Sigmar is a warrior god, and his clergy are Warrior Priests. Sigmar, in His divine all-seeing wisdom, knows that there are many unseen and supernatural evils and horrors which beset mankind, and so channels His own divine power through His chosen priests. The soldiers of the Empire, trusting in their faith, can withstand and turn back the tide of enemies that assail them, needing only to hear the Priests reciting the Deus Sigmar to inspire them to heroism. But it befalls the Priests to contend with the foe on the spiritual and magical planes and this they do with prayers and invocations, almost equal in potency to the spells of Wizards, and with the strength of their unflinching minds.

Warrior Priests of Sigmar are a common sight among the armies of the Empire. They are most often seen preaching and prophesying in the ranks of the common soldiers. Sometimes Sigmar himself chooses someone to be His messenger. He speaks to him and endows him with a measre of His own spiritual strength, power and authority. This blessing may fall upon any man, be he noble or commoner. Thus are recruited the clergy of Sigmar`s own cult, and it is from among the humble priests that the higher echelons of clerics arise, even unto the powerful positions of Lectors or the Grand Theogonist himself.

Every city, town and village of the Empire has its shrines to Sigmar and priests of His cult. Thus a Warrior Priest is ready at hand to inspire the people whatever trials may come. These Priests are recognised by their robes, and by the insignia of Sigmar which they wear, in particular the image of the Holy Hammer. Warrior Priests go about their tasks in castle and camp, blessing everyone with the words of Sigmar. When Sigmar calls upon His Priests to speak, they do so, rousing tired and flagging soldiers to righteous fury with their fervent sermons. Among the many evils which beset the Empire, there are three heresies which a Priest of Sigmar will recognise instantly and denounce: malign sorcery, the curse of Undeath and the vile worship of Chaos. From these evils may Holy Sigmar deliver us!

Weapons: Warhammer (hand weapon).

Options:

• May choose either a second warhammer (+4 pts), or a two-handed hammer (great weapon, +4 pts).
• May wear either light armour (+2 pts), or heavy armour (+4 pts), and may also carry a shield (+2 pts).
• May ride a warhorse (+10 pts), which can have barding (+4 pts).
• May choose magic items from the Common or Empire magic items lists, with a maximum total value of 50 pts.

Special rules:

Blessing of Sigmar: Warrior Priests are blessed by Sigmar and can invoke the god`s protection against the sorcerous powers of the enemy. As long as a Warrior Priest is on the battlefield, he adds one dice to the Empire player`s Dispel dice pool during the enemy`s Magic phase.

Righteous Fury: Warrior Priests and the unit they are with hate all models in any of the following armies: all Chaos (Chaos Warriors, Beastmen, Daemons and Chaos Dwarfs), all Undead (Khemri and Vampire Counts), all Skaven.

Note that this power does not affect other characters (they are more difficult to influence than the average soldier) and units Immune to Psychology are not affected by this power as well. Also note that Warrior Priests will never join units of warriors who are not devout to Sigmar, so they cannot join units of Knigts of the White Wolf.

Prayers of Sigmar: Warrior Priests are granted exceptional powers by their divine patron. Not as powerful as the spells of the Battle Wizards, these Prayers are still very valuable on the battlefield.

Once per Empire Magic phase, a Warrior Priest is allowed to use ONE prayer chosen from the Prayers of Sigmar list. Prayers are cast exactly like Bound spells from magic items, with a Power Level of 3. They can be cast on the Priest himself or on any one character or unit champion within 12" of the Priest. Prayers never affect a model`s steed, and cannot be cast on Knihts of the White Wolf or their Grand Master. Note that a Warrior Priest is never considered to be a Wizard.

Prayers of Sigmar:

Hammer of Sigmar: The model can re-roll failed rolls to wound. This Prayer lasts until it is dispelled or until the warrior Priest attempts to cast another prayer. This Prayer has no effect on hits from magic weapons.

Armour of Righteousness: The model gets a 5+ Ward save. This Prayer lasts until it is dispelled or until the Warrior Priest attempts to cast another Prayer. This Prayer has no effect if the model already has a Ward save.

Healing Hand: The model is immediately healed of all the wounds it has suffered during the battle up to that moment.

Soulfire: Centre the large 5" template on the Warrior Priest. All Undead and Daemons hit by the template (work out which models are hit exactly the same way as you would do for a Mortar`s hit) suffer a Strength 4 hit, with no armour save allowed. Soulfire can only be cast on the Warrior Priest, not on other models.