Fire Caste Cadre Fireblade Shas’el
Source: An Abundance of Apocrypha, pg. 239
| Name | Rating |
|---|---|
| Strength | 4 |
| Agility | 4 |
| Toughness | 4 |
| Intellect | 5 |
| Willpower | 6 |
| Fellowship | 5 |
| Initiative | 5 |
| Name | Rating |
|---|---|
| Defence | 4 |
| Speed | 6 |
| Max Wounds | 7 |
| Max Shock | 9 |
| Determination | 4 |
| Resolve | 7 |
| Conviction | 7 |
| Passive Awareness | 4 |
| Resilience | 9 ( 4 Armour) |
| Name | Rating |
|---|---|
| Ballistic Skill | 9 |
| Leadership | 9 |
| Weapon Skill | 7 |
| Default | 8 |
Attacks
A Cadre Fireblade may also take one item from the Support Systems section.
| Name | Range | Damage | AP | Salvo | Traits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulse Rifle | 60 m | 12 + 1 ED | 0 | 1 | Rapid Fire (2), Reliable |
| Markerlights | 72 m | 0 + 0 ED | 0 | 0 | Heavy (5), Sniper |
| Photon Grenades | 12 m | 0 + 0 ED | 0 | - | Blast (Medium), Suppression |
Blast: Target a point (DN 3) and deal damage to anyone in the blast radius. You can´t shift for damage.
Heavy: You need (X) Str or you suffer +2 DN to attacks and are knocked prine on a Complication. Or, the Brace (p.189) Action.
Rapid Fire: This Weapon deals +X ED at Short Range.
Reliable: You can ignore the first Complication related to this weapon per scene. Tests made to repair or maintain Reliable weapons are made with +1 bonus die.
Sniper: When you Aim with a Sniper weapon you gain an additional + 1 bonus die to the attack, and gain +ED equal to the weapon’s Sniper rating.
Suppression: Enemies hit are blinded until the end of their next turn, and must test to avoid being pinned)
Special Abilities
For the Greater Good! (Fire): When an enemy declares a charge against a T’au ally within 12m of you, you may spend a Reload to make a shooting attack against the charging enemy, adding +4 to the DN and resolving the attack before the enemy moves. This ability may only be used once per round.
Ta'lissera Bonding Ritual: Any T’au with this rule are part of a bonded team (the GM should determine which T’au are part of which team for roleplaying purposes). Whenever a T’au with this ability attempts a Resolve or Conviction test, and rolls a 6 on their Wrath die, then the test is automatically successful, regardless of how many icons were rolled.
(Ruin) Champion: This threat may take Ruin actions.
(Ruin) Directed Fire: As a free action, spend 1 Ruin to add +2ED to the shooting attacks of all Fire Warriors within 15 metres. This bonus lasts until the beginning of the Cadre Fireblade’s next turn.
Volley Fire: Allied Fire Warriors within 15 metres may add +2 to the Salvo of their Pulse Rifles, Pulse Carbines, and Pulse Rifles when firing at a target within close range.
Variants: T'au Septs (Fire Caste)
Bork'an Sept (Fire Caste): Increasing the range of all weapons with the Rapid Fire or Heavy trait by 12 metres.
Dal'yth Sept (Fire Caste): If they do not move during their turn, they add +2 to their Defence (as if in cover) until the start of their next turn.
The Farsight Enclave (Fire Caste): Add +2 to their Conviction. They may re-roll any failures on their extra damage dice for shooting attacks against enemies within 12m.
Sa'cea Sept (Fire Caste): All T’au from Sa’cea add +1 to their Resolve. May re-roll one die on any Ballistic Skill test they attempt.
T'au Sept (Fire Caste): T’au from T’au reduce the DN of tests using Ballistic Skill by 2.
Vior'la Sept (Fire Caste): Treat any Rapid Fire weapon as if it had the Assault trait.