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ACTS OF DEVOTION. The Inquisitor channels the convent's prayer through his own faith. While a requisitioned Battle Sister, Seraphim or Repentia is within Short of this fighter, this fighter shares the Sisters' Shield of Faith, gaining a 6+ invulnerable save against every wound. Once per battle this fighter may let a friendly Sister within Short re-roll a failed Act of Faith, the seal and the litany answering as one.

CONDEMNOR'S AIM. This fighter is drilled in the execution shot — the round tipped with the blessed stake, kept for the witch. It fires the condemnor boltgun at +1 to hit. Against a psyker the stake bites deep: the shot deals +1 Damage, and unless the target passes a Nerve test it is Pinned, thrown down by the wound and by the terror of a weapon forged to kill its kind.

MARK OF THE HERETIC. At the start of the battle this fighter declares one enemy fighter the heretic — the face behind the rot, the one the hunt is for. This fighter re-rolls failed Hit and Wound rolls against the marked target and ignores any cover it hides behind, running it down without mercy. Should the heretic be taken Out of Action, the mark passes: at the start of the next round this fighter declares a new heretic, and the hunt begins again.

PURGE BY FIRE. This fighter wields the cleansing flame as a doctrine, not merely a weapon. Its flame and Template weapons gain the Blaze trait, setting the cult alight as they burn. Against an enemy in cover the flame roars hotter still, striking at +1 Strength — there is no rubble a heretic can hide behind that the pyre will not reach.

SUPPRESS THE WITCH. This fighter's presence is a weight upon the warp. While an enemy psyker is within Short of this fighter, that psyker suffers -2 to all Willpower and psychic tests, its concentration crumbling under the witch-hunter's glare. Once per round, when an enemy Wyrd Power is successfully resolved within Short, this fighter may force the enemy to re-roll it, the manifestation guttering as the suppression bites. Against a foe with no psyker to smother, the skill lies dormant.

UNBENDING ZEAL. The certainty of the righteous leaves no room for fear. This fighter is fearless, auto-passes its first Nerve test of each battle, and may never be made to retreat or fall back by any enemy rule. Where lesser soldiers break, the zealot walks on into the fire, sure that the hunt is the Emperor's own.