Skaven Rumours

[fatolaf]

This has been doing the rounds for a while now, but more and more of it is being 'confirmed'..make of it what you will...

Stormvermin S4 base, ASF, cause fear

Rat ogres S6, **** as having additional hand weapons, reroll all psych tests, stubborn while packmasters are alive

Giant rats, reroll all psych tests, stubborn while packmasters are alive

Slaves, can't be joined by characters otherwise the same


Ratling gun now S5, move and shoot, points drop

Warpfire thrower, move and shoot but inexplicably goes up by 15 pts ensuring its still not taken

new 'lightning gun' weapon team, as warp lightning but in the shooting phase

Poison wind globadiers, points up slighty but d6 hits per 'hit'

Night runners/gutter runners option for brace of warplock pistols

Jezzails, option for sniper champ, can pick out model

plague monks, frenvy, hatred and poisoned attacks

plague censor, 2A, S4, censor wound on 4+ regardless of Toughness, option for 'super censor' on a champ, wounds on 2+


Warplightning cannon, same but thankfully follows normal war machine rules


new rare 'really big rat', US5, good stats, regeneration, stubborn, may tunnel and charge in any direction on turn it appears

(This one is taken to be False - Ol)


Warlord, same

Grey seer, knows all spells, unlimited warpstone chunks

Vermin Lord, doombull stats, lvl 4 wiz

Master Moulder, grants regeneration to any moulder unit he joins

Assassin, comes w/ weeping blades but still overpriced and easy to kill, interesting option for sniper rifle jezzail

Warlock. same but warp-lightning S6

Plague Priest, any may be upgraded to lvl 2 wiz, any pestilens unit he joins never loses frenzy

sacred standard of the horned rat, cause fear and also unit is unbreakable while they outnumber the enemy

[Veldemere]

When I read asassin I feared the worst but it is good to see they are not looking like total cheese, but could be a real hero killer, the disadvantage with the HLR is the BS isn't fantastic, give this ability to high BS and it cold be hard to keep characters alive!

Sadly rumours make it look like they are trying to minimise psychology in another army.

And where the hell is the Doomwheel?!

[fatolaf]

give this ability to high BS and it cold be hard to keep characters alive!

No different than the new rules for burning Iron and the Buboes spell.
Assassins do have a high BS, so this could be juicy..

And where the hell is the Doomwheel?!

Aah yes,

Originally Posted by 75hastings69 
Would you be able to find out if the Doomwheel is coming back? I read somewhere that it is getting a new plastic kit, but my sources tell me the kit is actually a plastic screaming bell (with part of the church still attached to the bell!!!).

I think it's more likely the kit will make both, ie a doomwheel, then a doowheel with bell add on, a la the stegs, could be marvellous.

Could also spell the end of WFB and the comeback of Car Wars, Stegs vs Doomwheels stylee...

[Funkadelic Erik]

I've seen those before, but aren't sure on them. Move and Shoot ratling guns? If this is combined with the other rumour doing the rounds (-1 ward save against warpstone weapons) it'll rip most people a new one.

[fatolaf]

With Ratlings now targetable, they need to be move or shoot otherwise they are not really usable.
However by the fact they are going up to S5, me thinks you might have to roll to hit with them though.....

[Funkadelic Erik]

Others have theorised that the weapons tems will be hidden in the unit, then deployed ala assassin & fanatics.

[fatolaf]

Others have theorised that the weapons tems will be hidden in the unit, then deployed ala assassin & fanatics.

Yeah which would be very good for stand and shoot reactions.

But the rest of the time, they get revealed, shoot, kill some stuff then get shot to shit....

Will be very interested to see what happens to them...

[Dan Heelan]

new rare 'really big rat', US5, good stats, regeneration, stubborn, may tunnel and charge in any direction on turn it appears

(This one is taken to be False - Ol)

How come you think its false? Has someone discredited it? Just wondered cos its not a million miles off the fluff, the white dwarf moulder army had one of these.

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[fatolaf]

How come you think its false? Has someone discredited it? Just wondered cos its not a million miles off the fluff, the white dwarf moulder army had one of these.

That rumour was posted after a pic of a supposed rat beasty was seen at a Gamesday. It turned out to be an unused Nurgle beast cast by Trish Morrison .
Various usually accurate sources have all discredited the giant rat rumour, even though I would love to see it myself...

[Mike]

every other army has a Large, Terror causing, game winning, fire breathing, regenerating, hero slaying, 0+ AS, always hitting on a 3 wounding on a 2, 7 rerollable attacks beast of fury.....*

why not the skaven?

*note : The author accepts he may have slightly exadurated.... slightly.