Yeah you're right, that's what the goonhammer note was all about. I'm still amazed you figured it out from the previous rulebook because that was so implicit it made my heart hurt cross-referencing those rules to come to that conclusion which is now explicitly spelled out.
), but pets now have t heir own Hot-headed rule. Which is kinda funny because each unique "hot-headed" rule doesn't interact with each other. Pets won't make Prospects panic and vice versa. And the fluff background for hot-headed is:So a pet is wiser, older and superior to a Prospect
Ideally there would be some tier system where pets are bottom, prospects are one level above etc. Too detailed perhaps for very little gains.
Also, not sure if mentioned before (lost overview
Yeah, looks like that had changed by at least Ash Wastes if not before. Old hardback book didn't say "during the Rescue Mission scenario". When skinblades provided their own D6 roll post-game to attempt escape, prior to a rescue attempt, I had always assumed it was the skinblade roll that Escape Artist gave +1 to. It had never occured to me that it was supposed to affect the other escape roll.
One loophole is buying a Master Crafted version of the same weapon. You're allowed to stash a weapon if you replace it with one that is Master Crafted. Bit expensive way..
Which is not a surprise as their Sector Mechanicus terrain seems to be slowly being discontinued and the plastic Zone Mortalis has gone multi-level.
I won't summarize all changes to scenarios and tactics as that's too much work. Happy to comment on it though!
In general, a bit surprising to see the streamlining change in battlefield type. It's now either Underhive or Ash Wastes. Underhive includes Zone Mortalis & Sector Mechanicus (without any details to distinguish them in terms of setup, deployment etc.). For the purpose of using the "latest" version as the most up to date and correct, this has some consequences. For example Rescue Mission comes in 5 versions now, and the latest is only for Underhive, not Ash Wastes. Which might affect as recent campaigns as Ash Wastes (last year). Not a big problem to override and use Ash Wastes if people want to do that.
Otherwise it looks like all scenarios are updates of existing versions, ranging from v2 to v5. Some nice quality streamlining in terms of the most updated Fleeing the Battlefield. Also removal of old stuff, for example Smash & Grab no longer uses the physical loot boxes to put secret traps in some of them, but instead roll on an alternative table. Which I think is a little bit sad as hiding stuff inside loot was a fun concept.
New standard 'format' that repeats across most scenarios:
That's all nice and consistent for these reprinted scenarios. Problem is no previous scenarios follow this format, and it is guaranteed to change as it always does. So in my opinion just another flavor of the month kind of thing. Hopefully at least some of the quality improvements can continue for future publications.
- Removal of +1 Rep reward for playing against a gang for the first time.
- XP reward to victorious leader is D3 (instead of 1).
- Fleeing the Battlefield (voluntarily Bottles out and subsequently flees the battlefield)
- More use of Hybrid (new crew selection mechanic)
- Attacker & Defender: Attacker is the gang that issued the challenge (instead of the gang that chose the scenario)
- Tactics: More use of the new standard selection
It is spelled out in an optional way (for the first time?), that is better than nothing:
And how come SM terrain is going OoP before ZM?!? Could have bet money on the opposite.
It could have started with the enemies passing Initiative tests to attack, instead of the retreating fighter passing Initiative test to disengage. To potentially skip unnecessary rolls. But hey, let the dice roll! Traditionally not the biggest priority in GW games
It would also made it much clearer (before and now) even with the added "regardless" clause.
