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I wonder if there's an easy out for the eggsac

kitsunez wrote:I wonder if there's an easy out for the eggsac

Must...not...make inappropriate comment...

Savnock wrote:

kitsunez wrote:I wonder if there's an easy out for the eggsac

Must...not...make inappropriate comment...

Oh do go on

It might be an idea to build an eggsac out of spare carapace pieces and place it where the tail would be on an ordinary Carnifex: basically think of the tail as an ovipositor reconfigured into a weapon like a wasp's sting and you're good.

Nurglitch wrote:It might be an idea to build an eggsac out of spare carapace pieces and place it where the tail would be

That's what she said!

Archonate wrote:

Nurglitch wrote:It might be an idea to build an eggsac out of spare carapace pieces and place it where the tail would be

That's what she said!

Thank you for that. Contributing absolutely nothing to this thread, I mean

I've been working on a "nid-ified" scratch-built bastion. I'll have it painted by tomorrow:

Wow, that's a great idea: allows one to bung something together quickly, and any mistakes will be "battle damage" or covered-over with icky 'Nid stuff. Stolen!


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Wait, I meant, "Mind if I nick that?"

By all means, please do! It is simply hot glue drizzled all over the piece.

Just got my pre-order sorted for the new Codex (yeah, I buckled). I know it's been mentioned already, but the manager of my local GW said the Hive Tyrant special character (with multiple boneswords) is true.

For anyone still wondering, he also said Old One Eye isn't in the new 'Dex, and confirmed what we've already heard (Ymgarl 'stealers, Death Leaper and the aforementioned Hive Tyrant).

Nice to finally see the models close-up too- the Mawloc really does look fantastic; the pictures don't do it justice. Pretty hyped now

In the battle report of the newest WD it mentions that the tyrant has an ability called paroxysm. Anybody have any ideas as to what it does?

any idea on the trygon? is it going to be in the codex or is gw doing another apocalypse model like with the baneblade ?

It's in the codex.

crap thats scary.

You don't mean to propose we read the bloody thing, do you?

Neith wrote:Just got my pre-order sorted for the new Codex (yeah, I buckled). I know it's been mentioned already, but the manager of my local GW said the Hive Tyrant special character (with multiple boneswords) is true.

For anyone still wondering, he also said Old One Eye isn't in the new 'Dex, and confirmed what we've already heard (Ymgarl 'stealers, Death Leaper and the aforementioned Hive Tyrant).

Nice to finally see the models close-up too- the Mawloc really does look fantastic; the pictures don't do it justice. Pretty hyped now

Lemme see... A big scary alien dude with four swords. Where have I seen that image before? I shall call him Hive Tyrant Grievous! I'd prefer to have two regular Tyrants with wings to act as a Tag team. The Tyranid equivalent of Bubba-Ray and Devon.

Meh bone sword, lightsaber, they both instantly kill people.
I want to here more about this "paroxysm".

I hesitate to apply any kind of logic to GW and the rules they make but the actual definition of paroxysm is an outburst of rage. I would hazard a guess at some kind of combat bonus for friendly units or making the enemy stupid and award them with the rage universal special rule

All rules are logical. Whether that logic is consistent is quite another matter. Further the purposes of speculation, however, I think slop27 is onto something. It'd be nice to see the Rage rule actually get used.

It'd be nice to see the Rage rule actually get used.

The rage rule is kind of getting used in the new nid codex as the feeder instinctive behavior.

Nurglitch wrote:All rules are logical. Whether that logic is consistent is quite another matter.

Said like a true 40K player.

What does rage do anyway. I thnk all it is is that you have to move the model to the closest available unit and charge.

That would not be that great of a ability honestly.

I think Paroxysm or whatever it is called gives the unit furious charge or prefferred enemy.

Hmm, It's been confirmed by trusted sources on seer that OOE is in the codex, it's the Red Terror that doesn't have rules, only some fluff.

I also believe that the 'Nid character only has a pair of boneswords, not 4 of them. So no Grievouss rip off there.

There apparently is a psi power that makes all units within 12" pass a Ld test or suffering only having a WS and BS of 1 until the next 'Tyranid turn.

Hehe, BS1. Those meltas stop being so scary.

So paroxysm makes them so angry they cant see straight?

Hollismason wrote:What does rage do anyway. I thnk all it is is that you have to move the model to the closest available unit and charge.

That would not be that great of a ability honestly.

That's the idea, if the unit leaves synapse you lose control of it but it still does it's job as opposed to falling back or going to ground.
Very easy to take advantage of, just walk a vehicle into that hormi or termi horde and they are all useless.

I wanna know if the Trygon emergence hole counts as a table edge where you can walk on reserves or does it have to be other deep striking units, if it is the former then that would make some fun little situations letting loose psychic powers on the enemies lines.

Synapse appears to be as important as ever, it's just the drawbacks seem to be less. If outside of synapse instead of falling back, units such as hormogaunts will move toward the nearest threat and have to assault it. Anything with ranged weapons must shoot that turn if able but cannot move (which depending on the creature may not need to move in the first place).

If you are letting your stuff out of synapse range then you should suffer for it. I believe the IB is better in the new 'dex than currently. It's easy to break gaunts of both types and make them fall back.

Zoanthropes are rumored to have Synapse still, both Tyrants have it, Alpha Warrior has it, I think Warriors still have it, Trygon Alpha has it.

Rumor has it any unit (Tyranid unit just to clarify for the RAW people since RAW'ers loved saying that enemy units could use SM teleport/locator beacons) that doesn't have wings and that isn't an MC can use the tunnel.

As to the name of that power that lowers BS the leak was from someone who saw the german .pdf and I know it was called "mental scream" or "warp scream".

So then what paroxysm still a mystery? Or is it a weird translating thing?

Yeah, I thought that power was Warp Scream (or maybe the new Psychic Scream?). It probably doesn't affect vehicles, but it can almost shut down a unit on foot. Long Fangs, I'm looking at you.

For added fun, then give your Tyrant(s) the rumored "Unspeakable Horror" ability that makes all units wishing to charge or shoot them pass a Ld check or do nothing else that turn. Be interesting to see how much that one costs, if it's even true.

@Fateweaver -- I'm not convinced that the new IB is better. It depends if Troops/units under IB can hold/contest objectives.

wyomingfox wrote:

FoxPhoenix135 wrote:Sad. Losing in their premier battle report. Not a big confidence-inspiring advertisement.

WD battle reports are known for great terrain, special house rules, beautiful models and fluff over tactics. Seldom do I see good tactical list building as a criteria for a WD battle report.

Yep that's the truth of it. Personally I would much rather see GT winners army lists and tactics discussed in articles. Or better yet cover the actual GT final game.

gorgon wrote:
@Fateweaver -- I'm not convinced that the new IB is better. It depends if Troops/units under IB can hold/contest objectives.

I've not heard whether they can or not either, but it occurs to me that if all the troops have the "feed" behavior that may make holding objectives without synapse functionally impossible if not specifically forbidden.

Jack