Warriors and Daemons Reunion Rumors

[The_Gonk]

Sounds pretty cool. I wonder if an all Khorne army would be reasonably competitive. I think the bloodletter models are pretty good but mono-khorne daemons is very, very uncompetitive even in a non-tournament way.

[Wildeybeast]

Hang about, can't we already field units of Warriors and daemons in the same army? Triumph and treachery lets you do that, and I'm pretty sure you can summon some daemons in Storm of Magic as well.

[Chronowraith]

Plus there is the oft-overlooked ally rules for Warhammer. I know the intent is for two players to play in team battles, but there is nothing stopping you from taking a 1000 point Daemon army and a 1000 point warriors army and using them like a 2000 point army.

I'm all for White Dwarf becoming a useful mechanism for distributing rules... but if I had to guess, allies will be in 9th edition in a similar fashion to 40k.

[Wildeybeast]

Doubtless. And doubtless I will hate it just as much as I do in 40k.

[Chronowraith]

I'll be happy if WFB DOESN"T see the same explosion of money-grab options as 40k. I'm all for allies as long a they make sense as they will allow me to build up small forces of armies I really like but don't have the time or money to build a main army.

Regardless, back to the main point of this thread. I could easily see the Daemons & WoC rumor being true and I think it will likely foreshadow the 9th edition ruleset. So if it's just a nod and statement saying, "You can take Daemons and WoC together now" then it's garbage. If it's well thought out (unlike 40k allies)... I'll be less wary at the prospect of 9th edition allies.

Going slightly off topic (again), I wouldn't mind the battlescrolls for SoM being a little more integral to the core game in a similar manner to Escalation. In other words, if I take a monster out of SoM then my opponent gets to roll on a chart to gain some bonus (the same way as if a Lord of Battle was taken in 40k). Now, obviously not quite the same thing as the monsters in SoM are nowhere near as out-of-balance as some of the Lords of War... but something along those lines.

[Lord-Boofhead]

Hang about, can't we already field units of Warriors and daemons in the same army? Triumph and treachery lets you do that, and I'm pretty sure you can summon some daemons in Storm of Magic as well.

Yes and both of those ar badly thought out and situational rules.

[Lord-Boofhead]

I'll be happy if WFB DOESN"T see the same explosion of money-grab options as 40k. I'm all for allies as long a they make sense as they will allow me to build up small forces of armies I really like but don't have the time or money to build a main army.

Allies and Fortifications. Just look at the Crypt Stalkers Battle Scroll.

[eldargal]

Yes and both of those ar badly thought out and situational rules.

No they aren't.

[Lord-Boofhead]

Ok the Sorceress Pact rules have merit but The T&T Merc rules are fiddly and only work in T&T games.

[Wildeybeast]

Well, yeah. That way they don't break the main game. Which is what would happen if Warriors and Daemons were just allowed to mix and match when no one else is. There will be some sort of restrictive caveat to this, I bet you any money. If it even happens.