Dark Eldar Special Character Possibilities/Predictions

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**kuro_khan**

Ahra definitely needs to be one. Can't picture what his stats would be...

I predict Asdrubael Vect will stay in his Ravager, but with the stats pumped up (and/or cost lowered) to make up for the recent Codex creep.

Lelith will have regular combat drugs

Kruellagh the Vile will go hang out with the Squats

Decapitator will have a model, and be similar to Marbo (assuming they make the Mandrakes decent)

and some more stuff...

Thoughts?

If this shouldn't be in News and Rumors, please move me to a more appropriate thread.

**Symbio Joe**

In before moved to clairvoyance.

**Flashman**

I think Dark Eldar need more fluffy white rabbits. I find their whole torture porn image a bit oppresive.

**gardeth**

kuro_khan wrote:
Kruellagh the Vile will go hang out with the Squats

Nonsense. She will just get demoted to the role of a Warp Beast Packmaster and have a special unit of black and white spotted warp beasts.

**ricekake87**

wait... theres going o be a new DE codex? Emperor be praised!

or are you guys pulling my you know what?

**H.B.M.C.**

Predictions?

One that everyone will use in every game.
One that everyone will want to use but won't ever get a model.
2 that no one will ever use.
1 that no one will ever use but it gets a model.
And another two that do get models that are both broken, but not quite as broken as the one everyone always uses.

**SagesStone**

How many special characters do they have now?

**kuro_khan**

6:
HQ Vehicle - Decent but overpriced
HQ Wych - Good
HQ Archon - I'd say the worst unit in the entire game
HQ Haemonculus - Meh
HQ Mandrake - Crap, and no model
Retinue Incubi - Awesome

**H.B.M.C.**

n0t_u wrote:How many special characters do they have now?

Not enough!!!!!!!!!!!

**SagesStone**

There's 6, so there will be probably 4-9 special characters in the new one when they do upgrade.

Hopefully they let you take control of an enemy unit when you kill it (but, make it difficult like on a roll or 5+ after they die and they have to take a leadership test with some modifiers), would fit in with how they take slaves.

**sniperjolly**

However, they would suddnely be WS2 and have one attack with no shooting weapons, and you have to run the unit down to do that. Or be worth double kill points, to make up for the massive amount that DE pass out like candy these days.

It's fun seeing the look on your opponents face when he starts to put his models away and you intterupt him to notify him that they are now your slaves and must sit on the sidelines next to the dead pile. "WTF? You can't touch my models, I don't trust you!" "You shoulden't, but you have to, its an DE special rule!" Where does it say that?" *pulls out codex*... o_0...

good times, goooood times...

**jsullivanlaw**

I heard they were getting a special character that allows them to wear power armor and ride piggyback on Grotesques.

**kuro_khan**

Keep your nasty power armor away from my preciouses!

Special rules for Arhra (Ahra?)

Opposing Striking Scorpions must make a leadership test at the beginning of each round, or fall back.
If Karandras is present, he automatically falls back, without taking a test.
All Incubi gain fearless if within 12" of Ahra.

Ok, maybe not the auto-fallback for Karandras, but should be something like that.

**FITZZ**

H.B.M.C. wrote:Predictions?

One that everyone will use in every game.
One that everyone will want to use but won't ever get a model.
2 that no one will ever use.
1 that no one will ever use but it gets a model.
And another two that do get models that are both broken, but not quite as broken as the one everyone always uses.

This.

Actualy,I'd think Vect will make it into the new codex (when ever that may happen),along with Drahzarr (sp) , Urien Rakkarth(sp)and Lelith,other than those,GW may do a bit of "sqauting" in favor of "new and improved must have characters".