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BREAKING: Chaos Marines Rules – Confirmed

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Sep 20 2012
Warhammer 40K
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White Dwarfs are arriving on doorsteps around the world.  Here’s the latest rules reported from firsthand sources.

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here’s the basics to get you started:

Codex Basics
– Written by Phil Kelly
– 104 pages
– Fantasy format, hardback, full colour
– Cover is the artwork for Blood Gorgons by Henry Zou  (see above)
– All for the lump sum of – £30
– You can buy Psychic Cards, there are twelve in the set – £4.50

CSM Rules
Chaos Boon table (D66 pick 2d6, one is your tens and the other is your ones)
These all have names but I will leave you to find them out yourselves
You have to win a challenge to roll on this table
11-16 – Nothing
21-22 – Replace model with Chaos Spawn
23 – +1 Attack
24 – Eternal Warrior
25 – +1 Strength
26 – +1 BS
31 – +1 Initiative
32 – Return to full wounds, if unwounded gain +1 Wound
33 – +1 Toughness
34 – Shrouded
35 – Armour Save improves by 1
36 – Melee weapon has Fleshbane
41 – Passing a Deny the Witch roll makes enemy Psyker take a Str 6 AP 2 hit
42 – Re-roll failed armour saves
43 – Melee attacks are Poisoned
44 – Crusader
45 – Hammer of Wrath
46 – Icy Aura (enemy models in base contact take a Str 4 AP 5 hit at Initiative Step 1)
51 – Adamantium Will
52 – A ranged weapon has +1 Strength
53 – Hatred (Everything!)
54 – Shred
55 – Melee attacks have instant death
56 – +1 WS
61 – Stubborn
62 – Fleet
63 – Feel No Pain
64 – Roll another d3+1 on this table (re-rolling Spawnhood and Apotheosis)
65-66 – Replace model with Daemon Prince

Warlord Traits
1 – Friendly units within 12″ of Warlord have Preferred Enemy (Space Marines)
2 – Melee weapons belonging to the Warlord and his unit have Soulblaze
3 – D3 infantry units may infiltrate (could this be new Creed???)
4 – Warlord and unit have hatred (everything!)
5 – Warlord causes Fear
6 – Warlord may re-roll Chaos Boons

More conversation and rules updates in the Lounge as they come in.  Have at it.

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Author: Larry Vela
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