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 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 TheFleshIsWeak wrote:
Blimey, rulewise Banshees are going to have more customisation than some of my HQs.

 Jadenim wrote:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/psychic-awakening/

The psychically sensitive have felt the impact most keenly, but there are far-reaching consequences for every race and faction.

Please don’t make psychic Tau.

Please don’t make psychic Tau.

Please don’t make psychic Tau.

Please do make psychic Drukhari.

Please do make psychic Drukhari.

Please do make psychic Drukhari.

Isn't that forbidden by Vect, on penalty of horrible death?

yes but he can order it done (and he has his own back up plans and such) - Vect is pretty flexible

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 TheFleshIsWeak wrote:
Blimey, rulewise Banshees are going to have more customisation than some of my HQs.

 Jadenim wrote:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/psychic-awakening/

The psychically sensitive have felt the impact most keenly, but there are far-reaching consequences for every race and faction.

Please don’t make psychic Tau.

Please don’t make psychic Tau.

Please don’t make psychic Tau.

Please do make psychic Drukhari.

Please do make psychic Drukhari.

Please do make psychic Drukhari.

Isn't that forbidden by Vect, on penalty of horrible death?

Hell yes, but if we could get some of the crazy psychic madness we had in the FW Corsairs list in either a drukhari or a ynnari flavor I'd be all in on that.

We also know that there have been a lot of disturbances in Commoragh. It can't all be Vect's doing so it would be a reasonable explanation that some DE aren't masking their presence and demons are sniffing them out. Could also tie in the Shadow realm (forget name, the place the Mandrakes come from) being an interesting place to bring some psykers in. Or they could just capture Farseers, strap them into a Talos, and go to crazy town. Perhaps the Talos can shield their psychic presence in a coffin and unleash it on the battlefield.

Lots of possible options

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 TheFleshIsWeak wrote:
Blimey, rulewise Banshees are going to have more customisation than some of my HQs.

 Jadenim wrote:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/psychic-awakening/

The psychically sensitive have felt the impact most keenly, but there are far-reaching consequences for every race and faction.

Please don’t make psychic Tau.

Please don’t make psychic Tau.

Please don’t make psychic Tau.

Please do make psychic Drukhari.

Please do make psychic Drukhari.

Please do make psychic Drukhari.

Isn't that forbidden by Vect, on penalty of horrible death?

Yeah, but they've been slightly flexible about it in the past - e.g., Nightmare Dolls were apparently made using psychic powers, the Haemonculi have the Diabolical Soothsayer trait, Baron Sathonyx and Malys basically had psychic powers. I also could have sworn that I've read a bit of fluff somewhere that Drukhari that join the Ynnari are redeveloping their psychic abilities but I'll be damned if I can find it again.

That Exarch is a man, man!

the_scotsman wrote:

Hell yes, but if we could get some of the crazy psychic madness we had in the FW Corsairs list in either a drukhari or a ynnari flavor I'd be all in on that.

This.

Nvs wrote:
We also know that there have been a lot of disturbances in Commoragh. It can't all be Vect's doing so it would be a reasonable explanation that some DE aren't masking their presence and demons are sniffing them out. Could also tie in the Shadow realm (forget name, the place the Mandrakes come from) being an interesting place to bring some psykers in.

Mandrake-Psykers (or pseudo-psykers) would be awsome.

So, I'm starting to think that each faction is gonna get the marine treatment.

Faction Codex:
<Craftworld> <Regiment> <Hive Fleet> books to follow.

With each book realase 1-2 new kits (redoos of out of date kits) or entirely new units and a character or two.

Psychic Awakening will tie it all together providing a campaign book, missions, story and extras.

 Togusa wrote:
So, I'm starting to think that each faction is gonna get the marine treatment.

Faction Codex:
<Craftworld> <Regiment> <Hive Fleet> books to follow.

With each book realase 1-2 new kits (redoos of out of date kits) or entirely new units and a character or two.

Psychic Awakening will tie it all together providing a campaign book, missions, story and extras.

Then they realize how bloated the game is and reboot for 9th lol.

 Red Corsair wrote:

Then they realize how bloated the game is and reboot for 9th lol.

Oh please. You need at most a Core Book, CA if you're an older army(although realistically, there aren't really any armies that need hard erratas, just points tweaks--if you can't sort that out before you go to game? that's on you), your Codex, and maybe Vigilus.


I could, in any regards, see them doing a soft-reboot like AoS2.0...but I have a hard time seeing them getting every army a new book by the end of the year plus new models to go with it.

I sincerely hope the exarchs are not turned into Lt level characters again like 2nd ed and released as individual clampacks... That would get expensive.

 Red Corsair wrote:
I sincerely hope the exarchs are not turned into Lt level characters again like 2nd ed and released as individual clampacks... That would get expensive.

Warhammer Community wrote:There’s another crucial element to the new Howling Banshees kit – check out this variant Exarch. Wait a minute… is that an Exarch without a mask on? Yes, indeed! The kit comes with a maskless head option for depicting an Ynnari Exarch, for they walk a very different path to their Craftworld cousins. We’ll have more on this incredible new kit and its variations soon.

It's in the box. The bonuses in one of the Stratagem apply to "the unit", and unless it's some weird purchased upgrade for the unit that gets sold separately ala Infinity...I think you're safe.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Red Corsair wrote:

Then they realize how bloated the game is and reboot for 9th lol.

Oh please. You need at most a Core Book, CA if you're an older army(although realistically, there aren't really any armies that need hard erratas, just points tweaks--if you can't sort that out before you go to game? that's on you), your Codex, and maybe Vigilus.


I could, in any regards, see them doing a soft-reboot like AoS2.0

A reboot is a reboot dude.




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 Kanluwen wrote:

 Red Corsair wrote:
I sincerely hope the exarchs are not turned into Lt level characters again like 2nd ed and released as individual clampacks... That would get expensive.

Warhammer Community wrote:There’s another crucial element to the new Howling Banshees kit – check out this variant Exarch. Wait a minute… is that an Exarch without a mask on? Yes, indeed! The kit comes with a maskless head option for depicting an Ynnari Exarch, for they walk a very different path to their Craftworld cousins. We’ll have more on this incredible new kit and its variations soon.

It's in the box. The bonuses in one of the Stratagem apply to "the unit", and unless it's some weird purchased upgrade for the unit that gets sold separately ala Infinity...I think you're safe.

Ok awesome I missed that since I was skimming on my phone. I hope to see less clam pack characters since I play GSC and my wallet got a thrashing by that formula.

 Togusa wrote:
So, I'm starting to think that each faction is gonna get the marine treatment.

Faction Codex:
<Craftworld> <Regiment> <Hive Fleet> books to follow.

With each book realase 1-2 new kits (redoos of out of date kits) or entirely new units and a character or two.

Psychic Awakening will tie it all together providing a campaign book, missions, story and extras.

I think it'll be a little like this except GW have said that there will be at least 2 factions per book so I don't think they'll have anywhere near the detail of the supplements in terms of rules/stratagems/relics etc

Impressed by the masked banshee, not so much by the unmasked one. I hope they make mirrorswords good, but it looks like the triskele is gone.

D'ya ever get that weird feeling that all your hopes for plastic Aspects will be for nought as it's just Banshees getting it?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
D'ya ever get that weird feeling that all your hopes for plastic Aspects will be for nought as it's just Banshees getting it?

Don't you jinx it, I don't care if that's an Eldar spell. I want those plastic striking scorpions dammit!

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
D'ya ever get that weird feeling that all your hopes for plastic Aspects will be for nought as it's just Banshees getting it?

GW knows... they want all of us Eldar collectors who've been calling for plastic aspects to buy tons of banshees, because we've been waiting for so long and we know that if they sell well it will help show that there's a market for updated aspects. Then after we've bought far more plastic banshees than we'll ever need, they'll drip-feed another plastic aspect, and repeat.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
D'ya ever get that weird feeling that all your hopes for plastic Aspects will be for nought as it's just Banshees getting it?

Sadly yes.. In what world would there ever be new Eldars when they can churn out new SM ?
And there will always be new SM to churn out..

I wouldn't be terribly surprised if there are only a few aspects (maybe just two) in this release including their Phoenix Lords, and there are further releases in future PA books.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
D'ya ever get that weird feeling that all your hopes for plastic Aspects will be for nought as it's just Banshees getting it?

I'd say getting plastic anything is a little more than nought.

Banshees + Exarch + Jain Zar in plastic is a better spot than Eldar were in 2 weeks ago.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
D'ya ever get that weird feeling that all your hopes for plastic Aspects will be for nought as it's just Banshees getting it?

Oh please they would never do-
*Orktober flashbacks intensifies*

...FETH!

 An Actual Englishman wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
D'ya ever get that weird feeling that all your hopes for plastic Aspects will be for nought as it's just Banshees getting it?

I'd say getting plastic anything is a little more than nought.

Banshees + Exarch + Jain Zar in plastic is a better spot than Eldar were in 2 weeks ago.

True, and that would be two kits, better than nothing. Still, it would be prefered to have the rest of the aspects in plastic with Ynnari variations if that is the road they're going down.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Isn't that forbidden by Vect, on penalty of horrible death?

Drukhari always follow the rules!

They do when Vect will quite happily eff off your entire wing of the city without blinking an eye.

 An Actual Englishman wrote:

 Togusa wrote:
So, I'm starting to think that each faction is gonna get the marine treatment.

Faction Codex:
<Craftworld> <Regiment> <Hive Fleet> books to follow.

With each book realase 1-2 new kits (redoos of out of date kits) or entirely new units and a character or two.

Psychic Awakening will tie it all together providing a campaign book, missions, story and extras.

I think it'll be a little like this except GW have said that there will be at least 2 factions per book so I don't think they'll have anywhere near the detail of the supplements in terms of rules/stratagems/relics etc

The supplements tend to be under 100 pages though whilst the campaign books tend to get quite thick.

 Imateria wrote:

 An Actual Englishman wrote:

 Togusa wrote:
So, I'm starting to think that each faction is gonna get the marine treatment.

Faction Codex:
<Craftworld> <Regiment> <Hive Fleet> books to follow.

With each book realase 1-2 new kits (redoos of out of date kits) or entirely new units and a character or two.

Psychic Awakening will tie it all together providing a campaign book, missions, story and extras.

I think it'll be a little like this except GW have said that there will be at least 2 factions per book so I don't think they'll have anywhere near the detail of the supplements in terms of rules/stratagems/relics etc

The supplements tend to be under 100 pages though whilst the campaign books tend to get quite thick.

they could easily cram everything in a supplement into a campaign book, the only advantages of the supplements where the faction fluff,

 Imateria wrote:

 Mr Morden wrote:
I remember when the Avatar could take Exarch powers - try and get invisibility on it

Make quie a ncie a variant Succubus out the maskless Banshee - they are perfectly servicable models but I have quite a lot of Bashees.....

Asume two to three books - Vigilis was ok but with a very Meh ending, only certain (mainly marines) got anything and they got loads.

Shield of Baal was a much better campaign book imo (especially if they had bothered to put in rules for Sisters in it!)

I'm expecting 1 book focusing on Craftworlds before the next one goes to a different war zone.

Seems like it from the wording.

But also, two to three books?
It’s gonna be way more.

 An Actual Englishman wrote:
Banshees + Exarch + Jain Zar in plastic is a better spot than Eldar were in 2 weeks ago.

From a tautological standpoint, yes, but it'd be a real shame for Eldar to spend all this time with so many old or metal/resin minis only to get a plastic releases for... one of them.

I mean, haven't we been dreaming of a proper Shining Spears kit for literal decades now?

The Banshee looks cool but she looks sort of... I dunno, uninspired? Eldar could be really mystical and interesting but this lady just looks a little bit too usual to their old resin models. That said, I would love to see other Aspects done in plastic.

Also, speaking of the later possibilities of Psychic Awakening; as the Black Rage is a psychic phenomena I wander if this will bring Primaris Death Company to the Blood Angels. Could potentially be pretty badass.
And the idea of this campaign bringing old legends and stories to a proper conclusion could theoretically lead to Dante’s death defending the golden throne from the Tyranids. Leading to an Avatar of Sanguinius model, seeing as he’s whirling around in the warp somewhere?
Just spitballing but some potential cool things happening for the Angels and Tyranids when their campaign book drops.

Danny76 wrote:

 Imateria wrote:

 Mr Morden wrote:
I remember when the Avatar could take Exarch powers - try and get invisibility on it

Make quie a ncie a variant Succubus out the maskless Banshee - they are perfectly servicable models but I have quite a lot of Bashees.....

Asume two to three books - Vigilis was ok but with a very Meh ending, only certain (mainly marines) got anything and they got loads.

Shield of Baal was a much better campaign book imo (especially if they had bothered to put in rules for Sisters in it!)

I'm expecting 1 book focusing on Craftworlds before the next one goes to a different war zone.

Seems like it from the wording.

But also, two to three books?
It’s gonna be way more.

What makes you say that? The other campaigns have been 2-3 books and very little long term content.
'Something for everyone' doesn't make any problems of depth or quantity, just that the releases will be broad across factions.
Which is easily covered by a 'campaign' that isn't stuck on a single planet.