Codex Craft World Eldar

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EPIK UK PRESENTS

CODEX: CRAFTWORLD

ELDAR

An unofficial codex for use with Games Workshop’s Epic Armageddon rule set

Version: 121013

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INFORMATION MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CRAFTWORLD ELDAR For more information on the background of the Eldar, please purchase the Warhammer 40,000 Eldar Codex © from Games Workshop. Alternatively you can visit Games Workshop’s website for more information. THANK YOU A big thank you has to go to the EPIC UK committee; without their enthusiasm, for a game that they love, this army book wouldn’t be a reality. The wish and will to improve a fantastic tournament wargame, within the UK, has been their only payment. A big thank you also has to go to Games Workshop; without their imagination, creativeness and support this game would not be around today. A special thank you has to go to Jervis Johnson and all the Fanatic team, both past and present. Also a big thank you has to go to all the independent EPIC developers, especially the army developers on the Tactical Command internet forum. Without their ideas some of the developments within this book would not be a reality. PICTURES All miniatures photographed within this book are © Games workshop 2003. All rights reserved. Used without permission – all pictures of painted models provided by Steve Gullick, Tim Hunt and Joe Jephson. TEXT All text (including stories) is an unofficial production created by EPIC UK derived, without permission, upon the Warhammer intellectual property owned by Games Workshop Ltd. DISCLAIMER This book is completely unofficial and in no way endorsed by Games Workshop Limited. Adeptus Astartes, Battlefleet Gothic, Black Flame, Black Library, the Black Library logo, BL Publishing, Blood Angels, Bloodquest, Blood Bowl, the Blood Bowl logo, The Blood Bowl Spike Device, Cadian, Catachan, the Chaos device, Cityfight, the Chaos logo, Citadel, Citadel Device, City of the Damned, Codex, Daemonhunters, Dark Angels, Dark Eldar, Dark Future, the Double-Headed/Imperial Eagle device, 'Eavy Metal, Eldar, Eldar symbol devices, Epic, Eye of Terror, Fanatic, the Fanatic logo, the Fanatic II logo, Fire Warrior, Forge World, Games Workshop, Games Workshop logo, Genestealer, Golden Demon, Gorkamorka, Great Unclean One, the Hammer of Sigmar logo, Horned Rat logo, Inferno, Inquisitor, the Inquisitor logo, the Inquisitor device, Inquisitor: Conspiracies, Keeper of Secrets, Khemri, Khorne, Kroot, Lord of Change, Marauder, Mordheim, the Mordheim logo, Necromunda, Necromunda stencil logo, Necromunda Plate logo, Necron, Nurgle, Ork, Ork skull devices, Sisters of Battle, Skaven, the Skaven symbol devices, Slaanesh, Space Hulk, Space Marine, Space Marine chapters, Space Marine chapter logos, Talisman, Tau, the Tau caste designations, Tomb Kings, Trio of Warriors, Twin Tailed Comet Logo, Tyranid, Tzeentch, Ultramarines, Warhammer, Warhammer Historical, Warhammer Online, Warhammer 40k Device, Warhammer World logo, Warmaster, White Dwarf, the White Dwarf logo, and all associated marks, names, races, race insignia, characters, vehicles, locations, units, illustrations and images from the Blood Bowl game, the Warhammer world, the Talisman world, and the Warhammer 40,000 universe are either ®, TM and/or © Copyright Games Workshop Ltd 2000-2008, variably registered in the UK and other countries around the world. Used without permission. No challenge to their status intended. All Rights Reserved to their respective owners.

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CONTENTS

Page 1. Information

Page 2. Contents

-4. Biel-Tan Craftworld Eldar Special Rules

Page 5-12. Biel-Tan Craftworld Eldar Units

Page 13. Biel-Tan Craftworld Eldar Army List

Page 14. Iyanden Craftworld Eldar

Page 15. Iyanden Craftworld Eldar Special Rules

Page 16. Iyanden Craftworld Eldar Units

Page 17. Iyanden Craftworld Eldar Army List

Page 18. Saim-Hann Craftworld Eldar

Page 19. Saim-Hann Craftworld Eldar Special Rules

Page 20. Saim-Hann Craftworld Units

Page 21. Saim-Hann Craftworld Army List

Page 22. Ulthwe Craftworld Eldar

Page 23. Ulthwe Craftworld Eldar Special Rules

Page 24. Ulthwe Craftworld Eldar Units

Page 25. Ulthwe Craftworld Army List

Page 26-28. EPIC UK Craftworld Eldar: What, How and Why

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BIEL-TAN CRAFTWORLD ELDAR SPECIAL RULES

FARSIGHT Eldar formations that include a unit with the farsight ability may ignore the -1 penalty to Action test rolls when attempting to retain the initiative. In addition once per turn the Eldar player may attempt to retain the initiative twice in a row (i.e. allowing the Eldar player to take 3 activations in a row). Any Eldar formation may be selected, including those without a unit with farsight, but at least one unit with the farsight ability must be in play on the battlefield. The formation selected must still carry out an action test with a -1 modifier, unless the selected formation has a unit with the farsight ability. HIT AND RUN Eldar formations that select an advance or double action may choose to shoot either before or after each move, but may still only shoot once. If the formation chooses to double the -1 to hit penalty applies even if the shot is taken before moving. Eldar formations that win an assault may consolidate up to their speed value rather than the normal 5cms. HOLOFIELDS Holofields provide Eldar Titans with a 3+ saving throw. This save may always be taken even against weapons with the macro weapon or titan killer abilities. If an Eldar Titan has reinforced armour it may use its re-roll unless hit by a lance, macro weapon or titan killer attack but the re-roll uses the Titan’s armour value. Hits saved by the holofield do not generate blast markers, even if they have the disrupt ability. Against titan killer attacks that cause extra damage make one holofield save roll, if this is successful the Eldar Titan takes no damage, if the roll fails the Titan suffers all the damage. Holofield saves can be reduced by modifiers such as the -1 to saves from a cross fire and weapons with the sniper ability. LANCE When units with reinforced armour are hit by a weapon with the lance ability they do not get to re-roll failed armour saves.

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WEBWAY PORTAL A Craftworld Eldar army that includes any webway portals may place up to three formations in reserve for each webway portal included in the army, infantry units in these reserve formations may count as mounted in their transports. These formations may enter play by activating and moving onto the table through a friendly webway portal during the game, measuring their first move from any part of the position the portal occupies on the battlefield. A webway portal may only be used once per turn, and if the formation fails to activate and chooses not to enter play this still counts as using the portal that turn. Only infantry, light vehicles or armoured vehicles with the walker ability may use webway portals. MAY NOT GARRISON Only Eldar Ranger and War Walker troupes may set up using the tournament game garrison rule (6.1.5). SPIRIT STONES Formations that purchase the Spirit Stone upgrade gain the Leader ability. This is a formation wide ability and is not tied to any one unit within the formation.

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ELDAR AVATAR & COURT OF THE YOUNG KING

Type Speed Armour Close Combat Fire Fight

War Engine 15cm 3+ 2+ 4+

Weapon Range Fire Power Notes

Court of the Young King (base contact) Assault Weapons Macro Weapon, Extra Attack (+1)

Wailing Doom

and

(base contact)

30cm

Assault Weapon

MW5+

Macro Weapon, Extra Attack (+1)

-

Damage Capacity: 3

Critical Hit Effect: The Avatar and Court is destroyed. All Eldar formations with a line of sight to the Avatar and Court receive one blast marker.

Notes: Commander, Fearless, Inspiring, Invulnerable Save, Walker.

ELDAR AUTARCH


Character n/a n/a n/a n/a


Autarch Ranged Weapon (15cm) Small Arms Extra Attack (+1)

Eldar Power Weapon (base contact) Assault Weapon Macro Weapon, Extra Attack (+1)

Notes: Character, Inspiring, Invulnerable Save, Supreme Commander.

ELDAR FARSEER


Infantry 15cm 4+ 4+ 5+


Witch Blades (base contact) Assault Weapon Macro Weapon, Extra Attack (+1)

Shuriken Pistols (15cm) Small Arms -

Notes: Commander, Invulnerable Save, Farsight. Farseer units can be used to summon the Avatar.

ELDAR EXARCH


Character n/a n/a n/a n/a


Diresword (base contact) Assault Weapon Macro Weapon, Extra Attack (+1)

Exarch Ranged Weapon (15cm) Small Arms Extra Attack (+1)

Exarch Close Combat Weapon (base contact) Assault Weapon Extra Attack (+1)

Executioner (base contact) Assault Weapon Extra Attack (+1), First Strike

Firepike (15cm) Small Arms Macro Weapon, Extra Attack (+1)

Starlance (base contact) Assault Weapon Extra Attack (+1), Lance

Notes: Character, Inspiring. Dire Avenger Exarchs are armed with a Diresword; Striking Scorpion Exarchs are armed with an Exarch Close Combat Weapon. Swooping Hawk, Warp Spider & Dark Reaper Exarchs are armed with Exarch Ranged Weapons. Fire Dragon Exarchs are armed with a Firepike, Howling Banshee Exarchs are armed with an Executioner and Shining Spear Exarchs are armed with a Starlance.

BIEL-TAN CRAFTWORLD ELDAR UNITS

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ELDAR JETBIKES




Twin Shuriken Catapults (15cm) Small Arms -

Notes: Mounted, Skimmer.

ELDAR GUARDIANS


Infantry 15cm - 6+ 4+


Shuriken Catapults (15cm) Small Arms -

Notes:

ELDAR HEAVY WEAPON PLATFORM




Scatter Cannon 30cm AP5+/AT5+ -

Notes:

ELDAR RANGERS




Long Rifles 30cm AP5+ Sniper


Notes: Scouts.

ELDAR SUPPORT WEAPON PLATFORM




Distort Cannon 30cm MW5+ -

Notes:

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ELDAR VYPER


Light Vehicle 35cm 4+ 6+ 5+


Scatter Laser 30cm AP5+/AT5+ -


Notes: Skimmer.

ELDAR DIRE AVENGER ASPECT WARRIORS




Avenger Shuriken Catapults (15cm) Small Arms Extra Attack (+1)

Notes:

ELDAR DARK REAPER ASPECT WARRIORS




Reaper Missile Launchers 45cm 2 × AP5+ -

Notes:

ELDAR WAR WALKER


Light Vehicle 20cm 6+ 5+ 5+



Bright Lance 30cm AT5+ Lance

Notes: Reinforced Armour, Scout, Walker.

ELDAR FIRE DRAGON ASPECT WARRIORS




Fusion Guns

and

15cm

(15cm)

MW5+

Small Arms

-

Macro Weapon

Notes:

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ELDAR STRIKING SCORPION ASPECT WARRIORS




Mandiblasters (base contact) Assault Weapons Extra Attack (+1)


Notes:

ELDAR HOWLING BANSHEE ASPECT WARRIORS




Banshee Mask (base contact) Assault Weapons First Strike


Notes:

ELDAR SHINING SPEAR ASPECT WARRIORS




Power Lances (base contact) Assault Weapons Lance



ELDAR SWOOPING HAWK ASPECT WARRIORS




Lasblasters (15cm) Small Arms -

Notes: Jump Packs, Scouts, Teleport.

ELDAR WARP SPIDER ASPECT WARRIORS




Death Spinners (15cm) Small Arms -

Notes: First Strike, Infiltrators, Jump Packs.

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ELDAR WRAITHGUARD




Wraith Cannons

and

15cm

(15cm)

2 × MW5+

Small Arms

-


Notes: Fearless, Reinforced Armour.

ELDAR WRAITHLORD


Armoured Vehicle 15cm 4+ 3+ 4+


Eldar Power Fist (base contact) Assault Weapon Macro Weapon, Extra Attack (+1)

Bright Lance 30cm AT5+ Lance

Notes: Fearless, Reinforced Armour, Walker.

ELDAR WAVE SERPENT




Twin Shuriken Cannons 30cm AP4+ -


Notes: Reinforced Armour, Skimmer, Transport (May carry up to two of the following: Farseer, Guardian, Heavy Weapon Platform, Howling Banshee, Striking Scorpion, Fire Dragon, Dire Avenger, Dark Reaper & Swooping Hawk units or one Wraithguard unit).

ELDAR FALCON




Pulse Laser 45cm 2 × AT4+ -


Notes: Skimmer, Transport (May carry one of the following: Farseer, Guardian, Howling Banshee, Striking Scorpion, Fire Dragon, Dire Avenger, Dark Reaper & Swooping Hawk units).

ELDAR FIRE PRISM




Prism Cannon 75cm AP4+/AT4+/AA5+ Lance

Notes: Skimmer.

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ELDAR NIGHT SPINNER




Night Spinner 45cm 1BP Disrupt, Indirect Fire

Notes: Skimmer.

ELDAR FIRESTORM




Firestorm Battery 45cm 2 × AP5+/AT5+/AA4+ -

Notes: Skimmer.

ELDAR SCORPION




Twin Pulsars 75cm 2 × MW2+ -

Shuriken Cannon 30cm AP5+ -

Damage Capacity: 3

Critical Hit Effect: The Scorpion is destroyed. Any units within 5cm take a hit on a D6 roll of 6.

Notes: Reinforced Armour, Skimmer.

ELDAR COBRA




Cobra D-Cannon

or

30cm

30cm

MW3+

3BP

Titan Killer (D6), Fixed Forward Arc

Ignore Cover, Fixed Forward Arc

Eldar Missile Launcher 45cm AP5+/AT6+/AA6+ -


Damage Capacity: 3

Critical Hit Effect: The Cobra is destroyed. Any units within 5cm take a hit on a D6 roll of 6.


ELDAR STORM SERPENT




Twin Pulse Lasers 45cm 2 × AT3+ -


Damage Capacity: 3

Critical Hit Effect: The Storm Serpent is destroyed. Any units within 5cm take a hit on a D6 roll of 6.

Notes: Reinforced Armour, Skimmer, Webway Portal.

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ELDAR VOID SPINNER




Void Spinner 60cm 3BP Disrupt, Indirect Fire

Damage Capacity: 3

Critical Hit Effect: The Void Spinner is destroyed. Any units within 5cm take a hit on a D6 roll of 6.


ELDAR REVENANT TITAN




2 × Revenant Pulsar 45cm 2 × MW3+ -

2 × Eldar Missile Launchers 45cm AP5+/AT6+/AA6+ -

Damage Capacity: 3

Critical Hit Effect: The Revenant’s holofields are destroyed. Any further critical hits cause an additional point of damage.

Notes: Fearless, Holofield, Jump Pack, Walker.

ELDAR PHANTOM TITAN




1-2 × Titan Pulsar 75cm 2 × MW2+ Titan Killer (1)

Titan Power Fist

and

or

30cm

(15cm)

(base contact)

6 × AP4+/AT4+

Small Arms

Assault Weapon

-

Extra Attacks (+3)

Extra Attacks (+2), Titan Killer (D3)

2 × Twin Eldar Missile Launchers

45cm AP4+/AT5+/AA5+ -

Damage Capacity: 6

Critical Hit Effect: The Phantom’s holofields are destroyed. Any further critical hits cause an additional point of damage.

Notes: Fearless, Holofield, Leader, Reinforced Armour, Walker. May be armed with 1 Titan Pulsar and 1 Titan Power Fist or 2 Titan Pulsars.

ELDAR WARLOCK TITAN




Psychic Lance

and

30cm

(15cm)

3BP

Small Arms

Disrupt, Ignore Cover, Titan Killer (D3)


Titan Power Fist

and

or

30cm

(15cm)

(base contact)

6 × AP4+/AT4+

Small Arms

Assault Weapon

-

Extra Attacks (+3)


2 × Twin Eldar Missile Launchers

45cm AP4+/AT5+/AA5+ -

Damage Capacity: 6

Critical Hit Effect: The Warlock’s holofields are destroyed. Any further critical hits cause an additional point of damage.

Notes: Farsight, Fearless, Holofield, Inspiring, Leader, Reinforced Armour, Walker.

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ELDAR PHOENIX BOMBER


Aircraft Fighter Bomber 5+ n/a n/a


Twin Shuriken Cannons 30cm AP4+/AA5+ Fixed Forward Arc

Pulse Laser 45cm 2 × AT4+ Fixed Forward Arc

Spinner Array 15cm 1BP Disrupt, Fixed Forward Arc

Notes: Reinforced Armour.

ELDAR NIGHTWING INTERCEPTOR


Aircraft Fighter 4+ n/a n/a


Twin Shuriken Cannons 30cm AP4+/AA5+ Fixed Forward Arc

Twin Bright Lances 30cm AT4+/AA5+ Lance, Fixed Forward Arc

Notes:

ELDAR WRAITHSHIP


Spacecraft n/a n/a n/a n/a


Orbital Bombardment

or

Pin-point Attack

n/a

n/a

4BP

MW2+

Macro Weapon

Titan Killer (D3)

Notes:

ELDAR VAMPIRE RAIDER


War Engine, Aircraft Bomber 5+ 6+ 4+


2 × Pulse Laser 45cm 2 × AT4+ Fixed Forward Arc

Scatter Laser 30cm AP5+/AT5+ Fixed Forward Arc

Damage Capacity: 2

Critical Hit Effect: The Vampire and all on board are destroyed.

Notes: Planetfall, Reinforced Armour, Transport (May carry up to eight of the following: Farseer, Guardian, Wraithguard, Ranger, Heavy Weapon Platform, Support Weapon Platform, Howling Banshee, Striking Scorpion, Fire Dragon, Dire Avenger, Dark Reaper, Warp Spider & Swooping Hawk units).

ELDAR DRAGONSHIP


Spacecraft n/a n/a n/a n/a


Orbital Bombardment

or

2 × Pin-point Attack

n/a

n/a

8BP

MW2+

Macro Weapon

Titan Killer (D3)

Notes: Transport (May carry up to 12 Vampires and any units transported within them).

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BIEL-TAN CRAFTWORLD ELDAR ARMY LIST Biel-Tan Craftworld Eldar armies have a strategy rating of 4. Aspect Warrior formations, Titans and the Avatar have an initiative rating of 1+. All other formations have an initiative rating of 2+.

USING THE ARMY LIST

• A maximum of up to a third of the points available to the army may be spent on Aircraft, Spacecraft and

Titans.

BIEL-TAN INDIVIDUALS FORMATION UNITS POINTS COST 0-1 Avatar One Avatar and Court of the Young King

The Avatar and Court of the Young King must begin the game in reserve. In the Strategy Phase of any turn, before the strategy roll place the Avatar and Court of the Young King within 15cm of a Farseer unit. The Avatar and Court of the Young King counts as its own formation and may only enter play in this manner. In the End Phase of that turn it is removed from play before rallying formations. Once removed it may not return.

Free

0-1 Wraithgate Replace one objective marker in the Eldar players half of the table with a Wraithgate, this counts as an objective marker and a webway portal which may not be attacked or damaged in any way.

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BIEL-TAN WARHOSTS FORMATION UNITS UPGRADES POINTS COST Aspect Warrior Warhost Eight Aspect Warrior units chosen from the following: Dark

Reapers, Dire Avengers, Fire Dragons, Howling Banshees, Shining Spears, Striking Scorpions, Swooping Hawks, Warp Spiders

Autarch, Exarchs, Transport 300

Guardian Warhost One Farseer unit and seven Guardian units Heavy Weapons, Support Weapons, Wraithguard, Wraithlord

or

Heavy Weapons, Transport

150

BIEL-TAN TROUPES (Up to three for each Biel-Tan Warhost taken)

FORMATION UNITS UPGRADES POINTS COST Engine of Vaul Troupe One Engine of Vaul chosen from the following: Cobra,

Scorpion, Storm Serpent Spirit Stones

Add one or two additional Engine of Vauls for 200 points each chosen from the following: Cobra, Scorpion, Storm Serpent

250

Falcon Troupe Five Falcons Firestorms, Spirit Stones 250

Fire Prism Troupe Three Fire Prisms Spirit Stones 250

Night Spinner Troupe Three Night Spinners Spirit Stones 175

Ranger Troupe Four Ranger units Add one to four additional Ranger units for 25 points each 100

Void Spinner Troupe One Void Spinner Spirit Stones 275

War Walker Troupe Six War Walkers Spirit Stones 200

Wind Rider Troupe Six Jetbike units Vypers, Spirit Stones 200

BIEL-TAN UPGRADES (each different allowed upgrade may be taken once by a formation)

UPGRADE UNITS POINTS COST 0-1 Autarch Replace one Eldar Exarch character with an Eldar Autarch character 50

Exarchs Add up to two Eldar Exarch characters to Eldar Aspect Warrior units 25 each

Firestorms Replace up to two Eldar Falcons with Eldar Firestorms 0

Heavy Weapons Replace up to three Eldar Guardian units with Eldar Heavy Weapon Platform units 0

Support Weapons Add three Eldar Support Weapon Platform units 50

Spirit Stones Grants the formation the Spirit Stones ability 25

Transport Add enough Wave Serpents to transport all the units in the formation with no transport spaces left over if at all possible after any upgrades have been added to the formation.

Aspect Warrior Warhosts may replace any number of these Wave Serpents with two Eldar Falcons each, for 75 points each Wave Serpent replaced

50 each

Vypers Replace any number of Eldar Jetbike units with Eldar Vypers 0

Wraithguard Add three Eldar Wraithguard units 150

Wraithlord Add three Eldar Wraithlords 175

AIRCRAFT, SPACECRAFT AND TITANS FORMATION UNITS POINTS COST Nightwing Interceptors Three Nightwing Interceptors 300

Phoenix Bombers Three Phoenix Bombers 300

0-1 Spacecraft One Wraithship or

One Dragonship

150

300

Vampire One Vampire Raider 200

Revenants Two Revenant Titans 650

Phantom Titan One Phantom Titan 750

0-1 Warlock Titan One Warlock Titan 850

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IYANDEN CRAFTWORLD

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IYANDEN CRAFTWORLD ELDAR SPECIAL RULES

FARSIGHT See page 4. HIT AND RUN See page 4. HOLOFIELDS See page 4. LANCE See page 4. WEBWAY PORTAL See page 4. MAY NOT GARRISON See page 5. SPIRIT STONES See page 5.

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ELDAR WRAITHSEER


Character - - - -


Singing Spear

and

(base contact)

(15cm)

Assault Weapon

Small Arms



Notes: Farsight, Supreme Commander. The Wraithseer can be used to summon the Avatar.

ELDAR SPIRITSEER


Character - - - -


Witch Blade (base contact) Assault Weapon Macro Weapon, Extra Attack (+1)

Notes: Commander, Farsight.

AVATAR




Wailing Doom

and

(base contact)

30cm

Assault Weapon

MW5+


-

Damage Capacity: 3

Critical Hit Effect: The Avatar is destroyed. All Eldar formations with a line of sight to the Avatar receive one blast marker.


IYANDEN CRAFTWORLD ELDAR UNITS (For all other Iyanden Craftworld Eldar units, see pages 6 to 13)

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IYANDEN CRAFTWORLD ELDAR ARMY LIST Iyanden Craftworld Eldar armies have a strategy rating of 4. Aspect Warrior formations, Titans and the Avatar have an initiative rating of 1+. All other formations have an initiative rating of 2+.

USING THE ARMY LIST

• A maximum of up to a third of the points available to the army may be spent on Aircraft, Spacecraft and Titans.

• The total combined number of Guardian hosts, Aspect Warrior troupes, Ranger troupes and Wind Rider troupes in the army may not exceed the combined number of Spirit hosts and Spirit troupes in the army.

IYANDEN INDIVIDUALS FORMATION UNITS POINTS COST 0-1 Avatar One Avatar

The Avatar must begin the game in reserve. In the Strategy Phase of any turn, before the strategy roll place the Avatar within 15cm of a Wraithseer unit. The Avatar counts as its own formation and may only enter play in this manner. In the End Phase of that turn it is removed from play before rallying formations. Once removed it may not return.

Free


50

IYANDEN HOSTS FORMATION UNITS UPGRADES POINTS COST Spirit Host One Spiritseer character and six Wraithguard units Wraithseer, Wraithlord, Transport 375

Guardian Host One Farseer unit, four Guardian units and three Heavy Weapon Platform units.

Support Weapons, Wraithguard, Wraithlord

or

Transport

150

IYANDEN TROUPES (Up to two for each Iyanden Host taken)

FORMATION UNITS UPGRADES POINTS COST Aspect Warrior Troupe Six Aspect Warrior units chosen from the following: Dark


Exarch, Transport 250

Engine of Vaul Troupe One Engine of Vaul chosen from the following: Cobra, Scorpion, Storm Serpent

Spirit Stones


250





Spirit Troupe Six Wraithlords - 350



IYANDEN UPGRADES (each different allowed upgrade may be taken once by a formation)

UPGRADE UNITS POINTS COST 0-1 Wraithseer Replace one Eldar Spiritseer character with an Eldar Wraithseer character 100

Exarch Add one Eldar Exarch character to an Eldar Aspect Warrior unit 25





Aspect Warrior Troupes may replace any number of these Wave Serpents with two Eldar Falcons each, for 75 points each Wave Serpent replaced

50 each







One Dragonship

150

300



Phantom Titan One Phantom Titan 750

0-1 Warlock Titan One Warlock Titan 850

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SAIM-HANN CRAFTWORLD

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SAIM-HANN CRAFTWORLD ELDAR SPECIAL RULES


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ELDAR WILD RIDER CHIEFTAIN


Character - - - -


Eldar Power Weapon (base contact) Assault Weapon Macro Weapon, Extra Attack (+1)


Notes: Inspiring, Invulnerable Save, Supreme Commander.

ELDAR MOUNTED FARSEER






Notes: Commander, Farsight, Invulnerable Save, Mounted, Skimmer. Mounted Farseer units can be used to summon the Avatar.

AVATAR




Wailing Doom

and

(base contact)

30cm

Assault Weapon

MW5+


-

Damage Capacity: 3



ELDAR SAIM-HANN WILD RIDERS




Eldar Close Combat Weapons (base contact) Assault Weapon -



ELDAR VAMPIRE HUNTER


War Engine, Aircraft Bomber 5+ - -


Hunter Twin Pulsars 30cm 2 × MW2+ Fixed Forward Arc

Twin Eldar Missile Launchers 45cm AP4+/AT5+/AA5+ Fixed Forward Arc

Scatter Laser 30cm AP5+/AT5+ Fixed Forward Arc

Damage Capacity: 2

Critical Hit Effect: The Vampire Hunter is destroyed.

Notes: Reinforced Armour.

SAIM-HANN CRAFTWORLD ELDAR UNITS (For all other Saim-Hann Craftworld Eldar units, see pages 6 to 13)

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SAIM-HANN CRAFTWORLD ELDAR ARMY LIST Saim-Hann Craftworld Eldar armies have a strategy rating of 4. Aspect Warrior formations, Titans and the Avatar have an initiative rating of 1+. All other formations have an initiative rating of 2+.

USING THE ARMY LIST

• A maximum of up to a third of the points available to the army may be spent on Aircraft, Spacecraft and Titans.

SAIM-HANN INDIVIDUALS FORMATION UNITS POINTS COST

0-1 Avatar One Avatar

The Avatar must begin the game in reserve. In the Strategy Phase of any turn, before the strategy roll place the Avatar within 15cm of a Mounted Farseer unit. The Avatar counts as its own formation and may only enter play in this manner. In the End Phase of that turn it is removed from play before rallying formations. Once removed it may not return.

Free


50

SAIM-HANN HOSTS FORMATION UNITS UPGRADES POINTS COST

Wild Rider Host Nine Saim-Hann Wild Rider units Mounted Farseer, Spirit Stones, Vypers, Chieftain, Wild Riders 300

Aspect Warrior Host

(Up to one per Wild Rider Host)

Eight Aspect Warrior units chosen from the following: Shining Spears, Swooping Hawks

Exarch

Add one additional Exarch character to an Aspect Warrior unit for 25 points

300

SAIM-HANN TROUPES (Up to two for each Saim-Hann Host taken)

FORMATION UNITS UPGRADES POINTS COST

Mounted Aspect Warrior Troupe

Three Wave Serpents and six Aspect Warrior units chosen from the following: Dark Reapers, Dire Avengers, Fire Dragons, Howling Banshees, Striking Scorpions

Exarch

Replace any number of Wave Serpents with two Eldar Falcons each, for 75 points each Wave Serpent replaced

400


Spirit Stones


250






SAIM-HANN UPGRADES (each different allowed upgrade may be taken once by a formation)

UPGRADE UNITS POINTS COST

0-1 Chieftain Add one Eldar Wild Rider Chieftain character to a Wild Rider unit or Vyper 50




Vypers Replace any number of Eldar Saim-Hann Wild Rider units with Eldar Vypers 0

Mounted Farseer Add one Eldar Mounted Farseer unit 50

Wild Riders Add three Eldar Saim-Hann Wild Rider units 75

AIRCRAFT, SPACECRAFT AND TITANS FORMATION UNITS POINTS COST

Nightwing Interceptors Three Nightwing Interceptors 300



One Dragonship

150

300

Vampire One Vampire Hunter 225


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ULTHWÉ CRAFTWORLD

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ULTHWÉ CRAFTWORLD ELDAR SPECIAL RULES


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ELDAR SEER COUNCIL





Psychic Powers (15cm) Small Arms Macro Weapon, Extra Attack (+1)

Notes: Farsight, Invulnerable Save, Supreme Commander. Seer Council units can be used to summon the Avatar.

AVATAR




Wailing Doom

and

(base contact)

30cm

Assault Weapon

MW5+


-

Damage Capacity: 3



ULTHWÉ CRAFTWORLD ELDAR UNITS (For all other Ulthwé Craftworld Eldar units, see pages 6 to 13)

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ULTHWÉ CRAFTWORLD ELDAR ARMY LIST Ulthwé Craftworld Eldar armies have a strategy rating of 5. Aspect Warrior formations, Titans and the Avatar have an initiative rating of 1+. All other formations have an initiative rating of 2+.

USING THE ARMY LIST

A maximum of up to a third of the points available to the army may be spent on Aircraft, Spacecraft and Titans.

ULTHWÉ INDIVIDUALS FORMATION UNITS POINTS COST 0-1 Avatar One Avatar

The Avatar must begin the game in reserve. In the Strategy Phase of any turn, before the strategy roll place the Avatar within 15cm of a Seer Council or Farseer unit. The Avatar counts as its own formation and may only enter play in this manner. In the End Phase of that turn it is removed from play before rallying formations. Once removed it may not return.

Free


50

ULTHWÉ HOSTS FORMATION UNITS UPGRADES POINTS COST Black Guardian Host Two Farseer units and six Guardian units Heavy Weapons, Seer Council, Support Weapons,

Wraithguard, Wraithlord

or

Heavy Weapons, Transport

175

ULTHWÉ TROUPES (Up to two for each Ulthwé Host taken)

FORMATION UNITS UPGRADES POINTS COST Aspect Warrior Troupe Six Aspect Warrior units chosen from the following: Dark


Exarch, Transport 250


Spirit Stones


250







ULTHWÉ UPGRADES (each different allowed upgrade may be taken once by a formation)

UPGRADE UNITS POINTS COST 0-1 Seer Council Replace one Eldar Farseer unit with an Eldar Seer Council unit 100



Heavy Weapons Replace up to three Eldar Guardian units with Eldar Heavy Weapon Platform units 0




Aspect Warrior Troupes may replace any number of these Wave Serpents with two Eldar Falcons each, for 75 points each Wave Serpent replaced

50 each







One Dragonship

150

300



Phantom One Phantom Titan 750

0-1 Warlock One Warlock Titan 850

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EPIC UK CRAFTWORLD ELDAR WHAT, HOW AND WHY So you’ve just finished reading through the new EPIC UK Craftworld Eldar codex, however you have some questions; what has EPIC UK done? How have we done it and why? Well this part of the army book is here to help you out! Below you will find out what we’ve done, how and why we did it. Have a read though this and find out what was in the EPIC UK team’s head when we designed the different Eldar Craftworld army lists. THE BIEL-TAN ARMY LIST So what changes have we made to the Biel-Tan list, firstly we re-introduced the option of Spirit Stones back into the list which had been removed in the 2008 review. However instead of a blanket special rule it now has to be purchased as an upgrade, allowing it to be focused on the small and fragile support formations it was originally intended for. The Scorpion had also suffered with the change to the pulse rule which had reduced its effective fire power. It no longer competed with other support choices in the Eldar list and also lacked any real utility when compared to the excellent Falcons. Some options we considered were changing its shuriken cannon to an Eldar missile launcher (didn’t fit the model or really solve the problem) or more radically upping its rate of fire from 2 to 3 shots (which proved too powerful), but in the end we decided to go with a range increase on the main weapon to 75 cm. Howling Banshee Aspect Warriors have proven the weakest of the aspect warriors over the years and had virtually disappeared from tournament games so to address this the CC value was increased from 3+ to 2+ and a note was also added to the Exarch character entry that when added to a Howling Banshee Aspect Warrior unit its extra attack also gained the First Strike ability. Another fairly iconic formation that was rarely seen was the Phoenix Bomber; again a number of options were discussed for these mostly revolving around different weapon configurations but in the end it was decided to keep it simple and decrease the formations cost from 400 to 350 points. Other changes made to address some minor balance concerns were to remove Scout from Warp Spider Aspect Warriors (Seen as one of the most powerful aspect choices) and also reduce the armour save of Eldar Jetbikes from 4 to 5+ (Not inherently overpowered although with a potential to be spammed – this change was more to reintroduce an Eldar feel to the formation and means a degree of care is required in their use, it also makes the Vyper a better choice with its 4+ armour). UPDATED BIEL-TAN ARMY LIST The main changes to the Biel-Tan list are to reduce the cost by 50 points of the almost never seen Phoenix Bomber formation. Also the Void Spinner has been found to be a very powerful choice and has received a small points increase which has necessitated it being split off into its own formation. The Cobra’s main gun has also been improved to make this very rarely taken Engine of Vaul a viable choice. Other changes include a points discount for larger Engine of Vaul formations to make them a more viable choice. The Phantom Titan’s Pulsars have also been improved from MW3+ to MW2+ to make them a slightly better choice. Also a few changes have been made to the weapon configurations for Exarch characters dependant on aspect type. Finally the option to take Falcons as a transport option for Aspect Warriors has been tidied up and reduced in cost.

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THE IYANDEN ARMY LIST Once the largest and most powerful of Craftworlds; a devastating attack by the Tyranids has left Iyanden shattered and a place where the dead outnumber the living. To represent this, the army has a number of restrictions on the formations it may take. Firstly armies of Iyanden are limited to two support troupes for each Spirit Host or Guardian Warhost taken as a core choice. But even with this tighter restriction other limitations apply. The dead now form the bulk of Iyanden’s armies in the form of the Spirit Hosts, silent ranks of deadly Wraithguard. Because of this no more than a single Guardian Warhost or Aspect Troupe (the large Aspect Warhosts of Biel-Tan are replaced by the smaller six unit Aspect Troupes in the Iyanden list) may be taken for each Spirit Host in the army, in addition you may not have more Ranger or Wind Rider Troupes than Spirit Hosts. Alongside these restrictions the army also loses access to the Biel-Tan specific Void Spinner and the Avatar loses the attendant court of the young king. The Autarch is also replaced by a more suitable army commander in the form of a powerful Wraithseer. To make up for this the armies of Iyanden gain the powerful Spirit Host as a core choice, formed of six Wraithguard units and a Spiritseer character. As well as the option of a support Spirit Troupe composed of six Wraithlords. These powerful and extremely tough formations means Iyanden plays very differently to other Eldar armies relying on an initial hopefully devastating attack using Storm Serpent or Vampire deployed Spirit Hosts to make up for a lack of numbers, speed and flexibility. UPDATED IYANDEN ARMY LIST All relevant changes from the Biel-Tan update have been included. The main change to the Iyanden army list is a slight increase in cost for the extremely powerful Spirit Hosts. Also the lists structural requirements limiting other living troop types relative to the number of Spirit Hosts taken has been tightened further. THE SAIM-HANN ARMY LIST Although a large craftworld like Saim-Hann might have access to almost all the Eldar support options it was decided that this list would represent a fast moving raider style of army dominated by the large Jetbike formations of the Wild Rider Hosts. Because of this, support troupes have been limited to a maximum of two per host and the heavier and slower (relatively) choices represented by the large Phantom and Warlock Titans have been removed from the list. Although Rangers and War Walkers are slow it was decided to leave them in the list to represent a forward scouting element to the larger raiding force. At the same time aspect warriors other than the speedy Swooping Hawks and Shining Spears have been moved to a mechanised support troupe. Guardians are also removed from the list as they are assumed to be part of the Wild Rider Warhosts and the Void Spinner is removed as this is only commonly available to Biel-Tan. In the Saim-Hann list the Autarch of Biel-Tan is replaced by the Wild Rider Chieftain, leader of a powerful Wild Rider clan. Also the Avatar loses its attendant court of the young king. The list gains a core choice of the Wind Rider Host composed of nine Saim-Hann Wild Rider Jetbike units. It also gains access to a Mounted Farseer unit who can add Farsight and the ability to summon the Avatar to these powerful and mobile formations. Also available to Saim-Hann is the Vampire Hunter which replaces the standard Vampire Raider, it is a heavily armed variant of this deadly aircraft that can be used to support the fast moving jetbikes with its twin pulsar and missile launchers.

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UPDATED SAIM-HANN ARMY LIST

All relevant changes from the Biel-Tan update have been included. The Saim-Hann army list has proven slightly underpowered, because of this a number of changes have been made. The Saim-Hann Wild Riders formation has been reduced in points. The formation has also received the spirit stones upgrade as an option. The Mounted Farseer and Saim-Hann Wild Riders upgrade options have also received points drops. The Wild Rider Chieftain has received a slight boost with the addition of a Shuriken Cannon. Finally the option of a second Exarch has been added to the Aspect Warrior Hosts. THE ULTHWÉ ARMY LIST Ulthwé is renowned for its great number of Seers and also the Black Guardians that form the bulk of its armies. Because of this, it was decided to again impose a limitation of two troupes for each core Black Guardian Host to keep the focus of the list strongly on these. The composition of the Black Guardian Host was also changed slightly from the Guardian Warhosts of other craftworlds with the inclusion of a second Farseer unit and a slight cost increase to 175 points was introduced to account for this and other advantages. The large Aspect Warhosts of Biel-Tan were replaced by the support choice of an Aspect Troupe and the Autarch was replaced by the Iconic Seer Council of Ulthwé. The Avatar again loses the Biel-Tan specific attendant Court of the Young King. The main change to Ulthwé was an increase in strategy rating from the Eldar standard of 4 to 5 which represents the abilities of its Seers to predict the future. This is a powerful boost when combined with the deadly rolling assaults and multiple retains of an Eldar army, but Ulthwé must use these strengths to make up for a lack of flexibility and the generally fragile core of its Black Guardian Hosts. UPDATED ULTHWÉ ARMY LIST All relevant changes from the Biel-Tan update have been included. Well I hope this answers your questions of What, How and Why. If not please send the EPIC UK team an email and we will try to answer any queries you may have. Thank you The EPIC UK Team

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