New Empire Rules

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UNITS

• Regular knights have dropped by 2pts and there will be mounted Reiksguard knights at 27pts. They are like normal Inner Circle knights but also stubborn.   

• Griffons down to 170pts 

• Also all statetroops except spearmen have gone up 1 points (including crossbows, handgunners and Greatswords).  

• Detachment rule: Detatchments now counts for the same pointscost as the parent unit (for example core, special etc.) They gain the same special rules as the parent unit (stubborn, stupidity etc) and also get the same prayer as the parent unit.  

• Mortars will be S2(6) big plate and get a 33% point increase as well. 

• Great cannon gets a 20% point increase. 

• Steam tank  now T6, 1+ AS. Works differently with a steam engine misfire chart. It moves d6 random move per steampoint used up to 5 and causes d6+d3 per steampoint impact hits.  The effectivness of the main cannon and the steam gun is dependant on how many steampoints you spend on it that turn. the steamtank moves D6 random move per steam point (so it could in theory charge 30") and it does D6+D3 per steampoint impact hits    

• Priests dont generate dispel dice anymore, though they can channel both power and dispel dice.  

• Their prayers though  are much better: One that makes the whole unit reroll wounds. One that gives the unit 5++ in closecombat, and then we have old soulfire that now gives flaming attacks to the unit and damages models in base contact with the priest  

• Witchhunters get some sort of assassin type role in the army i guess. After deployment you pick a model to "accuse of heresy!" and then the witchhunter will be extra strong against that model  

• Engineers can now either pass their BS to 1 war engine per turn OR reroll a dice  

• The rules for sacrificing flagellants have been remade so they can get +1T instead of that +1 combat resolution  

• Helstrom rocketbattery will fire D3 S3 small templates and fire like a normal stonethrower except always indirect fire.  

 MAGIC ITEMS

• Runefang is still in the book at 85pts 

• Helm of the Ratslayer. Fear to everyone, Terror to Skaven but Skaven hate the model wearing it. 15pts 

• AOMI 1+AS and 6++ for 50points 

• Griffonbanner same for 60pts 

• Steel Standard. ignore -1"  movement from barding and reroll 1's on the charge, flee and pursue 

• Mace of Helstrum 50pts 

• Van Horstmans Speculum 40pts 

• Ring of Volans 30/40 points 

• White Cloak redone and 50pts  

So more info available. Discuss!