Zaateroth, The Weaver of Shadows

Infernals Infernal Master

Model stats and abilities

Model Statistics

Base size = 50 mm		SPD	AAT	MAT	RAT	DEF	ARM	ARC	CTRL
Health = 16
FA = C
Cost = Free		6	7	6	7	15	16	7	14
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Model Advantages and Abilities

Pathfinder	This model treats rough terrain as open terrain while advancing. While charging, slam power attacking, or trample power attacking, this model does not stop its movement when it contacts an obstacle. No errata for Pathfinder (Create)
Eyeless Sight	This model ignores cloud effects when determining Line of Sight. This model ignores Concealment and Stealth and never suffers Blind. No errata for Eyeless Sight (Create)
Dual Attack	This model can make melee and ranged attacks in the same activation. When this model makes its initial melee attacks, it can also make its initial ranged attacks. A model with Dual Attack can make its initial melee and ranged attacks in any order you choose. This model cannot make ranged attacks after making a power attack.   Errata-Dual Attack and Unit Charges (2023-10-27) Question: If a unit with Dual Attack charges a single model, are all placed in melee range, and the first model kills the charge target, can the remaining members of the unit make ranged attacks, or do they forfeit their Combat Action because they don't have any enemy models in their melee range? Answer: The check for melee range is done at the end of movement. If you kill the targets before they attack, they can still do their ranged attack. (Malkav13) Explanation: This post is correct. Infernal Ruling: elswickchuck (Bulldog) - PP Community forum   Errata-Dual Attack and Special Attacks (2023-08-10) Question: Can a model with Dual Attack make any combination of ranged special attack and normal melee initial attacks, or its melee special attack and normal ranged initial attacks? (Example: Bison Both Barrels and Ram, or Mariner Thresher and gunshot). Answer: No. Explanation: The bison can not use dual attack and also make a special attack. That is correct in that (Thresher) example too. Infernal Ruling: elswickchuck (Bulldog) - PP Community forum
Dark Legacy	When a friendly Faction model within 10 inches of this model is targeted by a ranged attack, the attack suffers -3 RNG. No errata for Dark Legacy (Create)
Soul Taker	This model can gain soul tokens from living models that are not soulless. If multiple models are eligible to claim a soul token as a result of the destruction of a model, the nearest eligible model claims the token. If this model reaches its limit on how many soul tokens it may collect, then it is not considered eligible for claiming that token. This model cannot gain soul tokens from friendly models destroyed by friendly attacks, such as from trample power attacks, or spray attacks that hit friendly models. Soul Ripper - When a living enemy model is destroyed within 2 inches of this model, this model gains the destroyed model's soul token. After this model replenishes its essence during your next Control Phase, replace each soul token with 1 essence point. No errata for Soul Taker (Create) No errata for Soul Ripper (Create)
Veneficium	When a spell or a special rule on an enemy model causes one or more of this model's upkeep spells to expire, the enemy model suffers d3 damage points for each of this model's upkeep spells that expire. Roll a separate d3 for each spell. No errata for Veneficium (Create)

Weapons

Echoes of Dissolution
	RNG	ROF	AOE	POW	LOCATION
	12	1	2	14/7	-
Damage Type-Magical	This weapon causes magical damage. No errata for Damage Type-Magical (Create)
Black Mark	When this model destroys a living non-soulless enemy model with an attack with this weapon, this model gains the destroyed model's soul token. No errata for Black Mark (Create)
Soul Chambered	This model can spend 1 essence point or soul token to make 1 additional ranged attack(s) with this weapon during its combat action. No errata for Soul Chambered (Create)

Infernal Touch
	RNG	ROF	AOE	POW	LOCATION
	1	-	-	10	-
Damage Type-Magical	This weapon causes magical damage. No errata for Damage Type-Magical (Create)
Critical Dispel	A critical hit occurs if the attack directly hits and any two dice in the Attack Roll show the same number. This Critical grants the following weapon qualities or has the following effects: Dispel When this weapon hits a model/unit, upkeep spells and animi on that model/unit immediately expire. No errata for Dispel (Create)

Spells

Black Spot	Cost	RNG	AOE	POW	DUR	OFF
	3	8	-	-	Upkeep	Yes
Target enemy warrior model/unit suffers -2 DEF. When a friendly Faction model destroys one or more affected models with a basic melee or ranged atack during its Combat Action, immediately after the attack is resolved, it can make one additional melee or ranged attack. Attacks gained from Black Spot cannot generate additional attacks from Black Spot.
No errata for Black Spot (Create)

Ghost Walk	Cost	RNG	AOE	POW	DUR	OFF
	2	6	-	-	Turn	No
Target friendly Faction model/unit gains Ghostly for one turn. Ghostly This model can advance through terrain and obstacles without penalty and can advance through obstructions and models if it has enough movement to move completely past them.   Errata-Ghostly (2024-1-23) Question: Does ghost walk prevent the model from suffering the -2" when crossing the barrier? Answer: It would in fact let you pass without penalty. Explanation:  Infernal Ruling: pps_Loren - Privateer Press Staff/Dev - PP Community forum
No errata for Ghost Walk (Create)

Rites of Torment	Cost	RNG	AOE	POW	DUR	OFF
	3	Self	Ctrl	-	Upkeep	No
When a friendly Faction model in the spellcaster's control range destroys one or more enemy models with a melee or ranged attack during its activation, immediately after the attack is resolved, one horror in the spellcaster's battlegroup in its control range can advance up to 3 inches. A horror can advance only once per turn as a result of Rites of Torment.
No errata for Rites of Torment (Create)

Scything Touch	Cost	RNG	AOE	POW	DUR	OFF
	2	6	-	-	Upkeep	No
Target friendly Faction model gains Dark Shroud. DarkShroud: While within 2 inches of a model with Dark Shroud, enemy models suffer -2 ARM. No errata for DarkShroud (Create)
No errata for Scything Touch (Create)

Stygian Abyss	Cost	RNG	AOE	POW	DUR	OFF
	3	10	-	12	-	Yes
On a critical hit, the model hit suffers Blind for one round. Blind: A model suffering Blind: cannot make ranged or arcane attacks suffers -4 MAT and DEF cannot run, charge, or make slam or trample power attacks must forfeit either its Normal Movement or Combat Action during its next activation. Blind can be shaken. No errata for Blind (Create)
No errata for Stygian Abyss (Create)

Warcaster Rules

Feat: Whispering Void

While in Zaateroth's control range, friendly Faction models gain +3 DEF. When an enemy model misses a friendly Faction model in Zaateroth's control range with an attack, immediately after the attack is resolved, place the friendly model anywhere completely within 3 inches of its current location. Whispering Void lasts for one round.

Additional special rules:

Focus Manipulation

1. This model begins the game with a number of focus points equal to its ARC.
2. During your Maintenance Phase, this model loses all focus points in excess of its ARC.
3. During your Control Phase, this model replenishes its focus points so that it has a number equal to its current ARC.
4. This model can spend focus points only during its activation.
5. This model has a Control Range, and can spend its focus points to buy additional melee attacks, boost attack and damage rolls, and to Shake Effects.
   No errata for Focus Manipulation (Create)

Battlegroup Controller

This model can control a group of warjacks.

1. This model and the warjacks it controls are a battlegroup.
2. This model can allocate focus to warjacks in its battlegroup during your Control Phase.
3. This model can channel spells through warjacks in its battlegroup with the Arc Node advantage.

No errata for Battlegroup Controller (Create)

Feat

A feat can be used at any time during this model's activation, once per game.
No errata for Feat (Create)

Power Field

1. At any time during its activation, this model can spend focus points to remove damage it has suffered. For each focus point spent this way, the model can remove 1 damage point.
2. When this model would suffer damage, it can immediately spend up to 1 focus point to reduct the damage it would suffer by 5. This model is still considered to have suffered damage even if the damage is reduced to 0 or less. Excess damage prevention is lost.
   No errata for Power Field (Create)

Spellcaster

This model can cast spells by paying the COST of the spells in focus points.
No errata for Spellcaster (Create)

This model must have at least one non-lesser warjack in its battlegroup at the start of the game.

Trivia

Release

• Released with the Faction launch (2019.06)
  • Manifests as a "she".

Community

Lore

Zaateroth is a fell master of tremendous intellect and will, an entity whose very appearance can overwhelm lesser minds, forcing them to their knees. She possesses an aura of alien grace and majesty that is both cold and terrifying. It is no wonder that in ancient times, those who witnessed Zaateroth thought her a dark goddess, and in occult texts, she is described as a personification of death and decay. At her least touch, corporeal forms begin to lose coherence, falling to ruin as if left to age for a thousand years. Shadows move about her like specters, and in these shadows is the essence of the Outer Abyss.