AoS Realm specific spells

Here are some realm specific spells, short version.
Now we can talk about the spells at least.


Ulgu:
1. Labyrinth of Sorrows, Cast 5+, Half movement of 1 enemy unit within 12"
2. Crown of Asphyxiation, Cast 6+, A 4+ chance to cause one mortal wound to all enemy units within x" (unreadable, single digit. Maybe 8)
3. The Enfeebling, Cast 6+, everyone rerolls all wound rolls against one enemy unit within 12"
4. Phantasmal Guardian, Cast 6+, caster gets 5+ ward save against all wounds.
5. Bridge of Shadows, Cast 6+, teleport a friendly unit within 12" to somewhere within 24", usual restrictions apply.
6. Aetheric Tendrils, Cast 6+, d3 damage to one enemy unit within 12". If it is a hero or monster you can make it walk 4"

 

Hysh:

1. Exorcising Beam, Cast 6+, one unit within 12" suffers d3 wounds, d6 if it is demons or death
2. Light of Battle, Cast 5+, no battleshock for one unit within 18"
3. Vengeful Illumination, Cast 7+, +1 to all ranged hit rolls against one enemy unit within 18"
4. Aetheric Net, Cast 6+, pick point within 18", roll for friends and enemies within 3". On a 4+ do 1 wound, and half their move
5. Healing Glow, Cast 7+, heal d3 on a friendly within 6"
6. Banishment, Cast 8+, force teleport an enemy unit within 12" to somewhere within 24". Usual restrictions apply.

 

Aqshy:

1. Stoke Rage, Cast 6+, one friendly unit within 12" gets +1 on wound and charge rolls
2. Inferno Blades, Cast 6+, one friendly unit within 12" gets +1 on damage of all melee weapons
3. Fiery Blast, Cast 7+, pick point within 18", roll for friends and enemies within 3". On a 4+ do d3 wounds
4. Glare of Vulcatrix, Cast 8+, pick one enemy unit within 9", roll higher than wounds characteristic to slay one model
5. Parch, Cast 6+, pick one enemy within 18", halve their move, also roll a dice whenever they charge, on a 5+ they get d3 wounds
6. Incandescent Form, Cast 6+, -1 to hit against the caster.

 

Shyish:

1. Word of Ending, Cast 6+, pick hero within 12", roll higher than the number of wounds it already suffered, on success do d3 wounds
2. Night's Touch, Cast 8+, pick friendly within 6", that makes it ignore all armor modifiers
3. Soulshard, Cast 6+, pick a friendly within 12", that one becomes spell immune
4. Unnatural Darkness, Cast 6+ or maybe 8+ (unreadable), pick friendly within 12", -1 to hit for everyone attacking it.
5. Soulflay, Cast 7+, pick enemy hero within 12", d3 wounds, if the d3 says 3, substract 2 from bravery as well
6. Ehereal Guide, Cast 6+, and then add 1 to hit rolls for the caster

 

Chamon:

1. Rain of Lead, Cast 6+, pick enemy within 18", d3 wounds, -1 to move
2. Curse of Rust, Cast 7+. pick enemy within 12", -1 to hit and save for that unit
3. Molten Gaze, Cast 6+, pick point within 12", draw line from there to caster, every unit there suffers 1 wound
4. Rule of Burning Iron, Cast 8+, pick enemy within 12", roll a dice for every model in the unit, every 6+ does 1 wound
5. Glittering Robe, Cast 6+, re-roll saves of 1 for the caster.
6. Transmutation, Cast 7+, pick enemy unit within 18", roll 3 dice, each roll higher than wounds characteristic kills one model.

 

Ghur:

1. The Amber Spear, Cast 6+, pick point within 12", draw line from there to the caster, every unit there suffers 1 wound.
2. Bestial Spirit, Cast 6+ pick enemy within 18", it suffers d3 wounds. If the d3 is a 3, then also -1 to bravery
3. Flock of Doom, Cast 6+, pick enemy within 18", roll 12 dice, every 6+ does 1 wound
4. Impenetrable Hide, Cast 6+, re-roll all saves for the caster
5. Cower, Cast 6+, pick monster within 12", roll 2d6, if you beat its bravery it cannot charge
6. Primal Hunter, Cast 8+, pick friendly hero within 12", re-roll charge and hit rolls

 

Ghyran:

1. Whipvines, Cast 5+, pick point within 18", roll dice for enemy units within 3", on 4+ do 1 wound
2. Mirrorpool, Cast 6+, teleport caster 18", usual restrictions apply.
3. Realmblood, Cast 7+, Caster heals d3 wounds
4. Briarstorm, Cast 6+, pick point within 18". all units that end a move within 3" of there suffer d3 wounds
5. Flesh to Stone, Cast 7+, force re-roll on successful wound rolls against the caster
6. Sicklewind, Cast 7+, pick point within 12", draw line from there to the caster, every unit there suffers d3 wounds.

 

That's where I got them from. But the quality sucks and I wanted to have them shorter.


Overall I think they could have been more creative with the spells. I like some of them just because they are different from the two spells we previously had, but IMO they should have included a few more weird ones.

 

I don't know yet. I'll have to read through the list a few times more.

If they are halfway balanced I would say choosing one at random is OK. It adds a non-plannable element to the game, which is something I like. I dislike that the metagame is often more important than reacting to what is actually on the table. watching battle reports from tournament it seems there are a few lists out there that almost don't require skill nor knowlwdge from the player, just the list. Just because they are optimized so much already. It is more or less "use ability X on the biggest unit the enemy has, if it works do XYZ and you win"

A bit of a random element you have to react to is a good thing IMO.

 

Why not?
Just pick a random realm and that's it.
Or let each player pick a realm and he gets those spells.
Or let each layer pick one but they have to roll off which one it is.

But no, no official word on that yet.

I hope for one of the above options because it would be a shame if we were were denied a few more spells. Every realm has at least one or two good ones.

 

Yeah it all does sound kinda awesome.

Btw I thought about the Starseer lately and I think he also might be interesting to look at for AoS2 lists despite his high point cost.
That's because with all the spell slinging going on the rerolls can really come in handy, forcing your opponent to reroll his dispells for example.

 

The only real use I see is against massive hordes, such as a group of 40 Skeletons or 30 Bonesplitterz archers.

I think I would use another spell, and here is why:
That teleported unit will probably not make it. So you just killed 80 points.
The purple sun has a casting value of 9. That's not easy. And if you are back there behind the enemy lines they will be in range to unbind the spell attempt.
It may do great damage, that's true, but only on a 6+
The purple sun is 100 points that you cannot use for anything else.
It isn't too easily dispelled, that's at least something, but it might actually not do much, because when you cast it you have to be 9" away from the enemy and cast it wholly within 6" of yourself. So it will need 3" of its move to get toward the enemy and then it only has 6" left to fly somewhere and hit more than one or two units.
If the enemy is not spread around much there might not be enough room to place it between enemy units, which limits its damage potential even more.