With Book 8 right around the corner a lot of information is coming about and today we have a list of changes to expect on your Legions.
These are posted up I believe originally by Garro.
Note that this only includes comments on rules that have changed and are already in the public arena, so no information is included on the Daemon list or new Astartes units/rules.
Legiones Astartes: Blood Angels
- None
Blood Angels Legion-specific wargear
- Deathfire on Blade of Perdition clarified
- Assault cannons now cost +10 more points to put on vehicles
- Assault cannon has special notes about what happens in the case of replacing twin-linked weapons; the replacement is a single weapon
- Swapping a Predator Cannon for an Assault Cannon is now +5 points more expensive
RoW: Day of Revelations
- Added Subteranean Assault units to those not allowed and tweaked some wording
RoW: Day of Sorrows
- Changed ‘Stubborn’ to ‘Fearless’ in Resolute Defence
- Sweeping Advance clause in Bloody-handed removed
- Bloody-handed no longer forces Sweeping Advances
Chapter Master Raldoron
- None
Legiones Astartes: White Scars
- Swift Action no longer triggers buff after moving in the Assault phase, rule only triggers after movement phase (not, this like it always has, still gives the buff in the shooting phase, Pete)
- Swift action also no longer gives you a cover save
- To Laugh in Death's Face re-worded to prevent you taking more Heavy Support than Fast Attack
White Scars Legion-specific wargear
- New toy for Independent Characters! The Shamshir Jetbike! Basically a Scimitar with a different gun called the Scatterbolt Launcher.
- Power Glaive increased by +10 points
RoW: Chogorian Brotherhood
- Heavy Support even more restricted, to a max of one!
- Addition downside of bonus VP's for the enemy if they kill all your bikes/jetbikes
- Oddly, not been updated to include the Shamshir Jetbike for the character.
RoW: The Sagyar Mazan
- Serpent’s Eye clarified to specify it only works on White Scars
Qin Xa
- None
Talons of the Emperor
- Separates out Custodes, Sisters*, Assassins* and Ordo Sinister* as separate army lists, which can be blended together
* None of these have rules in this book
- All references to Misericordia removed from army list
Legio Custodes Wargear
- Praesidium Shield brought in line with FAQ
Legion Custodes Shield Captain
- Arae Shrikes increased by +8 points
- Teleportation Transponder increased by +5 points
- Archaeotech Pistol decreased by -10 points
- Praesidium Shield decreased by -5 points
- Digital lasers increased by +5 points
- Solarite Power Talon & pair both decreased by -5 points
- Paragon Spear increased by +5 points
- Tribune upgrade increased by +25 points!
Constantin Valdor
- Increased cost by +50 points!
Legion Custodes Hetaeron Guard Squad
- Increased starting cost by +40 points
- Arae Shrikes increased by +13 points/model!
- Solarite Power Talon decreased by -5 points
- Paragon blade increased by +10 points
- Vexilla & MC Power Weapon increased by +15 points
- Vexilla & Sentinel Warblade increased by +10 points
Legion Custodes Acquilon Terminator Squad
- Increased starting cost by +30 points
- Arae Shrikes increased by +13 points/model!
- Gained +1 Wound
Legio Custodes Contemptor-Achillus Dreadnought
- Increased cost by +15 points
Legion Custodes Custodian Guard Squad
- Arae Shrikes increased by +13 points/model!
- Vexilla & MC Power Weapon increased by +15 points
- Vexilla & Sentinel Warblade increased by +10 points
Legion Custodes Sentinel Guard Squad
- Arae Shrikes increased by +13 points/model!
- Solarite Power Talon decreased by -5 points
- Vexilla & MC Power Weapon increased by +15 points
- Vexilla & Sentinel Warblade increased by +10 points
Legion Custodes Coronus Grav Carrier
- Increased cost by +40 points!
- Reduced front armour by -1!
- Searchlight upgrade incorporated for free
Legio Custodes Agamatus Jetbike Squadron
- None
Legio Custodes Pallas Grav-attack Squadron
- Increased cost/model by +10 points
- Searchlight upgrade incorporated for free
Legio Custodes Venetarii Squad
- None
Legion Custodes Sagittarum Guard Squad
- Cost/additional model decreased by -5 points
- Arae Shrikes removed as an option
- Gained option for Solarite Power Gauntlets at +15 points/model
- Vexilla & Adrathic Devastator increased by +5 points
Legion Custodes Caladius Grav-tank
- Increased cost by +25 points
- Arachnus Heavy Blaze Cannon cost increased by +10 points
- Searchlight upgrade incorporated for free
Legio Custodes Contemptor-Galatus Dreadnought
- Increased cost by +15 points
- Dreadnought Praesidium Shield now works similarly to the updated infantry version
Legio Custodes Telemon Heavy Dreadnought
- Increased cost by +20 points
- Arachnus Storm Cannon upgrade increased by +10 points
Legion Custodes Orion Assault Dropship
- Increased cost by +10 points
NEW UNIT: Legio Custodes Ares Gunship (has a picture too!)
- 25pts more than the newly-priced Orion
- No transport capacity
- Has two bombs amounting to 3 old Imperial Guard Griffons each, with ignores cover. Not so great against power armour.
- New main cannon: Arachnus Magna-blaze cannon. Turn it up to 11. Not D.
Daemonology (Psychic Powers)
Pages 254-255 list an updated set of rules for Malefic Daemonology psychic powers, which should be used instead of the AoD rulebook ones. Here’s an outline of the changes.
Summoning - Replaces ‘Lesser Daemons’ with ‘Ruinstorm Lesser Daemons’
Cursed Earth - No change
Dark Flame - No change
Infernal Gaze - No change
Sacrifice - Replaces ‘Daemonic Herald’ with ‘Ruinstorm Daemon Chosen’
Incursion - Replaces ‘Daemonic Beasts’ with ‘Ruinstorm Daemon Beasts or Ruinstorm Daemon Brutes’
Possession - Replaces ‘Greater Daemon’ with ‘Ruinstorm Greater Daemon or Ruinstorm Daemon Shrike’
Legiones Astartes
Legion Sicaran Omega Tank Destroyer Squadron
- Decreased cost by -15 points
- Can now be taken in squadrons of 1-2!
- Sustained Burn now AP1
- Automatically Explodes! if it Gets Hot’s itself to death
Legion Sicaran Punisher Assault Tank Squadron
- Increased cost by +10 points
- No longer loses a turn of shooting when it uses Rolling Thunder!
Legion Sicaran Arcus Strike Tank
- None
