TOURNAMENT SUB-FACTIONS

This pack includes specially designed Sub-factions for use at Kill Team Stream tournaments and events. These
special Sub-factions follow all the normal rules for Sub-Factions from the Kill Team Elites Book (p. 16).

PATH PRACTICES
The Sub-factions for models with the KROOT Faction THE WIND STALKERS:
keyword are called Paths, and their Sub-faction abilities are
called Path Practices. If your kill team is Battle-forged and all PATH OF THE WIND
models in your kill team are drawn from the same Path, models It is said that all Kroot originally evolved from the
in the kill team gain the Path Practice described below and you Kroothawk. Some shapers force their kindred to live and
can use that Path’s Tactics. hunt in the sky nests alongside the Kroothawks, learning
from them to be swift and deft in their hunt. Some of these
CAVALRY Kroot even learn to ride the Kroothawks.

Models with the CAVALRY keyword cannot be drawn from a If a model in your kill team Advances, you can re-roll the D6
Path. However, their presence in your kill team does not to determine the increase to that model’s Move characteristic.
prevent you using a Path Practice, as long as the models in the
kill team that can be drawn from a Path are all drawn from the
same Path.

SILENT STEP: PATH OF THE SILENT STEP

Some Kroot Shapers value stealth above all else, and their
kindred are trained from birth to hunt only the quietest and
most stealthy creatures, steering their evolution towards
being utterly undetectable by their prey.

When an opponent makes a hit roll for a shooting attack that

targets a model in your kill team, and that model is obscured,
that hit roll suffers an additional -1 modifier.

SEVEN PATHS KINDRED:

PATH OF THE SEVEN
Kroot are steeped in the wisdom of the ancients, and some
Shapers carry on the traditions of their ancestors, teaching
their kindred the holy Seven Paths of Pech. Every Kroot on
this path must make a pilgrimage to the Kroot homeworld
before joining his kindred in battle.

Models in your kill team add 1 to their saving throws.

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CREW QUALITIES



The Sub-factions for models with the ELUCIDIAN DRAIK’S EXPLORERS:

STARSTRIDERS Faction keyword are called Crews, and their
Sub-faction abilities are called Crew Qualities. If your kill CREW OF THE VANGUARD
team is Battle-forged and all models in your kill team are Intrepid and audacious, Janus Draik has travelled far and
drawn from the same Crew, models in the kill team gain the wide and formed compacts with adventurers and explorers
Crew Quality described below and you can use that Crew’s whose motives align closely enough with his own that he can
Tactics. temporarily set aside his mistrust for the duration of an
expedition.
ELUCIDIAN STARSTRIDERS: You start the first battle round with one additional Command
CREW OF THE TRUEHAWK Point. If you choose this Crew Quality, change all instances of
Elucia Vhane is very selective when recruiting “ELUCIDIAN STARSTRIDERS” to read “DRAIK’S
individuals into her service. A Starstrider must be EXPLORERS” and change all instances of “ELUCIA
exceedingly bold and self-reliant. VHANE” to read “JANUS DRAIK.”

Improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of MURAD’S CADRE:

all shooting weapons used by a model in your kill CREW OF THE ULTIMATUM
team by 1. For example, an Armour Penetration
Neyam Shai Murad’s willingness to use every resource at her
characteristic of 0 becomes -1, an Armour
disposal sees her surrounded by myriad Imperial attaches, all
Penetration characteristic of -1 becomes -2,
of whom she treats as equals - provided they meet her
and so on.
exacting standards.

You can re-roll failed hit rolls of 1 in the Shooting phase for
attacks made by a model in your kill team. If you choose this
Crew Quality, change all instances of “ELUCIDIAN
STARSTRIDERS” to read “MURAD’S CADRE” and change
all instances of “ELUCIA VHANE” to read “NEYAM SHAI
MURAD.”

CURSE MUTATIONS
The Sub-factions for models with the GELLERPOX MONSTROUS MIGHT:
INFECTED Faction keyword are called Curses, and their Sub-
faction abilities are called Curse Mutations. If your kill team is CURSE OF THE MONSTER
Battle-forged and all models in your kill team are drawn from Those afflicted with this curse of the Gellerpox can mutate
the same Curse, models in the kill team gain the Curse beyond recognition, becoming brutally effective biological
Mutation described below and you can use that Curse’s Tactics. battering rams.

SLITHERING SWARM: You can re-roll a single failed hit roll and a single failed wound
roll in the Fight Phase, as long as the attack was made by a
CURSE OF THE SWARM model in your kill team.
The most stomach-churning curse of the Gellerpox is the
curse of the swarm. Thousands of bloated and diseased flies SLICE AND DICE:
and mites overwhelm their foes and are very tricky to get rid
of. CURSE OF THE VIOLENT
The Curse of the Violent can cause Gellerpox to specialize in
dealing brutal damage up close, possessed of horrifically
Subtract 1 from the Leadership
characteristic of enemy models while mutant durability and damage.
they are within 3” of any models in
Improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of all melee
your kill team.
weapons used by a model in your kill team by 1. For example,
an Armour Penetration characteristic of 0 becomes -1, an
Armour Penetration characteristic of -1 becomes -2, and so on.

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DAEMONIC LOCI



The Sub-factions for models with the DAEMONS Faction NURGLE: LOCUS OF VIRULENCE
keyword are called Allegiances, and their Sub-faction abilities The Daemons of Nurgle are surrounded by an aura of
are called Daemonic Loci. If your kill team is Battle-forged pestilence and disease that infects all nearby, and their talons
and all models in your kill team are drawn from the same and blades drip with thrice-ripened plagues. It’s enough to
Allegiance, models in the kill team gain the Daemonic Locus shatter even the toughest resolves and terrify even the
described below and you can use that Allegiance’s Tactics. strongest of wills.

KHORNE: LOCUS OF RAGE This Locus can only be used if your

entire kill team shares the NURGLE
The Daemons of Khorne perceive everything through a red keyword. Subtract 1 from the
mist of undiluted rage. They cannot wait to spill blood, and Leadership characteristic of enemy
so surge across the battlefield to get to grips with their foes as models while they are within 3” of
quickly as possible so that the slaughter can begin in earnest. any models in your kill team.

This Locus can only be used if your entire kill team shares the
KHORNE keyword. You can add 1 to Charge rolls made by
models in your kill team.

TZEENTCH: LOCUS OF TRICKERY SLAANESH: LOCUS OF SWIFTNESS

The Daemons of Tzeentch surround themselves in layer upon The Daemons of Slaanesh dance across the battlefield with a
layer of mind-traps and illusions, each mirage shifting into grace and speed that belies belief. They can close the killing
the next. They are confident even in the face of the field of a battlefield in a heartbeat, falling upon their
impossible, for nothing is ever perceived as impossible to surprised and panic-stricken prey with psychotic delight.
them.
This Locus can only be used if your entire kill team shares the
This Locus can only be used if your entire kill team shares the SLAANESH keyword. You can add 1 to Advance rolls made
TZEENTCH keyword. Add 1 to the Leadership characteristic by models in your kill team.
of models on your kill team.

HERETIC CULT PRAYERS

The Sub-factions for models with the SERVANTS OF THE MALLEX’S FOLLOWERS:
ABYSS Faction keyword are called Heretic Cults, and their
Sub-faction abilities are called Heretic Cult Prayers. If your PRAYER TO MALLEX
kill team is Battle-forged and all models in your kill team are The most terrifying of the Servants of the Abyss are the
drawn from the same Heretic Cult, models in the kill team gain Followers of Mallex. Their sense of duty and honor has been
the Heretic Cult Prayer described below and you can use that replaced with selfish avarice and unquenchable hatred.
Heretic Cult’s Tactics.
Add 1 to Advance rolls made by models in your kill team.
SLAVES TO DARKNESS: FIREBRAND RENEGADES:
PRAYER OF DARKNESS PRAYER OF FLAME
The Slaves of Obsidius Mallex see Mallex as a god - proof of
Amongst the throngs of the heretic cults are those who are
the immortality that could be theirs if they are worthy. They
physical manifestations of burning hatred. Known as
are united only by their choice to pledge themselves body and
Firebrand Renegades, their bodies serve as reservoirs for the
soul to Chaos, rather than being butchered by the Chaos
warband. fell energies of the Dark Gods.

At the beginning of the Fight phase, you can pick a single

You can re-roll a single Injury roll per Battle Round for attacks enemy model within 1” of a Traitor Guardsman or Cultist of
you have made. This cannot be used if the Injury roll was the Abyss model in your kill team. Roll a D6; on a roll of 6,
caused by a mortal wound. the enemy model suffers a mortal wound.

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CADRE TRADITIONS



The Sub-factions for models with the SISTERS OF SILENCE BRAZEN SABRE CADRE:
Faction keyword are called Cadres, and their Sub-faction
abilities are called Traditions. If your kill team is Battle-forged TRADITION OF OBLIVION
and all models in your kill team are drawn from the same Sisters of the Brazen Sabre Cadre are tasked with the vital
Cadre, models in the kill team gain the Tradition described duty of seeking out and destroying powerful Psykers. Their
below and you can use that Cadre’s Tactics. Cadre is the most vicious and their null abilities are much
more honed and dangerous to Psykers than other Cadres.
STORM DAGGER CADRE: If an enemy Kill Team has psychic models on the field but
TRADITION OF PROSECUTION doesn’t manifest a psychic power this turn for any reason, the
Sisters of the Storm Dagger Cadre are tasked with overseeing nearest enemy Psyker model to your team suffers a mortal
the Black Ships; feared transports filled with mournful wound. If multiple Psyker models are in equidistant range,
Psykers held in cavernous, psi-shielded holds to be taken then you may choose which of these models is affected.
back to Terra to feed the voracious psychic appetite of the
Emperor.

Change the profile of the Boltguns of Prosecutor and

Prosecutor Superior models to read "-D3 AP"

WHITE TALON CADRE:

TRADITION OF PURSUIT
Sisters of the White Talon Cadre are the hunters,
investigators, and secret police of the Silent Sisterhood. They
deal primarily with those who seek to shelter and harbor
Psykers.

Vigilator and Vigilator Superior models may re-roll failed

charges.

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ORDER CONVICTIONS
The Sub-factions for models with the ADEPTA SORORITAS ARGENT SHROUD:
Faction keyword are called Orders, and their Sub-faction
abilities are called Convictions. If your kill team is Battle- DEEDS, NOT WORDS
forged and all models in your kill team are drawn from the It is the strong belief of those within the Order of the Argent
same Order, models in the kill team gain the Conviction Shroud that one’s conviction is best shown through bold
described below and you can use that Order’s Tactics. action. Thus is battle the best way to prove their
unquenchable faith, for there they may smite the Emperor’s
foes and demonstrate the depths of their devotion.
OUR MARTYRED LADY:
THE BLOOD OF MARTYRS When a model from your kill team Advances in its Movement
So dedicated are the Sisters of the Order of Our Martyred phase, weapons are used as if that model had performed a
Lady that nothing can keep them from fulfilling their Normal Move instead.
Emperor-given duty. When the fighting is fiercest and the
casualties highest, these holy warriors fight with renewed
conviction and purpose, inspired by their desire to avenge the
deaths of their fallen.

When resolving an attack with a model from your kill team,

add 1 to the hit roll if one or more models from your kill team
have been taken Out of Action in this Battle Round.

EBON CHALICE:
DAUGHTERS OF THE EMPEROR
The Order of the Ebon Chalice is the oldest of the Orders
Militant, and they strive to be exemplars, both martial and
spiritual, to the followers of the God-Emperor. Their purity
and nobility of spirit can see them perform miraculous acts of
survival.

When a model from your kill team would lose a wound as a

result of a mortal wound, roll one D6; on a 5+ that wound is
not lost. This ability cannot be used by a model that has
already used the Berzerk Killing Machine ability.

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