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It's always good when GW makes a change that seems to be because they've been spying through my windows at what i'm painting. Been painting my StD stuff up so they'd fit into both Slaanesh and Tzeentch so this works out well.

That's not how it works though. There isn't in the main rules a defined list of accepted phrases. There being other rules that cite ANY is irrelevant for the application of this rule. There are always going to be multiple ways to write any rule but A unit and ANY unit are functionally the same in that they generalise for all units with that banner and aren't specific to this exact unit It's only fuzzy if you're trying to fudge the rules to fit how you want them to. If you actually apply the rule as it is written there is no scope for stacking of multiple banners as you are within the range of a unit whether that is 1 unit or 3 which results in that condition being positive and 'switching on' the -1 to hit for that model. It's like the Keeper of Secrets and Exalted GD command abilities rules that cropped up earlier in the thread with claims they can stack when they can't because both rules clearly specify after a 1st attack they can attack a 2nd time. Using both abilities means a unit attacks for a 3rd time which breaks one of those rules and is effectively cheating. If one of them only stated that after attacking they could then attack an additional time then they could stack, but they don't, and so they can't. It feels like looking at the rules, seeing something that would be powerful and then trying to wriggle it in somehow by looking everywhere else than the rule itself. I quite like the Slaanesh Daemon Prince anyway. They should always be used with something else but the mark ability is really nice for messing up peoples day for just putting some wounds on a monster or softening up a unit that has charged something else. The fact it can fly means you can hide it behind something else like in a unit and it can pile in over models that are in the way to get stuck in and it means you're always attacking first or twice in a row or forcing your opponents combat choices in some way if they're taking it into account. I've run 2 in a tag team a bit which was fun (and annoying for my opponent).

Has this been FAQ'd somewhere because that's not how it's worded. There is no condition in the rule for the Enrapturing banner that allows for it to stack. If a model is within 6" of A unit with the banner then it gets -1 to hit. If it happens to be within 6" of 2 units then it it still follows the wording that it is within 6" of A unit with the banner and so gets -1 to hit. Same with 3 units. Or to put it another way. Is this model within 6" of a unit carrying any enrapturing banner? (the condition) Yes. It gets -1 to hit (The effect) A unit is an either/or condition, you're merely checking that there is a unit in range, not counting the units. For it to stack the wording would have to be: "Subtract 1 from the hit rolls of enemy models within 6" of EACH unit that contains any Enrapturing Banners."

I don't think they'll be doing anything of the sort. I don't think GW has any issue with Slaanesh other than it being the least popular god and it's more projection from the player base. I mean just on the models alone how often do GW actually replace a plastic kit and you're talking about them scrapping them all and releasing what would be a 4th version of Daemonettes. The chariots are pretty recent and they got their own Start collecting set recently. I wouldn't expect any of the daemons to be touched other than a new KoS and Fiends and maybe some new heralds. The other new sets will most likely be the Slaanesh 'other' troops that would be their equivalent of Arcanites/Bloodborne.

All I can think of now is the possibility of Sigmarkart and a cartoony Alarielle racing around on her beetle throwing potted plants.

lol whats with the attitude? It's not that complicated. Morathi comes back and is the perfect hiding place for Slaanesh since she's been his most devoted acolyte since she first popped up and is pretty much his avatar of corruption being responsible for inserting that wedge into the Elves in the first place. But why wouldn't Slaanesh, a god where one of his primary attributes is corrupting personal experience, want a more hands on role in that experience and playing those political games? So Morathi mysteriously is still around but somehow changed happily skips along with Malerion to join Sigmars grand alliance, the perfect place for him to work his own corruption right at the heart of the realm that has been locked off from his brothers. This is until Tzeentch decided to tip off Malarion and Tyrion at which point they threw a bag over her head and ran off wondering what to do with her. You seem to have missed the whole point that she's the disguise, the hidden lair. They're supposed to notice her since she's been there all along. It's what was hidden inside her that they didn't know was there. It's probably not the case but it's totally possible.

None of which prevents my speculation from being possible. If they'd captured slaanesh before she reappeared you might have a point.

My total speculation is that Slaanesh is hiding out in Morathi.