CULTS
Q: Hi,Drek can you tell me if the Khorne berserkers are being equiped with bolter,boltpistol and ccw and do you know if they have any options like plasmapistols or assault weapons etc
A: Zerks are armed with CCW and BP, they have the option for plasma pistols as they do now
Q: Are Noise Marines still the same points?
A: I think I am gonna avoid specific points costs. Noise Marines are the cheapest of the Cult marines (before Sonic weaponry) but the difference isnt that big.
Q: I assume Noise Marines can take a heavy weapon with only 6-strong squad?
A: Yes
Q: How many Doom Sirens can you take per squad (still 3?)
A: Only the Champ can get one.
Q: Do combat drugs still exist?
A: No
GREATER DAEMONS
Q: Are the costs for Greater Demons more like the ones for the Great uncle one or more like those of the Blood Demon?
A: GDs are dirt cheap, I mean REAL cheap.
Q: Does the Daemonic Chains still exist?
A: No
LESSER DAEMONS
Q: Do daemons have Rending or anything like that?
A: No rending
CYBOTS
Q: Any remarkable changes about the Chaos Cybots? I know they will be Elite and that something changed a little in the blood frenzy table, but has something REALLY changed?
A: Nothing major here.
ICONS / MORALE
Q: Am I right, that all CSMs with icons get no Morale-Benefit (besides the undivided icon)?
A: Correct! Though the icon is called Chaos Glory now instead of Undivided.
VEHICLE UPGRADE
Q: The daemonic possession for vehicles has changed? Can You tell us in which way (does it work like the machine spirit now)? Any hint about cost increase?
A: It hasn't changed much. It does what it used to do but it drops the BS of the vehicle to 3. The biggest change is that it no longer makes a vehicle not a transport. It is a little cheaper too.
DEFILER
Q: Does the defiler have still daemonic possession included?
A: Yes. The defiler is a nice piece of machinery. It has the potential to have 5 base attacks and comes with fleet. Not at all bad for the points. Another intersting note, it is no longer a monstrous creature but it has Dread CCWs.
CHAOS SPAWNS
Q: Any hints about the Chaos Spawns? Are they similar to the actual ones (the ones you can buy as wargear)?
A: Spawns changed and kinda wierdly. They don't take up any FOC slots, are deployed like Fast Attack, are more expensive and lost their save. The wird thing is, they have Slow and Purposeful but are catagorized as beasts. Which makes me scratch my head.
OBLITERATORS
Q: Did Obliterators increase or decrease in point costs?
A: Neither (Their points have not changed.)
VINDICATOR
Q: Can You confirm the vindicator as Heavy Support Choice?
A: Yes.
TERMINATORS
Q: is the reaper AC changing, and is it still one for 3 terminators?
A: No change on stats. You can only have 1 RAC. When You have a full squad of Terms (10) you can take 2 RAC.
Q: Can chaos terminator lords join a terminator squad or retinue before the start of the game, allowing them to deep strike together?
A: Not that I see anywhere.
You can give the lord a personal icon (it is very cheap) so that if he rolls reserves before the Terminators, they can appear next to him. You will also most likely already have the terminators marked, so if they come in first, the lord can follow when he rolls on.
POSSESSED
Q: Do possessed get a pistol and close combat weapon as well? So three attacks?
A: Nope. They have two attacks and thats it.
ABADDON
Q: any real specifics on Abbaddon?
A: He is very expensive but he is an absolute bad ass. They seem to have somewhat reincarnated his 2nd edition persona as being favoured of Chaos. He has the equivalent of every mark (increased toughness, attacks, 4+ Invulnerable, increased In) and his blessing of the gods make him immune to instant death. You really pay for it though, this guy is very expensive but he is very much what he should be in game.
Q: Must/May Abby take a terminator retinue of some kind, and if so, does he grant any benefits to them?
A: No retinues of any kind.
FLUFF
Q: are the Red Corsairs, the new ultramarines of chaos?
A: Not sure what you mean by this. They have some featured fluff in the book but so do a lot of legions. The armies pictured in the book seem to be mainly Black Legion.
There are no traits or anything else. You could build the same army wether you painted them as Iron Warriors or Alpha Legion. As far as what is featured visually, Black Legion and Red Corsairs have a good bit in there. There are a TON of new Legions I haven't seen before and they delve into the fluff of renegades a good bit. The new book is definitely focused on Renegades as opposed to organized Legions that have been around for millenia. I like the color schemes and names of some of the legions in the book. I am gonna canabalize quite a bit of my Loyalist marines and use a mishmash of pieces to make my Chaos force. I think it wil offer a bunch of diversity with the Chaos forces people will see from now on. It lacks specific traits but definitely encourages DIY Chaos Legions much like the SM Codex did.[/b]
