Magic item categories
Nippon

Weapon Enchantments

Titanic Might

Attacks made with this enchanted weapon gain +3 Strength and become Magical Attacks.

Blessed Inscriptions

Attacks made with this enchanted weapon become
Divine Attacks and Magical Attacks, and failed to wound rolls must be rerolled.

King Slayer

The wielder of this enchanted weapon gains +X Strength, +X Armour Penetration, +X Attack Value, and Magical Attacks while using it, where X is equal to the number of enemy Characters in base contact with the wielder’s unit. This bonus is calculated at the Initiative Step when the attacks are made.

Shield Breaker

Attacks made with this enchanted weapon gain +6 Armour Penetration, become Magical Attacks, and can never wound on to-wound rolls better than 3+.

Hero's Heart

The wielder of this enchanted weapon gains +1 Attack Value while using it. Attacks made with this enchanted weapon become Magical Attacks and always have at least Strength 5 and at least Armour Penetration 3.

Supernatural Dexterity

The wielder of this enchanted weapon gains +2 Offensive Skill and +2 Agility while using it, and attacks made with it become Magical Attacks.

Touch of Greatness

Attacks made with this enchanted weapon gain +1 Strength, +1 Armour Penetration, and become Magical Attacks.
Strength modifiers from this weapon (combining both mundane and Weapon Enchantment modifiers) cannot exceed +2 (but can exceed +2 through modifiers from other sources, such as spells).

Cleansing Light

At the start of each Round of Combat, the wielder may choose to have attacks made with this enchanted weapon become Flaming Attacks and Magical Attacks.

Dragon Claw

Attacks made with this weapon become Magical At- tacks, gain +1 Strength, +2 Armour Penetration and Lightning Reflexes.

Dance of the Cherry Blossoms

Attacks made with this weapon become Magical At- tacks, and gain +1 Armour Penetration. Additionally, the bearer gains Kenjutsu (2) and +1 Attack Value.

Curse of the Wind God

Attacks made with this weapon become Magical At- tacks. The wielder always shoots before all other models in his unit. For every successful to-hit roll of attacks with this weapon, choose one of the follow- ing Attack Attributes (Shooting), which apply to all other friendly models making Shooting Attacks with a Yumi (Longbow) or a Bow against the target unit in this phase:
• Natural to-hit rolls of ‘1’ must be rerolled.
• Natural to-wound rolls of ‘1’ must be rerolled.
• The Armour Penetration of the attack is set to 1

Black Demon Essence

Attacks made with this weapon gain +1 Strength and +1 Armour Penetration and become Magical Attacks. If the wielder causes one or more unsaved wounds with this weapon while charging, all models in the target unit suffer -1 to-hit until the end of the Round of Combat.

Armour Enchantments

Death Cheater

The wearer gains +1 Armour and Fortitude (4+).

Destiny's Call

The wearer gains Aegis (4+) and its Armour is set to 3 and can never be improved beyond this.

Essence of Mithril

The wearer’s Armour is set to 5 and can never be improved beyond this.

Dusk Forged

The bearer may choose to reroll its failed Armour Saves while using this Shield. If it does, it automatically fails all Special Saves.

Ghostly Guard

The wearer gains +2 Armour against non-Magical Attacks.

Basalt Infusion

The wearer gains +1 Armour and Aegis (3+, against Flaming Attacks). The wearer automatically fails all Fortitude Saves.

Alchemist's Alloy

The wearer gains +1 Armour and suffers −2 Offensive Skill.

Willow's Ward

While using this Shield, the bearer cannot use Parry, gains +1 Armour, and Impact Hits distributed onto the bearer suffer −2 Armour Penetration.

Symbolof of Imperial Rule

The wearer gains +2 Armour and +1 Resilience.

Nobunaga's Honour

The bearer gains +1 Armour and ignores the first un- saved wound it suffers. This can prevent all wounds from an attack with Multiple Wounds. If the bearer suffers several wounds at the same time, choose which one is ignored.

Artefacts

Crown of the Wizard King

During Spell Selection, randomise a Magic Path (from all Paths in this book). The bearer is a Wizard Apprentice using the randomised Path. It cannot select the Hereditary Spell. The bearer cannot take any Special Items nor any other upgrades that are restricted to Wizards (or any types of Wizards).

Book of Arcane Mastery

The bearer’s first Casting Attempt in each Magic Phase gains a +2 Casting Modifier. When using a single Magic Dice for this Casting Attempt, a natural roll of ‘1’ or ‘2’ on the Magic Dice is always a failed Casting Attempt, regardless of any modifiers.

Crown of Autocracy

The model’s range of Commanding Presence (if available) is increased by 3″, up to a maximum of 18″. If the model does not have Commanding Presence, it gains Commanding Presence whose range is always set to 3″.

Obsidian Rock

The bearer gains Magic Resistance (2).

Rod of Battle

The bearer can cast a Bound Spell, Power Level (4/8):
Type: Augment. Range 18″. Duration: One Turn.
The target gains +1 to hit with its Close Combat Attacks.

Binding Scroll

One use only. May be activated after Siphon the Veil (at the end of step 3 of the Magic Phase Sequence).
When activated, pick an enemy model and select one of its Attribute, Bound, or Learned Spells. The selected model cannot cast the chosen instance of the spell during this Magic Phase. Only a single Binding Scroll may be activated during the same phase.

Essence of a Free Mind

The bearer may choose up to two Paths on the Army List instead of one (from the ones normally available to it). During Spell Selection, choose which one of the two Paths to use. The bearer cannot select from the Learned Spells 5 and 6 of its chosen Path.

Lightning Vambraces

The bearer can cast Hand of Heaven (Thaumaturgy) as a Bound Spell with Power Level (4/8).

Talisman of Shielding

The bearer gains Aegis (5+).

Ranger's Boots

The bearer gains Strider and, unless using Flying Movement, +2″ Advance Rate up to a maximum of 10″, and +4″ March Rate up to a maximum of 20″.

Magical Heirloom

The bearer gains the Hereditary Spell during Spell Selection, always knows it in addition to its other spells, cannot select it during Spell Selection, andcannot replace or otherwise lose it.

Sceptre of Power

One use only. A Wizard with this Artefact may add a single Magic Dice from its Magic Dice pool to one of its casting rolls or dispelling rolls, after seeing the casting or dispelling roll (note that casting rolls cannot exceed the limit of max 5 Magic Dice).

Talisman of the Void

The bearer gains Channel (1).

Dragon Staff

The bearer gains Breath Attack (Str 3, AP 0, Flaming Attacks).

Crystal Ball

The firsts Dispelling Attempt in each enemy Magic Phase gains a +2 Dispelling Modifier, provided the bearer is on the Battlefield.

Potion of Strength

One use only. May be activated at the start of any phase or Round of Combat. Until the end of the Player Turn the bearer gains Crush Attack.

Dragonfire Gem

The bearer gains Aegis (2+, against Flaming Attacks). The bearer automatically fails all Fortitude Saves.

Lucky Charm

One use only. May be activated when the bearer’s model fails an Armour Save. This failed Armour Save may be rerolled.

Potion of Swiftness

One use only. May be activated at the start of any Round of Combat. Until the end of the Player Turn, the bearer gains +3 Agility.

Prayer Bead of the Inner Fire

Yamabushi only.
All models in the bearer’s unit gain Ritual Meditation.

Bronze Token

All enemy model parts gain -1 Attack Value while fighting in a Duel with the bearer.

Rod of the Horizons

The range of Aura spells cast by the Wizard is increased by 3′′, and the range of all other spells cast by the Wizard is increased by 6′′. Spells with the type Caster or Caster’s Unit and Bound Spells are not affected.

The Tide Jewels

All friendly models gain Strider (Water Terrain) for as long as the bearer is alive. Right before the battle (during step 7 of the Deployment Phase Sequence), the bearer must place a single Water Terrain Feature (that must be no larger than 10′′ in length and 6′′ in width) on the Battlefield, not in contact with any other Terrain Feature, more than 1′′ away from all enemy units, and with its centre within 12′′ of the bearer.

Mempo of Honour

The bearer must always issue a Duel whenever pos- sible, and Duels issued by the bearer must always be accepted. The bearer’s model can score up to +4 Overkill Combat Score instead of +3.

Candle of the Void

Whenever a friendly model casts a non-Attribute spell within 12′′ of the bearer, the bearer immediately casts Evil Eye (Witchcraft), which always targets the bearer’s unit.

Kimono of the Flowing Waters

The bearer gains +2 Defensive Skill.

Mempo of Blood

The bearer gains Fear and enemy units cannot choose Stand and Shoot as a Charge Reaction when reacting to Charges made by the bearer’s unit.