ZION REVIEWS: Codex: Khorne Daemonkin
The demands of the Blood God have brought me back, so let's take a look at the codex!
I know it's been a while since I've looked at a codex for you guys, but rather than spending a lot of time getting into all that, let's look at this new codex.
Now Khorne Daemonkin is an interesting book as it's the first time in a number of years that the Chaos forces have regrouped into a single book, only this time it's with the theme of a single chaos god. If this a sign to come for the other Chaos Gods (and perhaps Chaos Unbound), or a test book, or perhaps just a cheap cash in to get Khorne some love (and help push the new Bloodthirster) I can't be sure of yet, but we'll see soon enough.
That musing aside, what does this book bring? The short answer is not much new.
To simplify this 120 page codex I'm going to give a very brief summary of the changes of the things that were carried over from the Chaos Daemons and Chaos Space Marine codexes, as well as the Bloodthirster rules from the White Dwarf. But before we can get into those, let's look at the core rules for the army. And just a small preface to the rules: the Warp Storm table is out, the Chaos Space Marine gifts and challenges rules are gone, and the Daemonic Instability rule is gone.
Rules
Blood for the Blood God!: Nearly every unit in the book has this rule. Pretty much anything that isn't a transport has it. The Blood Tithe rule that was all over the place before the release. The sort version is if a unit with the Blood for the Blood rule is completely destroyed, or destroys an enemy unit you gain a Blood Tithe point. You also gain Blood Tithe points if a character with this rule kills, or is killed by, another character in a challenge. Blood Tithe points are spent at the start of your turn, and when you spend any of them the rest go away (in other words, you're only getting 1 result option per turn). You can spend them on the following things:
1. Infernal Contempt: All friendly models with the Blood for the Blood God! rule have the Adamantium Will until the start of your next turn.
2. Insatiable Bloodlust: All friendly models with the Blood for the Blood God! rule have the Furious Charge and Rage special rule until the start of your next turn.
3.Unstoppable Ferocity: All friendly models with the Blood for the Blood God! rule have the have the Feel No Pain special rule until the start of your next turn.
4.Apocalyptic Fury: All friendly models with the Blood for the Blood God! rule add 1 to their Attack characteristic until the start of your next turn.
5. Daemontide: A unit of either 8 Bloodthirsters or 5 Flesh Hounds (controlling player's choice) is summoned within 12" of a friendly unit with the Blood of the Blood God! rule
6.Harbingers of Blood and Brass: A unit consisting of 3 Bloodcrushers or a Skull Cannon is summoned within 12" of a friendly unit with the Blood for the Blood God! rule
7.Dark Apotheosis: Choose a friendly character with the Blood for the Blood God! rule who doesn't have the Daemon of Khorne rule. That model must take a leadership test, if they fail they turn into a Spawn, if they passed they're a Daemon Prince with all the same Artefacts of Slaughter or Warlord traits the character may have had. This doesn't trigger Slaw the Warlord if it was your Warlord.
8.Fury Unbound: Same as above but failure means death and passing turns the character into a Bloodthirster of Unbound Fury.
Daemon of Khorne: Daemon, Furious Charge and Hatred (Daemons of Slaanesh), and Chariots are S7 for Hammer of Wrath. Every Daemon has this (even Possessed).
Mark of Khorne: Rage and Counter-Attack Every non-vehicle unit from the Chaos Marine codex (even Possessed), along with the points bump for it on those models
Skulls for the Skull Throne!: A model with this rule has to issue and accept challenges whenever possible. If multiple models have this rule you choose who it applies to. Every character has this.
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