Special Issue Wargear

Blessed Armour: 35 points
Only a Canoness of the Adepta Sororitas may wear such a suit of sacramental power armour, handed down from the earliest days of the Sisterhood and elaborately consecrated by the Ministorum. Blessed armor not only provides superior protection against physical threats but inspires the faithful to resist the trickeries of the Warp.
A character in Blessed Armour has a 2+ save and generates 1 Warp Die in the opposing side's psychic phase, usable for Deny The Witch rolls only.

Praesidium Protectiva: 25 points
Commanders of the Adepta Sororitas often carry these elegant, arcane shields made ages ago of mysterious materials, said by the faithful to include a shard of the God-Emperor's own battle armour. Proof against bullets, blasts, and blows, its very presence steels the Sisters' willpower against witchcraft.
A character with a Praesidium Protectiva gains a 3++ invulnerable save. A character with Praesidium Protectiva may never gain the +1 Attack bonus for having two close combat weapons.
In addition, the character and her unit gain a +1 bonus to all Deny The Witch rolls.

Purity Seals: 15 points
Purity Seals are a wargear option for any character from the Forces of the Imperium factions, excepting Repentia Champions and Veterans.
Against the whispers of the warp and the maledictions of the witch, a purity seal can be more effective than any physical armour. When soldiers see their leaders adorned with such testimonies to their spiritual purity, it strengthens the resolution of the entire army.
Each model with a Purity Seal adds one die to its side's Warp Charge pool during the opposing side's Psychic Phase only. This die may only be used to Deny The Witch.

Sororitas Bike: 30 points
With lighter weapons and much lighter riders than their Marine counterparts, Sororitas bikes can maneuver nimbly through rough terrain, scouting far ahead of the main force to stage lightning strikes against vulnerable targets.
A model mounted on a Sororitas Bike gains the Bike unit type. In addition:
- A unit all of whose models are mounted on Sororitas Bikes gains Hit & Run, Scout, and +1 to Jink saves.
- A Sororitas bike is armed with a storm bolter (not twin-linked boltguns as on an Astartes bike).

War Hymnal: 20 points
A Canoness and her Palatines inspire intense devotion in her Battle Sisters, leading them from the fore whilst reciting the great hymns of the Ecclesiarchy.
A character with a War Hymnal gains the Hymns of War special rule.

Book of Acts: 15 points
Reciting the miraculous acts of Imperial saints, the leaders of the Sororitas can inspire their Sisters to perform feats beyond their regular training.
When the character with the Book of Acts or the squad she has joined attempts an Act of Faith, she or they may attempt one of the Acts below instead of their regular Act from Codex:Adepta Sororitas. The Book does not grant an additional use of Acts of Faith.
Divine Wind: Borne as on eagles' wings, the Sisters rush forward firing with uncanny speed, accuracy, and grace. This Act may be used in the Shooting Phase. If successful, the unit may both Run and shoot in this phase, in either order (i.e. shoot, then run; or run, then shoot). A unit cannot use this Act and fire any Heavy weapons in the same phase unless it is also Relentless.
Prophetic Warning:As if forewarned, the Sisters calmly turn their weapons on charging foes and cut them down. This Act may be used whenever an enemy declares a charge against the unit with the book, immediately before resolving Overwatch.* If successful, the unit may fire overwatch at its normal Ballistic Skill. A unit that cannot fire Overwatch cannot attempt this Act.
The Whole Armour of Faith: The Sisters steel themselves both spiritually and physically against the unbelievers' blows. This Act may be used whenever an enemy attacks the unit with the Book, immediately before the enemy rolls to hit.* If successful, all models in the unit gain an invulnerable save equal to their normal armour save for the remainder of the phase.
The Quick and the Dead: The Sisters slice through their enemies with miraculous speed. This Act may be used in your Assault Phase, immediately before a unit charges.* If successful, every model in the unit adds +2 to its Initiative.
* These Acts are exceptions to the normal rule that units can only attempt Acts before they move, shoot, run, or strike blows.

Blessed armor: Marine artificer armour but (a) less widely available and (b) half a psyker mastery level, in effect (see "Purity Seals" below). 20 pts + (30)/2 = 35.

Praesidium Protectiva:
The old favorite, back with an extra twist that it's a psychic defense.
The save's half as good as a Storm Shield, since you can only use it half the time, but then It's basically a Storm Shield that also gives you extra Adamantium Will, so it's 15 pts + 10 = 25 20 pts / 2 = 10, +10 = 20 again.

Purity Seals:
Turning a vanilla Inquisitor into a Mastery Level 1 psyker costs 30 points, which gives you one Warp Die for offensive in your own psychic phase and one Warp Die for defense in the enemy's psychic phase. This wargear just gives you the equivalent of one Warp Die for defense only, so I figure its half as valuable.

Sororitas Bike:
Why these SRs? I wanted Biker Sisters to be distinctive, sleeker and more elegant -- but less sturdy -- than their male counterparts. But on reflection giving them all Skilled Rider seemed overkill and trespassing on Dark Angels and White Scars territory: Why should all Sisters bikers be that good, even with a more agile bike?
Costing: Upgrading a Marine leader to ride a bike costs 20 points.
Then the Sororitas Bike gets, essentially, limited versions of
- Scout -- which normally conveys from one model to an entire unit;
- Hit & Run -- ditto;
- and of Skilled Rider -- which is both a +1 to Jink and difficult terrain bonuses.
So, for independent characters, who lose the ability to convey Hit & Run and Scout to a unit they join, all three SRs are at half the normal value (10 pts, per Ovion): that's 3*(10/2) = 15 points.
For squads, downgrading Skilled Rider to just a Jink bonus reduces that SR's cost to five points -- but the value of H&R and Scout are unchanged, 10 points each: that's 5+2*10 = 25 pts.
A Storm Bolter has identical performance to a boltgun with Relentless. So the difference is losing twin-linked, which I guesstimated at -5. (Ovion's guidelines for TL pricing are tricky).
Net:
IC: 20 points for Bike + 15 points for adding SRs - 5 points for losing TL = 30 points.

War Hymnal:
The intent here is to reflect the fluff - which explicitly says Canonesses lead their Sisters into battle singing war hymns -- and to reduce the army's dependence on Priests.
Why 20 points? Yes, I know, the Priest only costs 25 points and gets both Hymns of War and a rosarius, but that seems undercosted. Besides, the Canoness and Palatine are significantly more survivable, with multiple Wounds and better stats all round, so they're more likely to live long enough to use the Hymns multiple times.

The Book of Acts:
The intent here is to recapture the flexibility of the old list of Acts, where any Sisters unit had multiple options for its AOF, without getting rid of the great flavor that unit-unique Acts add to the army. In short, the best of both worlds.
Costing is rough, but I figured getting to pick one of four Acts instead of being stuck with one is at least as useful as a Simulacrum Imperialis granting you an extra Act and probably more so.
Divine Wind is the same as Eldar Battle Focus.
Prophetic Warning is similar to the psychic power Foreboding.
Whole Armour of Faith is the Codex:Witch Hunters version of Spirit of the Martyr.
The Quick and the Dead is similar to the C:WH version of the Passion.

Canoness Veterana
This Canoness has served long, grinding years in the ranks of the regular Battle Sisters. She has not forgotten the lethal zeal of the Order's humblest soldiers, nor their bitter hatred for many foes who kill them, and she can inspire both in her subordinates.
A Canoness Veterana has the Preferred Enemy (everything) and Hatred special rules.

Canoness Celestial
The elite Celestians provide many of the Sisterhoods' leaders, and this Canoness has had a particular long and distinguished career in their revered ranks. The battle-fury of charging Celestians is about her always, intoxicating and infectious.
A Canoness Celestial and her squad have the Furious Charge special rule.

Canoness Dominant
Aggressive even for Sisters of Battle, Dominions tend to die young or be very, very, very good. This Canoness is one of the later. She brings the agility and aggression of the Sororitas scout corps to her entire Order.
A Canoness Dominant may replace her boltgun with an item from the Special Weapons list. She has the Scout and Ignore Cover special rules.

Canoness Enthroned
The Sisters of Battle honor the infantrywoman above all others, and their leaders generally lead on foot. Some Orders Minor, however, place such a high value on bike-mounted cavalry that they even draw their leaders from among the most experienced and skillful riders.
A Canoness Enthroned must buy a Sororitas Bike. She has the Skilled Rider and Acute Senses special rules.

Canoness Redemptia
How the mighty have fallen -- and risen again to glory by the grace of the God-Emperor. This Canoness has served in the Repentia with such distinction as to cleanse herself of her crime and not only return to regular duties, but rise to the highest rank of her Order.
A Canoness Redemptia has the Feel No Pain (5+) and Rage special rules.

Canoness Retributant
Retributors are famous for their lethal level-headedness under fire. This capacity for calculation well befits a commander. This Canoness has extensive service as a Retributor and can direct her sisters' fire with lethal accuracy even on the move.
A Canoness Retributant may replace her boltgun with an item from the Heavy Weapons list, paying the normal points cost. She and her unit gain the Relentless special rule.

Canoness Seraphic
The Seraphim are living, flying icons of the Sisterhood and provide many of its leaders. This Canoness has served as a Seraphim long enough that, even when not wearing a jump pack, she retains their distinctive style of fighting -- and, some say, their angelic visage.
A Canoness Seraphic must take two pistols of the same type (2 bolt pistols, 2 hand flamers, 2 inferno pistols, 2 plasma pistols), paying the usual points cost. All her Shooting attacks have the Shred special rule. All friendly units within 12" of her may reroll failed Acts of Faith.

Canoness Vigilant
Notoriously cold and aloof, the Sororitas infiltrators known as Vigils rarely rise to positions of leadership. Those that do, however, are truly terrifying commanders, leading not by inspirational hymns but by sheer icy competence.
A Canoness Vigilant has the Infiltrate and Precision Shots special rules. She may take replace her boltgun with an item from the Special Weapons list, paying the normal points cost.

The "Records of Service" let you customize your Canoness to reflect her prior service -- and in most cases to buff her squad as well as herself. I prefer this own "build your own special character" approach to pregenerated SCs. Most of the special rules being added are straight of Ovion's cookbook. Except the Canoness Seraphic, who's basically a living Laud Hailer (and gets a free extra pistol, because, c'mon).

Grail of Ages : 60 points
The Grail of Ages is the relic that gives the Order of the Ebon Chalice its name. Blackened, battered, and beyond all price, the Grail is the tangible symbol of the terrible knowledge Saint Dominica received before the Golden Throne and the centerpiece of the Order's most secret rites. When a Canoness of the Ebon Chalice brings the Grail on campaign, she and her Celestians drink from it in a grim communion before they enter battle. Having thus imbibed the wisdom of their founder and fighting with the Grail in their sight, they strike with preternatural fury.

The Canoness, all Celestians in one Sororitas Command Squad, and all Celestians in Celestian squads in the Canoness's detachment gain +1 Strength. All friendly models within 12" of the Canoness may reroll failed Leadership tests when attempting an Act of Faith.

The Skull of Vandire: 60 points
Of all the Sisterhood's founding saints, it was Lucia who felt most bitterly the guilt of having served the monster Goge Vandire and the need to expiate that guilt with blood. Legend and art portray her contemplating the tyrant's severed head. To this day Vandire's meticulously preserved skull is the central relic of her cult, less a holy of holies than a grim reminder that all have sinned. Unsurprisingly, Lucia's own Order of the Valorous Heart and its daughter Orders are remarkable in the number of Sisters who self-exile themselves as Repentia. When the Canoness of such an Order -- often one of the rare redeemed Repentia herself -- carries the Skull into battle, it drives both her and her Sisters to desperate deeds of self-sacrifice.
The Canoness carrying the Skull of Vandire gains the Fearless special rule. She, her squad, and all Repentia Squads within 12" gain Feel No Pain (5+).

The Shroud of Silvana: 60 points
Martyred in her youth, Saint Silvana has become the paragon of selfless purity for the Adepta Sororitas, above all for the Seraphim for her Order of the Argent Shroud is famous. The great icon of the Order is Silvana's own death shroud, which bears the miraculous imprint of her skull in such brilliant silver that Sisters say it lights the way for the faithful and burns the eyes of the unclean. Though tattered by millennia of use as both relic and battle standard, the Shroud is still brought out for battle on dire occasions. Worn by the Canoness as a tabard over her armour, it inspires her Sisters, especially the Seraphim, and dismays their enemies.
All the wearer's melee attacks have the Blind special rule. All friendly models within 12" may reroll failed Morale, Fear, and Pinning tests. All Seraphim within 12" add +1 to all Leadership rolls.

The Broken Halo: 75 points
The fiercest of the Sisterhood's founders, Katharine ripped the iron halo from a Space Marine champion she slew in the battle for the Ecclesiarchal palace and slew several of his comrades with its spikes. Even after the Sisters made peace, Katharine refused to return her bloody trophy. To this day, her Order of Our Martyred Lady and its offshoots are infamous even among Sisters for the hateful determination of even their rank and file. While the halo's force field has never functioned since Katharine tore it loose as her trophy, its spikes inflict gaping wounds, and its mere presence on the battlefield makes the Battle Sisters more unyielding than ever.
The Broken Halo of Saint Katharine counts as a power axe. Its wielder, her squad, and all Battle Sister squads within 12" gain the Hatred special rule.

Hatred's Fire: 60 points
None of the other founding saints equaled Mina in sheer headlong aggression, and Dominions in particular take her as their inspiration. The vicious saint was ever in the vanguard, her sanctified melta -- named Hatred's Fire -- always ablaze to light her Sisters' way and to root the enemy out of their darkest hiding places. A powerful but erratic piece of archeotech that was ancient when Mina was born, Hatred's Fire can char its wielder as horrifically as the enemy. Nonetheless, the saint's successors in her Order of the Bloody Rose still take her weapon in their hands and put their lives in the hands of the Emperor to lead their Sisters in savage, swift assaults.
The Pillar of the Fire is a meltagun with the Ignores Cover and Gets Hot! Special rules. Its wielder, her squad, and all Dominion squads within 12" of her may both run and shoot in the Shooting Phase, in either order (i.e. run, then shoot; or shoot, then run).

The Light Undying: 60 points
Ardent in prayer but calm in crisis, Arabella was the most level-headed of the Sisterhood's founding saints. Retributors in particular still pray for her spirit to steady their nerves and their aim. Arabella wielded a wide variety of shooting weapons in her many battles, but she always affixed to them an arcane targeting scope of unknown origin, whose pure and piercing beam -- the Light Undying -- guided her Sisters' aim and steadied their hearts. This relic remains in the possession of her Order of the Sacred Rose, and whether by its ancient technology or some lingering blessing of the God-Emperor, when the targeter's beam pierces the fog of war, the sight of it grants Arabella's heirs some of her famous steadiness in battle.
The Canoness bearing the Light Undying may replace her boltgun with an item from the Heavy weapons list. She gains the Night Vision and Twin-Linked special rules on all shooting attacks. So do her squad and all Retributors within 12" if and only if they fire at the same target as the Canoness.

Dominica's Grail of Ages:
+1 Strength (better than Furious Charge because it's always on) for the Canoness and four other units: 5 * 10 = 50. Also acts as, in effect, a Laud Hailer: +10.

Lucia's Skull of Vandire:
The biggest complaint about Repentia in the current codex is that their permanent 5+ FNP has turned into a one-time 3+ FNP; this relic fixes that and makes the Canoness and the squad she joins, whatever its type, as Fearless as Repentia.
Costing: Fearless and FNP for the Canoness: 10+10. FNP(5+) for her squad and for a maximum of three Repentia squads in a normal CAD: 4x10 = 40. Total: 60.

Shroud of Silvana:
This gives Seraphim back something of the old Angelic Visage rule (though that boosted morale for everyone around Seraphim, not the Seraphim themselves). Fluff says the Argent Shroud is famous for Seraphim and Celestians, but I don't want to give any Order a bonus to two troop types, and, as the uber-Sisters, Celestians seemed the best fit for the uber-Order, Dominica's own Ebon Chalice.
Costing: Blind in melee: 15 points? Reroll Ld tests within 12": basically a Blessed Standard, 15 points. +1 to Leadership of 3 Seraphim Squads in a normal CAD: 3x10 = 30. Total: 60 points.

Katharine's Broken Halo:
I love this bit of backstory I made up for Katharine.... She's such a raging bitch, and all of us deserve her wrath. The fluff for her Order speaks of their determination but, unlike any of the other Big Six, doesn't suggest a buff for any particular unit type - so Furyou Miko suggested the rank-and-file Battle Sisters.
Costing: Power axe: 15 points. Hatred for Canoness, her squad, and (on average) 4 BSS: 6x10 = 60 points.

Mina's Burning Brand:
Mina's character and her Order's connection to Dominions are established in fluff. I wanted something that make the Canoness and Dominions even faster to plunge into combat than regular Dominions, so Scout for her and Eldar Battle Focus seemed a good model. A super melta that can burn the user to death also seemed appropriate for her brooding hatred.
Costing: Meltagun: 10 points. Ignores Cover & Gets Hot cancel out: 0 points. What's effectively Eldar Battle Focus for her, her squad, and three Dominion squads in a normal CAD: 5x10 = 50 points. Total: 60.

Arabella's Light Undying:
Twin-Linked pricing is all over the place, generally 5-10 points or +50% of the weapons' base cost according to Ovion. Let's call it 10 points for the Canoness's single weapon; then the Canoness's squad and the three Retributor squads in a typical CAD get a limited form on multiple weapons, so let's say those four units get it for 10 points apiece as well: 40 points.
Night Vision on the Canoness and four squads: 5x5 = 25, but again it's in limited circumstances, so discount it down to 20 points.

Unit Composition: 1 Palatine
Unit Type: Infantry (character)

Wargear: Power armour, bolt pistol, chainsword, drag grenades, krak grenades

Special Rules: Acts of Faith, Shield of Faith, Independent Character

Aide-de-Camp:
When not assigned an independent command, Palatines serve by the side of their Canoness or other Ecclesiarchal leaders.
In addition to Palatines taken as regular HQ choices (if any), you may take one Palatine for each Canoness, Confessor, or special character in a Detachment. These Palatines do not use up any Force Organization slots.

Act of Faith: Yield Not
The Palatine inspires her comrades to stand their ground, soaked with their Sisters' blood though it may be.
One use only. This Act of Faith may be attempted in either player's Assault phase. If successful, the Palatine and all models in her unit gain the Stubborn special rule until the end of the current phase.


Options:
- may replace bolt pistol with boltgun: free

May take any of the following:
- A second bolt pistol: 2 points
- Melta bombs: 5 points
- Jump pack: 15 points
- Book of Acts: 15 points
- Praesidium Protectiva: 25 points
- Purity Seals: 15 points
- Sororitas Bike: 30 points
- War Hymnal: 20 points

May take one of the following:
- Blessed Standard: 15 points
- Sacred Banner of the Order Militant (one per army): 40 points

A Palatine may take items from the Melee Weapons, Ranged Weapons, and Ecclesiarchy Relics lists.

The Canoness of a larger Order may select especially experienced Sister Superiors -- or fervent young prodigies -- as her Palatines. These lieutenants assist the Canoness, command small detachments in her absence, and often carry her standard into battle.

A Palatine starts from the Canoness statline and builds down from there:
-1 Wound: -10 pts
-1 Attack: -10 pts
No Stubborn: -10 pts
No Martyrdom: -5 pts?
Change AOF from Hatred to Stubborn: +/-0
SUBTOTAL: -35 pts
65 - 35 = 30

Unit Type: Infantry (character)
Unit Composition: 1 Sister Chorister

Wargear: Power Armour, bolt pistol, chainsword, frag and krak grenades

Special Rules: Independent Character, Shield of Faith, War Hymns, Zealot

Preacher Woman:
In addition to any Choristers taken as regular HQ choices, you may upgrade any Priest to a Chorister for 20 points. You may not take a Battle Conclave for a Chorister.

Options:
- May take melta bombs: 5 points
- May take purity seals: 15 points
- May take a jump pack: 15 points
- May take a laud hailer: 10 points
A Sister Chorister may take items from the Melee Weapons, Ranged Weapons, and Ecclesiarchy Relics lists.


All Sisters of Battle are trained to sing hymns to the God-Emperor. Only those with the purest voices, hearts, and hatred, however, are selected for the intense choral training and indoctrination that earns them the title of "Sister Chorister." While less tactically sophisticated than those selected for the rank of Sister Superior, the Choristers complement the Superiors' military experience with their religious zeal. Their pure, sweet voices carry high above the roar of battle, inspiring their Sisters to kill and die in the Emperor's name.

The Chorister uses the Celestian statline. So compared to the Priest, the Chorister gets +1 WS (10 pts), +1 BS (10 pts), and, most crucially, +2 Ld (10 pts), which means her War Hymns are much more likely to work. That's worth 30 points.
She also has Power Armour for a 3+ save, which is 1 better than the Priest's 4++ (his flak armour is really irrelevant). That's +5 points more.
On the other hand, she doesn't have a Rosarius, just Power Armour and Shield of Faith, so her invulnerable save is 1 worse. Adding a Rosarius to PA & SoF costs a Canoness 15 points.
So the Chorister nets out at +20 points more than the Priest, i.e. 45 points: Still affordable for key units, but not an obvious and easy choice to spam.
In this revision, I also decided to make her available as an HQ choice, since that simplifies the rules a little bit, she's a colorful option for an HQ in a small force, and (unlike the priest) she's not crazily inexpensive, especially now I've upped her cost by five points from my original version.

Unit Type: Infantry (character)
Unit Composition: 1 Repentia Champion

Wargear: Eviscerator

Special Rules:
Act of Faith, Fearless, Fleet, Rage, Shield of Faith
Feel No Pain (4+)
Shred
Independent Character
Martyrdom

Outcast:
Driven forth by her sisters' condemnation and her own shame, the Repentia Champion may not fight alongside pure Sororitas, let alone lead them into battle.
A Repentia Champion may never join a unit that has the Acts of Faith special rule, except for a Repentia Squad. She may however join Frateris units, Battle Conclaves, allied Battle Brothers, etc. normally.

Act of Faith: Death, Be Not Proud
The mortally wounded Champion gathers her strength for one last strike. With a prayer on her lips and blood on her blade, she will die for her Emperor, but not alone.
One use only. You may attempt this Act of Faith during either player's Assault Phase when the Repentia Champion has lost her last Wound. If successful, do not remove the Champion from play until she has made all her normal attacks.
The Champion may attempt this Act even if she has joined a unit whose models lack the Acts of Faith or War Hymns special rules.
Note this Act of Faith is an exception to the normal rules on when Acts may be attempted.


No, Cardinal, I am not a "proper Sister," not at all. But I am the only one you've got -- and I am taking command.
-- Sister Repentia Olga Kislev (later Canoness of the Order of the Burning Dove) before the Battle of Drevalyan Cathedral

Magnificent even in disgrace, these fallen heroes of the Adepta Sororitas walk a lonely, bloody road. They range from condemned Canonesses too useful to imprison in a Penitent Engine, to ordinary Battle Sisters who prove far more effective as Repentia than they ever were as Sororitas in good standing. While untainted Sisters will not tolerate their proximity, these Repentia Champions often lead lesser mortals into battle, from fellow Repentia to Frateris Militia to allied Imperial Guard.

Based on Canoness (65 points)

-1 Ballistic Skill: -10
-1 Initiative: -10
-1 Leadership: -5
3+ armor save becomes no save at all (per PM with Ovion): -20
No krak grenades or bolt pistol: -3 points, going by Codex:Astra Militarum
No frag grenades: -1 point?
Outcast rule plus no access to Ranged Weapons, Melee Weapons, or Relics: -1 point?
Total reductions: -50

Replace Stubborn with Fearless: +/-0 points

Fleet: +10 points
Rage: +10 points
Shred: +10 points
Permanent FNP (4+) on a T:3 model (per Ovion): +20 points
Eviscerator: +30
Total additions: +80

Net total: 65 points base -50 pts + 80 pts = 95 points

Unit Type: Infantry (character)
Unit Composition: 1 Repentia Veteran

Wargear: Eviscerator

Special Rules:
Act of Faith, Fearless, Fleet, Rage, Shield of Faith
Feel No Pain (5+)
Shred

Lived Long Enough To Lead:
A few exceptional Sisters Repentia hew their way towards redemption by winning, rather than by dying. These veteran Repentia may become the de facto leader of their fallen fellows if the Mistress of Penitents is slain, be recruited by a priests as his bodyguard, or even, as the last survivors of their squad, find themselves at the head of a ragged band of Frateris militia.
Each Battle Conclave, Repentia Squad, and Frateris Militia Mob in your army may be joined by one Repentia Veteran for 45 points. Alternatively, a Repentia Squad may replace its Mistress of Penitents with a Repentia Veteran for 6 points.
Note that a Repentia Veteran is not an independent character and may never leave her unit or join another.
Note also that a Repentia Veteran may only use her Act of Faith if part of a Repentia Squad, as Battle Conclaves and Frateris Militia have neither Acts of Faith nor War Hymns.

Act of Faith: Live for Redemption
Hope flashes through the Repentia: If the veteran can survive this, perhaps they can too?
One use only. This Act of Faith can be used in the enemy Shooting phase, immediately after the opposing player has selected the Repentia Squad as a target but before rolling any die (note this is an exception to the normal rules about when Acts may be attempted). If successful, all models in the Sisters Repentia unit, including the Repentia Veteran, gain the Feel No Pain (3+) special rule until the end of the current phase.


Damn you all for cowards! My sins may be too great for the Sisterhood, but at least I know my duty to the Imperium. If you love your soul more than your life, take up your sword and follow me!
-- Sister Repentia Maria Annikova (redemptio postumus) to the Frateris Militia before the last charge at Yeshua's Gate

Sisters Repentia seek absolution in death -- but sometimes they survive. A handful even endure battle after battle. Some of their Sisters see these veteran Repentia as failures, incapable even of dying properly, but the most see their survival as a sign of grace. Veteran Repentia are usually granted greater respect and greater freedom from the lash. Often the Sisterhood would welcome a veteran Repentia back into their ranks, redeemed by countless battles, but her own shame is too deep to accept forgiveness.

Note her AOF basically gives the Repentia an extra round of Spirit of the Martyr that they can use to live long enough to get into Assault.

Based on regular Repentia (14 points)

Add:
+1 Wound: +10
Shred: +10
Permanent FNP (5+) on a T:3 model (per Ovion): +10 points
Subtotal: 30, divide by 3 for elite infantry (per Ovion) = +10 pts

Standard upgrade to "sergeant"-style character (+1 A, +1 Ld): +10

Total: 14 base + 10 + 10 = 34, round up to 35

Replacing Mistress of Penitents: 6 pts
Repentia squad is 85 points for 4 Repentia and 1 Mistress. Repentia cost 14, so 85 -4(14) = 29 points must be the cost of the mistress.

The Sororitas Command Squad may select a Rhino, Immolator, Repressor, or Deliverer Assault Vehicle as a Dedicated Transport.

Any Celestian may take a Storm Shield: 10 points per model
For each Canoness that takes a jump pack, one Sororitas Command Squad may also take jump packs for 15 points.
For each Canoness that takes a Sororitas Bike, one Sororitas Command Squad may also take Sororitas Bikes for 55 points.

The Sororitas Command Squad may take Stigmata of Fury: 10 points
The elite of the elite, those Celestians selected to protect the Canoness herself have combat experience unequalled among the Sororitas. After so many battles and so many scars, the sacred fury that other Celestians must pray for comes to these veterans as easily as breathing.
A unit with Stigmata of Fury has the Furious Charge special rule.

Unit Type: Infantry (Character)
Unit Composition: 1 Confessor or 1 Missionary

Wargear: Flak armour, laspistol, close combat weapon, frag grenades, krak grenades, rosarius

Special Rules: War Hymns, Zealot

Conclave Commander:
For each Confessor and/or Missionary in your army, you may take one Ecclesiarchy Battle Conclave. Such a conclave may take a Deliverer Assault Vehicle as a Dedicated Transport.
A Confessor or Missionary who does not take a Conclave may instead take a Chariot of Fire (q.v.) as a Dedicated Transport.

Options:
May replace laspistol with one of the following:
- Autogun - free
- Bolt pistol - 1 pt
- Boltgun - 1 pt
- Plasma gun - 15 pts
- May take melta bombs - 5 pts
A Confessor or Missionary may take Purity seals: 15 points
A Confessor or Missionary may take items from the Melee Weapons, Ranged Weapons and Ecclesiarchy Relics lists.

One Confessor per detatchment may take Litanies of War (see below).

Far more ferocious than ordinary priests and largely independent of the normal hierarchy of Cardinals and dioceses, Confessors and Missionaries are wide-ranging holy warriors. Backed by their personal battle conclaves, Battle Sisters seconded from the Adepta Sororitas, and ad hoc Frateris militia, they carry the Emperor's Light into the darkness -- whether that darkness is a world light-years beyond human space, a rebellious Imperial planet, or a nest of heretics down the street from their cathedral.

Both these characters are based on the Ministorum priest. The Confessor's stats are lower than in the White Dwarf codex because I don't want a generic HQ to outshine Uriah Jacobus and I don't want a non-Sister to outshine the Canoness as a combatant (which I suspect is why the codex writers toned downed Jacobus). The Missionary simply exists to provide a second-tier HQ for smaller games or to back up your primary HQ character.

Compared to the Priest, the Confessor has +1 WS (+10), +1 BS (+10), +2 W (+20), +1A, (+10) +2 Ld (+10), each a 10-point improvement per Ovion: +60 points
+15 points for War Hymns on a 3-wound, WS:4, Ld:9 model instead of a one-hit wonder
Total: 100 points

The Missionary has +1 WS (+10), +1 BS (+10), +1W (+10), +1A (+10), and +1 Ld (+5): +45 points
+10 points for War Hymns on a 2-wound, WS:4, Ld:8 model
Total: 80 points

A Confessor (not a Missionary) may take one and only one of the Litanies of War listed below. Once per game, at the beginning of an appropriate phase, he may attempt to invoke the Litany by taking a Leadership test. If he fails, nothing happens and the hymn is lost. If he succeeds, the hymn affects all Imperium of Man units within 6", and the effect described lasts until the end of the current phase.

Anathema:
The Confessor pronounces a dreadful curse upon a particular evildoer, which his followers then execute.
The Confessor may use this hymn at the beginning of his side's Shooting Phase or of either side's Assault Phase. Designate a single enemy model within the Confessor's line of sight to be anathematized. All friendly units within 6" of the Confessor gain the Preferred Enemy special rule towards the anathematized model and its unit until the end of the phase.

Fear No Evil
The Confessor's contempt for death inspires undying courage.
The Confessor may use this hymn at the beginning of any phase. All friendly units within 6" gain the Fearless special rule until the end of the phase. Any affected unit that was Falling Back immediately regroups, regardless of what phase it is, and may move, shoot (or run), and charge normally this turn.

The Fear of the Lord
The Confessor fills his followers with the terrible wrath of the God-Emperor, and His enemies quail.
The Confessor may use this hymn at the beginning of either player's Assault phase. Until the end of the phase, every friendly unit within 6" gains the Fear special rule and is immune from Fear itself.

Thy Sisters' Keeper
Filled with love for their comrades and hatred for the enemy, the faithful protect each other with withering crossfire.
The Confessor may use this hymn at the beginning of the enemy's Assault Phase. If any affected unit is charged, any other affected units may fire Overwatch just as if they were the targets of the charge themselves, except that no template weapons may be used. Remember that no unit can fire Overwatch more than once per turn.

Originally the "Hymns of Hatred" were "Litanies of Command" for the Canoness, but I decided their "cleric buffs the party" quality fit the Confessor better and gave him something special.
They are very roughly costed on (1) Ovion's rule of thumb that adding one special rule to one unit is worth 10 points (except for Fear @ 5 pts, and immunity from Fear without fearless I figures should be the same) and (2) the assumption that you'll probably be able to get 3-4 units within 6" of the Confessor, but (3) each hymn only works once and has a small chance of not working at all, so they deserve a slight discount.

Unit Composition: 1 Chariot of Fire
Unit type: Vehicle (Chariot, Open-Topped)

Transport Capacity: 1 (independent characters only)

Wargear: Twin-linked heavy flamer

Special Rules: Furious Charge

Mobile Pulpit:
As long as they are within 6" of a Confessor or Missionary riding a Chariot of Fire, any Imperium of Man units gain the War Hymns special rule. However, they may only use the "The Emperor Protects" and "Righteousness of the Emperor" hymns.


An enormous, flame-belching, three-wheeled variant of the standard Space Marine and Sororitas bikes, the Chariot of Fire is reserved for the most elevated and vicious of the Ecclesiarchy's clergy.

Based on the Blood Throne of Khorne (which costs +75 pts as a dedicated transport for a Herald)

Add:
+1 BS = +10
TL heavy flamer: +15
Replace Totem with Mobile Pulpit: +0
Subtotal: +25

Subtract:
Replace Daemon of Khorne (Furious Charge, Hatred:Slaanesh) with Furious Charge only: -5 points
Remove Deep Strike: -10
Remove Gorefeast: -10
Subtotal: -25

Net: 0!