Think I may have to buy that book, just for the fluff. Doubt I'll start an undead army, they don't really float my boat, but it is good to see Warhammer getting some love.
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Been out of fantasy for a long while but this has got me excited.
Thought Nagash was just biding his time and using agents after his defeat by Sigmar. Have they altered the canon again where he needed resurrecting?
In the previous fluff, Sigmar killed him. He returned to un-life some 1,666 years after that defeat (it previously took him 1,111 years to recover from the death at the hands of Alcadizzar with the Skaven-forged Fellblade). He returned both times via his ashes slowly returning to his sarcophagus in the Black Pyramid in Khemri.
I'd guess that they have changed the previous fluff to have him either not return himself a 2nd time (and thus need resurrecting by Mannfred & Arkhan) or else he did come back as before, but was so weakened he needed a long time, and a lot of rituals etc to return to full strength hence him not being active for ages and his minions gathering maidens, relics etc.
Either there is life in the universe more intelligent than us, or we are the most intelligent form of life in the universe. Either way, it's a worrying thought!
One of the big issues Nagash faced after being all hacked and mangled off Alcadizzar was that in the intervening time, the Skaven had pretty much mined all the Warpstone out of Cripple Peak.
When he fought Nagash, he was out of Warpstone, missing his hand, and indeed his shiny floral bonnett, which was somewhere else (can't remember precisely where!)
Nagash has never needed anyone to resurrect him before. It seems he is quite beyond that need. However, that is not to say rituals and that might not speed along the process. Even if he didn't, he certainly seems to have been using Cats Paws for a decent while, no doubt to ensure he has power bases in areas other than Nagashizzar.
Me, I'm so excite about this it's insane! Gonna have to pop on the iPhone Saturday morning and place an order!
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Trying to decide if $100 is expensive for this.. leaning towards yes but not crazy expensive..
Not for Nagash. He's massive!
He's also, point for point, probably the single most pound to point effective unit GW have ever produced!
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Nobody knows!
Tournaments, up to the TO as always.
Regular games? I don't see why not, if you let your opponent know in advance if any additional special rules (like the rumoured 50% allowance for Lords) are involved. Not really any different to wanting to field something really hard. If you just rock up with it, spank your opponent and then act like a tactical genius, you're a dick. Quick heads up, no problem.
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Gamers taking responsibility for their own games? What is this heresy?
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You do realize that Russians are the very definition of Caucasians?
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Yeah but she did worship him at one point.
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for once we agree on something. I'll bet its a throw away line about it being 'devastated' which for Kislev is just a temporary set back.