New SM Codex: Legion of the Damned!?

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**reds8n**

http://www.blacklibrary.com/new-at-bl/The-Codex-of-the-Damned.html

Welcome to your regular peek behind the scenes at Games Workshop Digital Editions. This week, we take a look at the new digital exclusive Codex: Legion of the Damned.

So what’s in the book?

BACKGROUND – VENGEANCE AND FLAME
The Legion of the Damned are one of the great mysteries of Warhammer 40,000: spectral figures who appear in times of dire need (and there are plenty of those!) to aid the warriors of the Emperor in battle. The origins of these mysterious warriors are explored in unprecedented detail in the new Codex.

Also in this section, you’ll find a timeline of their best known interventions throughout the 41st millennium. There are also first-hand accounts from those saved by the mysterious legionnaires, and from some that they have fought against, including this account from ill-fated Ork boss Redeye Rockjaw.

SHOWCASE – SAVIOURS FROM THE FLAMES
There’s a showcase of the full range of Legion of the Damned Citadel Miniatures, as well as numerous ‘in battle’ shots. There’s also new artwork of the Legion in battle including this piece, in which a Spiritseer of Craftworld Iyanden finds himself looking down the wrong end of a flaming bolter.

THE RULES – FORCES OF THE DAMNED
This Codex allows you to field large forces of Legion of the Damned, and even take them as a Primary Detachment. As well as giving more armies the option to include squads of Damned Legionnaires, these detachments gain other benefits, not the least of which is the ability to claim objectives (a useful trait in a Deep Striking squad of elite, and nigh-unkillable, undead Space Marines).

A primary detachment also allows you to nominate one of your Legion of the Damned Sergeants to be your Warlord, giving him access to a particularly brutal selection of Warlord traits, all of which affect the sergeant's full squad.

The Legion of the Damned are a band of faceless and mysterious warriors, but even within their ranks there is one who has been sighted again and again by those who have witnessed them in battle. Attica Centurius is the bearer of the Animus Malorum, a relic of unknown origins and terrible power.
The Codex also has the rules to equip one of your Sergeants with this Relic of the Damned, if you want to represent this mysterious figure in your force.

MISSIONS - ECHOES OF WAR
Finally, there are three new Echoes of War Missions, each set around one of the famous events in the Legion of the Damned's history. My favourite is one set on the legendary Imperial Fists flagship Phalanx as it is boarded by daemonic forces led by everyone’s favourite Daemon Prince – Be’lakor.

CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT:
So all in all, a… damned… fine book.

Codex: Legion of the Damned is available to pre-order now, and will be available to download this weekend.
eBook Edition:
For your phone, tablet, computer or eReader.
Interactive Edition:
For your iPad or Apple computer.

Thanks for reading, everyone.

- Eddie, Damned Legionnaire in training

**Henshini**

So if I give GW some money, they will make more units in my codex scoring?

**reds8n**

As long as you don't play Tyranids !

**ultimentra**

Sounds like one hell of deal to me.
Guard Blob sitting on home objectives with Coteaz? Check
Scoring Henchmen? Check
Scoring Space Marines with ignores cover, deep strike, and a 3+ Invuln as allies? Check

Time to lose some friends.

**Grarg**

The relic sounds like a res orb to me. Hopefully they add something like a deep strike assault, sort of like drop pod/deathwing assault. Should be very interesting, i'm tempted to pre-order it but i'll wait for some reviews first.

Dare to dream... dare to dream...

**Azreal13**

Grarg wrote:
The relic sounds like a res orb to me. Hopefully they add something like a deep strike assault, sort of like drop pod/deathwing assault. Should be very interesting, i'm tempted to pre-order it but i'll wait for some reviews first.

Dare to dream... dare to dream...

The Animus Malorum isn't new, it was a special wargear card back in 2nd that Sgt Centurius had, and it was a skull (unsurprisingly) IIRC, it was a ranged attack, somewhat akin to Flickering Fire Of Tzeentch (where it fired a random number of shots each turn) but don't quote me in that, 20+ years ago.

Fairly certain it was a ranged weapon though, and while it might be totally reinvented, that's what I'd expect again.

**Grarg**

Ah ok cool. I just read up it, sucks the soul of the victim and brings back a fallen LotD member back.

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

Also pretty good if it works like the old one in that it targets individual models so can be used to kill (without saves or anything) high value models

**Alpharius**

There’s also new artwork of the Legion in battle including this piece, in which a Spiritseer of Craftworld Iyanden finds himself looking down the wrong end of a flaming bolter.

Indeed.

Sad that it is 'digital only', for now.

I'll wait for the dead tree version, if then.

**SickSix**

SOLD!

Yup I can't help it.

Primary Detachment

**GiraffeX**

Yeah I'd prefer a dead tree edition as well.

**shade1313**

While I'd love a hard copy...

*drooool*

*gets back to work on a huge backlog of LotD classic minis, humming happily at the thought of primary detachments*

**Grimtuff**

azreal13 wrote:
Grarg wrote:
The relic sounds like a res orb to me. Hopefully they add something like a deep strike assault, sort of like drop pod/deathwing assault. Should be very interesting, i'm tempted to pre-order it but i'll wait for some reviews first.

Dare to dream... dare to dream...

The Animus Malorum isn't new, it was a special wargear card back in 2nd that Sgt Centurius had, and it was a skull (unsurprisingly) IIRC, it was a ranged attack, somewhat akin to Flickering Fire Of Tzeentch (where it fired a random number of shots each turn) but don't quote me in that, 20+ years ago.

Fairly certain it was a ranged weapon though, and while it might be totally reinvented, that's what I'd expect again.

It was a ranged weapon that resurrected dead Legionnaires for each model killed by it IIRC.

**G00fySmiley**

Alpharius wrote:
There’s also new artwork of the Legion in battle including this piece, in which a Spiritseer of Craftworld Iyanden finds himself looking down the wrong end of a flaming bolter.

Indeed.

Sad that it is 'digital only', for now.

I'll wait for the dead tree version, if then.

color printer?

I got the eldar iyanden supplement and got tired of having to break out the tablet. screen captured and printed it out

**insaniak**

I find myself a little disappointed int eh artwork having them actually on fire instead of it just being decoration... The 'burning dude' motif is supposed to belong to the Flame Falcons, not the Legion of the Damned.

Other than that, this is the sort of army that the supplement idea should have been focusing on all along, rather than a variant of a variant of something that is already in a codex. So, yay for that, at least.

**His Master's Voice**

Do we even know if the book has more than one and a half entry? The blurb doesn't read like we should expect to see LotD devs or Dreads.

**Kelly502**

Pre-ordered mine today!

Finally going to break out Sgt. Centurius from the blister pack.

**Kiwidru**

insaniak wrote: The 'burning dude' motif is supposed to belong to the Flame Falcons, not the Legion of the Damned.

Alliteration aside, the fire hawks seem just as likely as the flame falcons to spontaneously combust and have a much more fleshed out place in the lore... also: No -one saw that coming?!? its like lou gehrig never getting tested for lou gehrig's disease...baffles my mind.

Edit to properly code quote.

**shade1313**

Actually, I quite like the flames, as it makes them more spectral and "ghosty", and less "diseased remnants of some cursed founding chapter".

**SickSix**

I'm calling it now, next major tournament winner is LotD primary with 3 Knights as allies!

**Alpharius**

G00fySmiley wrote:
Alpharius wrote:
There’s also new artwork of the Legion in battle including this piece, in which a Spiritseer of Craftworld Iyanden finds himself looking down the wrong end of a flaming bolter.

Indeed.

Sad that it is 'digital only', for now.

I'll wait for the dead tree version, if then.

color printer?

I got the eldar iyanden supplement and got tired of having to break out the tablet. screen captured and printed it out

That's dedication - good for you!

It's not for me though!

**Retrogamer0001**

"Let's make them buy a Codex to use with their Codex on top of the BRB!"

**Kosake**

Retrogamer0001 wrote:
"Let's make them buy a Codex to use with their Codex on top of the BRB!"

With a good helping of "and make them buy tablets to read any of it, as requested by our iStore-friends".

**Coyote81**

SickSix wrote:
I'm calling it now, next major tournament winner is LotD primary with 3 Knights as allies!

Don't forget your Inquisition allies so you can take one of them as your warlord instead of a Sergeant.

**Kosake**

Coyote81 wrote:
SickSix wrote:
I'm calling it now, next major tournament winner is LotD primary with 3 Knights as allies!

Don't forget your Inquisition allies so you can take one of them as your warlord instead of a Sargeant.

With a Land Raider as dedicated transport.

**Nightlord1987**

Lets all hope they can be Battle Brothers with Tau?

**Brother Weasel**

Kosake wrote:
Retrogamer0001 wrote:
"Let's make them buy a Codex to use with their Codex on top of the BRB!"

With a good helping of "and make them buy tablets to read any of it, as requested by our iStore-friends".

or a computer....

**xxvaderxx**

does this mean 3+ will mean anything again, cose sure as hell my marines tend to evaporate as fast as my guard now days...

**thenoobbomb**

Don't know if this has been posted already, but...

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/wnt/blog.jsp?pid=13500020

Of course, they’re disinclined to fight alongside races like Orks and Tyranids, but they can pop up in the strangest of places to aid their allies.

**Mr Morden**

Ahh c rap - guess they thought that Eldar and Tau needed a power boost ;(