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does anyone know if the bloodsecrator changed?
i thought someone mentioned that they were supposed to get totem options?
i also hear that slaughterpriests got an update but dont see anything there either.

i see that bloodreavers got a 6+ save upgrade and khorgoraths got a boost on damage but thats really all i'm seeing.

anyone else notice any changes?

Those updates are in extra prayers and artefacts which won't be in the app.

makes sense auticus, thanks for filling me in.

Bloodsecrator and Bloodstoker wording has changed to make sure the buff can only be applied once.

well that's an unpleasant but not totally unexpected update.

 auticus wrote:
Those updates are in extra prayers and artefacts which won't be in the app.

What does this mean?

Edmond Dantes wrote:

 auticus wrote:
Those updates are in extra prayers and artefacts which won't be in the app.

What does this mean?

The new totems are in the Artifact section of the Battletome, and the prayers are in their own section. They don't appear on the Warscrolls. They are in the app under the My Battle section's Allegiance Abilities tab if you bought the Battletome digitally.

 tydrace wrote:
Bloodsecrator and Bloodstoker wording has changed to make sure the buff can only be applied once.

The former is a pretty big deal.

 EnTyme wrote:

Edmond Dantes wrote:

 auticus wrote:
Those updates are in extra prayers and artefacts which won't be in the app.

What does this mean?

The new totems are in the Artifact section of the Battletome, and the prayers are in their own section. They don't appear on the Warscrolls. They are in the app under the My Battle section's Allegiance Abilities tab if you bought the Battletome digitally.

Yea, this isn't confusing at all............

I thought AOS was supposed to avoid the stat bloat of 40k?

Murderous charge does d6 mortal wounds if you have a unit of 6 skullcrushers

Edmond Dantes wrote:

 EnTyme wrote:

Edmond Dantes wrote:

 auticus wrote:
Those updates are in extra prayers and artefacts which won't be in the app.

What does this mean?

The new totems are in the Artifact section of the Battletome, and the prayers are in their own section. They don't appear on the Warscrolls. They are in the app under the My Battle section's Allegiance Abilities tab if you bought the Battletome digitally.

Yea, this isn't confusing at all............

I thought AOS was supposed to avoid the stat bloat of 40k?

How is that bloat? If you want you use the models in the game, all you need is the app or the online rules. If you want to use the faction-specific army rules and gear, you need to buy their battletome. That seems clear enough to me.

Its not really confusing. The app gives them their stats. Thats it. You can use those to play the game.

Prayers, spells, command traits, artefacts, those are extras that are not required that you need the book for ... which gives us a reason to actually buy the books instead of ignoring them.

Yep, the thing I love most about AoS is the modularity.

If you're starting out just use the 4 page rules and the warscrolls.

Want a bit more structure? Bolt on a Battleplan and the Matched Play rules.

Want a bit more narrative? Bolt on a narrative Battleplan and a Time of War.

Want a bit more strategy and meat to army building options? Bolt on the Allegiance abilities of your faction (including any spell lores, prayers, etc they might have).

Cut, paste and mix any of the above and season to taste. The game can be as complex or as simple as you like :-)

 Bottle wrote:
Yep, the thing I love most about AoS is the modularity.

If you're starting out just use the 4 page rules and the warscrolls.

Want a bit more structure? Bolt on a Battleplan and the Matched Play rules.

Want a bit more narrative? Bolt on a narrative Battleplan and a Time of War.

Want a bit more strategy and meat to army building options? Bolt on the Allegiance abilities of your faction (including any spell lores, prayers, etc they might have).

Cut, paste and mix any of the above and season to taste. The game can be as complex or as simple as you like :-)

And this is what so many of the detractors refuse to acknowledge about AoS. A player of a game can only remember so many rules at a time; rules bloat can be cumbersome for experienced players and overwhelming to new players. By simplifying and abstracting out the rules, they could expand upon the game to open up these different layers to the game and give several different gaming experiences without actually changing the game.

Back to the AoS app, has anyone noticed if GW updated the rules for the Slaughterbrute and Mutalith Vortex Beast in the app? I remember they released new warscrolls for them to give out the Mark of Khorne and Tzeentch, respectively, but I haven't seen them in the app yet.