AaronWilson Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Hey guys, I'm a new player to AoS / Slaves to Darkness. I've just started up my collection and so far have 1 Chaos Lord on Manticore 1 Chaos Sorceror Lord 2 Chaos Chariots 1 Chaos Gorebeast Chariot 28 Chaos Warriors 10 Chaos Knights 10 Chaos Marauder Horsemen Where do you think I should go next? Varangaurd look oh so tempting.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucio Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 To me, thats virtually a complete army for the game sizes I like to play at and that from there, choices really mean "more of the same" One possible direction is to now add another Chaos force, so maybe you add a force of Beastmen, or daemomic servants of your chosen god. Alternatively, add a whole tribe of Maurauders, both the raiders on foot and horse, and theme some of the units to be hunters, fishermen, trappers & hunters and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronWilson Posted June 29, 2016 Author Share Posted June 29, 2016 I do lack some Marauders on foot, a War shrine and the Varanguard. I like the idea of picking a god to serve though, if I picked one it woulf be Tzeenthch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graemelyon Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 1 minute ago, AaronWIlson said: I like the idea of picking a god to serve though, if I picked one it woulf be Tzeenthch! In that case, you could do worse than picking up Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower. You get small but serviceable units of Tzeentch Kairoc Acolytes and Tzaangors, a Gaunt Summoner, an Ogroid Thaumaturge and some Horrors, plus the Darkoath Chieftain makes a great character for Slaves to Darkness. Oh, and you get a whole fantastic board game to play as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrFrndJenn Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 6 hours ago, graemelyon said: In that case, you could do worse than picking up Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower. You get small but serviceable units of Tzeentch Kairoc Acolytes and Tzaangors, a Gaunt Summoner, an Ogroid Thaumaturge and some Horrors, plus the Darkoath Chieftain makes a great character for Slaves to Darkness. Oh, and you get a whole fantastic board game to play as well. Except none of those models are slaves to darkness. 8 hours ago, AaronWIlson said: Hey guys, I'm a new player to AoS / Slaves to Darkness. I've just started up my collection and so far have 1 Chaos Lord on Manticore 1 Chaos Sorceror Lord 2 Chaos Chariots 1 Chaos Gorebeast Chariot 28 Chaos Warriors 10 Chaos Knights 10 Chaos Marauder Horsemen Where do you think I should go next? Varangaurd look oh so tempting.. Look's like you already have a very sizable force. If Your'e planning on playing point based games with the GHB i'd say stick with what you got and get some games in to see what you like and dislike unless money is no object in which case do as you wish. If you're looking to stay Slaves of Darkness allegiance I believe varanguard would cause you to lose that. They are awesome however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graemelyon Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 @UrFrndJenn Yeah, but they're awesome Tzeentch models, and let's be honest, sticking rigidly to one narrow faction just isn't as much fun. Also, since we're being jokily pedantic, he mentioned Varanguard which ain't Slaves to Darkness either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronWilson Posted June 29, 2016 Author Share Posted June 29, 2016 Thanks for your responses guys. So if I take anything outside of Slaves to Darkness I lose my alligeiance, how does that effect me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrFrndJenn Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 18 minutes ago, AaronWIlson said: Thanks for your responses guys. So if I take anything outside of Slaves to Darkness I lose my alligeiance, how does that effect me? From what we know, having a Slaves to Darkness Allegiance allows you to take Chaos Knights and Marauder Horsemen as Batteline units. Battleline are like your core choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graemelyon Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Since there aren't any Slaves to Darkness-specific Allegiance Abilities in the General's Handbook (just the Grand Alliance: Chaos ones), then as long as everything in your army has the Chaos keyword, you can use those. The only difference it would make is to Battleline units, and then only in Matched Play games that are using those rules. Looking at what's floating around online, it seems that your Chaos Warriors are Battleline regardless, and there are a few other nice choices throughout the various Chaos lists that seem to be Battleline regardless of Allegiance – looks like at least another 9 across Brayherd/various Skaven/various Daemons/Bloodbound. That's a lot of choices and cool models to paint. If you choose to stick to solely Slaves to Darkness, your Knights and Marauder Horsemen become Battleline, but you're limiting yourself to just what's in that list rather than being able to experience the full majesty of Chaos, as it were. Neither is the wrong choice – it's just down to what you'd prefer to paint and play with. And of course, if you're playing Open or Narrative games, the whole Battleline thing is likely a moot point anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronWilson Posted June 30, 2016 Author Share Posted June 30, 2016 Thanks both of you, super helpful responses. If I was to ally with Tzeencth for example I think I would be okay being able to field enough battle line between Chaos Wariors and whatever Tzeencth battle line units are, but if I was to stick to just StD I could have Chaos Knights and Marauders as battle lint units as well. But as both are Grand Alliance:Chaos I can stull use the Grand Alliance:Chaos alliegiance abilities, I got it. If StD had any, I would lose it by mixing the army with Tzeencth, similiary with pure Tzeencth compared to a mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrFrndJenn Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 6 minutes ago, AaronWIlson said: Thanks both of you, super helpful responses. If I was to ally with Tzeencth for example I think I would be okay being able to field enough battle line between Chaos Wariors and whatever Tzeencth battle line units are, but if I was to stick to just StD I could have Chaos Knights and Marauders as battle lint units as well. But as both are Grand Alliance:Chaos I can stull use the Grand Alliance:Chaos alliegiance abilities, I got it. If StD had any, I would lose it by mixing the army with Tzeencth, similiary with pure Tzeencth compared to a mix. I would say if you decide to break ranks on the StD allegiance, I would go with the Varanguard. Most of the stuff in the Silver Tower box would be redundant to your army as they wouldn't add much to it except maybe the mage. Stuff like the Acolytes and Tzangors are just tzeentch flavored gors and marauders and would only be more useful if you planned to run a magic heavy tzeentch list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronWilson Posted June 30, 2016 Author Share Posted June 30, 2016 Yeah, I think Varanguard, a Warshrine and some Marauders on foot will be what I buy next, as well as the hero selections I can take, like a Lord on demonic mount, Exalted hero of chaos etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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