Okay, here we go. Apologies this is so long, but it reflects the depth of my confusion and I've got a game day coming up August 8th I want to be at least moderately ready for. What’s up with Endless Spells? There don’t seem to be any associated with our faction on the Pitched Battles Profiles that have been floating around. Surely that doesn’t mean we don’t have access to them? There’s a sidebar in the rules about Battlepacks including notes about whether they can be used or not, but since some factions do have Endless Spells listed in their points profiles, I’m confused. Another thing about Endless Spells. I tracked down and ordered an unopened copy of the original Malign Sorcery boxed set so I’ll soon have all that first batch. Are there any others I need to get hold of? I gather that those faction-specific ones are, well, faction-specific. I have one of those tornado deals but I’ve read that’s not going to be part of the game anymore. Priests! I love my Skink priest models, but chanting prayers is completely new to me, and none of my current warscrolls (from the most recent Seraphon Battletome and the Age of Sigmar app) have anything about them. Is there a book I missed somewhere, like the Malign Sorcery update, which includes information about them? Is that information, perhaps, in the three Broken Realms hardcovers that have been released (Teclis, Be’lakor, and Kragnos)? Speaking of those three books, is there any important rules content them at all? I do plan to get them for lore and art at the least, but I have some models and battle mats taking up my hobby budget over the next month or two. (And what order do I get read them in?) Invocations. These seem to be the the Priestly version of Endless Spells, at least if I’m reading the con/subtext right in the rules, even to the point of there being models for them. I can’t find any model for them on the webstore or lists of the Invocations themselves and who can take them and how. And okay, this is a big one. I’m struggling to understand all the rules associated with 27.0 Allegiance Abilities and 27. 3 Enhancements. 27.2 Battle Traits and 27.2.1 Subfactions. Okay, I think I got this. These are just the Battle Traits on p. 55 of our battletome under Ways of the Seraphon, and then, depending on the subsection, Coalesced or Starborne. 27.3 Enhancements. Each set of allegiance abilities (which I’m used to being Command Traits, Command Traits, Artefacts of Power, and Spell Lores) are given to specific units. I got that. However! There are also now Prayer Scriptures, Mount Traits, Triumphs, Unique Enhancements. Those are new to me (except maybe Triumphs, but I’ll get to that). 27.3.5 Prayer Scriptures. See above, where do I find these? 27.3.6 Triumphs. I think I remember these from fighting Pitched Battles. If I start with fewer points than my opponent there’s a list of stuff I can do, usually once per battle if memory serves. 23.3.7 Unique Enhancements. As with Prayer Scriptures, I’m mystified. Now! Helpfully, there are Universal versions of Enhancements that clue me in a bit (though there are no Universal Endless Spells or Invocations that I’ve seen). But it seems like there should be some Seraphon specific (and indeed, all-factions specific) Prayer Scriptures, Mount Traits, and Unique Enhancements. Oh, and speaking of Mount Traits, those actually don’t receive any sub-rule, explanation, or universal set. So what’s up with those? Will it mean that our Carnosaurs will have to pick between Blood Frenzy and Pinned Down, do you think? Okay, looking back at all of this, it makes me feel like there’s a book I haven’t read, and I”m hoping y’all will be able to point me to it. It may, in fact, be the new Core Rulebook and I’m not alone in my mystification, but it seems unlikely that, for example, that book will include Prayer Scriptures for every faction and Mount Traits for every mount in the game. Sorry this was the length of the Bible.
A lot of your questions should be answered in the the core rule book. The broken realms doesn't add anything new except Kroak's stat block and the special Thunder Lizard battalion, but I'm not sure if you will be able to use it. I would just wait till the new Core Rulebook