Cultists 2023.1.0

The Balance Update turns gold.

2023 beta 1
Rules updates
• Nobody Expects…
• Daemonic Summon: the cultist player can use 4 tokens on 1st turn if he does not start; use Special Ambush
• Pledged to Darkness: rewording
• Ledger of Souls
• Crown of Hubris available
• Scurrying Veil: rewording
• Gem of Faith’s Tithe: champion no longer suffers a wound on successful cast
• Lifeforce Talisman: Dominant
• Removed manifestations: Withering Vapour, Cloven Hooves, Charged Tendrils, Dextrous Tentacles, Grasping Proboscis
• Sorcerous Antennae: move to Sloth
• Brimstone Secretions: rewording
• Centipede Legs: +1″ ↗ +2″ Advance Rate
• Greenfire Eyes: active when at least one model in unit has it (instead of all models)
• Venom Sacs: rewording
• + Segmented Shell
• Stiff Upper Lip: rewording
• Aura of Despair: change rules
• Cult Leader: gain Hideout option
• Cultists: infiltrators gain Skirmisher
• Succubi: lose Talon Scythes, gain Smother; lose Smothering Coils option, gain Dark Hide and Divining Snout options
• Imps: lose Charged Tendrils option, gain Aura of Despair and Dark Hide options
• Threshing Engine: gain Horns of Hubris option
• Hellhounds: lose Hellish Growl, gain Extra Support (2); lose Grasping Proboscis option, gain Horns of Hubris option
• Titanslayer Chariot: Mountain Breaker rewording; lose Divining Snout option, gain Hammer Hand option
• Mageblight Gremlins: gain Extra Support (3)
• Clawed Fiends: gain Dark Hide option
• Hoarders: gain Segmented Shell option
• Blazing Glory: gain Horns of Hubris option
• Hope Harvester: lose Segmented Shell option, gain Iron Husk option
• Furies: gain Dark Hide option
• Veil Serpents: lose Writhing Nightmares option, gain Venom Sacs option

Balance Changes
• Sorcerous Antennae 40 ↘ 35
• Kaleidoscopic Flesh 20 ↘ 10
• Centipede Legs 10 ↘ 5
• Chitinous Scales 10 ↘ 5
• Dark Hide 10 ↘ 5
• Greenfire Eyes 40 ↘ 25
• Broodmother 35 ↘ 25
• Smothering Coils 15 ↘ 10
• Mesmerising Plumage 40 ↗ 50
• Sorcerous Antennae 10 ↘ 5
• Segmented Shell 5 ↗ 15
• Aura of Despair 50 ↘ 0
• Whipcrack Tail 30 ↗ 40
• Incendiary Ichor 30 ↘ 10
• Cult Leader 200 ↘ 170
• Cult Leader Master of Ritual 80 ↗ 100
• Cult Leader The Dishonoured 5 ↗ 10
• Daemon Symbiote 190 ↘ 180
• Daemon Symbiote Offensive Skill 5 ↘ 4
• Daemon Symbiote Great Weapon 10 ↘ 5
• Daemon Symbiote Halberd 10 ↘ 5
• Daemon Symbiote Kinslayers free ↗ 5
• Cultists Kinslayers free ↗ 1
• Lemures 235 + 23/model ↘ 220 + 20/model
• Lemures Unnatural Roots 40 ↗ 45
• Succubi 225 + 17/model ↗ 240 + 18/model
• Myrmidons 215 + 21/model ↘ 190 + 20/model
• Imps 190 + 14/model ↗ 190 + 15/model
• Imps Mark of the Eternal Champion 25 ↗ 30
• Imps Firestarter (Hand of Heaven) 60 ↗ 50
• Profane Idol Heretic Golem free ↗ 10
• Profane Idol Wicker Man 10 ↘ free
• Possessed Kinslayers free ↗ 1/model
• Ritual Altar 190 ↘ 170
• Ritual Altar Grand Council 60 ↗ 70
• Threshing Engine 155 ↘ 140
• Threshing Engine Legion Thresher 150 ↗ 180
• Threshing Engine Divining Snout 20 ↗ 25
• Eidolons Kaleidoscopic Flesh 6/model ↘ 5/model
• Eidolons Sorcerous Antennae 30 ↘ 25
• Eidolons Champion 120 ↗ 130
• Hellhounds 170 + 19/model ↘ 150 + 20/model
• Hellhounds Centipede Legs 2/model ↘ 1/model
• Titanslayer Chariot 205 ↘ 200
• Titanslayer Chariot Centipede Legs 20 ↘ 15
• Mageblight Gremlins 140 + 25/model ↗ 140 + 30/model
• Mageblight Gremlins Greenfire Eyes 5/model ↘ 2/model
• Mageblight Gremlins Living Shield 10/model ↘ 9/model
• Mageblight Gremlins Piercing Spike 10/model ↘ 8/model
• Mageblight Gremlins Venom Sacs 15/model ↗ 17/model
• Clawed Fiends 250 + 95/model ↗↘ 255 + 90/model
• Clawed Fiends Piercing Spike 12/model ↗ 13/model
• Clawed Fiends Broodmother 17/model ↘ 6/model
• Hoarders 270 + 115/model ↗ 280 + 120/model
• Hoarders Divining Snout 7/model ↘ 5/model
• Hoarders Mirrored Scales 18/model ↗ 21/model
• Sirens 180 + 18/model ↘ 170 + 16/model
• Sirens Centipede Legs 1/model ↗ 2/model
• Sirens Roaming Hands 6/model ↘ 5/model
• Sirens Hammer Hand 9/model ↘ 8/model
• Blazing Glory Bronze Backbone 35 ↘ 30
• Hope Harvester 295 ↘ 285
• Hope Harvester Aura of Despair 50 ↘ 25
• Hope Harvester Chilling Yawn 65 ↘ 55
• Brazen Beasts 340 + 95/model ↘ 330 + 90/model
• Brazen Beasts Centipede Legs 8/model ↘ 5/model
• Brazen Beasts Red Haze 24/model ↘ 21/model
• Furies 135 + 9/model ↗ 140 + 9/model
• Furies Mesmerising Plumage 5/model ↘ 4/model
• Veil Serpents 230 + 37/model ↘ 220 + 34/model
• Veil Serpents Champion 130 ↗ 135
• Bloat Flies Digestive Vomit 6 ↗ 7
• Bloat Flies Unhinging Jaw 8 ↗ 12
• Bloat Flies Broodmother 18 ↘ 8

Version 2022 beta 1

Final 2021 version.

Updated summoned Deamon to 2021_beta2

December 30th, 2020

T9A-FB_2ed_Suppl_CU_2020_beta4_EN.pdf

New version with integration of players feedback:

• Army Specific Rules: rules of Enemy Within merged into Nobody Expects…; Enemy Within removed
  
• Daemonic Manifestations: Guiding removed
  
• Daemonic Summon: clarification of timing
  
• Special Items: Locket of Sunna replaced by Lugar’s Dice
  
• Cult Leader:
  
  • Scout added to Master of Ritual
    
  • Wayward Children 15 ↘ 10
    
  • The Dishonoured 15 ↘ 10
    
• Cultists:
  
• Max. unit size: 25 ↗ 40
  
  • Fallen Heroes 2 ↘ 1
    
  • The Dishonoured 2 ↘ 1
    
  • Unholy Conduit renamed to Abyssal Conduit
    
  • Infiltrators 0–15 Models/Unit
    
  • Spear for 1/model
    
• Possessed:
  
  • Base cost 120 ↗ 130
    
  • Red Haze replaced with Bronze Backbone
    
  • Standard Bearer added for 20 pts
    
• Ritual Altar:
  
  • Base size changed to 60 mm round
    
  • The End is Nigh! replaced with Dark Conclave
    
  • Tall added
    
  • War Machine added
    
  • Grand Council option added for 20 pts
    

T9A-FB_2ed_Suppl_CU_2020_beta2_EN1.pdf

T9A-FB_Cultists_0.2_EN.pdf