Vampire Counts

The Vampire Counts are fiends without equal. They seek to topple the civilisations of the living and supplant them with an Undead empire. Each Vampire is a unique and majestic figure with his own personality, drive and ambition. In contrast, their minions are mindlessly obedient – rank after rank of ragged and dirt-encrusted cadavers forced back to life by their masters' necromantic power. A Vampire Counts army arrayed on the battlefield is a frightening sight. Amongst the endless ranks of maggotridden corpses and clacking, rust-clad Skeletons come hideous and misshapen predators. The skies fill with the rustle of a thousand leathery wings as giant bats whirl and screech. At the heart of this nightmare ride the Vampires themselves, moonlight gleaming from their fangs as they smile in the anticipation of the slaughter to come.

Close combat attacks made with Blood Drinker are resolved at +1 Strength. In addition, whilst Vlad wields Blood Drinker, he restores lost Wounds on a score of 3+ rather than 5+ for the purposes of the Red Thirst special rule.

Blood Drinker

The Carstein Ring grants Vlad a 4+ Ward Save. Furthermore, the first time Vlad is removed from play, roll a D6 at the end of the phase. On a roll of 2+, he is immediately returned to 'life' with a single Wound. Vlad must then be placed in the front rank of a friendly unit anywhere within 12" of the point where he fell (even one in close combat). If there is no such unit for Vlad to join, he is removed as a casualty.

The Carstein Ring

All enemy units within 6" of one or more models with the Aura of Dark Majesty suffer a -1 penalty to their Leadership. This penalty is cumulative with any other modifiers.

Aura of Dark Majesty

Von Carstein or Lahmia only. At the beginning of the Close Combat phase, select one model in base contact with the Vampire. The victim must pass a Leadership test or be unable to attack in that Close Combat phase and all attacks directed against the victim will hit automatically.

Transfix

Von Carstein, Necrarch or Strigoi only. The model gains the Terror special rule.

Supernatural Horror

The Lore of Necromancy (Vampire Counts) Lore

The Lore of Necromancy (Vampire Counts)

Vlad von Carstein

Infantry

Ranks A unit of Infantry is required to be five or more models wide in order to be able to gain rank bonus. Unit Strength Infantry have a Unit Strength of 1. Line of Sight Infantry have a Line of Sight value of 1. Base Size  Infantry have an approved base size of 20x20mm, 25x25mm, 25x50mm, 30x30mm and 40x40mm.

Infantry (In)

Special Character

The Warhammer Army books each include the rules for several Special Characters within their pages. They are famous, named war leaders and mighty mages, tales of whose legendary (or nefarious) deeds have travelled far and wide, such as the Emperor Karl Franz, Grom the Paunch of Misty Mountain, the infamous Vampire Lord Vlad von Carstein and many more besides. Special Characters are exceptional individuals but, more importantly for our army selection purposes, they are unique – each can be included in an army only once.

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