Welcome to your regular peek behind the scenes at Games Workshop Digital Editions. This week, we take a look at the new digital exclusive Codex: Legion of the Damned.
So what's in the book?
BACKGROUND – VENGEANCE AND FLAME
The Legion of the Damned are one of the great mysteries of Warhammer 40,000: spectral figures who appear in times of dire need (and there are plenty of those!) to aid the warriors of the Emperor in battle. The origins of these mysterious warriors are explored in unprecedented detail in the new Codex.
Also in this section, you'll find a timeline of their best known interventions throughout the 41st millennium. There are also first-hand accounts from those saved by the mysterious legionnaires, and from some that they have fought against, including this account from ill-fated Ork boss Redeye Rockjaw.
SHOWCASE – SAVIOURS FROM THE FLAMES
There's a showcase of the full range of Legion of the Damned Citadel Miniatures, as well as numerous 'in battle' shots. There's also new artwork of the Legion in battle including this piece, in which a Spiritseer of Craftworld Iyanden finds himself looking down the wrong end of a flaming bolter.
THE RULES – FORCES OF THE DAMNED
This Codex allows you to field large forces of Legion of the Damned, and even take them as a Primary Detachment. As well as giving more armies the option to include squads of Damned Legionnaires, these detachments gain other benefits, not the least of which is the ability to claim objectives (a useful trait in a Deep Striking squad of elite, and nigh-unkillable, undead Space Marines).
A primary detachment also allows you to nominate one of your Legion of the Damned Sergeants to be your Warlord, giving him access to a particularly brutal selection of Warlord traits, all of which affect the sergeant's full squad.
The Legion of the Damned are a band of faceless and mysterious warriors, but even within their ranks there is one who has been sighted again and again by those who have witnessed them in battle. Attica Centurius is the bearer of the Animus Malorum, a relic of unknown origins and terrible power.
The Codex also has the rules to equip one of your Sergeants with this Relic of the Damned, if you want to represent this mysterious figure in your force.
MISSIONS - ECHOES OF WAR
Finally, there are three new Echoes of War Missions, each set around one of the famous events in the Legion of the Damned's history. My favourite is one set on the legendary Imperial Fists flagship Phalanx as it is boarded by daemonic forces led by everyone's favourite Daemon Prince – Be'lakor.
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT:
So all in all, a… damned… fine book.
Codex: Legion of the Damned is available to pre-order now, and will be available to download this weekend.
eBook Edition:
For your phone, tablet, computer or eReader.
Interactive Edition:
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Thanks for reading, everyone.
- Eddie, Damned Legionnaire in training
En gros on peut alignée une armée entière de Légionnaires, un Sergent de l'armée peut être nommer le Seigneur de Guerre du détachement, et du coup avoir accès aux Reliques, dont certaines affecte le Seigneur et son unité.
Les unités de Légionnaires des Damnée pris dans un Détachement principale sont des unités opérationnelles.
Ils peuvent aussi être pris uniquement en tant que détachement allié.
Le truc contient ( a priori) les règles et le fluff de Attica Centurius