via WarCom
The accursed Idolators of the Dread Households are busily bathing the joints of their masters’ war machines in blood, offering sacrifices to warp-charged engines, and bolting as many spikes onto twisted hulls as possible. That’s right, the dark knights will soon thunder into action in the upcoming Chaos Knights Army Set, which features the new Knight Abominant and two loping War Dogs – alongside a special edition of the new Codex: Chaos Knights.
Battle-forged armies containing a Chaos Knights Detachment can grant a Favour of the Dark Gods to any Knight in their army. That model gains the keyword associated with its patron god, as well as a powerful new ability – and even a Favoured ability, which you’ll unlock by reaching a certain tally of kills. Naturally, the bigger your Knight, the more kills you’ll need to offer before the gods take notice.
Khorne’s Blood Shield offers an answer to such trickery – give a Knight the KHORNE keyword and you’ll be able to shut downall invulnerable saves (for your foe and yourself*) once per battle.
At least, that’s once per battle normally. Offer enough skulls to Khorne – say, from Dark Reapers who just lost their fancy Aspect Armour invulnerable save – and you’ll get the chance to trigger the ability a second time.
There are 15 Favours in all, each with a points cost (and Power Rating increase) suited to each class of Knight. It’s one Favour per Knight, and no duplicate Favours – the gods are a jealous lot – but with so many to choose from, there’s no need to double-up.