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AoS Second Edition

So the Branchwraith's summoning is tied to a spell--is this the first "unbindable" summoning we've seen?
 
Maybe.
And I just noticed I talked crap earlier.
20 Dryads are 200 points, a Treelord 240
 
Summoning from On High. You have a Slann who is off-board (...looking down from far, far, above** in the Azyr...) but he just keeps sending new stuff in every turn...

**(from a realm far, far, away @NIGHTBRINGER , ”...far, far, away...” :p !)

They’ll never ^ do that. Fits too good with the fluff they wrote.
 
Tokek said:
Slanesh will be limited to specific models (Heroes which are limited) and a condition (inflicting or receiving wounds in combat) which may be more or less restrictive than Seraphon depending on circumstances. Sure they will always take heroes but will they always get to fight?
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Hence it's vastly less restrictive. The restriction on Slaanesh is essentially "do what you're already supposed to be doing". The only way for a slaaneshi-player to not generate any summoning-points would be to be well, amazingly terrible.

However, if the slaaneshi restriction was say "only heralds generate summoning" they'd have th same issue we currently have.

Tokek said:
Although summoning looks strong I am far from convinced that it will be the strongest strategy, let alone being the only viable strategy.[/QOUTE]
Given that summoning is no longer going to cost reinforcement points I would suspect it to be (one of) our strongest aspects. Hell, the only reason it currently isn't our strongest aspect is precisly cuz we need reinforcement points given that we can summon literally anything.
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Anyways, I'm curious how they'l implement our "drawback" for summoning, cuz that'l be what it'l all depend on I guess.

pendrake said:
Summoning from On High. You have a Slann who is off-board (...looking down from far, far, above** in the Azyr...) but he just keeps sending new stuff in every turn...

**(from a realm far, far, away @NIGHTBRINGER , ”...far, far, away...” :p !)

They’ll never ^ do that. Fits too good with the fluff they wrote.
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it would be far better than binding it to the specific model though. Prevents us from being forced to just Always field a slann.[/QUOTE]
 
Wazz said:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/05/25/25th-may-faction-focus-sylvanethgw-homepage-post-3/
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mm, at least now there's 2 factions where the summoning is restricted to specific models. Shame they did't clarify how the branchwraith works, it could've anwsered a lot of questions for us. The summoning from Alleriella is just a 1-shot ability so that's directly tied to her model anyway so all that's needed as a drawback for that is just a cost-increase for her (if anything) as it's easy enough to predict it's value.
 
Alleriella* (lol) is 600 points as of now, that's a heavy point cost for that summon. Granted you get anything you want but still lol.
 
Christopher said:
And Engines of the Gods now figure in to summoning!

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Honestly, this will be so huge for the Engine of the Gods, the biggest drawback it had (rolling 14-17) now has become one of its strenght. We'll have to see the limitations of it though, as in can we really summon anything we want... But I'm really excited nonetheless!
 
Hilariously, both the Engine of the Gods and the Slann Starmaster models have been out of stock at the USA webstore for weeks. And I don't have an Engine of the Gods yet!
 
Christopher said:
Hilariously, both the Engine of the Gods and the Slann Starmaster models have been out of stock at the USA webstore for weeks. And I don't have an Engine of the Gods yet!
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Same here, ordered mine 3 weeks ago at my local game store but no luck yet :(
 
Y'know, we're seeing overlapping and possibly contradictory information from the Summoning article and this nifty graphic. In the article, as we talked about upthread, it was intimated that Slann Starmasters (not just Slann, thus excluding Lord Kroak) and Saurus Astrolith Bearers would perform summoning rituals. You'll recall we were talking about whether that meant they both had to be present and working together.

This graphic, however, just says Slann (thus including Lord Kroak) and adds in the Engine of the Gods. If both sources are correct ("correct") then our summoning mechanics just might be very robust indeed!
 
Hopefully we get our focus tomorrow indeed! I want this mystery solved already! Lmao
 
I think they will split still without having to pay points, the FAQd it so if you start a new unit the most you get is 10. I think it's just that one spell? Not sure never play against them :(
 
Aginor said:
Sylvaneth focus is up on the site.
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Well those filthy abominations had to have a focus sometime unfortunately.

Xasto said:
I like it
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I thought it pretty boring myself.

Aginor said:
Hmmm nice.
Pretty strong as well, Alarielle can reliably summon three Kurnoth Hunters or a Treelord or 20 Dryads once per battle!
So not only small stuff (100 points or so) but the equivalent of ~200 points.

Oh and tomorrow there will be another article about magic.
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Nothing that Fyreslayers can’t handle. That terrible character will return to her grave when my forces get to her.
 
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