Exigence Rules Spoilers (WARNING: SPOILERS)

[Nicholas Ralph]

From the Focus and Fury forums. People are reporting the following is legit.

On the Skorne stuff, let me just say, OMFGBBQWOW!!!! So much AD, and a legit warbeast with a gun! Speed 3 is a bit weird, but meh. People are also going crazy about Keltarii with Parry, Reform, Reach, CMA and Blade Shield, all on a 5/8 cost unit. 

Don't hate Xerxis theme force either, to be honest. Looks fun.

Nick.

Circle Bradigus Theme List: I don't know the exact allowed units/solos. I was told Gallows Groves are allowed, and obviously Shifting Stones, Sentry Stones, and warbeasts with Construct. 1: Only these models  increase FA of Shifting Stones and Sentry Stones by 1 2: 1+ unit of Shifting Stones:  redeploy one model/unit 3: 1+ Sentry Stones unit: sentry stones begin game with 3 fury 4: Bradigus is the only living model: Add a Woldwatcher to Bradigus' battlegroup for free. Brennos (Character Satyr): PC 9 SPD 5, MAT 5, RAT 5, DEF 11, ARM 17 One POW 13 non-reach with Critical Pitch, POW 15 Reach attack with Mage Killer Gun, RNG 12, POW 11, Thunderbolt Primal Magic, Sacred Ward Affinity: Morvhana (When the satyr is damaged or kills an enemy model, Morvhana heals 1) Death Wolves (Character unit: Wolves of Orboros) Overtake, Prowl, Gang (3 man unit, one person gives an ability each) Heart Eater All are DEF 14/ARM 14 with 5 wounds MAT 7 (?) One member has POW 13 with Reach, one has POW 11 with Powerful Charge, one has 2xPOW 9 with Combo Strike. Only one unit member has Reach. Models start with a corpse token New ability that lets you spend a corpse token to reduce damage over ARM to 1 damage instead PC 5 Legion Blight Wasps: SPD 7, MAT 5, DEF 12, ARM 11, CMD 4, 5 boxes each One POW 8 stinger, critical poison Annoyance (see Troll Whelps) Swarm (+1 to melee attack and damage rolls for each other member of the unit engaging the enemy you're attacking) Animus: Cost 2 RNG 6, target friendly warbeast pack gets Killing Spree (see Gerlak Slaughterborn) PC 4 Zuriel: PC 10 SPD 6 MAT 7, RAT 5 DEF 12 ARM 19 Gunfighter 28 boxes Flight Bond with Rhyas: Stealth Bond with Saeryn: Channeler Special Issue: Rhyas and Saeryn 2x POW 16 melee attacks (DOES NOT have Reach) 1 SP 8 POW 12, ROF 2 Chain attack: hit with both initial melee attacks, make a ranged attack Animus: Cost 1, Self: Gain an additional die on attack rolls against non-warcaster, non-warlock warrior models Blightblades: Stats as Striders (SPD 7, MAT 6, DEF 15, ARM 11) Ambush, Stealth, Pathfinder, CMA, Critical Grievous Wounds 2 initial melee attacks, POW 9 PC 6 Abby2 Theme Force: Legion non-character warbeasts, Proteus, striders, units with flight, forsaken, strider solos, legion solos with flight, battle engine Tier 1: Only these models: flying MODELS +2 speed first turn Tier 2: One or more units with AD: units get AD Tier 3: Three or more DIFFERENT Warbeasts: warbeasts can use animii first turn w/out being forced Tier 4: One or more Archangel: reduce cost of huge based models by 1 (Trying to go back and find the bonuses, but it's a pain in the ass with how everything is spread out) Minions Sacral Vault (Gator Battle Engine): As spoiled earlier, will work for Legion, Circle, Blindwater Meat Thresher (Farrow Battle Engine): Unknown if as spoiled earlier, will work for Skorne, Trollbloods, Thornfall Efaarit: RNG 12 POW 7 AP gun, SPD 8, RAT 7, DEF 14 ARM 14, Light Cav, works for all Hordes factions except Blindwater - Pathfinder, Camouflage, Sniper PC 3, FA 2, no melee ability, 5 wounds Maximus: Abomination, Fearless, relentless charge, spell ward, unyielding, reach, Berserk, magic weapon, weaponmaster SPD 5, MAT 8, DEF 13 ARM 16 PC 2 Jaga-Jaga theme force benefits: reduce point cost of BE by 1 undead models gain advance move friendly models / units can begin the game affected by jaga jaga's upkeeps 2" deployment zone Helga theme force benefits: reduced cost of BE by 1 slaughterhouser units, maximus gain AD 2" deployment zone +1 to starting roll! Aand the light cav solo! Skorne Scarab Swarm: 4 models PC 5 SPD 5, MAT 5, DEF 11, ARM 12, CMD 5 POW 8 mandible AD, Steady, Snacking, Critical Paralysis on the mandible Swarming Scarabs: +1 to attack and damage rolls against enemy models for each model in the unit that's in melee with the same enemy model, or for each Aradus warbeast (the non-gun heavy) Animus: Cost 2 RNG 6, target friendly warbeast pack immediately Digs In Aradus Soldier: PC 9 AD, pathfinder, Steady SPD 3, MAT 6, DEF 11, ARM 19 2x POW 15, Reach, Drag POW 18 ARM 19, Carapace rule (+4 ARM against free strikes AND Ranged - sorry I missed this) Animus: Heightened Metabolism (see Proteus) 29 boxes Aradus Sentinel PC 8 AD, Pathfinder, Steady SPD 3, MAT 5, RAT 5, DEF 11, ARM 19 AD, Pathfinder 2xPOW 14 melee attacks rng 10 POW 13 aoe 3 gun, arcing fire, poison (note, just poison, not critical poison or anything else - just poison, YES, this applies to everything under the AOE) Carapace (+4 ARM against free strikes AND ranged - sorry I missed this) Animus: Swarm (see Swamp Troll, Boneswarm) 29 boxes Keltarii Stats as Praetorian Swordsmen CMA, blade shield, parry, reform, reach, DO NOT have weapon master, 5/8 PC eXerxis Theme: non character warbeasts and tibbers. PGBH, cav units, tyrant units. Tyrant solos. Siege animantarax. huge based models reduced cost by 1 redeploy for every tyrant model/unit included +1 to starting roll for tibbers animantarax begins the game with rage tokens. Trolls From Virus646: From a guy that saw/had the book, he might be missing a thing or two as he didn't had time(wasn't willing to) take a pic or notes: Highwayman: Spd: 6 Rat 5 Def 12 Arm 14 Swift hunter camouflage Cra Gunfighter Range 8 pow 10 5/8 pts Fire Eaters: New unit immune to cold. Similar to runeshapers but with spray 6, rat 6 pow 12 and assault/AD. They get +5 arm against fire and when on fire have aditionnal bonuses (steady, no stationnary, boosted dmg/hit). Two trolls and one pyg, unclear if there's a stat difference between them FA: 2, PC 4 Braylen Wanderheart: Grants Opportunist to Highwaymen in her CMD rng of 9-10 (additional die on attack and damage rolls against a model while in that model's back arc) RAT 6, RNG 8, POW 12, Lucky Run & Gun (Like Sprint, but for guns - see Gastonne) FA: C, PC 3 Borka2 theme benefits: Reduce cost of cav models/units by 1 Two or more models/units with AD Friendly models/units begin the game with Borka's up keeps Rok and winter troll For each Warbeast place a 4" aoe within 20.  They're snow drifts.  Models in them gain concealment.  Models w/out immunity cold treat as rough terrain War Wagon +2 speed to battle group first turn I think that's about that for this book. Anything I miss or have incorrect I'll try to fix when I can.

[Errius Maximus]

Gatorman battle Engine is the strongest Battle Engine in the game now and probably the most important release in this book. 

Other factions are the joke, Gators are the Punchline.

[Carlo P]

A whole lotta list rewrites goanna happen

On 05/10/2014 6:22 pm, "Errius Maximus" <errien.t...@gmail.com> wrote:

Gatorman battle Engine is the strongest Battle Engine in the game now and probably the most important release in this book. 

Other factions are the joke, Gators are the Punchline.

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[Ryan]

Those Ardus make me so freakin moist! Im already planning an eHexeris list to get the Gunbugs to shoot out 3 rng 14 pow 13 shots a turn! this book is feakin epic! so much better then the wet fart that slid out that was gargantuans

[Nicholas Ralph]

I loved the Mammoth (still do) and a few other things were cool in Gargantuans, but finally getting like 3 AD options as a Skorne player is super exciting. Some warlocks potentially going troop-less thanks to Warbeast packs (which can be revived and Stay Death'd) is an interesting angle too. I like that pretty much everything we got is new and different for Skorne.

Competition-wise, I guess we'll see. I remember people poo-pooing the Mammoth until Watt showed how epic it can be. Combos and value can take time to shake out.

Definitely think the Ardus have potential.

Nick.

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Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 20:39:28 -0700
From: ryan...@hotmail.com
To: sydney-d...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Exigence Rules Spoilers (WARNING: SPOILERS)

[squinnonair]

I think watt is a bad example. he could make an all assault kommando list work with zerkova

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[Ryan]

BLOODY pp JUST GIVE ME EPIC XERXIS AND THE ARDUS ALREADY IM TIRED OF WAITIN! eHexie wants his best friends already im freakin loving this release

[Errius Maximus]

I'm still waiting for the Grolar, keep calm!

Anyway, 

The important thing about the Skorne Beast Back is that you can take them with Zaadesh and Zaal, Lets say you enrage one of them, the result is this:

Pow 10 base + 3 other beasts in melee with the target( +3), Gang from Zaadesh (+2) + 1 of them is enraged (+2), +Last Stand + Feat = 

3 Pow 15 Weapon master attacks with feat extra dice (expected P+S + Dice roll = 29)
1 Pow 17 Weapon master attacks with feat extra dice (expected P+S + Dice roll = 31)

Fun! 

The Ardus are interesting. The Ranged Bug is weird, mainly because I prefer my Gun-Beasts to be able to do melee when they don't have specific ways to boost their ranged offensive output to game-winning levels (ie. Spitters with Barny). The Gun Ardus has the Dubious honour of being the lowest melee threat in the game at 6" on the charge. I like the Ardus with a eXerxis gunline (Poison + Boost + Signs = fun), The Melee one is cool, Its essentially going to be whether you think Carapace and Advance deploy is worth it over a Bronzeback or Gladiator. Remember that Pull helps increase threat for other models in your army. 

Death Wolves will be hard to use, but when used well they will be one of the toughest character units in the game. Being able to just sit there and tank attacks by spending Heart Tokens is sweet with a 14-14 statline. Their melee damage is below other character units, but the idea is to get them stuck into an enemy unit, kill a few guys, tank the attacks back through good defences and Heart Tokens, then spend heart tokens to make more attacks to kill models, getting you heart tokens for defence. The issue is essentially getting the tokens, it sucks but its a tradeof piece. 

Legion players are complaining about Zuriel. They are idiots. Mweh, Pow 16 isn't enough for a faction with a Pow boost on nearly every caster in their faction, while they also bring some of the best anti-infantry tech in the game on a single beast. He's also untyped while causing continuous fire. eLylyth likes this guy a lot if you want to make not the uber-kill skew list. Pincushion + those Sprays. PP *really* doesn't like single wound Infantry. 

Fuck I love the troll releases. 

Highwaymen are interesting until you put them in context. eGrim with Feat and Mortality = unit makes 20 Rat 9 Pow 12 attacks ignoring tough at 12" range. Fun. Grissel 1 gives them a Calamity Build with Hoof it to escape. They can also just be taken with Gunnbjorn and make 2 Pow 20's or 4 Pow 15's at 12" range with him. The queen is Calandra, Take highwaymen with the Solo, Opportunist gives Boosted attack and Damage rolls in the Back Arc. Calandra has Befuddle and her feat. So she feats, befuddles a heavy, It turns around, you kill it from 8" away with Gunshots. 

The Fire Eaters are awesome for style points. The difficulty will be setting them on fire without killing them. I think the best way will be to Put the Pyg between the 2 trollkin and shoot it with a Pyre troll, you then get both on fire while the Pow 6's shouldn't hurt you. You then get a bunch of fully boosted Fire Sprays. Hilarious. Fantastic unit to clear off your frontline, pretty cheap for what you get (because they hurt/kill themselves). Pretty good with the new Troll Lesser Warlock. 

 MAXIMUS: 

Let me paint you a picture. Maximus is a Mat 8 Doom Reaver with Unyielding. Seems a little uninspiring. Well, take him with Carver, His feat gives him an extra damage die (so Pow 12 weapon master with an extra damage die) and overtake (when he kills a model, he moves 1" before making the next model). He's also immune to spells!...but not animi cast from a beast, so I can give him Sprint. 

So I have a 2 point model with a near infinite amount of attacks as long as he hits (mat 8), kills (Pow 12 with 4 dice damage) and has a model in range (overtake + reach), who can then sprint away and be blocked off by models moving up like Brigands. 

You could also move the brigands up first, with Quagmire on them, they make enemy models within melee of them -2 def, so maximus can move in and be Mat 10 + the above, with no risk to my own brigands since when he kills a model, he moves before he berserks. 

2 points, bitches. 

Gatorman Battle Engine:

Best model in the book, and Gators get the most from it with the possible exception of Morvhana 1. 

It slices, it dices, it even Julienne's fries!

Well alright, it takes souls from friends and enemies within 9". Sweet, but it gets D3 souls a turn. The important part is that as long as it has 1 soul it does its primary use. That is, Soulstorm! 1 instant damage to any model who walks within 2" of it, making it immune to single wound models without janktastic rules of some kind. 5" Base + 2" of soulstorm on both sides = 9" of no 1 wound infantry allowed. Its FA2...its FA3 with Gators. 

Thats only if it has 1 soul! Only 1! 

If you get more, your Caster gets more fury, which is incredible in gators. Barny gets a 3rd Swamp Pit while still upkeeping his spell, Maelok gets to cast everything and still camp!, Calaban still sucks hard! 

If you get even more, you get access to Arcane Vortex! Spells cast at targets within 3" of the Battle Engine can be cancelled for a soul, hilarious when you pack a bunch of gators next to the battle engine against pDenny. 

If you get even more, you might even want to try and boost its Range 12 Pow 12 Magical, eyeless sight gun which gets D3 shots just to kill Gorman ASAP. 

So its kind of vulnerable against Beasts and jacks? Well...Kind of. In Gators it will always be spiny Growthed, so Arm 22 with D3 damage to heavies hitting it. Rask makes it immune to charges and shots for a turn, Barny can protect it with swamp pits in front of it, and Maelok will casually make it Arm 26. Caleban will still suck. 

Remember, Gators can take *3* of these things. My Maelok list has instantly added 2 to it against Cryx, since I hear they like spamming 1 wound infantry to deal with things. 

[Ryan]

An awesome combo with the Soldier Ardus is putting beat back on it and beating back 6 inches bringing your beat back target with you the entire way....