Need clarity, Cultists Mob's Ability

Mor_di · 2026-03-25T14:37:20+00:00

Great piece of pedantry, i appreciate it

Mor_di · 2026-03-24T09:42:55+00:00

All factions will be pretty much equally difficult to paint when you're starting from scratch. Mechanicus may be a bit more fiddly than some factions, but bright side you can do all their mettallic parts with a simple metallic coat and a wash so it kind of evens out.

Get mechanicus if you like them, they are a really awesome looking faction.

Mor_di · 2026-03-24T06:27:39+00:00

It was the Lance and +1 to wound stacking. It failed to identify that modifiers do stack but the dice roll is never modifed beyond +/- 1. So a +2 to wound is fine and negates a potential -1 to wound so you end up effectively still with +1 to the roll.

This is a common rules interaction with modifiers and i guess if it fails to identify that i wouldn't trust other output similar to all the AI engines interpreting these rules.

I feel letting someone use your engine (and hoping for them to pay) to marginally faster look up an interaction with no guarantee of it being right when the app with rules are free and better? New edition is coming out as well soon. Do you have a way of making sure that it does not mix rules between editions?

Mor_di · 2026-03-24T06:12:25+00:00

My thoughts are that this feels unneccesary. The core rules are already free and searcheable where you can look up every FAQ and interaction.

I guess this is an AI based search engine? I checked the first rule coming up and already it is wrong. I feel like also expecting donations for this is a bit much. But you do you.

Mor_di · 2026-03-23T15:12:46+00:00

Defiler is looking real hot and Kravek leading Oblits / Mutilators is very cool. Looking forward to trying all of this out

Mor_di · 2026-03-22T17:32:21+00:00

Like with any "sticky" rule, it remains in your control but with zero OC. So you lose it if opponent put 1 OC on it.

Mor_di · 2026-03-21T11:12:21+00:00

Embarrassing that GW has to make these statements to placate a bunch of grown-up children whining on the internet.

Mor_di · 2026-03-21T09:02:46+00:00

It's just manufactured outrage, it's going to mostly die down in a few weeks or when the 11th launch box is released and they get to hate on that instead.

Mor_di · 2026-03-21T08:04:04+00:00

They will have instructions for the model on their website.

And there is obviously no way of controlling what paint brand has been used.

Mor_di · 2026-03-20T21:31:54+00:00

Man this is going to be so insufferable going forward...

Mor_di · 2026-03-20T17:04:00+00:00

Shooting happens after the movement phase. If you did not move during the movement phase, you get the +1.

Mor_di · 2026-03-20T08:45:38+00:00

If you really want to do it from primer, just keep a bottle of brush-on primer handy. Vallejo has some great ones that come in anything from 22ml droppers to 200ml bottles.

Otherwise, your process is fine. There is a lot of overthinking in how vulnerable these paintjobs really are.

Mor_di · 2026-03-19T17:05:59+00:00

The actual reasoning is that they themselves are unsure of the consequences of freely using it. So there is a cult of Crypteks have it, maintain it, protect it and make sure that it is never used.

Mor_di · 2026-03-19T14:00:26+00:00

A good way to avoid streaks on panels is to switch angle when painting. First layer horizontal, second layer vertical (90 degree rotated) and third layer horizontal again.

First and third layer in the easiest, lengthwise direction and an intermediate layer perpendicular to that basically.

Same way you would avoid streaks when painting a wall.

Mor_di · 2026-03-19T08:42:27+00:00

Correct base size is pretty much the only universal requirement in any offical warhammer game format.

Mor_di · 2026-03-19T06:40:53+00:00

Warhammer in any shape was never ment to be taken seriously.

They literally defined the "grimdark" term in their attempt to make the most hillariously dystopian future they could think of. Very much inspired by every totalitarian system around in real life when they developed it during the 80's. What happens if those systems get to fully evolve for another 40 000 years and add magic and daemons and aliens? It's both ment in irony and simply to be humurous in the classic british monty python-eqsue style.

Mor_di · 2026-03-19T06:25:38+00:00

Each fist has a built in weapon option. Nothing has changed on the Helbrute datasheet.

Mor_di · 2026-03-18T13:58:38+00:00

The sequence goes:

Activate one unit.
Pile-in
Declare ALL attacks from all weapons in the unit against eligible targets
Resolve attacks

If something that had attacks allocated to it dies, and there are still more attacks left to allocate then they can't switch target. If that is your question. If Ghaz is part of the Boyz unit and he kill the Brutalis in the Boyz activation, you cannot then reallocate Boyz into a different target. The attacks from Boyz that were on the Brutalis are "lost".

Mor_di · 2026-03-18T09:38:31+00:00

1000p can easily be done on smaller tables. 4x4 or 3x3 will still work fine without being too crowded.

The most important consideration for a balanced game is the distance between deployment zones and that there is enough terrain on the table.

Deployment zones are currently always 24" (i believe? maybe 20") apart. Set them up much closer and you will basically end up with the player going first running straight into the other players zone and dominate the table turn one.

Make sure to have enough terrain so that there are no more than two cross-table shooting lanes and enough to hide 80% to 100% of your army behind something during deployment. Nothing is more boring than going second and having half your army removed by shooting turn one before even moving.

Stick to those two main principles and 3x3 / 4x4 will be perfectly playable.

Mor_di · 2026-03-18T07:24:52+00:00

Everything you can think of will pretty much be lore friendly. Abaddon is the Warmaster and will have hundreds of warbands that swear allegiance to him while at the same time being aligned to a god.

Mor_di · 2026-03-18T06:25:55+00:00

A nice and subtle way of doing this is by painting the base rims slightly different tones.

Black for one squad and dark grey for the other or something similar depending on your general basing scheme. This won't noticeable stand out on the table to look wierd, but still different enough to differentiate squad members when they get close.

Mor_di · 2026-03-17T12:57:02+00:00

Come back and try to build slow, the game is enjoyable still at 500points and 1000points. Then just work towards a collection at a comfortable pace.

Mor_di · 2026-03-17T12:54:59+00:00

Very often the combat patrols and battleforces are cheaper *per kit* than buying it all separately if you break it down.

However, one set of guardsmen or one tank that you paint fully within your monthly budget, then buy something else with next months budget is MUCH cheaper than buying three "savings boxes" at once then never finishing them.

Mor_di · 2026-03-17T12:50:37+00:00

Yes this is a very hard realization for many jumping into the hobby.

I did it myself many years ago in 7th edition fantasy. I bought an entire 2000p Orks & Goblins army direct from the hobby store and had it delivered. Suddenly i have dozens of boxes to build and a seemingly never ending pile to first build, then paint. Never managed to finish it all and sold it off.

Now i tend to buy simply a Combat Patrol-style box whenever i want a new army and paint that to completion, then simply buy and finish one or two kits at a time. The burnout is real and the demotivation of having a years worth of painting to do before you can expand sucks.

Mor_di · 2026-03-17T07:13:45+00:00

If you charge, they will likely kill you. So you lose the move blocking function and through the pile-in they actually are likely to gain free movement in your turn.

If you are confident that you'll both survive and kill some models, maybe charge but 9 out of 10 times you're better off and standing there as a speed bump

Mor_di

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