Age of Sigmar: New ‘Salamanders’ Coming – Meet The Spawn of Chotec
It’s fire and acid. Or maybe it’s acid and fire. Either way these new Salamanders are hawt. Feel the burn from the Spawn of Chotec.
Salamanders were one of the units I was hoping would get a refresh and Games Workshop did not disappoint. Not only did they get a phat new model with some added girth, their handlers got a glow-up, too. And the rules are going to have them spitting hot fire!
“Found in the most volcanic regions of the Mortal Realms – and hence all over Aqshy, where they’re often hunted by Fyreslayers – the Spawn of Chotec are fire-spitting salamanders which the Seraphon revere as the offspring of the sun god himself. “
Spawn of Chotec
These new Salamanders certainly beefed-up since their last version. Here’s a look at the current/old model:
Clearly they have traded in their trademark green armor plates for a new more “natural” look. Plus they are really letting their plumage out.
Furthermore, I also really like the new lore around these beasties.
“In between burning sacrificial victims alive, these disciples are tasked with raising salamanders – then sedating them with crawtoad venom and fitting Old One technology into their skulls. These precious relics allow the Sun Acolytes to direct their choleric charges with light-emitting staves.”
Yep — that’s right! That headphone behind the eye is really some “Old One Tech” and allows their handlers to better direct their attacks. And apparently the skinks are using laser pointers:
“When a skink handler marks a foe with a dot of ruby-tinted light, the Spawn of Chotec hawks a viscous Glob of Flame Acid at the target. The ensuing splatter not only ignites immediately, it’s caustic enough to leave victims vulnerable to further attacks.”
So it’s now confirmed: Salamanders are basically cats and skinks use laser pointer to keep them entertained. But what can their ranged attacks do now? That’s the really interesting part…
It’s a ranged 24″ shot that’s only 1 attack. However it can do D6 damage which is actually not the spiciest part about the attack. The debuff from their shot lingers and causes the target to take a further -1 rend to all other attacks until the end of the turn!
This is a big change from their former roll of pure damage output and makes the a bit of a debuff unit. That additional rend could really make other units a lot more effective in the combat phase. Imagine if the Saurus Warriors get a -1 rend base. Now combine that with this attack to make them a -2 and suddenly those new Warriors are swinging much harder. I wonder if the Seraphon are going to have even more ways to stack rend in their battletome…
There’s a new book coming in the summer and it’s gonna be a hot one!
Hey…that’s not an AoS Salamander!
