AoS Second Edition

With the advent of the internet all of it can be found online for free regardless, including those battalion rules. The battalions is just one of the few things GW hasn't bothered to put a pdf online themselfs. Everything else has official pdf's from GW. So yeah, you can get all the rules for free which is quite neat. The books are simply a nice shiny collection of the rules but not actually needed anymore. Just download all the pdf's and put em on a tablet near your gaming table and you have em all as well.

 

Or print em.
Or write them all down yourself with neat kaligraphy
Or chisel them into stone plates.

Plenty of ways to keep the rules around; point being it can be done for free/very cheaply

 

You can technically get the alligence abilities for free too, just not thru GW. When ghb2017 came out I think like 5 people posted all the stuff involving Seraphon here instantly. So it's all kinda free? Lol

 

Let's talk about something that hasn't been the business model for the past 3 years and will be for the foreseeable future... This is a thread about AoS2 afterall.

How do people feel about endless spells? I think the fact they come as their own suppliment and book is pretty cool, makes them pretty optional and adds some good depth to the game. Will be interested to see how they play out in practicality, I know for sure I'll be picking them up.

The spell that gives bonus to save against range weapons is nice, very useful.

 

Don't forget that "look out sir!" will be there to put some serious longevity onto some heroes now, something Seraphon in particular were very very weak against.

 

The cover spell is going to be awesome! The heal spell is going to be really clutch for Maggotkin, beastclaw and Ironjawz, well anyone with multiwounds lol. It is cool it does bring stuff back too (I think) they changed some of the generic scenery rules as well. One gives you a 5+ fnp and deadly does d3 mortal wounds instead of killing!

 

I like em for the most part. Just a few things I worry about.

1) How will this work with the rule of 1? Limiting the amount of burning heads to 1 is probably acceptable, even if you don't like the rule of 1, but for example that prysmatic barrier seems like something you'd want to cast multiple of otherwise it'l just be a weak gimmick.

2) How do your wizards "learn" the spell? They cost points, is the point cost per cast? Per wizard? Just once for the entire army?

3) Maybe a tad too damage focussed. Though it is at least a very good start towards fleshing out magic

4) How's dispelling going to work exactly? If it's too easy you're going to end up in a situation where your "endless" spell lasts all the way till your opponents next hero phase...

I hope they'l slightly adapt it to work for all singular model units. Stuff like skryre warpflame throwers really need the same protection.

I'm curious if this'l also mean some of the more sturdy "support" heroes like some of the SCE will lose a bit of their base-stats to ensure they're not too overpowered

 

I believe they said something about your opponant being able to take them over... Could be wrong, we'll have to wait and see. Should be a fun mechanic, but maybe not for use in every game.

 

To be honest it was no different during 8th edition. All the pdfs were available online if one were so inclined.

To be honest I think there is happy medium to be found. The old WFB way was quite unfair because some of the armies were simply forgotten. It was okay if you were playing Orcs & Goblins for instance but much less so if you fancied Bretonnia. Additionally, the infrequency of the FAQs was brutal. On the other hand, I think that the yearly updates via the GHB might be a bit too much (at least for my liking). While you want to avoid stagnation, you also want to allow for sufficient time so that players can settle in a bit. Of course it is difficult for me to judge because I don't really know how significant the changes are from one GHB to another. Are they equivalent to a FAQ/errata or are they small changes or significant changes or drastic changes.

My preference would likely lie somewhere in between.

Sounds familiar.

 

@Ritual the person who goes 2nd gets to move the first spell, then they alternate.

 

https://www.warhammer-community.com...-stormcast-eternals-part-2gw-homepage-post-3/

 

I wonder how many of the other factions will get a "part 2".

 

I guess none)

I believe SCE and Nighthaunts will receive even №3 "What's coming next"