GW revealed some Horus Heresy Emperor’s Children rules ahead of the new edition- check out what this Space Marines legion can do!
With the release of the starter and new edition imminent, it’s time for GW to start revealing rules. This time around, they are focusing on the 3rd legion, but we’ve also seen some Horus Heresy playtest rules rumors for other legions here, so if you’re more worried about what the other legions might be up to, be sure to check those out.
Warhammer Community showed off some new legion-specific rules; let’s check them out!
Horus Heresy Emperor’s Children Rules Revealed!
Drawn from Terra’s most aristocratic households, the Third Legion’s impeccable table manners made them ideal envoys for the Great Crusade. It takes a lot to outshine Custodes, but these Astartes even served as standard bearers for the Emperor himself – and after sacrificing themselves to protect the Master of Mankind during a devious assassination attempt, they earned the rare honour of bearing His personal sigil, the Palatine Aquila.
Sadly, the glory days weren’t to last – the Emperor’s Children were struck by a gene-seed blight that withered the Legion to a fraction of its strength. Fortunately, the surviving members realised that a hundred warriors could match a thousand warriors, so long as each of them was ten times as good. While some might suggest that “pride goeth before destruction”, they were probably just jealous of the Legion’s hard-earned individual superiority.
Let’s hope the rules really portray that combat excellence!
In the new edition of Warhammer: The Horus Heresy, these exquisite killing blows manifest through the Flawless Execution of spectacular charges that defy the expected order of combat, wiping out your foe before they can respond! You might also notice that their tanks are extremely good at pulling off a deadly Reaction – more on those abilities later…
Being able to attack first against most other legions is always going to be strong, and then getting +1 to hit on you defensive weapons will hopefully help you dish out the damage.
Even on the rare occasions you find yourself losing a fight, you can still rely on your inspiring Warlord Traits to see you through. With a rousing speech – and a reminder not to embarass him in front of the enemy – an Emperor’s Children Warlord can become a Paragon of Excellence and encourage his followers to the heights of perfection that their Primarch demands.
Reactions are going to be pretty strong, so getting more of them is always nice. Then, it’s cool that your units get buffed when passing morale checks as it shows they just aren’t willing to lose!
Fulgrim
Fulgrim’s charisma quickly won over Horus, and he even built relationships with notoriously moody Primarchs like Perturabo and Konrad Curze. More surprisingly, he struck up a legendary friendship with Ferrus Manus over a shared love of craftsmanship. In a symbolic gesture of true bromance, they forged each other magnificent weapons – Fulgrim received the sword Fireblade, whilst Ferrus was gifted Forgebreaker.
Well, when you’re the best-looking Primarch out there with a ton of charisma, you’re bound to win over your brothers. Unfortunately, they didn’t show off his rules, but we have spotted some for Lucius!
He has some serious combat prowess with all kinds of wargear. Then the warlord trait will benefit him when in a challenge, and his unit doesn’t use up slots for reactions, meaning you can get an extra for free.
As a supreme duelist, he is obviously great at challenges, and it has all kinds of benefits.
Emperor’s Children Legion Specific Rules
The Cacophony is great at taking out other infantry units with 3 shots each. Plus, it has a serious range and more!
They have some really cool special wargear for both melee and shooting.
There are some awesome benefits, plus 30 points really aren’t that bad.
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