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    AoS2 - Dankhold Troggoth Discussion

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    1 hour ago, Bigtroggboi said:

    Hello just joined, quick question.

    So you get 1 command point on your hero phase automatically from your general. Then you get a potential extra point with the Shepherd of Idiotic Destruction on a 4+. Then you get an additional point under the bad moon.

    Does this mean your Dankboss can get a potential 3 command points on turn 2 if the moon is on him?

    I believe yes, 1 naturally per turn, 1 from the artifact, and one for being in the moon

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    The Rumour Thread

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    4 hours ago, Baron Klatz said:

    Yeah I don't see Morathi sharing that kind of power with anyone. I wouldn't be surprised if the "shadow daemon possession" in their lore so far winds up being the Umbraneth allies are under her power and can't report back to or do anything for their real master, Malerion and his empires of shadowy devil aelves.

    It even goes back to the naming conventions you mentioned. She personally created several races of aelves, Melusai, Khinerai and the Gorgai's. They belong to Her and bow to no other, only those she permits them to for her grand plans.

    I am of the opinion that the design plan was for each aelves gods to get there own army since each got a portion of souls from Slaanesh.

    Tyrion has his side of Pointy aelves yet unseen

    Teclis has Deepkin but stuff happens and he had to use some of Tyrions to make his side of Pointy aelves

    Morathi has daughter of Khaine

    Malarion has Umbraneth spiky goth punk Aelves

    Allarielle didn’t get any souls but has Sylvaneath and maybe Kurnothi in the future 

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    The Rumour Thread

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    1 hour ago, amysrevenge said:

    That's a barrier for some (most?) people but not for me.  I bulk buy MDF bases, and would have no problem putting dudes on Marauder sized bases (or with having a handful of excess dudes left over at the end).  Realized I don't even know if Marauders are on 25s or 32s haha, I'd have to look it up haha.

    they are 25 mm

    technically you could proxy the smaller Corvus cabal (10 of them) or Unmade (8 of them) models  as marauder. people don't do it though because is easier to buy the one Marauders  box then spend 2 box of more expensive Warcry boxes. plus i think people really distain the fact that marauder spams happens to be one of the strongest part of S2D over classic Chaos warriors and knights

    The Rumour Thread

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    1 hour ago, Shearl said:

    I play more Warcry than anything else these days and have been eagerly awaiting this box. 

    I'm kind of bummed out about the price, but what really rubs me the wrong way is that a number of the terrain pieces are the same as the previous box and it comes with the same core book. I know its labeled as the new starter so it makes sense to include the core book, but as I already own all the books getting another of the same thing is kind of annoying. I realize a solution is to simply wait for everything separately, but I can't help but imagine buying everything except the duplicated terrain and book will cost more than this box.

    I think the biggest strike on the box is the lack of chaotic beast that was in the first box

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    Sons of Behemat Discussion đź‘Ł

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    42 minutes ago, MaatithoftheBrand said:

    So I finally got my hands on the book after some pre-order delays, and boy I thought that I could not have been more hype/excited than I was waiting for it. I appear to have been wrong!

    The lore is stand-out to me, honestly some of the best and most naturally written of the Age of Sigmar Battletomes - the myths of the trials of Behemat (the tsunami, the fear of the trees) were great, not only for giving the gargants an almost classical mythology/dark fairy tale feel, but also for a new look at Gorkamorka as an "individual" rather than just a force or a greenskin philosophy. Also, I believe the reference to a squig godbeast was new to this book, right? That was an amusing anecdote to stumble across whilst reading!

    Loving seeing the gargant models, both base and converted/kit-bashed, in this thread - it is really helping me keep the keen up! Has anyone managed to give the narrative battleplan in the tome a try yet?

    Yeah that the strength of many of the destruction battletome, they really have colorful engaging if a bit hilarious lore In their books

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    AoS2 - Dankhold Troggoth Discussion

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    33 minutes ago, Dankboss said:

    So I was thinking about Mega Gargants after having built my Warstomper, and remembered in the Gitz tome it mentions that Dankholds can grow to fit the space they're sleeping in, and that the tallest are nigh as tall as Gargants, and that makes me wonder if that also refers to Mega-Gargants, given both excerpts. So, I threw together some rules for what I'd expect the biggest, dumbest Dankhold to be. I might even draw it as a design. I picture it as a bloated, slobbering toad of a Troggoth who's so fat its legs barely work and it drags itself with its arms.

    I'd expect it to be in the 550-600 point range.

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    I was also thinking they would eventually make an even bigger Troggoth character called the Dankhold Troggking, since when they initially release Gloomspite  gitz, the Troggboss was a nice size model but he wasn't as big as i though he could be.

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    The Rumour Thread

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    19 minutes ago, Groomy said:

    I'm curious, has any of you guys ever tried to email GW's team directly and asked for a simple motivational justification of why their 2+2=160EUR?

    I mean something to the effect of "Hey guys, I've noticed the price doubled but there are 12 fewer models, 6 fewer buildings, no proofread and no cards. Could you be so kind to tell me where the value is given that I'm on the fence about it?" 

    I was good about not buying GW this year. Not because I was "priced out" per se but because I felt like GW just wanted to get into my pants without buying me dinner first. But I was really looking forward to this box and while I can both afford it and probably justify it with the whole "I haven't spent cash on GW for 12+ months" it still feels like they just don't give a (blank) about me, you or anyone here.  

    Also, I know the topic of the Old World is now synonymous to "Voldemort" and people more vile than nurgle himself crawl out of their holes to pull you into their toxic lairs, but, didn't they blow up the old system mainly because new people couldn't afford to join the hobby and it took 12 billion books to start playing? (Mind you I know I can play with just one book and a first starter and am only looking at the new books for the narrative quests) 

    pretty sure people have but either they don't get a response or they get a generic corporate response

    as with the Old world, it may have been contributing factor to the decline of WHF as a game but there was probably many internal reason that they blew it up ranging from IP issues to revamping the game system entirely and having a new slate.

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    Sons of Behemat Discussion đź‘Ł

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    2 hours ago, robotnik_taco said:

    Soooo, maybe I'm just being impatient, but is anyone else who preordered through gw still waiting for their stuff to even ship? Yes I know covid troubles, and yes I should have gone third party, just want my big guys.

     

    Edit: I'm in the US

    i am also in the US and mine is also delayed until Wednesday.

    it because their warehouse is operating at lower capacity because of covid  restriction in the US so they having logistic problems  especially since Holiday shopping has also started.  Prime day also happen last week too so there a lot of shipping traffic going on right now

    The Rumour Thread

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    I am not sure if  it was because the response that it was all chaos warband was a bit murky that they decided to add the AoS units into the game. it did feel a bit tack on because the chaos warbands felt balance within each other but the AoS roster introduced a lot of units with extreme state lines

    I felt like they could have done better if they had initially release warbands like the Khainite shadow stalker along with Stuff like Scions of the flame

    The Rumour Thread

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    28 minutes ago, Neil Arthur Hotep said:

    I'm thinking they priced the first warcry box as a loss leader and might now view the game as it's own, established thing and treat the second box accordingly. Warcry is not a great entry point anyway, since it requires so much extra stuff. You can start AoS cheaper than warcry by just getting a start collecting box and playing with the core rules. From that perspective, warcry really does not succeed as an entry level product. The individual warbands might be cheaper, but the entry cost is actually higher than AoS proper.

    Yeah plus Warcry doesn’t use many AoS mechanics either unlike what Killteam does. strength and toughness, lack of charge phase, and no save rolls are just a few

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    The Rumour Thread

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    4 minutes ago, Gothmaug said:

    So as far as a soulblight army is concerned, there were some hints in the blood bowl presentation on Saturday that there’s a classic horror team on the way. Sadly that could explain all the vampire and werewolf rumor threads we’ve been seeing. I hope I’m wrong, as is really like a soulblight AOS army

    i think it for the Necrmantic team that they revealed in August

    https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/08/07/terrifying-touchdowns-from-beyond-the-grave/

    on a side note, i have notice that Bloodbowl and other certain specialist games generally don't get rumor engine teases

    AoS2 - Dankhold Troggoth Discussion

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    Finally got my white dwarf todays, beside the rule for the megamob, there a lot of lore about Troggoths that worth a read. Though basically anytime a big event happen, the Troggoth just ignore it in favor of chillaxing.

    Age of chaos: ignore the rise of chaos in the realm in favor of grunting at each other (though if any chaos warrior come, we  eat them)

    Age of Sigmar: the realm gate wars are happening, nah we good, let just pick our nose. ( still smash any Stormcast that come our way)

    Necroquake: Giant Realm wide shockwave of doom, Oooh pretty color in the skies. ( proceed to still beat up nighthaunt out of ghostly existence)

    The Rumour Thread

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    i feel like the beastgrave team have hard time getting humanoid proportion right, like their head are slightly too big on a bit of a lanky body

    the lumineath along with the DoK and FEC warband have this kind of problem

    the Slaanesh one ended up ok though

    The Rumour Thread

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    1 hour ago, zilberfrid said:

    I am convinced the Kharadron were originally meant for 40k, but when AoS needed a new army, they put it there. Which doesn't matter, they fit nicely between Mechanicus and Gyrocopters in tech level.

    i can see them taking inspiration from Squats but i don't think they where every meant for 40K, i think they just took the old dwarf lines and just imagine them as the technological race they could have been in the old world if they weren't for there stubbornness to advance. they just choice the steampunk aesthetic and  give them power armor like they do with everything else sometimes.

    in fact the KO helmets are similar in design to the armor set for the engineer class in Age of reckoning.

    The Rumour Thread

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    1 minute ago, elfhead said:

    I’m really looking forward to the new underworlds warbands so I don’t really care if that is all they reveal. 
    Do warbands that are part of a starter set get released  Separately too? I use no intention to get the game but I want both the Lumineth and Slaanesh warband. Or are te starter boxes priced so that I’m easier of just buying the box? 

    yes but it usually happens at the end of the season when they discontinue the older starter set box for the next season box.

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