WH40k 3rd [codex] Harlequins [not approved].pdf

CODEX

By Gav Thorpe

your hands is the latest version of Gav Thorpe’s

Harlequin army list. Gav has secretly been working away

on this for the last six months or so, changing things here,

tweaking things there, and generally pulling the army list

into shape.

The good news is that Gav is now conﬁdent that the army

list is in a playable state, so we’ve decided to unleash the

current version to a wider audience by printing it in the

Journal. What we’d like you guys to do is use this

experimental version of the army list, and then write to us

telling us what you think of it. We’d also like to know what

you think of the Harlequins in general, what new

miniatures you’d like to see, what new background – in

short if you’ve anything to say that relates to this list we

want to hear about it! Sadly we won’t be able to reply to

the mail we receive, but all the letters will be read and the

ideas in them ‘added to the melting pot’. In the fullness of

time we’ll be producing a Harlequin Codex (though not for

quite a while yet!) so is a real opportunity to inﬂuence

what goes in a published GW Codex.

Until then feel free to use the list in any games of 40K that

you play, though if you’re playing in a tournament you

should make sure that the tournament organisers are cool

with you using a list that hasn’t been published in a

Codex. For what it’s worth you can tell them that the 40K

development team would appreciate it receiving a ‘ﬁeld

test’ in tournament conditions!

Have fun, and remember to write us with our comments,

Jervis Johnson – 13th June 2000

Prepare yourself to step beyond the threshold

of space, to delve into the innermost secrets

of the Eldar race.

The Harlequins are held in a mixture of fear, awe

and respect by all other Eldar. Their knowledge of

the Webway is unmatched, and they can appear

and disappear almost at will; at an Exodite Maiden

World, in the dark city of Comorragh or on a

Craftworld. The Harlequins have even been known

to appear unexpectedly alongside the forces of

other races, particularly if they are ﬁghting against

the hosts of Chaos, the sworn foes of the

Harlequins. The Harlequins see themselves as the

saviours of the Eldar, a uniting force which will one

day bring together the fragmented race so that they

can regain their position as the most powerful

force in the galaxy. They have a great plan,

unknown to all but themselves and a privileged

few, which is both far reaching and horrifying.

THE HARLEQUINS

The Harlequins are a strange sub-sect of the Eldar

race, consisting of warriors drawn from the other

kindreds; the Dark Eldar, Exodites and Craftworld

Eldar. They are masters of the system of warp-

tunnels known as the Webway and roam at will

from place to place. They are seen as the keepers

of the ancient Eldar myths, and perform complex

dances and plays to recreate these allegorical

tales, covering such events as the War in Heaven,

the Fall and the Birth of the Great Enemy.

G reetings followers of The Path. What you hold in

ELDAR HARLEQUINS

The Harlequins’ superb acrobatic skills make

them highly accomplished close combat ﬁghters,

and they are aided by arcane items of technology,

such as anti-grav ﬂip belts and many specialist

hand-to-hand weapons. Like all Eldar they are

elusive foes, preferring to use swiftness and

devastating attacks rather than massed armour

and brute force.

WHY COLLECT A HARLEQUIN ARMY

Like other Eldar armies, the Harlequins are for the

connoisseur gamer. They have many special rules

to remember; complex wargear, abilities and

psychic powers which must be used to best

advantage for victory. They require subtle tactics

on the battleﬁeld – gamers who prefer a straight

stand-up-and-ﬁght army would do better with

Space Marines or Imperial Guard! Painting a

Harlequins army also requires a reasonable

degree of skill. However, Harlequin armies are

relatively small in terms of the number of models

needed, so painting an army is not so much of an

endeavour as it would ﬁrst appear.

All of these things mean that the Harlequins are

quite unlike any other army in the Warhammer

40,000 game and as such make an interesting

choice for those of you looking for a new gaming

challenge to overcome. Most tempting of all is the

fact that there is probably no sight more

spectacular than a well-painted Harlequin army

dashing across the battleﬁeld, tearing apart its

enemies with ruthless efﬁciency!

HARLEQUINS CODEX ARMY LIST

On the pages that follow you’ll ﬁnd an army list

which will allow you to ﬁeld a Harlequin army in

games of Warhammer 40,000. The army list allows

you to ﬁght battles using the scenarios included

in the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook, but it also

provides you with the basic information you’ll

require in order to ﬁeld a Harlequin army in

scenarios you’ve devised yourself, or as part of a

campaign series of games.

The army list is split into ﬁve distinct sections. All

of the squads, vehicles and characters in an army

list are placed in one of the five sections

depending upon their role on the battleﬁeld. In

addition every model included in the army list is

given a points value, which varies depending

upon how effective that model is on the

battleﬁeld. Before you can choose an army for a

game you will need to agree with your opponent

upon a scenario and upon the total number of

points each of you will spend on your army.

Having done this you can proceed to pick an army

as described below.

HARLEQUINS IN OTHER ARMIES

Harlequins have been known to ﬁght alongside

other Eldar, and even in armies of other races.

Any Craftworld Eldar, Dark Eldar or Exodites army

may include units of Harlequins. All Harlequin

units count as Elites in this case, regardless of

which category they are normally taken from. Any

other army (except Chaos) that is ﬁghting against

a Chaos army may take one unit of from the

following army list as an Elites choice. This does

include such strange races as the Necrons and

Tyranids – think of it as the Harlequins launching

an attack at the same time as their ‘allies’ rather

than being allied with them in any true sense.

Alternatively, a Craftworld Eldar, Dark Eldar or

Exodites army can take an allied detachment of

Harlequins (or the Harlequins can take the allies,

depending on which way around you want to

look at it… ). The rules for detachments can be

found on page 131 of the Warhammer 40,000

book.

In both of these circumstances its more preferable

for the Harlequins to be controlled by a different

player, just for the increased confusion and

quarrel factor if nothing else!

USING FORCE ORGANISATION CHARTS & THE ARMY LISTS

We realise that most of you, well at least we hope you are, hoary old hardened veterans of many games and

campaigns and really don’t need to be told how to use the army lists or the force organisation charts.

However, just in case your mum/kid brother/visiting cousin has recently hit you over the head with your

Thunderhawk gunship (40K scale), here’s those rules again, in really teeny-weeny print of course!

The army lists are used in conjunction with

the Force Organisation chart from a

scenario. Each Force Organisation chart is

split into ﬁve categories that correspond to

the sections in the army list, and each

catagory has one or more boxes. Each box

indicates that you may make one choice

from that section of the army list, while a

dark toned box means that you must make a

choice from that section.

To make a choice, look in the relevant

section in the army list and decide what unit

you wish to have in your army, how many

models there will be in the unit, and which

upgrades that you want (if any). Remember

that you can not field models that are

equipped with weapons and wargear that is

not shown on the model. Once this is done

subtract the points value of the unit from

your total points, and then go back and

make another choice. Continue doing this

until you have spent all your points. You're

then ready to lead your Harlequins.

Each army list entry consists of the

following:

Unit Name: The type of unit, which may

also show a limitation on the maximum

number of choices you can make of that unit

type (0-1, for example).

Proﬁle: These are the characteristics of that

unit type, including its points cost. Where

the unit can have different warriors, there

may be more than one proﬁle.

Number/Squad: This shows the number of

models in the unit, or the number of models

you may take for one choice from the Force

Organisation chart. Often this is a variable

amount, in which case it shows the

minimum and maximum unit size.

Weapons: These are the unit's standard

weapons.

Options: This lists the different weapon and

equipment options for the unit and any

additional points cost for taking these

options. It may also include an option to

upgrade one squad member to a character. If

a squad is allowed to have models with

upgraded weaponry (such as special

weapons), then these must be given to

ordinary squad members, not the character.

Special Rules: This is where you'll ﬁnd any

special rules that apply to the unit.

ELDAR HARLEQUINS

HARLEQUINS ARMOURY

Harlequin characters may pick up to two single-handed weapons from the list below. In

addition, each character may be given up to 125 points worth of items of wargear, unless

otherwise noted in their army list entry. You may not take duplicate items of wargear for the

same model.

Single Handed Weapons

Fusion Pistol

18 pts

Wargear

Bio-explosive ammunition 5 pts

D-ﬁeld 25 pts

Dread mask 30 pts

Jetbike (Gt Harlequin & Shadowseer only) 35pts

Hallucinogen grenades

Harlequin’s kiss

10 pts

Plasma Pistol

15 pts

Power weapon

10 pts

2 pts

Riveblades

15 pts

Haywire grenades

3 pts

Shuriken pistol

1 pt

Plasma grenades

2 pts

Phase ﬁeld (ind. characters only)

15 pts

Powerblades

15 pts

Rictus mask

25 pts

Tanglefoot grenades

4 pts

HARLEQUIN SPECIAL RULES

Unless otherwise noted in the army list, all

Harlequin units and characters beneﬁt from the

following special rules.

inches instead of 2D6 inches (note that they fall

back 2D6 inches as normal). In addition, a

Harlequin model may use their full number of

Attacks and any specialist close combat weapons

they have when within 2" of an enemy in an

assault – this is instead of the 1 Attack with no

special rules that other models have in this

situation. Remember though that models which

assault the enemy must try to get into base

contact if possible.

Mask of Fear

A Harlequin’s mask incorpates a holographic

generator that projects images of monstrous faces

and demonic visages, intensiﬁed by a short-range

psychic ﬁeld which increases their opponent’s

sensitivity to fear and despair. Any enemy unit

ﬁghting in an assault against a Harlequin reduces

their Leadership by -1.

Fleet of Foot

Instead of shooting in the shooting phase, a

Harlequin unit may run instead. The unit moves

D6", which is not modiﬁed by difﬁcult terrain.

Dispersed Formation

Harlequins ﬁght almost as individuals, and rely

less upon the coherency of their unit to defeat the

enemy. A Harlequin model must stay within 4" of

another model in the unit, rather 2" as is normally

the case. See page 43 of the Warhammer 40,000

book for details of unit coherency.

Holo suit

Rather than physical armour designed to absorb

shots and blows, Harlequins rely on a

sophisticated holo-suit to misdirect the enemy. In

game terms this means that Harlequins have no

armour save as such, but always count as if they

were in cover with a 4+ save. They get no

additional beneﬁt if they really are in cover and

weapons which normally ignore cover will ignore

their special save. This also applies in close

combat and so they always gain the beneﬁts of a

defended obstacle unless assaulted by an enemy

with grenades which negate cover. As it is a cover

save the Harlequins receive no normal armour

save in close combat. A holo-suit save cannot be

used against an attack that uses a template or

blast markers (such as a battle cannon or ﬂamer)

nor can it be used to save a model if it is being

transported in a vehicle that is destroyed.

Models ﬁghting a Harlequin in close combat can

become confused and disorientated by the ever-

shifting colours and patterns of a holo-suit. Any

model ﬁghting a Harlequin in an assault halves

their Weapon Skill (rounding up).

Flip Belts

Flip belts are compact anti-grav devices which

generate a short range negative-gravity field

which, when combined with the Harlequins

already prodigous acrobatic abilities, allows the

Harlequins to make all manner of gravity-defying

leaps and bounds. Harlequins can ignore difﬁcult

terrain – treat difﬁcult terrain as open ground for

the purposes of movement. When advancing after

winning an assault, or Harlequins can move 3D6

Neuro-disruptor

20 pts

ELDAR HARLEQUINS

0-1 GREAT HARLEQUIN

Points

WS BS

Great Harlequin

Options: The Great Harlequin may be given any equipment allowed by the

Harlequins Armoury.

SPECIAL RULES

Independent Character: The Great Harlequin is an Independent

Character and follows the independent character special rules in the

Warhammer 40,000 rulebook.

The Great Harlequin is the

overall leader of the Harlequins.

A Harlequin band only ever has

one Great Harlequin; if another

Harlequin becomes sufﬁciently

skilful, he or she will leave and

found a new Harlequin band.

Thus the number of Harlequin

bands travelling the Webway is

slowly but surely increasing.

During a Masque, the Great

Harlequin plays the part of the

Laughing God.

0-1 SHADOWSEER

Points

WS BS

Shadowseer

A Shadowseer does not have the

prophetic powers associated with

other Eldar psykers. However,

they still have highly effective

empathic and telepathic abilities

which they use to confuse and

disorient their foes – literally

placing false images and

contradictory thoughts into their

minds. The Shadowseer uses

this ability during a performance

to create stunning visual effects

and inﬂuence the emotions of the

audience.

Options: The Shadowseer may be given any equipment allowed by the

Harlequins Armoury.

SPECIAL RULES

Independent Character: The Shadowseer is an Independent Character

and follows the independent character special rules in the Warhammer

40,000 rulebook.

Psychic powers: The Shadowseer has the following psychic powers (see

page 74 of Warhammer 40,000):

Misdirection: The Shadowseer reaches into the minds of the enemy,

bafﬂing them with psychic messages. This psychic power is used at the

start of the enemy’s assault phase and lasts until the start of the next

Harlequins’ turn. Any enemy unit wishing to charge the Shadowseer or

unit they are with must ﬁrst pass a Leadership test on 3D6. If the test is

failed the enemy unit may do nothing in that assault phase.

Veil of Tears: The Shadowseer uses his or her powers to remove their

presence from the enemy’s thoughts – their eyes may see the Harlequins,

but this never actually registers in their mind. This psychic power is used

at the start of the enemy’s shooting phase and lasts until the start of the

next Harlequins’ turn. Any enemy unit wishing to shoot at the

Shadowseer or a unit they are with must test using the night-ﬁghting

scenario special rules on page 134 of Warhammer 40,000 (ie they must

roll 2D6x3 to see if the Harlequins can be seen). If the target unit cannot

see the Shadowseer’s unit, they may target another visible unit instead. If

the night-ﬁghting rules are being used as part of the mission being played,

then the Shadowseer can only be seen at half the normal range (for

example if a unit can see 20" that turn then they can only target the

Shadowseer’s unit if they are within 10").

ELDAR HARLEQUINS

ELITES

0-1 SOLITAIRE

Pts/Model

WS BS

Solitaire

Options: A Solitaire may be given any equipment allowed by the Harlequins

armoury.

Little is known about the

Solitaires, even amongst the

Eldar. They have passed the

sacred Ritual which all

Harlequins must undertake, yet

they live apart from other

Harlequins. The Solitaires roam

the Webway seeking out Eldar

they believe can survive the

Ritual, and take them to the

Harlequin bands. It is said that

the oldest and most powerful

Solitaires become the dreaded

guardians of the Black Library.

On the extremely rare occasions

when a Solitaire performs, he or

she takes the part of Slaanesh

and the Harlequin band will

perform the legendary tale of the

Birth of the Great Enemy – the

most dangerous of all Harlequin

masques. It is claimed that

others have tried to take on the

role of the Great Enemy and died

or been driven insane!

SPECIAL RULES

Individual: A Solitaire is an independent character and follows all the

special rules for indepedent characters given in the Warhammer 40,000

rulebook. In addition, a Solitaire can never join any other unit.

Spiritless: It is postulated by Imperial scholars that a Solitaire has no soul

to speak of, and this may be true. They show no evidence of emotions and

psychic powers which attack the mind have no effect on them whatsoever.

A Solitaire does not have to take any Leadership tests of any kind (morale

checks, pinning, etc.). In addition, any attack which relies upon the

Solitaire’s Leadership value (for example a neuro-disruptor or the Farseer

psychic power Mind War) have no effect and automatically fail.

Blitz Attack: When a Solitaire moves at full speed they are a blur of light,

faster than any other living creature. A Solitaire can assault 12" instead of

the normal 6". Rather than gaining +1 Attack for charging into an assault,

a Solitaire gains +1 Attack for each inch of unused charge distance up to

a maximum of +6 Attacks. For example, if a Solitaire charges into an

enemy 8" away then they gain +4 Attacks.

Death Jesters are the heavy

specialists of the Harlequin

army, able to carry a variety of

exotic and deadly armaments.

However, Death Jesters are just

as skilled in combat as any

Harlequin, and many a foe has

charged into combat with a

Death Jester and been cut down

for their ignorance. When the

Harlequins stage a performance,

Death Jesters take the part of

Death, and are noted by other

Eldar for their ironic, some

would say downright morbid,

sense of humour.

DEATH JESTERS

Pts/Model

WS BS

Death Jester

Number: You may include between 1 and 3 Death Jesters for each Elites

choice allowed by the Force Organisation chart.

Weapons: Shrieker cannon and power blades.

Options: A Death Jester may exchange their Shrieker Cannon for one of the

following: Shuriken cannon at +5 points; Eldar missile launcher at +15 pts;

Brightlance at +10 pts.

A Death Jester may be given additional wargear (not weapons) from the

Harlequins armoury.

SPECIAL RULES

Independent Character: Each Death Jester is an independent character

and follows all the special rules for independent characters given in the

Warhammer 40,000

rulebook. Note that

all Death Jesters

from the same

choice on the Force

Organisation chart

must be deployed at

the same time,

however they may

be deployed

separately on the

battleﬁeld.

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