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Yes, all of the Path to Glory rules are in the handbook. There are not tables for every army/faction yet, but if you run something different, you should be able to concoct your own.

Cool, I will have to check that out. I don't have any factions yet, but play Chaos in 40k, so I thought I could probably knock together a few small chaos warbands to try it out.

 curran12 wrote:
Yes, all of the Path to Glory rules are in the handbook. There are not tables for every army/faction yet, but if you run something different, you should be able to concoct your own.

Linky for this very issue:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2016/11/23/thoughts-on-path-to-glory/

 auticus wrote:
I love that they are looking for feedback.

I love that they are going to update this thing annually.

I was a bit disappointed to see how the "official or nothing" crowd weren't happy enough with base to base measuring being an optional rule and wanting it to be the only rule.

I was a bit disappointed to see that people want to go back to paying model by model in points (i like being able to create an army list in 30 seconds without having to have an excel sheet or calculator doing minute calculations)

I threw up in my mouth at the number of people on the fb comments clamoring for summoning giving back free points again and how they needed to let you spam summon spells again.

I do like that base thing from a simplicity perspective. Especially for match play since pretty much all events do it anyway why shouldn't it be official. If you don't want to base measure then play narrative or open play. I sure as hell don't want back points by model, characters joining units, or free point summoning (though I understand some of the issues with some casters not being worth nearly their point value but that's a models point value issue not a summoning one).

My thing is keeping the battalions to just the Battletome/specific ones and not point out the narrative ones. Expanding on the allegiance/artifact/command traits for the battletomes that were already released, and repointing a few battalions that do cause some issues.

Well I'm not on Facebook, but the main thing I'd ask for is more balanced costs, exempting arcane bolt from the rule of one, and adjusting how reinforcement points work with both summoning and abilities that add new models. It shouldn't be free outright but something like every 50 be points reserved = 75 available for summoning during the game would work fine.

I'm hoping that the digital version of GHB will be updated for free...

Tzeentch?

Looks elfy to me...

 RiTides wrote:
Looks elfy to me...

Looks like a pink clawed hand holding it though.

Definitely Tzeentch; its an eye symbol.

Sylvaneth to me...

They have 0 cause to release anything Sylvaneth right now.

It actually looks pretty Elven to me. Specifically a bit Dark Elf but idk.

 Uriels_Flame wrote:
Sylvaneth to me...

Except the hand again.

It's likely Tzeentch all things considered. They'll want to keep the hype going with Magnus and the 1kSons in 40k, we will probably see a Tzaangor release that at least shares a sprue with the 40k ones (if it's not already a dual kit) and perhaps some of the Daemons get new kits. Arcanites is pretty low-hanging fruit for them (prominent villains in the lore, room to grow model-wise, popular faction, etc), so it makes sense.

I'd like it to be Elves, though.

Actually I'd like it to be Death, they've basically been overlooked other than FEC and Nagash & Friends. It would be nice to see some variety in that alliance.

Wellity wellity wellity, I can't tell what that is, it has a bit of everything. The aelfy jems, the manky old hand, the tzeentch eye, the warpstone like staff centre thingy.

I was thinking maybe its a dark aelf minature but I would think Ulgu denizens would be a bit 'darker' in tone, unless this is an dark aelf residing in Azyr.

All in all, Death needs to most love for sure, but based on the Rumor Engine photo, I'd say my Tzeentch Arcanites are finally getting a battle tome soon!

Must be Arcanites. Those are Tzeentch symbols hanging from the staff and the hand looks like a Tzaangor claw. Plus there's a massive swirly eye thing...

 unmercifulconker wrote:
Wellity wellity wellity, I can't tell what that is, it has a bit of everything. The aelfy jems, the manky old hand, the tzeentch eye, the warpstone like staff centre thingy.

I was thinking maybe its a dark aelf minature but I would think Ulgu denizens would be a bit 'darker' in tone, unless this is an dark aelf residing in Azyr.

Pretty sure all the Dark Aelfs are in Azyr right now, after the Age of Chaos basically messed everywhere else up.

Requizen wrote:

 unmercifulconker wrote:
Wellity wellity wellity, I can't tell what that is, it has a bit of everything. The aelfy jems, the manky old hand, the tzeentch eye, the warpstone like staff centre thingy.

I was thinking maybe its a dark aelf minature but I would think Ulgu denizens would be a bit 'darker' in tone, unless this is an dark aelf residing in Azyr.

Pretty sure all the Dark Aelfs are in Azyr right now, after the Age of Chaos basically messed everywhere else up.

Ah I thought most of em stayed in Ulgu, thanks, I'm gonna go with Dark Aelf then, eccentric staff but with manky hand has gotta be dark aelf, it just doesn't seem like a tzeentch staff, the serpentine like segments dont fit it.

Maybe though, this and the steamhead duradin tease, maybe its an Azyr release, with duradin and aelvs together. Not just saying because I'm starting an Azyr collection after that amazing army on parade after last month's white dwarf.

My money's on it being a new Astropath model.

Imperial Agents codex coming soon...
The eye is central to the symbol of the Astra Telepathica...
I just can't help but immediately think of other GW illustrations of Astropaths and their staffs.

I don't know that the hand is "clawed." They just look like really exaggerated fingernails haha.

Didn't we see some gems on the Custodian Guard that were just released?


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Thommy H wrote:
Must be Arcanites. Those are Tzeentch symbols hanging from the staff and the hand looks like a Tzaangor claw. Plus there's a massive swirly eye thing...

Arcanites make sense, too.

ruhe.bryan wrote:
My money's on it being a new Astropath model.

Imperial Agents codex coming soon...
The eye is central to the symbol of the Astra Telepathica...
I just can't help but immediately think of other GW illustrations of Astropaths and their staffs.

I don't know that the hand is "clawed." They just look like really exaggerated fingernails haha.

Didn't we see some gems on the Custodian Guard that were just released?

It doesn't fit the IoM aesthetic. There's no aquila motifs on there either. Or skulls.

The gems kind of preclude it from being an IoM model if you ask me. I could also see the possibility of Dark Aelfs, but I'm still leaning toward Tzeentch.

So fluff wise, Age of Sigmar seems really similar to 40k.

Sigmar/God Emperor

Stormcast Eternals/Space Marines

Chaos....well Chaos

structure of fluff seems similar....or are there many sublte differences

LightKing wrote:
So fluff wise, Age of Sigmar seems really similar to 40k.

Sigmar/God Emperor

Stormcast Eternals/Space Marines

Chaos....well Chaos

structure of fluff seems similar....or are there many sublte differences

Meh, chaos is always chaos no matter the setting.

I love that the Stormcast are fantasy space marines, they are badasses who care only for the extermination of all chaos. They are immortal warriors who are literally reforged when they die and thrown back into fray, although losing a part of themselves each time.

Try and read all the small fluff bubbles in the books, they provide little details that expand the universe greatly, there are and will be many differences between 40k and AoS. It took me time to warm up but AoS is certainly shaping up to be a fun universe, plus the mad map designs are just sweet.

 unmercifulconker wrote:

LightKing wrote:
So fluff wise, Age of Sigmar seems really similar to 40k.

Sigmar/God Emperor

Stormcast Eternals/Space Marines

Chaos....well Chaos

structure of fluff seems similar....or are there many sublte differences

Meh, chaos is always chaos no matter the setting.

I love that the Stormcast are fantasy space marines, they are badasses who care only for the extermination of all chaos. They are immortal warriors who are literally reforged when they die and thrown back into fray, although losing a part of themselves each time.
Do the Orcs act the same as Orks?

Try and read all the small fluff bubbles in the books, they provide little details that expand the universe greatly, there are and will be many differences between 40k and AoS. It took me time to warm up but AoS is certainly shaping up to be a fun universe, plus the mad map designs are just sweet.

Orruks still like to fight but there are 2 main groups, I can't remember the overall feel of the Ironjawz but they believe brute strength is best and clad themselves in lots of armour.

The Bonesplitterz on the other hand (Savage Orcs) believe the spirit of Gorkamorka is trapped within all the big beasts that roam the realms so they hunt them and hope they can absorb the power of their god. They are bat insane.

Edit: I haven't really checked the wiki page much but just going to do a bit more reading now, definitely recommend if there's any lore you want to know about a specific race or something.
http://ageofsigmar.wikia.com/wiki/Age_of_Sigmar_Wikia

LightKing wrote:
So fluff wise, Age of Sigmar seems really similar to 40k.

Sigmar/God Emperor

Stormcast Eternals/Space Marines

Chaos....well Chaos

structure of fluff seems similar....or are there many sublte differences

Fluff-wise, Sigmar and the God Emperor are very different. Same with Stormcasts and Space Marines. The similarities are purely cosmetic.

First thing I thought when I saw that pic was Krull But its probably Shadow Elves.

For those coming in late, what are Arcanites?

The human Tzeentch cultists from Silver tower.