Your PRIESTS all know War Hymn , and certain characters know an extra one. If they’re a SORORITAS they have access to all six, otherwise it’s just the first three. These are all activated in the Command Phase and last until your next Command Phase (apart from Refrain), so make sure you get set up in the previous turn to use them, but bear in mind only going off on a 3+ means you shouldn’t hinge a plan on them, and each can only be attempted once per Command Phase. The most expensive of the Blessings at a massive 40pts, almost as much as the Character that bears it, but for that you get two very powerful abilities. Martyr’s Immolation- An IMMOLATOR with Flamers auto explodes. Given these are often deep in enemy lines, it’s not a bad use of the CP, especially if near a weakened unit or enemy Character. Can also be used to kill units of your own in the conflagration, if it will free up an enemy unit to be shot at by the rest of your army. A fairly high cost of 30pts, though it does offer a great Miraculous ability, and a strong albeit not always applicable Passive. Deadly Descent- A unit of SERAPHIM can shoot after arriving from Reinforcements. It’s only really Bolt Pistols and Hand Flamers, maybe a Plasma Pistol, as your Inferno Pistols will be out of range. It’s not a terrible ability on a unit that is cheap and cheerful, especially if they can help clear a light infantry unit, or are about to do an Action like Octarius Data and you want to add a bit of extra firepower (as both are end of Movement Phase, so you can choose to do this then the Action), but it’s pretty niche and you have plenty of anti infantry firepower without depending on Seraphim.

Holy Wrath- The Bloody Rose Starter Set, giving the AP boost in the first round of combat. As with them, it helps your melee units really punch through armour, and even helps to make your humble Battle Sister sneak the occasional wound through. A Sacred Burden- The “Sergeant carries a Relic” Stratagem common for Imperium armies. Some of them are particularly potent on certain units, though others probably wouldn’t be worth the time. The Relics in question will be discussed in the Relics section. Provides some solid defense ability for its fairly cheap cost of 20pts, though both abilities are quite niche and require good, or at least convenient, timing. Hallowed Martyrs- Be like Our Martyred Lady, getting +1 to Hit when under Starting Strength. A good trait, making your units potentially more powerful if they aren’t outright destroyed, but again is useless for units with only single models. X+++, or ‘shrug’, ‘Feel No Pain’ or ‘Ignore Damage roll’ depending on how you’re feeling, means it is a dice roll to ignore each point of damage, which is taken after any failed saves.explode’ essentially translates to ‘An unmodified 6 to Hit does an additional hit’, so read that as ‘Does 2 Hits instead of 1’. Per the Core Rules, anything that might also happen on a 6 to hit (such as auto-wounding) does not apply to the additional hit, only the original. A weirdly costed one at 25pts, as whilst the Miraculous ability is potent, the Passive is fairly middling, though does have some interesting utility with certain units.

Blade of Saint Ellynor Open the Reliquaries- The usual “More Relics” Stratagem. There’s lots of good Relics, but lots of good Stratagems as well, so don’t go crazy on this just cos you can.Moment of Grace- After you make a Hit, Wound or Save for a SORORITAS model, spend 1 CP and then up to 2 Miracle Dice, adding 1 to the result for each Dice you spend. Fantastic if you fail a by a single pip of the dice as this is far more reliable than a Command Reroll, or to help offset negatives.