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The Death changes are really disappointing. My wife just started with Nighthaunt via the SC! box. You can't take the Mortis engine - They don't have access to it via allies now. They did change Hexwraiths to be troop choice...but only if you run nighthaunt. Which brings you right back to having no real flexibility, you can't even run just core Death allegiance and mix n' match. She's super bummed that there is no real way to bring that massive engine she painted to the field.

You couldn't take the mortis engine before, so that isn't a change. The only change is actual benefits for nighthaunt allegiance beyond spirit hosts (and now hexwraiths) as battleline. Free abilities are disappointing eh?

Or not play with matched play restrictions if its just you and your wife.

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
You couldn't take the mortis engine before, so that isn't a change. The only change is actual benefits for nighthaunt allegiance beyond spirit hosts (and now hexwraiths) as battleline. Free abilities are disappointing eh?

It's not a change - it's not a fix either. They sell a damn box that contains models that don't work together. Fundamentally broken, especially given the intended purpose of the engine (and the laughable access to the black coach...in an army without wizards).
Easy wording changes to fix, but nope - still broken, a remnant of their old collapsing of the vampire counts. I guess I'll have the wife tuck away the engine, and let her run 2 mourguls - she can be TFG heh.

On the upside, age of skinkmar is now in full effect for Seraphon.



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 auticus wrote:
Or not play with matched play restrictions if its just you and your wife.

No one else local plays narrative, it's all points based. She should have rolled Skaven

 ncshooter426 wrote:

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
You couldn't take the mortis engine before, so that isn't a change. The only change is actual benefits for nighthaunt allegiance beyond spirit hosts (and now hexwraiths) as battleline. Free abilities are disappointing eh?

It's not a change - it's not a fix either. They sell a damn box that contains models that don't work together. Fundamentally broken, especially given the intended purpose of the engine (and the laughable access to the black coach...in an army without wizards).
Easy wording changes to fix, but nope - still broken, a remnant of their old collapsing of the vampire counts. I guess I'll have the wife tuck away the engine, and let her run 2 mourguls - she can be TFG heh.

On the upside, age of skinkmar is now in full effect for Seraphon.



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 auticus wrote:
Or not play with matched play restrictions if its just you and your wife.

No one else local plays narrative, it's all points based. She should have rolled Skaven

Well I'm certainly with you on the idea that the mortis engine should at LEAST be ally-able into nighthaunts. I honestly don't think GW expected that allegiance to be popular but at this point they should have changed it. Aplegiance does give access to a wizard through a command trait I think, at least.

I've always wondered why the Death SC kits weren't actually part of any faction allegiance. There isn't a Skeleton Hordes allegiance, nor is there a Malignants allegiance. At least not that I'm aware of. I would think Nighthaunts would be able to ally with Deathmages, though. Seems kind of dumb that they can't.