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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.
V1
- Initial release
V1.01
- Added a few links to blocks within the text to make navigation easier.
V1.01
- Changed the effect of the Laurels of Nobility and Honour’s Aegis Crusade Relics to suit 10th Edition rules better.
If, when you start a Crusade Force,you have chosen **IMPERIAL** **KNIGHTS** as your faction on your Order of Battle, you can select to swear to a quest. Choose one IMPERIAL** **KNIGHTS model on your Order of Battle. That model gains the QUESTSWORN keyword and will start to earn Glory points and Shame points as you play, which you must keep track of on its Crusade card. You can give additional **IMPERIAL** **KNIGHTS** the QUESTSWORN keyword by using the Knightly Quest Requisition. Note that there is no limit to the number of models that can be QUESTSWORN, but once a model embarks upon a quest, it cannot be abandoned without incurring consequences. They will end in either glory or shame.
When you first select a model to be a QUESTSWORN, select one of the Quests. That model is now said to be undertaking that Quest, and in addition to gaining a Knightly Deed to complete (these are detailed in the Quests themselves), that model will accrue Glory points and Shame points depending on its performance in battle. At the end of each battle, every **QUESTSWORN**model in your Crusade army will gain a Glory point or a Shame point depending on your army’s level of Honour at the end of the battle, and that model’s current rank, as shown below. A model cannot have more than 3 Glory points.
| MODEL’S RANK | ARMY LEVEL OF HONOUR |
|---|
| Not Honoured | Honoured | |
|---|---|---|
| Battle-ready | +1 Shame point | +1 Glory point |
| Blooded or Battle-hardened | +1 Shame point | +1 Glory Point |
| Heroic or Legendary | +2 Shame points | +1 Glory Point |
At the end of the battle, if your army is Honoured, every QUESTSWORN model in your army gains 1 Glory Point. If your army is not Honoured, roll a d6. On a 4+, it gains 1 Shame point. If it is the Heroic or Legendary rank, it gains 2 Shame points.
There are additional rules found within this Crusade section, such as Battle Traits and Crusade Relics, that can adjust a model’s current number of Glory points and Shame points.
Once a QUESTSWORN model has earned 3 Glory points and it has completed the Knightly deed listed in the Quest it is undertaking, that model’s quest ends in success, that model’s Glory points total is reset to 0 and that model gains one Quality, which are abilities that make the model more powerful.
If a QUESTSWORN model earns 3 Shame points before the Quest it is undertaking ends in success, that model’s quest ends in failure, that model’s Glory points and Shame points totals are both reset to 0 and that model gains one Burden, which are abilities that afflict the model.
At the end of any battle, a QUESTSWORN model can abandon the Quest they are currently undertaking and you can select a new one for them. If you do so, their Quest ends, their Glory points are reset to 0 and the model immediately gains 1 Shame point.
Note that a model’s number of Shame points is only reset to 0 when a Quest is failed. If a model successfully completes a Quest, they carry over any Shame points that they have acquired with them when they undertake their next Quest.
Once a model’s quest has ended, you must then select a new Quest for them to undertake before your next battle and begin again.
QUESTSWORN models gain Glory points and Shame points.