Bonereapers have just had another character revealed. Check out one of the final minis we were waiting to see an official GW preview on.
Warhammer Community pulled the curtain back on a model that we were scratching our heads about. You might remember seeing the mini appear in a preview of a magazine from a while back. However, we’ve now got a clear image of what’s coming!
Mortisan Soulmason Hero Revealed
Mortisan Soulmason might sound a little like a named character. However, that’s just the type of unit this Hero is. His job lore-wise is to scour the realms for only the best souls to pack into a skeletal husk. Stormcasts are formed of one soul, while this guy is charged with getting a handful of the best and then bringing them back to un-life in one body.
This is a Mortisan Soulmason – one of the strange and sinister heroes who command the Ossiarch Bonereapers in battle. Like Stormcast Eternals, Ossiarch warriors are formed from the souls of the fallen in the Mortal Realms – but where any given Stormcast warrior is made from a single soul, each Ossiarch is formed from a rich blend of harvested soul-stuff, combined from dozens or even hundreds of different sources to make the perfect warrior.
It’s the Mortisan Soulmasons who are responsible for overseeing this process, working with a butcher’s precision and ruthlessness to find the very best spirits for their dark work.
Clues to How They’ll Play In-Game
No rules have been spotted on the Mortisan Soulmasons. However, WHC did give us a clue as to how the guy would be used. Apparently, he’ll be helping out with the Mortek Crawlers. He may be a Hero you want to keep one or two of in the backfield with your artillery line while the rest of your skele-bois move up. Whether it comes down to the increased range, damage, or may a table to roll on, the model looks great.
Ossiarch Bonereaper Kits Yet to be Revealed
Coming from a Wargames Factory Exports image potted on War of Sigmar:
Originally being talked about was the Zone Mortalis terrain boards possibly coming in plastic. We’ve covered all of that in an earlier post. However, looking at the second bracket, it looks like Ossiarch Bonereapers Endless Spells and Scenery has yet to be revealed. Obviously, we know it’s on the way now as it was on an export manifest. What it comes down to is laying our eyes on the kits themselves.
We’ve covered in detail what could still be lying in wait for the faction next.
As far as the Bonereaper scenery goes, it looks like it’ll be the Bone-Tithe Nexus. A statue of a body with what looks to be four heads serving as an offering spot for tithes.
While it’s in Spanish, some have taken to the internet to translate what it says. It looks like it’ll have four different effects in-game being:
- Punishment of Lethargy (Castigo de Letargo): Choose a unit wholly within 18″ and fully visible. Roll a die, on a 4+ that unit cannot run until your next hero phase, in addition, they may only roll 1D6 to charge instead of 2D6 until your next hero phase.
- Punishment of Death (Castigo de Muerte): Deal 1 mortal wound on a 2+ to an enemy unit within 36″.
- Punishment of Ignorance (Castigo de Ignorancia): Choose an enemy Wizard within 36″ and on a 2+ subtract 1 to casting rolls, shooting, and unbinding until your next hero phase.
- Punishment of Pain (Castigo de Dolor): Choose an enemy unit wholly within 18 and on a 4+, they must subtract 1 to their hit rolls until your next hero phase.
To throw things all together, we still need a better description of:
- Bonreapers endless spells
- Bonereapers faction terrain piece
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