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The Shadow Lord

December 2008·p. 24

THE SHORT VERSION

The Shadow Lord’s corruption is expressed through a darkness that protects him and nearby models from shooting, restricting successful hits to sixes. His profile retains the familiar Ringwraith powers and vulnerabilities, with mounted and Fell Beast options for repositioning. The accompanying background describes a minor king whose ambition made Sauron’s gift irresistible, turning protective obscurity into an outward sign of his dark pride.

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120 points Pall of Darkness Shooting protection Ringwraith magic Fell Beast options

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Editorial: Holiday Gaming

Mark Latham introduces December as an opportunity for varied holiday games, highlighting the new Chaos campaign, Ringwraith scenarios, Apocalypse formations and Grombrindal’s rules. The four collectors finish their challenge with a large team battle whose result surprised him. A tribute to Alan and Michael Perry marks thirty years of sculpting, while the second Marine painting instalment provides another project for readers’ holiday time.

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RulesWD 348 · pp. 15–16

War in the North: Campaign Rules and Sequence

A nominated general carries Eye of the Gods rewards between battles and can eventually ascend, earning bonus campaign territory; a further insanity result instead risks irreversible Spawnhood. Daemonic Heralds regain greater forms according to their patron’s sacred number. Enhanced spellcasting also triggers a dangerous flux table when spells fail. The ordered campaign grows in points, preserves its general and links preliminary battles to later alliances and a final contest.

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RulesWD 348 · p. 17

Scenarios 1 and 2: The Chaos Wastes

Randomly selected Chaos landmarks turn the opening campaign battles into encounters with the landscape itself. Geological aberrations and brazen spires damage nearby troops, while a defended shrine grants favour. Familiar rulebook features fill out the terrain table. Haywire magic adds new miscast and irresistible-force combinations and can interact with the campaign’s flux table, making apparently routine casting a substantial tactical risk.

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