Crimson Slaughter Rules Tidalwave
The latest Chaos Warband to get it’s own supplemental codex hits the shelves on Saturday. Here’s the skinny to get your chainaxe revving!
Codex Crimson Slaughter $49.50
Special Rules
All models in the Crimson Slaughter Detachment have Fear.
Crimson Slaughter can ally with as Battle Brothers with Chaos Space Marines.
Choose one unit of Chosen to be upgraded at +10pts. Gain preferred enemy.
Possessed are Troops. Roll a d3 at the start of the CS players turn.
1: Unit and Vehicle if embarked are Shrouded.
2: Unit type becomes Beasts.
3: Gain a 3+ invul save and Rending.
Warlord Traits
1. Warlord and unit has Hatred, with additional bonuses versus Dark Angels.
2. All enemy units within 12″ of warlord suffer -2 to Fear tests.
3. Warlord has Rage and Furious Charge, but must charge attempt to assault if within 12″ of foes.
4. Warlord and unit has Crusader.
5. Enemy models in base contact with Warlord take d6 S3 ap hits at the beginning of each assault phase.
6. Warlord has Shrouded.
Relics
1. Replaces a powermaul on a Dark Apostle: S+2 AP4 Concussive and all CS units in 6″ gain Zealot
2. Soul Siphon: Gains powers based off of enemy models removed in close combat. Effects last the rest of the game:
1 removed: +1S
3 removed: AP 2
5 removed: +1S
10 removed: Instant Death
3. Furious Charge, Hammer of Wrath, Rage
4. Gain Divination and re-roll failed Psychic tests. No Deny the Witch bonus’s
5. Cannot be taken by a Daemon Prince. Gains 2+ save and It Will Not Die
6. Gain Daemon, Fearless, and Fleet, and gains the Crimson Slaughter Possessed mutation table (see above)
On the one hand it’s yet another full priced supplemental codex with 2 pages of rules. On the other hand I really want Legion books, but with a heck of a lot more than 2 pages of rules… So I’m torn…
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