Special Characters
Commander Farsight (Tau: O'Shovah or Shas'O Vior'la Shovah Kaius Mont'yr)
| WS | BS | S | T | W | I | A | Ld | Sv | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farsight | 5 | 5 | 3(5) | 3(4) | 3(4) | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3+ | 170 |
Special Character: A Tau army may include Commander Farsight as a special character. If you decide to take him then he counts as one of the HQ choices for the army. He must be used exactly as described below and may not be given extra equipment from the Tau Armoury.
Equipment: XV8 Crisis battlesuit, shield generator, plasma rifle and Dawn Blade (see below).
Special Rules
Dawn Blade: The Dawn Blade is an alien artefact which O'shovah gained on the dead world of Arthas-Moloch. Its sculpted surface flickers with unknown energies which paint glittering arcs of destruction as it is swung. The Dawn Blade makes O'shovah count as a Monstrous Creature in hand-to-hand combat, so he ignores Armour saves and rolls 2D6+5 for Armour Penetration against vehicles.
Ork Fighter: O'shovah's fame was won battling against Orks, and he has denounced the normal Tau philosophy of using ranged combat to the exclusion of almost all else. Fire caste warriors of the Farsight enclave train heavily in hand-to-hand combat, and any Tau unit in an army led by O'shovah may improve both their WS and I characteristics by 1, at a cost of +5 points per model.
Breakaway Faction: O'shovah and his followers have chosen to separate themselves from the Tau empire. As such, their resources are more limited and their forces generally less well equipped. As such, the following units are not available to an army led by O'shovah: Ethereal caste members, Gun Drone squadrons, Kroot, Kroot Hounds and Krootox. The following units count as 0-1 in an army led by O'shovah: Stealth teams, Pathfinder teams, Hammerhead gunships, Broadside Battlesuit teams.
Independent Character: Unless accompanied by a bodyguard, O'shovah is an independent character and follows all the independent character special rules as detailed in the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook.
Bodyguard: O'shovah may be accompanied by a bodyguard as detailed for a Commander in the Codex army list. If O'shovah is accompanied by a bodyguard, they must all be given the Ork Fighter upgrade noted above.