mysterious power. The bearer receives the Adamantium Will special rule and is treated as always being a Mastery Level higher than the bearer, unless the bearer has a Mastery level of 4 or higher.
SIGIL OF EXIGENCE
Forged by the Techmarine Dorvel urThann, this small chor-bronze icon contains a powerful personal teleport matrix and a trio of vigilant machine spirits. Their pre-cogitative psyroutines guard against attacks from afar, spiriting their host away from danger in a blaze of light. Once per battle, in your opponent’s Shooting phase, when the bearer is selected as the target of a ranged attacks it can activate this Relic. If it does, remove the bearer from the battlefield and then set it back up on the battlefield, anywhere that is more than 9" away from any enemy models. If the bearer is no longer an eligible target, your opponent can then select new eligible targets for any attacks that had targeted the bearer.
SOUL GLAIVE
Over centuries of war, a fraction of a Grey Knight’s essence may imprint itself upon his weapon. In rare cases, this imprint is so strong that it persists after death, and another can wield the blade to combine their own psychic might with that of a fallen hero. The Soul Glaive is such a weapon, a halberd that was carried into battle by the 13th Supreme Grand Master of the Grey Knights, Lord Sylas Kalthorn, who defeated the Daemon Prince Ka laedzar in single combat. Model equipped with a Nemesis force halberd only. This Relic replaces a Nemesis force halberd and has the following profile:
| WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP |
| Soul Glaive | Melee | Melee | +2 | 3 |
| Abilities: Melee, Force, Daemonbane, Soul Imprint, Two-handed
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STAVE OF SUPREMACY
This heavily warded Nemesis stave is engraved with runes that give it power over the energies of the warp across a wide area. The weapon was instrumental in the survival of the Grey Knights aboard the strike cruiser Titan’s Hand when its Geller field collapsed in mid-warp transit. Model equipped with a Nemesis warding stave only. The bearer has the following ability: ‘Stave of Supremacy (Aura): While an enemy unit is within 18" of this model, each time a Psychic test is taken for that unit, it suffers Perils of the Warp on any roll of a double.’
