_WARHAMMER PATH 7 sim By oy oeCHAOS CHAMPIONS ee Sc tt et Path to Glory provides you with rules for collecting one of the many Chaos warbands that beset the galaxy in the war-torn 41st Millennium. You will assume the role of a mighty Champion of Chaos and lead your fearsome hordes in battle against your rivals. Amidst the carnage, you will strive to win the favour of the Ruinous Powers; and endless glory. Fail in the eyes of the go SETTING UP A PATH TO GLORY CAMPAIGN In order to take part in a Path to Glory campaign, you will need two or more players. Each player will need atleast one Chaos Lord, and they mus then create a Chaos warband ‘using units from Cadex: Chaos Space Marines, as described later. Each player will also eventually need a Daemon Prince this being the model their Champion will be transformed incoif they are successfil in their dark ambition The players wil fight batles against cach other using the ‘wothands they have created. The results of these battles will ‘our ultimate goals are the boon of immortality , however, and eternal torment awai sain their warband favour ~ the warband will swell in stature as more warsiors flock to your Champion's banner nd existing troops become mote powerfl Eventually, when you have slaughtered] enough of the foe, you! will have gained so much favour in the eyes af your patron that your Champion will have the boon of Daemonhood bestowed upon him for the final tet. Succeed, and the boon shall be affirmed for alltime. The first player to win a battle wth a Daemon Prince in command of their warband will be crowned the victor of the campaignSTARTING A CHAOS WARBAND et nee it When creating a Chaos warband, do not use points values or force organisation charts to pick your army. Instead, your army consists of a mighty Champion of Chaos battling to earn the favour of their god, and their entire band of loyal followers. As you wage war against fellow Chaos warbands, your own warband will grow, and existing units will become more powerful. “To create a Chaos warband, simply follow these steps and record the results on your Warhand Roster: Pick « Chaos patron: Khorne, Taeentch, Nurgle oF Slaanesh. You are a supplicant of that Chaos God. Next, pick the Champion of your warband. This isa Chaos Lord, with the following restrictions: * They may only be equipped with weapons, wargear or armour that are represented on the miniature *Tethey have a Mark of Chaos, it must correspond to their chosen patron, * They may take a single Chaos Artefact, but they do so, they tart the campaign with 1 fewer unit offllowers They can have up to D3 Chaos Rewards. Irthey take a familiar or steed, it must be represented on the miniature Determine your Champion's Warlord Trait. You can either pick one from any Warlord Trait table he would be allowed to choose from, or you can generate one randomly. Either ‘way, note this on your Warband Roster he will have this trait forthe entire Path to Glory campaigo. Give your Champion a suitably grand and imposing name and write this down on your Warband Rester. You ca cither dev name yourself, or use the Chaos Champion name generator (pg 49) Hhaving named your champion, generate D3¥3 units of starting followers. These can be chosen from the Retinse, Het wish, instead of choosing, you can place your fate inthe 1 Vehicle fllower tables (pg 6-7) Ifyou hands ofthe Dark Gods and roll on the follower table of Your followers need to be organised into units. The follower table will tell you how many models each unit can take that unit's Army List Entry has the option fora Rhino Dedicated Transport, you may inclade one, but cannot otherwise include other models in the unit, Follower units can take any options listed in their Army List Entries except (Chaos Rewards or Chaos Artefacts, which are available only tothe Champion, Instead of generating a unit of fllowers, you may decide to sacrifice them to gain favour with your patron, You can sacrifice any number of your starting units for 1 Favour Point per unit sacrificed, 6. Recoed all ofthe information about your starting warband fon a copy of the Warband Roster sheet, which can be found at the endl ofthis book, 7. Finally, devise a name for your watband, one that will strike fear into the hearts ofyour tivals, and writ it down ‘on your Warband Raster. Your warband is now complet, and you can fight your first battle. Good hick! arterialCHAOS CHAMPION NAME GENERATOR This table bas been designed to help name your Chaos second dice is a4, you will have rolled a 14, Roll DGG and Champion. You can simply select the names and titles that _Jook up the result below to determine the first svlable of your you like the most, or use them as inspiration for names and Champion's name. Then roll as many extra D66 as you wish titles of our own creation. Alternatively, you can trust to to determine the second and subsequent syllables (we find fate and the whims of the Dark Gods themselves and roll having a two- or thrce-sylable name works well randomly to determine your Champion's name, Todo so, you will need to roll a DB6 — this simply means that you roll wo Ifyou lke, you can then generate a ttle for your Champion, dice, one after the other, counting the fist dice as tens’ and simply select the column that matches their patron, or sclect the second dice as ‘units’ So, ifthe first dice isa 1 and the the ‘Any Patron’ column, and roll a final D66. For example, Tim rolls thee DOD to randomly determine the name of his Champion, choosing the ‘Any Patron’ column to determine his Champion’ title, He rolls a 23, 63 and 35. His Champicn’s name is thus Sorgald Deathbringer ~ surely a name to inspire spect from his flloers and dread in any reals! fe phe scone ‘TITLES sunsauisr hehe u Sta OES ESS 2 Dat | om | memeed | Bienen | wantin | O80 [etomeue 8 ra ot [BeDentine | ie tanges | eAlledg | Revie | esau 4 tr ee eee B or rahe [[Woldmalae| Ropar [tape | he Conte | te Bema Tehama 1s va S60 ES Es .... a = roe [pte todcam | Wapled| Hoven |) Pune ” ut | ta — ES 8 eS ee (RR csc RRO rec | ” Ss var [iiemtewed | stuteaer | Wamom | Pitom | titi [as P| at | veo | tater |) ormmiae|| ctr fede f [is fe voit [seven | Diente | teed | oe tao | te Depo 2 ; a,sunsequesr: SYLLABLES. ‘TITLES os ee ee Sonlehewer Faxed Bilenear he Corr Fah Gonger lo Her te Scheme the Deb Vilegawn Moedlord the Unknown the Leper Prince Limbcksver nates he Hxerwraii the Arcitet Bega the Dene Wateinger Renae alee Manbighe “Tarice-anted the Chowen the Incandecen Shug Dagyerheart the Unholy Seal Warrpawned the Pll the Undefeated the Rampage Sis Palegmchld Hatbouna tae the Reaper ie Ancient One the Decay he Seeker is the Mai Lond of Bass the Ascent the Blatod Herat wah | scour | anetinerir | thea | sotite | Le of Deir at Char tar | deStamhene | tondot Sth | Doombinded | theta [total 2 Bang alc |) Bord | Goren |) andotPae | to oc tie |e Desee 33 Vash wager | theDepted | tondgenned | thetafmat | Plxweqsincd! | Paine bl J Aethe the Necroiic | ee Despoaer a Dab or | tentettinin | totortiont | WeAaberking| te Noawic | Dan he Fe : 3s Last tie | the Rewer | ater | GEM | te tesering | Whipprh 36 Fre — aa... ae - a Dec cs [eterno] stutowor | Ride | semen tond | Manger 62 = gon [FoatrorSink | cctoar | eheChangr | tuttrtine | Lado the Somer 6s ‘oral ot a = ee ee 6 Dar woo | WRG | miewitiner [J Apne | tract | Seer | Fo a | sreromnat | poottaty | Lottie | tot tor Lod Fama 6 ak on [tanoccraie | -coreintcer | etme | Radiat | te CommerDESIGNER'S NOTE - CHAOS BOONS When playing a Path to Glory campaign, the ead to daemonhood is arduous forthe would-be Champions. When rolling an the Chaos Boon table for your Chaos Champion, eval any remus of 21.22 (Spacenhood) and 65:66 (Dark Apothsis) Ailother results granted during a battle, whether rolled for your Champion or any of hs follcers are only a temporary boon and lst forthe ration of the battle ~ the Gods are capricious afte all RETINUE FOLLOWER TABLE nti 1 2 3 4 5 5 1 | 1OCieer Smee |S WarpTalons | Mutator, | 7 Plague Marins*| — § Havors 2 | 20Chaos Cutis | 1'CHCBSP*E | o Thousand Sons*] 5 Chosen en ae 3 5 Chosen 8 Obiiteators | 1M SPHCE | G Noise Marines * | 9Thousand Sons*| 2 Chaos Spawn 4 | oer Masns® | Srommd | Ste | TOGtosme | Sees | Schum ie 2 | strapon frmueatanes] aociancutin | 8m | Weiaasme | arg 6 | 5 Warp Talons § Raptors pee 3 Chaos Bikers 1 Hetheute aa * Pore Chimpion has a Mark of Chas, replace all thse results eth the fllewersshoen in the table atthe tp of page 7. ages iCHAMPION MARK OF CHAOS TABLE CHAMPION’S MARK OF CHAOS FOLLOWERS home B Khome Berzerkers Tocetch 9 Thousand Sone arg 7 Plague Marines Slash 6 Note Marines HERO FOLLOWER TABLE Dé RESULT HERO 1 1 Chaos Spawn 2 1 Wagpamith 3 1 Dark Apostle 1 Sorcerer (Rolla DS to determine the Sorerers Pychic Mastery Level and keep a note of which pyc powers he generates on ‘your Warbad Roster ~he wil kep the same powers throughout the campa) 1 Chaos Lord Aspiring Follower (Rll again on this tabs, re-rling subsequent rolls of 6 unt ou gta flower That follower has the Gift of Mutation Chaas Reward) kes Bod VEHICLE FOLLOWER TABLE Dé RESULT VEHICLE 1 1 Chios Predator 2 1 Heldrake 3 1 Chaos Vindicator 4 1 Forgetiend or Maueriend 5 1 Chaos Land Raider 1 Defer\ Steven decides to start a warband dedicated to the Blood God, Khorme. His Chaos Lord, Krannalax the Thrice- Damned, is equipped with Terminator Armour and a bears the Mark of Khorne. He rolls a D3 to see how many Chaos Res chainfist, and — of course ards he can have, but only rolls 1, He decides that an Aura of Dark Glory suits the character of his blooel-soaked champion, Then he ‘chooses a Watlord Trait, setling on Master of Offence from the Personal Traits table in Warhammer 40,000: The Rates, He notes all ofthis information in the ‘Champion’ box of his Warhand Roster Next, he seeks some flowers, Steven rolls a D3 and scores 2, adding 3 to the result fora total of 5 available units For his first, he chooses a unit of 8 Khorne Berzerkers fom the Retinue follower table, which he dubs the Bloodstoked. He equips two of their number with plasma pistols (knowing full well that he will be facing no shortage of power-armoured ‘opponents! and gives them a Rhino asa Dedicated Transport. He adds them to his Warband Raster, noting the J ssumber of mls and the options he chase Khome cares not from whence the blood flows, so Stephen selects unit of 10 Chaos Space Marines from the Retinae fallower table to provide ranged support to the Bloodstoked The Scions of Rage, 2s he names them, are equipped with 3 heavy bolter, a power fist for their Aspiring Ch npion, and an Icon of Vengeance, He decides that they will also hear the Mark of Khomne and adds them to his roster Unsure of what to take next, Steven puts the decision in the hands of the gods, rolling on the Retinue follower table A result of 64 nets him a tio of Chaos Bikers, He favours simplicity here only adding « Mark of Khome before adding them tothe roster as the Grimson Riders. Steven would like to paint a large centrepiece miniature for his force, so he rolls on the Vehicle Followers Table next andl drake will be called; he adds it ta his roster and decides it will have is pleased with the result of 2 Hi ghterhavs, it a baleflamer (One unit still to go, but Steven fees that he has enough topaint already and besides, he is eager for glory! He sacrifices his last unit for Favour Point, and records it on his Warhand Roster All that remains is for Steven to name his warband, He settles er. He then adds line to the Path to Glory section (where you can ton the Bloodspawsned, writing it tthe top of his record victories, name your swom enemies or note dawn, moments of true heroism), calling out his fiend's warband the Tallymen. Even before the campaign has started, rivalry is blooming! nsHaving created a Chaos warband, you can now fight battles with it. These battles will be fought against other warbands taking part in the Path to Glory campaign. You can fight battles as and when you wish, and can use any of the missions available for Warhammer 40,000. ‘You can use your entire Chaos warband in each batle you fight, You must always select your Champion ta be your Warlord, Any casualties sulered by a warhand during a battle are assumed to have been replaced in time for its next conflict. your Champion was sain, itis asumed he was ‘merely injured and is back to his fll fighting strength for the next battle, thirsty for revenge GAINING FAVOUR Players receive Favour Points afer each bale is completed, depending on the result ofthe battle, I'you ted or lost the battle, you receive | Favour Point ~ though you may not have secured victory, the Dark Gods still delight in the carnage you won the battle, you receive D3 Favour Points. Add the Favour Points to the total recorded on your roster. Once you have 10 favour points, you will have a chance to win the campaign, as described below, REWARDS OF BATTLE In addition to gaining Favour Points, you can make one roll 1m the Eye of the Gods Table for your Champion after each battle, and also either add new followers to your warband or bolster the powers of an existing unit by rolling on the Lesser Glory Table for unit that is already in the warband,EYE OF THE GODS As your Champion progresses along the path to glory, they may be gifted with great rewards by the gods... if they are deemed Worthy, Unless oxhersise sated, roll on the following table afier each battle, and record each result on your Warband Roster Re-roll any duplicate results ~— An EYE OF THE GODS TABLE 206 RESULT Wrath of the Gods: Your Champion, having fended the gol somehow, is warped beyond recogition by baleful ‘energies and transformed ine a mines Chaos Spawn, Lose D3 Frees Pints (2 minim of), anv remove any rewards ‘your Champion fas gained fom this table ofr rom your Warband Rester. Another Independent Character fmm yur Warband will then ake charge, becoming your new Champion. I'you do not have any, immediately generate one from the Ee ee ene eee aT ee eee a eel Se ae Warbani Roster ead forthe next batt ‘Of course, your former Champion may sil have uses ~ you may immediately add a Chaos Spawn to your Wasband asa follower. Unstable Mutation: Change the Atarks characteristic on your Champion's profile to D. Acidlie Blood: Ifyour Champion is wouncein the combs phase, each enemy model in base contactslfesa $5 APS hit Soulscream: Your Champion gains dhe Fear special ule 6 | Dark Patronage (Lesser Reward): Your Champion gains the Leer Reward rom the appropriate Dark Patronage Table below 7 | Dark Patronage (Greater Reward): Your Charpion gains the Greater Reward fom the appropriate Dak Patronage Table below Ifyou already have that reward, count this sa result of 6 (Lesce Reward tte | Dark Patronage (Exalted Reward): Your Charpion gains the Exalted Reward fo the appropriate Dark Patronage ‘Table below you already have that reward, count this. result of 7 (Greace Rewan) instead, 8 | Voice of the Gods: Your Champion gains the Zealot special ile 10 | Daemonic Armour: You can revo file sve roll for your Champion 11 | Ascendaney: Your Champion gains the Daemon special re Daemonhood: Your Champion undergoes a dark apotheosis, having bee judged worthy of dacmonhood. Your Champion js replaced on your Wartand Rorer with » Dacnon Prince, but retains any rewards he har gine! rom this able If your 12. | Champion i aleeady a Daemon Prince, reall this es eer ee eee eae ree eeeDARK PATRONAGE Ifyou roll a Dark Patronage result on the Eye of the Gods Table, look up the appropriate reward on the table below that F KHORNE REWARD | RESULT Lesser Reward | Brazen Will: When making a Deny the Witch rll far paychie power that targets your Champion or his See freee ete Greater Reward | Red Rampage: YourChampion gains the Rampage special rl Exalted Reward | Slaughterer’s Rage: Ac 2 to your Champions Atacks characteris. [wa REWARD | RESULT Lesser Reward | Fleshy Folds: Your Champion gains the k Will Not Diespecal rule. Greater Reward | Corpulent Mass: Add your Chanpin's Wounks charactssi Exalted Reward | Cloud of Flies: Encny mouels halve thee Weapon Skill and Ballistic Skil, rounding down, while they are ee eee c REWARD | RESULT Lesser Reward | Arcane Vessel: Ifyou saccesilly make » Deny the Witch rll agains paychic power that targets your ‘Champion ot his unit, he regains D3 Wounds lost aie in the bate Warperaft: Your Champion gains the Deep Stik special rie. Ifyou clelare that he has joined unit when Greater Reward, his placed in Reserve, that unit alo gins dhe Deep Strike special re ' Secrets of Sorcery: Your Champion gains the Payer special rule. Roll D3 to determine his Mastery Exalted Reward | Tvl 2nd note this on your Warband Reser. He generates his power rom the Tzeentch dscplne. Keep = ‘ote of which psychic powers he generates on your Warband Rester~he wll keep these powers throughout the remainder ofthe campaign, 4RESULT Sensory Abundance: Your Champion gains the Acute Senses and Night Vision special rules Greater | Unnatural Swiftness: You can ero ile charge rll fr your Champion, and any unit he spar of Bedazaling Assault: Ai the Initiative 10tep ofthe Fight sub-phase each enemy unit that locked in combat with your Champion, or his uit, must take an Inti test I the testis aed, that units Weapon Skill fs reducrl to | edhe duration ofthe phase THE WARBAND GROWS As your warhsand progresses along the path to glory, itwill attract more followers, and especially favoured wits wil he rewarded with Chaos gifts. After each battle, you can choose to take one ofthe following options 1) Additional Followers: More followers flock to your Champion's banner, Either select a new unit from one of the Follower tables, or roll fora random unit from one of those tables then add them to your Warband Roster. 2) Blessed Followers: ‘Those who have stood with your Champion begin to feel the gize ofthe gods upon them, Pick a unit in your warband, then make a roll on the Lesser Glories Table for them. Make a note of the result on your Warband Roster. If you roll a result the unit has already received, rll again until you geta different result. +—— | ‘esse GLORIES TABLE De | RESULT 1 _ | Sworn Disciples: Once per bate, you can declare that this unit will prone their de sell any Fle To Woural rolls forthe uit fr the rs ofthe tars tion 10 your Champion. You ean 2 _ | Acolytes of Darkness: Once perbatle, tthe tart of your tir, this unit can enact dak ital which grants them the Shrouded special rule unt the stat of your next ten. 3 _ | Avatars of Fury: Once per bate, fcr be at the same target, oa dleent one suit shoos inthe Shooting pat, can immediatly shoo agai, This could | Adepts of the Hidden Path: Once per bate, the unit can step tough atearin realspace inseal of moving inthe 4 | Movement phase, Remove it from the bated. I then immediately arrives anywhere on the board wing the rales for eee ete ee eer eee ed 5 | Devotees of the Dark Rite: Once per bat, at the start of your turn, yo can roll ce For cack model the unit that Ina ben slain, On a result of or 6, retunitto the unit in coberency and at least I from any enemy mel ‘Twice blessed Followers: Rll tvice on this tale, Revol furtey rolls f 6 =aumple Warband ~The Blew .comn so that you can print it out and keep ae a a & Seen TO BLORY ee ROSTER , The Bloodspawned featured earlier (see download from | ‘ou: Kraialax the Thrie-Daned ’ Mater of fe, | Sere ae ae | Marken are rey 5:10 Chaos Space Marines cr, Ws Ft, = hr eo ages | | Bivbbergodt & Slaughterhawk, 1 elérake rs Balefamer Available to download from www.blacklibrary.com/path-to-glory-pdf.htm]SHORTER OR LONGER CAMPAIGNSWHAT’S NEXT? THE LORDS OF CHAOS GATHER THEIR FORCES... 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