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Chaos Space Marines 40k Rules For Psychic Awakening

alpha legion wal horGet ready for a huge wave of Chaos Legion-specific rules to shake up the game. More 40k Chaos Space Marine rules previews are here, check out the latest.

Moving into book two of Psychic Awakening, Faith & Fury, a multitude of Traitor Legions are also getting covered. Warhammer Community gave us an early look at what’s ahead for the forces of Chaos in power armor.

A Surprise Nurgle Relic

g'holl'ax fist of decay nurgle relic

Note it’s not Death Guard, this relic however can only go to a Nurgle model using a power fist. However, it slaps like a thunder hammer and a 2+ always counts as a successful wound! Talk about a bad touch.

Word Bearers Support

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word bearers daemonic whispers

Going into one of their Legion Warlord Traits, Daemonic Whispers will give you a free bonus D3 CP. Plus, your Warlord gets a free once per battle reroll for hits, wounds, or saves. The biggest bonus is definitely the free CP here but re-rolls are a nice CP savings too!

word bearers stratagem apostle of the dark council

Word Bearers also have the ability to bring a souped-up Dark Apostle with him getting to know and chant an extra prayer. It only makes sense that these guys would have the best Dark Apostles though…

Night Lords Support

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night lords vox daemonicus

Jumping to the Night Lords relic, the Vox Daemonicus can only be held by an Infantry model (easy enough). However, this guy turns any aura abilities from the opponent to a maximum range of 1″. Plus, nothing can Deepstrike within 12″, just like the Primaris Phobos Captain. This relic is sick.

night lords stratagem we have come for you

We have Come for You is a way of keeping a unit tied up in combat as long as the requirements are met. This can be brutal if you’re wanting to keep one of your units alive by bear-hugging your opponent.

Alpha Legion Support

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alpha legion warlord trait cult leader

If you plan on spamming Cultists in your game, you can gain the chance of throwing an additional -1 AP on their attack. It’s especially nice because this can be for ranged and melee attacks.

alpha legion stratagem sabotaged armoury

This is the Big Kahuna Strat that’s too good to pass up. If your opponent has a knack for bringing “fluffy” T8 Knight spam lists to your games, why not make him sweat with his vehicles blowing up on a non-rerollable 3+

Iron Warriors Support

Iron Warriors

 

iron warriors warlord trait siege master

Hope you got your Chaincannons ready on all those Havocs because they’re about to get a lot more silly with Iron Warriors. Havoc gunline, anyone?

GW also mentioned some kind of relic coming to the Warpsmiths:

The Iron Warriors have an Artefact that upgrades the Warpsmith’s mechatendrils to MEGA-mechatendrils just in case anyone gets too close to your war machines. 

Emperor’s Children Support

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emperors children relic raiment revulsive

Moving into the Emperor’s Children, this bearer becomes the perfect warrior. He can reroll everything a hit and wound but not his charge roll! A Chaos Smash Captain may be underway, folks.

emperors children stratagem elixirs

Used in the mustard phase, Combat Elixirs might be better suited for a smashy character like the one we mentioned above. Or you can use it on a giant squad of Noise Marines to bring them to T5. Whatever your need, you have four options to pick from for 2cp

World Eaters Support

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world eaters warlord trait disciples of khorne

This guy gets extra angry when an enemy character has the audacity to challenge him to combat. If your Warlord does find himself going head-to-head against another character, you get to reroll all your hits and wounds. They just have to be worthy enough of a warrior (having 5+ wounds).

world eaters relic gorefather

Gorefather, another one of Angron’s axes can be given to another angry Marine. This relic slaps about like a slightly weaker thunder hammer on base stats alone. However, if you roll a 6 to hit, they take an automatic 3 mortal wounds. Yikes.

With all of these Chaos goodies uncovered, which Legion are you looking to start? Are all of these rules fluffy for the Legion they originate from?

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