Fruit Rules

dragon fruit edition

Total War: Warhammer III

Army Limits and Rules of Play Version 6.8
 OVERVIEW
The purpose of the Fruit Rules is to promote fair and interactive gameplay between
opponents in a competitive setting. Each section of the rules provides greater context
and detail on what is and is not allowed. The individual faction summaries are guides
for applying the army limits to each faction and contain any faction-specific limits.

Army Limits are rules for army construction that promote balanced armies by
limiting duplicate units and abilities. These limits apply to both deathmatch and
domination modes. In domination mode, these limits apply across starting armies
and reinforcements together as one single army. These sections will answer ques-
tions like, “How many spearmen, archers, spells, characters, or monsters can I bring?”

Rules of Play are guidelines for deathmatch games on land battle maps to promote
fair play between opponents by limiting behavior on 3 basic principles: both players
must attack, players cannot corner camp, and players cannot forest camp. These
sections will answer questions like, “What actions are considered attacking, how
close can I get to the map edge, and how can I legally use forest terrain?”

TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S
Army Limits 2
» Duplicate unit limits 2
» Variant limits 2
» Unit category limits 3
» Rare Single Entity (RSE) limits 3
» Ability limits 3
Rules of Play 4
• Attacking Rule 4
» Multi entity units (ME) 4
» Single entity units (SE) 4
» Attacking at a reasonable pace 5
• White Line Abuse 5
• Forest Abuse 5
Individual Faction Summaries 6–29
Acknowledgments 30

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 ARMY LIMITS
Armies must start with at least 400 models. Artillery are counted by their pieces,
not their crew. Summons and decoys don’t count toward army limits. Faction-
wide effects and abilities never count toward any unit, category, or ability limit.

D U P L I C AT E U N I T L I M I T S
Duplicate unit limits determine how many duplicates of a specific unit you can
bring. They are generally determined by the price and type of unit. Unit ranks
or chevrons never affect price limits. Summons and decoys may exceed limits.
Unique limits that don’t match their price bins are indicated on the faction pages.

Multiple entity infantry Multiple entity chariots

Price Price
0-900 5 each 0-1,200 3 each
901-1,100 4 each 1,201+ 2 each
1,101+ 3 each

All other multiple entity units (cavalry, etc.) All single entity units
Price Type
0-1,200 4 each Single entities 2 each
1,201+ 3 each Superweapons 1 each

Mounted characters (lords and heroes) count toward the duplicate unit limits of
their single entity mounts. Legendary lords and regiments of renown count toward
the limits of their base unit. Exalted characters count toward the limits of their
unexalted base unit. Players may not field duplicates of regiments of renown or
named characters (such as Gotrek and Felix).

Each Superweapon is limited to 1 per army. Superweapons include: Chaos Warshrines,

Dreadsaurians, Elemental Bears, Iron Daemons, Luminarks, Royal Hippogryph
Knights, Skullcrackers, Soulgrinders of Tzeentch, and Star Dragons.

UNIT VA R I A NT S
Unit variants are limited to 8 per variant group. Units with minor variations like
added armor or different weapon types are classified as variants. Shielded units
are the same unit as their unshielded variant when they cost more. Marked units
with the same weapon type are the same unit as their unmarked variant.

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 U N I T C AT E G O R Y L I M I T S
Unit category limits are per-army. Units and characters may count toward multiple
categories. Summons and decoys may exceed these limits.

Extended Roster Units 0 Heroes 2

Total Chariots 3 Rare single entities (RSE) 3
Flying ranged units 4 Total single entities (SE) 4
Flying units 6 Total ranged units 12
Ranged units with 360° firing arcs 6 Total marked units for Warriors
Multi-entity ranged cavalry & chariots 6 of Chaos and Beastmen 4

Armies are limited to 4 total single entities. Single entity units (SE) have 1 initial
entity, not as a result of casualties. Multiple entity units (ME) have more than 1 initial
entity. Characters are single entities. Exempt single entities (XSE) don’t count toward
single entity limits. Rare Single Entities (RSE) are limited to 2 each and 3 per army.

Ranged units are limited to 12 total per army. All units with ammunition, except
single entities with only nontargetable ranged attacks (like Khorne Soulgrinders), are
ranged units. Ranged units with 360° firing arcs are limited to 6 per army, including
single entities. Multi-entity ranged cavalry and chariots are limited to 6 per army.

ABILIT Y LIMITS
An army may not contain:
• Duplicates of any selectable item or ability priced above 0 that has a limited
duration and number of uses.
• Duplicates of any selectable spell or rune. Bound spells are not selectable.
• More than 1 passive health draining ability with unlimited duration.
• More than 2 total nets, of which only 1 may be targetable.
• More than 2 flying units with breath attacks.

R U L E S O F P L AY
All judgments and interpretations of rules by tournament administrators are final.
Intentional use of bugs or exploits to gain an advantage is prohibited and should
be punished by admins. Live coaching during a battle (after army selection and
deployment) is prohibited.

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 AT TA C K I N G R U L E
Players must attack at all times. Attacking shattered units is never attacking, and
units that are routing or shattered cannot fulfill the attacking rule.

Multiple entity units including summons and decoys can fulfill the attacking rule by:

• Chasing routing units.

• Shooting ammunition at a reasonable pace.
• Fighting in melee combat.
• Cycle charging at a reasonable pace. Cycle charging is attacking, disengaging
to a reasonable distance, then attacking again to regain a charge bonus.
• Advancing towards the enemy at a reasonable pace.
• Repositioning, regrouping, or maneuvering to attack at a reasonable pace.
• Holding position to allow your army to be shot in open field in the late game
when you are out of ammunition. The late game is anytime after the first major
engagement or a visible half of any player’s starting funds have been depleted.
» Players who choose to hold their position with their entire army and accept
ranged damage may not dodge or screen with single entities.

Single entity units including summons and decoys can fulfill the attacking rule by:

• Chasing routing units.

• Shooting at a reasonable pace with the targetable ranged attack of single
entity units (not characters) that cannot fly or with Ku’Gath and Saytang. All
other characters count only when mounted on those exact units.
• Fighting in melee combat and repositioning, regrouping, and maneuvering to
engage in melee combat at a reasonable pace only when all of your multiple
entity units are dead, routing, or cannot attack.
» Cycle charging with single entities is never attacking. Alternating between
single entities charging the same units is considered cycle charging.
• If one single entity fulfills the attacking rule, others may cycle charge.
For example: players with no remaining multiple entity units may leave
one single entity in sustained melee combat to fulfill the attacking rule
while cycle charging, using breaths, etc. with other single entities.
• Single entities may disengage from units they did not target. Single
entities may directly pursue reasonable targets that attack them in
melee or with targetable ranged attacks, and may chase targets
through and around units blocking their path, including summons and
decoys.

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Attacking at a reasonable pace requires that there is some purpose to not attacking
faster other than to benefit from something that does not count as attacking (such
as casting spells; using abilities; and regenerating health, vigor, winds of magic, and
barriers). Temporary lapses in fulfilling the attacking rule should be excused. Admins
should strictly enforce the attacking rule on players benefiting from something that
does not constitute attacking and should give wide leeway otherwise.

• Repositioning is allowed when there is intent to improve positioning. Armies

that cannot realistically improve their positioning are expected to engage.
» Maneuvering to get a full surround is allowed.
» Retreating to unite scattered forces is allowed.
» Maneuvering around an enemy unit to engage a realistic target is allowed.
» Walking units to directly advance on the enemy force is allowed. Walking
one unit at a time or taking an indirect route to stall for time is not.
• Repositioning to benefit from something that does not count as attacking,
such as recharging damage barriers, is not attacking at a reasonable pace.
» Dodging and conserving ammunition while repositioning ranged units to
shoot reasonable targets is allowed so long as they do shoot those targets
when presented an opportunity.
» Shooting reasonable targets with some but not all missile units is allowed
so long as there is some purpose to not shooting with all of them other
than to benefit from something that does not count as attacking.

WHITE LINE ABUSE

Players cannot use map borders defensively. Impassable terrain on a map border
is part of that border. Players may not hold or reposition defensively within about
200 meters of a map border. Players don’t have to attack units near a map border.
Administrators should consider the map and battle context when enforcing this rule.

FOREST ABUSE
Players may not hold defensive positions in forests with significant portions of
their army. The attacking rule cannot force players to attack enemy units in or next
to forests. Players may instead retreat to open field from such units until they no
longer affect their army. Administrators should give leeway to routing and rallying
units, to units in patchy forests, and when neither player gains an advantage or

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 BEASTMEN
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VARIANT RSE

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VARIANT RSE

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VARIANT RSE

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* Aura of Madness and Incarnate Flock of Doom are passive

drain effects.
* Maximum of 4 marked units per army.

RSE Rare Single Entities 3 Flying Ranged Units 4 Total Chariots 3

360 360° Ranged Units 6 Total Flying Units 6 Ranged Cavalry/Chariots (ME) 6
XSE Exempt Single Entity Ranged Units 12 VARIANT MAX 8 6
 B R E TO N N I A
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VARIANT XSE

VARIANT 360

SAME UNIT
SAME UNIT SAME UNIT

RSE RSE

* Mist of the Lady is a passive drain effect.

RSE Rare Single Entities 3 Flying Ranged Units 4 Total Chariots 3

360 360° Ranged Units 6 Total Flying Units 6 Ranged Cavalry/Chariots (ME) 6
XSE Exempt Single Entity Ranged Units 12 VARIANT MAX 8 7
 CH AOS DWA R FS
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VARIANT XSE

VARIANT

VA RIANT RSE RSE

1 RSE RSE

RSE RSE

SAME UNIT

* Trains count as 1 single entity on the battlefield.

* Trains count toward the individual limits of both units.
* Oglah Khan’s Wolfboyz RoR are Hobgoblin Wolf Raiders (Bows).
* Bound spells on Lammasu do not count toward the duplicate spell limit.

RSE Rare Single Entities 3 Flying Ranged Units 4 Total Chariots 3

360 360° Ranged Units 6 Total Flying Units 6 Ranged Cavalry/Chariots (ME) 6
XSE Exempt Single Entity Ranged Units 12 VARIANT MAX 8 8
DAEMONS o f CHAOS
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RSE 360

RSE

RSE RSE

1RSE RSE RSE RSE

SAME UNIT

* Khorne Soulgrinders are not ranged units.

RSE * Daemon Princes and Be’lakor are Rare Single Entities.
* Bound spells on Lords of Change, Keepers of Secrets, and
Great Unclean Ones do not count toward the duplicate spell limit.
* Pestilent Decay is a passive drain effect.

RSE Rare Single Entities 3 Flying Ranged Units 4 Total Chariots 3

360 360° Ranged Units 6 Total Flying Units 6 Ranged Cavalry/Chariots (ME) 6
XSE Exempt Single Entity Ranged Units 12 VARIANT MAX 8 9
 DA R K E LV E S
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VA RIANT RSE RSE

SAME UNIT

VA RIANT VARIANT 360 360 RSE RSE

360

RSE RSE

SAME UNIT

RSE RSE RSE

RSE Rare Single Entities 3 Flying Ranged Units 4 Total Chariots 3

360 360° Ranged Units 6 Total Flying Units 6 Ranged Cavalry/Chariots (ME) 6
XSE Exempt Single Entity Ranged Units 12 VARIANT MAX 8 10
 DWARFS
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VA RIANT VARIANT

VA RIANT VARIANT

VA RIANT

VA RIANT

* Units with blasting charges are ranged units.

RSE Rare Single Entities 3 Flying Ranged Units 4 Total Chariots 3

360 360° Ranged Units 6 Total Flying Units 6 Ranged Cavalry/Chariots (ME) 6
XSE Exempt Single Entity Ranged Units 12 VARIANT MAX 8 11
 EMPIRE
5 4 3 2
VARIANT 360 RSE

SAME UNIT

360

RSE RSE RSE

* The Black Lions are War Wagons.

* Hunter’s Snare and Nets of Amyntok are targetable nets.

RSE Rare Single Entities 3 Flying Ranged Units 4 Total Chariots 3

360 360° Ranged Units 6 Total Flying Units 6 Ranged Cavalry/Chariots (ME) 6
XSE Exempt Single Entity Ranged Units 12 VARIANT MAX 8 12
 G R A N D C AT H AY
5 4 3 2
RSE 360

VA RIANT RSE

SAME UNIT

RSE RSE

RSE

RSE RSE RSE RSE

* Bound spells on War Compasses do not count toward the duplicate
spell limit.
* Saytang the Watcher’s Wind Bow is banned.

RSE Rare Single Entities 3 Flying Ranged Units 4 Total Chariots 3

360 360° Ranged Units 6 Total Flying Units 6 Ranged Cavalry/Chariots (ME) 6
XSE Exempt Single Entity Ranged Units 12 VARIANT MAX 8 13
 GREENSKINS
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360 360° Ranged Units 6 Total Flying Units 6 Ranged Cavalry/Chariots (ME) 6
XSE Exempt Single Entity Ranged Units 12 VARIANT MAX 8 14
 H I G H E LV E S
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RSE RSE

SAME UNIT SAME UNIT

360 360 360 RSE RSE

SAME UNIT

360 RSE RSE

* Alastar the White Lion is banned from play. 1

RSE RSE RSE RSE RSE RSE RSE

RSE Rare Single Entities 3 Flying Ranged Units 4 Total Chariots 3

360 360° Ranged Units 6 Total Flying Units 6 Ranged Cavalry/Chariots (ME) 6
XSE Exempt Single Entity Ranged Units 12 VARIANT MAX 8 15
 KHORNE
5 4 3 2
VARIANT

VARIANT

360 RSE

RSE

1
RSE RSE RSE

SAME UNIT RSE

* Blood Throne mounts are chariots.

* Khorne Soulgrinders are not ranged units.
* Skarbrand, Exalted, and regular Bloodthirsters
are rare single entities and count as the same unit.

RSE Rare Single Entities 3 Flying Ranged Units 4 Total Chariots 3

360 360° Ranged Units 6 Total Flying Units 6 Ranged Cavalry/Chariots (ME) 6
XSE Exempt Single Entity Ranged Units 12 VARIANT MAX 8 16
 KISLEV
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VA RIANT
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VA RIANT 360 360 RSE

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RSE

RSE
* Incarnate Flock of Doom is a passive drain effect.
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* Pack Trap is a targetable net.
* Tzarina Katarin’s Ice Court Sled is banned.
* Vengeance of Spirits is banned.

RSE Rare Single Entities 3 Flying Ranged Units 4 Total Chariots 3

360 360° Ranged Units 6 Total Flying Units 6 Ranged Cavalry/Chariots (ME) 6
XSE Exempt Single Entity Ranged Units 12 VARIANT MAX 8 17
 LIZ ARDMEN
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VA RIANT
RSE RSE

SAME UNIT

360 360 360 RSE RSE

SAME UNIT

VA R I A N T 360 360 RSE RSE

SAME UNIT

RSE RSE

SAME UNIT

RSE RSE

1 SAME UNIT
RSE RSE
RSE RSE RSE RSE RSE RSE RSE

SAME UNIT SAME UNIT SAME UNIT

RSE Rare Single Entities 3 Flying Ranged Units 4 Total Chariots 3

360 360° Ranged Units 6 Total Flying Units 6 Ranged Cavalry/Chariots (ME) 6
XSE Exempt Single Entity Ranged Units 12 VARIANT MAX 8 18
 NORSCA
5 4 3 2
VARIANT RSE RSE RSE

VA RIANT RSE RSE RSE

SAME UNIT

360 360 360

SAME UNIT

RSE

RSE Rare Single Entities 3 Flying Ranged Units 4 Total Chariots 3

360 360° Ranged Units 6 Total Flying Units 6 Ranged Cavalry/Chariots (ME) 6
XSE Exempt Single Entity Ranged Units 12 VARIANT MAX 8 19
 NURGLE
5 4 3 2

VA RIANT 360 RSE

VARIANT RSE

1
RSE RSE RSE RSE RSE RSE

SAME UNIT

* Harbinger of Pestilence and Pestilent Decay are passive drain effects.

* Ku’gath, Exalted, and regular Great Unclean Ones are RSEs and count as the same unit.
* Bound spells on regular Great Unclean Ones do not count toward the duplicate spell limit.

RSE Rare Single Entities 3 Flying Ranged Units 4 Total Chariots 3

360 360° Ranged Units 6 Total Flying Units 6 Ranged Cavalry/Chariots (ME) 6
XSE Exempt Single Entity Ranged Units 12 VARIANT MAX 8 20
 OGRE KINGDOMS
5 4 3 2
VA RIANT VARIANT VARIANT RSE

VARIANT

RSE RSE

SAME UNIT

* All Stonehorn variants and mounts are RSEs and count as the same unit.

RSE Rare Single Entities 3 Flying Ranged Units 4 Total Chariots 3

360 360° Ranged Units 6 Total Flying Units 6 Ranged Cavalry/Chariots (ME) 6
XSE Exempt Single Entity Ranged Units 12 VARIANT MAX 8 21
 S K AV E N
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VA RIANT RSE RSE

VARIANT RSE RSE

SAME UNIT SAME UNIT

VARIANT

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VA RIANT

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RSE RSE RSE RSE RSE
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* Billowing Death and the Warpstone Armor are passive drain effects.
* Howling Warpgale and Deathmaster’s Sigil are targetable nets. Seismic Snares are non-targetable.

RSE Rare Single Entities 3 Flying Ranged Units 4 Total Chariots 3

360 360° Ranged Units 6 Total Flying Units 6 Ranged Cavalry/Chariots (ME) 6
XSE Exempt Single Entity Ranged Units 12 VARIANT MAX 8 22
 SLA ANESH
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VARIANT RSE

360 RSE

1
RSE RSE RSE RSE RSE RSE

SAME UNIT

* Soul Siphon and Giver of Torturous Glory are passive drain effects.
* The Narcissism faction ability does not count toward the net limit.
* N’Kari, Exalted, and regular Keepers of Secrets are RSEs and count as the same unit.
* Bound spells on regular Keepers of Secrets do not count toward the duplicate spell limit.

RSE Rare Single Entities 3 Flying Ranged Units 4 Total Chariots 3

360 360° Ranged Units 6 Total Flying Units 6 Ranged Cavalry/Chariots (ME) 6
XSE Exempt Single Entity Ranged Units 12 VARIANT MAX 8 23
 TOMB KINGS
5 4 3 2
VA RIANT RSE RSE

360 360 XSE RSE

VA RIANT RSE RSE

RSE RSE
* The Lich Priest of Shadows is banned from play.
* Mounted characters are never exempt single entities.
* Bound spells on Hierotitans do not count toward the duplicate spell limit.

RSE Rare Single Entities 3 Flying Ranged Units 4 Total Chariots 3

360 360° Ranged Units 6 Total Flying Units 6 Ranged Cavalry/Chariots (ME) 6
XSE Exempt Single Entity Ranged Units 12 VARIANT MAX 8 24
 TZEENTCH
5 4 3 2

VARIANT 360 360

VARIANT RSE

RSE
1 RSE

RSE RSE RSE RSE RSE

RSE RSE

SAME UNIT

* Bound spells on regular Lords of Change do not count toward the duplicate spell limit.
* Kairos, Sarthorael, Exalted, and regular Lords of Change are RSEs and count as the same unit.
* Aura of Mutation is a passive drain effect.
* The Changeling counts towards any limit that applies to the selected form.
* Gaze of Fate and Petrifying Gaze are targetable nets.
RSE Rare Single Entities 3 Flying Ranged Units 4 Total Chariots 3
360 360° Ranged Units 6 Total Flying Units 6 Ranged Cavalry/Chariots (ME) 6
XSE Exempt Single Entity Ranged Units 12 VARIANT MAX 8 25
 VA M P I R E C O A S T
5 4 3 2
VARIANT RSE

VARIANT RSE

XSE RSE

RSE RSE RSE RSE XSE

RSE Rare Single Entities 3 Flying Ranged Units 4 Total Chariots 3

360 360° Ranged Units 6 Total Flying Units 6 Ranged Cavalry/Chariots (ME) 6
XSE Exempt Single Entity Ranged Units 12 VARIANT MAX 8 26
VA M P I R E C O U N T S
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VARIANT XSE XSE RSE

VARIANT XSE RSE

RSE RSE

RSE RSE

* The Reliquary Corruption is a passive drain effect.

* Mounted characters are never exempt single entities.
* The Brothers Ghorst Corpse Cart is a unique mount, not a type of corpse cart.
* Lesser Raise Dead on Master Necromancer does not count toward the duplicate spell limit.

RSE Rare Single Entities 3 Flying Ranged Units 4 Total Chariots 3

360 360° Ranged Units 6 Total Flying Units 6 Ranged Cavalry/Chariots (ME) 6
XSE Exempt Single Entity Ranged Units 12 VARIANT MAX 8 27
 WARRIORS o f CHAOS
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VARIANT

VARIANT

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SAME UNIT RSE RSE

360 360 360

XSE RSE 1
RSE RSE
RSE
* Maximum of 4 marked units per army. Marked units
count towards their unmarked unit limits, and also have
the same unit limits as their marked monogod roster.
* Sarthorel, Cockatrice and Mutalith Vortex Beasts are Marked.
* Daemon Princes and Be’lakor are RSEs.
* Harbinger of Pestilence, Giver of RSE RSE RSE RSE RSE RSE
Torturous Glory, and Aura of Mutation are passive drain effects.
* Tormentor Sword is a non-targetable net.
Phantasmagoria is a targetable net.
Petrifying Gaze is a targetable net.

RSE Rare Single Entities 3 Flying Ranged Units 4 Total Chariots 3

360 360° Ranged Units 6 Total Flying Units 6 Ranged Cavalry/Chariots (ME) 6
XSE Exempt Single Entity Ranged Units 12 VARIANT MAX 8 28
 W O O D E LV E S
5 4 3 2
360 RSE

SAME UNIT SAME UNIT

VARIANT 360 360 360 RSE

360 360 360 RSE

VARIANT

1
RSE RSE RSE RSE RSE RSE RSE

SAME UNIT

* Coeddil is banned from play.

* Wargrove and Avelorn variants are banned from play.
* Treemen, Ancient Treemen, and Durthu are the same unit.
* Bound spells on Sisters of Thorn and Zoats do not count toward the duplicate spell limit.

RSE Rare Single Entities 3 Flying Ranged Units 4 Total Chariots 3

360 360° Ranged Units 6 Total Flying Units 6 Ranged Cavalry/Chariots (ME) 6
XSE Exempt Single Entity Ranged Units 12 VARIANT MAX 8 29
 DE V E LOPME N T

The Fruit Rules were collectively created by a small committee of experienced

players. They are updated and maintained through a democratic process.

S PECI A L T H A NK S

The collaborative effort of the individuals involved in the creation of the Fruit
Rules, Banner Rules, Warhammer Cup Rules, Korea Masters Tournament Rules,
Angel Cup Tournement Rules, and Total War: Warhammer Quick Battle Limits.

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