FORCES OF CHAOS
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Welcome to the Index: Crusade project! The purpose of this project is to provide Crusade rules to factions that do not yet have a 10th Edition Codex.
The rules contained within are unofficial and non-commercial. Please discuss the use of these rules with your gaming group and/or campaign manager before using them.
In this section you’ll find additional rules for playing Crusade battles with Chaos Knights, such as Agendas, Battle Traits and Crusade Relics that are bespoke to CHAOS KNIGHTS units. You can find out more about Crusade armies in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book.
If there are any CHAOS KNIGHTS models on your Order of Battle, you can start the Eightfold Path to Damnation. When you do so, make a note on your Crusade force that you have started down the Eightfold Path to Damnation, and then select one CHAOS KNIGHTS model in your Order of Battle. That model gains the DAMNED keyword and will start to gain Damnation points as you play. You can give additional CHAOS KNIGHTS the DAMNED keyword by using the Path to Damnation Requisition. Note that there is no limit to the number of models that can be DAMNED, but be warned, once a Chaos Knight treads down the Path of Damnation, there is no return.
As a DAMNED model earns Damnation points it will start to progress through the Eight Circles of Damnation, and each time it does so it will gain either a Reward (a bonus that makes the model more powerful) or a Damnation (a curse that afflicts that model). A DAMNED model can gain additional Damnation points by providing the Chaos Gods with a worthy offering, and by choosing and completing the relevant Agendas in your battles. They can also gain Damnation point through a few other Battle Honours. Keep an additional note of each model’s number of Damnation points on its Crusade card.
With fell deeds of bloodshed and blasphemous acts of destruction, the Chaos Knights can draw the eyes of the Dark Gods and be marked for damnation.
At the end of each battle, each DAMNED model from your army will gain 1 Damnation point if that model’s ‘Enemy Units Destroyed During this Battle’ tally was high enough to draw the gaze of the Chaos Gods. The tally required to draw the gaze of the Chaos Gods is different for different models, as shown in the table below.
| Model | Tally Required to Gain 1 Damnation Point |
|---|---|
WAR DOG |
2+ |
ABHORRENT |
3+ |
Any other DAMNED model |
4+ |
When a DAMNED model has earned 3 Damnation points, they enter the first, outermost Circle of Damnation. Their Damnation points are then reset to 0. Once they have earned another 3 Damnation points, they then progress into the next inner Circle of Damnation, whereupon their Damnation points are again set to 0, and so on. A model must progress into the next inner Circle of Damnation once they have 3 Damnation points, they cannot choose not to do so. Once a model has entered the innermost, 8th Circle of Damnation, they cannot enter further circles. However, they can still accrue Damnation points. Each time they gain 3 Damnation points your army gains 1 Requisition point, and that model’s Damnation points are again set to 0.
Each time a DAMNED model enters a new Circle of Damnation, they will either gain one Pact, or one Damnation. That model’s Crusade points total will also either increase or decrease. Keep a note on that model’s Crusade card of what Circle of Damnation it is in and of what Pacts and Damnations it has, as well as for any changes to its Crusade points total. The Circles of Damnation, the Pacts and Damnations gained, and the changes to Crusade points are shown below:
1ST CIRCLE
- Gain 1 of the following keywords:
KHORNE,TZEENTCH,NURGLE,SLAANESH,PANTHEON UNDIVIDED
2ND CIRCLE
- Gain 1 Lesser Pact
- +1 Crusade points