Master of the Ravenwing's Land Speeder
| Points | Front Armour | Side Armour | Rear Armour | BS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land Speeder | 255 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 |
The Master of the Ravenwing's Land Speeder is unique, and was hand-crafted during the Horus Heresy using techniques that have long since been forgotten. A number of special rules apply to it, as described here.
Type: Fast, skimmer. Note that, as the crew of the Land Speeder are wearing power armour, the vehicle does not count as open-topped.
Crew: Grand Master and gunner
Special Rules
Ravenwing: Special rules apply to all Ravenwing models. See the special rules at the start of the army list for details.
Special Character: The Master of the Ravenwing must be taken as an HQ unit for a Ravenwing army (see the notes on Ravenwing armies in the introduction and on taking a Master of the Ravenwing in the Dark Angels Heroes entry in the army list). He may also be used in a standard Dark Angels army as an HQ unit, but in this case he may only be used where both players have agreed to the use of special characters. Note that he has no separate profile, since he always uses his special Land Speeder.
The Raven Sword: The Master of the Ravenwing receives the Raven Sword as his badge of office. Crafted from the same meteorite as the Sword of Secrets, it allows the Master to make a special attack if he moves within 2" of an enemy model in the movement phase. He may make a single roll to hit as if he were making a close combat attack on the enemy model with a Weapon Skill of 5. The enemy may not strike back. If the attack hits it causes a S6 hit with no armour save allowed. The Master may only make one attack with the Raven Sword per turn. Attacking with this weapon does not stop the Land Speeder shooting in the shooting phase.
Land Speeder Special Rules
Shield of Night: Incorporated into the Master of the Ravenwing's Land Speeder is a device producing a protective energy field around the vehicle, giving the Land Speeder a 4+ invulnerable save against any glancing or penetrating hits. This replaces the 6+ save Ravenwing vehicles normally receive for 'jinking'.
All-Seeing Eye: The Master's Land Speeder includes very sophisticated intelligence gathering devices. When the Master is aboard, he is literally hooked into this device, giving him a huge array of data with which he can control and direct the operations of the Ravenwing units under his command. In battle, this allows him to maximise the fire of the Ravenwing units taking part, represented by allowing the Ravenwing player to re-roll all of the To Hit rolls for a single Ravenwing unit of his choice in each shooting phase, as long as the Master of the Ravenwing is on the table. Alternatively, in any mission using the Night Fighting rules the Ravenwing player may double the distance one unit may 'see'.
Weapons: The Master's Land Speeder is armed with a twin-linked heavy bolter, and a twin-linked assault cannon.
Errata — Chapter Approved: Codex: Dark Angels Q&A (v2.0): In the revised (3.2) Dark Angels codex, the points value of the Grand Master and Master of the Ravenwing when mounted on a bike included 30 points for the Raven Sword — but the Raven Sword is optional wargear, so the base points value of a Grand Master of the Ravenwing on a bike should be 110 points, and a Master on a bike should be 95.