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Warrior priests still generate dispel dice, same with Arch lectors and the War altar boosts are still good
They dont generate dispel dice anymore, though they can channel both power and dispel dice
So they do and don't generate dispel dice? I can see it both ways but this contradicts itself. Is he referring to the War Altar? Because I don't remember that generating dispel dice although I've never really used it much.
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Their prayers are improved: 1 that makes the whole unit reroll wounds. 1 that gives the unit 5+ in closecombat, and then we have old soulfire that now gives flaming attacks to the unit and damages models in basecontact with the priest
Glad to see they got rid of the unbreakable prayer. I'm surprised they don't have a prayer that makes the unit less likely to run though. I guess they picture the army resilient enough with the new "Hold the Line" ability?
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Helm of the ratslayer. fear to everyone, terror to skaven but skavens hate the model wearing it. 15pts
I really wish they'd do away with these "I'm good against a specific race" magic items. I guess at least this one will grant some benefit against non-skaven armies but it's kind of lackluster.
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Steelstandard. ignore -movement from barding and reroll 1's on the charge, flee and pursue
Wow, that is amazing. Even more so if it's low-to-mid points.
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Van horstmans speculum still there at 40pts
This makes kittens cry... and empire generals cackle with laughter.
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All state troops except spearmen have gone up 1 points (including crossbows, handgunners and greatswords)
Detachment rule: Detatchments now counts for the same point cost as the parent unit (for example core, special etc.)
They gain the same special rules as the parent unit (stubborn, stupidity etc) and also get the same prayer as the parent unit.
This is pretty huge. The increase in point cost is nothing really but the section about detachments coming out of the points for the section of the parent unit is pretty big. I assume they do this otherwise people would take their 50% special allotment in greatswords and then fill them out with detachments and be done. Also, prayers extending to the detachment is pretty huge as well.
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Mortars will be s2(6) big plate and get a 33% point increase aswell. Great cannon gets a 20% point increase.
It needed it. The point increase is a bit much, probably only needed 20% as well, but S3 pie plate was too devastating given the vast majority of armies out there are T3. I've had entire unts of slaves decimated by a single mortar shot.
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Steam tank now works differently with a steamengine missifirechart. It moves d6 random move per steampoint used up to 5 and causes d6+d3 per steampoint impact hits.The stank will have t6 , the stank has +1 AS instead. + the rules are different now. The effectivness of the main cannon and the steam gun is dependant on how many steampoints you spend on it that turn. the steamtank moves d6 random move per steam point (so it could in theory charge 30") and it does d6+d3 per steampoint impacthits
Doesn't it work essentially the same now? I don't use steam tanks but it sounds familiar from when I've faced them in the past. T6 brings it in line with most other "monsters".
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Witchhunters get some sort of "assassin type role in the army. After deployment you pick a model to "accuse of heresy!" ::heretic:: and then the witchhunter will be extra strong against that model.
I guessed at this when I saw the stats on GW's website. Imagine him with Van Hostman's Speculum.
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Engineers can now either pass their BS on to one war engine per turn OR reroll a dice
Griffons are down to 170pts
All good. Although the griffon is priced too high for my liking. Still reasonable but too much for me to stick him in the average game (I likely wouldn't use him for anything below 3k).
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The rules for sacrificing flagellants have been remade so they can get +1t instead of that +1 combat res if i remember it right.
And if you use flagellants against the right unit they can wreak havoc...
Unbreakable plague monks... *Shivers*
What to do... what to do... I must be crazy to start both an Empire (well, re-starting) and a Chaos Dwarf army at the same time...