This section of Codex:
Adepta Sororitas lists wargear (including
Melee Weapons,
Ranged Weapons,
Armour,
Special Issue Wargear,
Ecclesiarchy Relics,
Ecclesiarchy Relics (Gathering the Storm) and
Adeptus Sororitas Vehicle Equipment) used by Adepta Sororitas, along with the rules for using them in your games of Warhammer 40,000.
Profiles for the following melee weapons can be found in the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook:
| An Arco-flagellant’s arms are often replaced with bionic whips, blades or flails. |
| These psycho-conductive neural whips are often carried by Mistresses of Repentance and are as much symbols of rank as they are vicious weapons that can slice open armour and flesh alike. |
Neural Shock:
Against non-vehicle units with a Leadership of 8 or less, a
Neural Whip has the
Shred special rule. If there are different Leadership values in the target unit, use the majority value.
Profiles for the following ranged weapons can be found in the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook:
| The condemnor boltgun is a highly specialised combi-weapon used almost exclusively by the operatives of the Ordo Hereticus and Adepta Sororitas. Combining a boltgun with a single-shot crossbow armature, these archaic-seeming weapons fire a silver stake engraved with sigils of disruption that destabilise a psyker’s connection with the Warp. A direct hit from the crossbow will therefore not only deal a severe wound to a psyker, it will also send his power spiralling out of control to consume its user. |
A condemnor boltgun follows all the rules for
combi-weapons. The primary weapon is a
boltgun. The secondary weapon has the following profile:
Psi-shock:
If a unit containing at least one model with the
Psyker,
Brotherhood of Psykers/Sorcerers or
Psychic Pilot special rules is hit by a weapon with the Psi-shock special rule, one
randomly determined Psyker model in that unit suffers
Perils of the Warp in addition to any other damage.
Exorcist Missile Launcher
| Though notoriously unreliable, the exorcist missile launcher’s volleys are considered by many to be the Adeptus Ministorum’s final word in anti-armour firepower. |
An Exorcist missile launcher is a turret-mounted weapon with a 360-degree
arc of sight and the following profile:
Profiles for the following special issue wargear can be found in the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook:
| The standards of the Adepta Sororitas are thrice blessed by the prioress of their convent before they march to war. |
Friendly units within 12" of the bearer re-roll failed
Morale,
Fear and
Pinning tests.
| Implements of both torture and salvation, the chirurgeon’s tools can restore the fallen so that they might fight once more. |
As long as the
Hospitaller is alive, all models in her unit have the
Feel No Pain special rule.
| Proclaiming the power of the Emperor in heavenly tones, a laud hailer bolsters the spirits of the faithful. |
All friendly units within 12" of a model with a laud hailer re-roll failed
Leadership tests when attempting an
Act of Faith.
| A rosarius is a gorget or amulet worn by some members of the Ecclesiarchy to protect them from physical and spiritual harm. It is believed that the stronger the bearer’s belief in the might of the Emperor, the stronger the rosarius’ force field will be. |
A rosarius confers a 4+
invulnerable save.
| These holy symbols of the Ecclesiarchy were once carried by one of the Imperium’s many saints, or may even be wrought from their bones. They are wellsprings of inspiration and faith and it is a great honour to carry such an irreplaceable relic into battle. |
A unit with a Simulacrum Imperialis can attempt to use its
Act of Faith twice during a battle instead of just once, regardless of whether or not the first attempt resulted in a passed or failed
Leadership test. Note, however, that a unit can still only attempt to use one Act of Faith in the same phase. Also note that only the unit’s Act of Faith can be attempted twice, not that of any
Independent Characters that have joined the unit.
If a model with the Simulacrum Imperialis is removed as a casualty, its unit cannot attempt to use their Act of Faith for the rest of the battle (but any Independent Characters that have joined the unit that can use an Act of Faith can still attempt to do so).
| A storm shield is a large solid shield that has an energy field generator built into it. Though the bulk of the shield offers physical protection, it is the energy field which is truly impressive – famously capable of deflecting almost any attack. Even blows that would normally cut through Terminator armour are turned aside with ease by the protective energies of the storm shield. |
A storm shield confers a 3+
invulnerable save. In addition, a model equipped with a storm shield can never
claim the +1 Attack gained for being armed with two
Melee weapons in an assault.
Ecclesiarchy Relics are items of incredible rarity, holy artefacts and revered tools of destruction that the Ecclesiarchy will go to any lengths to recover and protect. Such is their spiritual provenance that they are powerful weapons in the hands of the faithful, and in extreme circumstances they will be entrusted to the warriors of the Adeptus Ministorum. Only one each of the following relics can be chosen per army.
Only one of each
Ecclesiarchy Relic may be taken per army. A model can take one of the following:
1 Ministorum Priest only.
2 Canoness only. Replaces one of the bearer’s Melee weapons.
| This blessed power sword is the very blade carried into battle by Alicia Dominica – the founding saint of the Adepta Sororitas – and was famously used to cut the head from the arch-traitor Goge Vandire and bring an end to the Reign of Blood. St. Dominica wielded this blade in the decades following the Ecclesiarchy’s reformation, and a thousand more false prophets were slain by its razor edge before Alicia’s eventual martyrdom. |
| This great tome contains the complete writings of St. Lucius of Agathea, the first Arch-Confessor. Such was the Arch-Confessor’s devotion that his book was penned not in ink, but with his own blood. Even now, centuries after St. Lucius’ death, it is believed that a fraction of his essence still pervades its pages, and one who holds the book speaks with all his holy authority. In dire times, certain passages can be read aloud from the book, the words banishing mortal fears in an instant and inspiring the warriors of the Ecclesiarchy to great acts of heroism. |
All friendly units within 12" of the bearer automatically pass any
Fear or
Regroup tests they are required to take.
| Canoness St. Aspira of the Order of the Bloody Rose led her Battle Sisters in a War of Faith that liberated nearly one hundred worlds from the grip of the blasphemous tyrant Denescura. At the inception of the war, Aspira was presented with a magnificent cloak blessed in the Ecclesiarchal Palaces of Terra. Whilst this in itself marked the cloak as a treasured relic, small shards of the Emperor’s own armour were woven into it to ward away the blows of the enemy, elevating it to a sacred garment of incomparable spiritual significance. St. Aspira wore the cloak throughout the War of Faith, striding into the fray heedless of her own safety, secure in her unwavering knowledge that the Emperor protects. |
The wearer of the Cloak of St. Aspira re-rolls all failed
armour saving throws and
Shield of Faith invulnerable saving throws.
| When Sebastian Thor was declared Ecclesiarch in the wake of the Age of Apostasy, his first sermon was transcribed onto scrolls by an army of scribes and a copy distributed to each cardinal world in the Imperium. Today, only a single original copy remains, kept in a stasis vault beneath the Convent Prioris on Terra and released only with the sanction of the Ecclesiarch himself. This unassuming parchment’s mere presence is enough to fill the hearts of the faithful with righteous fervour. |
The bearer, the bearer’s unit and any
Independent Character that has joined the bearer’s unit automatically pass any
Leadership test required when attempting to use either an
Act of Faith or a
War Hymn.
| The Mace of Valaan is an ornate weapon surrounded by a halo of glowing energy that is doom to the worshipers of Chaos and anathema to the foul denizens of the Warp. It was famously recovered by the Ecclesiarchy’s Arch-Confessor, Redemptor Kyrinov, at the onset of his battles against the Demagogue Lord during the purge of Valaan. Since then, it has consigned a thousand heretics to oblivion, pulping skulls and shattering bodies with every crushing strike. It is now synonymous with the office of Arch-Confessor, and a priest who wields it is said to smite with all the fury and unbending zeal of Kyrinov himself. |
Chaos Bane:
The
Mace of Valaan gains the
Fleshbane and
Armourbane special rules when the wielder is within 6" of one or more models with the
Daemon special rule.
| Once the badge of office for the Prioress of the Convent Sanctorum, the Mantle of Ophelia was worn by Helena the Virtuous, a Living Saint and one of the most revered leaders in the history of the Adepta Sororitas. The mantle is thought to have sacred powers of protection, for Helena was said to have anointed it with the Tears of the Emperor, a phial of blood-like liquid collected over a century from weeping statues of the Emperor found across the cardinal worlds of the Imperium. |
The wearer of the Mantle of Ophelia has the
Eternal Warrior special rule.
Sacred Banner of the Order Militant
| Each of the six great Orders Militant possesses a single ancient battle banner passed down through the generations from the time when their Order was first created. It is said that several strands of hair taken from each of the Order’s founding saints are woven into these sacred banners, and as such their divine provenance is beyond doubt. Each banner represents the heritage of their respective Order and the honour of carrying one is granted only to the most faithful and accomplished members of the Sisterhood. They are proudly borne to war, and the Battle Sisters who fight beneath their shadow are inspired to greater feats of glory. |
All friendly units within 12" of the bearer have +1 Attack and re-roll failed
Morale,
Fear and
Pinning tests.
| This banner was woven by the Daughters of Solstice from the finest threads and is thought to have been sanctified by none other than Sebastian Thor himself. It is therefore one of the holiest relics remaining in the possession of the Ecclesiarchy. |
Friendly models within 12" of
Uriah Jacobus have the
Fearless and
Counter-attack special rules whilst he is alive.
| This massive shotgun shares many traits with its wielder – it’s crude, loud and leaves a trail of destruction in its wake. |
| This flame-wreathed blade is said to be the Emperor’s wrath made manifest. |
The Armour of Saint Katherine
| This revered suit of golden power armour was worn into righteous battle by the canonised Sister Katherine Elysius. |
The Armour of Saint Katherine confers
Saint Celestine a 2+
Armour Save and a 4+
invulnerable save.
Ecclesiarchy Relics (Gathering the Storm)
Characters that can normally take a relic (or equivalent) and have been selected as part of a
Wrathful Crusade Formation, a
Castellans of the Imperium Detachment, or are in an army that includes
Celestine, can select one of the following Ecclesiarchy Relics. Only one of each of the following relics may be chosen per army.
| First borne into battle during the Longhallow Crusade, what began as a simple power sword took on divine overtones after it was driven through the heart of Lord Drexos the Befouler. The nameless Guardsman who slew the Chaos Lord was but the first humble hero chosen by the blade to channel the Emperor’s holy might. From Sister Sophia of Leintor to Brother Sergeant Baxilor, many Imperial warriors have carried the Blade of the Worthy, and each has been chosen at the crucial moment to wield its divine fury. |
Replaces one of the bearer’s melee weapons.
Divine Fury:
If the bearer is
locked in combat at the start of the
Fight sub-phase, they must take a
Leadership test. If this test is failed, use the first profile for both Strength and AP for the duration of the phase; if this test is passed, use the second profile for both for the duration of the phase.
| Hand-crafted by one hundred and seventeen deaf-and-blind artificers within the shrine of the Nameless Saint, the bolt pistol known as Castigator is renowned for its absolute lethality. No armour can protect against the vengeance it brings, no matter how thick or powerful. No force field can turn its shots aside, no warding magics or unnatural powers can stay its wrath. Those caught within Castigator’s crosshairs are doomed from the moment the trigger is pulled. |
Unstoppable Vengeance:
Invulnerable saves cannot be taken against Wounds caused by
Castigator.
| A famed Daemon hunter and bane of the unnatural, Inquisitor Lord Gastor Desvalle led countless crusades into Chaos-corrupted war zones, and banished many monstrous entities. So successful was he that the Inquisitor made a great deal of enemies beyond the veil, and was compelled to requisition a singularly powerful personal force field to protect him from Warp-spawned attackers. Known as the Holy Circle, this blessed device not only sheathes its wearer in a nigh-impenetrable force field, but also projects a holy aura that drives back unnatural entities and prevents them from manifesting. |
The bearer of Desvalle’s Holy Circle has a 4+
invulnerable save. Furthermore, enemy units cannot arrive via
Deep Strike anywhere within 12" of the bearer. If an enemy unit arriving via Deep Strike
scatters within 12" of the bearer, they automatically suffer a
Deep Strike Mishap.
Shroud of the Anti-martyr
| Drill-Abbott Bartolph the Blessed became known as the Antimartyr of Mylok II after surviving a string of inconceivably deadly battles without a scratch. His burial shroud was exhumed after the destruction of his shrine by Chaos Renegades, and was found – to the wonder of all – to retain the same blessings that Bartolph did in life. It is now worn into battle as a cloak, its bearer wrapping themselves in the protective aegis of the Antimartyr to withstand the gravest hurts. |
The bearer of the Shroud of the Anti-martyr has the
Eternal Warrior special rule.
Skull of Petronella the Pious
| A famed Abbess of the Order of Our Martyred Lady, Petronella the Pious was renowned for the miracles that occurred in her presence. Though the humble warrior never claimed to possess any unusual powers of worth, it seemed that the eye of the Emperor was ever upon her. Foes were consumed by holy fire, while friends were spared from death by miraculous twists of good fortune. After her courageous martyrdom on Xyphol V, Petronella’s skull was fashioned into a sacred totem, to which her blessings still cling. |
The bearer of the Skull of Petronella, and all models in any unit they join, have a 6+
invulnerable save.
| The only surviving relic from the War of a Billion Baptisms, this grenade-like device has a slot into which can be inserted phials of holy water. Hurled into the foe, the device atomises its blessed payload and expels it in a hissing cloud that purges the foul and the unworthy from the Emperor’s sight. |
Once per game, the bearer can choose to throw the Font of Fury instead of using another ranged weapon.
Bane of Evil:
The Font of Fury has the
Poisoned (2+) special rule instead of Poisoned (4+) against enemy units with the
Chaos Daemons,
Chaos Space Marines or
Khorne Daemonkin Faction.
Adeptus Sororitas Vehicle Equipment
Profiles for the following adeptus sororitas vehicle equipment can be found in the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook:
| Proclaiming the power of the Emperor in heavenly tones, a Laud Hailer bolsters the spirits of the faithful. |
All friendly units within 12" of a model with a Laud Hailer re-roll failed
Leadership tests when attempting an
Act of Faith.
