Crusade Blessings
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Earning Crusade Blessings: An Order of Battle uses Crusade Blessings in the normal way to balance experienced Crusade forces against less-experienced Crusade forces. In addition, Crusade Blessings can be acquired as a resource and can be banked, expended, and traded. The full rules for acquiring Crusade Blessings in this way will be added soon.
For ease and flavor, the resource Crusade Blessings are divided into categories: Command Support, Tactical Support, Mission Parameters, and Spiritual Discipline. The categorization does not have any mechanical effect. The Crusade Blessings available for use as resources are as follows:
Command Support
HIGH STRATEGY
You start the battle with 2CP.
FORTUNE FAVOURED
Once per battle round, if your Warlord is on the battlefield, you can use the Command Re-roll Stratagem for 0CP.
PREPARED POSITIONS
Until the start of the second battle round, each time a ranged attack targets a unit from your Crusade army, if that unit is wholly within your deployment zone, it has the Benefit of Cover against that attack.
Tactical Support
OUTMANOEUVRE
At the start of the first battle round, select up to three units from your Crusade army. Each of those units has the Scouts 6" ability for this battle.
DESPERATE OFFENSIVE
During the first battle round, add 1" to the Move characteristic of INFANTRY and WALKER units from your Crusade army.
UNEXPECTED MEDDLERS
After both players have deployed their armies, you can select up to two units from your Crusade army and redeploy them. When doing so, those units can be placed into Strategic Reserves, regardless of how many units are already in Strategic Reserves.
CRITICAL STRIKE
Once per battle, at the start of your Charge phase, you can use this Crusade Blessing. If you do, until the end of the phase, add 1 to Charge rolls made for units from your Crusade army.
Mission Parameters
SECRET ORDERS
You can select one additional Agenda this battle.
DEFIANCE UNDIMMED
At the end of the battle, each unit from your Crusade army that is not destroyed gains 1XP.
RIGHTFUL HEIRS
At the start of your Command phase, select one INFANTRY unit from your Crusade army. Until the start of your next Command phase, add 1 to the Objective Control characteristic of models in that unit.
Spiritual Discipline
DEDICATION TO THE CAUSE
Once per turn, you can re-roll one Battle-shock test taken for a unit from your Crusade army.
LINCHPIN LEADERSHIP
Until the end of the battle, improve the Leadership characteristic of models from your Crusade army by 1 while they are part of an Attached unit.
PSYCHIC SHIELDING
Once per battle, in your opponent’s Shooting phase or at the start of the Fight phase, you can use this Crusade Blessing. If you do, select up to three units from your Crusade army; until the end of the phase, those units have the Feel No Pain 5+ ability against Psychic Attacks.
EMPOWERED BY FAITH
Once per battle, at the start of your Command phase, you can use this Crusade Blessing. If you do, until the start of your next Command phase, each time an Attached unit from your Crusade army takes a Battle-shock or Leadership test, you can re-roll that test.