![]() Khorne priests fell a long way from the glory days of a battletome prayer, a warscroll prayer and a judgement per hero phase. (Valkia in particular, bring out a new sculpt already GW.) Everything got a long overdue lift and we were all pretty happy for it. A few of the special characters got very tidy upgrades. The Blood tithe changes, wards for demons, retributive damage for mortals. Did anyone ever use the Mighty Lords command ability? Or the Mighty Lord for that matter. Getting rid of a host of useless bloat on warscrolls is a nice change as we. Rend and a save buff on blood warriors and juggernaut units, base 2 damage and rend on the heroes of a combat army, 2 attacks on blood warriors. Just converting these losers to AOS 3 standards and giving them a polish is a fairly significant buff. There were more than enough one damage heroes, rendless weapons and never taken warscrolls to go around. The old battletome had some of the most miserable surviving warscrolls in AOS. The Glow UpĪny new book, especially after four years, comes with a lot of updates to the basic warscrolls. ![]() Some of us can hear the banjo music growing louder all the time but for now lets stick with the positives. Even after a few days a fair chunk of the community is still amped for the new material. The “Well it’s about fucking time.” factor is strong in the new battletome. I’ll discuss some of the stand outs below but its worth noting the initial reaction of most Khorne players was pretty positive. Painted this Bad Boy but never ran him before they took Khorne buffs off coalition alliesĪ whole hell of a lot as it happens. Maybe it’s the answer to your prayers, maybe its the sort of Deliverance that made the movie famous. You suffer, you struggle forwards with one eye fixed on the horizon, seeking that distant glow of the sacred new Battletome, the years roll by until one day it arrives. Gitz players know what I’m talking about. Nevertheless only those with a truly shit battletome can understand the anticipation that builds up as the books cycle through. With 20 odd armies in the game you can wait for years or even months if you play the same factions as the designers. I realize everyone looks forward to a new book. I’m talking mainstream workable lists not freakish outliers. If you’re the sort of ackshually meme guy 2 who comments on obscure blog posts don’t me about some guy from Badtouch, Nebraska who won a 2 dayer at CousinCon in West Virginia with Skullcrusher spam. 1 At the end of the cycle the only viable competitive Khorne was a fairly successful Skarr/Boomthirster/Wrathmongers hope-you-don’t run-into shooting type of list. The final and best example of dick kicking was all coalition allies losing their KHORNE keyword buffs in Blades of Khorne ahead of schedule because Khorne Mortal buff units were too good in Slaves to Darkness. The second battletome sucked and nearly every change in the game wound up being an extra kick in the dick for Khorne for some reason. I’ve had my fair share of success but it’s been mostly downhill for my beloved boys since the 1st ed battletome despite some recent buffs and bloodtithe changes. ![]() Always mortals over demons I should add, I’ve done the Skarbrand/Boomthirster but it’s not really my thing, the mortals keep bringing me back. ![]() That magical 1st ed battletome with it’s glorious bloodtithe rules (Still the best mechanic in any tabletop wargame.) took me from a casual AOS player to a diehard tournament nerd. The point of this intro, besides shameless plugs and shout outs, is that I know competitive AOS. I’m a stalwart of the mighty Measured Gaming Club and one leg of the Triumvirate or auditory excellence that is The Bush Radio podcast. For the 95% of the 6 or so people who read this blog who haven’t heard of me I’m an AOS veteran and a reasonably successful regular on the Australian tournament scene. It will be great they saidīut first let me establish my bonafides and run through some of the history of the faction.
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