Priest
From Lexicanum
Priests represent the Preachers, Missionaries and Confessors of the Ecclesiarchy, dispatched to follow the Imperial Guard on their various campaigns and battles, backing up the faith and resolve of the troops. In combat they preach the righteousness of the Emperor to the troops, instilling in troops a ferocious resolve to destroy the enemy in close combat.
Priests favour close combat over shooting, and through their inspiring exhortations, instill this ideal into the Guardsmen following them. Such is their fury that priest-led squads will always charge any enemy within reach, making priests as ferocious as Commissars when it comes to motivating men, although they use inspiration rather than terror.
A priest, by pure tradition, might be armed with an Eviscerator, a massive, two-handed chainsword capable of inflicting horrific injuries on living creatures, slicing through walls and even destroying vehicles. This overtly violent melee weapon makes the priest a more effective unit in close combat.
Priests are often seen to carry a Rosarius, a potent device commonly used throughout the Adeptus Ministorum as it has a religious aspect as well as a protective one in that when the field is impacted it gives off a great blast of white light, leading some to believe that the Emperor himself is protecting the priest.1 They also often take Purity Seals in order to ward off enemy daemons and unclean enemies as well as a Holy Relic to inspire the troops around him.1
Inquisition
Priests are often encountered by Inquisitors who see potential in them and bring them into their inner circle. They are classed as Hierophants.3-p14
Sources
- 1:Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex)
- 2:Codex: Witch Hunters (3rd Edition)
- 3:Codex: Daemonhunters (3rd Edition)
| Imperial Guard Infantry | |
| Command Units | Command Platoon • Heroic Senior Officer • Senior Officer • Junior Officer • Sanctioned Psyker • Commissar • Priest |
|---|---|
| Flexible Troops | Infantry Platoon • Conscript Infantry Platoon • Hardened Veteran Squad • Storm Troopers • Sentinel Squadron |
| Combat Troops | Armoured Fist Squad • Rough Rider Squadron • Ogryn Squad |
| Ranged Troops | Ratling Snipers • Snipers • Heavy Weapons Platoon |
| Support Units | Fire Support Squad • Anti-tank Support Squad • Mortar Support Squad • Sentinel Support Squadron Special Weapon Support Squad • Techpriest Enginseer |
| Ordo Hereticus Army List | |
| HQ | Canoness • Palatine • Inquisitor Lord • Priest |
|---|---|
| Elites | Arco-flagellants • Callidus Assassin • Celestian Squad • Culexus Assassin Death Cult Assassin • Eversor Assassin • Inquisitor • Vindicare Assassin • Repentia |
| Troops | Battle Sister Squad • Inquisitorial Storm Troopers • Zealots Seconded Units: IG Armoured Fist Squad • IG Infantry Platoon • SM Tactical Squad • SM Scout Squad |
| Fast Attack | Dominion Squad • Seraphim Squad Seconded Units: IG Rough Rider • IG Sentinel Squadron • SM Assault Squad • SM Bike Squadron • SM Land Speeder Squadron |
| Heavy Support | Exorcist • Immolator • Penitent Engine • Orbital Strike • Retributor Squad Seconded Units: IG Leman Russ • SM Devastators • SM Dreadnought • SM Predator |
| Transport | Rhino • Chimera • Immolator |
