Rules, second part.
Skill Use
To use one of their skills, a character simply rolls against their individual Morale Value, just as if testing morale. If it is a group effort (of either multiple skilled characters working together or where unskilled characters can reasonably lend assistance) use the retinue’s Morale Value instead.
Depending on circumstances, using a skill may or may not impose restrictions on what else the retinue is able to do at the same time, such as limiting their movement rate or preventing them from making a ranged attack.
Also depending on circumstances, a skill test may be modified in difficulty. Apply modifiers as you would for a shooting attack.
Combat
For combat, including movement in combat situations, ranged combat, melee, and use of battle psi, follow the rules of 2nd edition era Epic (I personnally prefer Space Marine, but Titan Legions or NetEpic [available here] work just as well, the former requiring adjustments to some psychic powers due to the psi phase, the latter some re-labeling of talents to avoid confusion and better map onto special abilities as well as a decision of whether or not to implement the power armour save for infantry).
As with other units representing powerful psykers, the retinue may use only one Psychic Power per turn, no matter how many psykers are part of the retinue or how many different Psychic Powers they know.
Likewise, battlefield abilities affecting friendly troops, such as Battlefield Surgery, Champion, or Inspiring Leader do not stack or give the retinue multiple uses of the ability, no matter how many characters possess the talent in question.
Casualty Recovery
If the retinue became a casualty in combat, at the end of the engagement, make a separate D6 roll for Casualty Recovery for each character.
| D6 | Character’s Fate |
| 1 | Dead |
| 2-3 | Wounded but rescued by friendlies. Roll on the Wound Chart to determine wounds. |
| 4-5 | Knocked unconscious but otherwise unharmed. If the overall engagement was not lost or friendlies remained in control of the area, the character recovers automatically after the end of the engagement. If the enemy won the engagement or control the area, the character is captured. |
| 6 | Only lightly wounded. The character manages to escape and makes a full recovery at the end of the engagement. |
For wounded characters, roll 2D6 on the following Wound Chart.
| 2D6 | Wound | Recovery Time | Penalty whilst Recovering | Permanent Effects |
| 2 | Critical Head Wound | 6 months | Gain the Mindless talent | Gain the Mindless talent |
| 3 | Severe Arm Wound | 4 months | Gain the Lost Arm talent | Gain the Lost Arm talent |
| 4 | Severe Head Wound | 3 months | Gain the Mindless talent | Gain the Ignorant talent |
| 5 | Light Arm Wound | 2 months | Gain the Lost Arm talent | none |
| 6 | Light Head Wound | 1 month | Gain the Ignorant talent | none |
| 7 | Armour Destroyed/ Eye Damage | 1 month | Gain the Blind | If a suit of armour or an energy field was worn, it is destroyed, if not, gain the Blind talent |
| 8 | Light Body Wound | 1 month | Gain the Untrained talent | none | 9 | Light Leg Wound | 2 months | Gain the Slow talent | none |
| 10 | Severe Body Wound | 3 months | Gain the Feeble talent | Gain the Untrained talent |
| 11 | Severe Leg Wound | 4 months | Gain the Slow talent | Gain the Slow talent |
| 12 | Criticial Body Wound | 6 months | Gain the Feeble talent | Gain the Feeble talent |
For other troops, roll a D6 for each detachment that suffered casualties during the engagement.
Apply the following modifiers to the roll.
-1 if own side was defeated
-1 if detachment was on Fall Back orders at the end of the engagement
-1 if detachment was completely wiped out
+1 if own side was victorious
| D6 | Recovery |
| 1 | No casualties recovered |
| 2 | 1 in 4 casualties recovered |
| 3-4 | 1 in 3 casualties recovered |
| 5-6 | 1 in 2 casualties recovered |
Less than Lethal Combats
When it is unlikely that characters will die from injuries sustained, e.g., because non-lethal weapons were used by their foes, the characters’ Casualty Recovery roll may be modified, by rolling two or even three D6 and using only the highest result to determine recovery.
When it is unlikely that a cclose ombat will result in casualties in the first place, e.g., a duel fought only to first blood, the losing side is not removed as a casualty, unless the winner rolled doubles on their close combat dice – accidents do happen.
Massive Damage
When absolutely overwhelming force came to bear to bring about the retinue’s fate, e.g., close combat against a greater daemon or a direct hit from a quake cannon, the characters’ Casualty Recovery roll may be modified, by substracting 1 or more from the D6 roll.