Games Workshop just gave us another preview of the upcoming Idoneth Deepkin, including a look at some of their rules from the Battletome. Come check out the latest straight from the source.
The new Idoneth Deepkin will be available for pre-order soon, and this week Games Workshop is giving us previews of what we’ll be seeing inside the covers of their Battletome. Let’s take a look at what they had to say about the Namarti and some of their rules.
The Namarti are the largest and lowliest caste in the society of the Idoneth Deepkin, born with withering souls. Namarti must sustain themselves on the stolen souls of others – where the Daughters of Khaine might raid for sport or to give praise to their god, for the Namarti, it’s a matter of life and death.
Lacking eyes, Namarti are hardly encumbered by their blindness and harness their other senses to do their work as menials and builders for the Idoneth Deepkin.
How do the Namarti fight despite being blind? Thanks to a lifetime of specialised training, they can detect minute vibrations in the ethersea – the mystical phenomenon that accompanies the Idoneth Deepkin into battle – and detect their foes just as well as any aelf that could see.
Namarti units make up the core of any Idoneth Deepkin army, with Namarti Thralls being the only standard Battleline unit in the list (though you’ll be able to unlock more, depending on your chosen general).
The Namrti Thralls are going to have a 6″ Move, 1 Wound, 5+ Save, and 6 Bravery. Their weapon, the Lanmari Blade, has a 1″ range, 2 Attacks, a 3+ To Hit/Wound, -1 Rend, and does 1 Damage. This is round about what you would expect from a fast moving infantry unit, but with a 3+ To Hit/Wound and a -1 Rend, these guys seem like they’ll have no problem dishing out some damage. But, once you stack the bonus they can get from Lotann, the Warden of the Souls, they start becoming pretty strong.
There are also all manner of powerful synergies between the Namarti and Isharann characters. Lotann, Warden of the Soul Ledgers, for instance, offers them re-rolls of 1s to hit, while Isharann characters will offer powerful bonuses of their own.
Re-rolling 1’s to hit is going to be a huge advantage for the Namarti. If you look at it, the only roll you miss on out the gate is 2’s, hitting on a 3+, re-rolling 1’s… Sounds like your opponent is going to want to focus these guys down quickly.
So from the looks of this preview, it seems like the Namarti are going to be an essential part of any Idoneth Deepkin army, and we still haven’t seen any of their abilities.
The Namarti will be going on pre-order this weekend, with the second type of Namarti, the Namarti Reavers, going on pre-order in the next few weeks according to GW.
Namarti Thralls $50
Make sure you check back in with us tomorrow when Games Workshop gives us a closer look at the warlike Akhelian. We can’t wait to see what they reveal next!
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