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do herlads of tzeentch with the master of sorcery know all the lore of tzeentch if they choose to stay with that lore? it says that they always know lore of tzeentch, and master of sorcery says that "the herald CAN use any of the lores of magic instead of its normal lore, it knows all the spells from wichever lore it chooses" does this mean it can just decide to go with tzeentch and know them all? im confused on this because of the wording on MoS, and in the herald of tizz entry. not to mention the FAQ says that "a herald" with MoS can only choose from the normal 8 lores, not tzeentch because tzeentch dosent like lesser minions knowing all his spells. so do these rules override "heralds of tzeentch always know spells from the lore of tzeentch" and "a herlad with this gift MAY choose any lore aside from its own"? i take it to mean that the herald of tizz can choose another lore, but is not forced to, and by remaining with tizz, he knows all the tizz spells? have i confused anyone yet?

Read the FAQ, this is specifically addressed there

FaQ: Q: "Can a daemon with master of sorcerery choose to use the lore of tzeentch and, if so does it know all the spells from that lore? or must it choose one of the lores from the warhammer rulebook?"
A: lores from the warhammer rulebook only - tzeentch does not allow lesser minions full knowlege of his own scared lore"

Daemons armybook:

Page 86: "The herald of tzeentch is a lvl 2 wizard, and ALWAYS uses spells from the daemon lore of tzeentch.

page 93: "The daemon CAN use any of the lores of magic from the warhammer rulebook INSTEAD of its normal lore - it knows all the spells from whichever lore it chooses"

based on the wording of both the armybook entrys it would seem to me as if the herald can choose to loose his lore of tzeentch in favour of any of the other lores, gaining acsess to all spells in that chosen lore, including lore of tzeentch if he decides to. why FAQ this so that your tzeentch herald cant cast tzeentch spells? makes them somewhat ...less then what they should be considering the points your putting into them. either that or im missing something critical to end of a massive exploit should a model know the full the lore of tzeentch?

The Lore of Tzeentch is *very* powerful, but only when you can pick the spells - generally the top end spells are not worth it on a Herald, so it seems to be part of the balance in the game.

It just means you see Beast and Shadows used a lot, which is no bad thing.

The argument is also that you have not chosen a lore when you stick with LoTzeentch - you have chosen not to choose a lore, as that is the default.

so then i suppose if im wanting to remain with lore of tzeentch on my herald, a power vortex might be a better buy instead of MoS?

Yup, however the flexibility of a chariot herald with access to the normal lores is briliant.

IBeasts cowering dragons is a game winner.