Don’t miss the all the new Traits, Dogmas, & Relics from the Adeptus Mechanicus Codex that’s only one week away from store shelves!
Winters SEO got his hands on an advanced copy of the Ad Mech Codex. While his review was a bit salty, we got a great look at the Warlord Traits, Relics, and Forge World Dogmas. There are a total of 13 Warlord Traits, of which 7 are Forgeworld specific. A total of 15 Relics, with several being Forge World specific. Then we have the Dogmas, which are a mixture of great and not so great. Let’s dive right in!
The Arcana Mechanicum consists of 15 relics, several of which will be Forgeworld specific. We do several relics that have made a return. Belisarius Cawl cannot equip a relic since he already has one. Autocaduceus of Arkhan Land is one of the better ones. The bearer of this relic can recover one wound and, when using a repair ability on a friendly Ad Mech model, you may re-roll the dice to determine how many wounds are regained. Another good one is The Omniscient Mask. This used to be on Rustsalkers and Infiltrators. The Mask allows any nearby friendly Skitarii units within 6″ to re-roll failed hit rolls on the Fight Phase.
Some Forgeworld specific relics are shown as well. Stygies VIII has The Omnissiah’s Hand: the Stygies VIII model that bears this relic can, during the Fight Phase, roll a D6 for every enemy unit within 1″. On a 4+, that unit suffers a mortal wound. Metalica get the Adamantine Arm relic weapon that is Sx3, -3AP, and 3 Damage. Lucius Forgeworld has The Solar Flare: once per game, at the end of the movement phase, the bearer may teleport instead of moving normally. You can then place the model anywhere that is 30″ from the starting position and more than 9″ from enemy models.
There are 13 Warlord Traits, 7 of which are Forgeworld specific. The Forgeworld specific traits are optional, except in Cawl’s case. He will always have Static Pslam-code. Of the Forgeworld specific traits, Metalica’s Ordered Efficiency jumps out as being the strongest. If a friendly Metalica unit is within 6″ of your Warlord when it Falls Back, it can still shoot during that turn but must subtract 1 from that unit’s hit rolls. Agripinaa has Reinforced Exoskeleton: all damage suffered by your Warlord is reduced by 1 (to a minimum of 1).
Stygies VIII has one that will only be effective if facing the right enemy. Xenarite Studies: add 1 to any wound rolls your Warlord makes against units that do not have the Chaos, Imperioum, or Unaligned Faction keywords. Ryza continues to enhance its weapon powers with First-hand Field Testing: when setting up your Warlord, choose one of their weapons (it cannot be a relic) and increase the Strength and Damage characteristics of that weapon by 1.
Of the standard 6 traits, only Necromechanic jumps out at us. When a Warlord uses an ability to repair a friendly model, that model regains 1 additional wound. There are many options that the Adeptus Mechanicus have to regain wounds,
At last we have the Dogmas. Several have already been covered by Community posts. We’ll just give you the ones that have not. Stygies VIII’s Shroud Protocols will have opponents must subtract 1 from their hit rolls when shooting at Stygies VIII units if they are more than 12″ away. This will give you a better chance of resisting damage while gunning it out. Add to this a +1 from cover and you have an army that will hard to hit as they slowly close in.
Ryza’s Dogma does appears to be quite lackluster. Red in Cog and Claw will have Ryza units re-rolling wound rolls in the Fight Phase. However, if your Ryza force consists of Electro-priests, you can pop the Zealous Congregation Stratagem and choose an Electro-priest unit to fight again at the end of your Fight Phase.
What do you think of these Traits, Dogmas, and Relics so far? What were you hoping to see? Let us know in the comments below!
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