Warriors of Chaos rumours
Thought I would have a quick try at banging out a rumour roundup as this thread is starting to get a wee bit cluttered.
Some sources place new Warriors of Chaos book as early as august most rumourmongers peg it into Q4 2012.
KIT RELEASES-
New Models:
-Warshrine/ Chariot combi kit[PLASTIC].
-Chaos Dragon
-Dragon Ogres[PLASTIC]
-Forsaken possibly combi-kit with Chosen[PLASTIC]
-Character models[Possible Troll King,Krom,Egrimm van Horstman]
-No new chaos dragon, but a combo-shaggoth kit to make either normal shaggoth or Shaggoth Lord is also a possibility.
-Poseable Dragon Ogres similar to the Minotaur sprues.Options for extra
hand weapons or Great Weapons and overall larger models much more in
keeping with size expectations for an Ogre Centaur.Also includes bits
for representing marks.
LORDS & HEROES.
- SC Kromm & Engrimm Von Hortsman
-Chaos lord price reduction[15%], same stat line.100 points of War
gear,50 points of Gifts of the Gods.Same mount options.Comes with two
unnamed special rules;Firstly Re-roll to all panic,fear andterror for
any model within LOS.Secondly, Must declare and Accept Challenges and
may not flee as a charge reaction.Option to mark work different for
lords. ( TZ makes you a caster up to lvl 2...)
-Daemon Princes base price rumoured at 80 points cheaper than
present.4+ as 5+ ward base.100 points to spend on gifts.Wings are 60pts.
-Lore of Shadow available to Hero level casters.
CORE
-Warriors.Cheaper, 12 is a number thats being mentioned.Quite possibly
losing the ability to be marked.May be losing some Initiative and/or
Chaos Armour.Chaos Armour if out purchaseable at 2ppm
-Marauders rumoured to be getting more expensive.If Warrior can't take marks I doubt Marauders will be able to either.
SPECIAL
-Chosen "to go down to warriors +1 ppm and have the same statline"
unclear as to whether this is old or new warrior price comparison.
-Knights,Cheaper.
-Forsaken might be moving to core.Skirmishers,Same points,d3+2 attacks. Base str 5 ld 5.
-Dragon Ogres,T5, possible receiver of new kit syndrome.
-Ogres,Cheaper.
RARE
-Spawn, WS 5.
-Shaggoth,Optional Heavy Armour,May upgrade to ranged lightning attack
similar to kholek with 12 inch range str 4 d6+ hits magical.
-Shrines,Moves over to providing passive aura's determined by Mark with
6"range. ie khorne shrine = frenzy / +1 attack, MosS +1 init /asf, MoN
6+/5+ posion
-Hellcannon,Fires small blast. Magical. Cheaper. Gets a 5++ ward.
Misfire sucks even harder.Monster with handlers rules.Think Ogre
Kingdoms Ironblaster for general rules direction but Move OR Fire.
ARMY RULES AND OPTIONS-
Eye of the Gods either reworked or stripped out entirely.
Marks reworked to be an added cost per model, and not per unit.
Mark of Tzeentch, no longer boosts ward save.Multiple conflicting rumour sources :
-Tzeentch gets MR1 and are able to channel Power Dice like wizards
-Tzeentch boosts regen as per Forgeworld Skinwolves.
Mark of Slaanesh,cheap, possibly stay the same.
Mark of Nurge,either Poisoned Attacks or staying the same.
Mark of Khorne,quite probably staying the same.
Magic Items List cut down to 8th ed book standard.Chaos daemon
sword,runesword, armor of damnation, crown of everlasting conquest,helm
of many eyes are rumoured to be in there,Favour of the Gods is gone.
Gifts of the Gods, these rumours are slightly confusing so I will just list them by patron.
Khorneevastating Charge, Killing Blow,collar of khorne(same effect) ,extra attacks based on turn number max 10
Nurgle: +1 T but -1 initative, -1 to hit,stream of corruption, on a d6 of 6 recover a wound at start of turn.
Slaanesh:-1 ld in BTB, pass LD test to attack on doubles hit own side,armor peircing, every wound suffered +1 attack and init.
Tzeentch:+1 to channeling attempts, +d3 casting and dispel
Undivided:+1 to AS , +1 to LD,extended ld range, eternal hatred, +d3 additional attacks at base str and init 1.
Lores get updated significantly. Slaanesh is almost total rewrite except frenzy spell.