Son of Sanguinius rejoice for Mephiston and the Blood Angels are back with all sorts of new abilities and rules for Warhammer 40k!
Posted to Imgur, by former bits ninja smaddox1990, new Blood Angel Datasheets show the updated versions of named Blood Angels characters. Sadly, we still have no idea if Dante, Gabriel, Corbulo, etc. will be getting any changes, but of the stuff that has been spotted, it’s looking pretty good.
Check out these character data cards coming in the new Psychic Awakening Blood of Baal book!
Lemartes is a Level Two Chaplain
Lemartes is keeping the same basic statline as before with his Power Level dropping from 7 to 5. This may translate into a slight points drop as well, but we’re not sure just yet. On top of that, he now knows Litanies that go off on a 3+at the beginning of the turn just like all other Space Marine Chaplains.
There’s an important takeaway here. He knows two Litanies and can recite one. However, it says he knows Litanies from (pg. 58) of the book, making us think that Blood Angels are getting their own table of Litanies as well.
Astorath is the Mac-Daddy Chappy
Astorath is dropping from Power Level 8 to 6 and is keeping his basic statline as well. However, he is THE head honcho for Chaplains in the Blood Angels (and rightfully so) getting to know three Litanies from the mysterious table on (pg. 58) of the book. In addition, instead of being able to recite one, he can recite two each turn. Mix that with his Mass of Doom rule and you’ll have a souped-up fighting force that’ll cause a lump in your enemy’s throat.
Mephiston Might Not Get New Psychic Powers?
Mephiston got a new Primaris model that was just previewed. But beyond that, he is getting an extra wound and attack while his Power Level is staying the same. Everything else looks to be the same for Mephy as per the normal rules he’s always had. But something might cause a little concern for us Blood Angels fans here. It says that he has to pull his psychic powers from the Sanguinary Discipline (See: Codex Blood Angels).
By the way it looks to be worded, although Mephiston is getting a new model AND supplemental book support, there won’t be any changes to the psychic powers. We can’t really complain as Quickening and Wings of Sanguinius are great. But you’d think we’d be getting a bit more if the Blood Angel’s head Librarian got a new model and is releasing alongside a new support book.
With all of these three characters covered, which one looks the best to you? Will you be running Astorath and a ton of Infantry to proc his Mass of Doom? Will you be pre-ordering the new Mephiston model?
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